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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 Bob Allen 1 1937 1937 0 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 Oct 30 Chesepeake, VA, USA
2 Monty Basgall 3 1948 1951 0 200 567 512 52 110 15 3 4 41 1 0 46 51 .215 .282 .279 .561 Sep 22 Sierra Vista, AZ, USA
3 Mike Bishop 1 1983 1983 0 3 11 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .125 .364 .250 .614 Feb 8 Bakersfield, CA, USA
4 Bud Black 3 1952 1956 0 10 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 Oct 2 St.Louis, MO, USA
5 Don Blasingame 12 1955 1966 1 1444 5938 5296 731 1366 178 62 21 308 105 60 552 462 .258 .329 .327 .656 Apr 13 Fountain Hills, AZ, USA
6 Stew Bowers 3 1935 1937 0 18 6 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 Dec 14 Havertown, PA, USA
7 Harry Boyles 2 1938 1939 0 11 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 Jan 7 McAllen, TX, USA
8 Nelson Briles 14 1965 1978 0 333 532 469 29 72 9 2 3 29 0 0 21 171 .154 .192 .200 .392 Feb 13 Orlando, FL, USA
9 Ed Butka 2 1943 1944 0 18 52 50 1 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 14 .220 .250 .260 .510 Apr 21 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
10 Bob Carpenter 5 1940 1947 0 80 150 131 7 22 1 0 0 15 0 0 8 17 .168 .221 .176 .397 Oct 19 Evergreen Park, IL, USA
11 Chico Carrasquel 10 1950 1959 4 1325 5259 4644 568 1199 172 25 55 474 31 28 491 467 .258 .333 .342 .674 May 26 Caracas, , Venezuela
12 Donn Clendenon 12 1961 1972 0 1362 5112 4648 594 1273 192 57 159 682 90 57 379 1140 .274 .328 .442 .771 Sep 17 Sioux Falls, SD, USA
13 Tom Clyde 1 1943 1943 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 1 Dallas, TX, USA
14 Sandy Consuegra 8 1950 1957 1 251 250 218 15 37 2 0 0 18 0 0 10 53 .170 .206 .179 .385 Nov 16 Miami, FL, USA
15 Ray Cunningham 2 1931 1932 0 14 30 26 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 .154 .241 .192 .434 Jul 30 Pearland, TX, USA
16 Tony Daniels 1 1945 1945 0 76 250 230 15 46 3 2 0 10 1 12 22 .200 .249 .230 .479 Jul 23 Statesville, NC, USA
17 Brandy Davis 2 1952 1953 0 67 147 134 19 25 3 1 0 3 9 4 11 31 .187 .248 .224 .472 Jun 12 Newark, DE, USA
18 Dick Dietz 8 1966 1973 1 646 2244 1829 226 478 89 6 66 301 4 6 381 402 .261 .390 .425 .815 Jun 27 Clayton, GA, USA
19 Buzz Dozier 2 1947 1949 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Nov 24 Waco, TX, USA
20 Mario Encarnacion 2 2001 2002 0 23 76 69 3 14 1 0 0 3 2 1 7 17 .203 .276 .217 .494 Oct 3 Danshuei, , Taiwan
21 Tommy Fine 2 1947 1950 0 25 25 21 5 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 .333 .391 .429 .820 Jan 10 Little Elm, TX, USA
22 Danny Gardella 3 1944 1950 0 169 610 543 74 145 12 3 24 85 2 57 68 .267 .343 .433 .776 Mar 6 Yonkers, NY, USA
23 Pete Gebrian 1 1947 1947 0 27 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 6 Stuart, FL, USA
24 Al Gettel 7 1945 1955 0 189 256 241 23 55 7 1 0 14 0 0 4 25 .228 .244 .266 .509 Apr 8 Norfolk, VA, USA
25 Milt Graff 2 1957 1958 0 61 177 156 16 28 4 3 0 10 2 5 15 10 .179 .259 .244 .502 Aug 2 Rockdale, TX, USA
26 Hal Griggs 4 1956 1959 0 107 88 79 5 7 1 1 0 4 0 1 3 45 .089 .131 .127 .258 May 10 Tucson, AZ, USA
27 Marv Grissom 10 1946 1959 1 356 213 189 9 23 7 0 0 6 0 0 8 67 .122 .162 .159 .320 Sep 18 Red Bluff, CA, USA
28 Cesar Gutierrez 4 1967 1971 0 223 600 545 61 128 13 6 0 26 7 5 30 51 .235 .277 .281 .558 Jan 22 Maracaibo, , Venezuela
29 Kent Hadley 3 1958 1960 0 171 399 363 49 88 13 1 14 50 1 2 30 97 .242 .300 .399 .699 Mar 10 Pocatello, ID, USA
