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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 Sandy Amoros 7 1952 1960 0 7.43 517 1561 1311 215 334 55 23 43 180 18 15 211 189 .255 .361 .430 .791 Jun 27 Miami, FL, United States
2 Boze Berger 6 1932 1939 0 -2.39 343 1267 1144 146 270 51 8 13 97 12 7 94 226 .236 .296 .329 .624 Nov 3 Bethesda, MD, United States
3 Elio Chacon 3 1960 1962 0 1.34 228 742 616 89 143 15 5 4 39 20 12 111 109 .232 .351 .292 .644 Apr 24 Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
4 Harlond Clift 12 1934 1945 1 39.06 1582 6894 5730 1070 1558 309 62 178 829 69 43 1070 713 .272 .390 .441 .831 Apr 27 Yakima, WA, United States
5 Chuck Connors 2 1949 1951 0 -0.89 67 215 202 16 48 5 1 2 18 4 0 12 25 .238 .280 .302 .582 Nov 10 Los Angeles, CA, United States
6 Pat Creeden 1 1931 1931 0 -0.25 5 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .111 .000 .111 Apr 20 Brockton, MA, United States
7 Vern Curtis 3 1943 1946 0 -0.08 16 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 24 Cairo, IL, United States
8 Ron Davis 5 1962 1969 0 -0.15 295 933 853 96 199 44 6 10 79 9 9 56 160 .233 .287 .334 .622 Sep 5 Houston, TX, United States
9 Otto Denning 2 1942 1943 0 -0.75 129 371 343 23 76 20 0 1 32 3 1 23 15 .222 .272 .289 .561 May 25 Chicago, IL, United States
10 Atley Donald 8 1938 1945 0 -1.23 153 381 356 27 57 6 1 1 23 0 1 11 90 .160 .185 .191 .376 Oct 19 West Monroe, LA, United States
11 Ed Donnelly 1 1959 1959 0 0.00 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 25 Houston, TX, United States
12 Red Durrett 2 1944 1945 0 -0.19 19 60 48 5 7 1 0 1 1 0 10 13 .146 .293 .229 .522 Jan 17 Waxahachie, TX, United States
13 Joe Dwyer 1 1937 1937 0 0.01 12 12 11 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .273 .333 .273 .606 Oct 21 Glen Ridge, NJ, United States
14 Sherman Edwards 1 1934 1934 0 -0.02 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Mar 8 El Dorado, AR, United States
15 Fabian Gaffke 6 1936 1942 0 -1.41 129 358 321 43 73 14 4 7 42 2 2 30 47 .227 .297 .361 .659 Feb 8 Milwaukee, WI, United States
16 Charlie Gassaway 3 1944 1946 0 -0.25 39 61 58 4 8 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 23 .138 .180 .138 .318 Jan 15 Miami, FL, United States
17 Andy Gilbert 2 1942 1946 0 -0.34 8 15 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .083 .154 .083 .237 Aug 29 Davis, CA, United States
18 Chile Gomez 3 1935 1942 0 -3.54 200 687 627 56 142 9 3 0 50 3 0 40 73 .226 .274 .250 .524 Dec 1 Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
19 Tom Gorman 8 1952 1959 0 -1.19 289 168 155 6 14 2 0 0 3 0 0 9 84 .090 .140 .103 .243 Dec 26 Valley Stream, NY, United States
20 Orval Grove 10 1940 1949 1 -0.98 207 429 373 23 48 4 2 1 19 0 2 31 128 .129 .201 .158 .360 Apr 20 Carmichael, CA, United States
21 Mike Guerra 9 1937 1951 0 -2.29 565 1750 1581 168 382 42 14 9 168 25 12 131 123 .242 .300 .303 .603 Oct 9 Miami Beach, FL, United States
