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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 Pete Allen 1 1893 1893 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Apr 16 Philadelphia, PA, USA
2 Grover Baichley 1 1914 1914 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 30 San Jose, CA, USA
3 Tom Barry 1 1904 1904 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 4 St.Louis, MO, USA
4 John Barthold 1 1904 1904 0 4 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 Nov 4 Fairview Village, PA, USA
5 Harry Betts 2 1903 1913 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 22 San Antonio, TX, USA
6 Emil Bildilli 5 1937 1941 0 42 48 45 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 .178 .196 .178 .373 Sep 16 Hartford City, IN, USA
7 Joe Birmingham 9 1906 1914 0 771 2860 2633 284 667 89 27 7 265 108 1 129 27 .253 .294 .316 .610 Apr 24 Tampico, 28, Mexico
8 Frank Burke 2 1906 1907 0 51 155 138 8 26 1 2 0 9 4 12 .188 .253 .225 .478 Sep 17 Los Angeles, CA, USA
9 Hick Cady 7 1912 1919 0 355 1004 901 83 216 47 11 1 74 4 3 66 91 .240 .297 .320 .616 Mar 3 Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
10 Hutch Campbell 1 1907 1907 0 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 Feb 13 New Bethlehem, PA, USA
11 Chief Chouneau 1 1910 1910 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 Sep 17 Cloquet, MN, USA
12 Walter Clarkson 5 1904 1908 0 78 137 132 9 20 2 4 0 12 0 1 .152 .158 .227 .385 Oct 10 Cambridge, MA, USA
13 Bill Cunningham 3 1910 1912 0 123 490 432 42 90 16 6 4 59 16 34 .208 .271 .301 .572 Feb 21 Schenectady, NY, USA
14 Tom Daly 8 1913 1921 0 244 574 540 49 129 17 3 0 55 5 7 25 43 .239 .274 .281 .555 Nov 7 Medford, MA, USA
15 Bill Deitrick 2 1927 1928 0 57 126 106 14 21 6 0 0 7 1 17 10 .198 .315 .255 .569 May 6 Bethesda, MD, USA
16 Bill DeLancey 4 1932 1940 0 219 686 598 79 173 32 10 19 85 1 85 74 .289 .380 .472 .851 Nov 28 Phoenix, AZ, USA
17 Tom Dowse 3 1890 1892 0 160 626 590 62 116 12 1 0 46 7 29 66 .197 .243 .220 .463 Dec 14 Riverside, CA, USA
18 Billy Earle 5 1889 1894 0 142 534 465 102 133 20 12 6 74 41 63 36 .286 .378 .419 .798 May 30 Omaha, NE, USA
19 Bill Evans 3 1916 1919 0 28 43 40 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 12 .100 .122 .150 .272 Dec 21 Burlington, NC, USA
20 Bill Fincher 1 1916 1916 0 12 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 May 7 Shreveport, LA, USA
21 Pat Flaherty 1 1894 1894 0 38 155 145 15 43 5 3 0 15 2 9 6 .297 .342 .372 .714 Jan 28 Chicago, IL, USA
22 John Fluhrer 1 1915 1915 0 6 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 Jul 17 Columbus, OH, USA
23 Tom Forster 4 1882 1886 0 180 719 666 76 131 15 4 1 40 9 49 12 .197 .256 .236 .492 Jul 17 New York, NY, USA
24 Elmer Foster 5 1886 1891 0 105 423 386 56 72 7 5 6 41 37 29 44 .187 .258 .277 .535 Jul 22 Deephaven, MN, USA
25 Bill Fox 2 1897 1901 0 47 186 173 13 32 2 1 0 7 9 5 .185 .212 .208 .420 May 7 Minneapolis, MN, USA
26 Chick Fullis 8 1928 1936 0 590 2024 1855 305 548 92 14 12 167 46 132 113 .295 .347 .380 .726 Mar 28 Ashland, PA, USA
27 Ed Gagnier 2 1914 1915 0 115 425 389 30 76 13 2 0 29 10 23 29 .195 .244 .239 .483 Sep 13 Detroit, MI, USA
28 Johnny Grabowski 7 1924 1931 0 296 885 816 84 206 25 8 3 86 1 2 47 84 .252 .295 .314 .609 May 23 Albany, NY, USA
29 Billy Gumbert 3 1890 1893 0 18 60 56 10 12 4 1 1 10 3 2 9 .214 .267 .375 .642 Apr 13 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
30 Dad Hale 1 1902 1902 0 11 24 20 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 Feb 1 Allegan, MI, USA
