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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 Joe Adams 1 1902 1902 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 8 Bachelor, MO, USA
2 Tom Angley 1 1929 1929 0 5 21 16 1 4 1 0 0 6 0 2 2 .250 .333 .313 .646 Oct 26 Wichita, KS, USA
3 Angel Aragon 3 1914 1917 0 32 87 76 4 9 1 0 0 5 2 5 6 .118 .183 .132 .315 Jan 24 New York, NY, USA
4 Al Atkinson 3 1884 1887 0 110 424 387 55 64 7 2 1 14 7 36 .165 .238 .202 .440 Jun 17 Elkhorn Township, MO, USA
5 Jim Banning 2 1888 1889 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 14 St. Paul, MN, USA
6 Harry Bay 8 1901 1908 0 675 2960 2640 413 722 65 42 5 141 169 195 .273 .328 .336 .663 Mar 20 Peoria, IL, USA
7 Roy Beecher 2 1907 1908 0 5 8 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .250 .375 Oct 11 Toledo, OH, USA
8 Harry Berte 1 1903 1903 0 4 16 15 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .375 .333 .708 May 6 Los Angeles, CA, USA
9 Red Bluhm 1 1918 1918 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 7 Flint, MI, USA
10 Julio Bonetti 3 1937 1940 0 46 61 55 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 13 .127 .186 .145 .332 Jun 17 Belmont, CA, USA
11 Sal Campfield 1 1896 1896 0 6 13 12 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 .167 .231 .250 .481 May 16 Meadville, PA, USA
12 Esty Chaney 2 1913 1914 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Feb 5 Cleveland, OH, USA
13 Al Clauss 1 1913 1913 0 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 13 New Haven, CT, USA
14 Ed Coughlin 1 1884 1884 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 Dec 25 Hartford, CT, USA
15 Dick Crutcher 2 1914 1915 0 47 74 67 5 11 1 0 0 4 1 5 18 .164 .222 .179 .401 Jun 19 Frankfort, KY, USA
16 Bert Cunningham 12 1887 1901 0 358 1254 1172 145 254 32 14 9 124 14 64 113 .217 .261 .291 .552 May 14 Cragmere, DE, USA
17 Pete Daglia 1 1932 1932 0 12 16 13 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .077 .143 .077 .220 Mar 11 Willits, CA, USA
18 Bert Daly 1 1903 1903 0 10 22 21 2 4 0 2 0 4 0 1 .190 .227 .381 .608 Sep 3 Bayonne, NJ, USA
19 Rube Dessau 2 1907 1910 0 21 23 19 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 .053 .182 .053 .234 May 6 York, PA, USA
20 Red Dooin 15 1902 1916 0 1290 4271 4004 333 961 139 31 10 344 133 2 155 87 .240 .272 .298 .570 May 14 Rochester, NY, USA
21 Phil Douglas 9 1912 1922 0 299 598 559 34 90 8 2 2 35 1 0 11 115 .161 .180 .193 .373 Aug 1 Sequatchie, TN, USA
22 Andy Dunning 2 1889 1891 0 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 21 New York, NY, USA
23 Bones Ely 14 1884 1902 0 1341 5563 5159 655 1331 149 68 24 656 164 257 108 .258 .295 .327 .622 Jan 10 Berkeley, CA, USA
24 Art Evans 1 1932 1932 0 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .286 .000 .286 Jan 8 Wichita, KS, USA
25 Jerry Freeman 2 1908 1909 0 173 636 579 47 142 15 6 1 48 9 40 .245 .299 .297 .596 Sep 30 Los Angeles, CA, USA
26 John Gallagher 1 1915 1915 0 40 136 126 11 25 4 0 0 4 1 5 22 .198 .229 .230 .459 Mar 30 Norfolk, VA, USA
