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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 Ed Bahr 2 1946 1947 0 50 72 68 2 10 0 1 0 5 0 0 18 .147 .147 .176 .324 Apr 6 Fall City, WA, USA
2 Ed Bailey 14 1953 1966 6 1212 4208 3581 432 915 128 15 155 540 17 18 545 577 .256 .355 .429 .784 Mar 23 Knoxville, TN, USA
3 Steve Barber 15 1960 1974 2 416 649 563 24 65 5 2 5 27 0 1 38 320 .115 .174 .158 .332 Feb 4 Henderson, NV, USA
4 Hank Bauer 14 1948 1961 3 1544 5776 5145 833 1424 229 57 164 703 50 33 521 638 .277 .346 .439 .785 Feb 9 Lenexa, KS, USA
5 Jim Beauchamp 10 1963 1973 0 393 730 661 79 153 18 4 14 90 6 5 54 150 .231 .288 .334 .622 Dec 25 Atlanta, GA, USA
6 Rod Beck 13 1991 2004 3 579 20 19 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .211 .211 .211 .421 Jun 23 Phoenix, AZ, USA
7 Ray Berres 11 1934 1945 0 561 1439 1330 96 287 37 3 3 78 4 76 134 .216 .260 .255 .515 Feb 1 Kenosha, WI, USA
8 Milt Bocek 2 1933 1934 0 30 69 60 6 16 2 0 1 6 0 0 9 11 .267 .362 .350 .712 Apr 29 Brookfield, IL, USA
9 Clete Boyer 16 1955 1971 0 1725 6365 5780 645 1396 200 33 162 654 41 28 470 931 .242 .299 .372 .670 Jun 4 Atlanta, GA, USA
10 Lew Burdette 18 1950 1967 3 666 1124 1011 101 185 27 4 12 75 2 0 32 271 .183 .216 .253 .469 Feb 6 Winter Garden, FL, USA
11 Tommy Byrne 13 1943 1957 1 377 655 601 73 143 26 8 14 98 1 0 38 126 .238 .286 .378 .663 Dec 20 Wake Forest, NC, USA
12 Mike Coolbaugh 2 2001 2002 0 44 91 82 10 15 6 0 2 7 0 0 6 19 .183 .256 .329 .585 Jul 22 North Little Rock, AR, USA
13 Otis Davis 1 1946 1946 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jul 23 Clearwater, FL, USA
14 Don Dennis 2 1965 1966 0 79 17 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .176 .176 .176 .353 Mar 22 Fort Scott, KS, USA
15 Terry Enyart 1 1974 1974 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Feb 15 Zephyrhills, FL, USA
16 Art Fowler 9 1954 1964 0 362 292 231 16 35 1 0 0 20 0 0 23 62 .152 .232 .156 .388 Jan 29 Spartanburg, SC, USA
17 Buddy Hancken 1 1940 1940 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Feb 15 The Meadows, TX, USA
18 Josh Hancock 6 2002 2007 0 97 30 24 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 18 .083 .214 .083 .298 Apr 29 St. Louis, MO, USA
19 Gomer Hodge 1 1971 1971 0 80 90 83 3 17 3 0 1 9 0 0 4 19 .205 .256 .277 .533 May 13 Saluda, NC, USA
20 Hal Jeffcoat 12 1948 1959 0 918 2131 1963 249 487 95 18 26 188 49 7 114 289 .248 .291 .355 .645 Aug 30 Tampla, FL, USA
21 Sherman Jones 3 1960 1962 0 48 26 25 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .280 .308 .280 .588 Feb 21 Lawrence, KS, USA
22 Dick Joyce 1 1965 1965 0 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 23 Raleigh, NC, USA
