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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 Joe Albanese 1 1958 1958 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 17 New York, NY, USA
2 Hugh Alexander 1 1937 1937 0 7 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .091 .091 .091 .182 Nov 25 Buffalo, MO, USA
3 Red Barkley 3 1937 1943 0 63 186 163 16 43 9 0 0 21 2 0 19 26 .264 .341 .319 .660 Dec 12 Waco, TX, USA
4 Bob Barthelson 1 1944 1944 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 14 Branford, CT, USA
5 Fern Bell 2 1939 1940 0 89 313 265 44 75 5 8 2 35 2 43 19 .283 .383 .385 .768 Aug 29 Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
6 Bill Bradford 1 1956 1956 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 22 Fairfield Bay, AR, USA
7 Charlie Brewster 3 1943 1946 0 69 236 213 17 47 4 0 0 14 1 0 16 28 .221 .281 .239 .521 Oct 1 Alma, GA, USA
8 Harry Bright 8 1958 1965 0 336 919 839 99 214 31 4 32 126 2 3 65 133 .255 .309 .416 .725 Mar 13 Sacramento, CA, USA
9 Soup Campbell 2 1940 1941 0 139 432 390 44 96 11 4 3 37 1 9 38 33 .246 .315 .318 .633 Feb 16 Sparta, VA, USA
10 Andujar Cedeno 7 1990 1996 0 616 2233 2051 221 485 98 13 47 223 26 17 143 488 .236 .292 .366 .657 Oct 31
11 Ed Chapman 1 1933 1933 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 3 Clarksdale, MS, USA
12 Ellis Clary 4 1942 1945 0 223 778 650 97 171 32 2 1 46 12 8 114 74 .263 .376 .323 .699 Jun 2 Valdosta, GA, USA
13 Eddie Collins 3 1939 1942 0 132 299 274 41 66 9 3 0 16 4 1 24 29 .241 .302 .296 .598 Nov 2 Jennersville, PA, USA
14 Benny Culp 3 1942 1944 0 15 30 26 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 3 3 .192 .276 .231 .507 Oct 23 Philadelphia, PA, USA
15 Harry Dorish 10 1947 1956 0 324 225 204 16 32 7 0 0 4 1 0 8 43 .157 .189 .191 .380 Dec 31 Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
16 Marv Felderman 1 1942 1942 0 3 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .167 .286 .167 .452 Aug 6 Riverside, CA, USA
17 Bubba Floyd 1 1944 1944 0 3 10 9 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .444 .500 .556 1.056 Dec 15 Dallas, TX, USA
18 Len Gabrielson 1 1939 1939 0 5 20 18 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .222 .300 .222 .522 Nov 14 Stanford, CA, USA
19 Carden Gillenwater 5 1940 1948 0 335 1175 1004 129 261 41 7 11 114 20 2 153 138 .260 .359 .348 .707 May 10 Largo, FL, USA
20 Tedd Gullic 2 1930 1933 0 196 669 612 73 151 25 8 9 79 7 1 42 81 .247 .296 .358 .654 Jan 28 West Plains, MO, USA
21 Ken Heintzelman 13 1937 1952 0 321 504 440 25 56 5 0 0 33 0 0 22 113 .127 .169 .139 .307 Aug 14 St. Peters, MO, USA
22 Ron Herbel 9 1963 1971 0 332 225 206 6 6 2 0 0 3 0 1 8 125 .029 .065 .039 .104 Jan 20 Tacoma, WA, USA
23 Lefty Hoerst 5 1940 1947 0 98 104 91 2 14 1 0 0 0 0 6 22 .154 .206 .165 .371 Feb 18 Maple Shade, NJ, USA
24 Don Johnson 6 1943 1948 2 511 2102 1935 219 528 89 6 8 175 26 112 171 .273 .315 .337 .653 Apr 6 Laguna Beach, CA, USA
25 Jake Jones 5 1941 1948 0 224 867 790 80 181 31 5 23 117 8 4 69 130 .229 .294 .368 .663 Dec 13 Epps, LA, USA
26 Russ Kerns 1 1945 1945 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 21 Placerville, CA, USA
27 Doyle Lade 5 1946 1950 0 127 188 164 15 36 4 0 0 11 2 14 42 .220 .281 .244 .525 May 18 Lincoln, NE, USA
28 Gene Lambert 2 1941 1942 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Feb 10 Germantown, TN, USA
