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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 John Ake 1 1884 1884 0 13 53 52 1 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 .192 .208 .231 .438 Aug 29 Altoona, PA, USA
2 Gus Alberts 3 1884 1891 0 120 487 426 62 84 10 6 1 50 27 52 5 .197 .298 .256 .554 Reading, PA, USA
3 Al Atkinson 3 1884 1887 0 110 424 387 55 64 7 2 1 14 7 36 .165 .238 .202 .440 Mar 9 Clinton, IL, USA
4 Jake Aydelott 2 1884 1886 0 14 53 50 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .151 .120 .271 Jul 6 North Manchester, IN, USA
5 Gene Begley 1 1886 1886 0 5 17 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 .125 .176 .125 .301 Jun 7 Brooklyn, NY, USA
6 Charlie Briggs 1 1884 1884 0 49 193 182 29 31 8 2 1 0 11 .170 .218 .253 .470 Batavia, IL, USA
7 Pete Browning 13 1882 1894 0 1183 5315 4820 954 1646 295 85 46 659 258 466 167 .341 .403 .467 .869 Jun 17 Louisville, KY, USA
8 Charlie Buffinton 11 1882 1892 0 586 2309 2214 245 543 67 16 7 255 14 91 114 .245 .276 .299 .576 Jun 14
9 Sim Bullas 1 1884 1884 0 13 46 45 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .089 .109 .133 .242 Apr 10 Cleveland, OH, USA
10 Bill Butler 1 1884 1884 0 9 32 31 7 7 3 2 0 0 0 1 .226 .250 .452 .702 New Orleans, LA, USA
11 Kid Butler 1 1884 1884 0 71 267 255 36 43 15 0 0 0 12 .169 .206 .227 .433 Boston, MA, USA
12 Sam Childs 1 1883 1883 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Nov 6 East Hartford, CT, USA
13 Harry Clarke 1 1889 1889 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 13 New York, NY, USA
14 John Clarkson HOF 12 1882 1894 0 546 2056 1974 254 432 73 26 24 232 31 81 382 .219 .250 .319 .569 Jul 1 Cambridge, MA, USA
15 John Connor 2 1884 1885 0 12 43 42 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 13 .095 .116 .095 .212 Nashua, NH, USA
16 Bill Conway 2 1884 1886 0 8 25 18 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 7 1 .111 .360 .111 .471 Nov 28 Lowell, MA, USA
17 Ed Coughlin 1 1884 1884 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 Aug 5 Hartford, CT, USA
18 Amos Cross 3 1885 1887 0 117 488 441 62 118 16 7 1 56 13 45 .268 .338 .342 .681 Czechoslovakia
19 Ervin Curtis 1 1891 1891 0 56 236 211 28 55 6 5 1 25 5 22 35 .261 .339 .351 .690 Dec 27 Coldwater, MI, USA
20 Charlie Daniels 1 1884 1884 0 3 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .385 .273 .657 Jul 1 Roxbury, MA, USA
21 Dell Darling 6 1883 1891 0 175 723 628 109 151 24 13 7 83 29 91 96 .240 .340 .354 .694 Dec 21 Erie, PA, USA
22 Jumbo Davis 7 1884 1891 0 453 1850 1723 266 468 69 37 14 270 151 108 41 .272 .322 .379 .701 Sep 5 New York, NY, USA
23 Pat Dealy 5 1884 1890 0 131 491 469 71 113 14 4 2 34 45 19 26 .241 .275 .301 .576 Nov 12 Underhill, VT, USA
24 John Deasley 1 1884 1884 0 44 179 174 23 36 3 1 0 0 5 .207 .229 .236 .465 Philadelphia, PA, USA
25 Ed Flanagan 2 1887 1889 0 42 179 168 23 42 12 3 1 18 4 10 11 .250 .296 .375 .671 Sep 15 Lowell, MA, USA
26 Joe Flynn 1 1884 1884 0 61 253 240 42 59 11 4 4 0 13 .246 .285 .375 .660 Dec 29
