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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
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Jake Atz            1902-1909  209   605   64  132  21   3   0   49   69    0  .218  .304  .263   23   0 May 22
 Ernie Baker         1905-1905    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Oct 25
 Steve Behel         1884-1886   68   257   37   54   6   2   0   17   25    0  .210  .283  .249   16   0 Feb 15
 Ted Blankenship     1922-1930  242   475   49   93  18   7   9   55   21  109  .196  .231  .320    0   0 Jan 14
 Cy Blanton          1934-1942  202   428   22   66   4   0   0   26   23   98  .154  .197  .164    0   0 Sep 13
 Harry Brooks        1886-1886    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Dec 05
 Frank Butler        1895-1895    5    22    5    6   1   0   0    2    1    1  .273  .304  .318    0   0 Jul 10
 Walter Carlisle     1908-1908    3    10    0    1   0   0   0    0    1    0  .100  .182  .100    1   0 May 27
 Dick Carroll        1909-1909    2     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0   0 Nov 22
 Ted Cather          1912-1915  201   548   60  138  30   8   2   72   34   90  .252  .300  .347   21   4 Apr 09
 Tommy Clarke        1909-1918  700  1708  169  453  66  37   6  191  216  177  .265  .351  .358   42   3 Aug 14
 Gene Cocreham       1913-1915   17    14    0    1   0   0   0    0    1    8  .071  .133  .071    0   0 Dec 27
 Joe Corbett         1895-1904   72   230   32   54  11   2   0   32    6    9  .235  .257  .300    4   0 May 02
 Dick Cotter         1911-1912   46   100    8   28   0   2   0   15   11   20  .280  .357  .320    2   0 Apr 04
 Pete Cregan         1899-1903    7    21    0    2   0   0   0    0    1    0  .095  .174  .095    0   0 May 18
 Bill Crouch         1910-1910    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Dec 22
 Cal Crum            1917-1918    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Dec 07
 Ervin Curtis        1891-1891   56   211   28   55   6   5   1   25   22   35  .261  .339  .351    5   0 Feb 14
 Hack Eibel          1912-1920   30    46    4    8   2   0   0    6    3    6  .174  .224  .217    1   1 Oct 16
 Chick Fewster       1917-1927  644  1963  282  506  91  12   6  167  240  264  .258  .346  .326   57  47 Apr 16
 William Fischer     1913-1917  412  1099  109  301  50  15  10  115   90   66  .274  .332  .374   20   0 Sep 04
 Mike Fitzgerald     1911-1918   82   170   27   49   9   0   0   12   17    6  .288  .356  .341    7   0 Jan 17
 Henry Fournier      1894-1894    6    19    0    2   0   0   0    1    1    5  .105  .150  .105    0   0 Dec 08
 Charlie Frye        1940-1940   18    19    1    5   0   0   1    2    0    6  .263  .263  .421    0   0 May 25
 Bob Gandy           1916-1916    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun 19
 Bob Ganley          1905-1909  572  2129  246  540  44  24   2  123  177    0  .254  .313  .300  112   0 Oct 09
 Frank Grube         1931-1941  394  1125  121  274  59   5   1  107  131   88  .244  .326  .308   12   5 Jul 02
 Ernie Gust          1911-1911    3    12    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Oct 26
 George Hale         1914-1918   60   103    5   18   3   1   0    9   11   21  .175  .261  .223    0   0 Nov 01
 Jocko Halligan      1890-1892  190   737  123  206  30  15  10  132   86   77  .280  .358  .402   23   0 Feb 13
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Jack Hannifin       1906-1908  158   439   50   94  13   6   3   40   45    0  .214  .289  .292   14   0 Oct 27
 Charlie Heard       1890-1890   12    43    2    8   2   0   0    0    1   15  .186  .205  .233    0   0 Feb 20
 Tom Hess            1892-1892    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Dec 15
 Bill Hobbs          1913-1916   10    15    1    2   1   0   0    1    2    3  .133  .235  .200    1   0 Jan 05
 Ducky Holmes        1906-1906    9    27    2    5   0   0   0    2    2    0  .185  .267  .185    0   0 Sep 18
 Jim Hughey          1891-1900  145   386   30   59   3   1   1   22   34   11  .153  .227  .174    1   0 Mar 29
 Bert Humphries      1910-1915  154   247   23   46   3   3   0   16   19   65  .186  .253  .223    0   0 Sep 21
 Ham Iburg           1902-1902   31    87    4   12   1   0   0    5    3    0  .138  .167  .149    1   0 Feb 11
 Bill Kay            1907-1907   25    60    8   20   1   1   0    7    0    0  .333  .333  .383    0   0 Dec 03
