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Batting Glossary

 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Whitey Alperman     1906-1909  450  1632  134  387  60  36   7  141   30    0  .237  .268  .331   27   0 Nov 11
 Fred Applegate      1904-1904    3     7    0    2   0   0   0    1    0    0  .286  .286  .286    0   0 May 09
 Harry Arndt         1902-1907  271   985  118  244  26  20   6   99   85    0  .248  .312  .333   27   0 Feb 12
 Jake Atz            1902-1909  209   605   64  132  21   3   0   49   69    0  .218  .304  .263   23   0 Jul 01
 Jimmy Austin        1909-1929 1580  5388  661 1328 174  76  13  390  592  363  .246  .326  .314  244  43 Dec 08
 Jack Barnett        1907-1907   59   206   18   49   8   4   0   12   15    0  .238  .296  .316    5   0 Dec 16
 Tom Barry           1904-1904    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 10
 Fred Beebe          1906-1916  205   457   24   72   7   6   0   30    8   22  .158  .172  .199    1   0 Dec 31
 Benny Bowcock       1903-1903   14    50    7   16   3   1   1   10    3    0  .320  .358  .480    1   0 Oct 28
 Dick Braggins       1901-1901    4    13    1    2   0   0   0    2    0    0  .154  .154  .154    1   0 Dec 25
 Dave Brain          1901-1908  679  2543  254  641  97  52  27  303  134    0  .252  .292  .363   73   0 Jan 24
 Roger Bresnahan     1897-1915 1446  4481  682 1252 218  71  26  530  714   99  .279  .386  .377  212   3 Jun 11
 Fred Brown          1901-1902    9    20    2    4   1   0   0    2    0    0  .200  .200  .250    0   0 Apr 12
 Fred Burchell       1903-1909   50   109    6   24   1   0   0    7    0    0  .220  .220  .229    0   0 Jul 14
 C.B. Burns          1902-1902    1     1    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000    0   0 May 15
 John Butler         1901-1907   44   119    6   16   2   0   0    3   14    0  .134  .231  .151    0   0 Jul 26
 Ben Caffyn          1906-1906   30   103   16   20   4   0   0    3   12    0  .194  .291  .233    2   0 Feb 10
 Jack Calhoun        1902-1902   20    64    3   10   2   1   0    8    8    0  .156  .260  .219    1   0 Dec 14
 Nick Carter         1908-1908   14    20    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    0  .100  .100  .100    0   0 May 19
 Charlie Case        1901-1906   54   133    8   18   1   1   0    5   13    0  .135  .233  .158    0   0 Sep 07
 John Castle         1910-1910    3     4    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .250  .250  .250    1   0 Jun 01
 Harry Cheek         1910-1910    2     4    1    2   1   0   0    0    0    0  .500  .500  .750    0   0 Apr 23
 Bill Clancy         1905-1905   56   227   23   52  11   3   2   34    4    0  .229  .246  .330    3   0 Apr 12
 Ginger Clark        1902-1902    1     4    2    2   0   0   0    0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0   0 Mar 07
 Josh Clarke         1898-1911  223   809  118  193  18   9   5   43  135   22  .239  .351  .302   51   0 Mar 08
 Bert Conn           1898-1901   12    30    7    8   2   1   0    2    0    0  .267  .290  .400    0   0 Sep 22
 Jim Cook            1903-1903    8    26    3    4   1   0   0    2    2    0  .154  .241  .192    1   0 Nov 10
 Snake Deal          1906-1906   65   231   13   48   4   3   0   21    6    0  .208  .228  .251   15   0 Jan 21
 John Deering        1903-1903   19    47    5    9   1   1   0    5    0    0  .191  .191  .255    1   0 Jun 25
 Rube DeGroff        1905-1906   16    60    4   14   2   1   0    5    5    0  .233  .292  .300    1   0 Sep 02