27 Elmer Foster 5 1886 1891 0 105 423 386 56 72 7 5 6 41 37 29 44 .187 .258 .277 .535 Aug 15 Minneapolis, MN, USA
28 Alex Gardner 1 1884 1884 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Apr 28 Toronto, ON, CAN
29 Walt Goldsby 3 1884 1888 0 73 284 267 23 65 3 1 0 23 17 12 3 .243 .289 .262 .551 Dec 31 Marion, LA, USA
30 Jackie Hayes 7 1882 1890 0 300 1191 1148 106 267 63 10 10 81 0 39 53 .233 .260 .331 .591 Jun 27 Brooklyn, NY, USA
31 Tony Hellman 1 1886 1886 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Cincinnati, OH, USA
32 Bill Higgins 2 1888 1890 0 82 341 316 45 76 8 2 0 40 8 25 3 .241 .296 .278 .575 Sep 8 Wilmington, DE, USA
33 Charlie Hodnett 2 1883 1884 0 22 81 69 12 14 1 0 0 0 0 12 .203 .321 .217 .538 IA, USA
34 John Humphries 2 1883 1884 0 98 384 364 34 52 3 0 0 6 0 19 22 .143 .188 .151 .339 Nov 12 North Gower, ON, CAN
35 John Irwin 8 1882 1891 0 322 1383 1269 222 312 55 19 3 93 56 102 74 .246 .308 .326 .634 Jul 21 Toronto, ON, CAN
36 Henry Jackson 1 1887 1887 0 10 38 38 1 10 1 0 0 3 2 0 12 .263 .263 .289 .553 Jun 23 Union City, IN, USA
37 Charlie Jones 1 1884 1884 0 25 95 90 10 16 1 0 0 0 0 5 .178 .221 .189 .410 Oct 24
38 Frank Keffer 1 1890 1890 0 2 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 Bradford, PA, USA
39 Ed Kennedy 1 1884 1884 0 13 49 48 6 10 1 1 0 0 1 .208 .224 .271 .495 Apr 5 Bellevue, KY, USA
40 John Leighton 1 1890 1890 0 7 30 27 6 8 2 0 0 0 2 3 .296 .367 .370 .737 Oct 4 Peabody, MA, USA
41 Jim Lillie 4 1883 1886 0 390 1541 1518 179 332 41 11 6 134 13 23 221 .219 .230 .272 .502 Jul 27 New Haven, CT, USA
42 Harry Maskrey 1 1882 1882 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 21 Mercer, PA, USA
43 Chris McFarland 1 1884 1884 0 3 14 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 .214 .214 .286 .500 Aug 17 Fall River, MA, USA
44 Jim McKeever 1 1884 1884 0 16 66 66 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 .136 .136 .136 .273 Apr 19 St. John, NF, CAN
45 Mart McQuaid 2 1891 1898 0 5 15 15 1 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .267 .267 .400 .667 Jun 28 Chicago, IL, USA
46 Mox McQuery 5 1884 1891 0 417 1713 1581 231 429 73 18 13 160 33 123 92 .271 .327 .365 .692 Jun 28 Garrard County, KY, USA
47 Joe Miller 2 1884 1885 0 203 819 762 90 163 21 13 1 24 0 54 .214 .269 .280 .548 Feb 17 Baltimore, MD, USA
48 Jocko Milligan 10 1884 1893 0 772 3210 2964 440 848 189 50 49 497 41 210 134 .286 .341 .433 .774 Aug 8 Philadelphia, PA, USA
49 Pat O'Connell 1 1886 1886 0 42 178 166 20 30 3 2 0 8 10 11 .181 .236 .223 .459 Jun 10 Bangor, ME, USA
50 George Pechiney 3 1885 1887 0 62 228 220 23 45 6 3 1 24 1 8 .205 .232 .273 .505 Sep 20 Cincinnati, OH, USA
51 John Peltz 3 1884 1890 0 230 921 871 106 195 25 26 4 48 18 45 .224 .266 .326 .592 Apr 23 New Orleans, LA, USA
52 Bob Pettit 3 1887 1891 0 96 413 387 62 93 8 7 7 40 25 22 31 .240 .288 .351 .640 Jul 19 Williamstown, MA, USA
53 Walter Prince 2 1883 1884 0 55 221 202 23 42 3 2 1 1 0 16 .208 .276 .257 .533 May 9 Amherst, NH, USA
54 Shadow Pyle 2 1884 1887 0 5 20 20 1 3 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 .150 .150 .350 .500 Nov 29 Reading, PA, USA