29 Brooks Lawrence 7 1954 1960 1 275 360 319 17 49 5 1 0 23 1 1 17 95 .154 .199 .176 .374 Apr 27 Springfield, OH, USA
30 Bob Lemon HOF 15 1941 1958 7 615 1330 1183 148 274 54 9 37 147 2 1 93 241 .232 .288 .386 .674 Jan 11 Long Beach, CA, USA
31 John Leovich 1 1941 1941 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 Feb 3 Lincoln City, OR, USA
32 Don Liddle 4 1953 1956 0 119 143 112 9 17 0 0 0 5 0 0 18 29 .152 .273 .152 .425 Jun 5 Mount Carmel, IL, USA
33 Lynn Lovenguth 2 1955 1957 0 17 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 29 Beaverton, OH, USA
34 Bob Mahoney 2 1951 1952 0 36 21 18 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .222 .300 .222 .522 Aug 27 Lincoln, NE, USA
35 Georges Maranda 2 1960 1962 0 49 29 28 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .214 .241 .286 .527 Jul 14 Levis, PQ, CAN
36 Willard Marshall 11 1942 1955 3 1246 4735 4233 583 1160 163 39 130 604 14 4 458 219 .274 .347 .423 .770 Nov 5 Norwood, NJ, USA
37 Pinky May 5 1939 1943 1 665 2546 2215 210 610 102 11 4 215 13 261 121 .275 .354 .337 .691 Sep 4 Corydon, IN, USA
38 Jack Merson 3 1951 1953 0 125 480 452 47 116 22 4 6 52 1 1 23 45 .257 .294 .363 .657 Apr 28 Elk Ridge, MD, USA
39 Hank Miklos 1 1944 1944 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Mar 29 Adrian, MI, USA
40 John Milner 12 1971 1982 0 1215 3985 3436 455 855 140 16 131 498 31 22 504 473 .249 .344 .413 .757 Jan 4 Atlanta, GA, USA
41 Blas Monaco 2 1937 1946 0 17 15 13 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 .154 .267 .308 .574 Feb 10 San Antonio, TX, USA
42 Danny Musser 1 1932 1932 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Mar 2 Upper Sandusky, OH, USA
43 George Myatt 7 1938 1947 0 407 1562 1345 220 381 44 14 4 99 72 22 156 120 .283 .362 .346 .708 Sep 14 Orlando, FL, USA
44 Lynn Myers 2 1938 1939 0 144 372 344 42 83 16 3 1 29 10 21 48 .241 .285 .314 .599 Jan 19 Harrisburg, PA, USA
45 Willard Nixon 9 1950 1958 0 239 515 459 42 111 17 1 2 41 0 0 42 97 .242 .305 .296 .601 Dec 10 Rome, GA, USA
46 Red Nonnenkamp 4 1933 1940 0 155 300 263 49 69 6 2 0 24 6 2 33 24 .262 .347 .300 .647 Dec 3 Little Rock, AR, USA
47 Chuck Oertel 1 1958 1958 0 14 13 12 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .231 .417 .647 Oct 4 Royal Oak, MI, USA
48 Frankie Pack 1 1949 1949 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 26 Hendersonville, NC, USA
49 Roy Partee 5 1943 1948 0 367 1245 1090 89 273 41 5 2 114 2 3 132 120 .250 .334 .303 .636 Dec 27 Eureka, CA, USA
50 John Perkovich 1 1950 1950 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 16 Little Rock, AR, USA
51 Lou Polli 2 1932 1944 0 24 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 Dec 19 Berlin, VT, USA
52 Ed Rakow 7 1960 1967 0 195 253 226 16 19 2 0 0 3 0 0 11 90 .084 .130 .093 .223 Aug 26 West Palm Beach, FL, USA
53 Bob Ramazzotti 7 1946 1953 0 346 912 851 86 196 22 9 4 53 15 1 45 107 .230 .271 .291 .562 Feb 15 Altoona, PA, USA
54 Culley Rikard 3 1941 1947 0 153 456 396 64 107 19 5 4 37 1 58 48 .270 .365 .374 .739 Feb 25 Memphis, TN, USA
55 Jack Robinson 1 1949 1949 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 2 Ormond Beach, FL, USA
56 Aurelio Rodriguez 17 1967 1983 0 2017 7078 6611 612 1570 287 46 124 648 35 31 324 943 .237 .275 .351 .626 Sep 23 Detroit, MI, USA
