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Johnny Smith

John Smith
(Lefty)

Born: 1917 birthplace unknown

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#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Gentry Jessup	SP	3	1943	1945	CAG		5.4	-0.1	-0.1	5.6	0.0
2	Hilton Smith	SP	1	1938	1938	KCM		4.6	1.0	0.0	3.7	0.0
3	Willard Brown	CF	1	1938	1938	KCM		3.3	2.8	0.5	0.0	-0.1
4	Lloyd Davenport	CF	3	1942	1944	BBB/CAG		3.2	2.2	1.0	0.1	-0.1
5	Art Pennington	1B	3	1943	1945	CAG		2.9	3.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
6	Henry Milton	LF	1	1938	1938	KCM		2.4	2.6	0.1	0.0	-0.2
7	Ralph Wyatt	SS	3	1943	1945	CAG		2.3	0.9	1.0	0.0	0.5
8	Tommy Sampson	2B	1	1942	1942	BBB		2.3	1.0	1.1	0.0	0.1
9	John Bissant	LF	3	1943	1945	CAG		2.1	2.2	0.2	0.0	-0.3
10	Jesse Douglas	2B	3	1942	1945	BBB/CAG		2.1	2.2	-0.3	0.0	0.2
11	Alex Newkirk	SP	3	1946	1948	NBY		2.1	0.2	0.0	1.9	0.0
12	Bob Griffith	RP	3	1946	1948	NBY		2.0	0.7	0.0	1.3	0.0
13	Rainey Bibbs	2B	3	1938	1944	MULT		1.7	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
14	Alex Radcliff	3B	3	1942	1944	BBB/CAG		1.6	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.0
15	Johnny Wright	SP	1	1940	1940	PC		1.6	-0.2	-0.1	1.9	0.0
16	Leroy Sutton	SP	2	1943	1944	CAG		1.5	-0.1	0.0	1.6	0.0
17	Harry Else	C	1	1938	1938	KCM		1.5	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.1
18	Johnny Markham	RP	2	1938	1942	BBB/KCM		1.4	-0.3	0.0	1.7	0.0
19	George Crowe	1B	2	1947	1948	NBY		1.3	1.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
20	Felix McLaurin	CF	2	1942	1946	BBB/NBY		1.2	1.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
21	Neck Stanley	SP	3	1946	1948	NBY		1.1	-0.2	0.0	1.3	0.0
22	Johnny Hayes	C	3	1946	1948	NBY		1.1	1.0	-0.1	0.0	0.2
23	Ted Radcliffe	C	2	1942	1943	BBB/CAG		1.1	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.1
24	Diamond Pipkins	SP	1	1942	1942	BBB		1.1	0.2	0.0	0.9	0.0
25	Newt Allen	2B	1	1938	1938	KCM		1.0	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.1
26	Spoon Carter	RP	1	1940	1940	PC		0.8	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0
27	George Minor	CF	1	1944	1944	CAG		0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
28	Ed Mayweather	RF	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.1
29	Herbert Buster	2B	1	1943	1943	CAG		0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
30	Frank Bradley	SP	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.8	0.0
31	Ted Strong	SS	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
32	Babe Charter	1B	2	1943	1945	CAG		0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
33	Leroy Morney	3B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.6	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
34	Vet Barnes	SP	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.6	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0
35	Buck O'Neil	1B	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.6	1.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
36	Sylvester Snead	LF	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.6	0.0	0.7	0.0	-0.1
37	Blackburn	SP	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
38	Eddie Snead	SP	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
39	Walter McCoy	SP	1	1945	1945	CAG		0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.7	0.0
40	Eugene Bremer	RP	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
41	Willie Ferrell	SP	1	1943	1943	CAG		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
42	Wilbert King	2B	1	1945	1945	CAG		0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
43	Francis Jackson	RP	1	1943	1943	CAG		0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
44	Alphonse Dunn	1B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
45	Jesse Warren	LF	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
46	Frank Duncan	C	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.4	-0.2	0.5	0.0	0.1
47	Specs Ellis	RP	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
48	Gabe Patterson	CF	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.4	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
49	Willie Spencer	RF	1	1940	1940	PC		0.4	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.0
50	Andy Cooper	SP	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
51	Floyd Kranson	SP	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
52	Gready McKinnis	SP	3	1942	1945	BBB/CAG		0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.6	0.0
53	Oscar Charleston	LF	1	1940	1940	PC		0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
54	Henry McCall	1B	2	1944	1945	CAG		0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
55	Lefty Turner	1B	1	1940	1940	PC		0.3	-0.3	0.7	0.0	-0.1
56	Lester Lockett	3B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
57	Dan Wilson	LF	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.3	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
58	Sylvester Owens	CF	1	1940	1940	PC		0.3	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
59	Dan Bankhead	SP	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.3	0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0
60	Jimmie Crutchfield	CF	2	1944	1945	CAG		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	-0.1
61	Lefty Moses	SP	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
62	Bus Clarkson	SS	1	1940	1940	PC		0.3	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
63	Robert Keys	RP	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
64	Paul Hardy	C	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
65	Ollie West	RP	3	1943	1945	CAG		0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.2	0.0
66	Herb Barnhill	C	2	1944	1945	CAG		0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
