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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 Dewey Adkins 3 1942 1949 0 38 23 22 2 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 10 .227 .227 .409 .636 Dec 26 Santa Monica, CA, USA
2 Wayne Ambler 3 1937 1939 0 271 890 782 60 175 39 2 0 73 4 1 83 64 .224 .298 .279 .577 Jan 3 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA
3 Harry Anderson 5 1957 1961 0 484 1785 1586 199 419 82 16 60 242 3 6 159 291 .264 .334 .450 .784 Jun 11 Greenville, DE, USA
4 Red Badgro 2 1929 1930 0 143 422 382 57 98 30 3 2 45 4 5 24 42 .257 .307 .366 .674 Jul 13 Kent, WA, USA
5 Frank Barrett 5 1939 1950 0 104 57 54 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 18 .167 .196 .185 .382 Mar 6 Leesburg, FL, USA
6 Joe Becker 2 1936 1937 0 40 92 83 8 20 5 2 1 13 0 0 8 8 .241 .315 .386 .701 Jan 11 Sunset Hills, MO, USA
7 Mark Belanger 18 1965 1982 1 2016 6602 5784 676 1316 175 33 20 389 167 75 576 839 .228 .300 .280 .580 Oct 6 New York, NY, USA
8 Ron Blackburn 2 1958 1959 0 64 13 12 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .667 .917 Apr 29 Morganton, NC, USA
9 Jack Bolling 2 1939 1944 0 125 369 342 48 107 25 1 4 38 6 25 14 .313 .361 .427 .788 Apr 13 Panama City, FL, USA
10 Larry Bradford 4 1977 1981 0 104 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 Sep 11 Atlanta, GA, USA
11 Leon Brinkopf 1 1952 1952 0 9 26 22 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .182 .308 .182 .490 Jul 2 Cape Girardeau, MO, USA
12 Tom Buskey 8 1973 1980 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 7 Harrisburg, PA, USA
13 Al Campanis 1 1943 1943 0 7 24 20 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .100 .250 .100 .350 Jun 21 Fullerton, CA, USA
14 Milo Candini 8 1943 1951 0 174 165 144 16 35 6 0 1 8 0 0 6 28 .243 .278 .306 .584 Mar 17 Manteca, CA, USA
15 Frank Carswell 1 1953 1953 0 16 18 15 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .267 .389 .267 .656 Oct 21 Houston, TX, USA
16 Slick Castleman 6 1934 1939 0 123 223 207 18 28 3 0 2 12 0 9 67 .135 .171 .179 .350 Mar 2 Nashville, TN, USA
17 Ed Connolly 2 1964 1967 0 42 33 29 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .172 .200 .241 .441 Jul 1 New Canaan, CT, USA
18 Jess Dobernic 3 1939 1949 0 76 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .154 .214 .154 .368 Jul 16 St.Louis, MO, USA
19 Slim Emmerich 2 1945 1946 0 33 29 25 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .120 .120 .120 .240 Sep 17 Allentown, PA, USA
20 Mike Fornieles 12 1952 1963 1 440 332 308 25 52 7 1 1 16 1 0 3 63 .169 .177 .208 .385 Feb 11 St.Petersburg, FL, USA
21 Bill Froats 1 1955 1955 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Feb 9 Minneapolis, MN, USA
22 Denny Galehouse 15 1934 1949 0 375 761 665 33 92 6 1 0 26 0 0 40 201 .138 .188 .150 .339 Oct 14 Doylestown, OH, USA
23 Joe Gallagher 2 1939 1940 0 165 525 487 73 133 26 5 16 73 4 1 26 76 .273 .314 .446 .760 Feb 25 Houston, TX, USA
24 Sam Gentile 1 1943 1943 0 8 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .500 .900 May 4 Everett, MA, USA
25 Johnny Gorsica 7 1940 1947 0 214 237 217 23 45 5 5 1 14 0 0 13 42 .207 .252 .290 .542 Dec 16 Charlottesville, VA, USA
