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1853 Major League Baseball Born this Year

 Born this Year

Batting

Pitchers Below
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR/pos G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Birthdate Birthplace
1 Studs Bancker 1 1875 1875 0 -0.19 19 72 72 3 11 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 .153 .153 .153 .306 Philadelphia, PA, United States
2 Billy Barnie 4 1874 1886 0 -2.68 83 326 321 32 55 5 2 0 23 2 2 5 16 .171 .184 .199 .383 Jan 26 New York, NY, United States
3 Joe Battin 10 1871 1890 0 6.21 480 1994 1953 228 439 51 25 3 143 26 5 40 36 .225 .241 .281 .522 Nov 11 West Bradford, PA, United States
4 Frank Berkelbach 1 1884 1884 0 -0.09 6 27 25 3 6 0 1 0 3 0 .240 .296 .320 .616 Jul 27 Philadelphia, PA, United States
5 Joe Blong 3 1875 1877 0 0.03 136 556 550 50 119 17 7 0 48 1 0 6 38 .216 .225 .273 .498 Sep 17 St. Louis, MO, United States
6 Pat Carroll 1 1884 1884 0 -0.14 16 69 68 5 16 2 0 0 1 .235 .246 .265 .511 Philadelphia, PA, United States
7 Denny Clare 1 1872 1872 0 -0.06 2 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 Brooklyn, NY, United States
8 Dan Collins 2 1874 1876 0 -0.40 10 40 40 4 5 2 0 0 9 1 0 0 4 .125 .125 .175 .300 Sep 27 New Orleans, LA, United States
9 John Dailey 1 1875 1875 0 -0.57 29 118 118 19 21 5 4 0 13 3 2 0 2 .178 .178 .288 .466 Oct 26 Brooklyn, NY, United States
10 Packy Dillon 1 1875 1875 0 0.07 3 13 13 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .231 .231 .308 .538 Jan 2 St. Louis, MO, United States
11 Mike Dorgan 10 1877 1890 0 8.58 715 3046 2924 443 802 112 34 4 346 39 118 179 .274 .303 .340 .643 Oct 2 Middletown, CT, United States
12 John Farrow 3 1873 1884 0 -0.41 55 232 228 25 45 6 0 0 13 0 0 4 4 .197 .211 .224 .435 Nov 8 Verplanck, NY, United States
13 George Fields 1 1872 1872 0 -0.50 18 86 86 17 19 3 1 0 14 0 0 0 2 .221 .221 .279 .500 Waterbury, CT, United States
14 Martin Flaherty 1 1881 1881 0 -0.06 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 24 Worcester, MA, United States
15 Jim Gilmore 1 1875 1875 0 -0.08 3 12 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 Baltimore, MD, United States
16 Jake Goodman 2 1878 1882 0 0.52 70 302 293 33 75 6 5 1 27 9 33 .256 .278 .321 .599 Sep 14 Lancaster, PA, United States
17 Bill Hawes 2 1879 1884 0 -0.94 117 511 504 99 128 10 7 4 9 7 13 .254 .264 .325 .590 Nov 17 Nashua, NH, United States
18 Tom Healey 1 1878 1878 0 -0.33 15 54 54 2 10 2 0 0 6 0 18 .185 .185 .222 .407 Cranston, RI, United States
19 Sonny Hoffman 1 1879 1879 0 -0.22 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 Cleveland, OH, United States
20 Holly Hollingshead 3 1872 1875 0 -0.26 58 263 261 45 69 4 4 0 33 2 1 2 7 .264 .270 .310 .580 Jan 17 Washington, DC, United States
21 Doc Kennedy 5 1879 1883 0 4.49 160 630 615 67 160 25 4 1 53 15 37 .260 .278 .319 .596 Aug 11 Brooklyn, NY, United States
22 Lon Knight 8 1875 1885 0 0.58 545 2387 2288 391 555 93 37 3 198 2 0 97 54 .243 .274 .319 .593 Jun 16 Philadelphia, PA, United States
23 Steve Libby 1 1879 1879 0 -0.04 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 8 Scarborough, ME, United States
24 Jack Manning 12 1873 1886 0 7.25 833 3689 3505 562 922 170 37 14 360 34 7 181 198 .263 .300 .345 .644 Dec 20 Braintree, MA, United States
25 Tim Manning 4 1882 1885 0 -0.55 200 796 730 99 138 28 6 2 24 56 13 .189 .256 .252 .508 Dec 3 Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
26 Charlie Mason 2 1875 1883 0 -0.41 21 82 82 7 15 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 .183 .183 .183 .366 Jun 25 New Orleans, LA, United States
27 George Miller 2 1877 1884 0 0.50 17 64 57 10 11 2 1 0 6 6 2 .193 .281 .263 .544 Feb 19 Newport, KY, United States
28 Pidgey Morgan 2 1875 1878 0 -0.31 33 133 125 13 29 4 0 0 6 2 1 8 13 .232 .278 .264 .542 MO, United States
29 Israel Pike 1 1877 1877 0 0.00 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 NY, United States
30 James Pirie 1 1883 1883 0 -0.35 5 19 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .158 .158 .158 .316 Mar 31 Dundas, ON, Canada
31 Billy Redmond 3 1875 1878 0 0.07 70 292 281 29 62 11 0 0 25 3 0 11 21 .221 .250 .260 .510 St. Louis, MO, United States
32 Johnny Ryan 5 1873 1877 0 -1.37 156 617 602 81 125 15 5 1 48 13 4 15 53 .208 .227 .254 .481 Philadelphia, PA, United States
33 Ed Somerville 2 1875 1876 0 0.63 111 452 449 49 90 13 1 0 27 2 2 3 12 .200 .206 .234 .440 Mar 1 Philadelphia, PA, United States
34 Bill Stearns 5 1871 1875 0 -1.93 99 411 397 56 76 2 0 0 31 1 1 14 25 .191 .219 .196 .415 Mar 20 Washington, DC, United States
35 Asa Stratton 1 1881 1881 0 -0.02 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 Feb 10 Grafton, MA, United States
36 Bill Sullivan 1 1878 1878 0 -0.04 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 Jul 4 Ireland
37 Charlie Waitt 4 1875 1883 0 -1.54 113 422 406 36 67 14 0 0 14 3 2 16 11 .165 .197 .200 .396 Oct 14 Hallowell, ME, United States
38 Billy West 2 1874 1876 0 -0.06 10 40 39 4 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .205 .225 .231 .456 Aug 15 Williamsburg, NY, United States

