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Patsy Dougherty won a championship in 1903.

	NAME	Champs	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Patsy Dougherty P. Dougherty	1	1903	BSA	139	590	107	195	19	12	4	59	33	6	62	35	647	250	35	18	.331	.372	.424	.796	104	27.7	.376	136	27.5
2	Buck Freeman B. Freeman	1	1903	BSA	141	567	74	163	39	20	13	104	30	4	73	5	611	281	72	10	.287	.328	.496	.823	100	27.9	.380	138	27.7
3	Jack O'Brien J. O'Brien	1	1903	BSA	96	338	44	71	14	4	3	38	21	3	37	10	376	102	21	14	.210	.262	.302	.564	32	-12.9	.270	71	-13
4	Chick Stahl C. Stahl	1	1903	BSA	77	299	60	82	12	6	2	44	28	1	28	10	332	112	20	4	.274	.338	.375	.713	45	5.4	.340	114	5.4
5	George Browne G. Browne	1	1905	NYG	127	536	95	157	16	14	4	43	20	2	59	26	569	213	34	11	.293	.321	.397	.718	74	13.7	.343	108	5.6
6	Mike Donlin M. Donlin	1	1905	NYG	150	606	124	216	31	16	7	80	56	2	41	33	676	300	54	12	.356	.413	.495	.908	128	57	.432	159	47.4
7	Jiggs Donahue J. Donahue	1	1906	CWS	154	556	70	143	17	7	1	57	48	3	25	36	643	177	25	36	.257	.320	.318	.638	67	3.6	.315	105	3.5
8	Patsy Dougherty P. Dougherty	1	1906	TOT	87	305	33	69	11	4	1	31	19	3	30	11	340	91	16	13	.226	.278	.298	.577	29	-4.8	.284	85	-5.5
9	Ed Hahn E. Hahn	1	1906	TOT	141	506	82	112	8	5	0	28	72	11	32	23	605	130	13	16	.221	.331	.257	.588	58	-2.1	.301	96	-2.6
10	Frank Isbell F. Isbell	1	1906	CWS	143	549	71	153	18	11	0	57	30	7	34	37	617	193	29	31	.279	.324	.352	.676	70	9.4	.330	114	9.3
11	Fielder Jones F. Jones	1	1906	CWS	144	496	77	114	22	4	2	34	83	5	37	26	614	150	28	30	.230	.346	.302	.648	69	8.5	.328	113	8.4
12	Doc White D. White	1	1906	CWS	29	65	11	12	1	1	0	3	13	0	10	3	85	15	2	7	.185	.321	.231	.551	7	-1	.288	88	-1.1
13	Johnny Evers J. Evers	1	1907	CHC	151	508	66	127	18	4	2	51	38	5	17	46	565	159	24	14	.250	.309	.313	.622	56	1.4	.308	95	-3.1
14	Del Howard D. Howard	1	1907	TOT	101	335	30	85	6	4	1	26	17	7	30	14	365	102	11	6	.254	.304	.304	.608	35	-0.6	.302	90	-3.8
15	Frank Schulte F. Schulte	1	1907	CHC	97	342	44	98	14	7	2	32	22	5	38	7	389	132	23	20	.287	.339	.386	.725	50	12.5	.355	123	9.4
16	Jimmy Sheckard J. Sheckard	1	1907	CHC	143	484	76	129	23	1	1	36	76	6	53	31	601	157	25	35	.267	.373	.324	.697	76	17.9	.351	121	13.1
17	Jimmy Slagle J. Slagle	1	1907	CHC	136	489	71	126	6	6	0	32	76	1	52	28	575	144	12	9	.258	.359	.294	.653	65	9.4	.330	108	4.8
18	Johnny Evers J. Evers	1	1908	CHC	126	416	83	125	19	6	0	37	66	5	14	36	509	156	25	22	.300	.402	.375	.777	75	27.5	.382	146	23.7
19	Del Howard D. Howard	1	1908	CHC	96	315	42	88	7	3	1	26	23	5	21	11	354	104	11	11	.279	.338	.330	.668	40	7.2	.329	113	4.5
20	Frank Schulte F. Schulte	1	1908	CHC	102	386	42	91	20	2	1	43	29	3	49	15	443	118	23	25	.236	.294	.306	.600	41	-0.2	.296	92	-3.5
21	Jimmy Sheckard J. Sheckard	1	1908	CHC	115	403	54	93	18	3	2	22	62	2	49	18	488	123	23	21	.231	.336	.305	.641	53	7.6	.322	108	4
22	Babe Adams B. Adams	1	1909	PIT	25	39	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	15	0	46	4	1	5	.051	.098	.103	.200	-2	-6	.105	-31	-6.3
23	Fred Clarke F. Clarke	1	1909	PIT	152	550	97	158	16	11	3	68	80	6	36	31	660	205	30	24	.287	.384	.373	.756	93	28.8	.374	134	23.9
24	Ham Hyatt H. Hyatt	1	1909	PIT	49	67	9	20	3	4	0	7	3	0	11	1	71	31	7	1	.299	.329	.463	.791	10	3.3	.379	137	2.8
25	Lefty Leifield L. Leifield	1	1909	PIT	32	73	2	14	1	3	0	8	3	0	25	1	78	21	4	2	.192	.224	.288	.511	5	-2.9	.249	58	-3.5

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