26 Jack Graham 2 1946 1949 0 239 873 775 105 179 28 5 38 126 1 1 84 99 .231 .310 .427 .737 Dec 30 Los Alamitos, CA, USA
27 Lee Grissom 8 1934 1941 1 163 230 205 13 26 1 1 0 4 1 0 8 68 .127 .171 .141 .313 Oct 4 Corning, CA, USA
28 Johnny Grodzicki 3 1941 1947 0 24 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 May 2 Daytona Beach, FL, USA
29 Ben Guintini 2 1946 1950 0 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 2 Roseville, CA, USA
30 Earl Harrist 5 1945 1953 0 132 106 96 2 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 28 .115 .124 .115 .238 Sep 7 Simsboro, LA, USA
31 Fred Hatfield 9 1950 1958 0 722 2362 2039 259 493 67 10 25 165 15 14 248 247 .242 .332 .321 .654 May 22 Tallahassee, FL, USA
32 Phil Haugstad 4 1947 1952 0 37 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 Oct 21 Black River Falls, WI, USA
33 Jim Hearn 13 1947 1959 1 403 618 548 44 77 7 2 9 36 1 0 33 214 .141 .190 .210 .400 Jun 10 Boca Grande, FL, USA
34 Heinie Heltzel 2 1943 1944 0 40 118 108 7 17 4 0 0 5 0 9 16 .157 .229 .194 .423 May 1 York, PA, USA
35 Chet Hoff 4 1911 1915 0 23 30 30 0 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 Sep 17 Daytona Beach, FL, USA
36 Gene Host 2 1956 1957 0 12 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 20 Nashville, TN, USA
37 John Kennedy 1 1957 1957 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Apr 27 Jacksonville, FL, USA
38 Jesse Levan 3 1947 1955 0 25 35 35 5 10 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .371 .657 Nov 30 Reading, PA, USA
39 Rufino Linares 4 1981 1985 0 207 577 545 66 147 21 3 11 63 15 6 24 74 .270 .299 .380 .679 May 16 Santo Domingo, , D.R.
40 Johnny Lipon 9 1942 1954 0 758 3089 2661 351 690 95 24 10 266 28 25 347 152 .259 .346 .324 .671 Aug 17 Houston, TX, USA
41 Ad Liska 5 1929 1933 0 113 116 103 6 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 41 .107 .179 .126 .305 Nov 30 Portland, OR, USA
42 Joe Mack 1 1945 1945 0 66 303 260 30 60 13 1 3 44 1 34 39 .231 .320 .323 .643 Dec 19 Atlanta, GA, USA
43 Russ Meyer 13 1946 1959 0 319 569 484 26 55 6 2 1 25 0 0 22 146 .114 .154 .140 .294 Nov 16 Oglesby, IL, USA
44 Ronnie Miller 1 1941 1941 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 6 Ferguson, MO, USA
45 Hiker Moran 2 1938 1939 0 7 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .167 .375 .167 .542 Jan 7 Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
46 Ray Moss 6 1926 1931 0 117 162 149 15 22 4 1 0 12 0 0 7 37 .148 .191 .188 .379 Aug 9 Chattanooga, TN, USA
47 Hal Newhouser HOF 17 1939 1955 7 492 1160 999 71 201 22 2 2 81 3 3 89 150 .201 .267 .233 .500 Nov 10 Southfield, MI, USA
48 Ray Noble 3 1951 1953 0 107 272 243 31 53 6 1 9 40 1 0 25 41 .218 .299 .362 .661 May 9 Brooklyn, NY, USA
49 Marv Olson 3 1931 1933 0 133 541 457 67 110 15 6 0 30 1 5 70 30 .241 .342 .300 .641 Feb 5 Tyndall, SD, USA
50 Dick Phillips 4 1962 1966 0 263 670 595 54 136 14 1 12 60 2 2 59 63 .229 .298 .316 .614 Mar 29 Burnaby, BC, CAN
51 Nick Picciuto 1 1945 1945 0 36 97 89 7 12 6 0 0 6 0 6 17 .135 .189 .202 .392 Jan 10 Winchester, VA, USA
52 Elmo Plaskett 2 1962 1963 0 17 36 35 3 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 8 .200 .222 .286 .508 Nov 2 Christiansted, , V.I.