67	Turkey Stearnes	CF	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
68	Mex Johnson	SS	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.2
69	Curtis Brown	1B	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Clarence White	RP	1	1940	1940	PC		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
71	Emery Adams	RF	2	1946	1947	NBY		0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
72	Rodolfo Fernández	RP	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
73	Gerard Fitzgerald	LF	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
74	Luis Pillot	RP	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
75	Ed Young	1B	1	1943	1943	CAG		0.2	0.9	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
76	Marvin Barker	3B	3	1946	1948	NBY		0.2	0.4	-0.8	0.7	-0.1
77	Bill Bradford	RF	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
78	Sonny Boy Jeffries	RP	1	1948	1948	NBY		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
79	Sam Jackson	1B	2	1944	1945	CAG		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
80	Shanks	SS	1	1945	1945	CAG		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
81	Bad News Hall	2B	1	1940	1940	PC		0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
82	J. B. Broom	LF	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
83	Harry Williams	2B	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
84	Jack Marshall	3B	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
85	Skip Avery	-	1	1948	1948	NBY		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Charlie Harris	3B	1	1943	1943	CAG		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
87	Ameal Brooks	RF	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Clarence Palm	C	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Dolly King	2B	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Joe Burt Scott	LF	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
91	Raymond Taylor	C	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Nat Rogers	RF	2	1942	1944	BBB/CAG		0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
93	Walter Treherne	1B	1	1944	1944	CAG		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
94	Frank Pearson	RP	1	1948	1948	NBY		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
95	McLemore	RP	1	1938	1938	KCM		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
96	Bill Harvey	1B	2	1940	1946	NBY/PC		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	John Fallings	RP	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
98	Bill Hoskins	LF	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
99	Bill Flowers	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Lyman Bostock	1B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
101	Herb Shaw	-	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Bill Cooper	C	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
103	Jim Starks	LF	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Winfield Welch	RP	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Gray	2B	1	1943	1943	CAG		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Bennett	LF	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Herman Bell	C	1	1940	1940	PC		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Bill Perkins	C	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
109	Jake Tolbert	LF	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Clarence Lamar	3B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Douglas Rhone	RP	1	1940	1940	PC		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
112	Julie Bowers	C	2	1946	1947	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Raymond Lott	-	1	1945	1945	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Jesse F. Williams	-	1	1945	1945	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Rufus Hatten	C	1	1944	1944	CAG		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
116	Glen Richardson	2B	2	1946	1947	NBY		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0
117	Tipton	-	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	James Coachman	C	1	1945	1945	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Bob Clarke	-	1	1948	1948	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Jones	-	1	1948	1948	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Fred Johnson	-	1	1945	1945	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Baldwin	-	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Clyde Spearman	RF	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
124	Larry St. Thomas	-	1	1947	1947	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Yann	-	1	1944	1944	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Austin Davis	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
127	Harry Barnes	C	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	Jeep McClain	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Chaplin	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
130	Bob Smith	C	1	1944	1944	CAG		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
131	Ed Steele	RF	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
132	T. J. Brown	SS	2	1944	1948	CAG/NBY		0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
133	Piper Davis	2B	1	1942	1942	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
134	Chico Renfroe	2B	1	1945	1945	CAG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
135	Art Hefner	CF	1	1948	1948	NBY		-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
136	Harlon Betts	RF	1	1938	1938	KCM		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
137	Sonny Harris	RF	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
138	Rusty Payne	CF	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
