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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 Date of Death Died
1 John Atz 4 1902 1909 0 3.08 209 713 605 64 132 21 3 0 49 23 69 54 .218 .304 .263 .567 May 22 New Orleans, LA, United States
2 Ernie Baker 1 1905 1905 0 -0.04 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 25 Homer, MI, United States
3 Bill Barnes 1 1884 1884 0 0.00 8 30 30 2 6 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .233 .433 Jul 10 St. Paul, MN, United States
4 Steve Behel 2 1884 1886 0 -0.13 68 283 257 37 54 6 2 0 17 16 25 .210 .283 .249 .532 Feb 15 Los Angeles, CA, United States
5 Ted Blankenship 9 1922 1930 0 0.57 242 518 475 49 93 18 7 9 55 0 0 21 109 .196 .231 .320 .551 Jan 14 Atoka, OK, United States
6 Cy Blanton 9 1934 1942 2 -0.99 202 473 428 22 66 4 0 0 26 0 23 98 .154 .197 .164 .361 Sep 13 Norman, OK, United States
7 Henry Brooks 1 1886 1886 0 -0.02 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 5 Philadelphia, PA, United States
8 Frank Butler 1 1895 1895 0 -0.04 5 23 22 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 .273 .304 .318 .623 Jul 18 Jacksonville, FL, United States
9 Walter Carlisle 1 1908 1908 0 -0.12 3 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 .100 .182 .100 .282 May 27 Los Angeles, CA, United States
10 Dick Carroll 1 1909 1909 0 0.05 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Nov 22 Cleveland, OH, United States
11 Ted Cather 4 1912 1915 0 -1.53 201 607 548 60 138 30 8 2 72 21 10 34 90 .252 .300 .347 .647 Apr 9 Elkton, MD, United States
12 Tommy Clarke 10 1909 1918 0 13.06 700 1985 1708 169 453 66 37 6 191 42 4 216 183 .265 .351 .358 .709 Aug 14 Corona, NY, United States
13 Gene Cocreham 3 1913 1915 0 -0.15 17 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .071 .133 .071 .205 Dec 27 Luling, TX, United States
14 Joe Corbett 4 1895 1904 0 -0.09 72 238 230 32 54 11 2 0 32 4 6 28 .235 .257 .300 .557 May 2 San Francisco, CA, United States
15 Dick Cotter 2 1911 1912 0 0.23 46 113 100 8 28 0 2 0 15 2 11 20 .280 .357 .320 .677 Apr 4 Brooklyn, NY, United States
16 Pete Cregan 2 1899 1903 0 -0.33 7 24 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .095 .174 .095 .269 May 18 New York, NY, United States
17 Bill Crouch 1 1910 1910 0 -0.06 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 22 Highland Park, MI, United States
18 Cal Crum 2 1917 1918 0 -0.02 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 7 Tulsa, OK, United States
19 Jim Curtiss 1 1891 1891 0 -0.13 56 236 211 28 55 6 5 1 25 5 22 35 .261 .339 .351 .690 Feb 14 North Adams, MA, United States
20 Hack Eibel 2 1912 1920 0 -0.39 30 50 46 4 8 2 0 0 6 1 1 3 6 .174 .224 .217 .442 Oct 16 Macon, GA, United States
21 Chick Fewster 11 1917 1927 0 -2.44 644 2308 1963 282 506 91 12 6 167 57 47 240 264 .258 .346 .326 .672 Apr 16 Baltimore, MD, United States
22 William Fischer 5 1913 1917 0 7.06 412 1224 1099 109 301 50 15 10 115 20 1 90 66 .274 .332 .374 .706 Sep 4 Richmond, VA, United States
23 Mike Fitzgerald 2 1911 1918 0 -0.66 82 192 170 27 49 9 0 0 12 7 17 10 .288 .356 .341 .698 Jan 18 San Mateo, CA, United States
24 Henry Fournier 1 1894 1894 0 -0.28 6 20 19 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .105 .150 .105 .255 Dec 8 Eloise, MI, United States
