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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 Ed Brandt 11 1928 1938 0 404 878 793 80 187 21 4 0 59 1 55 83 .236 .285 .272 .558 Nov 1 Spokane, WA, USA
2 Roger Bresnahan HOF 17 1897 1915 0 1446 5374 4481 682 1252 218 71 26 530 212 3 714 99 .279 .386 .377 .764 Dec 4 Toledo, OH, USA
3 Frank Brill 1 1884 1884 0 13 45 44 5 6 0 0 0 2 1 13 .136 .156 .136 .292 Nov 19 Flushing, NY, USA
4 Bob Brush 1 1907 1907 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Apr 2 San Bernardino, CA, USA
5 Bill Chappelle 3 1908 1914 0 35 61 56 2 5 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 .089 .121 .161 .281 Dec 31 Mineola, NY, USA
6 Jim Chatterton 1 1884 1884 0 4 17 15 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 .133 .235 .200 .435 Dec 15 Tewksbury, MA, USA
7 Lloyd Christenbury 4 1919 1922 0 205 487 414 78 113 14 6 4 47 5 9 54 32 .273 .362 .365 .727 Dec 13 Birmingham, AL, USA
8 Bob Clark 2 1920 1921 0 16 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308 May 18 Carlsbad, NM, USA
9 Ed Clough 3 1924 1926 0 11 20 19 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .105 .105 .105 .211 Jan 30 Harrisburg, PA, USA
10 Orlin Collier 1 1931 1931 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 9 Memphis, TN, USA
11 Bert Conn 3 1898 1901 0 12 31 30 7 8 2 1 0 2 0 0 .267 .290 .400 .690 Nov 2 Philadelphia, PA, USA
12 Harry Daubert 1 1915 1915 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 8 Detroit, MI, USA
13 Dixie Davis 10 1912 1926 0 240 498 441 32 87 10 1 0 30 0 1 27 42 .197 .244 .224 .468 Feb 4 Raleigh, NC, USA
14 Snake Deal 1 1906 1906 0 65 243 231 13 48 4 3 0 21 15 6 .208 .228 .251 .479 May 9 Harrisburg, PA, USA
15 Joe DeBerry 2 1920 1921 0 20 23 20 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .150 .190 .200 .390 Oct 9 Southern Pines, NC, USA
16 Bill Duggleby 8 1898 1907 0 242 686 649 51 107 24 4 6 51 3 21 .165 .193 .242 .435 Aug 30 Redfield, NY, USA
17 Jack Dunleavy 3 1903 1905 0 231 908 800 98 193 18 14 2 49 33 84 .241 .318 .306 .624 Apr 11 S.Norwalk, CT, USA
18 Joe Dunn 2 1908 1909 0 30 93 89 4 15 4 0 0 7 0 0 .169 .178 .213 .391 Mar 19 Springfield, OH, USA
19 Bill Duzen 1 1890 1890 0 2 7 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 .250 .571 .500 1.071 Mar 11 Buffalo, NY, USA
20 Kid Elberfeld 14 1898 1914 0 1292 5272 4561 647 1235 169 56 10 535 213 427 4 .271 .355 .339 .694 Jan 13 Chattanooga, TN, USA
21 Jack Enzenroth 2 1914 1915 0 43 106 92 10 16 4 1 0 8 0 1 13 22 .174 .283 .239 .522 Feb 21 Detroit, MI, USA
22 Pop Foster 4 1898 1901 0 262 1014 924 146 260 36 20 10 137 17 76 .281 .341 .396 .737 Apr 16 Princeton, NJ, USA