139	Tommie Dukes	C	1	1945	1945	CAG		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
140	Pen Gilliard	-	1	1938	1938	KCM		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
141	Jimmy Johnson	RF	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
142	Curtis Henderson	LF	2	1940	1946	NBY/PC		-0.1	0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0
143	Parker	-	1	1938	1938	KCM		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
144	Fred Bankhead	2B	1	1948	1948	NBY		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
145	Jesse Matthews	1B	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
146	Goose Tatum	RF	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
147	Willie Simms	CF	1	1938	1938	KCM		-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
148	Cal Irvin	SS	1	1947	1947	NBY		-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
149	John Fitzgerald	C	1	1947	1947	NBY		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
150	R. Smith	-	1	1945	1945	CAG		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
151	Wadel Miller	2B	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
152	Bullet Rogan	RP	1	1938	1938	KCM		-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0
153	Jim West	1B	1	1947	1947	NBY		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
154	Willie McMeans	RP	1	1945	1945	CAG		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
155	Sidney Williams	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
156	Bill Dumpson	-	1	1948	1948	NBY		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
157	Howard	3B	1	1946	1946	NBY		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
158	Hoss Walker	SS	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2
159	Jimmy Shamberger	3B	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
160	Willie Wells	SS	1	1946	1946	NBY		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
161	Longfield	-	1	1944	1944	CAG		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
162	Eddie Locke	-	1	1943	1943	CAG		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
163	Clyde Nelson	3B	2	1944	1945	CAG		-0.2	0.5	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
164	Buck Felder	SS	1	1944	1944	CAG		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
165	Roosevelt Cox	3B	1	1938	1938	KCM		-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
166	Charley Davidson	SP	3	1946	1948	NBY		-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0
167	Russ Dedeaux	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
168	Ernie Smith	C	1	1938	1938	KCM		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
169	Alvin Gipson	RP	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0
170	Ollie Waldon	2B	2	1944	1945	CAG		-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
171	Lefty Wilson	-	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
172	Ben Littles	RF	1	1948	1948	NBY		-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
173	Buck Thomas	-	1	1944	1944	CAG		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
174	Honey Lott	2B	1	1948	1948	NBY		-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
175	Greene Farmer	CF	1	1947	1947	NBY		-0.3	0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
176	Henry Smith	2B	1	1943	1943	CAG		-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
177	Alphonso Gerard	LF	2	1946	1947	NBY		-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
178	Clyde McNeal	SS	1	1945	1945	CAG		-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
179	Al Jones	RP	1	1944	1944	CAG		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
180	Luther Gilyard	1B	1	1942	1942	BBB		-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
181	Al Preston	-	1	1947	1947	NBY		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
182	Chris Vierira	CF	1	1948	1948	NBY		-0.4	-0.1	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
183	Alpheus Deane	-	1	1947	1947	NBY		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
184	Willie Wells Jr.	SS	1	1944	1944	CAG		-0.5	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
185	Connie Johnson	-	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
186	Cal Medley	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
187	Pepper Sharpe	1B	1	1944	1944	CAG		-0.5	0.0	0.1	-0.6	0.0
188	Jimmy Wilson	RF	1	1940	1940	PC		-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
189	John McFarland	-	1	1947	1947	NBY		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
190	Charlie Shields	RP	2	1943	1945	CAG		-0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
191	Carlos Ascanio	1B	1	1946	1946	NBY		-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
192	Albert Stephens	-	1	1948	1948	NBY		-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
193	Clarence Locke	1B	1	1945	1945	CAG		-0.6	-0.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0
194	Johnnie Dawson	C	2	1938	1942	BBB/KCM		-0.7	-0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.0
195	Clyde Parris	3B	2	1946	1947	NBY		-0.9	0.2	-1.2	0.0	0.1
196	Big Train Jackson	-	1	1938	1938	KCM		-0.9	0.0	0.0	-0.9	0.0
197	Willie Cornelius	SP	2	1943	1945	CAG		-1.1	0.9	-0.3	-1.7	0.0
198	Claude Poole	RF	2	1946	1948	NBY		-1.1	-0.4	-0.3	-0.4	0.0
199	Percy Forrest	LF	1	1946	1946	NBY		-1.3	0.0	0.1	-1.3	0.0
200	Rufus Baker	C	3	1946	1948	NBY		-1.4	-1.3	-0.2	0.1	0.0
201	Dick Seay	2B	2	1946	1947	NBY		-1.4	-0.9	-0.7	0.0	0.1
202	Joe Spencer	SS	3	1942	1948	BBB/NBY		-1.5	-0.6	-1.0	0.0	0.1
203	Johnny Johnson	-	1	1946	1946	NBY		-1.6	-0.1	0.0	-1.5	0.0
204	Bud Barbee	1B	3	1946	1948	NBY		-2.2	-0.3	-0.7	-0.9	-0.3
205	Walter Hardy	SS	3	1946	1948	NBY		-2.5	-1.6	-1.5	0.0	0.5

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