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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Tommie Aaron        1962-1971  437   944  102  216  42   6  13   94   86  145  .229  .292  .327    9   8 Aug 05
 Bernie Allen        1962-1973 1139  3404  357  815 140  21  73  351  370  424  .239  .314  .357   13  16 Apr 16
 Joe Azcue           1960-1972  909  2828  201  712  94   9  50  304  207  344  .252  .304  .344    5  12 Aug 18
 Norm Bass           1961-1963   66    82    5    8   0   0   1    6    3   48  .098  .129  .134    0   0 Jan 21
 Jim Beauchamp       1963-1973  393   661   79  153  18   4  14   90   54  150  .231  .288  .334    6   5 Aug 21
 Dennis Bennett      1962-1968  182   277   18   46   3   0   4   22   17  125  .166  .219  .220    0   1 Oct 05
 Bobby Bolin         1961-1973  496   423   39   69   9   1   6   35   35  166  .163  .232  .232    1   0 Jan 29
 Carl Bouldin        1961-1964   29    21    0    0   0   0   0    0    2   15  .000  .087  .000    0   1 Sep 17
 Jim Bouton          1962-1978  307   347    8   35   3   0   0   21   14  160  .101  .142  .110    0   0 Mar 08
 Sam Bowens          1963-1969  479  1287  141  287  48   6  45  143  100  293  .223  .283  .375   25  13 Mar 23
 Harvey Branch       1962-1962    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Feb 08
 John Braun          1964-1964    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Dec 26
 Lou Brock           1961-1979 2616 10332 1610 3023 486 141 149  900  761 1730  .293  .343  .410  938 307 Jun 18
 Gates Brown         1963-1975 1051  2262  330  582  78  19  84  322  242  275  .257  .330  .420   30   8 May 02
 Johnny Callison     1958-1973 1886  6652  926 1757 321  89 226  840  650 1064  .264  .331  .441   74  51 Mar 12
 Rico Carty          1963-1979 1651  5606  712 1677 278  17 204  890  642  663  .299  .369  .464   21  26 Sep 01
 Doug Clemens        1960-1968  452   920   99  211  34   7  12   88  114  166  .229  .317  .321    6   8 Jun 09
 Ty Cline            1960-1971  892  1834  251  437  53  25   6  125  153  262  .238  .304  .304   22  19 Jun 15
 Ed Connolly         1964-1967   42    29    3    5   2   0   0    2    1   10  .172  .200  .241    0   0 Dec 03
 Jack Cullen         1962-1966   19    23    0    3   0   0   0    1    0   11  .130  .130  .130    0   0 Oct 06
 Ted Davidson        1965-1968  114    31    1    0   0   0   0    0    1   19  .000  .031  .000    0   0 Oct 04
 Tommy Davis         1959-1976 1999  7223  811 2121 272  35 153 1052  381  754  .294  .329  .405  136  59 Mar 21
 Jim Derrington      1956-1957   21     6    1    1   0   0   0    0    1    3  .167  .286  .167    0   0 Nov 29
 Paul Doyle          1969-1972   87     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    5  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Oct 02
 Jim Duckworth       1963-1966   97    59    1    2   0   0   0    1    1   39  .034  .066  .034    0   0 May 24
 Chico Fernandez     1968-1968   24    18    0    2   0   0   0    0    1    2  .111  .158  .111    0   0 Apr 23
 Al Ferrara          1963-1971  574  1382  148  358  60   7  51  198  156  286  .259  .344  .423    0   1 Dec 22
 Jack Fisher         1959-1969  401   594   32   74  11   0   1   31   38  201  .125  .181  .148    1   1 Mar 04
 Russ Gibson         1967-1972  264   794   49  181  34   4   8   78   44  123  .228  .267  .311    2   3 May 06
 Gus Gil             1967-1971  221   468   46   87  16   0   1   37   56   63  .186  .272  .226    5   0 Apr 19
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Dave Giusti         1962-1977  686   412   29   77  10   2   4   46   23   99  .187  .235  .250    0   0 Nov 27
 Julio Gotay         1960-1969  389   988  106  257  38   3   6   70   61  127  .260  .309  .323   12   7 Jun 09
 Guido Grilli        1966-1966   22     2    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .500  .500  .500    0   0 Jan 09
 Bill Heath          1965-1969  112   199   13   47   6   1   0   13   26   22  .236  .326  .276    1   0 Mar 10
