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Sylvester Owens

Sylvester Owens
(Good Black; Fast Black)

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#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	David Whatley	RF	2	1937	1938	BBB	2.5	2.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
2	Ed Mayweather	1B	2	1939	1940	SNH	2.1	2.0	0.3	0.0	-0.1
3	Ted Radcliffe	SP	1	1939	1939	MRS	1.8	0.0	0.1	1.7	0.0
4	Leslie Green	CF	2	1939	1940	SNH	1.8	1.5	0.3	0.0	-0.1
5	Buddy Armour	SS	2	1939	1940	SNH	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.0	0.1
6	Henry McHenry	SP	1	1941	1941	PS	1.7	-0.1	0.1	1.8	0.0
7	Johnny Wright	SP	1	1940	1940	PC	1.6	-0.2	-0.1	1.9	0.0
8	Chet Brewer	SP	1	1941	1941	PS	1.6	-0.2	0.2	1.7	0.0
9	Eddie Dixon	SP	1	1939	1939	BCA	1.4	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.0
10	Eugene Smith	SP	1	1940	1940	SNH	1.3	-0.2	0.0	1.5	0.0
11	Bo Mitchell	SP	2	1937	1938	BBB	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0
12	Andy Sarvis	RP	1	1942	1942	JRC	1.0	-0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
13	Felix Evans	SP	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.0
14	Red Moore	1B	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.9	1.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
15	Roosevelt Davis	SP	1	1939	1939	MRS	0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
16	Oscar Boone	C	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0
17	Jabbo Andrews	LF	3	1938	1942	MULT	0.9	0.6	0.5	-0.1	-0.1
18	Lloyd Davenport	RF	2	1939	1942	JRC/MRS	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.1
19	Spoon Carter	RP	2	1938	1940	BBB/PC	0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
20	Fred Bankhead	2B	3	1937	1939	BBB/MRS	0.8	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.2
21	Lefty Calhoun	RP	2	1939	1940	SNH	0.8	-0.3	0.0	1.1	0.0
22	Hosea Allen	RP	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
23	Bill Cooper	C	2	1939	1941	BCA/PS	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
24	Eugene Bremer	RP	1	1939	1939	MRS	0.6	0.0	-0.1	0.7	0.0
25	Marshall Riddle	2B	3	1939	1942	JRC/SNH	0.6	1.0	-0.5	0.0	0.1
26	Clarence Palm	C	1	1941	1941	PS	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
27	Lefty Wilson	SP	2	1939	1940	MRS/PC	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
28	Specs Ellis	RP	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
29	Oscar Charleston	1B	2	1940	1941	PC/PS	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
30	John Lyles	SS	1	1940	1940	SNH	0.5	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.1
31	Parnell Woods	3B	3	1937	1942	MULT	0.5	0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.1
32	Roy Parnell	RF	1	1941	1941	PS	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.2
33	Henry Smith	2B	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
34	Pat Patterson	SS	1	1941	1941	PS	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
35	Johnny Smith	LF	1	1940	1940	PC	0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.4	-0.1
36	Thurston	RP	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
37	Phillip Brown	SP	1	1939	1939	SNH	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
38	Tommy Butts	SS	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.4	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
39	Felix McLaurin	LF	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
40	Willie Spencer	RF	1	1940	1940	PC	0.4	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.0
41	Jimmy Ford	3B	3	1938	1940	MULT	0.4	0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.1
42	Robert Dean	RP	1	1940	1940	SNH	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
43	Bobby Robinson	3B	2	1939	1940	SNH	0.4	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
44	Leroy Sutton	RP	1	1940	1940	SNH	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
45	Lefty Turner	1B	1	1940	1940	PC	0.3	-0.3	0.7	0.0	-0.1
46	Johnny Ray	CF	2	1937	1942	BBB/JRC	0.3	0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.0
47	Jack Bruton	SP	3	1937	1940	MULT	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
48	Julius Osley	RP	2	1937	1938	BBB	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
49	Willie Jefferson	SP	1	1939	1939	MRS	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
50	Bus Clarkson	SS	1	1940	1940	PC	0.3	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
51	Red Longley	LF	1	1939	1939	MRS	0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
52	Clarence Lamar	SS	2	1937	1942	BBB/JRC	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
53	Dave Campbell	3B	1	1941	1941	PS	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
54	Babe Davis	CF	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
55	Ralph Jefferson	3B	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
56	Clarence White	RP	1	1940	1940	PC	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
57	Bob Smith	C	3	1938	1940	MULT	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
58	Larry Brown	C	2	1938	1939	AAS/MRS	0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
59	Spencer Davis	3B	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
60	Marlin Carter	2B	1	1939	1939	MRS	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