27 Warren Gill 1 1908 1908 0 27 102 76 10 17 0 1 0 14 3 11 .224 .366 .250 .616 Nov 26 Laguna Beach, CA, USA
28 Bruno Haas 1 1915 1915 0 12 19 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .056 .105 .056 .161 Jun 5 Sarasota, FL, USA
29 Hal Haid 6 1919 1933 0 120 81 72 4 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 22 .125 .192 .139 .331 Aug 13 Los Angeles, CA, USA
30 Spec Harkness 2 1910 1911 0 38 73 69 4 13 2 1 0 5 0 3 .188 .222 .246 .469 May 16 Compton, CA, USA
31 Dick Harley 7 1897 1903 0 740 3244 2879 389 755 59 27 10 236 139 223 .262 .332 .312 .644 Apr 3 Philadelphia, PA, USA
32 Ed Hearne 1 1910 1910 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 8 Sawtelle, CA, USA
33 Mike Hopkins 1 1902 1902 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 Feb 5 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
34 Ben Houser 3 1910 1912 0 162 518 472 58 126 21 5 9 68 3 37 35 .267 .322 .390 .711 Jan 15 Augusta, ME, USA
35 Don Hurst 7 1928 1934 0 905 3762 3275 510 976 190 28 115 610 41 391 210 .298 .375 .478 .854 Dec 6 Los Angeles, CA, USA
36 Ray Jacobs 1 1928 1928 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Apr 5 Los Angeles, CA, USA
37 Ernie Johnson 10 1912 1925 0 813 2915 2619 372 697 91 36 19 256 114 41 181 153 .266 .317 .350 .667 May 1 Monrovia, CA, USA
38 Deacon Jones 3 1916 1918 0 47 49 42 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 5 20 .119 .213 .119 .332 Dec 28 Pittsburg, KS, USA
39 John Kalahan 1 1903 1903 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 20 Philadelphia, PA, USA
40 Burt Keeley 2 1908 1909 0 33 59 51 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 .118 .151 .118 .269 May 3 Ely, MN, USA
41 Arlie Latham 17 1880 1909 0 1627 7502 6822 1478 1833 245 85 27 563 739 588 239 .269 .334 .341 .676 Nov 29 Garden City, NY, USA
42 Doc Lavan 12 1913 1924 0 1163 4265 3891 338 954 134 45 7 377 71 56 209 376 .245 .288 .308 .596 May 29 Detroit, MI, USA
43 Bob Lawson 2 1901 1902 0 13 36 33 2 5 1 0 1 4 1 1 .152 .176 .273 .449 Oct 28 Durham, NC, USA
44 Larry LeJeune 2 1911 1915 0 24 90 84 6 14 0 1 0 4 6 3 4 15 .167 .213 .190 .404 Apr 21 Eloise, MI, USA
45 Dutch Leonard 11 1913 1925 0 331 814 715 47 124 16 2 0 46 0 0 58 132 .173 .237 .201 .439 Jul 11 Fresno, CA, USA
46 Willie Ludolph 1 1924 1924 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Apr 8 Oakland, CA, USA
47 Frank Madden 1 1914 1914 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Apr 30 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
48 Vincent Maney 1 1912 1912 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 Mar 13 Batavia, NY, USA
49 Charlie Manlove 1 1884 1884 0 5 17 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .353 Feb 12 Altoona, PA, USA
50 Harry Maupin 2 1898 1899 0 7 18 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .353 Aug 25 Parsons, KS, USA
51 George McAvoy 1 1914 1914 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 19 Miami, FL, USA
52 Bill McGilvray 1 1908 1908 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 23 Denver, CO, USA