23 Joe Kennedy 7 2001 2007 0 49 103 91 6 16 2 1 0 8 0 0 3 17 .176 .202 .220 .422 Nov 23 Bradenton, FL, USA
24 Ernie Koy 5 1938 1942 0 558 2016 1846 238 515 108 29 36 260 40 137 284 .279 .332 .427 .759 Jan 1 Bellville, TX, USA
25 Lou Kretlow 10 1946 1956 0 200 269 237 7 27 2 0 0 12 0 0 16 118 .114 .170 .122 .292 Sep 12
26 Dick Kryhoski 7 1949 1955 0 569 1946 1794 203 475 85 14 45 231 5 13 119 163 .265 .314 .403 .717 Apr 10 Beverly Hills, MI, USA
27 Clem Labine 13 1950 1962 2 514 256 227 12 17 3 0 3 11 0 0 15 121 .075 .136 .128 .264 Mar 2 Vero Beach, FL, USA
28 Max Lanier 14 1938 1953 2 328 599 535 46 99 4 1 0 27 0 0 23 45 .185 .219 .196 .415 Jan 30 Lecanto, FL, USA
29 Norm Larker 6 1958 1963 2 667 2229 1953 227 538 97 15 32 271 3 5 211 165 .275 .347 .390 .736 Mar 12 Long Beach, CA, USA
30 Bill Lefebvre 4 1938 1944 0 75 102 87 8 24 5 2 1 11 0 0 15 11 .276 .382 .414 .796 Jan 19 Largo, FL, USA
31 Lou Limmer 2 1951 1954 0 209 603 530 66 107 19 4 19 62 3 3 63 77 .202 .285 .360 .646 Apr 1 Boca Raton, FL, USA
32 Art Lopatka 2 1945 1946 0 8 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 Mar 10 Elk Grove Village, IL, USA
33 Emil Mailho 1 1936 1936 0 21 23 18 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 .056 .261 .056 .316 Mar 7 Hayward, CA, USA
34 Bob Malloy 5 1943 1949 0 48 31 31 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .226 .226 .290 .516 Feb 20 Cincinnati, OH, USA
35 Charlie Marshall 1 1941 1941 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 15 Wilmington, DE, USA
36 Marty Martinez 7 1962 1972 0 436 1038 945 97 230 19 11 0 57 7 8 70 107 .243 .296 .287 .583 Mar 8 Santo Domingo, , D.R.
37 Orlando McFarlane 5 1962 1968 0 124 316 292 22 70 12 0 5 20 0 0 20 93 .240 .290 .332 .622 Jul 18 Ponce, , P.R.
38 Ralph McLeod 1 1938 1938 0 6 7 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .429 .714 Apr 27 Weymouth, MA, USA
39 Ox Miller 4 1943 1947 0 26 30 27 5 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 8 .259 .286 .407 .693 Aug 13 Beesville, TX, USA
40 Bob Milliken 2 1953 1954 0 61 54 51 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 12 .137 .154 .176 .330 Jan 3 Clearwater, FL, USA
41 Joe Nuxhall 16 1944 1966 2 555 861 766 76 152 21 3 15 78 2 2 40 199 .198 .240 .292 .532 Nov 15 Fairfield, OH, USA
42 Gene Oliver 10 1959 1969 0 786 2467 2216 268 546 111 5 93 320 24 21 215 420 .246 .315 .427 .742 Mar 3 Rock Island, IL, USA
43 Jim Pisoni 5 1953 1960 0 103 212 189 26 40 3 3 6 20 0 0 16 47 .212 .278 .354 .632 Feb 4 Dallas, TX, USA
44 Danny Reynolds 1 1945 1945 0 29 78 72 6 12 2 1 0 4 1 2 3 8 .167 .200 .222 .422 Feb 18 Statesville, NC, USA
45 Phil Rizzuto HOF 13 1941 1956 5 1661 6711 5816 877 1588 239 62 38 563 149 58 651 398 .273 .351 .355 .706 Aug 13
