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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 Jake Atz 4 1902 1909 0 209 713 605 64 132 21 3 0 49 23 69 .218 .304 .263 .567 May 22 New Orleans, LA, USA
2 Ernie Baker 1 1905 1905 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 25 Homer, MI, USA
3 Steve Behel 2 1884 1886 0 68 283 257 37 54 6 2 0 17 16 25 .210 .283 .249 .532 Feb 15 Los Angeles, CA, USA
4 Ted Blankenship 9 1922 1930 0 242 519 475 49 93 18 7 9 55 0 0 21 109 .196 .231 .320 .551 Jan 14 Atoka, OK, USA
5 Cy Blanton 9 1934 1942 2 202 473 428 22 66 4 0 0 26 0 23 98 .154 .197 .164 .361 Sep 13 Norman, OK, USA
6 Harry Brooks 1 1886 1886 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 5 Philadelphia, PA, USA
7 Frank Butler 1 1895 1895 0 5 23 22 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 .273 .304 .318 .623 Jul 10 Jacksonville, FL, USA
8 Walter Carlisle 1 1908 1908 0 3 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .100 .182 .100 .282 May 27 Los Angeles, CA, USA
9 Dick Carroll 1 1909 1909 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Nov 22 Cleveland, OH, USA
10 Ted Cather 4 1912 1915 0 201 607 548 60 138 30 8 2 72 21 4 34 90 .252 .300 .347 .647 Apr 9 Elkton, MD, USA
11 Tommy Clarke 10 1909 1918 0 700 1985 1708 169 453 66 37 6 191 42 3 216 177 .265 .351 .358 .709 Aug 14 Corona, NY, USA
12 Gene Cocreham 3 1913 1915 0 17 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .071 .133 .071 .205 Dec 27 Luling, TX, USA
13 Joe Corbett 4 1895 1904 0 72 238 230 32 54 11 2 0 32 4 6 9 .235 .257 .300 .557 May 2 San Francisco, CA, USA
14 Dick Cotter 2 1911 1912 0 46 113 100 8 28 0 2 0 15 2 11 20 .280 .357 .320 .677 Apr 4 Brooklyn, NY, USA
15 Pete Cregan 2 1899 1903 0 7 24 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .095 .174 .095 .269 May 18 New York, NY, USA
16 Bill Crouch 1 1910 1910 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 22 Highland Park, MI, USA
17 Cal Crum 2 1917 1918 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 7 Tulsa, OK, USA
18 Ervin Curtis 1 1891 1891 0 56 236 211 28 55 6 5 1 25 5 22 35 .261 .339 .351 .690 Feb 14 N.Adams, MA, USA
19 Hack Eibel 2 1912 1920 0 30 50 46 4 8 2 0 0 6 1 1 3 6 .174 .224 .217 .442 Oct 16 Macon, GA, USA
20 Chick Fewster 11 1917 1927 0 644 2293 1963 282 506 91 12 6 167 57 47 240 264 .258 .346 .326 .672 Apr 16 Baltimore, MD, USA
21 William Fischer 5 1913 1917 0 412 1224 1099 109 301 50 15 10 115 20 90 66 .274 .332 .374 .706 Sep 4 Richmond, VA, USA
22 Mike Fitzgerald 2 1911 1918 0 82 195 170 27 49 9 0 0 12 7 17 6 .288 .356 .341 .698 Jan 17 San Mateo, CA, USA
23 Henry Fournier 1 1894 1894 0 6 20 19 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .105 .150 .105 .255 Dec 8 Detroit, MI, USA
24 Charlie Frye 1 1940 1940 0 18 19 19 1 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 .263 .263 .421 .684 May 25 Hickory, NC, USA
25 Bob Gandy 1 1916 1916 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 19 Jacksonville, FL, USA
26 Bob Ganley 5 1905 1909 0 572 2475 2129 246 540 44 24 2 123 112 177 .254 .313 .300 .612 Oct 9 Lowell, MA, USA
27 Frank Grube 7 1931 1941 0 394 1280 1125 121 274 59 5 1 107 12 5 131 88 .244 .326 .308 .634 Jul 2 New York, NY, USA
28 Ernie Gust 1 1911 1911 0 3 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 26 Maupin, OR, USA
29 George Hale 4 1914 1918 0 60 117 103 5 18 3 1 0 9 0 11 21 .175 .261 .223 .484 Nov 1 Wichita, KS, USA
30 Jocko Halligan 3 1890 1892 0 190 827 737 123 206 30 15 10 132 23 86 77 .280 .358 .402 .760 Feb 13 Buffalo, NY, USA
