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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 Mar 10
 Morrie Aderholt     1939-1945  106   262   36   70   7   3   3   32   19   29  .267  .317  .351    3   1 Mar 18
 Dick Adkins         1942-1942    3     7    2    1   0   0   0    0    2    2  .143  .333  .143    0   0 Sep 12
 Harry Agganis       1954-1955  157   517   65  135  23   9  11   67   57   67  .261  .331  .404    8   3 Jun 27
 Mike Balenti        1911-1913   78   219   19   40   2   4   0   11    6   33  .183  .208  .228    6   0 Aug 04
 Cuke Barrows        1909-1912   32    99    6   19   2   0   0    9   12    0  .192  .292  .212    3   0 Feb 10
 Harry Barton        1905-1905   29    60    5   10   2   1   0    3    3    0  .167  .206  .233    2   0 Jan 25
 Stan Baumgartner    1914-1926  154   158   16   30   5   1   0    9   13   31  .190  .251  .234    0   0 Oct 04
 Rudy Bell           1907-1907   17    52    4   11   2   1   0    3    3    0  .212  .268  .288    4   0 Jul 28
 Curt Bernard        1900-1901   43   147   20   35   2   2   0   14   13    0  .238  .309  .279    3   0 Apr 10
 Monte Beville       1903-1904  145   454   39   92  21   2   0   44   26    0  .203  .255  .258    6   0 Jan 24
 Red Booles          1909-1909    4     6    1    1   0   0   0    0    1    0  .167  .286  .167    0   0 Mar 16
 Jake Boultes        1907-1909   48    92    5   13   1   0   0    5    4    0  .141  .186  .152    1   0 Dec 24
 Clint Brown         1928-1942  437   457   42   91  17   3   2   46   45   55  .199  .274  .263    1   0 Dec 31
 Elmer Brown         1911-1915   43    60    3    8   1   1   0    4    1    9  .133  .148  .183    0   0 Jan 23
 Fred Brown          1901-1902    9    20    2    4   1   0   0    2    0    0  .200  .200  .250    0   0 Feb 03
 Ray Brown           1909-1909    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    1    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May 29
 Jack Bushelman      1909-1912    7     7    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .125  .000    0   0 Oct 26
 Jerry Byrne         1929-1929    3     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 11
 Bill Calhoun        1913-1913    6    13    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    3  .077  .077  .077    0   0 Jan 28
 George Caster       1934-1946  380   440   25   81  13   0   0   37   18  133  .184  .218  .214    0   0 Dec 18
 Felix Chouinard     1910-1915   88   221   22   54   5   4   1   23   12   18  .244  .286  .317    8   0 Apr 28
 Shano Collins       1910-1925 1799  6390  747 1687 310 133  22  709  331  405  .264  .306  .364  225  83 Sep 10
 Bob Cone            1915-1915    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 May 24
 Hooks Cotter        1922-1924   99   311   39   82  17   4   4   33   36   31  .264  .340  .383    3   5 Aug 06
 Sam Crane           1914-1922  174   495   51  103  19   2   0   30   29   46  .208  .262  .255    7   9 Nov 12
 Dode Criss          1908-1911  227   304   38   84  19   4   3   47   31    0  .276  .349  .395    3   0 Sep 08
 Rube DeGroff        1905-1906   16    60    4   14   2   1   0    5    5    0  .233  .292  .300    1   0 Dec 17
 Bill Dinneen        1898-1909  417  1143   99  219  18   5   1   60   80    0  .192  .252  .219   29   0 Jan 13
 Moxie Divis         1916-1916    3     6    0    1   0   0   0    1    0    2  .167  .167  .167    0   0 Dec 19
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Louis Drucke        1909-1912   54   101   10   18   3   1   1   17   10   24  .178  .252  .257    0   0 Sep 22
 Harry Eccles        1915-1915    5     6    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .167  .167  .167    0   0 Jun 02
 Babe Ellison        1916-1920  135   348   32   75  13   4   1   39   30   55  .216  .282  .284    9   1 Aug 11
 Jim Fairbank        1903-1904    7    16    3    1   0   0   0    0    1    0  .063  .118  .063    0   0 Dec 27
 Gary Fortune        1916-1920   20    24    1    4   1   0   0    1    2   11  .167  .231  .208    0   0 Sep 23
 Howie Fox           1944-1954  253   349   29   66  11   0   2   25    9   47  .189  .214  .238    1   0 Oct 09