30 Ellie Hendricks 12 1968 1979 0 710 2155 1888 205 415 66 7 62 230 1 5 229 319 .220 .306 .361 .666 Dec 21 Glen Burnie, MD, USA
31 Pancho Herrera 3 1958 1961 0 300 1108 975 122 264 46 8 31 128 8 6 113 271 .271 .349 .430 .779 Apr 28 Miami, FL, USA
32 Eli Hodkey 1 1946 1946 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 30 Lorain, OH, USA
33 Cal Hogue 3 1952 1954 0 25 36 32 1 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 8 .188 .212 .219 .431 Aug 5 Kettering, OH, USA
34 Frank House 10 1950 1961 0 653 2187 1994 202 494 64 11 47 235 6 7 151 147 .248 .302 .362 .663 Mar 13 Birmingham, AL, USA
35 Ben Huffman 1 1937 1937 0 76 189 176 18 48 9 0 1 24 1 0 10 7 .273 .323 .341 .664 Feb 22 Luray, VA, USA
36 Vic Johnson 3 1944 1946 0 42 42 42 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .119 .119 .143 .262 May 10 Eau Claire, WI, USA
37 Pat Kelly 15 1967 1981 1 1385 5011 4338 620 1147 189 35 76 418 250 118 588 768 .264 .354 .377 .731 Oct 2 Chambersburg, PA, USA
38 Bob Kennedy 16 1939 1957 0 1483 5065 4624 514 1176 196 41 63 514 45 50 364 443 .254 .309 .355 .665 Apr 7 Mesa, AZ, USA
39 Swede Larsen 1 1936 1936 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 8 Tucson, AZ, USA
40 Don LeJohn 1 1965 1965 0 34 83 78 2 20 2 0 0 7 0 1 5 13 .256 .301 .282 .583 Feb 25 California, PA, USA
41 Bob Lennon 3 1954 1957 0 38 85 79 5 13 2 0 1 4 0 0 5 26 .165 .212 .228 .440 Jun 14 Dix Hills, NY, USA
42 Al Lopez HOF 19 1928 1947 2 1950 6607 5916 613 1547 206 43 51 652 46 1 556 538 .261 .326 .337 .663 Oct 30 Tampa, FL, USA
43 Bob Mabe 3 1958 1960 0 52 36 31 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .032 .063 .032 .095 Jan 9 Danville, VA, USA
44 Rick Mahler 13 1979 1991 0 394 671 581 40 104 17 0 1 37 0 1 20 117 .179 .208 .213 .422 Mar 2 Jupiter, FL, USA
45 Mal Mallette 1 1950 1950 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 25 Durham, NC, USA
46 Gene Mauch 9 1944 1957 0 304 853 737 93 176 25 7 5 62 6 0 104 82 .239 .333 .312 .645 Aug 8 Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
47 Bob Mavis 1 1949 1949 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 1 Little Rock, AR, USA
48 Eddie Miksis 14 1944 1958 0 1042 3338 3053 383 722 95 17 44 228 52 22 215 313 .236 .288 .322 .610 Apr 8 Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA
49 Al Milnar 8 1936 1946 1 208 412 390 41 79 15 2 4 29 1 0 15 107 .203 .234 .282 .516 Jun 30 Cleveland, OH, USA
50 Herb Moford 4 1955 1962 0 50 48 44 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .045 .067 .045 .112 Dec 3 Cincinnati, OH, USA
51 Ron Mrozinski 2 1954 1955 0 37 18 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .063 .063 .063 .125 Oct 19 Washington, NJ, USA
52 Mike Naymick 4 1939 1944 0 52 29 26 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .154 .185 .154 .339 Oct 12 Stockton, CA, USA
53 Milt Nielsen 2 1949 1951 0 19 18 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .067 .222 .067 .289 Aug 1 Mankato, MN, USA
54 Mickey Owen 13 1937 1954 4 1209 4072 3649 338 929 163 21 14 378 36 1 326 181 .255 .318 .322 .640 Jul 13 Mt. Vernon, MO, USA
55 Jim Pearce 5 1949 1955 0 30 20 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .105 .105 .105 .211 Jul 17 Raleigh, NC, USA
56 Al Porto 1 1948 1948 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jul 6 Lancaster, CA, USA
57 Vic Power 12 1954 1965 6 1627 6461 6046 765 1716 290 49 126 658 45 35 279 247 .284 .315 .411 .725 Nov 29 Bayamon, , P.R.