 Bob Hendley         1961-1967  222   243   21   23   2   0   1   12   16   99  .095  .157  .115    0   0 Apr 30
 Mike Hershberger    1961-1971 1150  3572  398  900 150  22  26  344  319  311  .252  .316  .328   74  36 Oct 09
 Jesse Hickman       1965-1966   15     0    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Feb 18
 Dennis Higgins      1966-1972  241    58    3    9   0   0   0    3    4   17  .155  .210  .155    0   0 Aug 04
 Herb Hippauf        1966-1966    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 May 09
 Rick Joseph         1964-1970  270   633   69  154  26   1  13   65   51  141  .243  .300  .349    2   3 Aug 24
 Ed Keegan           1959-1962   14     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 08
 Lou Klimchock       1958-1970  318   669   64  155  21   3  13   69   31   71  .232  .264  .330    0   1 Oct 15
 Frank Kreutzer      1962-1969   78    51    2    4   1   0   1    3    1   28  .078  .096  .157    0   0 Feb 07
 Chris Krug          1965-1969   79   214   17   41   6   0   5   25   15   66  .192  .245  .290    0   1 Dec 25
 Coco Laboy          1969-1973  420  1247  108  291  62   2  28  166   97  220  .233  .289  .354    0   5 Jul 03
 Jim Lawrence        1963-1963    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Feb 12
 Denny Lemaster      1962-1972  357   552   25   72   7   1   4   36   32  192  .130  .178  .168    0   0 Feb 25
 Johnny Lewis        1964-1967  266   771   97  175  24   6  22   74   95  194  .227  .313  .359    8   9 Aug 10
 Phil Linz           1962-1968  519  1372  185  322  64   4  11   96  112  195  .235  .295  .311   13  13 Jun 04
 Al Luplow           1961-1967  481  1243  147  292  34   6  33  125  127  213  .235  .311  .352    8  11 Mar 13
 Hector Martinez     1962-1963    7    15    2    4   0   0   1    3    1    4  .267  .353  .467    0   1 May 11
 Dal Maxvill         1962-1975 1423  3443  302  748  79  24   6  252  370  538  .217  .293  .259    7  11 Feb 18
 Dick McAuliffe      1960-1975 1763  6185  888 1530 231  71 197  697  882  974  .247  .343  .403   63  59 Nov 29
 Von McDaniel        1957-1958   19    26    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   10  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 18
 Stover McIlwain     1957-1958    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 22
 Bob Meyer           1964-1970   41    35    1    2   0   0   0    0    1   20  .057  .083  .057    0   0 Aug 04
 Pete Mikkelsen      1964-1972  364    83    4   11   0   0   0    2    4   49  .133  .172  .133    0   0 Oct 25
 Bob Miller          1957-1974  707   299    8   33   1   2   0    8   14  125  .110  .152  .127    0   0 Feb 18
 Jackie Moore        1965-1965   21    53    2    5   0   0   0    2    6   12  .094  .183  .094    0   0 Feb 19
 Al Neiger           1960-1960    6     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0   0 Mar 26
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Dick Nen            1963-1970  367   826   70  185  23   3  21  107   77  152  .224  .288  .335    1   5 Sep 24
 Dave Nicholson      1960-1967  538  1419  184  301  32  12  61  179  219  573  .212  .318  .381    6  10 Aug 29
 Phil Niekro         1964-1987  866  1537   80  260  42   1   7  109   17  314  .169  .183  .211    0   1 Apr 01
 Jim Northrup        1964-1975 1392  4692  603 1254 218  42 153  610  449  635  .267  .333  .429   39  38 Nov 24
 John O'Donoghue     1963-1971  263   206   16   35   3   0   3   11    5   67  .170  .190  .228    1   0 Oct 07
 Phil Ortega         1960-1969  205   253   16   29   3   0   0   11   26  118  .115  .195  .126    0   0 Oct 07
 Claude Osteen       1957-1975  588  1099   90  207  31   6   8   76   40  291  .188  .217  .249    2   1 Aug 09
 Milt Pappas         1957-1973  527  1073   72  132  13   3  20   67   36  510  .123  .157  .197    1   0 May 11
 Wes Parker          1964-1972 1288  4157  548 1110 194  32  64  470  532  615  .267  .351  .375   60  34 Nov 13