 Lefty George        1911-1918   55    92    5   14   1   3   0    1    4    4  .152  .188  .228    0   0 May 13
 Norm Glockson       1914-1914    7    12    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    6  .000  .077  .000    0   0 Aug 05
 Reggie Grabowski    1932-1934   51    40    0    3   0   0   0    1    2   11  .075  .119  .075    0   0 Apr 02
 Louis Graff         1890-1890    1     5    0    2   1   0   0    3    0    0  .400  .400  .600    0   0 Apr 16
 Frank Gregory       1912-1912    4     5    1    1   0   0   0    0    1    3  .200  .333  .200    0   0 Nov 05
 Clark Griffith      1891-1914  485  1380  202  321  49  17   8  166  166   46  .233  .318  .310   22   1 Oct 27
 Ray Hartranft       1913-1913    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Feb 10
 Frankie Hayes       1933-1947 1364  4493  545 1164 213  32 119  628  564  627  .259  .343  .400   30  20 Jun 22
 Ty Helfrich         1915-1915   43   104   12   25   6   0   0    5   15   21  .240  .336  .298    2   0 Mar 18
 Lafayette Henion    1919-1919    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 22
 Art Herman          1896-1897   17    42    4    7   1   0   0    3    3   11  .167  .222  .190    0   0 Sep 20
 Ed Hovlik           1918-1919   11    10    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    2  .100  .100  .100    0   0 Mar 19
 Jimmy Hudgens       1923-1926   26    39    4   11   3   1   0    1    5    4  .282  .364  .410    0   0 Aug 25
 Jim Jackson         1901-1906  348  1274  159  300  47  10   4  132  107    0  .235  .298  .297   57   0 Oct 09
 Otto Jacobs         1918-1918   29    73    4   15   3   1   0    3    5    8  .205  .256  .274    0   0 Nov 19
 Henry Jones         1884-1884   34   127   24   28   3   1   0    3   16   18  .220  .308  .260    0   0 May 31
 Ike Kamp            1924-1925   25    13    1    2   0   0   0    0    1    2  .154  .214  .154    0   0 Feb 25
 Jack Katoll         1898-1902   50   149   19   20   2   1   1    9   13    0  .134  .209  .181    2   0 Jun 18
 Mike Kelley         1899-1899   76   282   48   68  11   2   3   33   21    0  .241  .307  .326   10   0 Jun 06
 Lyman Lamb          1920-1921   54   158   22   43  11   2   1   21    4   19  .272  .294  .386    2   0 Oct 05
 Fred Lear           1915-1920   75   166   20   39   3   2   2   18   17   28  .235  .314  .313    2   2 Oct 13
 Tom Lynch           1884-1885   42   159   20   41  10   3   0    4   19    3  .258  .337  .358    0   0 Mar 28
 Dan McGeehan        1911-1911    3     9    0    2   0   0   0    1    0    1  .222  .222  .222    0   0 Jul 12
 Joe McManus         1913-1913    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Dec 23
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 John Merritt        1913-1913    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Nov 03
 Horace Milan        1915-1917   42   100   14   32   4   2   0   16   12   16  .320  .404  .400    6   0 Jun 29
 Mike Morrison       1887-1890   83   287   42   61   6   6   1   24   17    0  .213  .261  .286    8   0 Jun 16
 Phil Morrison       1921-1921    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jan 18
 Danny Murphy        1900-1915 1496  5399  705 1563 289 102  44  702  335   24  .289  .336  .405  193   0 Nov 22
 George Murray       1922-1933  110   137    9   24   1   1   1    8    3   39  .175  .199  .219    0   0 Oct 18
 Lynn Nelson         1930-1940  268   367   42  103  10   4   5   55   16   48  .281  .313  .371    1   1 Feb 15
 Peaches O'Neill     1904-1904    8    15    0    4   0   0   0    1    1    0  .267  .313  .267    0   0 Aug 02
 Queenie O'Rourke    1908-1908   34   108    5   25   1   0   0    3    4    0  .231  .259  .241    4   0 Dec 22
 Jim Oglesby         1936-1936    3    11    0    2   0   0   0    2    2    0  .182  .308  .182    0   0 Sep 01
 John Raleigh        1909-1910   18    24    0    2   0   0   0    0    0    0  .083  .083  .083    0   0 Aug 24
 Newt Randall        1907-1907   97   336   22   71  10   5   0   19   27    0  .211  .284  .271    6   0 May 03
 Doc Reisling        1904-1910   52    98    5   18   6   0   0   11    7    0  .184  .252  .245    0   0 Mar 04
 Frank Roth          1903-1910  282   783   83  196  32   8   1   75   36    2  .250  .289  .315   19   0 Mar 27
