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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 Jack Allen 1 1879 1879 0 27 110 108 14 16 3 2 0 7 2 14 .148 .164 .213 .377 Oct 2 Woodstock, IL, USA
2 Harry Arundel 3 1875 1884 0 16 66 60 10 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 .183 .258 .183 .441 Philadelphia, PA, USA
3 Jud Birchall 3 1882 1884 0 225 1044 1007 196 254 24 4 1 51 0 32 .252 .279 .287 .566 Germantown, PA, USA
4 Bob Blakiston 3 1882 1884 0 154 628 594 87 142 14 4 0 46 0 30 .239 .280 .276 .556 Oct 2 San Francisco, CA, USA
5 Wes Blogg 1 1883 1883 0 9 34 34 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147 .147 .147 .294 Norfolk, VA, USA
6 Foghorn Bradley 1 1876 1876 0 22 84 82 12 19 2 1 0 8 2 3 .232 .250 .280 .530 Jul 1 Milford, MA, USA
7 John Carbine 2 1875 1876 0 17 61 61 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .115 .115 .115 .230 Oct 12 Syracuse, NY, USA
8 Hick Carpenter 12 1879 1892 0 1118 4777 4637 720 1202 142 47 18 543 158 112 91 .259 .281 .322 .603 Aug 16 Grafton, MA, USA
9 Terry Connell 1 1874 1874 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 17 Philadelphia, PA, USA
10 William Coon 2 1875 1876 0 58 234 232 31 52 5 1 0 23 1 0 2 4 .224 .231 .254 .485 Mar 21 PA, USA
11 Fred Corey 7 1878 1885 0 432 1803 1738 239 427 70 43 7 124 0 60 70 .246 .273 .348 .620 Coventry, RI, USA
12 George Creamer 7 1878 1884 0 500 1935 1862 234 400 55 28 1 99 0 71 89 .215 .244 .276 .520 Philadelphia, PA, USA
13 Art Croft 3 1875 1878 0 133 523 517 50 101 14 2 0 45 5 1 6 40 .195 .205 .230 .435 Jan 23 St. Louis, MO, USA
14 Tom Dolan 7 1879 1888 0 225 848 808 95 165 25 7 1 40 11 39 14 .204 .242 .256 .498 Jan 10 New York, NY, USA
15 Lester Dole 1 1875 1875 0 1 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Jul 8 Meriden, CT, USA
16 Joe Doyle 1 1872 1872 0 9 41 41 6 12 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 .293 .293 .317 .610 Nov 26 Leesburg, VA, USA
17 Denny Driscoll 4 1880 1884 0 95 351 341 37 57 6 1 1 5 0 10 7 .167 .191 .199 .390 Nov 19 Lowell, MA, USA
18 Charlie Eden 4 1877 1885 0 226 982 935 118 244 56 18 4 77 0 33 26 .261 .296 .372 .669 Jan 18 Lexington, KY, USA
19 Ted Firth 1 1884 1884 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Lowell, MA, USA
20 George Fisher 1 1884 1884 0 14 53 53 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .094 .094 .094 .189 Aug 20 Wilmington, DE, USA
21 Silver Flint 13 1875 1889 0 760 2968 2913 380 687 129 34 21 295 12 0 54 471 .236 .250 .325 .575 Aug 3 Philadelphia, PA, USA
22 Will Foley 7 1875 1884 0 253 1002 982 112 224 23 10 0 76 0 0 20 62 .228 .244 .272 .515 Nov 15 Chicago, IL, USA
23 Robert Foster 1 1884 1884 0 5 17 14 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 .214 .353 .357 .710 Philadelphia, PA, USA
24 Bill Fouser 1 1876 1876 0 21 89 89 11 12 0 1 0 2 0 0 .135 .135 .157 .292 Philadelphia, PA, USA
25 Joe Gerhardt 15 1873 1891 0 1071 4314 4139 493 939 122 55 7 380 37 5 162 194 .227 .258 .288 .546 Feb 14 Washington, DC, USA
26 John Haldeman 1 1877 1877 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 2 Pewee Valley, KY, USA
27 Bill Harbidge 9 1875 1884 0 378 1590 1510 200 373 47 16 2 114 2 4 80 69 .247 .285 .303 .588 Mar 29 Philadelphia, PA, USA
28 Gil Hatfield 8 1885 1895 0 317 1307 1190 173 295 31 18 6 129 81 96 109 .248 .315 .319 .634 Jan 27 Hoboken, NJ, USA