 Tom Parsons         1963-1965   40    27    1    1   0   0   0    0    1   20  .037  .071  .037    0   0 Sep 13
 Bob Priddy          1962-1971  261    95    6   13   2   0   1    6    6   43  .137  .204  .189    1   0 Dec 10
 Frank Quilici       1965-1970  405   682   78  146  23   6   5   53   66  120  .214  .281  .287    3   3 May 11
 Pete Richert        1962-1974  446   297   21   43   5   1   1   15    9  129  .145  .172  .178    2   1 Oct 29
 Cookie Rojas        1962-1977 1822  6309  714 1660 254  25  54  593  396  489  .263  .306  .337   74  68 Mar 06
 Santiago Rosario    1965-1965   81    85    8   20   3   0   2    8    6   16  .235  .287  .341    0   0 Jul 25
 Mike Shannon        1962-1970  882  2780  313  710 116  23  68  367  224  525  .255  .311  .387   19  17 Jul 15
 Charlie Shoemaker   1961-1964   28    89   12   23   4   2   0    4    2   13  .258  .275  .348    0   0 Aug 10
 Dick Smith          1963-1965   76   142   18   31   6   2   0    7    6   42  .218  .260  .289    9   4 May 17
 Willie Smith        1963-1971  691  1654  171  410  63  21  46  211  107  284  .248  .295  .395   20  16 Feb 11
 Bill Stafford       1960-1967  187   245   15   38   7   2   0   14    7   63  .155  .181  .200    0   1 Aug 13
 Jimmy Stewart       1963-1973  777  1420  164  336  45  14   8  112  139  218  .237  .306  .305   38  20 Jun 11
 Ron Stillwell       1961-1962   14    38    8    8   1   0   0    3    3    6  .211  .268  .237    0   0 Dec 03
 Ed Stroud           1966-1971  529  1353  209  320  37  28  14  100  129  224  .237  .306  .336   72  26 Oct 31
 Tim Talton          1966-1967   83   112   15   33   6   2   2   11    8   18  .295  .344  .438    0   1 Jan 14
 Hawk Taylor         1957-1970  394   724   56  158  25   0  16   82   36  146  .218  .258  .319    0   3 Apr 03
 Sandy Valdespino    1965-1971  382   765   96  176  23   3   7   67   57  129  .230  .286  .295   14  10 Jan 14
 Zoilo Versalles     1959-1971 1400  5141  650 1246 230  63  95  471  318  810  .242  .290  .367   97  48 Dec 18
 Jerry Walker        1957-1964  211   252   24   58   6   0   4   21    7   51  .230  .253  .302    1   0 Feb 12
 Jim Weaver          1967-1968   27     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    4  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Feb 19
 George Williams     1961-1964   59   135   15   31   7   0   0    5   10   17  .230  .288  .281    0   0 Oct 23
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Dooley Womack       1966-1970  193    31    2    7   0   0   0    4    0    4  .226  .226  .226    1   0 Aug 25
 Jim Woods           1957-1961   36    82   11   17   3   0   3   12    7   28  .207  .275  .354    0   0 Sep 17
 Carl Yastrzemski    1961-1983 3308 11988 1816 3419 646  59 452 1844 1845 1393  .285  .379  .462  168 116 Aug 22
 Frank Zupo          1957-1961   16    18    3    3   1   0   0    0    2    6  .167  .250  .222    0   0 Aug 29
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

94 Players

Pitchers Born in 1939

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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
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Norm Bass           1961-1963  13  17  .433  5.32   65  34   6   2   0  253.7  271  150  26  137  111 Jan 21
 Dennis Bennett      1962-1968  43  47  .478  3.69  182 127  28   6   6  863.0  850  354  98  281  572 Oct 05
 Bobby Bolin         1961-1973  88  75  .540  3.40  495 164  32  10  50 1576.0 1364  596 164  597 1175 Jan 29
 Carl Bouldin        1961-1964   3   8  .273  6.15   27  10   1   0   0   71.7   96   49   5   30   36 Sep 17
 Jim Bouton          1962-1978  62  63  .496  3.57  304 144  34  11   6 1238.7 1131  492 127  435  720 Mar 08
 Harvey Branch       1962-1962   0   1  .000  5.40    1   1   0   0   0    5.0    5    3   1    5    2 Feb 08
 John Braun          1964-1964   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    0   0    1    1 Dec 26
 Ed Connolly         1964-1967   6  12  .333  5.88   42  19   1   1   0  130.0  143   85   9   98  118 Dec 03
