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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Rick Adams          1905-1905   11    23    1    4   0   0   0    0    4    0  .174  .296  .174    0   0 Dec 23
 Doc Amole           1897-1898   18    48    5    5   0   0   0    5    2    0  .104  .173  .104    0   0 Jul 05
 Tom Asmussen        1907-1907    2     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 26
 Bock Baker          1901-1901    2     7    0    1   0   0   0    1    0    0  .143  .143  .143    0   0 Jul 17
 Shad Barry          1899-1908 1100  4014  516 1073 128  47  10  391  279    0  .267  .321  .330  140   0 Oct 27
 Harry Bay           1901-1908  675  2640  413  722  65  42   5  141  195    0  .273  .328  .336  169   0 Jan 17
 Erve Beck           1899-1902  232   912  122  265  42  11   9  123   30    0  .291  .315  .390   12   0 Jul 19
 Bill Bergen         1901-1911  947  3028  138  516  45  21   2  193   88   81  .170  .194  .201   23   0 Jun 13
 Curt Bernard        1900-1901   43   147   20   35   2   2   0   14   13    0  .238  .309  .279    3   0 Feb 18
 Bill Bradley        1899-1915 1461  5430  754 1471 275  84  33  552  290   18  .271  .317  .371  181   0 Feb 13
 Sam Brown           1906-1907  141   439   29   88  12   1   0   34   25    0  .200  .256  .232    4   0 May 21
 Charlie Chech       1905-1909   94   198   20   30   1   2   0    6   21    0  .152  .233  .177    0   0 Apr 27
 Walter Clarkson     1904-1908   78   132    9   20   2   4   0   12    1    0  .152  .158  .227    0   0 Nov 03
 Bill Coughlin       1899-1908 1049  3854  481  972 133  39  15  380  203    0  .252  .299  .319  159   0 Jul 12
 Clarence Currie     1902-1903   55   129    5   20   2   1   0    9    6    0  .155  .199  .186    1   0 Dec 30
 Walt Dickson        1910-1915  134   223   16   30   1   0   0    8   14   49  .135  .189  .139    1   0 Dec 03
 Mike Donlin         1899-1914 1049  3854  669 1282 176  97  51  543  312   39  .333  .386  .468  213   0 May 30
 Bob Dresser         1902-1902    1     4    0    1   1   0   0    0    0    0  .250  .250  .500    0   0 Oct 04
 Cy Ferry            1904-1905    4     7    2    2   1   0   0    2    0    0  .286  .286  .429    0   0 Sep 27
 Pop Foster          1898-1901  262   924  146  260  36  20  10  137   76    0  .281  .341  .396   17   0 Apr 08
 Nig Fuller          1902-1902    3     9    0    0   0   0   0    1    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Mar 30
 Warren Gill         1908-1908   27    76   10   17   0   1   0   14   11    0  .224  .366  .250    3   0 Dec 21
 Charlie Graham      1906-1906   30    90   10   21   1   0   1   12   10    0  .233  .330  .278    1   0 Apr 24
 Oscar Graham        1907-1907   26    48    7   11   1   2   1    4    2    0  .229  .275  .396    1   0 Jul 20
 Dolly Gray          1909-1911  110   218   10   44   8   1   0   16    9    0  .202  .233  .248    0   0 Dec 04
 Emil Haberer        1901-1909   16    47    4    7   1   1   0    3    5    0  .149  .231  .213    0   0 Feb 02
 Bob Hall            1904-1905  103   369   33   75   8   1   2   32   25    0  .203  .256  .247   13   0 Dec 20
 Jack Harper         1899-1906  160   451   51   84   9   7   1   41   34    0  .186  .246  .244    5   0 Apr 02
 Hub Hart            1905-1907   57   127   10   27   1   0   0   11   10    0  .213  .275  .220    1   0 Feb 02
 Frank Hemphill      1906-1909   14    43    0    3   0   0   0    2    9    0  .070  .259  .070    1   0 May 13
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Otto Hess           1902-1915  280   714   63  154  21   9   5   58   27   54  .216  .248  .291    4   0 Oct 10
 Larry Hesterfer     1901-1901    1     2    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .333  .000    0   0 Jun 09
