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1872 MLB  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 Jimmy Bannon 4 1893 1896 0 5.19 367 1627 1438 293 460 76 24 19 253 99 152 101 .320 .389 .446 .835 May 5 Amesbury, MA, USA
2 Marty Bergen 4 1896 1899 0 0.04 344 1355 1278 180 339 44 15 10 176 24 52 103 .265 .299 .347 .646 Oct 25 North Brookfield, MA, USA
3 Bill Bernhard 9 1899 1907 0 -1.50 232 755 718 50 129 18 4 0 51 3 28 164 .180 .212 .216 .427 Mar 16 Clarence, NY, USA
4 George Blackburn 1 1897 1897 0 -0.19 5 13 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .077 .077 .077 .154 Sep 21 Ozark, MO, USA
5 George Boone 1 1891 1891 0 0.03 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 0.05 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 -0.01 4 11 11 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .273 .273 .364 .636 Aug 17 Bluffton, IN, USA
8 Pete Childs 2 1901 1902 0 -1.41 212 783 692 60 147 11 1 0 47 10 74 62 .212 .292 .231 .523 Nov 15 Philadelphia, PA, USA
9 Dick Cogan 3 1897 1900 0 0.08 12 39 34 4 6 1 2 0 4 0 3 4 .176 .263 .324 .587 Dec 5 Paterson, NJ, USA
10 Ben Conroy 1 1890 1890 0 -2.39 117 454 404 45 69 13 1 0 21 17 45 .171 .262 .208 .470 Mar 14 Philadelphia, PA, USA
11 Bill Coyle 1 1893 1893 0 -0.09 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 20 KY, USA
12 Roger Denzer 2 1897 1901 0 -0.46 23 65 61 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 18 .131 .185 .164 .349 Oct 5 Le Sueur, MN, USA
13 Jim Duncan 1 1899 1899 0 -0.30 46 161 152 14 35 4 3 2 14 1 8 6 .230 .269 .336 .604 Jul 1 Saltsburg, PA, USA
14 Andy Dunning 2 1889 1891 0 -0.13 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 12 New York, NY, USA
15 Jack Egan 1 1894 1894 0 -0.03 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 Jul 9 Philadelphia, PA, USA
16 Ed Eiteljorge 2 1890 1891 0 -0.08 9 28 27 3 5 1 0 0 4 0 1 7 .185 .214 .222 .437 Oct 14 Berlin, Germany
17 Jack Fifield 3 1897 1899 0 -0.02 69 220 196 18 38 5 1 2 14 1 19 24 .194 .265 .260 .525 Oct 5 Enfield, NH, USA
18 Ike Fisher 1 1898 1898 0 -0.34 9 27 26 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 .115 .148 .154 .302 Jun 28 Nashville, TN, USA
19 George Flynn 1 1896 1896 0 -0.13 29 122 106 15 27 1 2 0 4 12 11 9 .255 .336 .302 .638 May 24 Chicago, IL, USA
20 Buck Freeman 11 1891 1907 0 24.09 1126 4619 4208 588 1235 199 131 82 713 92 272 388 .293 .346 .462 .808 Oct 30 Catasauqua, PA, USA
21 Frank Gatins 2 1898 1901 0 -0.96 67 269 255 27 58 9 2 1 26 8 8 31 .227 .259 .290 .550 Mar 6 Johnstown, PA, USA
22 Billy Goeckel 1 1899 1899 0 -0.32 37 154 141 17 37 3 1 0 16 6 1 3 .262 .283 .298 .581 Sep 3 Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
23 Bill Gray 5 1890 1898 0 -0.91 292 1147 1033 126 250 44 14 1 141 23 71 70 .242 .303 .315 .617 Apr 5 Philadelphia, PA, USA
24 Russ Hall 2 1898 1901 0 -0.58 40 160 147 15 37 2 1 0 10 1 7 11 .252 .290 .279 .569 Sep 29 Shelbyville, KY, USA
25 Fred Hayner 1 1890 1890 0 -0.03 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Nov 3 Janesville, WI, USA
26 Art Herman 2 1896 1897 0 -0.25 17 45 42 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 3 11 .167 .222 .190 .413 May 11 Louisville, KY, USA