58 Dick Radatz 7 1962 1969 2 381 158 145 6 19 3 0 1 11 0 0 4 79 .131 .160 .172 .332 Mar 16 Easton, MA, USA
59 Billy Reed 1 1952 1952 0 15 55 52 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .250 .264 .250 .514 Dec 5 Houston, TX, USA
60 Xavier Rescigno 3 1943 1945 0 129 84 72 6 9 1 1 0 1 0 10 26 .125 .232 .167 .398 Dec 24 Sun City, AZ, USA
61 Don Rowe 1 1963 1963 0 26 13 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .231 .231 .231 .462 Oct 15 Newport Beach, CA, USA
62 Marius Russo 6 1939 1946 1 122 268 235 23 50 8 1 0 25 1 0 17 53 .213 .266 .255 .521 Mar 26 Fort Myers, FL, USA
63 Luis Sanchez 5 1981 1985 0 0 0 0 0 Feb 4 La Guaira, , Venezuela
64 Jack Sanford 3 1940 1946 0 47 162 153 13 32 4 4 0 11 0 0 9 24 .209 .253 .288 .541 Jan 4 Greensboro, NC, USA
65 Carroll Sembera 5 1965 1970 0 99 17 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .133 .133 .133 .267 Jun 15 Shiner, TX, USA
66 Dick Sipek 1 1945 1945 0 82 170 156 14 38 6 2 0 13 0 9 15 .244 .302 .308 .609 Jul 17 Quincy, IL, USA
67 Frank Smith 7 1950 1956 0 271 98 87 5 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 39 .115 .154 .149 .303 Sep 24 Malone, FL, USA
68 Bobby Stevens 1 1931 1931 0 12 41 35 3 12 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 .343 .410 .343 .753 Dec 30 Frederick, MD, USA
69 Lee Stine 4 1934 1938 0 49 37 30 4 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 6 .300 .400 .367 .767 May 6 Hemet, CA, USA
70 Mike Ulisney 1 1945 1945 0 11 19 18 4 7 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 .389 .421 .611 1.032 Sep 22 New Smyrna Beach, FL, USA
71 Roy Valdes 1 1944 1944 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 3 Miami, FL, USA
72 Corky Valentine 2 1954 1955 0 46 78 72 6 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 29 .125 .137 .167 .304 Jan 21 Roswell, GA, USA
73 Bill Voiselle 9 1942 1950 1 246 525 464 21 68 10 0 0 30 0 25 100 .147 .190 .168 .358 Jan 31 Greenwood, SC, USA
74 Ken Weafer 1 1936 1936 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 4 Guilderland, NY, USA
75 Al Widmar 5 1947 1952 0 114 122 107 4 18 4 0 0 7 0 0 7 37 .168 .219 .206 .425 Oct 15 Tulsa, OK, USA
76 Earl Wilson 11 1959 1970 0 405 838 740 95 144 12 6 35 111 0 0 67 271 .195 .265 .369 .634 Apr 23 Southfield, MI, USA
77 Frank Zupo 3 1957 1961 0 16 20 18 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .167 .250 .222 .472 Mar 25 Burlingame, CA, USA
Totals 387 1928 2002 26 21024 64287 57611 6695 14461 2173 428 909 5925 754 416 5225 7594 .251 .315 .351 .666
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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 Bob Allen 1 1937 1937 0 0 1 .000 6.75 3 1 1 0 0 0 12.0 18 12 9 2 8 8 0 0 0 64 Oct 30 Chesepeake, VA, USA