23 Welcome Gaston 2 1898 1899 0 3 10 9 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 .222 .300 .556 .856 Dec 13 Columbus, OH, USA
24 Elmer Gedeon 1 1939 1939 0 5 17 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .200 .294 .200 .494 Apr 20 St.Pol, , France
25 Bob Gilks 5 1887 1893 0 339 1449 1385 163 320 33 9 1 142 47 49 61 .231 .265 .270 .535 Aug 21 Brunswick, GA, USA
26 Jack Gleason 6 1877 1886 0 343 1531 1425 253 384 59 14 9 31 8 95 2 .269 .320 .349 .670 Sep 4 St.Louis, MO, USA
27 Bob Glenalvin 2 1890 1893 0 82 344 311 54 88 13 4 4 38 37 26 34 .283 .352 .389 .741 Mar 24 Detroit, MI, USA
28 Scott Hardesty 1 1899 1899 0 22 76 72 4 16 0 0 0 4 2 1 .222 .243 .222 .465 Oct 29 Fostoria, OH, USA
29 Billy Hart 1 1890 1890 0 27 89 78 7 15 1 0 1 8 1 9 .192 .292 .244 .536 May 14 Hannibal, MO, USA
30 Topsy Hartsel 14 1898 1911 0 1356 5793 4848 826 1336 182 92 31 341 247 837 .276 .384 .370 .754 Oct 14 Toledo, OH, USA
31 Arthur Hauger 1 1912 1912 0 15 19 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .056 .105 .056 .161 Aug 2 Redwood City, CA, USA
32 Claude Hendrix 10 1911 1920 0 421 990 922 118 222 39 17 14 97 9 0 39 168 .241 .275 .366 .640 Mar 22 Allentown, PA, USA
33 Dan Howley 1 1913 1913 0 26 36 32 5 4 2 0 0 2 3 4 4 .125 .222 .188 .410 Mar 10 Weymouth, MA, USA
34 Hal Irelan 1 1914 1914 0 67 190 165 16 39 8 0 1 16 3 21 22 .236 .326 .303 .629 Jul 16 Carmel, IN, USA
35 John Kelly 1 1907 1907 0 53 217 197 12 37 5 0 0 6 7 13 .188 .245 .213 .458 Mar 19 Baltimore, MD, USA
36 Phil Knell 6 1888 1895 0 201 684 657 79 123 11 12 1 63 10 23 115 .187 .218 .245 .463 Jun 5 Santa Monica, CA, USA
37 Bill Knowlton 1 1920 1920 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Feb 25 Philadelphia, PA, USA
38 Rube Kroh 6 1906 1912 0 36 79 72 6 13 0 0 0 1 2 5 6 .181 .234 .181 .414 Mar 17 New Orleans, LA, USA
39 Louis Leroy 3 1905 1910 0 15 26 23 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .130 .167 .130 .297 Oct 10 Shawano, WI, USA
40 Pete McBride 2 1898 1899 0 13 33 29 2 7 1 0 1 7 0 3 .241 .333 .379 .713 Jul 3 N.Adams, MA, USA
41 Swat McCabe 2 1909 1910 0 16 48 46 5 15 2 0 0 5 1 1 2 .326 .354 .370 .724 Dec 9 Bristol, CT, USA
42 Willie McGill 7 1890 1896 0 169 587 480 68 97 19 2 0 40 9 101 79 .202 .344 .250 .594 Aug 29 Indianapolis, IN, USA
43 John McKelvey 1 1875 1875 0 43 193 188 26 43 3 1 0 10 3 1 5 8 .229 .249 .255 .504 May 31 Rochester, NY, USA
44 Jouett Meekin 10 1891 1900 0 339 1169 1098 163 267 30 24 15 131 16 69 87 .243 .289 .355 .644 Dec 14 New Albany, IN, USA
45 Elmer Miller 7 1912 1922 0 413 1602 1414 170 343 43 20 16 151 29 6 113 140 .243 .307 .335 .642 Nov 28 Beloit, WI, USA
