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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 Sparky Adams 13 1922 1934 0 1424 6174 5557 844 1588 249 48 9 394 154 50 453 223 .286 .343 .353 .695 Feb 24 Pottsville, PA, USA
2 Rick Anderson 2 1979 1980 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 23 Wilmington, CA, USA
3 Pat Ankenman 3 1936 1944 0 15 31 29 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 .241 .241 .276 .517 Jan 13 Houston, TX, USA
4 Dick Bass 1 1939 1939 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Feb 3 Graceville, FL, USA
5 Joe Batchelder 3 1923 1925 0 11 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 May 5 Beverly, MA, USA
6 Carlos Bernier 1 1953 1953 0 105 366 310 48 66 7 8 3 31 15 14 51 53 .213 .332 .316 .648 Apr 6 Juana Diaz, P.R.
7 Ray Boggs 1 1928 1928 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 27 Grand Junction, CO, USA
8 Jim Brideweser 7 1951 1957 0 329 697 620 79 156 22 6 1 50 6 2 63 77 .252 .322 .311 .633 Aug 25 ElToro, CA, USA
9 Archie Campbell 3 1928 1930 0 40 21 19 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .263 .263 .263 .526 Dec 22 Sparks, NV, USA
10 Pat Capri 1 1944 1944 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 14 New York, NY, USA
11 Arnold Carter 2 1944 1945 0 56 73 65 9 15 3 0 2 6 0 6 11 .231 .296 .369 .665 Apr 12 Louisville, KY, USA
12 George Case 11 1937 1947 4 1226 5515 5016 785 1415 233 43 21 377 349 109 426 297 .282 .341 .358 .699 Jan 23 Trenton, NJ, USA
13 Buzz Clarkson 1 1952 1952 0 14 28 25 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .200 .286 .200 .486 Jan 18 Jeannette, PA, USA
14 Joe Collins 10 1948 1957 0 908 2700 2329 404 596 79 24 86 329 27 21 338 263 .256 .350 .421 .771 Aug 30 Union, NJ, USA
15 Jocko Conlan HOF 2 1934 1935 0 128 417 365 55 96 18 4 0 31 5 5 33 13 .263 .328 .334 .662 Apr 16 Scottsdale, AZ, USA
16 Dale Coogan 1 1950 1950 0 53 148 129 19 31 6 1 1 13 0 17 24 .240 .338 .326 .663 Mar 8 Mission Viejo, CA, USA
17 Leon Culberson 6 1943 1948 0 370 1347 1217 148 324 59 18 14 131 27 10 106 126 .266 .327 .379 .705 Sep 17 Rome, GA, USA
18 Jack Cusick 2 1951 1952 0 114 269 242 21 42 4 2 2 22 2 2 23 38 .174 .245 .231 .477 Nov 17 Englewood, NJ, USA
19 Buddy Dear 1 1927 1927 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 29 Radford, VA, USA
20 Murry Dickson 18 1939 1959 1 638 1142 1095 81 253 34 5 3 82 0 0 12 105 .231 .241 .279 .520 Sep 21 Kansas City, KS, USA
21 Clise Dudley 5 1929 1933 0 125 190 173 16 32 3 2 3 11 0 0 9 49 .185 .242 .277 .519 Jan 12 Moncks Corner, SC, USA
22 Zeb Eaton 2 1944 1945 0 35 43 42 3 9 1 0 2 12 0 0 1 8 .214 .233 .381 .614 Dec 17 W.Palm Beach, FL, USA
23 Bibb Falk 12 1920 1931 0 1353 5264 4652 655 1463 300 59 69 784 47 49 412 279 .314 .372 .449 .821 Jun 8 Austin, TX, USA
24 Lew Fonseca 12 1921 1933 0 937 3724 3404 518 1075 203 50 31 485 64 36 186 199 .316 .355 .432 .788 Nov 26 Ely, IA, USA
25 Joe Foy 6 1966 1971 0 716 2937 2484 355 615 102 16 58 291 99 48 390 405 .248 .351 .372 .722 Oct 12 Bronx, NY, USA