31 Jack Hannifin 3 1906 1908 0 158 500 439 50 94 13 6 3 40 14 45 .214 .289 .292 .580 Oct 27 Northampton, MA, USA
32 Charlie Heard 1 1890 1890 0 12 44 43 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 15 .186 .205 .233 .437 Feb 20 Philadelphia, PA, USA
33 Tom Hess 1 1892 1892 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 15 Albany, NY, USA
34 Bill Hobbs 2 1913 1916 0 10 19 15 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 .133 .235 .200 .435 Jan 5 Hamilton, OH, USA
35 Ducky Holmes 1 1906 1906 0 9 30 27 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 .185 .267 .185 .452 Sep 18 Dayton, OH, USA
36 Jim Hughey 7 1891 1900 0 145 430 386 30 59 3 1 1 22 1 34 11 .153 .227 .174 .401 Mar 29 Coldwater, MI, USA
37 Bert Humphries 6 1910 1915 0 154 286 247 23 46 3 3 0 16 0 19 65 .186 .253 .223 .475 Sep 21 Orlando, FL, USA
38 Ham Iburg 1 1902 1902 0 31 90 87 4 12 1 0 0 5 1 3 .138 .167 .149 .316 Feb 11 San Francisco, CA, USA
39 Bill Kay 1 1907 1907 0 25 60 60 8 20 1 1 0 7 0 0 .333 .333 .383 .717 Dec 3 Roanoke, VA, USA
40 Bill Kemmer 1 1895 1895 0 11 41 38 5 7 0 0 1 3 0 2 4 .184 .225 .263 .488 Jun 8 Washington, DC, USA
41 Snapper Kennedy 1 1902 1902 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 15 Pasadena, TX, USA
42 Joe Kutina 2 1911 1912 0 95 333 306 30 68 15 5 4 33 2 15 .222 .268 .343 .611 Apr 13 Chicago, IL, USA
43 Frank Lange 4 1910 1913 0 130 235 210 15 52 15 3 0 32 0 16 5 .248 .310 .348 .658 Dec 26 Madison, WI, USA
44 Gene Lansing 1 1922 1922 0 15 13 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .154 .000 .154 Jan 18 Rensselaer, NY, USA
45 Fred Lewis 5 1881 1886 0 317 1386 1318 224 390 70 13 4 119 8 60 15 .296 .330 .378 .708 Jun 5 Utica, NY, USA
46 Harry McNeal 1 1901 1901 0 12 39 37 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 .162 .184 .189 .373 Jan 11 Cleveland, OH, USA
47 Jack Mercer 1 1910 1910 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 25 Dayton, OH, USA
48 Sam Mertes 10 1896 1906 0 1190 4999 4405 695 1227 188 108 40 721 396 422 10 .279 .346 .398 .744 Mar 12 Villa Grande, CA, USA
49 Dusty Miller 7 1889 1899 0 655 2836 2557 444 769 139 50 22 421 206 174 75 .301 .352 .420 .772 Sep 3 Memphis, TN, USA
50 Hughie Miller 3 1911 1915 0 140 540 496 51 112 21 5 0 49 4 27 57 .226 .267 .288 .555 Dec 24 Jefferson Barracks, MO, USA
51 John Munyan 3 1887 1891 0 176 679 589 115 148 20 11 4 68 28 78 39 .251 .351 .343 .693 Feb 18 Endicott, NY, USA
52 Connie Murphy 2 1893 1894 0 7 23 21 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 .143 .217 .190 .408 Dec 14 New Bedford, MA, USA
53 Jim Murray 3 1902 1914 0 82 280 261 21 53 9 2 3 24 2 13 24 .203 .244 .287 .531 Apr 25 Galveston, TX, USA
54 Art Nichols 6 1898 1903 0 241 888 793 112 194 28 3 3 90 51 50 .245 .308 .299 .606 Aug 9 Willimantic, CT, USA
55 Lou Nordyke 1 1906 1906 0 25 64 53 4 13 1 0 0 7 3 10 .245 .365 .264 .629 Sep 27 Los Angeles, CA, USA
56 Jake Northrop 2 1918 1919 0 18 26 21 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 2 6 .286 .348 .381 .729 Nov 16 Monroeton, PA, USA
57 Harry O'Neill 1 1939 1939 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 6 Iwo Jima, Marianas Islands
58 Henry Oxley 1 1884 1884 0 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 Oct 12 Somerville, MA, USA
59 Ham Patterson 1 1909 1909 0 18 54 52 4 10 1 0 0 5 1 1 .192 .208 .212 .419 Nov 25 Swansea, IL, USA
60 Monte Pfyl 1 1907 1907 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 18 San Francisco, CA, USA
61 Dan Phelan 1 1890 1890 0 8 32 32 4 8 1 1 0 4 1 0 .250 .250 .344 .594 Dec 7 West Haven, CT, USA