 Bill Kemmer         1895-1895   11    38    5    7   0   0   1    3    2    4  .184  .225  .263    0   0 Jun 08
 Snapper Kennedy     1902-1902    1     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 15
 Joe Kutina          1911-1912   95   306   30   68  15   5   4   33   15    0  .222  .268  .343    2   0 Apr 13
 Frank Lange         1910-1913  130   210   15   52  15   3   0   32   16    5  .248  .310  .348    0   0 Dec 26
 Gene Lansing        1922-1922   15    11    1    0   0   0   0    0    2    6  .000  .154  .000    0   0 Jan 18
 Fred Lewis          1881-1886  317  1318  224  390  70  13   4  119   60   15  .296  .330  .378    8   0 Jun 05
 Harry McNeal        1901-1901   12    37    1    6   1   0   0    2    1    0  .162  .184  .189    0   0 Jan 11
 Jack Mercer         1910-1910    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jun 25
 Sam Mertes          1896-1906 1190  4405  695 1227 188 108  40  721  422   10  .279  .346  .398  396   0 Mar 12
 Dusty Miller        1889-1899  655  2557  444  769 139  50  22  421  174   75  .301  .352  .420  206   0 Sep 03
 Hughie Miller       1911-1915  140   496   51  112  21   5   0   49   27   57  .226  .267  .288    4   0 Dec 24
 John Munyan         1887-1891  176   589  115  148  20  11   4   68   78   39  .251  .351  .343   28   0 Feb 18
 Connie Murphy       1893-1894    7    21    3    3   1   0   0    2    2    3  .143  .217  .190    0   0 Dec 14
 Jim Murray          1902-1914   82   261   21   53   9   2   3   24   13   24  .203  .244  .287    2   0 Apr 25
 Art Nichols         1898-1903  241   793  112  194  28   3   3   90   50    0  .245  .308  .299   51   0 Aug 09
 Lou Nordyke         1906-1906   25    53    4   13   1   0   0    7   10    0  .245  .365  .264    3   0 Sep 27
 Jake Northrop       1918-1919   18    21    3    6   2   0   0    1    2    6  .286  .348  .381    0   0 Nov 16
 Harry O'Neill       1939-1939    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Mar 06
 Henry Oxley         1884-1884    3     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .125  .000    0   0 Oct 12
 Ham Patterson       1909-1909   18    52    4   10   1   0   0    5    1    0  .192  .208  .212    1   0 Nov 25
 Monte Pfyl          1907-1907    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Oct 18
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Dan Phelan          1890-1890    8    32    4    8   1   1   0    4    0    0  .250  .250  .344    1   0 Dec 07
 Cy Pieh             1913-1915   44    51    2    5   2   0   0    7    2   21  .098  .132  .137    0   0 Sep 12
 Roy Radebaugh       1911-1911    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jan 17
 Paul Radford        1883-1894 1361  4979  945 1206 176  57  13  462  790  373  .242  .351  .308  346   0 Feb 21
 Morrie Rath         1909-1920  565  2048  291  521  36   7   4   92  258   70  .254  .342  .285   82  11 Nov 18
 Taylor Shafer       1884-1890  135   512   58   95   8   6   0   21   46    0  .186  .255  .225   19   0 Oct 27
 Elmer Smith         1886-1901 1234  4684  912 1454 196 136  37  663  636  139  .310  .398  .434  232   0 Nov 03
 Tubby Spencer       1905-1918  449  1326  106  298  43  10   3  133   87   46  .225  .281  .279   13   0 Feb 01
 Bill Stemmeyer      1885-1888   61   212   32   60   5   4   1   32   16   26  .283  .339  .358    3   0 May 03
 Clarence Stephens   1886-1891    2     8    0    3   0   0   0    0    0    1  .375  .375  .375    0   0 Feb 28
 George Stone        1903-1910  849  3274  428  986 106  68  23  268  282    0  .301  .361  .396  133   0 Jan 03
 Cy Swaim            1897-1898   42   106    9   21   1   0   0   13    1    0  .198  .206  .208    3   0 Dec 27
 Ray Tift            1907-1907    4     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .167  .000    0   0 Mar 29
 Tuck Turner         1893-1898  377  1496  294  478  67  38   7  213  128   69  .320  .377  .429   53   0 Jul 16
 Fred Tyler          1914-1914    6    19    2    2   0   0   0    2    1    5  .105  .150  .105    0   0 Oct 14
 George Van Haltren  1887-1903 1984  8021 1639 2532 285 161  69 1014  868  305  .316  .385  .417  583   0 Sep 29
 Bobby Veach         1912-1925 1821  6656  953 2063 393 147  64 1166  571  367  .310  .370  .442  195  84 Aug 07
 Joe Visner          1885-1891  235   924  183  241  29  36  12  149  122   90  .261  .354  .409   33   0 Jun 17
 Rube Ward           1902-1902   13    31    4    9   1   0   0    2    2    0  .290  .333  .323    0   0 Jan 17