27 Mike Hickey 1 1899 1899 0 0.00 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Dec 25 Chicopee, MA, USA
28 Bert Inks 5 1891 1896 0 1.03 90 271 250 36 75 10 0 0 18 2 17 22 .300 .349 .340 .689 Jan 27 Ligonier, IN, USA
29 Abbie Johnson 2 1896 1897 0 -0.99 74 273 252 26 60 8 2 0 37 2 17 18 .238 .289 .286 .575 Jan 19 Portland, ON, CAN
30 Fielder Jones 15 1896 1915 0 43.16 1788 7894 6747 1180 1920 206 75 21 631 359 817 422 .285 .368 .347 .715 Aug 13 Shinglehouse, PA, USA
31 Charlie Jordan 1 1896 1896 0 0.03 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Oct 4 Philadelphia, PA, USA
32 Harry Keener 1 1896 1896 0 0.22 16 52 51 6 16 4 0 0 7 3 1 6 .314 .327 .392 .719 Easton, PA, USA
33 Bill Keister 7 1896 1903 0 10.83 621 2611 2433 400 758 133 63 18 400 131 90 116 .312 .349 .440 .789 Aug 17 Baltimore, MD, USA
34 Joe Kelley HOF 17 1891 1908 0 50.53 1853 8139 7006 1421 2220 358 194 65 1194 443 911 430 .317 .402 .451 .853 Dec 9 Cambridge, MA, USA
35 John Kelty 1 1890 1890 0 -0.14 59 233 207 24 49 10 2 1 27 10 22 42 .237 .322 .319 .641 Mar 10 Jersey City, NJ, USA
36 Bill Kissinger 3 1895 1897 0 -0.14 72 220 214 24 60 13 3 0 26 1 3 21 .280 .290 .369 .659 Aug 15 Dayton, KY, USA
37 Fred Klobedanz 5 1896 1902 0 1.27 108 356 329 48 91 12 6 7 47 1 10 58 .277 .312 .413 .726 Jun 13 Waterbury, CT, USA
38 Charlie Knepper 1 1899 1899 0 -0.53 27 93 89 6 12 2 1 0 2 0 4 27 .135 .172 .180 .352 Feb 18 Anderson, IN, USA
39 Bill Lange 7 1893 1899 0 23.01 813 3620 3202 691 1056 134 80 39 579 400 350 123 .330 .400 .458 .858 Jun 6 San Francisco, CA, USA
40 Sam Leever 13 1898 1910 0 -0.49 389 1074 993 90 183 17 14 2 78 4 49 138 .184 .228 .236 .463 Dec 23 Goshen, OH, USA
41 Dummy Leitner 2 1901 1902 0 -0.07 5 16 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .133 .188 .133 .321 Jun 19 Parkton, MD, USA
42 Art Madison 2 1895 1899 0 0.57 53 168 152 26 44 5 4 0 27 5 12 12 .289 .345 .375 .720 Jan 14 Clarksburg, MA, USA
43 Bill Massey 1 1894 1894 0 -0.23 13 56 53 7 15 3 0 0 5 0 3 2 .283 .321 .340 .661 Philadelphia, PA, USA
44 Dewey McDougal 2 1895 1896 0 -0.29 21 52 44 1 6 1 0 0 6 0 8 17 .136 .269 .159 .428 Sep 19 Aledo, IL, USA
45 Dan McGann 12 1896 1908 0 34.29 1437 6051 5226 842 1482 181 100 42 727 282 429 334 .284 .364 .381 .744 Jul 15 Shelbyville, KY, USA
46 Joe McGinnity HOF 10 1899 1908 0 -2.68 477 1423 1297 109 251 21 10 0 90 26 34 158 .194 .221 .225 .446 Mar 20 Cornwall, IL, USA
47 Art Nichols 6 1898 1903 0 1.09 241 888 793 112 194 28 3 3 90 51 50 71 .245 .308 .299 .606 Jul 14 Manchester, NH, USA
48 Jiggs Parrott 4 1892 1895 0 -4.12 320 1383 1330 175 311 35 23 6 152 62 38 92 .234 .258 .308 .566 Jul 14 Portland, OR, USA
49 George Paynter 1 1894 1894 0 -0.07 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 Jul 6 Cincinnati, OH, USA
50 Skel Roach 1 1899 1899 0 -0.08 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 20 Danzig, Germany
51 Bill Rotes 1 1893 1893 0 -0.44 20 78 70 6 9 1 2 0 7 0 8 26 .129 .218 .200 .418 Jun 27 Pottstown, PA, USA
52 Amos Rusie HOF 10 1889 1901 0 0.85 487 1765 1730 209 429 42 29 8 176 25 27 186 .248 .262 .320 .582 May 30 Mooresville, IN, USA
53 Paul Russell 1 1894 1894 0 -0.21 3 11 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 Mar 23 Reading, PA, USA