26 Fred Frankhouse 13 1927 1939 1 421 711 636 72 132 22 1 1 58 1 38 65 .208 .254 .250 .504 Aug 17 Mifflintown, PA, USA
27 Carl Furillo 15 1946 1960 2 1806 7022 6378 895 1910 324 56 192 1058 48 26 514 436 .299 .355 .458 .813 Jan 21 Stony Creek Mills, PA, USA
28 Whitey Glazner 5 1920 1924 0 142 284 260 17 47 9 5 2 24 0 1 9 71 .181 .208 .277 .485 Jun 6 Orlando, FL, USA
29 Lefty Gomez HOF 14 1930 1943 7 368 1024 904 59 133 11 0 0 58 1 1 50 252 .147 .194 .159 .353 Feb 17 Greenbrae, CA, USA
30 Lou Guisto 5 1916 1923 0 156 512 449 35 88 19 3 0 59 5 1 46 44 .196 .277 .252 .528 Oct 15 Napa, CA, USA
31 Bob Harris 5 1938 1942 0 128 239 202 15 39 4 2 0 12 0 0 14 43 .193 .245 .233 .478 Aug 8 North Platte, NE, USA
32 Don Heffner 11 1934 1944 0 743 2846 2526 275 610 99 19 6 248 18 26 270 218 .241 .317 .303 .620 Aug 1 Pasadena, CA, USA
33 Otto Huber 1 1939 1939 0 11 23 22 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 .273 .273 .318 .591 Apr 9 Passaic, NJ, USA
34 Tom Hughes 1 1930 1930 0 17 63 59 8 22 2 3 0 5 0 1 4 8 .373 .413 .508 .921 Aug 10 Beaumont, TX, USA
35 Roy Joiner 3 1934 1940 0 52 24 22 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 .227 .261 .227 .488 Dec 26 Red Bluff, CA, USA
36 Earl Jones 1 1945 1945 0 10 10 10 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .600 .800 Jan 24 Fresno, CA, USA
37 Andy Karl 5 1943 1947 0 197 105 95 10 16 1 0 0 6 0 0 8 22 .168 .233 .179 .412 Apr 8 LaJolla, CA, USA
38 Hal Kelleher 4 1935 1938 0 53 42 39 4 9 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 .231 .286 .256 .542 Aug 27 Cape May Court House, NJ, USA
39 Wally Kimmick 6 1919 1926 0 163 385 345 39 90 9 5 1 31 4 3 34 61 .261 .327 .325 .652 Jul 24 Boswell, PA, USA
40 Howie Krist 6 1937 1946 0 129 161 149 17 25 3 0 0 7 0 0 4 41 .168 .190 .188 .377 Apr 23 Buffalo, NY, USA
41 Wayne LaMaster 2 1937 1938 0 74 115 107 11 25 4 0 0 9 0 3 33 .234 .255 .271 .526 Aug 4 New Albany, IN, USA
42 Johnny Lanning 11 1936 1947 0 278 356 322 17 47 11 0 1 17 0 0 11 67 .146 .177 .189 .366 Nov 8 Asheville, NC, USA
43 Hal Lee 7 1930 1936 0 752 2997 2750 316 755 144 40 33 323 15 203 225 .275 .326 .392 .718 Sep 4 Pascagoula, MS, USA
44 Steve Lembo 2 1950 1952 0 7 12 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 Dec 4 Flushing, NY, USA
45 John Mackinson 2 1953 1955 0 10 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 Oct 17 Reseda, CA, USA
46 Max Macon 6 1938 1947 0 226 524 502 54 133 17 4 3 46 9 16 32 .265 .288 .333 .620 Aug 5 Jupiter, FL, USA
47 Joe Malay 2 1933 1935 0 9 25 25 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .160 .160 .160 .320 Mar 19 Bridgeport, CT, USA
48 Billy Martin 11 1950 1961 1 1021 3717 3419 425 877 137 28 64 333 34 29 188 355 .257 .300 .369 .669 Dec 25 Johnson City, NY, USA
49 Glenn McQuillen 5 1938 1947 0 210 686 643 82 176 24 16 4 75 1 5 34 49 .274 .311 .379 .691 Jun 8 Gardenville, MD, USA
50 Donnie Moore 13 1975 1988 1 260 64 57 3 16 2 2 0 11 0 0 3 23 .281 .317 .386 .703 Jul 18 Anaheim, CA, USA