57 Hank Ruszkowski 3 1944 1947 0 40 90 84 8 20 2 0 3 10 0 0 6 16 .238 .289 .369 .658 May 31 Cleveland, OH, USA
58 Chico Salmon 9 1964 1972 0 658 1802 1667 202 415 70 6 31 149 46 24 89 233 .249 .290 .354 .644 Sep 17 Bocas Del Toro, , Panama
59 Jack Sanford 12 1956 1967 1 393 758 665 51 105 19 2 3 37 0 1 45 240 .158 .212 .206 .418 Mar 7
60 Bill Sommers 1 1950 1950 0 65 170 137 24 35 5 1 0 14 0 1 25 14 .255 .370 .307 .677 Sep 22 Palm City, FL, USA
61 Andy Spognardi 1 1932 1932 0 17 40 34 9 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 6 .294 .400 .324 .724 Jan 1 Boston, MA, USA
62 Bud Stewart 9 1941 1954 0 773 2335 2041 288 547 96 32 32 260 29 23 252 157 .268 .351 .393 .744 Jun 21 Palo Alto, CA, USA
63 Bill Strickland 1 1937 1937 0 9 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 Jan 26 Lakeland, FL, USA
64 Jim Suchecki 3 1950 1952 0 38 27 22 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .091 .200 .091 .291 Jul 20 Crofton, MD, USA
65 Clyde Sukeforth 10 1926 1945 0 486 1362 1237 122 326 50 14 2 96 12 95 57 .264 .319 .331 .650 Sep 3 Waldoboro, ME, USA
66 Harry Taylor 6 1946 1952 0 90 132 124 12 20 4 1 0 13 0 0 2 26 .161 .181 .210 .391 Nov 5 Terre Haute, IN, USA
67 Lou Thuman 2 1939 1940 0 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 19 Baltimore, MD, USA
68 Bobby Tiefenauer 10 1952 1968 0 179 48 39 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 15 .026 .156 .051 .207 Jun 13
69 Bob Tillman 9 1962 1970 0 775 2585 2329 189 540 68 10 79 282 1 0 228 510 .232 .300 .371 .671 Jun 23 Gallatin, TN, USA
70 Nick Tremark 3 1934 1936 0 35 80 73 10 18 4 0 0 10 0 6 5 .247 .313 .301 .614 Sep 7 Tomball, TX, USA
71 Turkey Tyson 1 1944 1944 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Feb 17 Elm City, NC, USA
72 Buck Varner 1 1952 1952 0 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 Apr 29 Chattanooga, TN, USA
73 Dewey Williams 5 1944 1948 0 193 518 464 48 108 11 4 3 37 2 46 52 .233 .302 .293 .595 Mar 19
74 Terry Wilshusen 1 1973 1973 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 1 Lomita, CA, USA
75 Hank Wyse 8 1942 1951 1 253 475 435 33 71 7 1 0 32 1 0 7 81 .163 .178 .184 .362 Oct 23
Totals 336 1926 1996 16 16653 48345 43357 4854 10603 1687 297 739 4599 409 183 3921 5982 .245 .309 .348 .657
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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 Albanese 1 1958 1958 0 0 0 4.50 6 0 6 0 0 0 6.0 8 3 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 27 Jun 17 New York, NY, USA
2 Bob Barthelson 1 1944 1944 0 1 1 .500 4.66 7 1 5 0 0 0 9.2 13 9 5 2 5 4 0 0 0 47 Apr 14 Branford, CT, USA
3 Bill Bradford 1 1956 1956 0 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 Aug 22 Fairfield Bay, AR, USA
4 Ed Chapman 1 1933 1933 0 0 0 8.00 6 1 5 0 0 0 9.0 10 9 8 2 2 4 0 0 0 39 May 3 Clarksdale, MS, USA
5 Harry Dorish 10 1947 1956 0 45 43 .511 3.83 323 40 166 13 2 44 834.1 850 406 355 57 301 4 332 19 5 26 3578 Dec 31 Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
6 Ken Heintzelman 13 1937 1952 0 77 98 .440 3.93 319 183 72 66 18 10 1501.2 1540 746 656 100 630 564 14 4 33 6497 Aug 14 St. Peters, MO, USA
7 Ron Herbel 9 1963 1971 0 42 37 .532 3.83 331 79 100 11 3 16 894.0 945 442 380 81 285 55 447 20 5 40 3836 Jan 20 Tacoma, WA, USA
8 Lefty Hoerst 5 1940 1947 0 10 33 .233 5.17 98 41 31 8 0 1 348.0 381 230 200 24 175 105 3 0 8 1569 Feb 18 Maple Shade, NJ, USA