Pitching

Batters Above / Managers Below
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR 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 -0.03 0 0 3.52 3 0 2 0 0 0 7.2 12 6 3 0 2 1 0 1 38 Nov 11 West Bradford, PA, United States
2 Joe Blong 3 1875 1877 0 -0.04 13 21 .382 2.84 41 36 6 29 1 0 320.1 374 242 101 0 41 65 1 41 1424 Sep 17 St. Louis, MO, United States
3 Dan Collins 2 1874 1876 0 -0.36 1 1 .500 4.91 2 2 0 1 0 0 11.0 22 17 6 0 2 0 0 12 59 Sep 27 New Orleans, LA, United States
4 Mike Dorgan 10 1877 1890 0 0.02 8 7 .533 3.28 18 15 1 13 0 0 140.0 123 100 51 5 59 103 1 24 622 Oct 2 Middletown, CT, United States
5 Tom Healey 1 1878 1878 0 0.09 6 7 .462 2.39 14 13 1 12 0 1 113.0 125 67 30 2 20 20 0 8 480 Cranston, RI, United States
6 Lon Knight 8 1875 1885 0 -3.19 16 28 .364 2.77 51 46 4 40 0 0 412.0 529 385 127 1 56 31 1 0 36 1893 Jun 16 Philadelphia, PA, United States
7 Jack Manning 12 1873 1886 0 -0.84 39 27 .591 2.79 96 63 28 41 1 12 573.1 694 477 178 6 70 78 0 48 2646 Dec 20 Braintree, MA, United States
8 Charlie Mason 2 1875 1883 0 0.00 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 Jun 25 New Orleans, LA, United States
9 Pidgey Morgan 2 1875 1878 0 -0.37 1 3 .250 1.29 7 4 2 4 1 0 42.0 40 40 6 0 1 7 0 2 190 MO, United States
10 Johnny Ryan 5 1873 1877 0 -1.23 1 5 .167 4.08 12 6 4 4 0 0 70.2 105 83 32 1 9 2 0 18 355 Philadelphia, PA, United States
11 Bill Stearns 5 1871 1875 0 -7.41 13 64 .169 4.28 84 79 4 73 0 0 699.2 1167 1001 333 13 46 24 0 21 3668 Mar 20 Washington, DC, United States
Totals 60 1871 1890 0 -13.36 98 163 .375 3.27 329 264 53 217 3 13 2391.2 3194 2420 868 28 307 331 1 2 211 11386

Managers

Batting / Pitchers Above
Rk Mgr Yrs From To G W L W-L% G>.500 BestFin WrstFin AvRk Birthdate Birthplace
1 Billy Barnie 14 1883 1898 1480 632 810 .438 -178 3 12 6.9
2 Joe Battin 2 1883 1884 32 9 23 .281 -14 5 10 7.8
3 Mike Dorgan 3 1879 1881 138 67 70 .489 -3 2 8 6.0
4 Holly Hollingshead 2 1875 1884 82 16 66 .195 -50 10 12 11.5
5 Lon Knight 2 1883 1884 207 127 78 .620 49 1 7 4.2
6 Jack Manning 1 1877 1877 20 7 12 .368 -5 6 6 6.0
7 Charlie Mason 1 1887 1887 82 38 40 .487 -2 5 5 5.0
8 Felix Moses 1 1884 1884 46 12 30 .286 -18 10 10 10.0
9 Horace Phillips 8 1879 1889 765 338 415 .449 -77 2 10 5.0
Totals 34 1875 1898 2852 1246 1544 .447 -298 1 12 6.3


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