51 Euel Moore 3 1934 1936 0 61 83 81 7 15 0 0 0 6 0 1 18 .185 .195 .185 .380 Feb 12 Tishomingo, OK, USA
52 Ray Morehart 3 1924 1927 0 177 558 487 82 131 21 7 1 49 10 16 57 40 .269 .347 .347 .694 Jan 13 Dallas, TX, USA
53 Howie Moss 2 1942 1946 0 22 76 72 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 17 .097 .145 .097 .242 May 7 Baltimore, MD, USA
54 Skeeter Newsome 12 1935 1947 0 1128 4087 3716 381 910 164 15 9 292 67 35 246 194 .245 .293 .304 .597 Aug 31 Columbus, GA, USA
55 Dolan Nichols 1 1958 1958 0 24 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 Nov 20 Tupelo, MS, USA
56 Ollie O'Mara 6 1912 1919 0 412 1639 1478 166 341 49 8 2 77 46 12 86 104 .231 .280 .279 .559 Oct 24 Reno, NV, USA
57 Vern Olsen 5 1939 1946 0 113 186 169 16 39 6 0 1 14 2 0 11 22 .231 .278 .284 .562 Jul 13 Maywood, IL, USA
58 Art Parks 2 1937 1939 0 78 290 255 29 70 15 2 1 19 2 30 16 .275 .351 .361 .712 Dec 6 Little Rock, AR, USA
59 Stan Partenheimer 2 1944 1945 0 9 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 28 Wilson, NC, USA
60 Bill Phebus 3 1936 1938 0 13 18 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 5 .000 .412 .000 .412 Oct 11 Bartow, FL, USA
61 Bill Posedel 5 1938 1946 0 138 251 227 13 40 8 0 0 21 0 12 38 .176 .218 .211 .429 Nov 28 Livermore, CA, USA
62 Mike Reinbach 1 1974 1974 0 12 23 20 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .250 .304 .300 .604 May 20 Palm Desert, CA, USA
63 Al Reiss 1 1932 1932 0 9 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 May 13 Red Bank, NJ, USA
64 Chet Ross 6 1939 1944 0 413 1442 1309 156 316 53 21 34 170 6 124 281 .241 .309 .392 .701 Feb 21 Buffalo, NY, USA
65 Blackie Schwamb 1 1948 1948 0 12 11 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .300 .364 .400 .764 Dec 21 Los Angeles, CA, USA
66 Steve Senteney 1 1982 1982 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 18 Colusa, CA, USA
67 Rip Sewell 13 1932 1949 4 423 807 750 81 152 22 3 6 59 12 0 37 154 .203 .241 .264 .505 Sep 3 Plant City, FL, USA
68 Steve Simpson 1 1972 1972 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 2 Omaha, NE, USA
69 Carr Smith 2 1923 1924 0 10 19 19 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .158 .158 .211 .368 Apr 14 Miami, FL, USA
70 Gale Staley 1 1925 1925 0 7 28 26 2 11 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 .423 .464 .500 .964 Apr 19 Walnut Creek, CA, USA
71 Virgil Stallcup 7 1947 1953 0 587 2131 2059 171 497 99 13 22 214 9 4 51 181 .241 .260 .334 .595 May 2 Greenville, SC, USA
72 Joe Stripp 11 1928 1938 0 1146 4629 4211 575 1238 219 43 24 464 50 280 226 .294 .340 .384 .724 Jun 10 Orlando, FL, USA
73 Tommy Tatum 2 1941 1947 0 81 212 194 20 50 6 2 1 17 7 17 20 .258 .318 .325 .642 Nov 7 Oklahoma City, OK, USA
74 Bill Terry HOF 14 1923 1936 3 1721 7111 6428 1120 2193 373 112 154 1078 56 6 537 449 .341 .393 .506 .899 Jan 9 Jacksonville, FL, USA
75 Specs Toporczer 8 1921 1928 0 546 1777 1566 223 437 76 22 9 151 22 9 150 93 .279 .347 .373 .720 May 17 Huntington Station, NY, USA
