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Starters

1B - Cap Anson
2B - Ryne Sandberg
SS - Ernie Banks
3B - Ron Santo
C - Gabby Hartnett
OF - Billy Williams, Sammy Sosa, Jimmy Ryan
SP - Fergie Jenkins, Greg Maddux, Charley Root, Mordecai Brown, Grover Cleveland Alexander

Reserves

Bench - George Gore (OF), Bill Nicholson (OF), Hack Wilson (OF), Stan Hack (3B), Mark Grace (1B), King Kelly (IF/C), Ned Williamson (3B/SS).
Bullpen - Lee Smith (CL), Bruce Sutter (SU), Hippo Vaughn, John Clarkson, Jake Arrieta, Claude Passeau

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1871-2020 (Regular Season)
Batting and Pitching.



BATTING

Rank Nane First LYear Team LG TPEVA YRS PPYR HR RBI H AVE
1 Anson Cap 1897 CHN NL 374.385 22 17.017 97 1879 2995 0.329
2 Banks Ernie 1971 CHN NL 264.788 19 13.936 512 1636 2583 0.274
3 Williams Billy 1974 CHN NL 262.803 16 16.425 392 1353 2510 0.296
4 Santo Ron 1973 CHN NL 257.426 14 18.388 337 1290 2171 0.279
5 Sosa Sammy 2004 CHN NL 214.891 13 16.530 545 1414 1985 0.284
6 Sandberg Ryne 1997 CHN NL 177.095 15 11.806 282 1061 2385 0.285
7 Ryan Jimmy 1900 CHN NL 165.018 15 11.001 99 914 2073 0.307
8 Hack Stan 1947 CHN NL 159.139 16 9.946 57 642 2193 0.301
9 Gore George 1886 CHN NL 157.398 8 19.675 24 380 933 0.315
10 Nicholson Bill 1948 CHN NL 153.688 10 15.369 205 833 1323 0.272
11 Hartnett Gabby 1940 CHN NL 152.886 19 8.047 231 1153 1867 0.297
12 Grace Mark 2000 CHN NL 147.685 13 11.360 148 1004 2201 0.308
13 Kelly King 1886 CHN NL 142.521 7 20.360 33 480 899 0.316
14 Williamson Ned 1889 CHN NL 136.810 11 12.437 61 622 1050 0.260
15 Rizzo Anthony 2020 CHN NL 127.949 9 14.220 228 744 1231 0.274
16 Wilson Hack 1931 CHN NL 126.233 6 21.039 190 769 1017 0.322
17 Cavarretta Phil 1953 CHN NL 123.104 20 6.155 92 896 1927 0.292
18 Dalrymple Abner 1886 CHN NL 118.974 8 14.872 40 325 938 0.295
19 Schulte Frank 1916 CHN NL 115.881 13 8.914 91 712 1590 0.272
20 Dahlen Bill 1898 CHN NL 109.804 8 13.725 57 560 1166 0.299


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PITCHING

Rank Name First LYear Team LG TPEVA YRS PPYR W L SV ER IP ERA
1 Jenkins Fergie 1983 CHN NL 163.228 10 16.323 167 132 6 952 2673.7 3.20
2 Maddux Greg 2006 CHN NL 159.849 10 15.985 133 112 0 808 2016.0 3.61
3 Brown Mordecai 1916 CHN NL 151.146 10 15.115 188 86 39 465 2329.0 1.80
4 Root Charley 1941 CHN NL 143.727 16 8.983 201 156 40 1236 3137.3 3.55
5 Alexander Pete 1926 CHN NL 130.911 9 14.546 128 83 10 595 1884.3 2.84
6 Vaughn Hippo 1921 CHN NL 118.611 9 13.179 151 105 4 575 2216.3 2.33
7 Lee Bill 1947 CHN NL 118.275 11 10.752 139 123 9 885 2271.3 3.51
8 Passeau Claude 1947 CHN NL 118.148 9 13.128 124 94 15 629 1914.7 2.96
9 Zambrano Carlos 2011 CHN NL 117.304 11 10.664 125 81 0 731 1826.7 3.60
10 Hutchison Bill 1895 CHN NL 110.650 7 15.807 181 158 4 1196 3021.0 3.56
11 Griffith Clark 1900 CHN NL 107.861 8 13.483 152 96 1 826 2188.7 3.40
12 Hendricks Kyle 2020 CHN NL 106.421 7 15.203 69 48 0 363 1047.3 3.12
13 Warneke Lon 1945 CHN NL 106.352 10 10.635 109 72 11 512 1624.7 2.84
14 Reuschel Rick 1984 CHN NL 104.862 12 8.738 135 127 3 891 2290.0 3.50
15 Clarkson John 1887 CHN NL 100.405 4 25.101 137 57 0 460 1730.7 2.39
16 Arrieta Jake 2017 CHN NL 97.040 5 19.408 68 31 0 244 803.0 2.73
17 Lester Jon 2020 CHN NL 83.735 6 13.956 77 44 0 405 1002.7 3.64
18 Rush Bob 1957 CHN NL 80.867 10 8.087 110 140 7 878 2132.7 3.71
19 Dempster Ryan 2012 CHN NL 76.136 9 8.460 67 66 87 491 1182.7 3.74
20 Bush Guy 1934 CHN NL 75.071 12 6.256 152 101 27 933 2201.7 3.81

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    64.000 - Maximum
    32.000 - Cy Young/MVP Candidate
    20.000 - All League
    15.000 - All-Star Level
    10.000 - Very Good
    3.500 - Average
    0.200 - Minimum


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