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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 Ed Andrews 8 1884 1891 0 774 3436 3233 602 830 117 26 12 278 205 194 245 .257 .301 .320 .621 Apr 5 Painesville, OH, USA
2 Wally Andrews 2 1884 1888 0 40 159 142 22 28 11 4 0 14 5 17 .197 .283 .331 .614 Sep 18 Philadelphia, PA, USA
3 George Baker 4 1883 1886 0 126 488 474 45 74 6 0 0 5 0 14 29 .156 .180 .169 .349 St. Louis, MO, USA
4 Lady Baldwin 6 1884 1890 0 134 535 494 68 114 16 7 0 55 7 40 77 .231 .290 .291 .581 Apr 8 Oramel, NY, USA
5 Buck Becannon 3 1884 1887 0 12 43 41 3 10 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .244 .279 .244 .523 Aug 22 New York, NY, USA
6 Joe Brown 2 1884 1885 0 20 80 80 8 16 1 0 0 3 0 0 15 .200 .200 .213 .413 Apr 4 Warren, PA, USA
7 Harry Buker 1 1884 1884 0 30 115 111 5 15 1 0 0 3 4 15 .135 .165 .144 .309 Chicago, IL, USA
8 Bill Burdick 2 1888 1889 0 31 93 85 7 12 0 0 0 2 0 6 12 .141 .215 .141 .356 Oct 11 Austin, MN, USA
9 Cliff Carroll 11 1882 1893 0 991 4380 3972 729 995 125 47 31 423 197 361 290 .251 .320 .329 .649 Oct 18 Clay Grove, IA, USA
10 Ed Cartwright 5 1890 1897 0 495 2129 1902 348 562 100 44 24 333 144 202 128 .295 .368 .432 .800 Oct 6 Johnstown, PA, USA
11 Bob Casey 1 1882 1882 0 9 39 39 5 9 2 1 1 7 0 15 .231 .231 .410 .641 Jan 26 Adolphustown, ON, CAN
12 Charlie Comiskey HOF 13 1882 1894 0 1390 6035 5796 994 1530 206 68 29 883 419 197 84 .264 .293 .338 .631 Aug 15 Chicago, IL, USA
13 Larry Corcoran 8 1880 1887 0 326 1341 1289 192 287 47 15 2 111 5 52 187 .223 .253 .287 .540 Aug 10 Brooklyn, NY, USA
14 Doug Crothers 2 1884 1885 0 22 75 66 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 .152 .253 .152 .405 Nov 16 Natchez, MS, USA
15 Jerry Denny 13 1881 1894 0 1237 5134 4946 714 1286 238 76 74 667 130 173 602 .260 .287 .384 .671 Mar 16 New York, NY, USA
16 Steve Dignan 1 1880 1880 0 11 44 44 5 14 1 1 0 6 0 4 .318 .318 .386 .705 May 16 Boston, MA, USA
17 Ed Dundon 2 1883 1884 0 52 188 179 14 27 3 2 0 0 0 8 .151 .191 .190 .381 Jul 10 Columbus, OH, USA
18 Fred Dunlap 12 1880 1891 0 965 4264 3974 759 1159 224 53 41 366 85 283 263 .292 .340 .406 .745 May 21 Philadelphia, PA, USA
19 Jesse Duryea 5 1889 1893 0 144 480 428 66 86 13 5 1 37 17 40 93 .201 .288 .262 .549 Sep 7 Osage, IA, USA
20 Hi Ebright 1 1889 1889 0 16 63 59 7 15 2 2 1 6 1 3 8 .254 .302 .407 .708 Jun 12 Lancaster County, PA, USA
21 Bob Emslie 3 1883 1885 0 95 363 355 42 66 8 6 0 4 0 8 .186 .204 .242 .446 Jan 27 Guelph, ON, CAN
22 Buck Ewing HOF 18 1880 1897 0 1315 5770 5363 1129 1625 250 178 71 883 354 392 294 .303 .351 .456 .807 Oct 17 Hoagland, OH, USA
23 Sid Farrar 8 1883 1890 0 943 3840 3573 497 905 157 53 18 412 92 233 269 .253 .305 .342 .647 Aug 10 Paris Hill, ME, USA
24 Frederick Fass 1 1887 1887 0 4 11 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 Oct 30
25 Tom Forster 4 1882 1886 0 180 719 666 76 131 15 4 1 40 9 49 12 .197 .256 .236 .492 May 1 New York, NY, USA
26 John Fox 4 1881 1886 0 62 242 238 24 42 5 0 0 4 0 4 11 .176 .190 .197 .388 Feb 7 Roxbury, MA, USA