25 Charlie Frye 1 1940 1940 0 0.18 18 19 19 1 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 .263 .263 .421 .684 May 25 Hickory, NC, United States
26 Bob Gandy 1 1916 1916 0 -0.05 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 19 Jacksonville, FL, United States
27 Bob Ganley 5 1905 1909 0 6.21 572 2475 2129 246 540 44 24 2 123 112 177 154 .254 .313 .300 .612 Oct 9 Lowell, MA, United States
28 Frank Grube 7 1931 1941 0 0.63 394 1280 1125 121 274 59 5 1 107 12 5 131 88 .244 .326 .308 .634 Jul 2 New York, NY, United States
29 Ernie Gust 1 1911 1911 0 -0.27 3 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 26 Maupin, OR, United States
30 George Hale 4 1914 1918 0 -0.12 60 118 103 5 18 3 1 0 9 0 0 11 21 .175 .261 .223 .484 Nov 1 Wichita, KS, United States
31 Jocko Halligan 3 1890 1892 0 2.12 190 827 737 123 207 30 15 10 132 23 86 77 .281 .359 .403 .762 Feb 13 Buffalo, NY, United States
32 Jack Hannifin 3 1906 1908 0 0.93 158 500 439 50 94 13 6 3 40 14 45 44 .214 .289 .292 .580 Oct 27 Northampton, MA, United States
33 Charlie Heard 1 1890 1890 0 -0.48 12 44 43 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 15 .186 .205 .233 .437 Feb 20 Philadelphia, PA, United States
34 Tom Hess 1 1892 1892 0 -0.03 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 15 Albany, NY, United States
35 Bill Hobbs 2 1913 1916 0 0.11 10 19 15 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 .133 .235 .200 .435 Jan 5 Hamilton, OH, United States
36 Ducky Holmes 1 1906 1906 0 -0.01 9 30 27 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 .185 .267 .185 .452 Sep 18 Dayton, OH, United States
37 Jim Hughey 7 1891 1900 0 -1.58 145 430 386 30 59 3 1 1 22 1 34 59 .153 .227 .174 .401 Mar 29 Coldwater, MI, United States
38 Bert Humphries 6 1910 1915 0 0.30 154 286 247 23 46 3 3 0 16 0 0 19 65 .186 .253 .223 .475 Sep 21 Orlando, FL, United States
39 Ham Iburg 1 1902 1902 0 -0.58 31 90 87 4 12 1 0 0 5 1 3 38 .138 .167 .149 .316 Feb 11 San Francisco, CA, United States
40 Bill Kay 1 1907 1907 0 0.36 25 60 60 8 20 1 1 0 7 0 0 11 .333 .333 .383 .717 Dec 3 Roanoke, VA, United States
41 Bill Kemmer 1 1895 1895 0 -0.29 11 41 38 5 7 0 0 1 3 0 2 4 .184 .225 .263 .488 Jun 8 Washington, DC, United States
42 Snapper Kennedy 1 1902 1902 0 -0.11 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 31 Pasadena, TX, United States
43 Joe Kutina 2 1911 1912 0 -0.71 95 333 306 30 68 15 5 4 33 2 7 15 44 .222 .268 .343 .611 Apr 13 Chicago, IL, United States
44 Frank Lange 4 1910 1913 0 1.74 135 235 210 15 52 15 3 0 32 0 0 16 47 .248 .310 .348 .658 Dec 26 Madison, WI, United States
45 Gene Lansing 1 1922 1922 0 -0.13 15 13 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .154 .000 .154 Jan 18 Rensselaer, NY, United States
46 Fred Lewis 5 1881 1886 0 5.37 317 1386 1318 224 390 70 13 4 119 8 60 15 .296 .330 .378 .708 Jun 5 Utica, NY, United States
47 Harry McNeal 1 1901 1901 0 -0.16 12 39 37 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 .162 .184 .189 .373 Jan 11 Cleveland, OH, United States
48 Jack Mercer 1 1910 1910 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 25 Dayton, OH, United States