29 John Hayes 1 1876 1876 0 5 21 21 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 .143 .143 .333 .476 New York, NY, USA
30 Paul Hines 20 1872 1891 0 1659 7470 7062 1217 2134 399 93 57 855 163 11 372 309 .302 .340 .409 .750 Mar 1 VA, USA
31 Bill Holbert 12 1876 1888 0 623 2396 2335 182 486 41 7 0 144 16 58 91 .208 .228 .232 .460 Mar 14 Baltimore, MD, USA
32 Bill Hunter 1 1884 1884 0 2 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 St. Thomas, ON, CAN
33 George Knight 1 1875 1875 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Nov 24 Lakeville, CT, USA
34 Jimmy Macullar 6 1879 1886 0 449 1710 1541 246 319 47 19 7 91 23 155 27 .207 .285 .276 .561 Jan 16 Boston, MA, USA
35 John Magner 1 1879 1879 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 St. Louis, MO, USA
36 Tom Mansell 3 1879 1884 0 191 812 767 132 199 23 11 0 74 0 39 9 .259 .300 .318 .619 Jan 1 Auburn, NY, USA
37 Harry McCormick 4 1879 1883 0 110 431 423 33 86 6 3 1 38 0 8 28 .203 .218 .239 .457 Oct 25 Syracuse, NY, USA
38 Bill McGunnigle 3 1879 1882 0 56 207 202 24 35 0 1 0 6 5 31 .173 .193 .183 .376 Jan 1 Boston, MA, USA
39 Jerrie Moore 2 1884 1885 0 35 134 133 13 35 4 1 1 10 0 1 3 .263 .269 .331 .599 Windsor, ON, CAN
40 John Morrill 15 1876 1890 0 1265 5274 4912 821 1275 239 80 43 643 61 358 656 .260 .310 .367 .677 Feb 19 Boston, MA, USA
41 Dave Pierson 1 1876 1876 0 57 234 233 33 55 4 1 0 13 1 9 .236 .239 .262 .501 Aug 20 Newark, NJ, USA
42 Hardy Richardson 14 1879 1892 0 1331 6029 5642 1120 1688 303 126 70 822 205 377 445 .299 .344 .435 .779 Apr 21 Clarksboro, NJ, USA
43 John Richmond 8 1875 1885 0 440 1833 1725 239 410 45 28 5 83 1 0 103 53 .238 .283 .305 .588 Mar 5 PA, USA
44 Billy Riley 2 1875 1879 0 51 197 194 18 28 3 0 0 10 0 0 3 27 .144 .157 .160 .317 Cincinnati, OH, USA
45 Whitey Ritterson 1 1876 1876 0 16 52 52 8 13 3 0 0 4 0 2 .250 .250 .308 .558 Apr 26 Philadelphia, PA, USA
46 Harry Salisbury 2 1879 1882 0 49 186 181 20 24 2 0 0 0 0 5 7 .133 .156 .144 .300 May 15 Providence, RI, USA
47 Lou Sylvester 3 1884 1887 0 173 723 654 138 159 22 14 6 43 18 67 .243 .315 .347 .662 Feb 14 Springfield, IL, USA
48 Billy Taylor 7 1881 1887 0 274 1191 1164 148 323 62 24 8 26 1 26 10 .277 .294 .393 .686 Washington, DC, USA
49 John Valentine 1 1883 1883 0 16 62 60 9 17 4 0 0 0 0 2 .283 .306 .350 .656 Nov 21 Brooklyn, NY, USA
50 Jim Ward 1 1876 1876 0 1 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Mar 2 Boston, MA, USA
51 Fred Warner 6 1875 1884 0 257 1062 1034 115 242 29 5 1 47 0 0 27 58 .234 .254 .275 .529 Philadelphia, PA, USA
52 Sam Weaver 6 1875 1886 0 167 650 613 65 127 16 2 0 12 0 0 37 14 .207 .252 .240 .492 Jul 10 Philadelphia, PA, USA
53 Dale Williams 1 1876 1876 0 9 35 35 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 Oct 6 Ludlow, KY, USA
Totals 242 1872 1895 0 13327 55604 52964 7813 13323 2021 710 268 5003 795 21 2464 3050 .252 .287 .332 .619
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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 Harry Arundel 3 1875 1884 0 5 11 .313 4.52 16 16 0 14 0 0 131.1 169 120 66 3 27 51 0 0 1 36 Philadelphia, PA, USA
2 Foghorn Bradley 1 1876 1876 0 9 10 .474 2.49 22 21 1 16 1 1 173.1 201 116 48 1 16 16 0 7 779 Jul 1 Milford, MA, USA
3 William Coon 2 1875 1876 0 0 0 5.14 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 9 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 35 Mar 21 PA, USA