27 Gid Gardner 7 1879 1888 0 199 836 765 113 178 33 18 4 30 7 69 16 .233 .298 .339 .636 May 6 Boston, MA, USA
28 Billy Geer 6 1874 1885 0 232 950 893 128 191 36 11 0 33 2 2 55 22 .214 .261 .279 .540 Aug 13 New York, NY, USA
29 Jack Gorman 2 1883 1884 0 17 63 62 6 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 .129 .143 .194 .336 St. Louis, MO, USA
30 Mert Hackett 5 1883 1887 0 256 957 939 87 203 42 15 8 83 5 16 225 .216 .231 .318 .549 Nov 11 Cambridge, MA, USA
31 John Harkins 5 1884 1888 0 173 673 631 73 144 17 6 2 66 6 41 45 .228 .276 .284 .560 Apr 12 New Brunswick, NJ, USA
32 Frank Houseman 1 1886 1886 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
33 Nat Hudson 4 1886 1889 0 125 483 446 56 110 14 3 3 58 12 35 11 .247 .304 .312 .616 Jan 12 Chicago, IL, USA
34 Bill Hutchison 9 1884 1897 0 383 1422 1350 150 291 35 17 12 133 26 71 285 .216 .255 .293 .549 Dec 17 New Haven, CT, USA
35 Bill Irwin 1 1886 1886 0 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 Sep 16 Neville, OH, USA
36 Tom Kearns 3 1880 1884 0 27 101 99 11 20 2 1 0 8 2 14 .202 .218 .242 .460 Nov 9 Rochester, NY, USA
37 John Kelly 4 1879 1884 0 122 479 469 48 106 17 3 1 5 0 10 24 .226 .242 .281 .524 Mar 3 Paterson, NJ, USA
38 Ed Kent 1 1884 1884 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 NY, USA
39 John Kiley 2 1884 1891 0 15 64 58 9 12 2 2 0 0 0 4 1 .207 .281 .310 .592 Jul 1 Dedham, MA, USA
40 Joe Knight 2 1884 1890 0 133 547 505 69 156 29 8 4 69 17 38 33 .309 .362 .422 .784 Sep 28 Port Stanley, ON, CAN
41 Bill Krieg 4 1884 1887 0 141 559 535 62 127 29 8 4 37 4 23 17 .237 .270 .344 .614 Jan 29 Petersburg, IL, USA
42 John Mansell 1 1882 1882 0 31 130 126 17 30 3 1 0 17 0 4 .238 .262 .278 .539 Auburn, NY, USA
43 Hal McClure 1 1882 1882 0 2 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 Aug 8 Lewisburg, PA, USA
44 Frank McIntyre 1 1883 1883 0 3 14 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .214 .000 .214 Jul 12 Walled Lake, MI, USA
45 Pat McManus 1 1879 1879 0 2 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250
46 Bid McPhee HOF 18 1882 1899 0 2135 9409 8291 1678 2250 303 188 53 1067 568 981 229 .271 .355 .372 .727 Nov 1 Massena, NY, USA
47 Lou Meyers 1 1884 1884 0 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 Dec 9 Cincinnati, OH, USA
48 Cyclone Miller 2 1884 1886 0 29 113 97 12 11 2 0 0 1 3 15 .113 .239 .134 .373 Sep 24 Springfield, MA, USA
49 Joe Moffett 1 1884 1884 0 56 206 204 17 41 5 3 0 0 0 2 .201 .209 .255 .464 Wheeling, WV, USA
50 Jon Morrison 2 1884 1887 0 53 234 216 33 52 6 8 1 3 0 13 .241 .299 .356 .656 London, ON, CAN
51 Tony Mullane 13 1881 1894 0 784 2970 2720 407 661 99 38 8 223 112 221 114 .243 .307 .316 .623 Jan 20 Cork, Ireland
52 Tony Murphy 1 1884 1884 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Brooklyn, NY, USA
53 George Noftsker 1 1884 1884 0 7 25 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .040 .040 .040 .080 Aug 24 Shippensburg, PA, USA