46 Frank Motz 3 1890 1894 0 62 261 227 25 54 11 1 2 37 6 29 12 .238 .337 .322 .659 Mar 18 Akron, OH, USA
47 Tony Mullane 13 1881 1894 0 784 2970 2720 407 661 99 38 8 223 112 221 114 .243 .307 .316 .623 Apr 25 Chicago, IL, USA
48 George Mullin 14 1902 1915 0 614 1685 1531 163 401 70 23 3 137 18 122 21 .262 .319 .344 .663 Jan 7 Wabash, IN, USA
49 John Pappalau 1 1897 1897 0 2 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .286 .000 .286 May 12 Albany, NY, USA
50 Hub Pernoll 2 1910 1912 0 14 20 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .053 .053 .053 .105 Feb 18 Grants Pass, OR, USA
51 Ed Pinnance 1 1903 1903 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 12 Walpole Island, ON, CAN
52 Lew Post 1 1902 1902 0 3 12 12 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167 Aug 21 Chicago, IL, USA
53 Jack Powell 16 1897 1912 0 585 1754 1610 133 309 38 14 8 124 3 87 .192 .237 .248 .484 Oct 17 Chicago, IL, USA
54 Charlie Reynolds 1 1889 1889 0 13 47 46 6 10 1 1 0 4 2 1 7 .217 .234 .283 .517 Jul 3 Denver, CO, USA
55 Dick Robertson 3 1913 1919 0 23 41 40 1 9 1 0 0 4 0 1 7 .225 .244 .250 .494 Oct 2 New Orleans, LA, USA
56 Claude Rothgeb 1 1905 1905 0 7 17 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 Jul 6 Manitowoc, WI, USA
57 Tim Shinnick 2 1890 1891 0 261 1066 936 166 224 26 22 2 136 98 116 47 .239 .332 .321 .653 May 18 Exeter, NH, USA
58 Frank Shugart 8 1890 1901 0 745 3278 3014 483 804 110 79 22 384 131 218 174 .267 .323 .378 .700 Sep 9 Clearfield, PA, USA
59 Camp Skinner 2 1922 1923 0 34 47 46 2 9 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 .196 .213 .239 .452 Aug 4 Douglasville, GA, USA
60 Ecky Stearns 7 1880 1889 0 509 2210 2025 295 491 72 36 8 173 67 173 94 .242 .306 .325 .631 Jun 28 Glendale, CA, USA
61 Farmer Steelman 4 1899 1902 0 43 163 142 8 31 3 1 0 15 6 14 .218 .297 .254 .551 Sep 16 Merchantville, NJ, USA
62 Neil Stynes 1 1890 1890 0 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Mar 26 Somerville, MA, USA
63 Tom Sullivan 1 1925 1925 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 16 Seattle, WA, USA
64 Harry Swacina 4 1907 1915 0 322 1256 1189 110 304 46 11 1 151 29 32 34 .256 .276 .315 .592 Jun 21 Birmingham, AL, USA
65 Pinky Swander 2 1903 1904 0 15 64 52 9 14 2 2 0 6 0 10 .269 .406 .385 .791 Oct 24 Springfield, MA, USA
66 Art Thomason 1 1910 1910 0 20 76 70 4 12 0 1 0 2 3 5 .171 .227 .200 .427 May 2 Kansas City, MO, USA
67 Irv Waldron 1 1901 1901 0 141 651 598 102 186 22 9 0 52 20 38 .311 .356 .378 .734 Jul 22 Worcester, MA, USA
68 Tom Walker 3 1902 1905 0 48 144 132 15 17 0 1 0 1 2 7 .129 .179 .144 .323 Jul 10 Woodbury Heights, NJ, USA
