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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Red Anderson 1937-1941 36 39 1 11 0 1 0 1 2 12 .282 .317 .333 0 0 1972-08-07 Sioux City Orie Arntzen 1943-1943 32 50 3 8 1 0 0 1 2 16 .160 .192 .180 0 0 1970-01-28 Cedar Rapids Gene Baker 1953-1961 630 2230 265 590 109 21 39 227 184 219 .265 .321 .385 21 17 1999-12-01 Davenport Ralph Bell 1912-1912 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1959-10-18 Burlington Bob Black 1884-1884 38 146 25 36 14 2 1 0 10 0 .247 .295 .390 0 0 1933-03-21 Sioux City Buster Brown 1905-1913 235 522 38 95 23 7 3 23 18 65 .182 .211 .270 0 0 1914-02-09 Sioux City Charlie Buelow 1901-1901 22 72 3 8 4 0 0 4 2 0 .111 .147 .167 0 0 1951-05-04 Dubuque Hick Cady 1912-1919 355 901 83 216 47 11 1 74 66 91 .240 .297 .320 4 3 1946-03-03 Cedar Rapids Mike Chartak 1940-1944 256 765 96 186 34 7 21 98 104 112 .243 .337 .388 4 7 1967-07-25 Cedar Rapids Bud Clancy 1924-1934 522 1796 204 504 69 26 12 198 111 106 .281 .325 .368 19 16 1968-09-26 Ottumwa George Clark 1913-1913 11 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 0 0 1940-11-14 Sioux City Charlie Dexter 1896-1903 771 2866 429 749 94 24 16 346 198 34 .261 .318 .328 183 0 1934-06-09 Cedar Rapids Red Downs 1907-1912 241 790 68 179 30 11 3 94 28 22 .227 .256 .304 13 0 1939-10-19 Council Bluffs Jesse Duryea 1889-1893 144 428 66 86 13 5 1 37 40 93 .201 .288 .262 17 0 1942-08-19 Algona Art Ewoldt 1919-1919 9 32 2 7 1 0 0 2 1 5 .219 .242 .250 0 0 1977-12-08 Des Moines Vern Fear 1952-1952 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1976-09-06 Spencer Lew Fonseca 1921-1933 937 3404 518 1075 203 50 31 485 186 199 .316 .355 .432 64 36 1989-11-26 Ely Gene Ford 1936-1938 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 0 0 1970-09-07 Emmetsburg Charlie Frisbee 1899-1900 46 165 24 52 5 2 0 23 11 0 .315 .365 .370 10 0 1954-11-07 Alden Grover Gilmore 1914-1915 258 941 144 269 47 20 2 79 63 158 .286 .341 .385 42 0 1919-11-25 Sioux City Jim Grant 1923-1923 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1985-11-30 Des Moines Frankie Gustine 1939-1950 1261 4582 553 1214 222 47 38 480 369 427 .265 .322 .359 60 1 1991-04-01 Davenport Ed Hahn 1905-1910 553 2045 291 484 42 20 1 122 258 0 .237 .335 .278 59 0 1941-11-29 Des Moines Jerry Harrington 1890-1893 189 666 60 151 19 6 3 73 43 73 .227 .278 .287 8 0 1913-04-16 Keokuk Belden Hill 1890-1890 9 30 3 5 2 0 0 2 3 0 .167 .306 .233 6 0 1934-10-22 Cedar Rapids Bill Hoffer 1895-1901 180 560 82 128 21 9 1 48 34 27 .229 .292 .304 11 0 1959-07-21 Cedar Rapids Jesse Hoffmeister 1897-1897 48 188 33 58 6 9 3 36 8 0 .309 .337 .484 6 0 1933-01-14 Des Moines Wattie Holm 1924-1932 436 1493 207 410 73 26 6 174 100 86 .275 .322 .370 11 4 1950-05-19 Everly Ducky Holmes 1895-1905 932 3601 539 1014 142 58 17 374 236 14 .282 .337 .367 236 0 1932-08-06 Truro Joe Hovlik 1909-1911 16 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 .067 .300 .067 0 0 1951-11-03 Oxford Junction +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Tom Hurd 1954-1956 99 29 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 5 .276 .300 .310 0 0 1982-09-05 Waterloo Joe Jaeger 1920-1920 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1963-12-13 Hampton Chief Johnson 1913-1915 111 224 12 27 3 1 3 15 16 100 .121 .189 .183 3 0 1922-06-11 Des Moines Duane Josephson 1965-1972 470 1505 147 388 58 12 23 164 92 174 .258 .303 .358 4 10 1997-01-30 New Hampton Ed Keas 1888-1888 6 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .087 .125 .087 0 0 1940-01-12 Dubuque Maury Kent 1912-1913 24 38 2 8 1 0 0 5 3 10 .211 .268 .237 0 0 1966-04-19 Iowa City Lynn King 1935-1939 175 207 28 43 4 1 0 21 28 18 .208 .302 .237 6 0 1972-05-11 Atlantic Cliff Knox 1924-1924 6 18 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 .222 .300 .222 0 0 1965-09-24 Oskaloosa Roxie Lawson 1930-1940 209 283 26 49 5 3 0 17 12 57 .173 .209 .212 0 0 1977-04-09 Stockport Vive Lindaman 1906-1909 131 303 27 46 4 1 0 11 22 0 .152 .209 .172 1 0 1927-02-13 Charles City Tom Loftus 1877-1883 9 33 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 .182 .229 .182 0 0 1910-04-16 Dubuque Jimmie Long 1922-1922 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 0 0 1970-09-14 Ft.Dodge Lefty Lorenzen 1913-1913 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 1963-03-05 Davenport Adrian Lynch 1920-1920 5 9 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .222 .300 .222 0 0 1934-03-16 Davenport Ike McAuley 1914-1925 64 179 14 44 8 2 0 13 11 28 .246 .293 .313 1 0 1928-04-06 Des Moines Les Munns 1934-1936 64 54 4 11 2 1 0 2 1 13 .204 .218 .278 0 0 1997-02-28 Cedar Rapids Johnny Niggeling 1938-1946 184 420 16 59 4 1 0 17 20 100 .140 .181 .155 0 1 1963-09-16 LeMars Ossie Orwoll 1928-1929 94 221 34 65 15 3 0 28 18 35 .294 .347 .389 3 1 1967-05-08 Decorah Gil Paulsen 1925-1925 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1994-04-02 Harlan Roy Radebaugh 1911-1911 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1945-01-17 Cedar Rapids Tom Richardson 1917-1917 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1939-11-15 Onawa Jack Saltzgaver 1932-1945 278 764 131 199 26 5 10 82 105 80 .260 .351 .347 9 4 1978-02-01 Keokuk Cy Slapnicka 1911-1918 10 23 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 8 .130 .200 .130 0 0 1979-10-20 Cedar Rapids Paul Speraw 1920-1920 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1962-02-22 Cedar Rapids Charlie Sprague 1887-1890 60 219 27 50 5 6 1 20 17 2 .228 .293 .320 11 0 1912-12-31 Des Moines George Stone 1903-1910 849 3274 428 986 106 68 23 268 282 0 .301 .361 .396 133 0 1945-01-03 Clinton George Stovall 1904-1915 1414 5222 547 1382 231 56 15 564 172 94 .265 .292 .339 142 0 1951-11-05 Burlington George Stueland 1921-1925 45 35 2 6 0 0 0 3 1 19 .171 .194 .171 0 0 1964-09-09 Onawa George Tomer 1913-1913 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1984-12-15 Perry Babe Towne 1906-1906 14 36 3 10 0 0 0 6 7 0 .278 .395 .278 0 0 1938-10-29 Des Moines +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Bill Traffley 1878-1886 179 663 85 116 13 12 1 36 34 1 .175 .220 .235 8 0 1908-06-23 Des Moines Hal Trosky 1933-1946 1347 5161 835 1561 331 58 228 1012 545 440 .302 .371 .522 28 23 1979-06-18 Cedar Rapids Charlie Uhlir 1934-1934 14 27 3 4 0 0 0 3 2 6 .148 .207 .148 0 0 1984-07-09 Spirit Lake Al Van Camp 1928-1932 140 444 44 116 20 6 0 41 24 42 .261 .301 .333 4 2 1981-02-02 Davenport Otto Vogel 1923-1924 111 253 38 63 11 3 2 30 17 37 .249 .312 .340 6 7 1969-07-19 Iowa City Bill Wagner 1914-1918 93 242 19 50 7 4 1 18 21 37 .207 .273 .281 1 0 1951-01-11 Waterloo Joe Weiss 1915-1915 29 85 6 19 1 2 0 11 3 24 .224 .250 .282 0 0 1967-07-07 Cedar Rapids Rip Williams 1911-1918 498 1186 111 314 51 23 2 145 95 80 .265 .328 .352 27 5 1933-07-23 Keokuk Roy Wilson 1928-1928 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1969-12-03 Clarion George Zackert 1911-1912 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1977-02-18 Burlington Bill Zuber 1936-1947 224 229 10 31 4 5 0 11 10 66 .135 .172 .197 0 0 1982-11-02 Cedar Rapids +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Red Anderson 1937-1941 5 8 .385 4.35 36 9 3 0 0 136.7 150 66 7 69 40 1972-08-07 Sioux City Orie Arntzen 1943-1943 4 13 .235 4.22 32 20 9 0 0 164.3 172 77 5 69 66 1970-01-28 Cedar Rapids Ralph Bell 1912-1912 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 