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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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