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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Tommy Atkins 1909-1910 16 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .105 .105 .105 0 0 May 07 Ginger Beaumont 1899-1910 1463 5660 955 1759 182 82 39 617 425 14 .311 .362 .393 254 0 Apr 10 Joe Berger 1913-1914 127 371 38 71 9 3 2 23 49 37 .191 .289 .248 7 8 Mar 05 Bill Bishop 1921-1921 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Feb 14 Cliff Blankenship 1905-1909 95 218 16 49 4 1 0 22 7 0 .225 .249 .252 6 0 Apr 26 Bill Brady 1912-1912 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 10 Sam Brenegan 1914-1914 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 20 Eddie Brown 1920-1928 790 2902 341 878 170 33 16 407 127 109 .303 .334 .400 29 9 Sep 10 Roy Carlyle 1925-1926 174 494 61 157 31 6 9 76 24 56 .318 .354 .460 1 1 Nov 22 Davey Claire 1920-1920 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 0 0 Jan 07 Dad Clark 1902-1902 12 43 1 8 1 0 0 2 4 0 .186 .255 .209 1 0 Jul 26 Claude Davidson 1918-1919 33 88 5 18 1 0 0 4 6 10 .205 .255 .216 0 0 Apr 18 Ray Demmitt 1909-1919 498 1631 205 419 61 33 8 165 172 120 .257 .334 .349 42 20 Feb 19 Shorty Desjardien 1916-1916 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 07 Ona Dodd 1912-1912 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .000 .100 .000 0 0 Dec 17 Gus Dorner 1902-1909 131 308 14 46 1 0 0 10 7 0 .149 .174 .153 1 0 May 04 George Dumont 1915-1919 77 94 4 6 1 1 0 4 11 44 .064 .178 .096 0 0 Oct 13 Frank Dupee 1901-1901 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 14 Ed Forsythe 1915-1915 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 0 0 Jun 22 Art Fromme 1906-1915 252 476 32 77 11 5 0 21 12 59 .162 .184 .206 1 0 Aug 24 Tom Gastall 1955-1956 52 83 7 15 3 0 0 4 6 13 .181 .242 .217 0 0 Sep 20 Jake Gettman 1897-1899 197 772 108 215 24 8 8 78 40 0 .278 .322 .361 44 0 Oct 04 Joe Giard 1925-1927 68 89 6 13 0 0 0 7 5 32 .146 .191 .146 0 0 Jul 10 John Godwin 1905-1906 81 236 15 50 3 1 0 25 9 0 .212 .253 .233 9 0 May 05 Dolly Gray 1909-1911 110 218 10 44 8 1 0 16 9 0 .202 .233 .248 0 0 Apr 04 Marty Herrmann 1918-1918 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 11 Ed Heusser 1935-1948 266 335 32 69 8 3 3 24 15 91 .206 .240 .275 0 0 Mar 01 Hob Hiller 1920-1921 18 30 4 5 1 1 0 2 2 5 .167 .219 .267 0 3 Dec 27 Ed Hilley 1903-1903 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 0 0 Nov 14 Roy Hitt 1907-1907 21 56 6 10 0 0 0 5 4 0 .179 .233 .179 1 0 Feb 08 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Solly Hofman 1903-1916 1194 4072 554 1095 162 60 19 495 421 171 .269 .340 .352 208 0 Mar 10 Fred Holmes 1903-1904 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .667 0 0 Feb 13 Dave Howard 1912-1915 25 36 6 8 1 0 0 1 1 8 .222 .243 .250 0 0 Jan 26 Del Howard 1905-1909 536 1833 199 482 54 22 6 193 111 0 .263 .318 .326 67 0 Dec 24 Harry Howell 1898-1910 458 1394 143 302 60 25 11 131 64 0 .217 .257 .319 19 0 May 22 Tom Hughes 1900-1913 410 958 89 190 28 15 6 79 39 14 .198 .231 .278 8 0 Feb 08 Lem Hunter 1883-1883 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 0 0 Nov 09 Scotty Ingerton 1911-1911 136 521 63 130 24 4 5 61 39 68 .250 .304 .340 6 0 Jun 15 John Jackson 1933-1933 10 21 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 8 .143 .143 .190 0 0 Oct 22 John Jones 1923-1932 5 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 .200 .200 .200 0 0 Nov 03 John