 Dave Rowan          1911-1911   18    65    7   25   1   1   0   11    4    0  .385  .420  .431    0   0 Jul 30
 Hal Schwenk         1913-1913    1     3    1    1   0   0   0    0    1    1  .333  .500  .333    0   0 Sep 03
 Joe Shannon         1915-1915    5    10    3    2   0   0   0    1    0    3  .200  .200  .200    0   0 Jul 28
 Dan Sherman         1914-1914    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 16
 Mule Shirley        1924-1925   44   100   14   21   3   2   0   18    4   14  .210  .240  .280    0   0 Aug 04
 Ed Smith            1906-1906   19    54    6   11   0   1   0    7    6    0  .204  .295  .241    0   0 Mar 20
 John Stone          1928-1938 1200  4494  739 1391 268 105  77  707  463  352  .310  .376  .467   45  40 Nov 30
 Jesse Stovall       1903-1904   31    78    5   12   0   1   0    3    4    0  .154  .195  .179    3   0 Jul 12
 Allie Strobel       1905-1906  105   336   29   66  10   3   1   26   29    0  .196  .264  .253    2   0 Feb 10
 George Stultz       1894-1894    1     3    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .333  .333  .333    0   0 Mar 19
 Buck Sweeney        1914-1914    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Mar 13
 Fred Tauby          1935-1937   24    52    7    4   1   0   0    5    2    8  .077  .111  .096    1   0 Nov 23
 Harry Taylor        1890-1893  440  1762  312  504  30  13   3  178  213   67  .286  .367  .323  108   0 Jul 12
 Tom Tennant         1912-1912    2     2    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Feb 15
 Hank Thormahlen     1917-1925  104   173   11   29   6   3   0   18    8   62  .168  .209  .237    1   0 Feb 06
 Bill Tozer          1908-1908    4     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Feb 23
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Joe Vernon          1912-1914    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Mar 13
 Honus Wagner        1897-1917 2792 10430 1736 3415 640 252 101 1732  963  327  .327  .391  .466  722  15 Dec 06
 Fred Walden         1912-1912    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 27
 Curt Walker         1919-1930 1359  4858  718 1475 235 117  64  688  535  254  .304  .374  .440   96  38 Dec 09
 Austin Walsh        1914-1914   57   121   14   29   6   1   1   10    4   25  .240  .264  .331    0   0 Jan 26
 Buck Washer         1905-1905    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Dec 08
 Gus Weyhing         1887-1901  552  1849  163  307  40  15   3  133  101  324  .166  .210  .209   32   0 Sep 04
 Bob Wicker          1901-1906  172   477   54   98   9   4   0   27   22    0  .205  .247  .241   10   0 Jan 22
 Harry Wood          1903-1903    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .250  .000    0   0 May 18
 Cy Young            1890-1911  918  2960  325  623  87  35  18  290   81  142  .210  .234  .282   29   0 Nov 04
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

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 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 Mar 10
 Stan Baumgartner    1914-1926  26  21  .553  3.70  143  40  18   3   7  505.7  553  208  19  185  129 Oct 04
 Red Booles          1909-1909   0   1  .000  1.99    4   1   0   0   0   22.7   20    5   0    8    6 Mar 16
 Jake Boultes        1907-1909   8  14  .364  2.96   42  17  12   0   0  222.3  229   73  10   58   78 Dec 24
 Clint Brown         1928-1942  89  93  .489  4.26  434 130  62   8  64 1485.7 1740  704  84  368  410 Dec 31
 Elmer Brown         1911-1915   7  11  .389  3.48   43  21   4   2   0  188.7  181   73   4   92   79 Jan 23
 Ray Brown           1909-1909   1   0 1.000  2.00    1   1   1   0   0    9.0    5    2   0    4    2 May 29
 Jack Bushelman      1909-1912   1   2  .333  3.38    7   2   2   0   0   26.7   24   10   1   19   13 Oct 26
 Jerry Byrne         1929-1929   0   1  .000  7.36    3   1   0   0   0    7.3   11    6   0    6    1 Aug 11
 George Caster       1934-1946  76 100  .432  4.54  376 127  62   6  39 1377.7 1469  695 121  597  595 Dec 18
 Bob Cone            1915-1915   0   0       40.50    1   1   0   0   0    0.7    5    3   0    0    0 May 24
 Dode Criss          1908-1911   3   9  .250  4.38   30   9   3   0   0  111.0  104   54   1   64   70 Sep 08