53 Dan Quisenberry 12 1979 1990 3 101 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 Sep 30 Leawood, KS, USA
54 Johnny Riddle 7 1930 1948 0 98 233 214 18 51 4 1 0 11 0 0 13 19 .238 .288 .266 .555 Dec 15 Indianapolis, IN, USA
55 Red Roberts 1 1943 1943 0 9 27 23 1 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 .261 .370 .435 .805 Dec 2 Atlanta, GA, USA
56 Rafael Robles 3 1969 1972 0 47 142 133 7 25 1 0 0 3 4 1 6 17 .188 .229 .195 .424 Aug 13 New York, NY, USA
57 Packy Rogers 1 1938 1938 0 23 43 37 3 7 1 1 0 5 0 6 6 .189 .302 .270 .573 May 15 Elmira, PA, USA
58 Ed Sanicki 2 1949 1951 0 20 20 17 5 5 1 0 3 8 1 0 2 5 .294 .368 .882 1.251 Jul 6 Old Bridge, NJ, USA
59 George Schmees 1 1952 1952 0 76 138 125 17 21 4 1 0 6 0 1 12 29 .168 .241 .216 .457 Oct 30 San Jose, CA, USA
60 Walter Sessi 2 1941 1946 0 20 29 27 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 6 .074 .138 .185 .323 Apr 18 Mobile, AL, USA
61 Strick Shofner 1 1947 1947 0 5 13 13 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .154 .154 .308 .462 Oct 10 Crawford, TX, USA
62 Fred Sington 6 1934 1939 0 181 611 516 66 140 36 5 7 85 2 2 89 66 .271 .382 .401 .783 Aug 20 Birmingham, AL, USA
63 Dick Sisler 8 1946 1953 1 799 2880 2606 302 720 118 28 55 360 6 3 226 253 .276 .336 .406 .743 Nov 20 Nashville, TN, USA
64 Dave Smith 2 1938 1939 0 22 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .143 .000 .143 Apr 11 Whiteville, NC, USA
65 Bill Sodd 1 1937 1937 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 14 Fort Worth, TX, USA
66 Ray Stoviak 1 1938 1938 0 10 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 Feb 23 Nicoya, , Costa Rica
67 El Tappe 6 1954 1962 0 145 347 304 21 63 10 0 0 17 0 1 29 25 .207 .282 .240 .522 Oct 10 Quincy, IL, USA
68 Bob Thurman 5 1955 1959 0 334 733 663 106 163 18 11 35 106 1 4 62 112 .246 .314 .465 .779 Oct 31 Wichita, KS, USA
69 Jim Turner 9 1937 1945 1 238 428 399 32 87 16 1 1 22 0 1 8 39 .218 .241 .271 .512 Nov 29
70 Bill Tuttle 11 1952 1963 0 1270 4842 4268 578 1105 149 47 67 443 38 44 480 416 .259 .334 .363 .697 Jul 27 Anoka, MN, USA
71 Elmer Valo 20 1940 1961 0 1806 6091 5029 768 1420 228 73 58 601 110 79 942 284 .282 .398 .391 .790 Jul 19 Palmerton, PA, USA
72 Ed Walczak 1 1945 1945 0 20 63 57 6 12 3 0 0 2 0 6 9 .211 .286 .263 .549 Mar 10 Norwich, CT, USA
73 Charlie White 2 1954 1955 0 62 138 123 17 29 5 0 1 12 0 0 14 15 .236 .319 .301 .620 May 26 Seatac, WA, USA
74 Al Wright 1 1933 1933 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Nov 13 Oakland, CA, USA