76 Frank Trechock 1 1937 1937 0 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Jan 16 Minneapolis, MN, USA
77 Emil Verban 7 1944 1950 3 853 3110 2911 301 793 99 26 1 241 21 108 74 .272 .301 .325 .626 Jun 8 Quincy, IL, USA
78 Fred Waters 2 1955 1956 0 25 21 21 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 .048 .048 .143 .190 Aug 28 Pensacola, FL, USA
79 Roy Weir 4 1936 1939 0 30 36 32 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 3 9 .188 .257 .219 .476 Sep 30 Anaheim, CA, USA
80 Ted Wilks 10 1944 1953 0 385 235 206 15 27 3 0 0 13 0 0 16 59 .131 .194 .146 .339 Aug 21 Houston, TX, USA
Totals 419 1912 1988 27 24299 81845 73991 9780 20250 3388 745 878 8344 1241 523 5767 6276 .274 .328 .375 .704
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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 Rick Anderson 2 1979 1980 0 0 0 3.75 6 2 3 0 0 0 12.0 9 6 5 1 14 2 7 0 0 1 56 Jun 23 Wilmington, CA, USA
2 Dick Bass 1 1939 1939 0 0 1 .000 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 6 6 0 6 1 1 0 1 37 Feb 3 Graceville, FL, USA
3 Joe Batchelder 3 1923 1925 0 1 0 1.000 5.66 11 1 5 1 0 0 20.2 26 14 13 2 4 6 1 0 0 91 May 5 Beverly, MA, USA
4 Ray Boggs 1 1928 1928 0 0 0 5.40 4 0 4 0 0 0 5.0 2 3 3 0 7 0 3 1 2 23 Nov 27 Grand Junction, CO, USA
5 Archie Campbell 3 1928 1930 0 2 6 .250 5.86 40 4 24 1 0 6 86.0 111 67 56 3 47 29 1 0 4 416 Dec 22 Sparks, NV, USA
6 Arnold Carter 2 1944 1945 0 13 11 .542 2.72 46 24 15 11 4 3 195.1 197 75 59 3 53 37 5 0 1 826 Apr 12 Louisville, KY, USA
7 Murry Dickson 18 1939 1959 1 172 181 .487 3.66 625 338 147 149 27 23 3052.1 3029 1431 1240 302 1058 18 1281 37 2 34 12936 Sep 21 Kansas City, KS, USA
8 Clise Dudley 5 1929 1933 0 17 33 .340 5.03 100 52 23 18 1 2 420.1 540 306 235 25 156 106 18 4 13 1950 Jan 12 Moncks Corner, SC, USA
9 Zeb Eaton 2 1944 1945 0 4 2 .667 4.43 23 3 13 0 0 0 69.0 67 40 34 2 48 19 3 1 3 306 Dec 17 W.Palm Beach, FL, USA
10 Lew Fonseca 12 1921 1933 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Nov 26 Ely, IA, USA
11 Fred Frankhouse 13 1927 1939 1 106 97 .522 3.92 402 216 115 81 10 12 1888.0 2033 969 822 111 701 622 43 6 32 8287 Aug 17 Mifflintown, PA, USA
12 Whitey Glazner 5 1920 1924 0 41 48 .461 4.21 142 102 27 46 6 4 783.2 895 439 367 44 249 266 24 1 11 3385 Jun 6 Orlando, FL, USA
13 Lefty Gomez HOF 14 1930 1943 7 189 102 .649 3.34 368 320 31 173 28 9 2503.0 2290 1091 930 138 1095 1468 19 0 39 10729 Feb 17 Greenbrae, CA, USA
14 Bob Harris 5 1938 1942 0 30 52 .366 4.96 127 89 23 26 4 2 646.0 770 397 356 58 294 205 5 0 26 2936 Aug 8 North Platte, NE, USA
15 Roy Joiner 3 1934 1940 0 3 3 .500 5.28 52 4 24 0 0 1 90.1 133 63 53 11 27 34 5 0 1 429 Dec 26 Red Bluff, CA, USA
16 Earl Jones 1 1945 1945 0 0 0 2.54 10 0 4 0 0 1 28.1 18 10 8 0 18 13 0 0 1 120 Jan 24 Fresno, CA, USA
17 Andy Karl 5 1943 1947 0 18 23 .439 3.51 191 4 107 1 0 26 422.2 451 200 165 16 130 107 5 2 4 1800 Apr 8 LaJolla, CA, USA