22 Dick Hahn 1 1940 1940 0 -0.07 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Nov 5 Orlando, FL, United States
23 Bob Hazle 3 1955 1958 0 1.53 110 297 261 37 81 14 0 9 37 1 3 32 35 .310 .390 .467 .857 Apr 25 Columbia, SC, United States
24 Billy Herman HOF 15 1931 1947 10 54.54 1922 8639 7707 1163 2345 486 82 47 839 67 737 428 .304 .367 .407 .774 Sep 5 West Palm Beach, FL, United States
25 Byron Humphrey 1 1938 1938 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Feb 13 Springfield, MO, United States
26 Frank Jelincich 1 1941 1941 0 -0.09 4 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 Jun 27 Rochester, MN, United States
27 Deron Johnson 16 1960 1976 0 6.19 1765 6619 5941 706 1447 247 33 245 923 11 18 585 1318 .244 .311 .420 .731 Apr 23 Poway, CA, United States
28 Orville Jorgens 3 1935 1937 0 -0.73 144 171 157 10 23 2 0 0 9 0 8 38 .146 .188 .159 .347 Jan 11 Colorado Springs, CO, United States
29 Glenn Liebhardt 3 1930 1938 0 -0.27 31 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 Mar 14 Winston-Salem, NC, United States
30 Eddie Lopat 12 1944 1955 1 4.04 357 995 887 87 187 26 5 5 77 0 1 73 92 .211 .271 .268 .539 Jun 15 Darien, CT, United States
31 Aurelio Lopez 11 1974 1987 1 0.16 459 28 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .125 .125 .125 .250 Sep 22 Matehuala, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
32 Sam Lowry 2 1942 1943 0 -0.04 6 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 Dec 1 Philadelphia, PA, United States
33 Sal Maglie 10 1945 1958 2 -3.53 304 645 563 29 76 5 1 2 29 1 0 20 180 .135 .168 .158 .326 Dec 28 Niagara Falls, NY, United States
34 Woody Main 4 1948 1953 0 -0.51 79 48 44 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .091 .091 .091 .182 Jun 27 Whittier, CA, United States
35 Jim Marquis 1 1925 1925 0 -0.04 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 5 Jackson, CA, United States
36 Walt Masters 3 1931 1939 0 -0.08 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 10 Ottawa, ON, Canada
37 George Meyer 1 1938 1938 0 0.29 24 95 81 10 24 2 2 0 9 3 1 11 17 .296 .387 .370 .757 Jan 3 Hoffman Estates, IL, United States
38 Randy Moore 10 1927 1937 0 4.33 749 2450 2253 258 627 110 17 27 308 11 2 158 85 .278 .326 .378 .705 Jun 12 Mount Pleasant, TX, United States
39 Dick Mulligan 3 1941 1947 0 -0.13 25 23 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 9 .000 .182 .000 .182 Dec 15 Victoria, TX, United States
40 John O'Connell 2 1928 1929 0 -0.08 3 9 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .250 .472 Oct 17 Canton, OH, United States
41 Johnny Ostrowski 7 1943 1950 0 -0.02 216 637 561 73 131 20 9 14 74 7 3 68 125 .234 .321 .376 .697 Nov 13 Chicago, IL, United States
42 Salty Parker 1 1936 1936 0 -0.08 11 28 25 6 7 2 0 0 4 0 2 2 3 .280 .333 .360 .693 Jul 27 Houston, TX, United States
43 Babe Phelps 11 1931 1942 3 15.98 726 2307 2117 239 657 143 19 54 345 9 0 160 157 .310 .362 .472 .835 Dec 10 Odenton, MD, United States
44 Augie Prudhomme 1 1929 1929 0 0.16 34 24 21 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .238 .333 .333 .667 Oct 4 Shreveport, LA, United States
