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1871 Major League Baseball Born this Year

1872 MLB  Born this Year

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 Jimmy Bannon 4 1893 1896 0 366 1616 1433 292 459 76 24 19 253 99 152 101 .320 .390 .447 .836 May 5 Amesbury, MA, USA
2 Marty Bergen 4 1896 1899 0 344 1355 1278 180 339 44 15 10 176 24 52 22 .265 .299 .347 .646 Oct 25 North Brookfield, MA, USA
3 Bill Bernhard 9 1899 1907 0 232 755 718 50 129 18 4 0 51 3 28 .180 .212 .216 .427 Mar 16 Clarence, NY, USA
4 George Blackburn 1 1897 1897 0 5 13 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154 Sep 21 Ozark, MO, USA
5 George Boone 1 1891 1891 0 4 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 Mar 1 Louisville, KY, USA
6 Cy Bowen 1 1896 1896 0 2 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 Feb 17 Kingston, IN, USA
7 Charlie Brown 1 1897 1897 0 4 11 11 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .273 .273 .364 .636 Bluffton, IN, USA
8 Pete Childs 2 1901 1902 0 212 783 692 60 147 11 1 0 47 10 74 .212 .292 .231 .523 Nov 15 Philadelphia, PA, USA
9 Dick Cogan 3 1897 1900 0 12 39 34 4 6 1 2 0 4 0 3 .176 .263 .324 .587 Dec 5 Paterson, NJ, USA
10 Ben Conroy 1 1890 1890 0 117 454 404 45 69 13 1 0 21 17 45 .171 .262 .208 .470 Mar 14 Philadelphia, PA, USA
11 Roger Denzer 2 1897 1901 0 23 65 61 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 .131 .185 .164 .349 Oct 5 LeSueur, MN, USA
12 Jim Duncan 1 1899 1899 0 46 161 152 14 35 4 3 2 14 1 8 .230 .269 .336 .604 Jul 1 Saltsburg, PA, USA
13 Andy Dunning 2 1889 1891 0 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 12 New York, NY, USA
14 Rip Egan 1 1894 1894 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 Jul 9 Philadelphia, PA, USA
15 Ed Eiteljorge 2 1890 1891 0 9 28 27 3 5 1 0 0 4 0 1 7 .185 .214 .222 .437 Oct 14 Berlin, Germany
16 Jack Fifield 3 1897 1899 0 69 220 196 18 38 5 1 2 14 1 19 .194 .265 .260 .525 Oct 5 Enfield, NH, USA
17 Newt Fisher 1 1898 1898 0 9 27 26 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .115 .148 .154 .302 Jun 28 Nashville, TN, USA
18 George Flynn 1 1896 1896 0 29 122 106 15 27 1 2 0 4 12 11 9 .255 .336 .302 .638 May 24 Chicago, IL, USA
19 Buck Freeman 11 1891 1907 0 1126 4619 4208 588 1235 199 131 82 713 92 272 2 .293 .346 .462 .808 Oct 30 Catasauqua, PA, USA
20 Frank Gatins 2 1898 1901 0 67 269 255 27 58 9 2 1 26 8 8 .227 .259 .290 .550 Mar 6 Johnstown, PA, USA
21 Billy Goeckel 1 1899 1899 0 37 154 141 17 37 3 1 0 16 6 1 .262 .283 .298 .581 Sep 3 Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
22 Bill Gray 5 1890 1898 0 292 1147 1033 126 250 44 14 1 141 23 71 32 .242 .303 .315 .617 Apr 15 Philadelphia, PA, USA
23 Russ Hall 2 1898 1901 0 40 160 147 15 37 2 1 0 10 1 7 .252 .290 .279 .569 Sep 29 Shelbyville, KY, USA
24 Art Herman 2 1896 1897 0 17 45 42 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 3 11 .167 .222 .190 .413 May 11 Louisville, KY, USA
