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Cumberland Posey

Cumberland Willis Posey

Born: June 20, 1890 in Homestead, PA
Died: March 28, 1946 - 55 years old

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Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 140

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Pioneer / Executive in 2006
High School: Homestead HS (Homestead, PA)
Buried: Homestead Cemetery (Munhall, PA)
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Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Joe Williams	SP	8	1925	1932	HG	15.7	0.6	0.0	15.1	0.0
2	Vic Harris	LF	10	1925	1935	EAS/HG	8.2	7.5	1.7	0.0	-1.1
3	Ray Brown	SP	4	1932	1935	HG	7.8	2.6	0.4	5.0	-0.1
4	George Britt	SP	8	1926	1933	HG/EAS	6.5	-0.3	-0.2	6.9	0.1
5	George Scales	2B	5	1925	1935	HG	5.8	5.8	-0.3	0.0	0.4
6	Joe Strong	SP	5	1929	1935	HG	4.4	1.8	-0.7	3.5	-0.2
7	Jud Wilson	3B	3	1931	1933	EAS/HG	4.3	4.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
8	Oscar Charleston	1B	5	1926	1933	HG/EAS	4.2	4.2	0.5	0.0	-0.5
9	Lefty Williams	SP	12	1922	1935	HG	3.8	0.0	-0.2	4.0	0.0
10	Josh Gibson	C	3	1930	1933	EAS/HG	3.7	3.3	0.3	0.0	0.2
11	Sam Streeter	SP	4	1926	1933	HG/EAS	3.1	0.3	0.0	2.8	0.0
12	Walter Cannady	2B	6	1922	1932	HG	2.9	2.8	-0.2	0.1	0.2
13	Louis Dula	SP	3	1933	1935	HG	2.7	1.0	0.0	1.8	0.0
14	Buck Leonard	1B	2	1934	1935	HG	2.5	2.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
15	Willie Foster	SP	1	1931	1931	HG	2.4	-0.3	0.0	2.7	0.0
16	Jake Stephens	SS	4	1929	1932	HG	2.3	0.8	0.9	0.0	0.6
17	Harry Salmon	SP	4	1932	1935	HG	2.3	-0.1	-0.1	2.6	0.0
18	Chester Williams	SS	2	1932	1933	HG	2.2	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.2
19	William Ross	SP	2	1929	1930	HG	2.0	-0.3	0.0	2.3	0.0
20	Webster McDonald	SP	2	1928	1929	HG	1.9	0.1	0.0	1.8	0.0
21	Willie Gisentaner	SP	2	1934	1935	HG	1.8	0.0	0.0	1.8	0.0
22	John Beckwith	3B	5	1926	1935	HG	1.7	2.3	-0.8	0.0	0.2
23	Matt Carlisle	2B	1	1935	1935	HG	1.6	1.9	-0.3	0.0	0.1
24	Jasper Washington	1B	10	1922	1933	HG	1.5	1.6	0.3	0.0	-0.4
25	Bill Perkins	C	1	1932	1932	HG	1.4	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
26	Buck Ewing	C	3	1928	1930	HG	1.3	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.3
27	Jerry Benjamin	CF	1	1935	1935	HG	1.2	0.9	0.4	0.0	-0.1
28	George Giles	1B	1	1932	1932	HG	1.1	1.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
29	Leroy Matlock	SP	1	1932	1932	HG	1.1	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0
30	Bert Hunter	SP	2	1932	1933	HG/EAS	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
31	Tommie Dukes	C	1	1935	1935	HG	1.0	1.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1
32	Leroy Morney	2B	1	1933	1933	HG	0.9	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0
33	Oscar Owens	SP	9	1922	1931	HG	0.9	0.6	-0.5	1.0	-0.1
34	Martín Dihigo	SS	2	1927	1928	HG	0.8	0.9	0.1	-0.3	0.1
35	Newt Allen	2B	1	1932	1932	HG	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
36	Bill Evans	CF	4	1930	1933	HG	0.8	1.1	-0.4	0.0	0.1
37	Willie Gray	CF	4	1924	1927	HG	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.1
38	Jim Williams	RF	2	1933	1934	HG	0.7	1.4	-0.7	0.0	0.0
39	Bobby Williams	SS	2	1926	1927	HG	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1
40	Sell Hall	-	1	1918	1918	HG	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
41	Ted Page	RF	1	1931	1931	HG	0.6	1.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
42	Cool Turner	3B	1	1929	1929	HG	0.6	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.1
43	Chaney White	CF	1	1930	1930	HG	0.5	0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.1
44	Mack Eggleston	C	1	1932	1932	HG	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.1
45	Judy Johnson	3B	3	1929	1933	HG/EAS	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
46	Cool Papa Bell	CF	2	1932	1933	HG/EAS	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
47	Buddy Burbage	RF	2	1934	1935	HG	0.5	0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
48	Dennis Graham	RF	7	1924	1930	HG	0.4	0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.4
49	Satchel Paige	SP	1	1931	1931	HG	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
50	Orville Singer	LF	1	1931	1931	HG	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
51	Tom Payne	RF	1	1933	1933	HG	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
52	Pat Patterson	2B	1	1934	1934	HG	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
53	George Gill	1B	1	1933	1933	HG	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
54	LeRoy Taylor	RF	1	1932	1932	HG	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.1
55	Harry Williams	SS	2	1932	1934	HG	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
56	William Bell	SP	1	1932	1932	HG	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0
57	John Lyles	2B	1	1934	1934	HG	0.3	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
58	Willie Wells	SS	1	1932	1932	HG	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
59	George Cheatham	RP	1	1934	1934	HG	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
60	Jabbo Andrews	CF	2	1932	1934	HG	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.1
61	Poindexter Williams	C	1	1933	1933	HG	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
62	Tarcat Terry	2B	2	1932	1933	HG	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.1
63	Grover Lewis	3B	1	1928	1928	HG	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
64	Quincy Trouppe	RF	1	1932	1932	HG	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
65	Clint Thomas	CF	1	1929	1929	HG	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
66	Sylvester Foreman	C	1	1924	1924	HG	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
67	Obie Lackey	SS	1	1929	1929	HG	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
68	Jelly Gardner	CF	1	1928	1928	HG	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
69	Claude Johnson	2B	1	1924	1924	HG	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	A. Johnson	C	1	1922	1922	HG	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
71	Win Harris	1B	3	1918	1924	HG	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Cleo Smith	3B	1	1926	1926	HG	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Jimmy Binder	3B	3	1933	1935	HG	0.2	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1
74	Frank Stewart	RP	1	1934	1934	HG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
75	Ambrose Reid	LF	1	1931	1931	HG	0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
