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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 Charlie Abbey 5 1893 1897 0 451 1959 1751 307 492 67 46 19 280 93 167 105 .281 .351 .404 .756 Apr 27 San Francisco, CA, USA
2 Howard Armstrong 1 1911 1911 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Mar 8 Canisteo, NY, USA
3 Jake Aydelott 2 1884 1886 0 14 53 50 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .151 .120 .271 Oct 22 Detroit, MI, USA
4 Bill Bailey 11 1907 1922 0 209 400 366 23 71 4 1 0 15 3 0 20 38 .194 .236 .210 .446 Nov 2 Houston, TX, USA
5 Emil Batch 4 1904 1907 0 348 1361 1253 134 315 38 22 7 98 37 65 .251 .290 .334 .624 Aug 23 Brooklyn, NY, USA
6 Moose Baxter 1 1907 1907 0 6 21 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 .190 .190 .381 Aug 7 Portland, OR, USA
7 Johnny Beall 4 1913 1918 0 58 189 170 18 43 4 1 3 17 2 1 11 25 .253 .306 .341 .647 Jun 14 Beltsville, MD, USA
8 Lou Bierbauer 13 1886 1898 0 1383 6007 5706 819 1521 208 95 33 835 206 268 129 .267 .301 .354 .655 Jan 31 Erie, PA, USA
9 Henry Blauvelt 1 1890 1890 0 2 6 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Dec 28 Portland, OR, USA
10 Al Burch 6 1906 1911 0 611 2412 2185 254 554 48 20 4 103 96 186 52 .254 .312 .299 .612 Oct 5 Brooklyn, NY, USA
11 Mike Campbell 1 1873 1873 0 21 86 83 9 12 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 6 .145 .174 .145 .319 Jan 12 Elizabeth, NJ, USA
12 John Cattanach 1 1884 1884 0 3 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Nov 10 Providence, RI, USA
13 Hi Church 1 1890 1890 0 3 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 Feb 23 Jacksonville, FL, USA
14 Otis Clymer 6 1905 1913 0 385 1463 1330 182 355 42 19 2 98 83 99 21 .267 .322 .332 .653 Feb 27 St.Paul, MN, USA
15 George Cobb 1 1892 1892 0 57 194 172 20 36 4 5 1 13 2 22 37 .209 .299 .308 .607 Aug 19 Pomona, CA, USA
16 Dick Conway 3 1886 1888 0 58 225 204 27 47 6 1 0 14 6 20 22 .230 .302 .270 .572 Sep 9 Lowell, MA, USA
17 Ed Conwell 1 1911 1911 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 1 Chicago, IL, USA
18 Joe Crotty 4 1882 1886 0 87 323 308 34 56 7 3 1 9 3 11 .182 .220 .234 .454 Jun 22 Minneapolis, MN, USA
19 Tom Drohan 1 1913 1913 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 17 Kewanee, IL, USA
20 Ed Flanagan 2 1887 1889 0 42 179 168 23 42 12 3 1 18 4 10 11 .250 .296 .375 .671 Nov 10 Lowell, MA, USA
21 Brownie Foreman 2 1895 1896 0 32 92 76 8 8 0 0 0 6 2 15 23 .105 .253 .105 .358 Oct 10 Baltimore, MD, USA
22 Eddie Fusselback 4 1882 1888 0 109 470 462 75 124 19 3 1 3 0 8 .268 .281 .329 .610 Apr 14 Philadelphia, PA, USA
23 Alex Gardner 1 1884 1884 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 18 Danvers, MA, USA
24 John Gillespie 1 1890 1890 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 24 Buffalo, NY, USA
25 Sandy Griffin 4 1884 1893 0 166 715 630 116 173 35 7 5 78 25 77 24 .275 .361 .376 .737 Jun 4 Syracuse, NY, USA
26 George Haddock 7 1888 1894 0 227 829 736 114 167 27 6 6 83 14 89 157 .227 .314 .304 .618 Apr 18 Boston, MA, USA
27 Otto Hess 10 1902 1915 0 280 763 714 63 154 21 9 5 58 4 27 54 .216 .248 .291 .540 Feb 25 Tucson, AZ, USA
28 Ed High 1 1901 1901 0 4 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .222 .000 .222 Feb 10 Baltimore, MD, USA