 George Hildebrand   1902-1902   11    41    3    9   1   0   0    5    3    0  .220  .289  .244    0   0 Sep 06
 Jack Himes          1905-1906   52   196   13   48   5   2   0   14    8    0  .245  .278  .291    4   0 Sep 22
 Harry Hinchman      1907-1907   15    51    3   11   3   1   0    9    5    0  .216  .286  .314    2   0 Aug 04
 Larry Hoffman       1901-1901    6    22    2    7   1   0   0    6    0    0  .318  .348  .364    1   0 Jul 18
 Fred Holmes         1903-1904    2     3    1    1   1   0   0    0    1    0  .333  .500  .667    0   0 Jul 01
 Sam Hope            1907-1907    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Dec 04
 Miller Huggins      1904-1916 1586  5558  948 1474 146  50   9  318 1003  312  .265  .382  .314  324  12 Mar 27
 Tom Hughes          1900-1913  410   958   89  190  28  15   6   79   39   14  .198  .231  .278    8   0 Nov 29
 Bert Husting        1900-1902   71   183   25   33   5   3   1   19    1    0  .180  .189  .257    1   0 Mar 06
 Slats Jordan        1901-1902    2     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 27
 John Kalahan        1903-1903    1     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 30
 Bill Kay            1907-1907   25    60    8   20   1   1   0    7    0    0  .333  .333  .383    0   0 Feb 14
 Snapper Kennedy     1902-1902    1     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Nov 01
 Chris Lindsay       1905-1906  229   828   97  200  30   3   0   64   63    0  .242  .301  .285   28   0 Jul 24
 Pete Loos           1901-1901    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Mar 23
 Ed MacGamwell       1905-1905    4    16    0    4   0   0   0    0    1    0  .250  .294  .250    0   0 Jan 10
 Frank Mahar         1902-1902    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Dec 04
 Bill Malarkey       1908-1908   15     6    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Nov 26
 Billy Maloney       1901-1908  696  2476  294  585  54  42   6  177  162    0  .236  .294  .299  155   0 Jun 05
 Jimmy Mathison      1902-1902   29    91   12   24   2   1   0    7    9    0  .264  .368  .308    2   0 Nov 11
 William Matthews    1909-1909    5     8    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jan 12
 Jim McGinley        1904-1905    4    12    0    2   0   0   0    1    0    0  .167  .167  .167    0   0 Oct 02
 John McMakin        1902-1902    4    11    3    2   0   0   0    0    2    0  .182  .357  .182    0   0 Mar 06
 Harry McNeal        1901-1901   12    37    1    6   1   0   0    2    1    0  .162  .184  .189    0   0 Aug 11
 Billy Milligan      1901-1904   12    24    7    6   1   1   1    3    3    0  .250  .333  .500    0   0 Aug 19
 Fred Mitchell       1901-1913  201   572   55  120  16   7   0   52   22    2  .210  .245  .262    8   0 Jun 05
 Charlie Moran       1903-1908   25    77    4   17   1   2   0    3    0    0  .221  .221  .286    1   0 Feb 22
 Cy Morgan           1903-1913  210   489   26   61   7   1   0   37   11    0  .125  .146  .143    2   0 Nov 10
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Jim Murray          1902-1914   82   261   21   53   9   2   3   24   13   24  .203  .244  .287    2   0 Jan 16
 Jack Pfiester       1903-1911  149   349   18   36   3   1   0   14   20   17  .103  .154  .117    2   0 May 24
 Bill Pounds         1903-1903    2     5    1    3   0   0   0    1    0    0  .600  .667  .600    0   0 Mar 11
 Rip Ragan           1903-1903    3     8    2    2   0   0   0    1    1    0  .250  .333  .250    0   0 Jun 05
 Butch Rementer      1904-1904    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Mar 14