76	Rags Roberts	C	1	1928	1928	HG	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
77	Anthony Cooper	CF	1	1932	1932	HG	0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
78	W. P. Young	C	3	1922	1927	HG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Benito Calderón	C	1	1928	1928	HG	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
80	Bill Pierce	C	2	1925	1926	HG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Dizzy Dismukes	SP	1	1924	1924	HG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
82	Dennis Gilchrist	SS	2	1934	1935	HG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Neil Robinson	LF	1	1934	1934	HG	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1
84	Josh Johnson	C	1	1934	1934	HG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Bob Ford	-	1	1918	1918	HG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Ameal Brooks	C	1	1933	1933	HG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Smith	RP	1	1935	1935	HG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
88	Buddy Hayes	-	1	1922	1922	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Scrappy Brown	SS	1	1924	1924	HG	0.0	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
90	Pierson	3B	1	1933	1933	HG	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
91	Tom Young	C	1	1932	1932	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Charlie Jamison	RP	2	1932	1934	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Bud Brown	-	1	1918	1918	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Ed Rile	RP	1	1924	1924	HG	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Fats Jenkins	-	1	1933	1933	EAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Bobby Dean	2B	1	1929	1929	HG	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
97	Biz Mackey	3B	2	1927	1933	HG/EAS	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Dick Lundy	-	1	1933	1933	EAS	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
99	George McAllister	1B	1	1933	1933	HG	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
100	Rap Dixon	-	1	1933	1933	EAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	C. D. Mosley	RP	1	1935	1935	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Dark Night Smith	LF	1	1924	1924	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Laudie Walker	3B	2	1922	1924	HG	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
104	Jesse Barber	LF	1	1922	1922	HG	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
105	John Henry Russell	2B	2	1933	1934	HG/EAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Horace Jarnagin	RF	1	1934	1934	HG	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
107	Robert Gaston	C	3	1932	1935	HG	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Lefty Pangburn	-	1	1918	1918	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
109	Rattler Harrison	-	1	1929	1929	HG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Willis Moody	CF	4	1922	1929	HG	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
111	Aaron Russell	-	1	1918	1918	HG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Joe Scott	1B	1	1933	1933	HG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Red Ryan	RP	1	1927	1927	HG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
114	Ormsby Roy	RF	2	1929	1932	HG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Gerard Williams	SS	1	1925	1925	HG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Clarence Lewis	SS	1	1933	1933	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
117	John Veney	-	1	1918	1918	HG	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Forrest Mashaw	-	1	1922	1922	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
119	Charlie Spearman	C	1	1927	1927	HG	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
120	Lou Dials	RF	1	1932	1932	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
121	Till	-	1	1933	1933	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
122	Charlie Bradford	-	1	1918	1918	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
123	Hap Allen	SS	1	1922	1922	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
124	Sanford Jackson	CF	1	1929	1929	HG	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Johnny Jones	CF	1	1931	1931	HG	-0.2	0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0
126	Jimmie Crutchfield	-	1	1932	1932	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
127	Frank Duncan	C	1	1932	1932	HG	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
128	Lefty Mellix	-	1	1935	1935	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
129	Bob Evans	-	1	1934	1934	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
130	Emmet Campbell	-	1	1918	1918	HG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
131	Jerry Gibson	-	1	1934	1934	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
132	Elbert Williams	-	1	1929	1929	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
133	Ted Trent	-	1	1932	1932	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
134	Nip Winters	-	1	1928	1928	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
135	Pete Peacock	3B	1	1933	1933	HG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
136	Bill Riggins	3B	1	1927	1927	HG	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
137	Slim Branham	-	1	1924	1924	HG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
138	Bobo Leonard	LF	1	1928	1928	HG	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
139	Clarence Palm	C	2	1932	1934	HG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
140	Buck Miller	RP	1	1929	1929	HG	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
141	Rose	-	1	1935	1935	HG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
142	Charlie Hughes	2B	1	1933	1933	HG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
143	Mo Harris	2B	7	1918	1929	HG	-0.3	-0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2
144	Tex Burnett	C	2	1931	1934	HG	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
145	Columbus Vance	-	1	1932	1932	HG	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
146	Roy S. Williams	RP	2	1931	1935	HG	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
147	Darltie Cooper	RF	1	1930	1930	HG	-0.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.6	0.0
148	Tom Parker	RF	1	1935	1935	HG	-0.8	0.5	0.0	-1.2	0.0
149	Charlie Mason	LF	1	1929	1929	HG	-0.8	-0.4	0.3	-0.6	-0.1
150	Ted Radcliffe	C	2	1931	1933	HG	-1.7	-0.1	0.4	-2.0	0.1
151	Jelly Jackson	SS	1	1935	1935	HG	-1.8	-1.4	-0.6	0.0	0.2

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