45 Earl Rapp 3 1949 1952 0 -0.05 135 306 279 27 73 16 4 2 39 2 1 25 41 .262 .325 .369 .694 Feb 13 Swedesboro, NJ, United States
46 Len Rice 2 1944 1945 0 -0.36 42 111 103 11 23 3 0 0 7 2 5 8 .223 .259 .252 .512 Jun 13 Sonora, CA, United States
47 Lou Rochelli 1 1944 1944 0 -0.03 5 19 17 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 6 .176 .263 .294 .557 Oct 23 Victoria, TX, United States
48 Larry Rosenthal 8 1936 1945 0 4.18 579 1765 1483 240 390 75 25 22 189 13 9 251 195 .263 .370 .392 .762 Mar 4 Woodbury, MN, United States
49 Chuck Rowland 1 1923 1923 0 -0.15 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 21 Raleigh, NC, United States
50 Celerino Sanchez 2 1972 1973 0 0.00 105 336 314 30 76 11 3 1 31 1 1 14 42 .242 .281 .306 .587 May 1 Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico
51 Charley Schanz 5 1944 1950 0 -0.80 155 220 194 10 26 1 1 1 7 0 0 13 79 .134 .188 .165 .353 May 28 Sacramento, CA, United States
52 Karl Schnell 2 1922 1923 0 0.00 11 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 May 31 Palo Alto, CA, United States
53 Gene Schott 5 1935 1939 0 0.77 165 212 199 27 42 7 2 1 14 0 10 49 .211 .249 .281 .530 Nov 16 Sun City Center, FL, United States
54 Rod Scurry 8 1980 1988 0 0.21 332 58 55 3 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 26 .164 .193 .200 .393 Nov 5 Reno, NV, United States
55 Tom Seats 2 1940 1945 0 -0.21 57 59 55 5 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 15 .182 .182 .218 .400 May 10 San Ramon, CA, United States
56 Wally Shaner 4 1923 1929 0 0.54 207 684 629 80 175 45 8 4 72 13 4 43 54 .278 .327 .394 .722 Nov 13 Las Vegas, NV, United States
57 Wally Shannon 2 1959 1960 0 -0.39 65 122 118 7 31 5 0 0 6 0 0 3 18 .263 .293 .305 .598 Feb 8 Creve Coeur, MO, United States
58 Steve Shemo 2 1944 1945 0 -0.05 35 82 77 7 20 3 0 0 8 0 2 6 .260 .278 .299 .577 Apr 13 Eden, NC, United States
59 Ken Silvestri 8 1939 1951 0 0.27 102 238 203 26 44 11 1 5 25 0 1 31 41 .217 .326 .355 .681 Mar 31 Tallahassee, FL, United States
60 Hal Smith 4 1932 1935 0 -0.51 51 72 67 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 25 .104 .130 .119 .250 Sep 27 Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
61 Tuck Stainback 13 1934 1946 0 -6.60 817 2382 2261 284 585 90 14 17 204 27 12 64 213 .259 .284 .333 .618 Nov 29 Camarillo, CA, United States
62 George Staller 1 1943 1943 0 0.52 21 93 85 14 23 1 3 3 12 1 0 5 6 .271 .326 .459 .785 Jul 3 Harrisburg, PA, United States
63 Buck Stanton 1 1931 1931 0 -0.12 13 16 15 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .333 .533 Jan 1 San Antonio, TX, United States
64 Justin Stein 1 1938 1938 0 -0.05 22 60 57 9 16 1 1 0 3 0 2 5 .281 .305 .333 .638 May 1 Creve Coeur, MO, United States
65 Jackie Sullivan 1 1944 1944 0 -0.03 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 15 Dallas, TX, United States
66 Walt Tauscher 2 1928 1931 0 -0.03 23 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 Nov 27 Winter Park, FL, United States