75 John Wyatt 9 1961 1969 1 435 92 83 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 50 .048 .092 .048 .140 Apr 6 Omaha, NE, USA
76 Jerry Zimmerman 8 1961 1968 0 483 1118 994 60 203 22 2 3 72 1 2 78 154 .204 .269 .239 .508 Sep 9 Neskowin, OR, USA
Totals 365 1911 1990 17 15747 42671 37354 4433 8950 1344 299 464 3705 422 282 4053 4798 .240 .317 .329 .645
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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 Dewey Adkins 3 1942 1949 0 2 4 .333 5.64 38 6 19 1 0 0 99.0 114 69 62 10 50 47 0 0 3 451 Dec 26 Santa Monica, CA, USA
2 Frank Barrett 5 1939 1950 0 15 17 .469 3.51 104 2 67 0 0 12 217.2 211 100 85 8 90 90 2 0 8 924 Mar 6 Leesburg, FL, USA
3 Ron Blackburn 2 1958 1959 0 3 2 .600 3.50 64 2 24 0 0 4 108.0 111 54 42 12 42 9 50 5 0 1 477 Apr 29 Morganton, NC, USA
4 Larry Bradford 4 1977 1981 0 6 4 .600 2.52 104 0 44 0 0 7 103.2 89 39 29 5 44 9 58 2 2 5 436 Sep 11 Atlanta, GA, USA
5 Tom Buskey 8 1973 1980 0 21 27 .438 3.66 258 0 166 0 0 34 479.1 479 218 195 57 167 45 212 9 1 14 2033 Jun 7 Harrisburg, PA, USA
6 Milo Candini 8 1943 1951 0 26 21 .553 3.92 174 37 66 13 5 8 537.2 530 258 234 18 250 183 3 3 8 2334 Mar 17 Manteca, CA, USA
7 Slick Castleman 6 1934 1939 0 36 26 .581 4.25 121 79 23 25 4 1 586.2 644 323 277 45 223 225 9 2 17 2580 Mar 2 Nashville, TN, USA
8 Ed Connolly 2 1964 1967 0 6 12 .333 5.88 42 19 9 1 1 0 130.0 143 96 85 9 98 4 118 7 0 16 627 Jul 1 New Canaan, CT, USA
9 Jess Dobernic 3 1939 1949 0 7 3 .700 5.21 76 0 36 0 0 1 112.1 107 70 65 17 66 55 2 0 2 512 Jul 16 St.Louis, MO, USA
10 Slim Emmerich 2 1945 1946 0 4 4 .500 4.85 33 7 13 1 0 0 104.0 117 57 56 9 33 28 1 1 0 458 Sep 17 Allentown, PA, USA
11 Mike Fornieles 12 1952 1963 1 63 64 .496 3.96 432 76 195 20 4 55 1156.2 1165 567 509 98 421 32 576 32 2 34 4983 Feb 11 St.Petersburg, FL, USA
12 Bill Froats 1 1955 1955 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 Feb 9 Minneapolis, MN, USA
13 Denny Galehouse 15 1934 1949 0 109 118 .480 3.97 375 258 67 100 17 13 2004.0 2148 999 885 104 735 851 18 3 29 8688 Oct 14 Doylestown, OH, USA
14 Johnny Gorsica 7 1940 1947 0 31 39 .443 4.18 204 64 80 22 4 17 723.2 778 385 336 44 247 272 17 4 11 3136 Dec 16 Charlottesville, VA, USA
15 Lee Grissom 8 1934 1941 1 29 48 .377 3.89 162 95 40 23 6 7 701.2 668 346 303 35 305 384 9 2 24 3025 Oct 4 Corning, CA, USA
16 Johnny Grodzicki 3 1941 1947 0 2 2 .500 4.43 24 1 11 0 0 0 40.2 31 29 20 6 34 20 0 0 2 185 May 2 Daytona Beach, FL, USA