69 Harry Wilhelm 1 1899 1899 0 5 13 12 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 .250 .308 .667 .974 Feb 20 Republic, PA, USA
70 Elmer Zacher 1 1910 1910 0 48 151 132 7 28 5 1 0 10 3 10 19 .212 .278 .265 .543 Dec 20 Buffalo, NY, USA
Totals 280 1875 1939 0 12886 46911 41754 5787 10491 1488 618 208 4048 1436 21 3991 1571 .251 .323 .331 .655
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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 Ed Brandt 11 1928 1938 0 121 146 .453 3.86 378 278 69 150 18 17 2268.1 2342 1084 974 134 778 877 35 1 25 9721 Nov 1 Spokane, WA, USA
2 Roger Bresnahan HOF 17 1897 1915 0 4 1 .800 3.93 9 6 3 3 1 0 50.1 68 30 22 1 15 15 3 0 0 16 Dec 4 Toledo, OH, USA
3 Frank Brill 1 1884 1884 0 2 10 .167 5.50 12 12 0 12 1 0 103.0 148 98 63 7 26 18 0 0 4 500 Nov 19 Flushing, NY, USA
4 Bill Chappelle 3 1908 1914 0 7 7 .500 2.38 35 16 13 9 1 1 177.2 167 86 47 1 59 62 9 0 7 733 Dec 31 Mineola, NY, USA
5 Jim Chatterton 1 1884 1884 0 0 1 .000 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 11 7 2 0 2 2 0 0 Dec 15 Tewksbury, MA, USA
6 Bob Clark 2 1920 1921 0 1 2 .333 5.44 16 2 5 2 1 0 51.1 82 36 31 2 19 10 2 1 1 225 May 18 Carlsbad, NM, USA
7 Ed Clough 3 1924 1926 0 0 1 .000 10.50 4 1 3 0 0 0 12.0 16 15 14 1 8 3 2 0 0 60 Jan 30 Harrisburg, PA, USA
8 Orlin Collier 1 1931 1931 0 0 1 .000 7.84 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 17 12 9 0 7 3 0 0 0 55 Sep 9 Memphis, TN, USA
9 Bert Conn 3 1898 1901 0 0 3 .000 7.77 5 2 2 1 0 0 24.1 42 38 21 1 18 5 6 0 1 0 Nov 2 Philadelphia, PA, USA
10 Dixie Davis 10 1912 1926 0 75 71 .514 3.97 239 165 46 77 10 2 1318.2 1311 722 581 63 688 460 45 2 22 5844 Feb 4 Raleigh, NC, USA
11 Joe DeBerry 2 1920 1921 0 2 5 .286 5.24 20 8 6 3 1 0 67.0 80 44 39 2 30 13 2 0 1 313 Oct 9 Southern Pines, NC, USA
12 Bill Duggleby 8 1898 1907 0 93 102 .477 3.18 241 192 47 159 17 6 1741.0 1844 849 616 39 424 453 84 5 22 4774 Aug 30 Redfield, NY, USA
13 Jack Dunleavy 3 1903 1905 0 7 12 .368 4.18 21 18 3 14 0 0 157.0 164 91 73 6 80 79 9 0 3 700 Apr 11 S.Norwalk, CT, USA
14 Bill Duzen 1 1890 1890 0 0 2 .000 13.85 2 2 0 2 0 0 13.0 20 24 20 2 14 5 0 0 0 0 Mar 11 Buffalo, NY, USA
15 Welcome Gaston 2 1898 1899 0 1 1 .500 2.84 3 2 1 2 0 0 19.0 20 10 6 0 13 0 1 0 1 89 Dec 13 Columbus, OH, USA
16 Bob Gilks 5 1887 1893 0 9 9 .500 3.98 21 18 3 17 1 1 160.2 164 106 71 2 59 36 9 0 1 573 Aug 21 Brunswick, GA, USA
17 Billy Hart 1 1890 1890 0 12 8 .600 3.67 26 24 2 20 0 0 201.1 188 111 82 6 66 95 15 0 20 795 May 14 Hannibal, MO, USA
18 Claude Hendrix 10 1911 1920 0 144 116 .554 2.65 360 257 82 184 27 17 2371.1 2123 910 698 41 697 1092 49 1 70 9651 Mar 22 Allentown, PA, USA
