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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 Date of Death Died
1 Jim Brown 2 1884 1886 0 29 112 110 17 27 6 2 1 0 0 2 .245 .259 .364 .623 Apr 6 Williamsport, PA, USA
2 John Brown 1 1897 1897 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Jul 18 Philadelphia, PA, USA
3 Sim Bullas 1 1884 1884 0 13 46 45 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .089 .109 .133 .242 Jan 14 Cleveland, OH, USA
4 Doc Bushong 13 1875 1890 0 672 2527 2397 287 514 58 13 2 184 39 0 124 97 .214 .255 .252 .507 Aug 19 Brooklyn, NY, USA
5 Chick Carroll 1 1884 1884 0 4 16 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 Jul 13 Chicago, IL, USA
6 Forrest Crawford 2 1906 1907 0 52 183 167 8 35 3 1 0 14 1 9 .210 .254 .240 .494 Mar 29 Austin, TX, USA
7 Reddy Foster 1 1896 1896 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 19 Richmond, VA, USA
8 Ned Garvin 7 1896 1904 0 181 538 500 34 61 1 0 0 18 1 17 4 .122 .156 .124 .280 Jun 16 Fresno, CA, USA
9 Mike Griffin 12 1887 1898 0 1511 6832 5914 1405 1753 313 108 42 719 473 809 206 .296 .388 .407 .795 Apr 10 Utica, NY, USA
10 Frank Griffith 2 1892 1894 0 8 26 25 4 8 2 2 0 9 0 1 5 .320 .346 .560 .906 Dec 13
11 Pat Hannifan 1 1897 1897 0 10 26 20 4 5 0 0 0 2 4 1 .250 .375 .250 .625 Nov 5 Springfield, MA, USA
12 Pete Hasney 1 1890 1890 0 2 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 May 24 Philadelphia, PA, USA
13 Marty Honan 2 1890 1891 0 6 16 15 1 2 0 1 0 4 0 1 5 .133 .188 .267 .454 Aug 20 Chicago, IL, USA
14 Charlie Householder 1 1884 1884 0 83 322 310 32 74 12 5 1 0 12 .239 .267 .319 .586 Dec 26 Harrisburg, PA, USA
15 John Kelly 4 1879 1884 0 122 479 469 48 106 17 3 1 5 0 10 24 .226 .242 .281 .524 Apr 13 Paterson, NJ, USA
16 Fred Ketchum 2 1899 1901 0 20 85 83 18 23 1 0 0 7 2 0 .277 .286 .289 .575 Mar 12 Cortland, NY, USA
17 Henry Krug 1 1902 1902 0 53 215 198 20 45 3 3 0 14 2 7 .227 .261 .273 .534 Jan 14 San Francisco, CA, USA
18 George Meister 1 1884 1884 0 34 127 119 9 23 6 0 0 0 0 3 .193 .244 .244 .488 Aug 24 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
19 Everett Mills 6 1871 1876 0 337 1538 1525 283 433 61 21 2 203 9 10 13 12 .284 .290 .355 .645 Jun 22 Newark, NJ, USA
20 Charlie Nyce 1 1895 1895 0 9 40 35 7 8 5 0 2 9 0 4 2 .229 .325 .543 .868 May 9 Philadelphia, PA, USA
21 John O'Connell 2 1891 1902 0 16 57 51 3 9 1 0 0 7 2 6 6 .176 .263 .196 .459 May 14 Derry, NH, USA
22 Dickey Pearce 7 1871 1877 0 291 1361 1328 217 334 19 4 2 137 12 4 33 21 .252 .270 .276 .546 Sep 18 Wareham, MA, USA
23 Tom Pratt 1 1871 1871 0 1 6 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Sep 28 Philadelphia, PA, USA
24 Shadow Pyle 2 1884 1887 0 5 20 20 1 3 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 .150 .150 .350 .500 Dec 26 Reading, PA, USA
25 Pete Sommers 4 1887 1890 0 98 359 339 35 67 13 4 3 36 8 16 43 .198 .242 .286 .528 Jul 22 Cleveland, OH, USA
26 Charlie Sweasy 7 1871 1878 0 166 687 670 67 130 11 2 0 39 3 4 17 30 .194 .214 .216 .430 Mar 30 Newark, NJ, USA
27 Bill Traffley 5 1878 1886 0 179 701 663 85 116 13 12 1 36 8 34 1 .175 .220 .235 .455 Jun 23 Des Moines, IA, USA
28 Ike Van Zandt 3 1901 1905 0 100 356 339 32 76 15 1 1 20 7 7 .224 .242 .283 .525 Sep 14 Nashua, NH, USA
29 Wild Bill Widner 5 1887 1891 0 71 247 242 23 50 3 0 2 19 8 4 40 .207 .223 .244 .466 Dec 10 Cincinnati, OH, USA
Totals 98 1871 1907 0 4075 16933 15616 2648 3914 564 183 61 1487 580 18 1132 496 .251 .306 .322 .628
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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 Date of Death Died
1 Jim Brown 2 1884 1886 0 2 15 .118 4.74 19 19 0 13 1 0 127.1 161 128 67 1 61 65 0 0 2 83 Apr 6 Williamsport, PA, USA
2 John Brown 1 1897 1897 0 0 1 .000 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 8 4 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 Jul 18 Philadelphia, PA, USA
3 Ned Garvin 7 1896 1904 0 57 97 .370 2.72 181 158 23 134 13 4 1400.2 1320 710 423 20 413 612 71 2 48 2071 Jun 16 Fresno, CA, USA
4 Frank Griffith 2 1892 1894 0 1 3 .250 10.10 8 7 0 3 0 0 46.1 67 67 52 6 43 18 0 0 6 0 Dec 13
5 Charlie Householder 1 1884 1884 0 0 0 3.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 Dec 26 Harrisburg, PA, USA
6 Dickey Pearce 7 1871 1877 0 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 10 11 2 0 0 0 0 Sep 18 Wareham, MA, USA
7 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 Dec 26 Reading, PA, USA
8 Ike Van Zandt 3 1901 1905 0 0 0 4.66 3 0 3 0 0 0 19.1 18 15 10 0 10 5 2 0 0 0 Sep 14 Nashua, NH, USA
9 Wild Bill Widner 5 1887 1891 0 22 36 .379 4.36 69 59 10 48 3 1 522.0 606 377 253 23 137 110 12 0 20 2316 Dec 10 Cincinnati, OH, USA
Totals 30 1871 1905 0 83 156 .347 3.45 290 249 38 202 17 5 2164.2 2234 1354 830 51 695 822 90 2 82 4644
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Managers

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Rk Mgr Yrs From To G W L W-L% G>.500 BestFin WrstFin AvRk Date of Death Died
1 Mike Griffin 1 1898 1898 4 1 3 .250 -2 10 10 10.0
2 John Kelly 2 1887 1888 178 86 89 .491 -3 4 7 4.7
3 Everett Mills 1 1872 1872 17 8 6 .571 2 2 2 2.0
4 Dickey Pearce 2 1872 1875 88 49 35 .583 14 3 4 3.8
5 Harry Spence 1 1888 1888 136 50 85 .370 -35 7 7 7.0
6 Charlie Sweasy 1 1875 1875 19 4 15 .211 -11 8 8 8.0
Totals 8 1872 1898 442 198 233 .459 -35 2 10 5.3
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