62 Cy Pieh 3 1913 1915 0 44 54 51 2 5 2 0 0 7 0 2 21 .098 .132 .137 .269 Sep 12 Jacksonville, FL, USA
63 Roy Radebaugh 1 1911 1911 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 17 Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
64 Paul Radford 12 1883 1894 0 1361 5816 4979 945 1206 176 57 13 462 346 790 373 .242 .351 .308 .660 Feb 21 Boston, MA, USA
65 Morrie Rath 6 1909 1920 0 565 2405 2048 291 521 36 7 4 92 82 11 258 70 .254 .342 .285 .626 Nov 18 Upper Darby, PA, USA
66 Taylor Shafer 2 1884 1890 0 135 560 512 58 95 8 6 0 21 19 46 .186 .255 .225 .480 Oct 27 Glendale, CA, USA
67 Elmer Smith 14 1886 1901 0 1234 5400 4684 912 1454 196 136 37 663 232 636 139 .310 .398 .434 .832 Nov 3 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
68 Tubby Spencer 9 1905 1918 0 449 1457 1326 106 298 43 10 3 133 13 87 46 .225 .281 .279 .560 Feb 1 San Francisco, CA, USA
69 Bill Stemmeyer 4 1885 1888 0 61 230 212 32 60 5 4 1 32 3 16 26 .283 .339 .358 .698 May 3 Cleveland, OH, USA
70 Clarence Stephens 2 1886 1891 0 2 8 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .375 .750 Feb 28 Cincinnati, OH, USA
71 George Stone 7 1903 1910 0 849 3668 3274 428 986 106 68 23 268 133 282 .301 .361 .396 .757 Jan 3 Clinton, IA, USA
72 Cy Swaim 2 1897 1898 0 42 108 106 9 21 1 0 0 13 3 1 .198 .206 .208 .413 Dec 27 Eustis, FL, USA
73 Ray Tift 1 1907 1907 0 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 Mar 29 Verona, NJ, USA
74 Tuck Turner 6 1893 1898 0 377 1650 1496 294 478 67 38 7 213 53 128 69 .320 .377 .429 .806 Jul 16 Staten Island, NY, USA
75 Fred Tyler 1 1914 1914 0 6 21 19 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 .105 .150 .105 .255 Oct 14 E.Derry, NH, USA
76 George Van Haltren 17 1887 1903 0 1984 8979 8021 1639 2532 285 161 69 1014 583 868 305 .316 .385 .417 .802 Sep 29 Oakland, CA, USA
77 Bobby Veach 14 1912 1925 0 1821 7557 6656 953 2063 393 147 64 1166 195 84 571 367 .310 .370 .442 .812 Aug 7 Detroit, MI, USA
78 Joe Visner 4 1885 1891 0 235 1058 924 183 241 29 36 12 149 33 122 90 .261 .354 .409 .764 Jun 17 Fosston, MN, USA
79 Rube Ward 1 1902 1902 0 13 33 31 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 2 .290 .333 .323 .656 Jan 17 Akron, OH, USA
80 Clarence Winters 1 1924 1924 0 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 Jun 29 Detroit, MI, USA
81 Dave Zearfoss 5 1896 1905 0 72 224 202 15 42 3 3 0 17 2 19 5 .208 .279 .252 .532 Sep 12 Wilmington, DE, USA
82 Eddie Zimmerman 2 1906 1911 0 127 484 431 31 80 10 7 3 37 9 34 37 .186 .248 .262 .511 May 6 Emmaus, PA, USA
Totals 296 1881 1942 2 17326 67431 59571 9148 16402 2348 1030 369 7123 2771 155 6032 2982 .275 .347 .368 .715
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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 Ernie Baker 1 1905 1905 0 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, USA
2 Ted Blankenship 9 1922 1930 0 77 79 .494 4.29 241 156 53 73 8 4 1330.2 1462 719 634 63 489 378 13 1 22 5810 Jan 14 Atoka, OK, USA
3 Cy Blanton 9 1934 1942 2 68 71 .489 3.55 202 167 22 75 14 4 1218.1 1243 588 481 64 337 611 18 0 33 5173 Sep 13 Norman, OK, USA
4 Harry Brooks 1 1886 1886 0 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, USA
5 Dick Carroll 1 1909 1909 0 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, USA
6 Ted Cather 4 1912 1915 0 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, USA
7 Gene Cocreham 3 1913 1915 0 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, USA
8 Joe Corbett 4 1895 1904 0 32 18 .640 3.42 62 57 5 52 1 1 481.2 497 287 183 7 192 248 30 0 17 517 May 2 San Francisco, CA, USA