55 Paul Radford 12 1883 1894 0 1361 5816 4979 945 1206 176 57 13 462 346 790 373 .242 .351 .308 .660 Oct 14 Roxbury, MA, USA
56 Joe Reilly 1 1885 1885 0 10 42 40 6 7 3 0 0 3 0 2 .175 .214 .250 .464 New York, NY, USA
57 Charlie Reising 1 1884 1884 0 2 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 Aug 28 Lanesville, IN, USA
58 Ed Sales 1 1890 1890 0 51 208 189 19 43 7 3 1 23 3 16 15 .228 .298 .312 .610 Harrisburg, PA, USA
59 Mort Scanlan 1 1890 1890 0 3 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 .000 .167 .000 .167 Mar 18 Chicago, IL, USA
60 Patrick Scanlan 1 1884 1884 0 6 24 24 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 .292 .292 .333 .625 Mar 25 Halifax, NS, CAN
61 Milt Scott 4 1882 1886 0 341 1336 1285 107 293 42 10 5 132 11 40 62 .228 .257 .288 .545 Jan 17 Chicago, IL, USA
62 Emmett Seery 9 1884 1892 0 916 4051 3547 695 893 152 68 27 300 240 471 426 .252 .345 .356 .701 Feb 13 Princeville, IL, USA
63 Bill Smith 1 1886 1886 0 10 39 38 2 7 2 0 0 4 0 1 14 .184 .205 .237 .442 New Orleans, LA, USA
64 Len Sowders 1 1886 1886 0 23 88 76 10 20 3 1 0 14 6 12 .263 .364 .329 .693 Jun 29 Louisville, KY, USA
65 Ed Springer 1 1889 1889 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Feb 9 CA, USA
66 Ecky Stearns 7 1880 1889 0 509 2210 2025 295 491 72 36 8 173 67 173 94 .242 .306 .325 .631 Oct 17 Buffalo, NY, USA
67 Pat Sullivan 1 1884 1884 0 31 118 114 15 22 3 1 0 0 4 .193 .220 .237 .457 Milwaukee, WI, USA
68 George Tebeau 6 1887 1895 0 627 2661 2315 440 622 96 54 15 311 228 324 128 .269 .364 .376 .740 Dec 26 St. Louis, MO, USA
69 Joe Werrick 4 1884 1888 0 392 1644 1534 217 383 53 34 10 212 83 102 .250 .300 .348 .648 Oct 25 St. Paul, MN, USA
70 Stump Wiedman 9 1880 1888 0 379 1446 1401 132 248 28 4 2 112 11 45 190 .177 .203 .207 .410 Feb 17 Rochester, NY, USA
71 Bill Wise 3 1882 1886 0 91 374 362 53 81 18 1 2 1 0 12 1 .224 .249 .296 .544 Mar 15 Washington, DC, USA
72 Abe Wolstenholme 1 1883 1883 0 3 11 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .182 .273 Mar 4 Philadelphia, PA, USA
73 Ren Wylie 1 1882 1882 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 14 Elizabeth, PA, USA
Totals 225 1880 1898 0 11939 49511 45375 6930 11346 1809 654 295 4680 1846 3832 2896 .250 .313 .338 .651
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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 Al Atkinson 3 1884 1887 0 51 51 .500 3.96 106 106 2 99 3 0 915.0 943 625 403 21 209 435 38 0 23 3129 Mar 9 Clinton, IL, USA
2 Jake Aydelott 2 1884 1886 0 5 9 .357 4.79 14 14 0 13 0 0 124.0 150 111 66 0 41 35 0 0 0 568 Jul 6 North Manchester, IN, USA
3 Pete Browning 13 1882 1894 0 0 1 .000 54.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 Jun 17 Louisville, KY, USA
4 Charlie Buffinton 11 1882 1892 0 233 152 .605 2.96 414 396 17 351 30 3 3404.0 3344 1824 1120 87 856 1700 20 2 154 12577 Jun 14
5 John Clarkson HOF 12 1882 1894 0 328 178 .648 2.81 531 518 12 485 37 5 4536.1 4295 2376 1417 161 1191 1978 35 0 182 11954 Jul 1 Cambridge, MA, USA
6 John Connor 2 1884 1885 0 2 8 .200 3.81 12 12 0 12 0 0 104.0 127 80 44 1 32 48 2 0 6 472 Nashua, NH, USA