 Clarence Winters    1924-1924    4     3    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .333  .333  .333    0   0 Jun 29
 Dave Zearfoss       1896-1905   72   202   15   42   3   3   0   17   19    5  .208  .279  .252    2   0 Sep 12
 Eddie Zimmerman     1906-1911  127   431   31   80  10   7   3   37   34   37  .186  .248  .262    9   0 May 06
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

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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
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Ernie Baker         1905-1905   0   0        4.50    1   0   0   0   0    4.0    7    2   1    0    1 Oct 25
 Ted Blankenship     1922-1930  77  79  .494  4.29  241 156  73   8   4 1330.7 1462  634  63  489  378 Jan 14
 Cy Blanton          1934-1942  68  71  .489  3.55  202 167  75  14   4 1218.3 1243  481  64  337  611 Sep 13
 Harry Brooks        1886-1886   0   1  .000 36.00    1   1   0   0   0    2.0    9    8   0    2    0 Dec 05
 Dick Carroll        1909-1909   0   0        3.60    2   1   0   0   0    5.0    7    2   1    1    1 Nov 22
 Ted Cather          1913-1913   0   0       54.00    1   0   0   0   0    0.3    1    2   0    2    0 Apr 09
 Gene Cocreham       1913-1915   3   5  .375  5.27   17   4   1   0   0   54.7   64   32   2   31   18 Dec 27
 Joe Corbett         1895-1904  32  18  .640  3.42   62  57  52   1   1  481.7  497  183   7  192  248 May 02
 Bill Crouch         1910-1910   0   0        3.38    1   1   1   0   0    8.0    6    3   0    7    2 Dec 22
 Cal Crum            1917-1918   0   1  .000 10.80    2   1   0   0   0    3.3    7    4   0    4    0 Dec 07
 Hack Eibel          1920-1920   0   0        3.48    3   0   0   0   0   10.3   10    4   0    3    5 Oct 16
 Henry Fournier      1894-1894   1   3  .250  5.40    6   4   4   0   0   45.0   71   27   4   20    5 Dec 08
 Charlie Frye        1940-1940   0   6  .000  4.65   15   5   1   0   0   50.3   58   26   3   26   18 May 25
 Charlie Heard       1890-1890   0   6  .000  8.39    6   6   5   0   0   44.0   75   41   5   32   13 Feb 20
 Jim Hughey          1891-1900  29  80  .266  4.87  145 113 100   0   1 1007.7 1271  545  21  317  250 Mar 29
 Bert Humphries      1910-1915  50  43  .538  2.79  153  91  45  10   9  798.0  807  247  31  151  258 Sep 21
 Ham Iburg           1902-1902  11  18  .379  3.89   30  30  20   1   0  236.0  286  102   1   62  106 Feb 11
 Frank Lange         1910-1913  28  25  .528  2.96   95  60  25   4   3  498.3  455  164   9  219  318 Dec 26
 Gene Lansing        1922-1922   0   1  .000  5.98   15   1   0   0   0   40.7   46   27   1   22   14 Jan 18
 Harry McNeal        1901-1901   5   5  .500  4.43   12  10   9   0   0   85.3  120   42   4   30   15 Jan 11
 Jack Mercer         1910-1910   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    0    0   0    2    1 Jun 25
 Sam Mertes          1902-1902   1   0 1.000  1.13    1   0   0   0   0    8.0    6    1   0    0    0 Mar 12
 Jake Northrop       1918-1919   6   6  .500  2.91   18   7   6   1   0   77.3   69   25   2   13   13 Nov 16
 Cy Pieh             1913-1915   9   9  .500  3.78   43  12   4   2   0  166.7  156   70   8   75   76 Sep 12
 Roy Radebaugh       1911-1911   0   0        2.70    2   1   0   0   0   10.0    6    3   0    4    1 Jan 17
 Paul Radford        1884-1893   0   4  .000  8.52   10   4   3   0   0   43.3   85   41   5   17   13 Feb 21
 Elmer Smith         1886-1898  75  57  .568  3.35  149 136 122   9   0 1210.3 1167  450  20  422  525 Nov 03
 Bill Stemmeyer      1885-1888  29  29  .500  3.67   60  59  59   1   1  495.0  482  202  15  205  295 May 03
 Clarence Stephens   1886-1891   1   1  .500  6.75    2   2   2   0   0   16.0   18   12   1    8    9 Feb 28
 Cy Swaim            1897-1898  13  22  .371  4.37   43  33  24   0   1  294.3  344  143   9   88   85 Dec 27
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Ray Tift            1907-1907   0   0        4.74    4   1   0   0   0   19.0   33   10   0    4    6 Mar 29
 Tuck Turner         1894-1894   0   0        7.50    1   0   0   0   0    6.0    9    5   1    2    3 Jul 16
 George Van Haltren  1887-1901  40  31  .563  4.05   93  68  65   5   4  689.3  809  310  33  244  281 Sep 29
 Bobby Veach         1918-1918   0   0        4.50    1   0   0   0   1    2.0    2    1   0    2    0 Aug 07
 Clarence Winters    1924-1924   0   1  .000 20.57    4   2   0   0   0    7.0   22   16   0    4    3 Jun 29
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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