54 Ed O'Neil 1 1890 1890 0 12 43 40 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 .125 .186 .125 .311 Mar 11 Fall River, MA, USA
55 Dave Orr 8 1883 1890 0 791 3411 3289 536 1125 198 108 37 627 66 98 49 .342 .366 .502 .867 Sep 29 New York, NY, USA
56 Elias Peak 1 1884 1884 0 55 226 218 37 44 6 4 0 0 8 .202 .230 .266 .496 May 23 Philadelphia, PA, USA
57 Maury Pierce 1 1884 1884 0 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 MD, USA
58 George Pinkney 10 1884 1893 0 1163 5189 4610 874 1212 170 56 21 539 296 526 135 .263 .345 .338 .683 Jan 11 Orange Prairie, IL, USA
59 Jim Powell 2 1884 1885 0 60 240 226 28 49 8 7 0 5 0 8 .217 .263 .314 .577 Aug 30 Richmond, VA, USA
60 John Reccius 2 1882 1883 0 92 359 329 56 72 14 3 1 3 0 30 .219 .284 .289 .573 Oct 29 Louisville, KY, USA
61 Chris Rickley 1 1884 1884 0 6 27 25 5 5 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .259 .280 .539 Oct 7 Philadelphia, PA, USA
62 Yank Robinson 10 1882 1892 0 978 4167 3428 697 825 148 44 15 399 272 664 180 .241 .375 .323 .698 Sep 19 Philadelphia, PA, USA
63 Dupee Shaw 6 1883 1888 0 236 861 823 79 140 21 1 1 31 1 38 135 .170 .207 .202 .408 May 31 Charlestown, MA, USA
64 George Shoch 11 1886 1897 0 706 2912 2536 414 671 89 28 10 323 138 298 115 .265 .355 .334 .688 Jan 6 Philadelphia, PA, USA
65 Leo Smith 1 1890 1890 0 35 127 112 11 21 1 3 0 11 1 14 .188 .283 .250 .533 May 13 Brooklyn, NY, USA
66 Len Stockwell 3 1879 1890 0 6 22 22 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .136 .136 .182 .318 Aug 25 Cordova, IL, USA
67 Ed Swartwood 9 1881 1892 0 724 3244 2876 607 861 120 63 14 229 120 325 11 .299 .379 .400 .778 Jan 12 Rockford, IL, USA
68 Fred Tenney 1 1884 1884 0 37 145 139 18 30 3 1 0 0 6 .216 .248 .252 .500 Jul 9 Marlborough, NH, USA
69 Steve Toole 4 1886 1890 0 59 234 228 34 60 15 2 1 31 9 5 .263 .282 .360 .642 Apr 9 New Orleans, LA, USA
70 Bill Traffley 5 1878 1886 0 179 701 663 85 116 13 12 1 36 8 34 1 .175 .220 .235 .455 Dec 21 Staten Island, NY, USA
71 Sam Trott 8 1880 1888 0 360 1412 1354 166 338 73 22 3 123 9 54 44 .250 .280 .343 .623 MD, USA
72 Joe Visner 4 1885 1891 0 235 1058 924 183 241 29 36 12 149 33 122 90 .261 .354 .409 .764 Sep 27 Minneapolis, MN, USA
73 Welday Walker 1 1884 1884 0 5 18 18 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 .222 .222 .278 .500 Steubenville, OH, USA
74 Mickey Welch HOF 13 1880 1892 0 606 2286 2201 268 492 93 16 12 202 10 82 329 .224 .252 .297 .549 Jul 4 Brooklyn, NY, USA
75 Gurdon Whiteley 2 1884 1885 0 41 171 169 18 30 2 2 1 7 2 33 .178 .187 .231 .418 Oct 5 Hopkinton, RI, USA
76 George Winkleman 1 1883 1883 0 4 14 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .071 .000 .071 OH, USA
77 Jimmy Woulfe 1 1884 1884 0 23 88 87 10 11 1 1 0 3 0 1 .126 .136 .161 .297 Nov 25 New Orleans, LA, USA
Totals 345 1874 1899 0 20771 87300 80373 13486 20803 3230 1333 535 9099 3396 2 6216 4824 .259 .317 .352 .669
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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 Lady Baldwin 6 1884 1890 0 73 41 .640 2.85 118 116 4 112 9 1 1017.0 921 547 322 31 233 582 7 0 44 4123 Apr 8 Oramel, NY, USA