31 Chris Hartje 1 1939 1939 0 9 17 16 2 5 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 .313 .353 .375 .728 Jun 26 Seattle, WA, USA
32 Sam Hope 1 1907 1907 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 30 Greenport, NY, USA
33 Walter Johnson HOF 21 1907 1927 0 933 2517 2324 241 547 94 41 24 255 13 4 110 251 .235 .274 .342 .616 Dec 10 Washington, DC, USA
34 Bill Jones 2 1911 1912 0 27 69 53 6 12 2 1 0 5 1 15 8 .226 .397 .302 .699 Oct 10 Boston, MA, USA
35 Charlie Knepper 1 1899 1899 0 27 93 89 6 12 2 1 0 2 0 4 .135 .172 .180 .352 Feb 6 Muncie, IN, USA
36 Hub Knolls 1 1906 1906 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 Jul 1 Chicago, IL, USA
37 Tony Lazzeri HOF 14 1926 1939 1 1740 7303 6297 986 1840 334 115 178 1191 148 79 869 864 .292 .380 .467 .846 Aug 6 San Francisco, CA, USA
38 James Lehan 1 1884 1884 0 3 12 12 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833 Jul 18 Hartford, CT, USA
39 Johnny Lush 7 1904 1910 0 369 1082 993 107 252 40 11 2 94 28 69 11 .254 .307 .322 .630 Nov 18 Beverly Hills, CA, USA
40 William Matthews 1 1909 1909 0 5 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 23 Mt.Carbon, PA, USA
41 Ed Mayer 2 1890 1891 0 185 800 752 73 167 27 9 1 101 27 36 65 .222 .269 .286 .555 May 15 Chicago, IL, USA
42 Ed McDonald 3 1911 1913 0 176 760 634 98 155 30 9 3 55 33 110 130 .244 .362 .334 .697 Mar 11 Albany, NY, USA
43 Pat McGehee 1 1912 1912 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 30 Paducah, KY, USA
44 Reeve McKay 1 1915 1915 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 18 Dallas, TX, USA
45 Bob McKinney 1 1901 1901 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 19 Hanover, PA, USA
46 Pete McShannic 1 1888 1888 0 26 101 98 5 19 1 0 0 5 3 1 9 .194 .218 .204 .422 Nov 30 Toledo, OH, USA
47 Ed Merrill 2 1882 1884 0 58 211 204 14 36 3 1 0 4 0 6 .176 .204 .201 .405 Jan 29 Elmwood Park, IL, USA
48 Cy Morgan 2 1921 1922 0 19 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 11 Lakeville, MA, USA
49 Walter Moser 2 1906 1911 0 14 22 22 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .045 .045 .045 .091 Dec 10 Philadelphia, PA, USA
50 Tom Nagle 2 1890 1891 0 46 180 169 24 42 5 1 1 12 4 8 27 .249 .294 .308 .602 Mar 9 Milwaukee, WI, USA
51 Wiley Piatt 6 1898 1903 0 187 596 543 66 130 8 5 0 48 2 34 .239 .293 .273 .565 Sep 20 Cincinnati, OH, USA
52 Jack Quinn 23 1909 1933 0 771 1512 1349 90 248 38 7 8 113 5 0 89 276 .184 .236 .240 .476 Apr 17 Pottsville, PA, USA
53 Tad Quinn 2 1902 1903 0 3 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833 Aug 6 Waterbury, CT, USA
54 Wally Rehg 7 1912 1919 0 263 823 752 85 188 24 11 2 66 26 8 50 66 .250 .299 .319 .618 Apr 5 Burbank, CA, USA
55 Art Reinhart 5 1919 1928 0 123 199 186 25 56 5 3 0 19 1 0 7 23 .301 .326 .360 .687 Nov 11 Houston, TX, USA
56 Billy Rhiel 4 1929 1933 0 200 571 519 61 138 26 8 7 68 2 0 43 57 .266 .323 .387 .711 Aug 16 Youngstown, OH, USA
57 Hack Schumann 1 1906 1906 0 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Mar 25 Mill Grove, NY, USA
58 Bert Sincock 1 1908 1908 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 1 Houghton, MI, USA
59 Kid Speer 1 1909 1909 0 13 27 25 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 .120 .185 .160 .345 Jan 13 Edmonton, AB, CAN
60 George Starnagle 1 1902 1902 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Feb 15 Belleville, IL, USA
61 George Strief 5 1879 1885 0 362 1424 1360 145 281 50 14 5 64 0 64 23 .207 .242 .275 .517 Apr 1 Cleveland, OH, USA