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Jim Delahanty       1901-1915 1186  4091  520 1159 191  59  19  489  378   24  .283  .357  .373  151   0 Jun 20
 Art Devlin          1904-1913 1313  4412  603 1185 164  57  10  505  576  105  .269  .364  .338  285   0 Oct 16
 George Disch        1905-1905    8    19    0    2   0   0   0    0    0    0  .105  .150  .105    0   0 Mar 15
 Jiggs Donahue       1900-1909  813  2862  319  731  90  31   4  327  215    0  .255  .311  .313  143   0 Jul 13
 Ed Donnelly         1911-1912   43    83   11   20   4   0   0    2    2   20  .241  .267  .289    1   0 Jul 29
 Red Dooin           1902-1916 1290  4004  333  961 139  31  10  344  155   87  .240  .272  .298  133   2 Jun 12
 Jack Dunleavy       1903-1905  231   800   98  193  18  14   2   49   84    0  .241  .318  .306   33   0 Sep 14
 Mal Eason           1900-1906  130   356   17   43   3   0   0   15   10    0  .121  .147  .129    2   0 Mar 13
 Bob Edmondson       1906-1908   29    83    6   16   4   1   0    2    7    0  .193  .264  .265    0   0 Apr 30
 Harry Felix         1901-1902   17    38    3    5   0   0   0    2    4    0  .132  .214  .132    0   0       
 Bill Foxen          1908-1911   61   106    4   15   4   0   1    6    9   12  .142  .216  .208    1   0 May 31
 Jerry Freeman       1908-1909  173   579   47  142  15   6   1   48   40    0  .245  .299  .297    9   0 Dec 26
 John Frill          1910-1912   16    24    2    4   0   0   0    5    1    0  .167  .200  .167    0   0 Apr 03
 Charlie Gibson      1905-1905    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Nov 17
 Noodles Hahn        1899-1906  244   731   65  129  18  10   2   52   53    0  .176  .236  .237    7   0 Apr 29
 Zaza Harvey         1900-1902   76   259   37   86  10   6   1   32   14    0  .332  .373  .429   17   0 Jan 05
 Hugh Hill           1903-1904   24    94   13   21   2   1   3    4    2    0  .223  .240  .362    3   0 Jul 21
 Hunter Hill         1903-1905  325  1200  104  259  32   5   1   80   57    0  .216  .257  .253   26   0 Jun 21
 Homer Hillebrand    1905-1908   47   131   10   31   4   2   0   10    7    0  .237  .281  .298    1   0 Oct 10
 Ed Hilley           1903-1903    1     3    1    1   0   0   0    0    1    0  .333  .500  .333    0   0 Jun 17
 Ed Holly            1906-1915  276   971   92  224  29   7   1   78   63   58  .231  .282  .278   33   0 Jul 06
 Ollie Johns         1905-1905    4     5    2    1   0   0   0    1    0    0  .200  .200  .200    0   0 Aug 21
 Oscar Jones         1903-1905  114   327   28   69   1   1   0   18   11    0  .211  .241  .220    4   0 Oct 22
 Tim Jordan          1901-1910  540  1813  220  474  74  24  32  232  254    2  .261  .355  .382   48   0 Feb 14
 Nick Kahl           1905-1905   40   135   16   29   4   1   0   21    4    0  .215  .248  .259    1   0 Apr 10
 Burt Keeley         1908-1909   33    51    3    6   0   0   0    0    2    0  .118  .151  .118    1   0 Nov 02
 John Kelly          1907-1907   53   197   12   37   5   0   0    6   13    0  .188  .245  .213    7   0 Mar 13
 Ed Kippert          1914-1914    2     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jan 23
 Bill Lauterborn     1904-1905   87   269   18   56   3   1   0   11   13    0  .208  .250  .227    2   0 Jun 09
 Watty Lee           1901-1904  235   763   94  185  35  13   4   70   58    0  .242  .300  .338   13   0 Aug 12