25 Mike Hickey 1 1899 1899 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Dec 25 Chicopee, MA, USA
26 Bert Inks 5 1891 1896 0 90 270 250 36 75 10 0 0 18 2 17 22 .300 .349 .340 .689 Jan 27 Ligonier, IN, USA
27 Fielder Jones 15 1896 1915 0 1788 7894 6747 1180 1920 206 75 21 631 359 817 15 .285 .368 .347 .715 Aug 13 Shinglehouse, PA, USA
28 Charlie Jordan 1 1896 1896 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Oct 4 Philadelphia, PA, USA
29 Bill Keister 7 1896 1903 0 621 2611 2433 400 758 133 63 18 400 131 90 5 .312 .349 .440 .789 Aug 17 Baltimore, MD, USA
30 Joe Kelley HOF 17 1891 1908 0 1853 8120 7006 1421 2220 358 194 65 1194 443 911 163 .317 .402 .451 .853 Dec 9 Cambridge, MA, USA
31 John Kelty 1 1890 1890 0 59 233 207 24 49 10 2 1 27 10 22 42 .237 .322 .319 .641 Mar 10 Jersey City, NJ, USA
32 Bill Kissinger 3 1895 1897 0 72 220 214 24 60 13 3 0 26 1 3 16 .280 .290 .369 .659 Aug 15 Dayton, KY, USA
33 Fred Klobedanz 5 1896 1902 0 108 356 329 48 91 12 6 7 47 1 10 11 .277 .312 .413 .726 Jun 13 Waterbury, CT, USA
34 Charlie Knepper 1 1899 1899 0 27 93 89 6 12 2 1 0 2 0 4 .135 .172 .180 .352 Feb 18 Anderson, IN, USA
35 Bill Lange 7 1893 1899 0 811 3609 3195 689 1055 133 80 39 578 399 350 86 .330 .401 .459 .859 Jun 6 San Francisco, CA, USA
36 Sam Leever 13 1898 1910 0 389 1074 993 90 183 17 14 2 78 4 49 8 .184 .228 .236 .463 Dec 23 Goshen, OH, USA
37 Art Madison 2 1895 1899 0 53 168 152 26 44 5 4 0 27 5 12 1 .289 .345 .375 .720 Jan 14 Clarksburg, MA, USA
38 Bill Massey 1 1894 1894 0 13 56 53 7 15 3 0 0 5 0 3 2 .283 .321 .340 .661 Philadelphia, PA, USA
39 Dewey McDougal 2 1895 1896 0 21 52 44 1 6 1 0 0 6 0 8 17 .136 .269 .159 .428 Sep 19 Aledo, IL, USA
40 Dan McGann 12 1896 1908 0 1436 6047 5222 842 1482 181 100 42 727 282 429 10 .284 .364 .381 .745 Jul 15 Shelbyville, KY, USA
41 Joe McGinnity HOF 10 1899 1908 0 477 1423 1297 109 251 21 10 0 90 26 34 .194 .221 .225 .446 Mar 20 Cornwall, IL, USA
42 Art Nichols 6 1898 1903 0 241 888 793 112 194 28 3 3 90 51 50 .245 .308 .299 .606 Jul 14 Manchester, NH, USA
43 Jiggs Parrott 4 1892 1895 0 318 1366 1322 175 309 35 23 6 151 62 38 92 .234 .258 .309 .566 Jul 14 Portland, OR, USA
44 George Paynter 1 1894 1894 0 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 Jul 6 Cincinnati, OH, USA
45 Skel Roach 1 1899 1899 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 20 Danzig, Germany
46 Amos Rusie HOF 10 1889 1901 0 487 1763 1730 209 428 42 29 8 176 25 27 170 .247 .261 .319 .581 May 30 Mooresville, IN, USA
47 Paul Russell 1 1894 1894 0 3 10 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 Mar 23 Reading, PA, USA
48 Phil Saylor 1 1891 1891 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 2 Van Wert County, OH, USA
49 John Shearon 2 1891 1896 0 46 193 188 16 41 1 2 0 16 9 5 21 .218 .238 .245 .483 PA, USA