Kane 1925-1925 14 56 6 10 1 0 0 3 0 3 .179 .193 .196 0 0 Jul 25 Frank Kelliher 1919-1919 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Mar 04 Karl Kolseth 1915-1915 6 23 1 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 .261 .292 .391 0 0 May 03 Bub Kuhn 1924-1924 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 20 John Leighton 1890-1890 7 27 6 8 2 0 0 0 3 0 .296 .367 .370 2 0 Oct 31 Jack Lewis 1911-1915 217 684 63 169 20 10 1 80 32 77 .247 .290 .310 18 0 Feb 25 Glenn Liebhardt 1906-1909 90 190 13 28 6 2 0 11 8 0 .147 .182 .200 0 0 Jul 13 Pete Loos 1901-1901 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Feb 23 Connie Mack 1886-1896 723 2695 391 659 79 28 5 265 169 127 .245 .305 .300 127 0 Feb 08 Stubby Magner 1911-1911 13 33 3 7 0 0 0 4 4 0 .212 .297 .212 1 0 Sep 06 Bill Malarkey 1908-1908 15 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Dec 12 Walt Marbet 1913-1913 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 24 Algie McBride 1896-1901 403 1589 258 464 60 26 12 179 132 3 .292 .356 .385 36 0 Jan 10 Barry McCormick 1895-1904 989 3645 433 867 110 42 15 417 280 30 .238 .297 .303 130 0 Jan 28 Limb McKenry 1915-1916 27 38 4 7 0 4 0 3 2 11 .184 .225 .395 0 0 Nov 01 John McMakin 1902-1902 4 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .182 .357 .182 0 0 Sep 25 Fred Merkle 1907-1926 1638 5782 720 1580 290 82 61 733 454 583 .273 .331 .383 272 20 Mar 02 Dick Midkiff 1938-1938 13 10 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 .200 .200 .300 0 0 Oct 30 Walt Miller 1911-1911 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Mar 01 Warren Miller 1909-1911 47 85 8 16 0 0 0 1 4 0 .188 .225 .188 0 0 Aug 12 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Ralph Mitterling 1916-1916 13 39 1 6 0 0 0 2 3 6 .154 .214 .154 0 0 Jan 22 John Monroe 1921-1921 60 154 17 41 4 2 2 11 14 15 .266 .335 .357 2 2 Jun 19 Joseph Myers 1905-1905 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Feb 11 Red Nelson 1910-1913 39 66 10 12 2 0 1 5 4 2 .182 .229 .258 0 0 Oct 26 Patsy O'Rourke 1908-1908 53 164 8 32 4 2 0 16 14 0 .195 .263 .244 2 0 Apr 18 Bruce Ogrodowski 1936-1937 184 516 65 119 25 4 4 51 21 37 .231 .263 .318 2 0 Mar 05 Harry Ostdiek 1904-1908 8 21 1 3 0 1 0 3 3 0 .143 .280 .238 1 0 May 06 Tony Parisse 1943-1944 10 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 .143 .217 .143 0 0 Jun 02 Charlie Peete 1956-1956 23 52 3 10 2 2 0 6 6 10 .192 .288 .308 0 2 Nov 27 Hank Perry 1912-1912 13 36 3 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 .167 .231 .194 0 0 Jul 18 George Puccinelli 1930-1936 187 607 109 172 40 3 19 102 78 92 .283 .367 .453 3 3 Apr 16 John Quinn 1911-1911 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 09 Pat Ragan 1909-1923 286 544 30 84 12 2 1 28 14 156 .154 .179 .189 1 2 Sep 04 Clay Roe 1923-1923 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 04 Jim Rutherford 1910-1910 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 Sep 18 Buddy Ryan 1912-1913 166 571 79 161 18 10 1 63 41 13 .282 .339 .354 21 0 Jul 09 Freddy Sale 1924-1924 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 27 Frank Scheibeck 1887-1906 389 1396 213 329 37 18 2 148 182 54 .236 .329 .292 88 0 Oct 22 Kip Selbach 1894-1906 1610 6158 1064 1803 299 149 44 779 783 76 .293 .376 .411 334 0 Feb 17 Tommy Sewell 1927-1927 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jul 30 John Shea 1928-1928 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 