9 Doyle Lade 5 1946 1950 0 25 29 .463 4.39 126 64 27 20 2 3 537.1 583 298 262 47 221 178 7 2 13 2376 May 18 Lincoln, NE, USA
10 Gene Lambert 2 1941 1942 0 0 1 .000 2.70 3 1 0 0 0 0 10.0 14 3 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 46 Feb 10 Germantown, TN, USA
11 Brooks Lawrence 7 1954 1960 1 69 62 .527 4.25 275 127 75 42 5 22 1040.2 1034 539 491 110 385 33 481 33 1 13 4448 Apr 27 Springfield, OH, USA
12 Bob Lemon HOF 15 1941 1958 7 207 128 .618 3.23 460 350 73 188 31 22 2850.0 2559 1185 1024 181 1251 13 1277 57 2 63 12099 Jan 11 Long Beach, CA, USA
13 Don Liddle 4 1953 1956 0 28 18 .609 3.75 117 54 30 13 3 4 427.2 397 203 178 42 203 15 198 10 0 9 1837 Jun 5 Mount Carmel, IL, USA
14 Lynn Lovenguth 2 1955 1957 0 0 2 .000 3.67 16 1 3 0 0 0 27.0 23 12 11 1 16 0 20 2 0 1 121 Sep 29 Beaverton, OH, USA
15 Bob Mahoney 2 1951 1952 0 2 5 .286 4.96 36 4 19 0 0 0 90.2 99 57 50 8 50 34 0 0 3 410 Aug 27 Lincoln, NE, USA
16 Georges Maranda 2 1960 1962 0 2 7 .222 4.52 49 8 12 0 0 0 123.1 119 75 62 17 65 10 64 4 0 6 548 Jul 14 Levis, PQ, CAN
17 Hank Miklos 1 1944 1944 0 0 0 7.71 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 9 6 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 31 Mar 29 Adrian, MI, USA
18 Willard Nixon 9 1950 1958 0 69 72 .489 4.39 225 177 21 51 9 3 1234.0 1277 674 602 90 530 7 616 41 1 29 5391 Dec 10 Rome, GA, USA
19 John Perkovich 1 1950 1950 0 0 0 7.20 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 7 4 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 23 Dec 16 Little Rock, AR, USA
20 Lou Polli 2 1932 1944 0 0 2 .000 4.68 24 0 11 0 0 3 42.1 55 33 22 3 23 11 0 0 2 201 Dec 19 Berlin, VT, USA
21 Ed Rakow 7 1960 1967 0 36 47 .434 4.33 195 90 29 20 3 5 761.1 771 414 366 88 304 17 484 24 1 36 3293 Aug 26 West Palm Beach, FL, USA
22 Jack Robinson 1 1949 1949 0 0 0 2.25 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 17 Mar 2 Ormond Beach, FL, USA
23 Jack Sanford 12 1956 1967 1 137 101 .576 3.69 388 293 42 76 14 11 2049.1 1907 952 840 174 737 59 1182 46 21 59 8659 Mar 7
24 Bill Strickland 1 1937 1937 0 0 0 5.91 9 0 6 0 0 0 21.1 28 18 14 2 15 6 2 0 0 100 Jan 26 Lakeland, FL, USA
25 Jim Suchecki 3 1950 1952 0 0 6 .000 5.38 38 6 17 0 0 0 103.2 130 73 62 9 50 56 2 0 1 495 Jul 20 Crofton, MD, USA
26 Harry Taylor 6 1946 1952 0 19 21 .475 4.10 90 44 22 16 3 4 357.2 344 184 163 25 201 127 10 2 11 1566 Nov 5 Terre Haute, IN, USA
27 Lou Thuman 2 1939 1940 0 0 1 .000 12.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 15 17 12 0 9 1 0 0 0 54 Dec 19 Baltimore, MD, USA
28 Bobby Tiefenauer 10 1952 1968 0 9 25 .265 3.84 179 0 109 0 0 23 316.0 312 161 135 29 87 15 204 12 1 10 1338 Jun 13
29 Terry Wilshusen 1 1973 1973 0 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 Dec 1 Lomita, CA, USA
30 Hank Wyse 8 1942 1951 1 79 70 .530 3.52 251 159 52 67 11 8 1257.2 1338 581 492 66 373 362 24 2 10 5353 Oct 23
Totals 144 1932 1973 10 857 809 .514 3.88 3584 1723 939 591 104 179 14880.0 14774 7340 6412 1165 5930 228 6768 332 48 374 64012
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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 Bob Lemon HOF 8 1970 1982 833 430 403 .516 27 1 6 3.3
2 George Myatt 2 1968 1969 55 20 35 .364 -15 5 7 5.0
3 Clyde Sukeforth 1 1947 1947 2 2 0 1.000 2 1 1 1.0
Totals 11 1947 1982 890 452 438 .508 14 1 7 3.4
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