9 Bill Crouch 1 1910 1910 0 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, USA
10 Cal Crum 2 1917 1918 0 0 1 .000 10.80 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 7 9 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 37 Dec 7 Tulsa, OK, USA
11 Hack Eibel 2 1912 1920 0 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, USA
12 Henry Fournier 1 1894 1894 0 1 3 .250 5.40 6 4 2 4 0 0 45.0 71 51 27 4 20 5 0 0 1 0 Dec 8 Detroit, MI, USA
13 Charlie Frye 1 1940 1940 0 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, USA
14 Charlie Heard 1 1890 1890 0 0 6 .000 8.39 6 6 0 5 0 0 44.0 75 65 41 5 32 13 2 0 5 237 Feb 20 Philadelphia, PA, USA
15 Jim Hughey 7 1891 1900 0 29 80 .266 4.87 145 113 28 100 0 1 1007.2 1271 748 545 21 317 250 46 0 37 0 Mar 29 Coldwater, MI, USA
16 Bert Humphries 6 1910 1915 0 50 43 .538 2.79 153 91 51 45 10 9 798.0 807 364 247 31 151 258 30 1 10 3274 Sep 21 Orlando, FL, USA
17 Ham Iburg 1 1902 1902 0 11 18 .379 3.89 30 30 1 20 1 0 236.0 286 141 102 1 62 106 11 0 4 0 Feb 11 San Francisco, CA, USA
18 Frank Lange 4 1910 1913 0 28 25 .528 2.96 95 60 28 25 4 3 498.1 455 235 164 9 219 318 17 2 16 2072 Dec 26 Madison, WI, USA
19 Gene Lansing 1 1922 1922 0 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, USA
20 Harry McNeal 1 1901 1901 0 5 5 .500 4.43 12 10 2 9 0 0 85.1 120 68 42 4 30 15 8 0 1 0 Jan 11 Cleveland, OH, USA
21 Jack Mercer 1 1910 1910 0 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, USA
22 Sam Mertes 10 1896 1906 0 1 0 1.000 1.12 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 12 Villa Grande, CA, USA
23 Jake Northrop 2 1918 1919 0 6 6 .500 2.91 18 7 8 6 1 0 77.1 69 31 25 2 13 13 1 0 1 306 Nov 16 Monroeton, PA, USA
24 Cy Pieh 3 1913 1915 0 9 9 .500 3.78 43 12 23 4 2 0 166.2 156 89 70 8 75 76 5 0 3 688 Sep 12 Jacksonville, FL, USA
25 Roy Radebaugh 1 1911 1911 0 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, USA
26 Paul Radford 12 1883 1894 0 0 4 .000 8.52 10 4 3 3 0 0 43.1 85 69 41 5 17 13 0 0 2 190 Feb 21 Boston, MA, USA
27 Elmer Smith 14 1886 1901 0 75 57 .568 3.35 149 136 11 122 9 0 1210.1 1167 722 450 20 422 525 12 0 15 4597 Nov 3 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
28 Bill Stemmeyer 4 1885 1888 0 29 29 .500 3.67 60 59 1 59 1 1 495.0 482 374 202 15 205 295 7 0 79 2228 May 3 Cleveland, OH, USA
29 Clarence Stephens 2 1886 1891 0 1 1 .500 6.75 2 2 0 2 0 0 16.0 18 17 12 1 8 9 1 0 3 76 Feb 28 Cincinnati, OH, USA
30 Cy Swaim 2 1897 1898 0 13 22 .371 4.37 43 33 9 24 0 1 294.1 344 207 143 9 88 85 14 0 8 0 Dec 27 Eustis, FL, USA
31 Ray Tift 1 1907 1907 0 0 0 4.74 4 1 3 0 0 0 19.0 33 14 10 0 4 6 0 0 1 93 Mar 29 Verona, NJ, USA
32 Tuck Turner 6 1893 1898 0 0 0 7.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 9 5 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 Jul 16 Staten Island, NY, USA
33 George Van Haltren 17 1887 1903 0 40 31 .563 4.05 93 68 24 65 5 4 689.1 809 527 310 33 244 281 49 1 41 2843 Sep 29 Oakland, CA, USA
34 Bobby Veach 14 1912 1925 0 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, USA
35 Clarence Winters 1 1924 1924 0 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, USA
Totals 150 1883 1942 2 478 522 .478 3.88 1442 1033 309 696 56 29 8969.0 9710 5484 3865 311 3037 3572 268 6 305 29038
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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 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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