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Louis Leroy         1905-1910   15    23    1    3   0   0   0    1    1    0  .130  .167  .130    0   0 Feb 18
 Charlie Malay       1905-1905  102   349   33   88   7   2   1   31   22    0  .252  .300  .292   13   0 Jun 13
 Frank Martin        1897-1899   20    66    6   16   2   0   0    1    2    0  .242  .275  .273    0   0 Feb 28
 Harry McIntire      1905-1913  257   615   54  134  23   6   2   40   29   24  .218  .258  .285    2   0 Jan 11
 Ed McNichol         1904-1904   17    43    3    4   0   0   0    0    0    0  .093  .093  .093    0   0 Jan 10
 Dutch Meier         1906-1906   82   273   32   70  11   4   0   16   13    0  .256  .298  .326    4   0 Mar 30
 Bill Miller         1902-1902    1     5    0    1   0   0   0    2    0    0  .200  .200  .200    0   0 May 23
 Larry Milton        1903-1903    1     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0   0 May 04
 Mike Mitchell       1907-1914 1124  4095  514 1138 130 104  27  514  368  216  .278  .340  .380  202   7 Dec 12
 Earl Moore          1901-1914  388   949   55  134  13   1   0   43   62  108  .141  .194  .157    4   0 Jul 29
 Charles Moran       1903-1905  269   970   89  201  28   6   1   50   91    0  .207  .279  .252   20   0 Mar 26
 Doc Moskiman        1910-1910    5     9    1    1   0   0   0    1    2    0  .111  .273  .111    0   0 Dec 20
 Tom Needham         1904-1914  523  1491  113  311  50  10   8  117  109   49  .209  .274  .272   20   0 Apr 17
 Paddy O'Connor      1908-1918  108   267   17   60  11   1   0   21   17   34  .225  .276  .273    4   0 Aug 04
 Peaches O'Neill     1904-1904    8    15    0    4   0   0   0    1    1    0  .267  .313  .267    0   0 Aug 30
 Hank Olmsted        1905-1905    3     8    0    1   0   0   0    0    1    0  .125  .222  .125    0   0 Jan 12
 Frank Owen          1901-1909  195   483   33   77  12   0   2   26   34    0  .159  .218  .197    5   0 Dec 23
 Ed Phelps           1902-1913  633  1832  186  460  45  20   3  205  163   46  .251  .325  .302   31   0 Mar 03
 Ed Pinnance         1903-1903    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Oct 22
 Bob Rhoads          1902-1909  231   642   37  121  11   8   2   48   21    0  .188  .214  .240    8   0 Oct 04
 Chick Robitaille    1904-1905   26    66    2    8   0   0   0    3    0    0  .121  .121  .121    1   0 Mar 02
 Ralph Savidge       1908-1909    5     8    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Feb 03
 Paul Sentell        1906-1907   66   195   19   44   5   1   1   14   15    0  .226  .291  .277   15   0 Aug 27
 Owen Shannon        1903-1907   13    35    1    7   2   0   0    3    1    0  .200  .222  .257    0   0 Dec 22
 Charlie Shields     1902-1907   31    63    5   14   2   0   0    3    6    0  .222  .290  .254    0   0 Dec 10
 Ed Smith            1906-1906   19    54    6   11   0   1   0    7    6    0  .204  .295  .241    0   0 Feb 21
 Frank Smith         1904-1915  369   766   81  156  41   9   2   85   64   34  .204  .276  .289    3   0 Oct 28
 Jake Stahl          1903-1913  981  3425  405  894 149  87  31  437  221    1  .261  .323  .382  178   0 Apr 13
 Joe Stewart         1904-1904    2     5    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .200  .200  .200    0   0 Mar 11
 John Terry          1902-1903    4    11    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Nov 01
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Jake Thielman       1905-1908   70   175   27   42   5   6   0   20   21    0  .240  .328  .337    4   0 May 20