2 Bud Black 3 1952 1956 0 2 3 .400 4.22 10 5 2 1 1 0 32.0 36 20 15 2 18 0 14 2 0 2 150 Oct 2 St.Louis, MO, USA
3 Stew Bowers 3 1935 1937 0 2 1 .667 4.60 15 2 10 1 0 0 29.1 36 21 15 2 19 5 0 0 0 143 Dec 14 Havertown, PA, USA
4 Harry Boyles 2 1938 1939 0 0 4 .000 5.79 11 2 9 1 0 1 32.2 35 31 21 2 31 19 2 0 1 166 Jan 7 McAllen, TX, USA
5 Nelson Briles 14 1965 1978 0 129 112 .535 3.44 452 279 74 64 17 22 2111.2 2141 929 807 186 547 79 1163 51 5 50 8858 Feb 13 Orlando, FL, USA
6 Bob Carpenter 5 1940 1947 0 25 20 .556 3.60 80 54 12 23 4 2 399.2 411 187 160 38 132 134 3 0 7 1717 Oct 19 Evergreen Park, IL, USA
7 Tom Clyde 1 1943 1943 0 0 0 9.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 8 6 1 4 0 1 0 0 32 Oct 1 Dallas, TX, USA
8 Sandy Consuegra 8 1950 1957 1 51 32 .614 3.37 248 71 91 24 5 26 809.1 811 346 303 43 246 11 193 6 2 8 3401 Nov 16 Miami, FL, USA
9 Buzz Dozier 2 1947 1949 0 0 0 6.55 4 0 4 0 0 0 11.0 14 8 8 0 7 3 0 0 0 50 Nov 24 Waco, TX, USA
10 Tommy Fine 2 1947 1950 0 1 3 .250 6.81 23 7 3 1 0 0 72.2 94 62 55 6 44 16 1 0 1 349 Jan 10 Little Elm, TX, USA
11 Pete Gebrian 1 1947 1947 0 2 3 .400 4.48 27 4 10 0 0 5 66.1 61 40 33 7 33 17 2 0 6 288 May 6 Stuart, FL, USA
12 Al Gettel 7 1945 1955 0 38 45 .458 4.28 184 79 52 31 5 6 734.1 711 382 349 72 310 0 310 19 5 10 3167 Apr 8 Norfolk, VA, USA
13 Hal Griggs 4 1956 1959 0 6 26 .188 5.50 105 45 24 6 1 3 347.0 372 241 212 43 209 7 172 4 0 19 1590 May 10 Tucson, AZ, USA
14 Marv Grissom 10 1946 1959 1 47 45 .511 3.41 356 52 176 12 3 58 810.0 771 358 307 65 343 21 459 28 1 23 3484 Sep 18 Red Bluff, CA, USA
15 Ellie Hendricks 12 1968 1979 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 Dec 21 Glen Burnie, MD, USA
16 Eli Hodkey 1 1946 1946 0 0 1 .000 12.46 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 9 6 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 28 Aug 30 Lorain, OH, USA
17 Cal Hogue 3 1952 1954 0 2 10 .167 4.91 25 16 5 5 0 0 113.2 109 75 62 12 96 51 5 0 2 530 Aug 5 Kettering, OH, USA
18 Vic Johnson 3 1944 1946 0 6 8 .429 5.06 42 15 18 4 1 2 126.1 152 77 71 5 69 31 2 1 2 583 May 10 Eau Claire, WI, USA
19 Bob Mabe 3 1958 1960 0 7 11 .389 4.82 51 14 13 4 0 3 142.0 146 100 76 17 61 8 82 4 0 7 629 Jan 9 Danville, VA, USA
20 Rick Mahler 13 1979 1991 0 96 111 .464 3.99 392 271 32 43 9 6 1951.1 2069 972 866 165 606 70 952 35 23 41 8306 Mar 2 Jupiter, FL, USA
21 Mal Mallette 1 1950 1950 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 Nov 25 Durham, NC, USA
22 Al Milnar 8 1936 1946 1 57 58 .496 4.18 188 127 38 49 10 7 996.1 1043 551 463 43 495 350 7 2 21 4430 Jun 30 Cleveland, OH, USA