49 Sam Mertes 10 1896 1906 0 23.47 1190 4999 4405 695 1227 188 108 40 721 396 422 378 .279 .346 .398 .744 Mar 12 Villa Grande, CA, United States
50 Dusty Miller 7 1889 1899 0 7.67 656 2840 2561 445 771 139 51 22 421 206 174 137 .301 .353 .421 .774 Sep 3 Memphis, TN, United States
51 Hughie Miller 3 1911 1915 0 -3.21 140 540 496 51 112 21 5 0 49 4 27 57 .226 .267 .288 .555 Dec 24 Jefferson Barracks, MO, United States
52 John Munyan 3 1887 1891 0 1.05 174 671 583 112 147 20 11 4 67 28 76 57 .252 .350 .345 .695 Feb 18 Endicott, NY, United States
53 Connie Murphy 2 1893 1894 0 -0.32 7 23 21 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 .143 .217 .190 .408 Dec 14 New Bedford, MA, United States
54 Jim Murray 3 1902 1914 0 -1.74 82 280 261 21 53 9 2 3 24 2 13 69 .203 .244 .287 .531 Apr 25 Galveston, TX, United States
55 Art Nichols 6 1898 1903 0 1.09 241 888 793 112 194 28 3 3 90 51 50 71 .245 .308 .299 .606 Aug 9 Willimantic, CT, United States
56 Lou Nordyke 1 1906 1906 0 0.02 25 64 53 4 13 1 0 0 7 3 10 9 .245 .365 .264 .629 Sep 27 Los Angeles, CA, United States
57 Jake Northrop 2 1918 1919 0 0.27 18 26 21 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 2 6 .286 .348 .381 .729 Nov 16 Monroeton, PA, United States
58 Harry O'Neill 1 1939 1939 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 6 Iwo Jima, Japan
59 Henry Oxley 1 1884 1884 0 -0.18 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 Oct 12 Somerville, MA, United States
60 Ham Patterson 1 1909 1909 0 -0.28 18 54 52 4 10 1 0 0 5 1 1 4 .192 .208 .212 .419 Nov 25 Swansea, IL, United States
61 Monty Pfyl 1 1907 1907 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 18 San Francisco, CA, United States
62 Cy Pieh 3 1913 1915 0 -0.37 44 54 51 2 5 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 21 .098 .132 .137 .269 Sep 12 Jacksonville, FL, United States
63 Roy Radebaugh 1 1911 1911 0 -0.06 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 17 Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
64 Paul Radford 12 1883 1894 0 14.27 1361 5822 4979 945 1206 176 57 13 462 346 790 449 .242 .351 .308 .660 Feb 21 Boston, MA, United States
65 Morrie Rath 6 1909 1920 0 10.45 565 2405 2048 291 521 36 7 4 92 83 34 258 112 .254 .342 .285 .626 Nov 18 Upper Darby, PA, United States
66 Taylor Shafer 2 1884 1890 0 -3.02 135 560 512 58 95 8 6 0 21 19 46 .186 .255 .225 .480 Oct 27 Glendale, CA, United States
67 Mike Smith 14 1886 1901 0 30.37 1237 5422 4693 913 1456 197 136 37 665 233 639 258 .310 .398 .434 .831 Nov 5 Pittsburgh, PA, United States
68 Tubby Spencer 9 1905 1918 0 4.39 449 1457 1326 106 298 43 10 3 133 13 87 127 .225 .281 .279 .560 Feb 1 San Francisco, CA, United States
69 Bill Stemmyer 4 1885 1888 0 1.21 61 230 212 32 60 5 4 1 32 3 16 27 .283 .339 .358 .698 May 3 Cleveland, OH, United States
70 George Stone 7 1903 1910 0 25.76 848 3665 3271 426 984 106 68 23 268 132 282 425 .301 .360 .396 .756 Jan 3 Clinton, IA, United States
71 Cy Swaim 2 1897 1898 0 -0.57 42 108 106 9 21 1 0 0 13 3 1 16 .198 .206 .208 .413 Dec 27 Eustis, FL, United States
72 Ray Tift 1 1907 1907 0 -0.04 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 Mar 29 Verona, NJ, United States
73 Tuck Turner 6 1893 1898 0 3.72 379 1668 1504 298 482 67 38 7 215 53 129 101 .320 .378 .430 .807 Jul 16 Staten Island, NY, United States