67 Eddie Taylor 1 1926 1926 0 1.07 92 327 272 37 73 8 2 0 33 4 38 26 .268 .368 .313 .681 Jan 30 Chula Vista, CA, United States
68 Coaker Triplett 6 1938 1945 0 2.10 470 1435 1307 148 334 47 14 27 173 10 123 114 .256 .320 .375 .694 Jan 30 Boone, NC, United States
69 Chris Van Cuyk 3 1950 1952 0 0.20 44 57 51 4 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 9 .216 .245 .235 .481 Nov 3 Hudson, FL, United States
70 Andy Varga 2 1950 1951 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 4 Orlando, FL, United States
71 Rube Walker 11 1948 1958 0 -0.84 608 1757 1585 114 360 69 3 35 192 3 1 150 213 .227 .294 .341 .635 Dec 12 Morganton, NC, United States
72 Ralph Weigel 3 1946 1949 0 -0.51 106 259 235 12 54 9 3 0 30 2 3 21 26 .230 .296 .294 .589 Apr 15 Memphis, TN, United States
73 Claude Wilborn 1 1940 1940 0 -0.27 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Nov 13 Roxboro, NC, United States
74 Spider Wilhelm 1 1953 1953 0 -0.08 7 7 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .429 .714 Oct 20 Venice, FL, United States
75 Lefty Wilkie 3 1941 1946 0 0.45 69 63 62 7 17 0 1 0 6 0 1 7 .274 .286 .306 .592 Aug 5 Tualatin, OR, United States
76 Dib Williams 6 1930 1935 0 3.06 475 1748 1574 198 421 74 12 29 201 7 3 133 140 .267 .327 .385 .712 Apr 2 Searcy, AR, 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 Vern Curtis 3 1943 1946 0 -0.28 0 1 .000 5.70 16 1 8 0 0 0 30.0 30 19 19 1 19 10 0 0 4 138 Jun 24 Cairo, IL, United States
2 Atley Donald 8 1938 1945 0 4.72 65 33 .663 3.52 153 115 28 54 6 1 932.1 907 433 365 66 369 369 8 4 21 4009 Oct 19 West Monroe, LA, United States
3 Ed Donnelly 1 1959 1959 0 0.10 1 1 .500 3.14 9 0 3 0 0 0 14.1 18 7 5 1 9 1 6 0 1 0 69 Dec 25 Houston, TX, United States
4 Sherman Edwards 1 1934 1934 0 0.11 0 0 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 Mar 8 El Dorado, AR, United States
5 Charlie Gassaway 3 1944 1946 0 -0.12 5 9 .357 4.04 39 19 12 4 0 0 180.1 188 95 81 9 91 80 6 0 2 810 Jan 15 Miami, FL, United States
6 Tom Gorman 8 1952 1959 0 6.44 36 36 .500 3.77 289 33 132 5 2 42 689.1 659 332 289 77 239 19 321 20 2 11 2907 Dec 26 Valley Stream, NY, United States
7 Orval Grove 10 1940 1949 1 2.50 63 73 .463 3.78 207 152 31 66 11 4 1176.2 1237 595 494 62 444 374 29 1 38 5109 Apr 20 Carmichael, CA, United States
8 Byron Humphrey 1 1938 1938 0 -0.05 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 Feb 13 Springfield, MO, United States
9 Orville Jorgens 3 1935 1937 0 3.68 21 27 .438 4.70 144 54 36 11 0 5 496.1 571 322 259 40 233 149 20 1 15 2264 Jan 11 Colorado Springs, CO, United States
10 Glenn Liebhardt 3 1930 1938 0 -1.24 0 1 .000 8.96 31 0 15 0 0 0 67.1 116 72 67 7 35 23 2 1 2 352 Mar 14 Winston-Salem, NC, United States
11 Eddie Lopat 12 1944 1955 1 28.66 166 112 .597 3.21 340 318 14 164 27 3 2439.1 2464 1008 869 179 650 5 859 43 6 16 10197 Jun 15 Darien, CT, United States