17 Earl Harrist 5 1945 1953 0 12 28 .300 4.34 132 24 50 2 0 10 383.1 391 217 185 20 193 162 20 0 9 1705 Sep 7 Simsboro, LA, USA
18 Phil Haugstad 4 1947 1952 0 1 1 .500 5.59 37 2 11 0 0 0 56.1 51 38 35 6 41 28 4 1 3 263 Oct 21 Black River Falls, WI, USA
19 Jim Hearn 13 1947 1959 1 109 89 .551 3.81 396 229 73 63 10 8 1703.2 1661 847 721 157 655 22 669 25 1 34 7294 Jun 10 Boca Grande, FL, USA
20 Chet Hoff 4 1911 1915 0 2 4 .333 2.49 23 5 15 2 0 0 83.0 67 38 23 0 38 49 1 0 5 347 Sep 17 Daytona Beach, FL, USA
21 Gene Host 2 1956 1957 0 0 2 .000 7.31 12 3 6 0 0 0 28.1 38 23 23 7 16 0 14 0 1 0 133 Aug 20 Nashville, TN, USA
22 Ad Liska 5 1929 1933 0 17 18 .486 3.87 111 28 51 11 1 3 351.1 354 176 151 12 150 104 9 0 6 1526 Nov 30 Portland, OR, USA
23 Russ Meyer 13 1946 1959 0 94 73 .563 3.99 319 219 47 65 13 5 1531.1 1606 761 679 136 541 10 672 15 5 36 6570 Nov 16 Oglesby, IL, USA
24 Ronnie Miller 1 1941 1941 0 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 Jan 6 Ferguson, MO, USA
25 Hiker Moran 2 1938 1939 0 1 1 .500 3.91 7 2 1 1 0 0 23.0 22 10 10 3 12 4 0 1 0 100 Jan 7 Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
26 Ray Moss 6 1926 1931 0 22 18 .550 4.95 112 42 28 13 3 2 416.0 474 272 229 29 189 109 11 1 4 1887 Aug 9 Chattanooga, TN, USA
27 Hal Newhouser HOF 17 1939 1955 7 207 150 .580 3.06 488 374 79 212 33 26 2993.0 2674 1197 1016 137 1249 1 1796 19 7 65 12648 Nov 10 Southfield, MI, USA
28 Dan Quisenberry 12 1979 1990 3 56 46 .549 2.76 674 0 553 0 0 244 1043.1 1064 356 320 59 162 70 379 7 5 4 4247 Sep 30 Leawood, KS, USA
29 George Schmees 1 1952 1952 0 0 0 3.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 9 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 28 Oct 30 San Jose, CA, USA
30 Dave Smith 2 1938 1939 0 2 1 .667 5.08 22 0 15 0 0 0 44.1 51 29 25 0 30 13 1 0 2 210 Apr 11 Whiteville, NC, USA
31 Jim Turner 9 1937 1945 1 69 60 .535 3.22 231 119 86 69 8 20 1132.0 1123 482 405 67 283 329 10 0 6 4697 Nov 29
32 John Wyatt 9 1961 1969 1 42 44 .488 3.47 435 9 291 0 0 103 687.1 600 290 265 72 346 39 540 23 1 56 2981 Apr 6 Omaha, NE, USA
Totals 194 1911 1990 15 994 926 .518 3.72 5214 1703 2169 644 109 580 17591.1 17522 8349 7273 1182 6715 241 8039 261 43 405 75499
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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 Johnny Lipon 1 1971 1971 59 18 41 .305 -23 6 6 6.0
2 Dick Sisler 2 1964 1965 215 121 94 .563 27 2 4 3.5
3 El Tappe 2 1961 1962 117 46 70 .397 -24 7 9 7.3
Totals 5 1961 1971 391 185 205 .474 -20 2 9 5.0
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