46 Bill Robinson 16 1966 1983 0 1472 4729 4364 536 1127 229 29 166 641 71 49 263 820 .258 .300 .438 .738 Jul 29 Las Vegas, NV, USA
47 Vern Ruhle 13 1974 1986 0 186 225 182 12 27 5 0 0 9 0 1 22 96 .148 .244 .176 .420 Jan 20 Houston, TX, USA
48 Willard Schmidt 7 1952 1959 0 194 172 153 10 25 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 52 .163 .205 .176 .381 Mar 22 Newcastle, OK, USA
49 Rollie Stiles 3 1930 1933 0 85 98 92 5 13 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 37 .141 .177 .174 .351 Jul 22 Bethesda, MD, USA
50 Bobby Sturgeon 6 1940 1948 0 420 1279 1220 106 313 48 12 1 80 7 34 79 .257 .277 .318 .595 Mar 10 San Dimas, CA, USA
51 John Vukovich 10 1970 1981 0 277 607 559 37 90 14 1 6 44 4 5 29 109 .161 .203 .222 .425 Mar 8 Philadelphia, PA, USA
52 Bill Wight 12 1946 1958 0 347 546 480 19 55 6 0 0 24 0 1 24 169 .115 .160 .127 .287 May 17 Mount Shasta, CA, USA
53 Archie Wilson 2 1951 1952 0 51 150 140 9 31 5 3 0 17 0 0 7 14 .221 .268 .300 .568 Apr 28 Decatur, AL, USA
54 Casey Wise 4 1957 1960 0 126 352 321 37 56 6 3 3 17 2 1 29 36 .174 .243 .240 .483 Feb 20 Naples, FL, USA
55 Ken Wood 6 1948 1953 0 342 1109 995 110 223 52 7 34 143 1 7 102 141 .224 .298 .393 .691 Nov 22
Totals 387 1930 2007 31 19724 53010 47488 5654 11605 1885 351 1063 5454 489 268 4076 7468 .244 .306 .366 .672
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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 Ed Bahr 2 1946 1947 0 11 11 .500 3.37 46 25 11 8 0 0 219.0 210 102 82 13 95 69 8 0 2 937 Apr 6 Fall City, WA, USA
2 Steve Barber 15 1960 1974 2 121 106 .533 3.36 466 272 90 59 21 13 1999.0 1818 870 747 125 950 59 1309 42 6 91 8591 Feb 4 Henderson, NV, USA
3 Rod Beck 13 1991 2004 3 38 45 .458 3.30 704 0 519 0 0 286 768.0 703 308 282 97 191 33 644 20 3 23 3170 Jun 23 Phoenix, AZ, USA
4 Lew Burdette 18 1950 1967 3 203 144 .585 3.66 626 373 128 158 33 31 3067.1 3186 1400 1246 289 628 63 1074 56 7 23 12745 Feb 6 Winter Garden, FL, USA
5 Tommy Byrne 13 1943 1957 1 85 69 .552 4.11 281 170 72 65 12 12 1362.0 1138 688 622 98 1037 10 766 85 4 28 6181 Dec 20 Wake Forest, NC, USA
6 Don Dennis 2 1965 1966 0 6 5 .545 3.69 79 1 27 0 0 8 114.2 120 53 47 11 33 21 54 2 0 2 486 Mar 22 Fort Scott, KS, USA
7 Terry Enyart 1 1974 1974 0 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 6 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 13 Feb 15 Zephyrhills, FL, USA
8 Art Fowler 9 1954 1964 0 54 51 .514 4.03 362 90 134 25 4 32 1024.0 1039 505 458 99 308 31 539 9 1 16 4325 Jan 29 Spartanburg, SC, USA
9 Josh Hancock 6 2002 2007 0 9 7 .563 4.20 102 12 28 0 0 1 177.2 175 94 83 30 59 4 110 2 1 9 765 Apr 29 St. Louis, MO, USA