61	Edsall Walker	SP	1	1941	1941	PS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
62	Alex Broome	RP	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
63	Lester Lockett	SS	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.1	-0.4	0.5	0.0	0.1
64	Rainey Bibbs	2B	1	1940	1940	PC	0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
65	Percy Forrest	RP	1	1939	1939	MRS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
66	Bert Johnson	LF	1	1938	1938	AAS/BBB	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
67	Gene Benson	CF	1	1941	1941	PS	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
68	Bill Carter	1B	2	1937	1938	AAS/BBB	0.1	0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.0
69	Willie Cornelius	RF	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Zollie Wright	RF	1	1941	1941	PS	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
71	Carl Smith	SS	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Bad News Hall	2B	1	1940	1940	PC	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Ralph Johnson	LF	1	1941	1941	PS	0.1	-0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
74	Andrew Sephus	SS	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1
75	Cap Tyson	C	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	John Huber	C	1	1941	1941	PS	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
77	Bud Jones	2B	1	1941	1941	PS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Tice James	3B	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	William Dyke	SS	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
80	Joe Royal	C	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
81	Dick Reynolds	LF	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Bill Harvey	1B	1	1940	1940	PC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Greene Farmer	LF	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
84	Quicksey	LF	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Curtis Henderson	SS	2	1940	1941	PC/PS	0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
86	Nat Rogers	RF	1	1939	1939	MRS	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.1
87	Henry McCall	1B	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.0	0.4	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
88	McDonald	-	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Tom Young	C	1	1941	1941	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Leroy Haynes	LF	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Horace Davis	2B	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Floyd Holston	RP	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Matt Carlisle	2B	1	1939	1939	MRS	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Murray	RP	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Fay Washington	RP	1	1940	1940	SNH	0.0	0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
96	Neil Robinson	CF	2	1938	1939	AAS/MRS	0.0	0.6	-0.6	0.0	0.0
97	Jelly Taylor	1B	2	1938	1939	AAS/MRS	0.0	-0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
98	Charley Hayes	SS	1	1940	1940	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Herman Bell	C	1	1940	1940	PC	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Douglas Rhone	RP	1	1940	1940	PC	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
101	George Britt	C	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	James Cooper	RP	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Scott	CF	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Ted Trent	-	1	1938	1938	AAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	A. D. Lewis	1B	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	G. Davis	C	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Walter Burch	C	1	1940	1940	SNH	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Charles Wesley	-	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Samuel Burris	RP	2	1938	1940	AAS/SNH	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Bennie Fields	-	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Earl Little	-	1	1938	1938	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Murray Watkins	-	1	1941	1941	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Jones	-	1	1938	1938	AAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Sullivan	-	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Mays	-	1	1938	1938	AAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	George Mitchell	RP	2	1939	1940	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
117	Theolic Smith	RF	1	1939	1939	SNH	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
118	Chesley Gray	C	1	1940	1940	SNH	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Provine Bradley	SS	1	1939	1939	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Walsh	-	1	1939	1939	MRS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Larnie Jordan	SS	1	1941	1941	PS	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.1
122	Henry Miller	RP	1	1941	1941	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Dan Wilson	LF	1	1939	1939	SNH	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
124	Red Hadley	CF	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	George Brown	RF	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Rusty Payne	CF	1	1940	1940	PC	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