54 Phil Saylor 1 1891 1891 0 -0.02 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 2 Van Wert County, OH, USA
55 John Shearon 2 1891 1896 0 -1.71 46 193 188 16 41 1 2 0 16 9 5 21 .218 .238 .245 .483 PA, USA
56 Will Smalley 2 1890 1891 0 0.47 147 610 540 67 113 11 2 0 45 10 65 46 .209 .300 .237 .537 Jun 27 Oakland, CA, USA
57 Aleck Smith 9 1897 1906 0 -1.31 287 1012 955 107 252 30 11 1 130 37 26 65 .264 .288 .321 .609 New York, NY, USA
58 Harvey Smith 1 1896 1896 0 0.47 36 149 131 21 36 7 2 0 17 9 12 7 .275 .345 .359 .704 Jul 24 Union Deposit, PA, USA
59 Heinie Smith 6 1897 1903 0 0.24 313 1224 1132 119 268 42 7 3 92 54 51 131 .237 .276 .294 .570 Oct 24 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
60 Tom Smith 4 1894 1898 0 -0.06 29 85 76 5 17 2 1 0 4 0 9 12 .224 .306 .276 .582 Dec 5 Boston, MA, USA
61 Chief Sockalexis 3 1897 1899 0 0.74 94 395 367 54 115 12 8 3 55 16 20 48 .313 .355 .414 .770 Oct 24 Indian Island, ME, USA
62 Otis Stocksdale 4 1893 1896 0 0.52 68 214 203 33 63 5 5 0 28 4 8 18 .310 .340 .384 .724 Aug 7 Arcadia, MD, USA
63 Fred Tenney 17 1894 1911 0 43.41 1994 8809 7595 1278 2231 270 77 22 688 285 874 484 .294 .371 .358 .730 Nov 26 Georgetown, MA, USA
64 Butts Wagner 1 1898 1898 0 -1.21 74 284 261 22 59 12 3 1 34 4 16 10 .226 .279 .307 .585 Sep 17 Chartiers, PA, USA
65 Snake Wiltse 3 1901 1903 0 1.62 86 309 284 43 79 10 9 2 37 1 13 21 .278 .326 .398 .724 Dec 5 Bouckville, NY, USA

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 Jimmy Bannon 4 1893 1896 0 -0.43 0 1 .000 12.00 3 1 2 0 0 0 9.0 18 23 12 2 8 2 2 0 1 55 May 5 Amesbury, MA, USA
2 Bill Bernhard 9 1899 1907 0 16.13 116 81 .589 3.04 231 200 29 175 14 3 1792.0 1860 858 605 26 365 545 28 3 46 7337 Mar 16 Clarence, NY, USA
3 George Blackburn 1 1897 1897 0 -0.44 2 2 .500 6.82 5 4 1 3 0 0 33.0 34 30 25 2 12 1 1 0 0 142 Sep 21 Ozark, MO, USA
4 George Boone 1 1891 1891 0 -0.29 0 0 7.80 4 1 3 0 0 1 15.0 15 15 13 0 9 4 0 0 1 69 Mar 1 Louisville, KY, USA
5 Cy Bowen 1 1896 1896 0 -0.24 0 1 .000 6.00 2 1 1 1 0 0 12.0 12 13 8 0 9 3 3 0 1 58 Feb 17 Kingston, IN, USA
6 Charlie Brown 1 1897 1897 0 -0.34 1 2 .333 7.77 4 4 0 2 0 0 24.1 30 25 21 2 17 8 5 0 1 122 Aug 17 Bluffton, IN, USA
7 Dick Cogan 3 1897 1900 0 -0.36 2 3 .400 5.00 8 5 3 5 0 0 54.0 68 41 30 1 32 10 5 0 2 259 Dec 5 Paterson, NJ, USA
8 Bill Coyle 1 1893 1893 0 -0.21 0 1 .000 9.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 14 10 8 1 3 2 0 0 0 41 Sep 20 KY, USA
9 Roger Denzer 2 1897 1901 0 0.20 4 14 .222 4.43 23 19 4 11 1 0 156.1 194 121 77 6 39 39 4 0 6 686 Oct 5 Le Sueur, MN, USA
10 Andy Dunning 2 1889 1891 0 -0.60 0 3 .000 6.75 3 3 0 2 0 0 20.0 23 24 15 2 19 5 0 0 2 101 Aug 12 New York, NY, USA
11 Jack Egan 1 1894 1894 0 -0.06 0 0 10.80 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 8 6 6 1 2 2 0 0 0 24 Jul 9 Philadelphia, PA, USA
12 Ed Eiteljorge 2 1890 1891 0 -1.40 1 6 .143 6.68 9 8 1 6 0 0 63.1 84 74 47 3 42 24 9 0 2 323 Oct 14 Berlin, Germany
13 Jack Fifield 3 1897 1899 0 1.86 21 39 .350 4.59 68 64 4 54 3 1 521.2 616 362 266 11 193 89 33 1 16 2336 Oct 5 Enfield, NH, USA
14 Buck Freeman 11 1891 1907 0 -0.15 3 2 .600 4.41 7 4 3 4 0 0 51.0 50 45 25 3 36 28 7 1 1 244 Oct 30 Catasauqua, PA, USA