2 Buck Becannon 3 1884 1887 0 3 8 .273 5.93 11 11 0 11 0 0 91.0 110 86 60 5 26 15 5 0 13 418 Aug 22 New York, NY, USA
3 Joe Brown 2 1884 1885 0 4 6 .400 5.11 11 10 1 9 0 0 88.0 108 69 50 4 11 36 0 0 3 398 Apr 4 Warren, PA, USA
4 Bill Burdick 2 1888 1889 0 12 14 .462 3.17 30 24 5 22 0 1 221.2 226 130 78 19 56 71 6 0 16 905 Oct 11 Austin, MN, USA
5 Charlie Comiskey HOF 13 1882 1894 0 0 1 .000 0.73 4 1 2 1 0 0 12.1 13 9 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 17 Aug 15 Chicago, IL, USA
6 Larry Corcoran 8 1880 1887 0 177 89 .665 2.36 277 268 9 256 22 2 2392.1 2147 1234 626 69 496 1103 2 0 113 10001 Aug 10 Brooklyn, NY, USA
7 Doug Crothers 2 1884 1885 0 8 13 .381 4.63 21 21 0 21 1 0 179.0 218 150 92 4 55 51 2 0 12 706 Nov 16 Natchez, MS, USA
8 Jerry Denny 13 1881 1894 0 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 5 4 1 4 1 0 0 3 22 Mar 16 New York, NY, USA
9 Ed Dundon 2 1883 1884 0 9 20 .310 4.25 31 28 3 23 0 0 247.2 298 208 117 16 53 68 0 0 0 1124 Jul 10 Columbus, OH, USA
10 Fred Dunlap 12 1880 1891 0 0 0 6.75 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.2 6 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 May 21 Philadelphia, PA, USA
11 Jesse Duryea 5 1889 1893 0 59 67 .468 3.45 143 130 13 104 5 3 1088.0 1101 669 417 41 349 416 0 0 60 1731 Sep 7 Osage, IA, USA
12 Bob Emslie 3 1883 1885 0 44 44 .500 3.19 91 90 1 85 5 0 792.1 775 507 281 9 165 362 19 0 70 3432 Jan 27 Guelph, ON, CAN
13 Buck Ewing HOF 18 1880 1897 0 2 3 .400 3.45 9 4 5 4 0 0 47.0 55 36 18 2 23 23 1 1 3 224 Oct 17 Hoagland, OH, USA
14 Frederick Fass 1 1887 1887 0 0 1 .000 10.34 4 2 1 1 0 1 15.2 25 22 18 1 8 0 2 0 4 82 Oct 30
15 John Fox 4 1881 1886 0 13 28 .317 4.16 45 43 2 38 0 0 356.2 440 302 165 4 98 104 3 0 24 1686 Feb 7 Roxbury, MA, USA
16 Gid Gardner 7 1879 1888 0 2 12 .143 3.90 15 13 1 12 0 0 113.0 142 102 49 5 28 33 1 0 18 458 May 6 Boston, MA, USA
17 Billy Geer 6 1874 1885 0 0 0 12.60 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 14 12 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 26 Aug 13 New York, NY, USA
18 Jack Gorman 2 1883 1884 0 1 2 .333 4.68 3 3 0 3 0 0 25.0 22 20 13 0 5 10 1 0 0 110 St. Louis, MO, USA
19 John Harkins 5 1884 1888 0 51 83 .381 4.09 139 137 2 131 4 0 1183.1 1262 923 538 26 358 489 17 0 113 5208 Apr 12 New Brunswick, NJ, USA
20 Frank Houseman 1 1886 1886 0 0 1 .000 3.38 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 6 3 3 0 1 5 1 0 0 35
21 Nat Hudson 4 1886 1889 0 48 26 .649 3.08 86 78 8 72 5 1 694.1 669 381 238 15 156 258 6 0 0 2640 Jan 12 Chicago, IL, USA
22 Bill Hutchison 9 1884 1897 0 183 163 .529 3.59 375 346 28 321 21 4 3078.0 3123 1913 1228 104 1132 1234 10 0 122 1231 Dec 17 New Haven, CT, USA
23 Bill Irwin 1 1886 1886 0 0 2 .000 5.82 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 18 19 11 2 8 6 0 0 0 81 Sep 16 Neville, OH, USA
24 Ed Kent 1 1884 1884 0 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 14 11 6 0 3 4 1 0 0 51 NY, USA