53 Howard McGraner 1 1912 1912 0 4 8 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 .250 .250 .500 .750 Oct 22 Zaleski, OH, USA
54 Bob McHale 1 1898 1898 0 11 38 33 5 6 2 0 0 7 1 1 .182 .270 .242 .513 Jun 9 Sacramento, CA, USA
55 Fred McMullin 6 1914 1920 0 304 1081 914 120 234 21 9 1 70 30 1 91 105 .256 .333 .302 .635 Nov 21 Los Angeles, CA, USA
56 Ed McNichol 1 1904 1904 0 17 43 43 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .093 .093 .093 .186 Nov 1 Salineville, OH, USA
57 Bob Meinke 1 1910 1910 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 Dec 29 Chicago, IL, USA
58 Mike Murphy 2 1912 1916 0 15 30 28 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 .107 .138 .107 .245 Oct 26 Johnson City, NY, USA
59 Bob Neighbors 1 1939 1939 0 7 11 11 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .455 .636 Aug 8 North Korea (MIA)
60 Frank Oberlin 4 1906 1910 0 46 80 77 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 .104 .138 .130 .267 Jan 6 Ashley, IN, USA
61 Red Owens 2 1899 1905 0 51 203 189 14 37 6 2 1 21 1 8 .196 .228 .265 .493 Aug 20 Harrisburg, PA, USA
62 Del Paddock 1 1912 1912 0 47 186 157 26 45 5 3 1 14 9 23 .287 .391 .376 .767 Feb 6 Remer, MN, USA
63 Ned Pettigrew 1 1914 1914 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 20 Duncan, OK, USA
64 Deacon Phillippe 13 1899 1911 0 377 1064 980 96 185 23 6 3 90 4 49 5 .189 .236 .234 .469 Mar 30 Avalon, PA, USA
65 Ollie Pickering 8 1896 1908 0 885 3740 3349 500 910 96 39 9 286 194 286 11 .272 .334 .332 .665 Jan 20 Vincennes, IN, USA
66 Lew Ritter 7 1902 1908 0 462 1579 1437 129 315 33 17 1 120 55 96 .219 .271 .268 .539 May 27 Harrisburg, PA, USA
67 Jack Ryan 13 1889 1913 0 616 2327 2192 245 476 69 29 4 189 32 85 80 .217 .249 .281 .529 Aug 21 Boston, MA, USA
68 Bill Salisbury 1 1902 1902 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 17 Rowena, OR, USA
69 Butch Schmidt 4 1909 1915 0 297 1222 1075 119 292 45 18 4 145 18 10 81 119 .272 .335 .358 .693 Sep 4 Baltimore, MD, USA
70 Rube Sellers 1 1910 1910 0 12 39 32 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 6 5 .156 .289 .156 .446 Jan 14 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
71 Earl Sheely 9 1921 1931 0 1234 5263 4471 572 1340 244 27 48 747 33 31 563 205 .300 .383 .399 .782 Sep 16 Seattle, WA, USA
72 Vince Shields 1 1924 1924 0 3 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 Oct 17 Plaster Rock, NB, CAN
73 Frank Smith 11 1904 1915 0 369 879 766 81 156 41 9 2 85 3 64 34 .204 .276 .289 .565 Nov 3 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
74 Phenomenal Smith 8 1884 1891 0 148 530 472 80 118 16 10 2 47 17 54 13 .250 .332 .339 .671 Apr 3 Manchester, NH, USA
75 Steve Sundra 9 1936 1946 0 168 338 302 33 63 13 1 2 22 0 0 20 92 .209 .258 .278 .536 Mar 23 Cleveland, OH, USA
76 Fred Tenney 17 1894 1911 0 1994 8807 7595 1278 2231 270 77 22 688 285 874 43 .294 .371 .358 .730 Jul 3 Boston, MA, USA
77 Lefty Thomas 2 1925 1926 0 8 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 Mar 21 Charlottesville, VA, USA
78 Arky Vaughan HOF 14 1932 1948 9 1817 7721 6622 1173 2103 356 128 96 926 118 937 276 .318 .406 .453 .859 Aug 30 Eagleville, CA, USA