 Jack Cullen         1962-1966   4   4  .500  3.07   19   9   2   1   1   73.3   72   25   2   28   34 Oct 06
 Ted Davidson        1965-1968  11   7  .611  3.69  114   1   0   0   5  195.3  189   80  21   54  124 Oct 04
 Jim Derrington      1956-1957   0   2  .000  5.23   21   6   0   0   0   43.0   38   25   6   35   17 Nov 29
 Paul Doyle          1969-1972   5   3  .625  3.79   87   0   0   0  11   90.3   85   38  11   46   65 Oct 02
 Jim Duckworth       1963-1966   7  25  .219  5.26   97  29   2   0   4  267.0  256  156  37  148  220 May 24
 Jack Fisher         1959-1969  86 139  .382  4.06  400 265  62   9   9 1975.7 2061  891 193  605 1017 Mar 04
 Dave Giusti         1962-1977 100  93  .518  3.60  668 133  35   9 145 1716.7 1654  687 126  570 1103 Nov 27
 Guido Grilli        1966-1966   0   2  .000  7.08   22   0   0   0   1   20.3   24   16   1   20   12 Jan 09
 Bob Hendley         1961-1967  48  52  .480  3.97  216 126  25   6  12  879.3  864  388  99  329  522 Apr 30
 Jesse Hickman       1965-1966   0   1  .000  5.51   13   0   0   0   0   16.3    9   10   3    9   16 Feb 18
 Dennis Higgins      1966-1972  22  23  .489  3.42  241   2   0   0  46  410.3  346  156  32  223  339 Aug 04
 Herb Hippauf        1966-1966   0   1  .000 13.50    3   0   0   0   0    2.7    6    4   0    1    1 May 09
 Ed Keegan           1959-1962   0   3  .000  9.00   13   3   0   0   1   23.0   31   23   3   23   11 Jul 08
 Frank Kreutzer      1962-1969   8  18  .308  4.40   78  32   2   1   1  210.7  194  103  24  109  151 Feb 07
 Denny Lemaster      1962-1972  90 105  .462  3.58  357 249  66  14   8 1787.7 1703  712 184  600 1305 Feb 25
 Von McDaniel        1957-1958   7   5  .583  3.45   19  14   4   2   0   88.7   76   34   7   36   45 Apr 18
 Stover McIlwain     1957-1958   0   0        1.80    2   1   0   0   0    5.0    6    1   1    1    4 Sep 22
 Bob Meyer           1964-1970   2  12  .143  4.38   38  18   3   0   0  129.3  132   63  12   80   92 Aug 04
 Pete Mikkelsen      1964-1972  45  40  .529  3.38  364   3   0   0  49  653.3  576  245  59  250  436 Oct 25
 Bob Miller          1957-1974  69  81  .460  3.37  694  99   7   0  51 1551.3 1487  581 101  608  895 Feb 18
 Al Neiger           1960-1960   0   0        5.68    6   0   0   0   0   12.7   16    8   2    4    3 Mar 26
 Phil Niekro         1964-1987 318 274  .537  3.35  864 716 245  45  29 5404.3 5044 2012 482 1809 3342 Apr 01
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 John O'Donoghue     1963-1971  39  55  .415  4.07  257  96  13   4  10  751.0  780  340  78  260  377 Oct 07
 Phil Ortega         1960-1969  46  62  .426  4.43  204 141  20   9   2  951.7  884  468 131  378  549 Oct 07
 Claude Osteen       1957-1975 196 195  .501  3.30  541 488 140  40   1 3460.3 3471 1268 249  940 1612 Aug 09
 Milt Pappas         1957-1973 209 164  .560  3.40  520 465 129  43   4 3186.0 3046 1203 298  858 1728 May 11
 Tom Parsons         1963-1965   2  13  .133  4.72   40  14   2   1   1  114.3  135   60  19   25   70 Sep 13
 Bob Priddy          1962-1971  24  38  .387  4.00  249  29   3   0  18  536.0  518  238  60  198  294 Dec 10
 Pete Richert        1962-1974  80  73  .523  3.19  429 122  22   3  51 1165.7  959  413 116  424  925 Oct 29
 Cookie Rojas        1967-1967   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    0   0    0    0 Mar 06
 Willie Smith        1963-1968   2   4  .333  3.10   29   3   0   0   2   61.0   60   21   7   24   39 Feb 11
 Bill Stafford       1960-1967  43  40  .518  3.52  186 104  18   6   9  785.7  707  307  77  270  449 Aug 13
 Jerry Walker        1957-1964  37  44  .457  4.36  190  90  16   4  13  747.0  734  362  97  341  326 Feb 12
 Jim Weaver          1967-1968   3   1  .750  2.55   27   2   0   0   1   53.0   48   15   6   19   28 Feb 19
 Dooley Womack       1966-1970  19  18  .514  2.95  193   1   0   0  24  302.3  253   99  21  111  177 Aug 25
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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