10 Hal Jeffcoat 12 1948 1959 0 39 37 .513 4.22 245 51 106 13 1 25 697.0 772 365 327 73 257 35 239 22 0 13 3053 Aug 30 Tampla, FL, USA
11 Sherman Jones 3 1960 1962 0 2 6 .250 4.73 48 5 18 0 0 3 110.1 119 71 58 12 46 9 53 5 3 6 492 Feb 21 Lawrence, KS, USA
12 Dick Joyce 1 1965 1965 0 0 1 .000 2.77 5 3 2 0 0 0 13.0 12 7 4 0 4 0 7 0 1 2 55 Jan 23 Raleigh, NC, USA
13 Joe Kennedy 7 2001 2007 0 43 61 .413 4.79 222 139 24 7 2 2 908.2 1001 536 484 105 335 23 558 55 3 36 4015 Nov 23 Bradenton, FL, USA
14 Lou Kretlow 10 1946 1956 0 27 47 .365 4.87 199 104 43 22 3 1 785.1 781 479 425 62 522 4 450 10 0 25 3586 Sep 12
15 Clem Labine 13 1950 1962 2 77 56 .579 3.63 513 38 288 7 2 96 1079.2 1043 492 435 81 396 54 551 11 0 27 4577 Mar 2 Vero Beach, FL, USA
16 Max Lanier 14 1938 1953 2 108 82 .568 3.01 327 204 62 91 21 17 1619.1 1490 630 541 65 611 821 18 8 13 6772 Jan 30 Lecanto, FL, USA
17 Bill Lefebvre 4 1938 1944 0 5 5 .500 5.03 36 10 22 3 0 3 132.1 162 89 74 10 51 36 2 0 1 593 Jan 19 Largo, FL, USA
18 Art Lopatka 2 1945 1946 0 1 1 .500 6.35 8 2 4 1 0 0 17.0 20 15 12 1 7 9 1 0 1 81 Mar 10 Elk Grove Village, IL, USA
19 Bob Malloy 5 1943 1949 0 4 7 .364 3.26 48 3 26 1 0 2 116.0 116 52 42 4 52 35 2 0 1 474 Feb 20 Cincinnati, OH, USA
20 Marty Martinez 7 1962 1972 0 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Mar 8 Santo Domingo, , D.R.
21 Ox Miller 4 1943 1947 0 4 6 .400 6.38 24 10 5 4 0 1 91.2 123 66 65 12 33 27 2 0 4 427 Aug 13 Beesville, TX, USA
22 Bob Milliken 2 1953 1954 0 13 6 .684 3.59 61 13 18 3 0 4 180.1 152 83 72 25 60 90 2 0 5 746 Jan 3 Clearwater, FL, USA
23 Joe Nuxhall 16 1944 1966 2 135 117 .536 3.90 526 287 100 83 20 19 2302.2 2310 1093 998 209 776 44 1372 70 7 45 9813 Nov 15 Fairfield, OH, USA
24 Vern Ruhle 13 1974 1986 0 67 88 .432 3.73 327 188 45 29 12 11 1411.1 1483 675 585 119 348 37 582 35 5 15 5964 Jan 20 Houston, TX, USA
25 Willard Schmidt 7 1952 1959 0 31 29 .517 3.93 194 55 50 11 1 2 586.1 563 281 256 57 278 31 323 11 0 20 2534 Mar 22 Newcastle, OK, USA
26 Rollie Stiles 3 1930 1933 0 9 14 .391 5.92 85 18 37 9 1 1 298.0 402 232 196 16 148 86 5 0 6 1388 Jul 22 Bethesda, MD, USA
27 Bill Wight 12 1946 1958 0 77 99 .438 3.95 347 198 59 66 15 8 1563.0 1656 791 686 74 714 7 574 14 7 45 6851 May 17 Mount Shasta, CA, USA
Totals 214 1930 2007 15 1169 1100 .515 3.85 5884 2271 1919 665 148 578 20646.0 20599 9984 8831 1688 7943 465 10380 489 56 459 88637
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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 Hank Bauer 8 1961 1969 1139 594 544 .522 50 1 9 4.5
2 Marty Martinez 1 1986 1986 1 0 1 .000 -1 7 7 7.0
3 John Vukovich 2 1986 1988 11 6 5 .545 1 5 6 5.8
Totals 11 1961 1988 1151 600 550 .522 50 1 9 4.5
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