79 Dick Wright 1 1915 1915 0 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 24 Bethlehem, PA, USA
80 Zeke Wrigley 4 1896 1899 0 239 929 861 121 222 25 20 5 117 18 46 1 .258 .296 .351 .647 Sep 28 Philadelphia, PA, USA
81 Charlie Young 1 1915 1915 0 9 11 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 .300 .222 .522 May 12 Riverside, NJ, USA
82 Bill Zimmerman 1 1915 1915 0 22 62 57 3 16 2 0 0 7 1 4 8 .281 .328 .316 .644 Oct 4 Newark, NJ, USA
Totals 336 1880 1948 9 19751 76009 67825 9545 17956 2455 794 442 7174 2440 144 5802 2725 .265 .328 .344 .672
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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 Joe Adams 1 1902 1902 0 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 9 6 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Oct 8 Bachelor, MO, USA
2 Al Atkinson 3 1884 1887 0 51 51 .500 3.96 106 106 2 99 3 0 915.0 943 625 403 21 209 435 38 0 23 3129 Jun 17 Elkhorn Township, MO, USA
3 Roy Beecher 2 1907 1908 0 0 2 .000 4.12 4 2 1 2 0 1 19.2 28 13 9 0 9 5 0 0 0 92 Oct 11 Toledo, OH, USA
4 Julio Bonetti 3 1937 1940 0 6 14 .300 6.03 46 16 20 7 0 1 173.0 234 127 116 14 77 50 2 0 6 805 Jun 17 Belmont, CA, USA
5 Sal Campfield 1 1896 1896 0 1 1 .500 4.00 6 2 4 2 0 0 27.0 31 15 12 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 May 16 Meadville, PA, USA
6 Esty Chaney 2 1913 1914 0 0 0 7.20 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 8 4 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 7 Feb 5 Cleveland, OH, USA
7 Al Clauss 1 1913 1913 0 0 1 .000 4.72 5 1 3 0 0 0 13.1 11 9 7 0 12 1 2 0 0 64 Sep 13 New Haven, CT, USA
8 Ed Coughlin 1 1884 1884 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 Dec 25 Hartford, CT, USA
9 Dick Crutcher 2 1914 1915 0 7 9 .438 3.65 47 19 19 6 1 2 202.1 219 101 82 5 82 65 8 0 4 853 Jun 19 Frankfort, KY, USA
10 Bert Cunningham 12 1887 1901 0 142 167 .460 4.22 341 310 28 286 4 2 2726.2 3063 1938 1279 61 1064 718 66 5 99 5639 May 14 Cragmere, DE, USA
11 Pete Daglia 1 1932 1932 0 2 4 .333 5.76 12 5 3 2 0 0 50.0 67 35 32 4 20 16 4 1 3 234 Mar 11 Willits, CA, USA
12 Rube Dessau 2 1907 1910 0 2 4 .333 6.53 21 2 18 1 0 1 60.2 80 59 44 0 39 25 6 0 2 282 May 6 York, PA, USA
13 Phil Douglas 9 1912 1922 0 94 93 .503 2.80 299 200 69 95 20 8 1708.1 1626 730 532 52 411 683 35 2 35 7018 Aug 1 Sequatchie, TN, USA
14 Andy Dunning 2 1889 1891 0 0 3 .000 6.75 3 3 0 2 0 0 20.0 23 24 15 2 19 6 0 0 2 85 Jun 21 New York, NY, USA
15 Bones Ely 14 1884 1902 0 0 5 .000 6.75 9 5 4 4 0 1 52.0 77 67 39 1 34 32 0 0 2 254 Jan 10 Berkeley, CA, USA
16 Art Evans 1 1932 1932 0 0 0 3.00 7 0 7 0 0 0 18.0 19 9 6 1 10 6 0 0 0 84 Jan 8 Wichita, KS, USA
17 Bruno Haas 1 1915 1915 0 0 1 .000 11.93 6 2 1 1 0 0 14.1 23 27 19 0 28 7 0 0 6 85 Jun 5 Sarasota, FL, USA
18 Hal Haid 6 1919 1933 0 14 15 .483 4.16 119 12 54 8 0 12 307.1 330 187 142 15 123 103 14 0 1 1372 Aug 13 Los Angeles, CA, USA
19 Spec Harkness 2 1910 1911 0 12 9 .571 3.37 38 22 12 9 1 1 189.2 194 99 71 3 76 85 3 0 3 773 May 16 Compton, CA, USA