15 Fred Hayner 1 1890 1890 0 -0.31 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 7 9 6 2 5 1 0 0 0 24 Nov 3 Janesville, WI, USA
16 Art Herman 2 1896 1897 0 0.54 4 7 .364 5.37 17 14 3 10 0 0 112.1 145 87 67 5 41 17 2 0 2 511 May 11 Louisville, KY, USA
17 Bert Inks 5 1891 1896 0 -0.66 27 46 .370 5.52 89 77 11 59 2 1 603.2 780 532 370 12 266 167 41 0 19 2849 Jan 27 Ligonier, IN, USA
18 Charlie Jordan 1 1896 1896 0 -0.02 0 0 7.71 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 9 4 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 24 Oct 4 Philadelphia, PA, USA
19 Harry Keener 1 1896 1896 0 -0.70 3 11 .214 5.88 16 13 2 11 0 0 113.1 144 102 74 5 39 28 9 0 2 517 Easton, PA, USA
20 Bill Kissinger 3 1895 1897 0 -3.85 7 25 .219 6.99 53 32 20 23 0 1 319.1 500 342 248 15 123 61 24 0 10 1568 Aug 15 Dayton, KY, USA
21 Fred Klobedanz 5 1896 1902 0 5.19 53 25 .679 4.12 89 85 4 69 2 0 702.0 742 430 321 33 266 181 45 3 12 3067 Jun 13 Waterbury, CT, USA
22 Charlie Knepper 1 1899 1899 0 -1.36 4 22 .154 5.78 27 26 1 26 0 0 219.2 307 190 141 11 77 43 15 2 8 1024 Feb 18 Anderson, IN, USA
23 Sam Leever 13 1898 1910 0 41.77 194 100 .660 2.47 388 299 75 241 39 13 2660.2 2449 1023 731 29 587 847 88 4 46 10662 Dec 23 Goshen, OH, USA
24 Dummy Leitner 2 1901 1902 0 0.21 0 2 .000 5.34 5 3 2 2 0 0 32.0 48 20 19 0 8 4 3 0 0 151 Jun 19 Parkton, MD, USA
25 Dewey McDougal 2 1895 1896 0 -2.56 3 11 .214 8.30 21 15 6 10 0 0 124.2 200 157 115 13 50 23 11 0 1 622 Sep 19 Aledo, IL, USA
26 Joe McGinnity HOF 10 1899 1908 0 60.43 246 142 .634 2.66 465 381 73 314 32 24 3441.1 3276 1436 1016 52 812 1068 179 4 30 14132 Mar 20 Cornwall, IL, USA
27 Skel Roach 1 1899 1899 0 0.28 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 13 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 40 Oct 20 Danzig, Germany
28 Bill Rotes 1 1893 1893 0 -2.75 5 12 .294 7.60 20 19 1 17 0 0 151.2 244 173 128 10 66 22 10 0 1 769 Jun 27 Pottstown, PA, USA
29 Amos Rusie HOF 10 1889 1901 0 68.44 246 174 .586 3.07 463 427 35 393 30 5 3778.2 3389 2068 1288 75 1707 1950 112 1 153 16313 May 30 Mooresville, IN, USA
30 Phil Saylor 1 1891 1891 0 0.02 0 0 6.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 Jan 2 Van Wert County, OH, USA
31 John Shearon 2 1891 1896 0 -0.28 1 3 .250 3.52 6 5 1 4 0 0 46.0 57 39 18 2 24 19 1 0 1 220 PA, USA
32 Heinie Smith 6 1897 1903 0 -0.33 0 1 .000 8.10 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.1 24 13 12 0 5 5 3 0 0 70 Oct 24 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
33 Tom Smith 4 1894 1898 0 -1.69 4 7 .364 6.33 25 13 12 9 0 1 138.0 166 144 97 5 89 38 17 1 12 670 Dec 5 Boston, MA, USA
34 Otis Stocksdale 4 1893 1896 0 -2.04 15 31 .326 6.20 54 46 8 30 0 1 347.0 521 366 239 23 136 48 28 0 10 1693 Aug 7 Arcadia, MD, USA
35 Fred Tenney 17 1894 1911 0 -0.23 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
36 Snake Wiltse 3 1901 1903 0 1.25 29 31 .483 4.59 68 62 6 54 2 2 537.1 674 362 274 15 146 121 26 1 17 2379 Dec 5 Bouckville, NY, USA
Totals 137 1889 1911 0 175.02 992 805 .552 3.53 2184 1834 318 1537 125 53 16128.1 16728 9153 6332 368 5237 5408 711 21 404 69126

Managers

Batting / Pitchers Above
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


1872 MLB  Born this Year