 Jack Thoney         1902-1911  264   912  112  216  23  12   3   73   36    0  .237  .269  .298   42   0 Dec 08
 Happy Townsend      1901-1906  155   427   26   71  14   3   1   29   12    0  .166  .196  .220    3   0 Apr 09
 Rube Vinson         1904-1906   64   207   26   47   4   1   0   14   19    0  .227  .301  .256    7   0 Mar 20
 Ham Wade            1907-1907    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0       1.000          0   0 Dec 20
 John Walsh          1903-1903    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Mar 25
 Rube Ward           1902-1902   13    31    4    9   1   0   0    2    2    0  .290  .333  .323    0   0 Feb 06
 Art Weaver          1902-1908   86   257   20   47   5   2   0   15    9    0  .183  .211  .218    1   0 Apr 07
 Doc White           1901-1913  547  1283  147  278  22  13   2   75  147    1  .217  .298  .259   32   0 Apr 09
 Jesse Whiting       1902-1907    6    15    0    4   0   0   0    0    0    0  .267  .267  .267    1   0 May 30
 Gary Wilson         1902-1902    3    11    0    2   0   0   0    1    0    0  .182  .182  .182    0   0 Jan 12
 Hooks Wiltse        1904-1915  375   743   81  156  19   4   2   79   50   25  .210  .266  .254   14   0 Sep 07
 Jack Zalusky        1903-1903    7    16    2    5   0   0   0    1    1    0  .313  .353  .313    0   0 Jun 22
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

103 Players

Pitchers Born in 1879

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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
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Fred Applegate      1904-1904   1   2  .333  6.43    3   3   3   0   0   21.0   29   15   0    8   12 May 09
 Tom Barry           1904-1904   0   1  .000 40.50    1   1   0   0   0    0.7    6    3   0    1    1 Apr 10
 Fred Beebe          1906-1916  62  83  .428  2.86  202 153  93   9   4 1294.3 1090  412  17  534  634 Dec 31
 Dick Braggins       1901-1901   1   2  .333  4.78    4   3   2   0   0   32.0   44   17   1   15    1 Dec 25
 Roger Bresnahan     1897-1910   4   1  .800  3.93    9   6   3   1   0   50.3   68   22   1   15   15 Jun 11
 Fred Burchell       1903-1909  13  15  .464  2.93   49  28  12   0   0  285.7  268   93   3   92  124 Jul 14
 Nick Carter         1908-1908   2   5  .286  2.97   14   5   2   0   0   60.7   58   20   1   17   17 May 19
 Charlie Case        1901-1906  23  19  .548  2.93   54  46  36   6   1  396.0  373  129   2  108  114 Sep 07
 Ginger Clark        1902-1902   1   0 1.000  6.00    1   0   0   0   0    6.0   10    4   0    3    1 Mar 07
 Bert Conn           1898-1900   0   3  .000  7.77    5   2   1   0   0   24.3   42   21   1   18    5 Sep 22
 John Deering        1903-1903   7   7  .500  3.80   19  15  11   1   0  120.7  136   51   3   42   28 Jun 25
 Jim Delahanty       1904-1905   0   0        1.69    2   1   0   0   0    5.3   10    1   1    1    0 Jun 20
 George Disch        1905-1905   0   2  .000  2.64    8   3   1   0   0   47.7   43   14   1    8   14 Mar 15
 Ed Donnelly         1911-1912   8  12  .400  4.03   42  22  14   1   0  221.0  258   99  10   81   83 Jul 29
 Jack Dunleavy       1903-1904   7  12  .368  4.18   21  18  14   0   0  157.0  164   73   6   80   79 Sep 14
 Mal Eason           1900-1906  36  72  .333  3.39  125 113  90  10   1  944.3 1015  356  20  289  273 Mar 13
 Bob Edmondson       1906-1906   0   1  .000  4.50    2   1   1   0   0   10.0   10    5   0    2    0 Apr 30
 Harry Felix         1901-1902   1   3  .250  5.36   10   5   3   0   0   47.0   64   28   1   11   10       