74 Fred Tyler 1 1914 1914 0 -0.24 6 21 19 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 .105 .150 .105 .255 Oct 14 East Derry, NH, United States
75 George Van Haltren 17 1887 1903 0 40.98 1990 9017 8043 1642 2544 286 161 69 1015 583 871 498 .316 .386 .418 .803 Sep 29 Oakland, CA, United States
76 Bobby Veach 14 1912 1925 0 47.70 1821 7572 6656 953 2063 393 147 64 1166 195 88 571 370 .310 .370 .442 .812 Aug 7 Detroit, MI, United States
77 Joe Visner 4 1885 1891 0 2.75 235 1058 924 183 241 29 36 12 149 33 122 90 .261 .354 .409 .764 Jun 17 Fosston, MN, United States
78 Rube Ward 1 1902 1902 0 0.04 13 33 31 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 2 8 .290 .333 .323 .656 Jan 17 Akron, OH, United States
79 Clarence Winters 1 1924 1924 0 0.01 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 Jun 29 Detroit, MI, United States
80 Dave Zearfoss 5 1896 1905 0 -0.19 72 224 202 15 42 3 3 0 17 2 19 17 .208 .279 .252 .532 Sep 12 Wilmington, DE, United States
81 Eddie Zimmerman 2 1906 1911 0 -1.06 127 484 431 31 80 10 7 3 37 9 34 40 .186 .248 .262 .511 May 6 Emmaus, PA, United States

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 Date of Death Died
1 Ernie Baker 1 1905 1905 0 -0.15 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 7 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 18 Oct 25 Homer, MI, United States
2 Ted Blankenship 9 1922 1930 0 12.14 77 79 .494 4.29 241 156 53 73 8 4 1330.2 1462 719 634 63 489 378 13 1 22 5778 Jan 14 Atoka, OK, United States
3 Cy Blanton 9 1934 1942 2 14.79 68 71 .489 3.55 202 167 21 75 14 4 1218.1 1243 588 481 64 337 611 18 0 33 5173 Sep 13 Norman, OK, United States
4 Henry Brooks 1 1886 1886 0 -0.43 0 1 .000 36.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 9 13 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 23 Dec 5 Philadelphia, PA, United States
5 Dick Carroll 1 1909 1909 0 -0.34 0 0 3.60 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 7 6 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 25 Nov 22 Cleveland, OH, United States
6 Ted Cather 4 1912 1915 0 -0.17 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 Apr 9 Elkton, MD, United States
7 Gene Cocreham 3 1913 1915 0 -1.24 3 5 .375 5.27 17 4 10 1 0 0 54.2 64 39 32 2 31 18 1 0 2 243 Dec 27 Luling, TX, United States
8 Joe Corbett 4 1895 1904 0 3.47 32 18 .640 3.42 62 57 5 52 1 1 481.2 497 287 183 7 192 248 36 0 17 2145 May 2 San Francisco, CA, United States
9 Bill Crouch 1 1910 1910 0 0.02 0 0 3.38 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 6 4 3 0 7 2 0 0 1 33 Dec 22 Highland Park, MI, United States
10 Cal Crum 2 1917 1918 0 -0.20 0 1 .000 10.80 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 7 4 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 20 Jul 7 Tulsa, OK, United States
11 Hack Eibel 2 1912 1920 0 0.20 0 0 3.48 3 0 2 0 0 0 10.1 10 4 4 0 3 5 0 0 0 40 Oct 16 Macon, GA, United States
12 Henry Fournier 1 1894 1894 0 -0.36 1 3 .250 5.40 6 4 2 4 0 0 45.0 71 51 27 4 20 5 2 0 1 223 Dec 8 Eloise, MI, United States
13 Charlie Frye 1 1940 1940 0 -0.14 0 6 .000 4.65 15 5 6 1 0 0 50.1 58 32 26 3 26 18 0 1 0 228 May 25 Hickory, NC, United States