50 Will Smalley 2 1890 1891 0 147 610 540 67 113 11 2 0 45 10 65 46 .209 .300 .237 .537 Jun 27 Oakland, CA, USA
51 Aleck Smith 9 1897 1906 0 287 1012 955 107 252 30 11 1 130 37 26 .264 .288 .321 .609 New York, NY, USA
52 Harvey Smith 1 1896 1896 0 36 149 131 21 36 7 2 0 17 9 12 7 .275 .345 .359 .704 Jul 24 Union Deposit, PA, USA
53 Heinie Smith 6 1897 1903 0 311 1216 1126 117 268 42 7 3 91 54 51 .238 .276 .296 .572 Oct 24 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
54 Tom Smith 4 1894 1898 0 29 85 76 5 17 2 1 0 4 0 9 12 .224 .306 .276 .582 Dec 5 Boston, MA, USA
55 Chief Sockalexis 3 1897 1899 0 94 395 367 54 115 12 8 3 55 16 20 .313 .355 .414 .770 Oct 24 Old Town, ME, USA
56 Otis Stocksdale 4 1893 1896 0 68 213 203 33 63 5 5 0 28 4 8 18 .310 .340 .384 .724 Aug 7 Arcadia, MD, USA
57 Fred Tenney 17 1894 1911 0 1994 8807 7595 1278 2231 270 77 22 688 285 874 43 .294 .371 .358 .730 Nov 26 Georgetown, MA, USA
58 Butts Wagner 1 1898 1898 0 74 284 261 22 59 12 3 1 34 4 16 .226 .279 .307 .585 Sep 17 Chartiers, PA, USA
59 Snake Wiltse 3 1901 1903 0 86 309 284 43 79 10 9 2 37 1 13 .278 .326 .398 .724 Dec 5 Bouckville, NY, USA
Totals 242 1889 1915 0 15111 61607 54822 8629 15325 2048 936 361 6920 2529 0 4734 998 .280 .345 .371 .716
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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 Jimmy Bannon 4 1893 1896 0 0 1 .000 12.00 3 1 2 0 0 0 9.0 18 23 12 2 8 2 0 0 1 0 May 5 Amesbury, MA, USA
2 Bill Bernhard 9 1899 1907 0 116 82 .586 3.04 231 200 29 175 14 3 1792.0 1860 858 605 26 365 545 28 3 46 2191 Mar 16 Clarence, NY, USA
3 George Blackburn 1 1897 1897 0 2 2 .500 6.82 5 4 1 3 0 0 33.0 34 30 25 2 12 1 1 0 0 0 Sep 21 Ozark, MO, USA
4 George Boone 1 1891 1891 0 0 0 7.80 4 1 3 0 0 1 15.0 15 15 13 0 9 4 0 0 0 0 Mar 1 Louisville, KY, USA
5 Cy Bowen 1 1896 1896 0 0 1 .000 6.00 2 1 1 1 0 0 12.0 12 13 8 0 9 3 0 0 1 0 Feb 17 Kingston, IN, USA
6 Charlie Brown 1 1897 1897 0 1 2 .333 7.77 4 4 0 2 0 0 24.1 30 25 21 2 17 8 5 0 1 0 Bluffton, IN, USA
7 Dick Cogan 3 1897 1900 0 2 3 .400 5.00 8 5 3 5 0 0 54.0 68 41 30 1 32 10 5 0 2 0 Dec 5 Paterson, NJ, USA
8 Roger Denzer 2 1897 1901 0 4 14 .222 4.43 23 19 4 11 1 0 156.1 194 121 77 6 39 39 4 0 6 0 Oct 5 LeSueur, MN, USA
9 Andy Dunning 2 1889 1891 0 0 3 .000 6.75 3 3 0 2 0 0 20.0 23 24 15 2 19 6 0 0 2 85 Aug 12 New York, NY, USA
10 Rip Egan 1 1894 1894 0 0 0 10.80 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 8 6 6 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 Jul 9 Philadelphia, PA, USA
11 Ed Eiteljorge 2 1890 1891 0 1 6 .143 6.68 9 8 1 6 0 0 63.1 84 74 47 3 42 24 0 0 0 0 Oct 14 Berlin, Germany
12 Jack Fifield 3 1897 1899 0 21 39 .350 4.59 68 64 4 54 3 1 521.2 616 362 266 11 193 89 33 1 16 0 Oct 5 Enfield, NH, USA
13 Buck Freeman 11 1891 1907 0 3 2 .600 4.41 7 4 3 4 0 0 51.0 50 45 25 3 36 28 3 1 0 0 Oct 30 Catasauqua, PA, USA
14 Art Herman 2 1896 1897 0 4 7 .364 5.37 17 14 3 10 0 0 112.1 145 87 67 5 41 17 0 0 2 0 May 11 Louisville, KY, USA