29 Holly Hollingshead 3 1872 1875 0 58 263 261 45 70 4 4 0 33 2 1 2 8 .268 .274 .314 .588 Oct 6 Washington, DC, USA
30 Bill Hutchison 9 1884 1897 0 383 1422 1350 150 291 35 17 12 133 26 71 285 .216 .255 .293 .549 Mar 19 Kansas City, MO, USA
31 Jim Keenan 11 1875 1891 0 528 2084 1886 255 453 61 36 22 208 41 0 177 111 .240 .312 .346 .658 Sep 21 Cincinnati, OH, USA
32 Kick Kelly 1 1879 1879 0 16 58 58 5 9 1 0 0 2 0 7 .155 .155 .172 .328 Mar 27 Malba, NY, USA
33 Charlie Krehmeyer 2 1884 1885 0 29 107 104 7 23 1 2 0 10 0 3 .221 .243 .269 .512 Feb 10 St.Louis, MO, USA
34 Charlie Levis 2 1884 1885 0 92 394 390 61 88 11 4 6 0 0 3 .226 .234 .321 .554 Oct 16 St.Louis, MO, USA
35 Abel Lizotte 1 1896 1896 0 7 32 29 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 .103 .161 .103 .265 Dec 4 Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
36 Bill McCauley 1 1895 1895 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 27 Washington, DC, USA
37 Ed McDonough 2 1909 1910 0 6 10 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 Sep 2 Elgin, IL, USA
38 Cal McVey 9 1871 1879 0 530 2543 2513 555 869 132 44 11 448 25 1 30 51 .346 .354 .446 .800 Aug 20 San Francisco, CA, USA
39 Howard Murphy 1 1909 1909 0 25 67 60 3 12 0 0 0 3 1 4 .200 .250 .200 .450 Oct 5 Fort Worth, TX, USA
40 George Myers 6 1884 1889 0 424 1699 1578 183 321 43 8 5 126 72 109 149 .203 .260 .250 .510 Dec 14 Buffalo, NY, USA
41 Tom Needham 11 1904 1914 0 523 1651 1491 113 311 50 10 8 117 20 109 49 .209 .274 .272 .546 Dec 13 Steubenville, OH, USA
42 Frank Pearce 1 1876 1876 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Nov 13 Louisville, KY, USA
43 George Pinkney 10 1884 1893 0 1163 5189 4610 874 1212 170 56 21 539 296 526 135 .263 .345 .338 .683 Nov 10 Peoria, IL, USA
44 Eddie Plank HOF 17 1901 1917 0 630 1778 1607 130 331 39 7 3 122 13 1 71 72 .206 .250 .245 .495 Feb 24 Gettysburg, PA, USA
45 Danny Richardson 11 1884 1894 0 1131 4751 4451 676 1129 149 52 32 558 225 283 289 .254 .301 .332 .633 Sep 12 New York, NY, USA
46 Henry Schmidt 1 1903 1903 0 41 125 107 17 21 1 1 1 10 3 13 .196 .283 .252 .536 Apr 23 Nashville, TN, USA
47 John Shaffer 2 1886 1887 0 21 78 73 7 14 1 1 0 4 1 5 .192 .244 .233 .476 Nov 21 Endicott, NY, USA
48 Ed Sixsmith 1 1884 1884 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 12 Philadelphia, PA, USA
49 Dave Skeels 1 1910 1910 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 2 Spokane, WA, USA
50 Ed Springer 1 1889 1889 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Apr 24 Los Angeles Co., CA, USA
51 Art Sunday 1 1890 1890 0 24 105 83 26 22 5 1 0 13 0 15 9 .265 .419 .349 .768 Oct 2 Reno, NV, USA
52 Gil Whitehouse 2 1912 1915 0 37 132 123 16 27 6 2 0 9 3 6 19 .220 .262 .301 .562 Feb 14 Brewer, ME, USA
Totals 206 1871 1922 0 10235 40283 37221 5359 9390 1252 486 209 4070 1314 4 2532 1895 .252 .304 .329 .633
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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 Charlie Abbey 5 1893 1897 0 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Apr 27 San Francisco, CA, USA
2 Howard Armstrong 1 1911 1911 0 0 1 .000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 Mar 8 Canisteo, NY, USA
3 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 Oct 22 Detroit, MI, USA
4 Bill Bailey 11 1907 1922 0 38 76 .333 3.57 203 117 56 70 8 0 1084.1 1035 593 430 20 527 570 44 2 43 3625 Nov 2 Houston, TX, USA