 Bill Foxen          1908-1911  16  20  .444  2.56   61  33  20   3   0  326.3  283   93   4  140  130 May 31
 John Frill          1910-1912   3   3  .500  5.85   16  10   3   1   1   67.7   90   44   2    7   33 Apr 03
 Noodles Hahn        1899-1906 130  94  .580  2.55  243 231 212  25   0 2029.3 1916  574  27  381  917 Apr 29
 Zaza Harvey         1900-1901   3   6  .333  3.47   17   9   5   0   1   96.0   94   37   2   35   27 Jan 05
 Homer Hillebrand    1905-1908   8   4  .667  2.51   18  11   8   1   1  114.7   86   32   1   40   70 Oct 10
 Ollie Johns         1905-1905   1   0 1.000  3.50    4   1   1   0   1   18.0   31    7   1    4    8 Aug 21
 Oscar Jones         1903-1905  44  54  .449  3.20  113  97  83   4   1  875.3  904  311  17  225  257 Oct 22
 Burt Keeley         1908-1909   6  11  .353  3.31   30  15  12   1   1  176.7  185   65   3   49   68 Nov 02
 Watty Lee           1901-1904  30  37  .448  4.29   76  66  51   4   0  549.3  649  262  24  114  162 Aug 12
 Louis Leroy         1905-1910   3   1  .750  3.22   15   5   3   0   1   72.7   66   26   3   15   39 Feb 18
 Harry McIntire      1905-1913  71 117  .378  3.22  237 188 140  17   7 1650.0 1555  590  34  539  626 Jan 11
 Ed McNichol         1904-1904   2  12  .143  4.28   17  15  12   1   0  122.0  120   58   3   74   39 Jan 10
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Larry Milton        1903-1903   0   0        2.25    1   0   0   0   0    4.0    3    1   0    1    0 May 04
 Earl Moore          1901-1914 162 154  .513  2.78  388 326 230  34   7 2776.0 2474  856  57 1108 1403 Jul 29
 Hank Olmsted        1905-1905   1   2  .333  3.24    3   3   3   0   0   25.0   18    9   0   12    6 Jan 12
 Frank Owen          1901-1909  82  67  .550  2.55  194 155 119  16   2 1368.3 1249  388  17  298  443 Dec 23
 Ed Pinnance         1903-1903   0   0        2.57    2   1   0   0   1    7.0    5    2   0    2    2 Oct 22
 Bob Rhoads          1902-1909  97  82  .542  2.61  218 185 154  21   2 1691.7 1604  491  19  494  522 Oct 04
 Chick Robitaille    1904-1905  12   8  .600  2.56   26  20  18   0   0  186.3  178   53   2   41   66 Mar 02
 Ralph Savidge       1908-1909   0   1  .000  5.76    5   1   1   0   0   25.0   28   16   1   11    9 Feb 03
 Charlie Shields     1902-1907   7  13  .350  4.27   30  21  13   1   1  179.0  250   85   8   46   35 Dec 10
 Ed Smith            1906-1906   8  11  .421  3.72   19  18  13   0   0  154.7  153   64   3   53   45 Feb 21
 Frank Smith         1904-1915 139 111  .556  2.59  354 255 184  27   6 2273.0 1975  655  27  676 1051 Oct 28
 Joe Stewart         1904-1904   0   0        9.64    2   0   0   0   0    9.3   12   10   0    4    1 Mar 11
 John Terry          1902-1903   1   2  .333  2.78    4   2   2   0   0   22.7   29    7   0    5    2 Nov 01
 Jake Thielman       1905-1908  30  28  .517  3.16   65  56  49   3   0  475.3  483  167   9  107  158 May 20
 Happy Townsend      1901-1906  35  82  .299  3.59  153 125 107   5   0 1137.7 1154  454  24  416  473 Apr 09
 Doc White           1901-1913 189 156  .548  2.39  427 363 262  45   5 3041.0 2743  808  33  670 1384 Apr 09
 Jesse Whiting       1902-1907   1   2  .333  4.17    5   3   3   1   0   36.7   42   17   0   15    9 May 30
 Hooks Wiltse        1904-1915 139  90  .607  2.47  357 226 154  27  34 2112.3 1892  580  54  498  965 Sep 07
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

48 Pitchers

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