19 Phil Knell 6 1888 1895 0 79 90 .467 4.05 192 163 26 141 8 0 1452.1 1478 1019 654 38 705 575 21 0 92 3178 Jun 5 Santa Monica, CA, USA
20 Bill Knowlton 1 1920 1920 0 0 1 .000 4.76 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 9 9 3 0 3 5 3 0 0 32 Feb 25 Philadelphia, PA, USA
21 Rube Kroh 6 1906 1912 0 14 9 .609 2.20 36 25 9 13 3 0 216.1 182 63 53 3 67 92 5 1 2 860 Mar 17 New Orleans, LA, USA
22 Louis Leroy 3 1905 1910 0 3 1 .750 3.22 15 5 6 3 0 1 72.2 66 42 26 3 15 39 3 0 4 122 Oct 10 Shawano, WI, USA
23 Pete McBride 2 1898 1899 0 2 5 .286 4.31 12 7 4 5 0 0 71.0 74 52 34 4 44 32 5 0 11 0 Jul 3 N.Adams, MA, USA
24 Willie McGill 7 1890 1896 0 72 74 .493 4.59 168 150 17 116 2 1 1251.0 1381 956 638 26 701 510 11 0 27 853 Aug 29 Indianapolis, IN, USA
25 Jouett Meekin 10 1891 1900 0 153 133 .535 4.07 324 308 16 270 9 2 2603.1 2831 1704 1177 67 1058 900 31 0 114 857 Dec 14 New Albany, IN, USA
26 Tony Mullane 13 1881 1894 0 284 220 .563 3.05 555 504 52 468 30 15 4531.1 4195 2523 1537 98 1408 1803 82 1 165 10812 Apr 25 Chicago, IL, USA
27 George Mullin 14 1902 1915 0 228 196 .538 2.82 487 428 50 353 35 8 3686.2 3518 1636 1156 42 1238 1482 131 2 85 15638 Jan 7 Wabash, IN, USA
28 John Pappalau 1 1897 1897 0 0 1 .000 10.50 2 1 1 1 0 0 12.0 22 16 14 0 6 3 2 0 0 0 May 12 Albany, NY, USA
29 Hub Pernoll 2 1910 1912 0 4 3 .571 3.39 14 5 4 4 0 0 63.2 63 26 24 1 18 28 5 0 3 257 Feb 18 Grants Pass, OR, USA
30 Ed Pinnance 1 1903 1903 0 0 0 2.57 2 1 1 0 0 1 7.0 5 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 26 Dec 12 Walpole Island, ON, CAN
31 Jack Powell 16 1897 1912 0 245 254 .491 2.97 578 516 57 422 46 15 4389.0 4319 1991 1450 110 1021 1621 121 2 72 11013 Oct 17 Chicago, IL, USA
32 Dick Robertson 3 1913 1919 0 3 8 .273 2.89 22 14 7 8 1 0 124.2 125 54 40 1 46 26 0 0 0 509 Oct 2 New Orleans, LA, USA
33 Tom Walker 3 1902 1905 0 24 16 .600 2.70 48 44 4 35 3 0 369.2 377 151 111 5 97 94 25 1 3 1539 Jul 10 Woodbury Heights, NJ, USA
34 Harry Wilhelm 1 1899 1899 0 1 1 .500 6.12 5 3 2 2 0 0 25.0 36 22 17 1 3 6 1 0 0 0 Feb 20 Republic, PA, USA
Totals 173 1881 1938 0 1590 1510 .513 3.36 3856 3181 541 2496 215 87 27632.2 27488 14539 10305 707 9435 10446 717 17 756 79745
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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 Roger Bresnahan HOF 5 1909 1915 775 328 432 .432 -104 4 7 5.8
2 Kid Elberfeld 1 1908 1908 98 27 71 .276 -44 8 8 8.0
3 Walter Hewett 1 1888 1888 40 10 29 .256 -19 8 8 8.0
4 Dan Howley 6 1927 1932 926 397 524 .431 -127 3 8 6.2
Totals 13 1888 1932 1839 762 1056 .419 -294 3 8 6.1
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