20 Deacon Jones 3 1916 1918 0 7 5 .583 2.98 46 10 19 3 0 0 151.0 136 73 50 0 69 45 7 0 3 623 Dec 28 Pittsburg, KS, USA
21 Burt Keeley 2 1908 1909 0 6 11 .353 3.31 30 15 14 12 1 1 176.2 185 100 65 3 49 68 5 0 6 755 May 3 Ely, MN, USA
22 Bob Lawson 2 1901 1902 0 2 4 .333 3.66 9 6 2 5 0 0 59.0 66 39 24 0 31 17 5 0 2 0 Oct 28 Durham, NC, USA
23 Dutch Leonard 11 1913 1925 0 139 113 .552 2.76 331 272 47 152 33 13 2192.0 2022 853 672 54 664 1160 68 3 61 8923 Jul 11 Fresno, CA, USA
24 Willie Ludolph 1 1924 1924 0 0 0 4.76 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.2 5 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 23 Apr 8 Oakland, CA, USA
25 Harry Maupin 2 1898 1899 0 0 5 .000 9.63 7 5 2 4 0 0 43.0 77 47 46 0 10 6 4 2 1 0 Aug 25 Parsons, KS, USA
26 Howard McGraner 1 1912 1912 0 1 0 1.000 7.11 4 0 3 0 0 0 19.0 22 17 15 2 7 5 1 0 0 85 Oct 22 Zaleski, OH, USA
27 Ed McNichol 1 1904 1904 0 2 12 .143 4.28 17 15 2 12 1 0 122.0 120 70 58 3 74 39 5 0 12 537 Nov 1 Salineville, OH, USA
28 Frank Oberlin 4 1906 1910 0 5 24 .172 3.77 44 26 12 16 0 0 227.0 236 143 95 3 88 80 13 1 9 981 Jan 6 Ashley, IN, USA
29 Deacon Phillippe 13 1899 1911 0 189 109 .634 2.59 372 288 71 242 27 12 2607.0 2518 1077 749 41 363 929 60 6 45 8016 Mar 30 Avalon, PA, USA
30 Bill Salisbury 1 1902 1902 0 0 0 13.50 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 15 10 9 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 Jan 17 Rowena, OR, USA
31 Butch Schmidt 4 1909 1915 0 0 0 7.20 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 10 8 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 24 Sep 4 Baltimore, MD, USA
32 Vince Shields 1 1924 1924 0 1 1 .500 3.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 12.0 10 5 4 1 3 4 3 0 0 51 Oct 17 Plaster Rock, NB, CAN
33 Frank Smith 11 1904 1915 0 139 111 .556 2.59 354 255 78 184 27 6 2273.0 1975 895 655 27 676 1051 41 4 66 6867 Nov 3 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
34 Phenomenal Smith 8 1884 1891 0 54 74 .422 3.89 140 129 10 123 2 0 1169.1 1177 802 506 20 479 519 20 0 26 4203 Apr 3 Manchester, NH, USA
35 Steve Sundra 9 1936 1946 0 56 41 .577 4.17 168 99 44 47 4 2 859.1 944 461 398 50 321 214 3 1 25 3782 Mar 23 Cleveland, OH, USA
36 Fred Tenney 17 1894 1911 0 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 13 Jul 3 Boston, MA, USA
37 Lefty Thomas 2 1925 1926 0 0 2 .000 3.32 8 2 2 1 0 0 21.2 22 15 8 0 17 13 0 0 2 105 Mar 21 Charlottesville, VA, USA
38 Charlie Young 1 1915 1915 0 2 3 .400 5.91 9 5 1 1 0 0 35.0 39 32 23 0 21 13 3 0 5 0 May 12 Riverside, NJ, USA
Totals 160 1884 1946 0 934 894 .511 3.38 2621 1836 561 1326 124 63 16492.0 16572 8733 6201 385 5103 6410 419 26 452 55769
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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 Hugo Bezdek 3 1917 1919 356 166 187 .470 -21 4 8 5.0
2 Red Dooin 5 1910 1914 775 392 370 .514 22 2 6 4.2
3 Arlie Latham 1 1896 1896 3 0 3 .000 -3 11 11 11.0
4 Fred Tenney 4 1905 1911 616 202 402 .334 -200 7 8 7.5
Totals 13 1896 1919 1750 760 962 .441 -202 2 11 5.5
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