12 Aurelio Lopez 11 1974 1987 1 9.28 62 36 .633 3.56 459 9 281 0 0 93 910.0 785 392 360 102 367 39 635 15 4 34 3818 Sep 22 Matehuala, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
13 Sam Lowry 2 1942 1943 0 0.03 0 0 5.14 6 0 6 0 0 0 21.0 21 12 12 1 10 3 0 0 0 92 Dec 1 Philadelphia, PA, United States
14 Sal Maglie 10 1945 1958 2 34.54 119 62 .657 3.15 303 232 35 93 25 14 1723.0 1591 684 603 169 562 8 862 44 7 18 7182 Dec 28 Niagara Falls, NY, United States
15 Woody Main 4 1948 1953 0 0.75 4 13 .235 5.14 79 11 30 2 0 3 204.2 210 122 117 21 84 107 1 2 2 896 Jun 27 Whittier, CA, United States
16 Jim Marquis 1 1925 1925 0 -0.22 0 0 9.82 2 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 12 8 8 1 6 0 0 0 0 38 Aug 5 Jackson, CA, United States
17 Walt Masters 3 1931 1939 0 0.02 0 0 6.00 8 0 8 0 0 1 21.0 27 15 14 0 13 3 0 0 0 102 Jul 10 Ottawa, ON, Canada
18 Dick Mulligan 3 1941 1947 0 0.38 3 3 .500 4.44 25 6 12 2 0 1 81.0 82 43 40 1 39 23 4 1 2 356 Dec 15 Victoria, TX, United States
19 Augie Prudhomme 1 1929 1929 0 -1.03 1 6 .143 6.22 34 6 12 2 0 1 94.0 119 78 65 7 53 26 2 0 1 447 Oct 4 Shreveport, LA, United States
20 Charley Schanz 5 1944 1950 0 0.09 28 43 .394 4.34 155 72 49 23 2 14 626.2 658 369 302 29 332 243 24 2 18 2801 May 28 Sacramento, CA, United States
21 Karl Schnell 2 1922 1923 0 0.28 0 0 4.29 11 0 6 0 0 0 21.0 23 14 10 0 20 5 0 0 1 97 May 31 Palo Alto, CA, United States
22 Gene Schott 5 1935 1939 0 4.32 28 41 .406 3.72 136 62 45 24 3 4 587.1 590 300 243 22 222 192 9 1 14 2546 Nov 16 Sun City Center, FL, United States
23 Rod Scurry 8 1980 1988 0 5.59 19 32 .373 3.24 332 7 145 0 0 39 460.2 384 190 166 31 274 29 431 19 14 41 2021 Nov 5 Reno, NV, United States
24 Tom Seats 2 1940 1945 0 -0.18 12 9 .571 4.47 57 20 14 6 2 1 177.1 194 114 88 12 58 69 5 0 5 788 May 10 San Ramon, CA, United States
25 Hal Smith 4 1932 1935 0 0.53 12 11 .522 3.77 51 25 14 10 3 1 210.0 232 112 88 8 52 59 9 1 1 910 Sep 27 Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
26 Walt Tauscher 2 1928 1931 0 -0.93 1 0 1.000 5.66 23 0 13 0 0 1 41.1 52 36 26 2 16 12 3 0 1 186 Nov 27 Winter Park, FL, United States
27 Chris Van Cuyk 3 1950 1952 0 -1.23 7 11 .389 5.16 44 26 7 5 0 1 160.1 170 99 92 19 63 103 10 1 2 704 Nov 3 Hudson, FL, United States
28 Andy Varga 2 1950 1951 0 0.13 0 0 2.25 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 20 Nov 4 Orlando, FL, United States
29 Lefty Wilkie 3 1941 1946 0 0.99 8 11 .421 4.59 68 12 35 5 1 3 194.0 215 104 99 5 80 37 2 2 5 867 Aug 5 Tualatin, OR, United States
Totals 124 1922 1988 5 97.86 661 571 .537 3.72 3027 1180 998 476 82 232 11575.2 11566 5579 4785 872 4349 101 5003 275 51 255 49751

Managers

Batting / Pitchers Above
Rk Mgr Yrs From To G W L W-L% G>.500 BestFin WrstFin AvRk Date of Death Died
1 Billy Herman HOF 4 1947 1966 465 189 274 .408 -85 7 9 8.3
2 Eddie Lopat 2 1963 1964 214 90 124 .421 -34 8 10 8.5
3 Salty Parker 2 1967 1972 12 5 7 .417 -2 2 10 9.3
4 Ken Silvestri 1 1967 1967 3 0 3 .000 -3 7 7 7.0
Totals 9 1947 1972 694 284 408 .410 -124 2 10 8.4


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