18 Hal Kelleher 4 1935 1938 0 4 9 .308 5.95 50 9 21 4 1 0 134.2 174 111 89 5 81 49 11 0 2 654 Aug 27 Cape May Court House, NJ, USA
19 Howie Krist 6 1937 1946 0 37 11 .771 3.32 128 37 51 15 2 6 444.1 408 176 164 20 158 150 8 1 5 1863 Apr 23 Buffalo, NY, USA
20 Wayne LaMaster 2 1937 1938 0 19 27 .413 5.82 71 42 17 11 2 4 295.1 352 203 191 32 116 173 5 0 1 1329 Aug 4 New Albany, IN, USA
21 Johnny Lanning 11 1936 1947 0 58 60 .492 3.58 278 104 92 30 4 13 1071.0 1078 503 426 55 358 295 6 1 17 4577 Nov 8 Asheville, NC, USA
22 John Mackinson 2 1953 1955 0 0 1 .000 7.36 9 1 2 0 0 0 22.0 25 18 18 3 12 2 8 1 0 2 105 Oct 17 Reseda, CA, USA
23 Max Macon 6 1938 1947 0 17 19 .472 4.24 81 29 35 9 2 3 297.1 307 171 140 20 128 90 10 1 5 1314 Aug 5 Jupiter, FL, USA
24 Donnie Moore 13 1975 1988 1 43 40 .518 3.67 416 4 229 0 0 89 655.0 698 308 267 53 186 49 416 8 14 22 2793 Jul 18 Anaheim, CA, USA
25 Euel Moore 3 1934 1936 0 9 16 .360 5.48 61 29 15 5 0 3 225.0 293 155 137 18 77 75 3 1 2 1056 Feb 12 Tishomingo, OK, USA
26 Dolan Nichols 1 1958 1958 0 0 4 .000 5.01 24 0 7 0 0 1 41.1 46 27 23 1 16 2 9 1 0 1 179 Nov 20 Tupelo, MS, USA
27 Vern Olsen 5 1939 1946 0 30 26 .536 3.40 112 60 32 23 7 2 516.0 547 226 195 18 192 201 4 1 5 2247 Jul 13 Maywood, IL, USA
28 Stan Partenheimer 2 1944 1945 0 0 0 6.91 9 3 3 0 0 0 14.1 15 11 11 2 18 6 0 0 0 74 Jan 28 Wilson, NC, USA
29 Bill Phebus 3 1936 1938 0 3 2 .600 3.31 13 6 5 4 1 2 54.1 46 28 20 4 35 18 3 0 2 247 Oct 11 Bartow, FL, USA
30 Bill Posedel 5 1938 1946 0 41 43 .488 4.56 138 87 27 45 6 6 679.1 757 377 344 48 248 227 3 2 16 2944 Nov 28 Livermore, CA, USA
31 Blackie Schwamb 1 1948 1948 0 1 1 .500 8.53 12 5 3 0 0 0 31.2 44 34 30 3 21 7 0 0 1 156 Dec 21 Los Angeles, CA, USA
32 Steve Senteney 1 1982 1982 0 0 0 4.91 11 0 3 0 0 0 22.0 23 16 12 5 6 1 20 0 0 1 100 Jun 18 Colusa, CA, USA
33 Rip Sewell 13 1932 1949 4 143 97 .596 3.48 390 243 88 137 20 15 2119.1 2101 983 819 116 748 636 23 2 30 9101 Sep 3 Plant City, FL, USA
34 Steve Simpson 1 1972 1972 0 0 2 .000 4.76 9 0 4 0 0 2 11.1 10 6 6 0 8 1 9 0 0 0 51 Nov 2 Omaha, NE, USA
35 Fred Waters 2 1955 1956 0 2 2 .500 2.89 25 5 8 1 0 0 56.0 55 20 18 4 32 1 14 1 0 1 248 Aug 28 Pensacola, FL, USA
36 Roy Weir 4 1936 1939 0 6 4 .600 3.55 29 11 6 4 2 0 106.1 95 51 42 4 50 42 0 1 0 454 Sep 30 Anaheim, CA, USA
37 Ted Wilks 10 1944 1953 0 59 30 .663 3.26 385 44 191 22 5 46 913.0 832 364 331 76 283 403 11 1 8 3765 Aug 21 Houston, TX, USA
Totals 190 1920 1988 14 1068 953 .528 3.83 4400 1879 1404 817 132 281 17941.1 18484 8905 7635 1203 6680 76 7049 268 42 294 77587
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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 Bibb Falk 1 1933 1933 1 1 0 1.000 1 4 4 4.0
2 Lew Fonseca 3 1932 1934 318 120 196 .380 -76 6 8 6.6
3 Don Heffner 1 1966 1966 83 37 46 .446 -9 7 7 7.0
4 Billy Martin 16 1969 1988 2267 1253 1013 .553 240 1 6 2.3
5 Bill Terry HOF 10 1932 1941 1496 823 661 .555 162 1 6 3.2
Totals 31 1932 1988 4165 2234 1916 .538 318 1 8 3.0
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