 Bill Richardson     1901-1901   15    52    7   11   2   0   2    7    6    0  .212  .293  .365    1   0 Jan 24
 Frank Roth          1903-1910  282   783   83  196  32   8   1   75   36    2  .250  .289  .315   19   0 Oct 11
 Larry Schlafly      1902-1914  208   658   91  158  20  12   5   58   90   22  .240  .349  .330   41   0 Sep 19
 Admiral Schlei      1904-1911  636  1918  195  455  52  21   6  209  172   11  .237  .307  .296   38   0 Jan 12
 Spike Shannon       1904-1908  694  2613  383  677  49  15   3  183  286    0  .259  .337  .293  145   0 Feb 07
 Jimmy Sheckard      1897-1913 2122  7605 1296 2084 354 136  56  813 1135  233  .274  .375  .378  465   0 Nov 23
 Walt Slagle         1910-1910    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Dec 15
 Jack Slattery       1901-1909  103   288   14   61   5   2   0   27    6    0  .212  .236  .243    3   0 Jan 06
 Fred Smith          1907-1907   18    28    1    3   0   0   0    1    0    0  .107  .107  .107    1   0 Nov 24
 Homer Smoot         1902-1906  680  2635  308  763 102  45  15  269  149    0  .290  .336  .380   84   0 Mar 23
 Charlie Starr       1905-1909  110   375   33   79   4   3   0   20   51    0  .211  .315  .237   13   0 Aug 30
 Charlie Swindells   1904-1904    3     8    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .125  .125  .125    0   0 Oct 26
 Len Swormstedt      1901-1906    8    23    0    1   0   0   0    1    0    0  .043  .043  .043    0   0 Oct 06
 Rube Vickers        1902-1909   90   163    4   26   4   0   0   13   10    0  .160  .208  .184    0   0 May 17
 Jake Volz           1901-1908   11    10    1    1   0   0   0    1    0    0  .100  .100  .100    0   0 Apr 04
 Mike Welday         1907-1909   53   109    5   22   1   1   0    5   10    0  .202  .269  .229    2   0 Dec 13
 Ed Wheeler          1902-1902   30    96    4   12   0   0   0    5    3    0  .125  .152  .125    1   0 Jun 15
 Jack White          1904-1904    1     5    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jan 19
 Bob Wicker          1901-1906  172   477   54   98   9   4   0   27   22    0  .205  .247  .241   10   0 May 24
 Highball Wilson     1899-1904   49   132   10   26   6   3   0    6    9    0  .197  .254  .288    1   0 Aug 09
 George Winter       1901-1908  223   592   56  114   5   0   1   20   20    0  .193  .224  .206    9   0 Apr 27
 Gene Wright         1901-1904   48   138   17   23   2   5   1    9    1    0  .167  .179  .275    0   0 Dec 11
 Bill Yohe           1909-1909   21    72    6   15   2   0   0    4    3    0  .208  .240  .236    2   0 Sep 02
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

88 Players

Pitchers Born in 1878

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Pitch Glossary

 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Rick Adams          1905-1905   2   5  .286  3.59   11   6   3   1   0   62.7   63   25   1   24   25 Dec 23
 Doc Amole           1897-1898   4  10  .286  4.75   18  12  10   0   0  119.3  150   63   0   39   30 Jul 05
 Bock Baker          1901-1901   0   2  .000  7.71    2   2   1   0   0   14.0   29   12   0   12    1 Jul 17
 Bill Bradley        1901-1901   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    4    0   0    0    0 Feb 13
 Charlie Chech       1905-1909  33  30  .524  2.52   94  63  45   6   3  606.0  602  170  10  162  187 Apr 27
 Walter Clarkson     1904-1908  18  16  .529  3.17   78  37  23   4   1  374.7  340  132  12  132  178 Nov 03
 Clarence Currie     1902-1903  15  23  .395  3.39   53  38  31   4   2  371.3  385  140   9  121  111 Dec 30
 Walt Dickson        1910-1915  26  50  .342  3.60  134  79  40   4   2  700.0  759  280  17  222  202 Dec 03
 Mike Donlin         1899-1902   0   1  .000  7.16    4   1   0   0   0   16.3   16   13   1   14    6 May 30