62 Ducky Swan 1 1914 1914 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 8 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
63 Arlie Tarbert 2 1927 1928 0 39 97 86 6 16 2 0 0 7 1 0 4 13 .186 .247 .209 .457 Nov 27 Cleveland, OH, USA
64 Ben Taylor 1 1912 1912 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 Nov 3 Martin County, IN, USA
65 John Tener 4 1885 1890 0 73 282 263 29 62 5 2 3 25 4 15 47 .236 .287 .304 .591 May 19 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
66 Jeff Tesreau 7 1912 1918 0 248 611 574 40 124 12 8 2 46 3 1 18 80 .216 .240 .275 .515 Sep 24 Hanover, NH, USA
67 Claude Thomas 1 1916 1916 0 7 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .100 .100 .100 .200 Mar 6 Sulphur, OK, USA
68 Eddie Tiemeyer 3 1906 1909 0 9 22 19 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 .263 .364 .316 .679 Sep 27 Cincinnati, OH, USA
69 Woody Wagenhorst 1 1888 1888 0 2 8 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 Feb 12 Washington, DC, USA
70 George Wheeler 4 1896 1899 0 50 161 148 19 29 9 0 1 6 3 8 0 .196 .237 .277 .514 Mar 23 Santa Ana, CA, USA
71 Tex Wilson 1 1924 1924 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 15 Sulphur Springs, TX, USA
72 John Woods 1 1924 1924 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 4 Norfolk, VA, USA
73 Dave Wright 2 1895 1897 0 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 Jan 18 Dennison, OH, USA
Totals 250 1879 1941 1 9711 31768 28698 3466 7106 1130 363 297 3284 609 105 2334 2628 .248 .308 .343 .651
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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 Grover Baichley 1 1914 1914 0 0 0 5.14 4 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 9 5 4 0 3 3 0 0 1 29 Jun 30 San Jose, CA, USA
2 Tom Barry 1 1904 1904 0 0 1 .000 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 6 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 Jun 4 St.Louis, MO, USA
3 John Barthold 1 1904 1904 0 0 0 5.06 4 0 4 0 0 0 10.2 12 9 6 0 8 5 1 1 1 52 Nov 4 Fairview Village, PA, USA
4 Harry Betts 2 1903 1913 0 0 1 .000 8.03 2 1 1 1 0 0 12.1 12 11 11 0 8 2 3 0 0 56 May 22 San Antonio, TX, USA
5 Emil Bildilli 5 1937 1941 0 4 8 .333 5.84 41 17 10 7 0 1 148.0 184 106 96 16 75 55 2 0 3 679 Sep 16 Hartford City, IN, USA
6 Chief Chouneau 1 1910 1910 0 0 1 .000 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 Sep 17 Cloquet, MN, USA
7 Walter Clarkson 5 1904 1908 0 18 16 .529 3.17 78 37 32 23 4 1 374.2 340 183 132 12 132 178 24 0 10 763 Oct 10 Cambridge, MA, USA
8 Tom Dowse 3 1890 1892 0 0 0 5.40 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 14 Riverside, CA, USA
9 Bill Evans 3 1916 1919 0 2 13 .133 3.85 28 11 10 6 0 0 126.1 122 67 54 3 48 41 4 0 2 542 Dec 21 Burlington, NC, USA
10 Bill Fincher 1 1916 1916 0 0 1 .000 2.14 12 1 6 0 0 0 21.0 22 11 5 0 7 5 0 0 1 85 May 7 Shreveport, LA, USA
11 Billy Gumbert 3 1890 1893 0 7 8 .467 4.06 17 14 3 10 0 0 119.2 128 92 54 0 59 21 7 0 2 367 Apr 13 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
12 Dad Hale 1 1902 1902 0 1 5 .167 5.90 11 8 3 4 0 0 61.0 90 58 40 1 24 18 2 0 0 0 Feb 1 Allegan, MI, USA
13 Sam Hope 1 1907 1907 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Jun 30 Greenport, NY, USA
14 Walter Johnson HOF 21 1907 1927 0 417 279 .599 2.17 802 666 129 531 110 34 5914.2 4913 1902 1424 97 1363 3509 203 4 155 23749 Dec 10 Washington, DC, USA
15 Charlie Knepper 1 1899 1899 0 4 22 .154 5.78 27 26 1 26 0 0 219.2 307 190 141 11 77 43 15 2 8 0 Feb 6 Muncie, IN, USA