25 John Kiley 2 1884 1891 0 0 1 .000 6.75 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 13 9 6 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 Jul 1 Dedham, MA, USA
26 Joe Knight 2 1884 1890 0 2 4 .333 5.47 6 6 0 6 0 0 51.0 66 53 31 2 21 8 0 0 2 246 Sep 28 Port Stanley, ON, CAN
27 Frank McIntyre 1 1883 1883 0 2 1 .667 3.60 3 3 0 3 0 0 30.0 31 29 12 0 8 6 0 2 135 Jul 12 Walled Lake, MI, USA
28 Pat McManus 1 1879 1879 0 0 2 .000 3.00 2 2 0 2 0 0 21.0 24 21 7 1 1 6 0 2 94
29 Cyclone Miller 2 1884 1886 0 14 11 .560 3.04 27 26 1 23 1 0 222.1 215 154 75 11 76 125 4 0 50 925 Sep 24 Springfield, MA, USA
30 Tony Mullane 13 1881 1894 0 284 220 .563 3.05 555 504 52 468 30 15 4531.1 4195 2523 1537 98 1408 1803 82 1 165 10812 Jan 20 Cork, Ireland
31 Ed O'Neil 1 1890 1890 0 0 8 .000 9.26 8 8 0 8 0 0 68.0 111 95 70 0 45 19 5 0 12 365 Mar 11 Fall River, MA, USA
32 Dave Orr 8 1883 1890 0 0 0 7.20 3 0 3 0 0 0 10.0 11 13 8 2 5 1 0 0 1 53 Sep 29 New York, NY, USA
33 George Pinkney 10 1884 1893 0 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Jan 11 Orange Prairie, IL, USA
34 John Reccius 2 1882 1883 0 4 6 .400 3.00 14 10 4 9 1 0 99.0 116 73 33 3 22 31 0 0 0 Oct 29 Louisville, KY, USA
35 Yank Robinson 10 1882 1892 0 3 4 .429 3.34 14 4 10 4 0 1 89.0 109 74 33 1 29 62 1 0 0 63 Sep 19 Philadelphia, PA, USA
36 Dupee Shaw 6 1883 1888 0 83 121 .407 3.10 211 207 4 196 13 0 1762.0 1710 1050 607 41 396 950 3 0 70 6309 May 31 Charlestown, MA, USA
37 George Shoch 11 1886 1897 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 Jan 6 Philadelphia, PA, USA
38 Ed Swartwood 9 1881 1892 0 0 0 6.75 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 8 6 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 24 Jan 12 Rockford, IL, USA
39 Fred Tenney 1 1884 1884 0 3 2 .600 2.09 5 5 0 5 0 0 43.0 37 26 10 0 9 28 0 0 Jul 9 Marlborough, NH, USA
40 Steve Toole 4 1886 1890 0 27 26 .509 4.79 55 52 3 49 1 0 443.0 457 356 236 5 259 141 20 0 0 1329 Apr 9 New Orleans, LA, USA
41 Mickey Welch HOF 13 1880 1892 0 307 210 .594 2.71 565 549 15 525 41 4 4802.0 4587 2556 1447 106 1297 1850 29 1 274 18186 Jul 4 Brooklyn, NY, USA
Totals 226 1874 1897 0 1418 1241 .533 3.19 2895 2706 186 2529 159 34 23878.0 23412 14400 8461 631 6857 9912 228 3 1197 73276
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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 Charlie Comiskey HOF 12 1883 1894 1410 840 541 .608 299 1 10 3.4
2 Fred Dunlap 4 1882 1889 252 145 102 .587 43 1 8 4.5
3 Charlie Ebbets 1 1898 1898 110 38 68 .358 -30 10 10 10.0
4 Buck Ewing HOF 7 1890 1900 903 489 395 .553 94 3 8 4.7
5 John Kelly 2 1887 1888 178 86 89 .491 -3 4 7 4.7
6 Bid McPhee HOF 2 1901 1902 207 79 124 .389 -45 4 8 6.7
7 Dave Orr 1 1887 1887 8 3 5 .375 -2 7 7 7.0
8 Stanley Robison 1 1905 1905 50 19 31 .380 -12 6 6 6.0
9 Frank Selee HOF 16 1890 1905 2180 1284 862 .598 422 1 6 2.9
10 Sam Trott 1 1891 1891 12 4 7 .364 -3 9 9 9.0
Totals 47 1882 1905 5310 2987 2224 .573 763 1 10 3.9
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