 Bob Dresser         1902-1902   0   1  .000  3.00    1   1   1   0   0    9.0   12    3   0    0    8 Oct 04
 Cy Ferry            1904-1905   0   1  .000  7.20    4   2   1   0   0   15.0   15   12   1   11    6 Sep 27
 Oscar Graham        1907-1907   4   9  .308  3.98   20  14   6   0   0  104.0  116   46   3   29   44 Jul 20
 Dolly Gray          1909-1911  15  51  .227  3.52   98  70  46   3   0  568.0  586  222   8  182  213 Dec 04
 Jack Harper         1899-1906  80  64  .556  3.55  158 148 115  10   1 1216.7 1198  480  25  438  466 Apr 02
 Otto Hess           1902-1915  70  90  .438  2.98  198 165 129  18   5 1418.0 1355  469  25  448  580 Oct 10
 Larry Hesterfer     1901-1901   0   1  .000  7.50    1   1   1   0   0    6.0   15    5   0    3    2 Jun 09
 Sam Hope            1907-1907   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    0.3    3    0   0    0    0 Dec 04
 Tom Hughes          1900-1913 131 175  .428  3.09  399 313 227  25  16 2644.0 2610  909  51  853 1368 Nov 29
 Bert Husting        1900-1902  24  21  .533  4.16   69  54  37   1   1  437.3  499  202  14  199  122 Mar 06
 Pete Loos           1901-1901   0   1  .000 27.00    1   1   0   0   0    1.0    2    3   0    4    0 Mar 23
 Bill Malarkey       1908-1908   0   2  .000  2.57   15   0   0   0   2   35.0   31   10   1   10   12 Nov 26
 William Matthews    1909-1909   0   0        3.24    5   1   0   0   0   16.7   16    6   1   10    6 Jan 12
 Jim McGinley        1904-1905   2   2  .500  3.30    4   4   3   0   0   30.0   33   11   1    8    6 Oct 02
 John McMakin        1902-1902   2   2  .500  3.09    4   4   4   0   0   32.0   34   11   0   11    6 Mar 06
 Harry McNeal        1901-1901   5   5  .500  4.43   12  10   9   0   0   85.3  120   42   4   30   15 Aug 11
 Billy Milligan      1901-1904   0   4  .000  4.81   11   4   3   0   2   58.0   79   31   3   18   11 Aug 19
 Fred Mitchell       1901-1905  31  49  .388  4.10   97  86  71   2   1  718.3  806  327  16  303  216 Jun 05
 Charlie Moran       1903-1903   0   1  .000  5.25    3   2   2   0   0   24.0   30   14   0   19    7 Feb 22
 Cy Morgan           1903-1913  78  78  .500  2.51  210 172 107  15   3 1445.3 1180  403  18  578  667 Nov 10
 Jack Pfiester       1903-1911  71  44  .617  2.02  149 128  75  17   0 1067.3  869  240   6  293  503 May 24
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Bill Pounds         1903-1903   0   0        8.18    2   0   0   0   0   11.0   16   10   1    2    4 Mar 11
 Rip Ragan           1903-1903   0   2  .000  6.00    3   2   2   0   0   18.0   40   12   0    7    7 Jun 05
 Walt Slagle         1910-1910   0   0        9.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    0    1   0    3    0 Dec 15
 Fred Smith          1907-1907   2   7  .222  2.85   18   9   5   0   1   85.3   90   27   3   24   19 Nov 24
 Len Swormstedt      1901-1906   3   4  .429  2.22    8   7   7   0   0   65.0   58   16   3   10   22 Oct 06
 Rube Vickers        1902-1909  22  27  .449  2.93   88  45  29   7   2  458.0  426  149   1  119  213 May 17
 Jake Volz           1901-1908   2   4  .333  6.10   11   7   2   0   0   38.3   34   26   3   29   12 Apr 04
 Bob Wicker          1901-1906  64  52  .552  2.73  138 117  97  10   1 1036.7  963  314  16  293  472 May 24
 Highball Wilson     1899-1904  14  27  .341  3.29   47  42  37   1   0  371.7  417  136   8   71   86 Aug 09
 George Winter       1901-1908  83 102  .449  2.87  220 182 146   9   4 1656.0 1552  528  32  377  568 Apr 27
 Gene Wright         1901-1904  14  26  .350  4.50   46  40  31   2   1  323.7  361  162   9  152  140 Dec 11
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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