5 Lou Bierbauer 13 1886 1898 0 0 0 3.07 4 0 4 0 0 1 14.2 13 10 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 67 Jan 31 Erie, PA, USA
6 Henry Blauvelt 1 1890 1890 0 0 0 10.22 2 0 2 0 0 0 12.1 19 23 14 0 8 5 0 0 0 0 Dec 28 Portland, OR, USA
7 John Cattanach 1 1884 1884 0 1 1 .500 3.68 3 3 0 2 0 0 22.0 14 17 9 0 8 15 0 0 3 24 Nov 10 Providence, RI, USA
8 George Cobb 1 1892 1892 0 10 37 .213 4.86 53 47 6 42 0 0 394.1 495 333 213 21 140 159 0 0 15 0 Aug 19 Pomona, CA, USA
9 Dick Conway 3 1886 1888 0 15 24 .385 4.78 41 41 0 39 0 0 352.0 404 283 187 18 137 121 14 0 22 1598 Sep 9 Lowell, MA, USA
10 Tom Drohan 1 1913 1913 0 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 Sep 17 Kewanee, IL, USA
11 Brownie Foreman 2 1895 1896 0 12 12 .500 4.97 32 29 4 20 1 2 224.1 245 173 124 6 115 81 0 0 10 0 Oct 10 Baltimore, MD, USA
12 Eddie Fusselback 4 1882 1888 0 1 2 .333 4.70 4 2 2 2 0 1 23.0 34 24 12 0 2 3 0 0 0 Apr 14 Philadelphia, PA, USA
13 George Haddock 7 1888 1894 0 95 87 .522 4.07 204 189 15 160 8 2 1580.0 1650 1111 715 56 714 599 17 0 101 4075 Apr 18 Boston, MA, USA
14 Otto Hess 10 1902 1915 0 70 90 .438 2.98 198 165 30 129 18 5 1418.0 1355 663 469 25 448 580 83 5 38 3531 Feb 25 Tucson, AZ, USA
15 Ed High 1 1901 1901 0 1 0 1.000 3.50 4 1 2 1 0 0 18.0 21 9 7 0 6 4 1 0 0 0 Feb 10 Baltimore, MD, USA
16 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 Mar 19 Kansas City, MO, USA
17 Jim Keenan 11 1875 1891 0 0 1 .000 2.37 4 0 4 0 0 0 19.0 17 8 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 76 Sep 21 Cincinnati, OH, USA
18 Cal McVey 9 1871 1879 0 10 12 .455 3.73 34 19 12 12 0 5 176.1 235 141 73 3 16 49 0 8 761 Aug 20 San Francisco, CA, USA
19 Frank Pearce 1 1876 1876 0 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 20 Nov 13 Louisville, KY, USA
20 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 Nov 10 Peoria, IL, USA
21 Eddie Plank HOF 17 1901 1917 0 326 194 .627 2.35 623 529 74 410 69 23 4495.2 3958 1569 1174 41 1072 2246 196 6 87 18225 Feb 24 Gettysburg, PA, USA
22 Danny Richardson 11 1884 1894 0 7 3 .700 3.24 15 9 6 8 1 0 100.0 91 54 36 1 30 38 0 0 4 416 Sep 12 New York, NY, USA
23 Henry Schmidt 1 1903 1903 0 22 13 .629 3.83 40 36 4 29 5 2 301.0 321 165 128 5 120 96 21 0 8 1311 Apr 23 Nashville, TN, USA
24 John Shaffer 2 1886 1887 0 7 14 .333 4.57 21 21 0 21 1 0 181.0 188 148 92 3 82 58 15 0 20 819 Nov 21 Endicott, NY, USA
25 Dave Skeels 1 1910 1910 0 0 0 12.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 8 8 0 4 2 1 0 1 32 Dec 2 Spokane, WA, USA
26 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 Apr 24 Los Angeles Co., CA, USA
27 Gil Whitehouse 2 1912 1915 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Feb 14 Brewer, ME, USA
Totals 138 1871 1922 0 803 740 .520 3.30 1883 1570 256 1280 132 45 13643.0 13406 7376 5006 304 4616 5906 402 13 485 36406
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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 John Day 1 1899 1899 66 29 35 .453 -6 10 10 10.0
2 Sandy Griffin 1 1891 1891 6 2 4 .333 -2 8 8 8.0
3 Holly Hollingshead 2 1875 1884 82 16 66 .195 -50 10 12 11.5
4 Cal McVey 3 1873 1879 157 91 64 .587 27 2 5 3.4
5 Danny Richardson 1 1892 1892 43 12 31 .279 -19 12 12 12.0
Totals 8 1873 1899 354 150 200 .429 -50 2 12 7.6
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