7 Ed Coughlin 1 1884 1884 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 Aug 5 Hartford, CT, USA
8 Charlie Daniels 1 1884 1884 0 0 2 .000 4.32 2 2 0 2 0 0 16.2 20 14 8 0 2 12 0 0 Jul 1 Roxbury, MA, USA
9 Charlie Hodnett 2 1883 1884 0 14 4 .778 1.88 18 18 0 15 1 0 153.0 149 66 32 1 23 47 0 0 0 IA, USA
10 Frank Keffer 1 1890 1890 0 1 1 .500 5.62 2 1 1 1 0 0 16.0 15 13 10 0 9 4 0 0 0 0 Bradford, PA, USA
11 Jim Lillie 4 1883 1886 0 0 2 .000 4.65 6 1 5 0 0 0 31.0 46 41 16 0 8 8 0 0 3 152 Jul 27 New Haven, CT, USA
12 Chris McFarland 1 1884 1884 0 0 1 .000 15.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 9 10 5 1 1 3 0 0 Aug 17 Fall River, MA, USA
13 Pat O'Connell 1 1886 1886 0 0 0 6.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 14 Jun 10 Bangor, ME, USA
14 George Pechiney 3 1885 1887 0 23 34 .404 4.23 61 61 0 56 3 0 514.1 568 399 242 13 207 183 23 0 22 2339 Sep 20 Cincinnati, OH, USA
15 Bob Pettit 3 1887 1891 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 3 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 10 Jul 19 Williamstown, MA, USA
16 Shadow Pyle 2 1884 1887 0 1 4 .200 4.54 5 5 0 4 0 0 35.2 41 35 18 1 27 9 2 0 5 174 Nov 29 Reading, PA, USA
17 Paul Radford 12 1883 1894 0 0 4 .000 8.52 10 4 3 3 0 0 43.1 85 69 41 5 17 13 0 0 2 190 Oct 14 Roxbury, MA, USA
18 Milt Scott 4 1882 1886 0 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 19 Jan 17 Chicago, IL, USA
19 Emmett Seery 9 1884 1892 0 0 0 7.71 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 8 7 6 1 3 2 0 0 0 28 Feb 13 Princeville, IL, USA
20 Bill Smith 1 1886 1886 0 5 4 .556 4.09 9 9 0 9 0 0 77.0 81 47 35 0 30 36 0 0 9 343 New Orleans, LA, USA
21 Ed Springer 1 1889 1889 0 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.0 8 8 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Feb 9 CA, USA
22 Pat Sullivan 1 1884 1884 0 0 1 .000 11.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 15 17 9 1 5 1 0 0 Milwaukee, WI, USA
23 George Tebeau 6 1887 1895 0 0 1 .000 11.77 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.0 30 24 17 0 8 1 1 0 0 47 Dec 26 St. Louis, MO, USA
24 Stump Wiedman 9 1880 1888 0 101 156 .393 3.60 279 269 10 249 13 2 2318.1 2594 1536 928 61 459 910 12 0 95 10144 Feb 17 Rochester, NY, USA
25 Bill Wise 3 1882 1886 0 24 21 .533 3.07 54 45 8 37 4 0 393.1 419 239 134 6 66 277 0 0 0 17 Mar 15 Washington, DC, USA
Totals 108 1880 1895 0 788 635 .554 3.23 1535 1466 64 1338 91 11 12724.1 12961 7561 4561 360 3204 5704 135 2 506 42187
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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 Al Buckenberger 9 1889 1904 1043 488 539 .475 -51 2 11 5.1
2 Charlie Buffinton 1 1890 1890 116 61 54 .530 7 5 5 5.0
3 Joe Cantillon 3 1907 1909 465 158 297 .347 -139 7 8 7.7
4 Horace Fogel 2 1887 1902 114 38 72 .345 -34 8 8 8.0
5 George Frazer 1 1890 1890 117 51 65 .440 -14 6 6 6.0
6 Louie Heilbroner 1 1900 1900 50 23 25 .479 -2 5 5 5.0
Totals 17 1887 1909 1905 819 1052 .438 -233 2 11 6.0
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