15 Bert Inks 5 1891 1896 0 27 46 .370 5.52 89 77 12 59 2 1 603.2 780 532 370 12 266 167 0 0 19 0 Jan 27 Ligonier, IN, USA
16 Charlie Jordan 1 1896 1896 0 0 0 7.71 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 9 4 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 Oct 4 Philadelphia, PA, USA
17 Bill Kissinger 3 1895 1897 0 7 25 .219 6.99 53 32 20 23 0 1 319.1 500 342 248 15 123 61 8 0 10 0 Aug 15 Dayton, KY, USA
18 Fred Klobedanz 5 1896 1902 0 53 25 .679 4.12 89 85 4 69 2 0 702.0 742 430 321 33 266 181 38 2 12 38 Jun 13 Waterbury, CT, USA
19 Charlie Knepper 1 1899 1899 0 4 22 .154 5.78 27 26 1 26 0 0 219.2 307 190 141 11 77 43 15 2 8 0 Feb 18 Anderson, IN, USA
20 Sam Leever 13 1898 1910 0 194 100 .660 2.47 388 299 75 241 39 13 2660.2 2449 1024 731 29 587 847 90 4 46 6428 Dec 23 Goshen, OH, USA
21 Dewey McDougal 2 1895 1896 0 3 11 .214 8.30 21 15 6 10 0 0 124.2 200 157 115 13 50 23 0 0 1 0 Sep 19 Aledo, IL, USA
22 Joe McGinnity HOF 10 1899 1908 0 246 142 .634 2.66 465 381 73 314 32 24 3441.1 3276 1438 1016 52 812 1068 182 4 30 14495 Mar 20 Cornwall, IL, USA
23 Skel Roach 1 1899 1899 0 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 13 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 20 Danzig, Germany
24 Amos Rusie HOF 10 1889 1901 0 245 174 .585 3.07 462 427 35 392 30 5 3769.2 3384 2066 1287 76 1704 1934 29 1 153 1060 May 30 Mooresville, IN, USA
25 Phil Saylor 1 1891 1891 0 0 0 6.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 2 Van Wert County, OH, USA
26 John Shearon 2 1891 1896 0 1 3 .250 3.52 6 5 1 4 0 0 46.0 57 39 18 2 24 19 0 0 1 0 PA, USA
27 Heinie Smith 6 1897 1903 0 0 1 .000 8.10 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.1 24 13 12 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 Oct 24 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
28 Tom Smith 4 1894 1898 0 4 7 .364 6.33 25 13 12 9 0 1 138.0 166 144 97 5 89 38 2 1 12 0 Dec 5 Boston, MA, USA
29 Otis Stocksdale 4 1893 1896 0 15 31 .326 6.20 54 46 8 30 0 1 347.0 521 366 239 23 136 48 0 0 10 0 Aug 7 Arcadia, MD, USA
30 Fred Tenney 17 1894 1911 0 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 13 Nov 26 Georgetown, MA, USA
31 Snake Wiltse 3 1901 1903 0 29 31 .483 4.59 68 62 6 54 2 2 537.1 674 362 274 15 146 121 24 1 17 881 Dec 5 Bouckville, NY, USA
Totals 131 1889 1911 0 983 780 .558 3.47 2139 1798 312 1506 125 53 15810.1 16266 8840 6096 351 5113 5336 469 20 397 25191
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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 Fielder Jones 10 1904 1918 1297 683 582 .540 101 1 8 3.5
2 Joe Kelley HOF 5 1902 1908 669 338 321 .513 17 3 6 4.5
3 Heinie Smith 1 1902 1902 32 5 27 .156 -22 8 8 8.0
4 Fred Tenney 4 1905 1911 616 202 402 .334 -200 7 8 7.5
Totals 20 1902 1918 2614 1228 1332 .480 -104 1 8 4.7
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1872 MLB  Born this Year