127	Lockhart	1B	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
128	John Gibbons	SP	1	1941	1941	PS	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Willie Davis	LF	1	1939	1939	MRS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
130	Jimmy Johnson	RF	1	1940	1940	PC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
131	Red Howard	LF	2	1937	1939	BBB/MRS	-0.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
132	Guy Smith	RF	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
133	Henry Turner	RP	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0
134	Jim West	1B	1	1941	1941	PS	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
135	Duke Cleveland	RF	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
136	Melzar Williams	LF	2	1937	1938	BBB	-0.1	0.4	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
137	Leo Sanders	SS	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
138	Lefty Boone	RP	2	1940	1942	JRC/SNH	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
139	Melvin Coleman	SS	1	1937	1937	BBB	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.1
140	Horatio Lamar	2B	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
141	Graves	2B	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
142	Willie Williams	2B	1	1941	1941	PS	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
143	Jimmy Shamberger	3B	1	1940	1940	PC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
144	Willie Ferrell	SP	1	1937	1937	BBB	-0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0
145	Jim Canada	1B	3	1937	1942	BBB/JRC	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
146	Leo Sims	-	1	1938	1938	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
147	Nash	-	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
148	Bernard Fernández	-	1	1941	1941	PS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
149	Jimmy Reynolds	3B	1	1939	1939	MRS	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
150	Dick Burton	RP	1	1938	1938	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
151	Herb Barnhill	C	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
152	Jimmie Armstead	RP	2	1938	1940	BBB/SNH	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
153	Fred McKelvin	1B	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
154	Bradford Bennett	LF	1	1940	1940	SNH	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
155	Skin Down Robinson	2B	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
156	Harry Barnes	C	2	1937	1938	AAS/BBB	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
157	Raymond Taylor	C	2	1939	1940	SNH	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
158	Charles Oakley	-	1	1940	1940	SNH	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
159	Hiawatha Shelby	LF	1	1941	1941	PS	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
160	Tee Mitchell	RP	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
161	Gabby Kemp	2B	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.4	0.4	-0.9	0.0	0.1
162	Lefty Richburg	-	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
163	Bill Bradford	RF	1	1939	1939	SNH	-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
164	Nish Williams	C	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
165	Ben Henderson	-	1	1937	1937	BBB	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
166	Philly Holmes	SS	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	0.0	0.0
167	Connie Johnson	-	1	1940	1940	PC	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
168	Gerves Fagan	SS	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
169	Claude Hayslett	-	2	1938	1939	AAS/BCA	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
170	Jimmy Wilson	RF	1	1940	1940	PC	-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
171	Telosh Howard	-	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
172	Charles Dunklin	RP	2	1938	1940	BBB/SNH	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
173	Johnny Lockett	SS	1	1941	1941	PS	-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.1
174	Mahlon Duckett	SS	1	1941	1941	PS	-0.6	-0.8	0.1	0.0	0.2
175	Cowan Hyde	LF	1	1939	1939	MRS	-0.6	0.0	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
176	Elbert Eatmon	RP	3	1937	1939	BBB/MRS	-0.6	-0.1	-0.1	-0.5	0.0
177	Preacher Henry	-	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
178	Lucius Dorsey	C	1	1941	1941	PS	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
179	Gene Smith	3B	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.7	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.0
180	Ches Buchanan	SP	1	1941	1941	PS	-0.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.5	0.0
181	T. J. Brown	SS	1	1939	1939	MRS	-0.7	-0.4	-0.5	0.0	0.2
182	Porter Moss	RF	1	1939	1939	MRS	-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	0.0
183	Donald Reeves	RF	1	1939	1939	BCA	-1.1	0.4	-0.6	-0.8	-0.1
184	Joe Fillmore	RP	1	1941	1941	PS	-1.1	0.1	0.0	-1.3	0.0
185	Frank McAllister	RP	2	1939	1940	SNH	-1.1	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	0.0
186	Cliff Blackmon	RP	2	1938	1939	MULT	-1.7	-0.2	0.0	-1.5	0.0

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