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Batting

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Rk Yrs From To ASG G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Birthdate Birthplace
1 Francis Abercrombie 1 1871 1871 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 2 Fort Towson, MD, USA
2 Billy Arnold 1 1872 1872 0 2 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 Mar 2 Middletown, CT, USA
3 Ed Atkinson 1 1873 1873 0 2 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Baltimore, MD, USA
4 Joe Battin 10 1871 1890 0 480 1994 1953 228 439 51 25 3 143 26 5 40 36 .225 .241 .281 .522 Nov 11 Philadelphia, PA, USA
5 Steve Brady 6 1874 1886 0 490 2133 2030 313 529 50 20 4 114 22 2 94 15 .261 .296 .311 .607 Jul 14 Worcester, MA, USA
6 Mike Brannock 2 1871 1875 0 5 23 23 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .087 .087 .087 .174 Oct 25 Douglas, MA, USA
7 Frank Buttery 1 1872 1872 0 18 93 93 19 24 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 2 .258 .258 .258 .516 May 13 Silvermine, CT, USA
8 Ed Caskin 7 1879 1886 0 482 1953 1871 229 427 50 10 2 163 0 82 170 .228 .261 .269 .529 Dec 30 Danvers, MA, USA
9 John Clapp 11 1872 1883 0 588 2635 2523 457 714 91 35 7 275 17 11 112 51 .283 .313 .355 .669 Jul 17 Ithaca, NY, USA
10 Chick Fulmer 11 1871 1884 0 583 2482 2440 360 636 70 30 8 261 14 8 42 66 .261 .273 .324 .597 Feb 12 Philadelphia, PA, USA
11 Pete Gillespie 8 1880 1887 0 714 3038 2927 450 809 108 45 10 351 54 106 218 .276 .303 .354 .657 Nov 30 Carbondale, PA, USA
12 Mike Golden 2 1875 1878 0 107 420 415 38 90 9 3 0 35 3 2 5 48 .217 .226 .253 .479 Sep 11 Shirley, MA, USA
13 John Greason 1 1873 1873 0 7 29 28 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .143 .172 .143 .315 Jul 29 Washington, DC, USA
14 Dick Higham 8 1871 1880 0 372 1804 1787 384 549 85 15 4 204 18 15 17 28 .307 .314 .378 .692 England
15 Tommy Johns 1 1873 1873 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 7 Baltimore, MD, USA
16 David Lenz 1 1872 1872 0 4 12 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167 Jan 1 , Germany
17 Denny Mack 8 1871 1883 0 373 1598 1505 309 343 42 10 1 103 31 7 93 40 .228 .273 .271 .544 Easton, PA, USA
18 Bobby Mathews 15 1871 1887 0 623 2560 2487 318 504 47 9 1 162 8 5 73 58 .203 .225 .230 .455 Nov 21 Baltimore, MD, USA
19 Mike McGeary 11 1871 1882 0 547 2507 2481 484 684 56 13 0 236 65 24 26 60 .276 .283 .309 .592 Philadelphia, PA, USA
20 Ed Mincher 2 1871 1872 0 20 89 89 9 14 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 1 .157 .157 .157 .315 Jun 17 Baltimore, MD, USA
21 John O'Brien 1 1884 1884 0 18 79 77 7 19 1 1 0 0 2 .247 .266 .286 .552 Oct 22 Columbus, OH, USA
22 Orator Shaffer 13 1874 1890 0 871 3784 3552 601 1000 164 53 11 317 34 0 227 194 .282 .326 .367 .692 Philadelphia, PA, USA
23 John Shoupe 3 1879 1884 0 14 55 55 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .127 .127 .127 .255 Sep 30 Cincinnati, OH, USA
24 Tom Smith 1 1875 1875 0 3 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154 Guelph, ON, CAN
25 Ted Sullivan 1 1884 1884 0 3 10 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .400 .333 .733 County Clare, Ireland
26 Live Oak Taylor 2 1877 1884 0 43 169 160 22 35 4 1 0 0 0 6 2 .219 .260 .256 .517 Feb 3 Belfast, ME, USA
27 Red Woodhead 2 1873 1879 0 35 136 136 5 21 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 .154 .154 .162 .316 Jul 9 Chelsea, MA, USA
Totals 131 1871 1890 0 6406 27639 26689 4254 6856 829 270 51 2386 296 79 927 1016 .257 .282 .314 .596
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Pitching

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Rk Yrs From To ASG W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF Birthdate Birthplace
1 Joe Battin 10 1871 1890 0 0 0 3.52 3 0 2 0 0 0 7.2 12 6 3 0 2 1 0 1 16 Nov 11 Philadelphia, PA, USA
2 Frank Buttery 1 1872 1872 0 3 2 .600 5.14 6 5 5 0 0 49.0 81 78 28 0 1 0 0 May 13 Silvermine, CT, USA
3 Chick Fulmer 11 1871 1884 0 0 0 3.60 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 4 2 0 1 0 0 Feb 12 Philadelphia, PA, USA
4 Mike Golden 2 1875 1878 0 10 32 .238 3.38 49 45 4 40 1 0 392.0 456 354 147 1 58 72 0 24 769 Sep 11 Shirley, MA, USA
5 John Greason 1 1873 1873 0 1 6 .143 5.43 7 7 7 0 0 63.0 112 90 38 3 7 3 0 Jul 29 Washington, DC, USA
6 Denny Mack 8 1871 1883 0 0 1 .000 3.46 3 1 1 0 0 13.0 20 30 5 0 3 1 0 Easton, PA, USA
7 Bobby Mathews 15 1871 1887 0 297 248 .545 2.89 578 568 8 525 19 3 4956.1 5591 3497 1591 69 533 1366 48 2 94 11929 Nov 21 Baltimore, MD, USA
Totals 48 1871 1890 0 311 289 .518 2.98 648 626 14 578 20 3 5486.0 6279 4059 1814 73 605 1443 48 2 119 12714
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Managers

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Rk Mgr Yrs From To G W L W-L% G>.500 BestFin WrstFin AvRk Birthdate Birthplace
1 Joe Battin 2 1883 1884 32 9 23 .281 -14 5 10 7.8
2 John Clapp 6 1872 1883 420 174 237 .423 -63 3 9 6.0
3 Dick Higham 1 1874 1874 40 29 11 .725 18 2 2 2.0
4 Denny Mack 1 1882 1882 80 42 38 .525 4 3 3 3.0
5 Mike McGeary 3 1875 1881 90 46 41 .529 5 2 7 4.7
6 Jim Mutrie 9 1883 1891 1114 658 419 .611 239 1 6 2.8
7 Ted Sullivan 3 1883 1888 268 132 132 .500 0 1 8 5.4
8 Chris Von der Ahe 3 1895 1897 17 3 14 .176 -11 11 12 11.8
Totals 28 1872 1897 2061 1093 915 .544 178 1 12 4.0
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