4 Fred Corey 7 1878 1885 0 27 46 .370 3.32 93 74 17 59 3 2 656.1 764 456 242 19 98 168 0 0 37 2204 Coventry, RI, USA
5 Tom Dolan 7 1879 1888 0 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 10 New York, NY, USA
6 Denny Driscoll 4 1880 1884 0 38 39 .494 3.08 83 80 3 72 1 0 681.0 747 414 233 7 67 171 2 0 8 2122 Nov 19 Lowell, MA, USA
7 Charlie Eden 4 1877 1885 0 1 3 .250 5.53 6 2 4 1 0 0 27.2 34 22 17 1 6 8 1 0 3 124 Jan 18 Lexington, KY, USA
8 Ted Firth 1 1884 1884 0 0 1 .000 8.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 14 13 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 48 Lowell, MA, USA
9 Gil Hatfield 8 1885 1895 0 3 5 .375 5.56 13 5 8 5 0 1 77.2 90 79 48 4 43 34 1 0 3 207 Jan 27 Hoboken, NJ, USA
10 Paul Hines 20 1872 1891 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 Mar 1 VA, USA
11 George Knight 1 1875 1875 0 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 12 6 2 0 0 12 0 Nov 24 Lakeville, CT, USA
12 Jimmy Macullar 6 1879 1886 0 0 0 6.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 Jan 16 Boston, MA, USA
13 Tom Mansell 3 1879 1884 0 0 0 18.90 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 21 18 14 2 5 3 0 1 43 Jan 1 Auburn, NY, USA
14 Harry McCormick 4 1879 1883 0 41 58 .414 2.66 103 103 4 96 10 0 884.0 922 498 261 9 115 157 0 34 2889 Oct 25 Syracuse, NY, USA
15 Bill McGunnigle 3 1879 1882 0 11 8 .579 2.81 19 18 1 17 3 0 157.0 156 85 49 0 24 65 0 3 658 Jan 1 Boston, MA, USA
16 John Morrill 15 1876 1890 0 1 2 .333 4.30 18 2 14 2 0 3 58.2 75 46 28 0 12 22 0 0 6 260 Feb 19 Boston, MA, USA
17 Dave Pierson 1 1876 1876 0 0 1 .000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 Aug 20 Newark, NJ, USA
18 Hardy Richardson 14 1879 1892 0 3 0 1.000 3.94 5 0 5 0 0 0 16.0 16 10 7 1 13 6 0 0 4 83 Apr 21 Clarksboro, NJ, USA
19 Harry Salisbury 2 1879 1882 0 24 24 .500 2.55 48 48 0 47 1 0 424.0 418 260 120 1 48 166 0 8 400 May 15 Providence, RI, USA
20 Lou Sylvester 3 1884 1887 0 0 1 .000 3.58 6 1 5 1 0 1 32.2 32 27 13 0 6 7 0 0 Feb 14 Springfield, IL, USA
21 Billy Taylor 7 1881 1887 0 50 36 .581 3.17 100 84 15 83 3 4 799.2 811 456 282 11 165 376 15 0 8 2330 Washington, DC, USA
22 John Valentine 1 1883 1883 0 2 10 .167 3.53 13 12 1 11 0 0 102.0 130 80 40 0 17 13 0 0 501 Nov 21 Brooklyn, NY, USA
23 Sam Weaver 6 1875 1886 0 70 80 .467 3.22 155 152 3 143 7 0 1325.2 1455 845 474 14 109 369 1 0 25 3439 Jul 10 Philadelphia, PA, USA
24 Dale Williams 1 1876 1876 0 1 8 .111 4.23 9 9 0 9 0 0 83.0 123 75 39 1 4 9 0 5 367 Oct 6 Ludlow, KY, USA
Totals 124 1872 1895 0 287 343 .456 3.18 719 630 87 578 29 12 5669.2 6212 3643 2001 75 780 1654 20 0 154 16546
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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 George Creamer 1 1884 1884 8 0 8 .000 -8 10 10 10.0
2 Silver Flint 1 1879 1879 19 5 12 .294 -7 4 4 4.0
3 John Gaffney 2 1886 1887 169 61 101 .377 -40 7 8 7.3
4 Joe Gerhardt 2 1883 1890 136 72 61 .541 11 3 5 4.4
5 Charlie Hackett 2 1884 1885 150 50 99 .336 -49 5 7 6.5
6 Jim Hart 3 1885 1889 383 202 174 .537 28 2 6 3.9
7 Bill Holbert 1 1879 1879 1 0 1 .000 -1 7 7 7.0
8 Jimmy Macullar 1 1879 1879 27 5 21 .192 -16 7 7 7.0
9 Bill McGunnigle 5 1888 1896 586 327 248 .569 79 1 12 4.1
10 John Morrill 8 1882 1889 696 348 334 .510 14 1 8 4.1
11 Bill Sharsig 5 1886 1891 466 238 216 .524 22 3 8 4.7
Totals 31 1879 1896 2641 1308 1275 .506 33 1 12 4.6
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