16 Hub Knolls 1 1906 1906 0 0 0 4.05 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 13 5 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 36 Jul 1 Chicago, IL, USA
17 Johnny Lush 7 1904 1910 0 66 85 .437 2.68 182 154 19 105 16 2 1239.1 1169 570 369 17 413 490 63 2 37 5168 Nov 18 Beverly Hills, CA, USA
18 William Matthews 1 1909 1909 0 0 0 3.24 5 1 2 0 0 0 16.2 16 8 6 1 10 6 0 0 0 69 Jan 23 Mt.Carbon, PA, USA
19 Pat McGehee 1 1912 1912 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Dec 30 Paducah, KY, USA
20 Reeve McKay 1 1915 1915 0 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Jan 18 Dallas, TX, USA
21 Cy Morgan 2 1921 1922 0 1 1 .500 7.39 19 0 12 0 0 1 31.2 45 32 26 0 19 8 1 0 0 154 Sep 11 Lakeville, MA, USA
22 Walter Moser 2 1906 1911 0 0 7 .000 4.58 14 9 2 5 0 0 70.2 97 75 36 0 30 30 2 0 5 322 Dec 10 Philadelphia, PA, USA
23 Wiley Piatt 6 1898 1903 0 86 79 .521 3.61 182 170 11 139 12 1 1390.1 1481 821 557 27 455 517 80 1 27 772 Sep 20 Cincinnati, OH, USA
24 Jack Quinn 23 1909 1933 0 247 218 .531 3.29 756 444 216 243 28 57 3920.1 4238 1835 1433 102 860 1329 94 5 59 16493 Apr 17 Pottsville, PA, USA
25 Tad Quinn 2 1902 1903 0 0 1 .000 4.76 3 1 2 1 0 0 17.0 23 15 9 1 6 4 0 0 1 81 Aug 6 Waterbury, CT, USA
26 Art Reinhart 5 1919 1928 0 30 18 .625 3.60 92 45 29 31 4 3 444.2 470 222 178 20 157 79 8 0 3 1908 Nov 11 Houston, TX, USA
27 Hack Schumann 1 1906 1906 0 0 2 .000 4.00 4 2 2 1 0 0 18.0 21 13 8 0 8 9 2 0 0 0 Mar 25 Mill Grove, NY, USA
28 Bert Sincock 1 1908 1908 0 0 0 3.86 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 Aug 1 Houghton, MI, USA
29 Kid Speer 1 1909 1909 0 4 4 .500 2.83 12 8 3 4 0 1 76.1 88 39 24 2 13 12 5 0 4 318 Jan 13 Edmonton, AB, CAN
30 Ducky Swan 1 1914 1914 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 May 8 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
31 Ben Taylor 1 1912 1912 0 0 0 3.18 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 9 7 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 30 Nov 3 Martin County, IN, USA
32 John Tener 4 1885 1890 0 25 31 .446 4.30 61 56 5 52 2 0 506.0 552 398 242 28 200 174 19 0 31 2285 May 19 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
33 Jeff Tesreau 7 1912 1918 0 115 72 .615 2.43 247 206 26 123 27 9 1679.0 1350 591 453 37 572 880 38 3 42 6805 Sep 24 Hanover, NH, USA
34 Claude Thomas 1 1916 1916 0 1 2 .333 4.13 7 4 2 1 1 0 28.1 27 14 13 1 12 7 2 1 2 116 Mar 6 Sulphur, OK, USA
35 Eddie Tiemeyer 3 1906 1909 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 Sep 27 Cincinnati, OH, USA
36 George Wheeler 4 1896 1899 0 21 20 .512 4.24 50 39 10 32 0 0 358.2 446 249 169 5 116 60 15 0 8 0 Mar 23 Santa Ana, CA, USA
37 Tex Wilson 1 1924 1924 0 0 0 14.73 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 20 Sep 15 Sulphur Springs, TX, USA
38 John Woods 1 1924 1924 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 Oct 4 Norfolk, VA, USA
39 Dave Wright 2 1895 1897 0 1 0 1.000 18.00 2 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 23 20 18 1 3 4 2 0 3 0 Jan 18 Dennison, OH, USA
Totals 129 1885 1941 0 1050 895 .540 2.95 2678 1924 552 1346 204 110 16857.0 16242 7568 5530 382 4692 7500 593 19 405 60969
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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 Joe Birmingham 4 1912 1915 368 170 191 .471 -21 3 8 5.6
2 Walter Johnson HOF 7 1929 1935 966 529 432 .550 97 2 5 3.3
3 Jack McCallister 1 1927 1927 153 66 87 .431 -21 6 6 6.0
Totals 12 1912 1935 1487 765 710 .519 55 2 8 4.1
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