14 Charlie Heard 1 1890 1890 0 -1.62 0 6 .000 8.39 6 6 0 5 0 0 44.0 75 65 41 5 32 13 2 0 5 240 Feb 20 Philadelphia, PA, United States
15 Jim Hughey 7 1891 1900 0 2.84 29 80 .266 4.87 145 113 28 100 0 1 1007.2 1271 748 545 21 317 250 54 0 37 4528 Mar 29 Coldwater, MI, United States
16 Bert Humphries 6 1910 1915 0 7.99 50 43 .538 2.79 153 90 51 45 9 9 798.0 807 354 247 31 151 258 30 1 10 3274 Sep 21 Orlando, FL, United States
17 Ham Iburg 1 1902 1902 0 -0.08 11 18 .379 3.89 30 29 1 20 1 0 236.0 286 141 102 1 62 106 11 0 4 1030 Feb 11 San Francisco, CA, United States
18 Frank Lange 4 1910 1913 0 3.98 28 25 .528 2.96 95 60 27 25 4 3 498.1 455 234 164 9 219 318 17 2 16 2058 Dec 26 Madison, WI, United States
19 Gene Lansing 1 1922 1922 0 -0.12 0 1 .000 5.98 15 1 8 0 0 0 40.2 46 28 27 1 22 14 0 0 2 183 Jan 18 Rensselaer, NY, United States
20 Harry McNeal 1 1901 1901 0 -0.41 5 5 .500 4.43 12 10 2 9 0 0 85.1 120 68 42 4 30 15 8 0 1 404 Jan 11 Cleveland, OH, United States
21 Jack Mercer 1 1910 1910 0 0.06 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 Jun 25 Dayton, OH, United States
22 Sam Mertes 10 1896 1906 0 0.28 1 0 1.000 1.13 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Mar 12 Villa Grande, CA, United States
23 Jake Northrop 2 1918 1919 0 0.84 6 6 .500 2.91 18 7 9 6 1 0 77.1 69 31 25 2 13 13 1 0 1 310 Nov 16 Monroeton, PA, United States
24 Cy Pieh 3 1913 1915 0 -0.36 8 9 .471 3.78 43 12 23 4 2 0 166.2 156 89 70 8 75 76 5 0 3 687 Sep 12 Jacksonville, FL, United States
25 Roy Radebaugh 1 1911 1911 0 0.26 0 0 2.70 2 1 1 0 0 0 10.0 6 3 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 38 Jan 17 Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
26 Paul Radford 12 1883 1894 0 -2.15 0 4 .000 8.52 10 4 3 3 0 0 43.1 85 69 41 5 17 13 0 0 3 223 Feb 21 Boston, MA, United States
27 Mike Smith 14 1886 1901 0 12.57 75 57 .568 3.35 149 136 11 122 9 0 1210.1 1167 714 450 20 422 525 40 1 84 5237 Nov 5 Pittsburgh, PA, United States
28 Bill Stemmyer 4 1885 1888 0 0.07 29 29 .500 3.67 60 59 1 59 1 1 495.0 482 374 202 15 205 295 3 0 79 2209 May 3 Cleveland, OH, United States
29 Cy Swaim 2 1897 1898 0 1.24 12 22 .353 4.48 42 32 9 23 0 1 285.1 338 206 142 9 87 82 14 0 8 1258 Dec 27 Eustis, FL, United States
30 Ray Tift 1 1907 1907 0 -0.27 0 0 4.74 4 1 3 0 0 0 19.0 33 14 10 0 4 6 0 0 1 90 Mar 29 Verona, NJ, United States
31 Tuck Turner 6 1893 1898 0 0.03 0 0 7.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 9 5 5 1 2 3 1 0 0 29 Jul 16 Staten Island, NY, United States
32 George Van Haltren 17 1887 1903 0 1.53 40 31 .563 4.05 93 68 23 65 5 4 689.1 809 527 310 34 244 281 57 1 46 3141 Sep 29 Oakland, CA, United States
33 Bobby Veach 14 1912 1925 0 0.00 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 Aug 7 Detroit, MI, United States
34 Clarence Winters 1 1924 1924 0 -0.83 0 1 .000 20.57 4 2 1 0 0 0 7.0 22 16 16 0 4 3 0 0 0 48 Jun 29 Detroit, MI, United States
Totals 148 1883 1942 2 53.44 475 521 .477 3.88 1439 1028 307 693 55 29 8944.0 9686 5442 3852 311 3028 3560 316 7 377 38983

Managers

Batting / Pitchers Above
Rk Mgr Yrs From To G W L W-L% G>.500 BestFin WrstFin AvRk Date of Death Died
1 George Van Haltren 1 1892 1892 11 1 10 .091 -9 12 12 12.0
Totals 1 1892 1892 11 1 10 .091 -9 12 12 12.0


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