 Bill Dinneen        1898-1909 170 177  .490  3.01  391 352 306  23   7 3074.7 2957 1029  78  829 1127 Jan 13
 Louis Drucke        1909-1912  18  15  .545  2.90   53  40  21   0   1  317.0  282  102   4  137  201 Sep 22
 Harry Eccles        1915-1915   0   1  .000  4.71    5   1   0   0   1   21.0   18   11   2    6   13 Jun 02
 Jim Fairbank        1903-1904   1   2  .333  5.49    7   2   2   0   0   41.0   52   25   1   25   16 Dec 27
 Gary Fortune        1916-1920   0   5  .000  6.61   20   6   2   0   0   77.7   89   57   2   46   23 Sep 23
 Howie Fox           1944-1954  43  72  .374  4.33  248 132  42   5   6 1108.3 1174  533  71  435  342 Oct 09
 Lefty George        1911-1918   7  21  .250  3.85   52  26  14   2   0  243.0  285  104   5   98   74 May 13
 Reggie Grabowski    1932-1934   4   8  .333  5.73   51  12   4   1   0  147.7  190   94  19   55   37 Apr 02
 Frank Gregory       1912-1912   2   0 1.000  4.60    4   2   1   0   0   15.7   19    8   0    7    4 Nov 05
 Clark Griffith      1891-1914 237 146  .619  3.31  453 372 337  22   6 3385.7 3670 1246  76  774  955 Oct 27
 Ray Hartranft       1913-1913   0   0        9.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    3    1   0    1    1 Feb 10
 Lafayette Henion    1919-1919   0   0        6.00    1   0   0   0   0    3.0    2    2   0    2    2 Jul 22
 Art Herman          1896-1897   4   7  .364  5.37   17  14  10   0   0  112.3  145   67   5   41   17 Sep 20
 Ed Hovlik           1918-1919   2   1  .667  3.21   11   2   1   0   0   33.7   37   12   0   19   13 Mar 19
 Ike Kamp            1924-1925   2   5  .286  5.10   25   5   1   0   0   65.3   77   37   0   40   24 Feb 25
 Jack Katoll         1898-1902  17  22  .436  3.32   47  41  35   0   0  361.0  432  133   8   90   90 Jun 18
 Joe McManus         1913-1913   0   0       18.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    3    4   0    4    1 Dec 23
 Mike Morrison       1887-1890  20  39  .339  5.14   65  62  55   1   0  504.7  571  288  20  325  254 Jun 16
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Phil Morrison       1921-1921   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    0.7    1    0   0    0    1 Jan 18
 George Murray       1922-1933  20  26  .435  5.38  110  42  10   0   0  416.3  450  249  17  199  114 Oct 18
 Lynn Nelson         1930-1940  33  42  .440  5.25  166  60  29   2   6  676.7  777  395  86  262  255 Feb 15
 John Raleigh        1909-1910   1  10  .091  4.10   18  11   3   0   0   85.7   93   39   0   21   28 Aug 24
 Doc Reisling        1904-1910  15  19  .441  2.45   49  33  25   4   1  311.7  303   85   3   75  100 Mar 04
 Hal Schwenk         1913-1913   1   0 1.000  3.27    1   1   1   0   0   11.0   12    4   0    4    3 Sep 03
 Dan Sherman         1914-1914   0   1  .000  0.00    1   1   0   0   0    0.3    0    0   0    2    0 Sep 16
 Ed Smith            1906-1906   8  11  .421  3.72   19  18  13   0   0  154.7  153   64   3   53   45 Mar 20
 Jesse Stovall       1903-1904   8  14  .364  3.76   28  23  19   3   0  203.7  214   85   3   66   53 Jul 12
 George Stultz       1894-1894   1   0 1.000  0.00    1   1   1   0   0    9.0    4    0   0    5    1 Mar 19
 Hank Thormahlen     1917-1925  29  30  .492  3.33  104  64  27   4   2  565.0  550  209  19  203  148 Feb 06
 Bill Tozer          1908-1908   0   0        1.69    4   0   0   0   0   10.7   11    2   0    4    5 Feb 23
 Joe Vernon          1912-1914   0   0       11.05    2   1   0   0   0    7.3    8    9   0   11    1 Mar 13
 Honus Wagner        1900-1902   0   0        0.00    2   0   0   0   0    8.3    7    0   0    6    6 Dec 06
 Buck Washer         1905-1905   0   0        6.00    1   0   0   0   0    3.0    4    2   0    5    0 Dec 08
 Gus Weyhing         1887-1901 264 232  .532  3.89  538 503 448  28   4 4324.3 4562 1867 120 1566 1665 Sep 04
 Bob Wicker          1901-1906  64  52  .552  2.73  138 117  97  10   1 1036.7  963  314  16  293  472 Jan 22
 Cy Young            1890-1911 511 316  .618  2.63  906 815 749  76  17 7354.7 7092 2147 138 1217 2803 Nov 04
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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