6 1 8 5 1959-10-18 Burlington Bob Black 1884-1884 4 9 .308 3.22 16 15 13 0 0 123.0 127 44 1 17 93 1933-03-21 Sioux City Buster Brown 1905-1913 51 103 .331 3.21 234 165 106 10 4 1451.7 1368 517 36 631 501 1914-02-09 Sioux City George Clark 1913-1913 0 1 .000 9.00 11 1 0 0 0 19.0 22 19 1 19 5 1940-11-14 Sioux City Jesse Duryea 1889-1893 59 67 .468 3.45 143 130 104 5 3 1088.0 1101 417 41 349 416 1942-08-19 Algona Vern Fear 1952-1952 0 0 7.88 4 0 0 0 0 8.0 9 7 1 3 4 1976-09-06 Spencer Lew Fonseca 1921-1933 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1989-11-26 Ely Gene Ford 1936-1938 0 0 9.56 5 0 0 0 0 16.0 23 17 1 12 2 1970-09-07 Emmetsburg Jim Grant 1923-1923 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 10 6 0 4 0 1985-11-30 Des Moines Bill Hoffer 1895-1901 92 46 .667 3.75 161 142 125 10 3 1254.3 1333 523 22 453 314 1959-07-21 Cedar Rapids Ducky Holmes 1895-1905 1 1 .500 6.58 4 2 1 0 0 26.0 42 19 1 12 3 1932-08-06 Truro Joe Hovlik 1909-1911 2 0 1.000 3.62 16 3 1 1 0 54.7 66 22 1 23 25 1951-11-03 Oxford Junction Tom Hurd 1954-1956 13 10 .565 3.96 99 0 0 0 11 186.3 177 82 14 97 96 1982-09-05 Waterloo Joe Jaeger 1920-1920 0 0 12.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 4 0 4 0 1963-12-13 Hampton Chief Johnson 1913-1915 40 43 .482 2.95 111 85 44 9 2 688.3 667 226 15 192 304 1922-06-11 Des Moines Ed Keas 1888-1888 3 3 .500 2.29 6 6 6 0 0 51.0 53 13 1 12 18 1940-01-12 Dubuque Maury Kent 1912-1913 5 5 .500 4.66 23 9 2 1 0 100.3 112 52 3 49 25 1966-04-19 Iowa City Roxie Lawson 1930-1940 47 39 .547 5.37 208 83 34 2 11 851.7 963 508 70 512 258 1977-04-09 Stockport Vive Lindaman 1906-1909 36 60 .375 2.92 131 101 83 7 2 904.0 876 293 22 296 286 1927-02-13 Charles City Lefty Lorenzen 1913-1913 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 4 0 3 0 1963-03-05 Davenport Adrian Lynch 1920-1920 2 0 1.000 5.24 5 3 1 0 0 22.3 23 13 1 17 8 1934-03-16 Davenport Les Munns 1934-1936 4 13 .235 4.76 61 15 4 0 2 181.7 203 96 14 105 58 1997-02-28 Cedar Rapids Johnny Niggeling 1938-1946 64 69 .481 3.22 184 161 81 12 0 1250.7 1111 447 60 516 620 1963-09-16 LeMars Ossie Orwoll 1928-1929 6 7 .462 4.63 39 8 3 0 3 136.0 142 70 13 56 65 1967-05-08 Decorah Gil Paulsen 1925-1925 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1994-04-02 Harlan Roy Radebaugh 1911-1911 0 0 2.70 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 6 3 0 4 1 1945-01-17 Cedar Rapids Cy Slapnicka 1911-1918 1 6 .143 4.30 10 8 5 0 1 73.3 71 35 2 29 13 1979-10-20 Cedar Rapids Charlie Sprague 1887-1890 10 7 .588 4.51 24 17 13 0 0 161.7 162 81 1 101 76 1912-12-31 Des Moines +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ George Stueland 1921-1925 9 6 .600 5.73 45 13 4 0 0 135.0 153 86 9 64 50 1964-09-09 Onawa Roy Wilson 1928-1928 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.3 2 0 0 3 2 1969-12-03 Clarion George Zackert 1911-1912 0 2 .000 11.88 5 1 0 0 0 8.3 19 11 0 7 6 1977-02-18 Burlington Bill Zuber 1936-1947 43 42 .506 4.28 224 65 23 3 6 786.0 767 374 35 468 383 1982-11-02 Cedar Rapids +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
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+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+ Manager YR From To G W L WP BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date Place of Death +-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+ Lew Fonseca 3 1932-1934 318 120 196 .380 6 8 0 0 0 PlyrMgr 1989-11-26 Ely Tom Loftus 9 1884-1903 1055 454 580 .439 2 8 0 0 0 1910-04-16 Dubuque George Stovall 5 1911-1915 698 313 376 .454 3 8 0 0 0 PlyrMgr 1951-11-05 Burlington +-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
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