23 Herb Moford 4 1955 1962 0 5 13 .278 5.03 50 14 10 6 0 3 157.1 143 94 88 21 64 9 78 10 0 7 674 Dec 3 Cincinnati, OH, USA
24 Ron Mrozinski 2 1954 1955 0 1 3 .250 5.36 37 5 17 1 0 1 82.1 87 52 49 12 44 2 44 4 0 2 370 Oct 19 Washington, NJ, USA
25 Mike Naymick 4 1939 1944 0 5 7 .417 3.93 52 9 26 1 0 2 112.1 89 57 49 5 80 64 6 0 2 504 Oct 12 Stockton, CA, USA
26 Jim Pearce 5 1949 1955 0 3 4 .429 5.78 30 7 6 2 0 0 85.2 97 66 55 6 53 0 22 2 1 3 392 Jul 17 Raleigh, NC, USA
27 Al Porto 1 1948 1948 0 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 15 Jul 6 Lancaster, CA, USA
28 Dick Radatz 7 1962 1969 2 52 43 .547 3.13 381 0 297 0 0 122 693.2 532 260 241 65 296 46 745 30 1 25 2906 Mar 16 Easton, MA, USA
29 Xavier Rescigno 3 1943 1945 0 19 22 .463 4.13 129 21 60 7 1 16 335.1 366 178 154 21 113 115 4 0 3 1456 Dec 24 Sun City, AZ, USA
30 Don Rowe 1 1963 1963 0 0 0 4.28 26 1 12 0 0 0 54.2 59 27 26 6 21 0 27 1 5 1 237 Oct 15 Newport Beach, CA, USA
31 Marius Russo 6 1939 1946 1 45 34 .570 3.13 120 84 19 48 6 5 680.2 618 278 237 41 253 311 6 0 6 2838 Mar 26 Fort Myers, FL, USA
32 Luis Sanchez 5 1981 1985 0 28 21 .571 3.75 194 1 127 0 0 27 369.2 371 169 154 32 145 30 216 15 2 7 1581 Feb 4 La Guaira, , Venezuela
33 Carroll Sembera 5 1965 1970 0 3 11 .214 4.70 99 1 41 0 0 6 139.2 149 81 73 13 73 11 94 4 0 11 635 Jun 15 Shiner, TX, USA
34 Frank Smith 7 1950 1956 0 35 33 .515 3.81 271 7 175 1 0 44 495.2 426 247 210 67 181 3 277 30 2 9 2093 Sep 24 Malone, FL, USA
35 Lee Stine 4 1934 1938 0 3 8 .273 5.09 49 13 22 5 1 2 143.1 179 92 81 9 55 39 9 2 5 650 May 6 Hemet, CA, USA
36 Corky Valentine 2 1954 1955 0 14 12 .538 4.81 46 33 6 7 3 1 221.0 240 121 118 29 76 2 87 5 2 1 951 Jan 21 Roswell, GA, USA
37 Bill Voiselle 9 1942 1950 1 74 84 .468 3.83 245 190 21 74 13 3 1373.1 1370 676 585 115 588 645 15 0 23 5994 Jan 31 Greenwood, SC, USA
38 Ken Weafer 1 1936 1936 0 0 0 12.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 19 Jun 4 Guilderland, NY, USA
39 Al Widmar 5 1947 1952 0 13 30 .302 5.21 114 42 36 12 1 5 388.1 461 244 225 41 176 143 5 1 9 1770 Oct 15 Tulsa, OK, USA
40 Earl Wilson 11 1959 1970 0 121 109 .526 3.69 338 310 15 69 13 0 2051.2 1863 934 842 236 796 35 1452 30 5 79 8677 Apr 23 Southfield, MI, USA
Totals 189 1934 1991 7 892 928 .490 3.91 4410 1783 1467 502 94 378 16203.1 16107 8006 7035 1431 6303 334 8341 348 60 394 69743
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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 Kennedy 4 1963 1968 545 264 278 .487 -14 6 8 7.1
2 Al Lopez HOF 17 1951 1969 2425 1410 1004 .584 406 1 8 2.4
3 Gene Mauch 26 1960 1987 3942 1902 2037 .483 -135 1 8 4.6
Totals 47 1951 1987 6912 3576 3319 .519 257 1 8 4.0
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