30 Paddy Siglin 1914-1916 23 50 5 9 0 0 0 2 5 10 .180 .255 .180 2 0 Aug 05 Al Simmons 1924-1944 2215 8759 1507 2927 539 149 307 1827 615 737 .334 .380 .535 88 64 May 26 Jimmy Slagle 1899-1908 1298 4996 779 1340 124 56 2 344 619 0 .268 .352 .317 273 0 May 10 Tod Sloan 1913-1919 143 402 43 94 8 5 2 33 41 46 .234 .319 .294 9 0 Sep 12 Tom Stouch 1898-1898 4 16 4 5 1 0 0 6 1 0 .313 .353 .375 0 0 Oct 07 Lena Styles 1919-1931 77 176 14 44 7 2 0 16 16 24 .250 .320 .313 1 0 Mar 14 Denny Sullivan 1905-1909 255 925 106 221 25 8 1 51 59 0 .239 .296 .286 30 0 Jun 02 Jesse Tannehill 1894-1911 506 1410 189 361 55 23 5 141 105 3 .256 .311 .338 19 0 Sep 22 Hughie Tate 1905-1905 4 13 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 .308 .308 .462 1 0 Aug 07 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Tommy Taylor 1924-1924 26 73 11 19 3 1 0 10 2 8 .260 .289 .329 2 0 Apr 05 Roxy Walters 1915-1925 498 1426 119 317 41 6 0 116 97 151 .222 .281 .259 13 5 Jun 03 Frank Watt 1931-1931 38 39 2 8 2 0 0 5 2 6 .205 .244 .256 0 0 Aug 31 Buck Weaver 1912-1920 1254 4809 623 1308 198 69 21 421 183 303 .272 .307 .355 172 70 Jan 31 Roy Wilkinson 1918-1922 79 124 8 18 3 3 0 7 6 36 .145 .185 .218 1 0 Jul 02 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Tommy Atkins 1909-1910 3 2 .600 2.86 16 4 2 0 2 63.0 59 20 0 28 33 May 07 Bill Bishop 1921-1921 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 7 0 10 4 Feb 14 Bill Brady 1912-1912 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 Apr 10 Shorty Desjardien 1916-1916 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 0 1 0 Mar 07 Gus Dorner 1902-1909 36 69 .343 3.37 131 106 76 8 1 910.3 842 341 18 330 275 May 04 George Dumont 1915-1919 10 23 .303 2.85 77 35 14 4 3 347.0 294 110 4 130 128 Oct 13 Frank Dupee 1901-1901 0 1 .000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 3 0 3 0 Aug 14 Art Fromme 1906-1915 80 90 .471 2.90 252 167 90 14 4 1438.0 1297 464 37 530 638 Aug 24 Joe Giard 1925-1927 13 15 .464 5.96 68 36 11 4 0 277.7 330 184 21 173 71 Jul 10 Dolly Gray 1909-1911 15 51 .227 3.52 98 70 46 3 0 568.0 586 222 8 182 213 Apr 04 Marty Herrmann 1918-1918 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 Sep 11 Ed Heusser 1935-1948 56 67 .455 3.69 266 104 50 10 18 1087.0 1167 446 66 300 299 Mar 01 Roy Hitt 1907-1907 6 10 .375 3.40 21 18 14 2 0 153.3 143 58 2 56 63 Feb 08 Del Howard 1905-1905 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 0 1 1 0 Dec 24 Harry Howell 1898-1910 131 146 .473 2.74 340 282 244 20 6 2567.7 2435 781 27 677 986 May 22 Tom Hughes 1900-1913 131 175 .428 3.09 399 313 227 25 16 2644.0 2610 909 51 853 1368 Feb 08 Lem Hunter 1883-1883 0 0 1.42 1 0 0 0 0 6.3 10 1 0 2 4 Nov 09 John Jackson 1933-1933 2 2 .500 6.00 10 7 1 0 0 54.0 74 36 3 35 11 Oct 22 Bub Kuhn 1924-1924 0 1 .000 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 3 1 0 0 Nov 20 Glenn Liebhardt 1906-1909 36 35 .507 2.17 90 66 49 7 2 612.7 543 148 3 183 280 Jul 13 Pete Loos 1901-1901 0 1 .000 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 3 0 4 0 Feb 23 Bill Malarkey 1908-1908 0 2 .000 2.57 15 0 0 0 2 35.0 31 10 1 10 12 Dec 12 Walt Marbet 1913-1913 0 1 .000 16.20 3 1 0 0 0 3.3 9 6 0 4 1 Sep 24 Limb McKenry 1915-1916 6 6 .500 3.10 27 12 5 0 0 125.0 108 43 2 47 39 Nov 01 John McMakin 1902-1902 2 2 .500 3.09 4 4 4 0 0 32.0 34 11 0 11 6 Sep 25 Dick Midkiff 1938-1938 1 1 .500 5.09 13 2 0 0 0 35.3 43 20 5 21 10 Oct 30 Walt Miller 1911-1911 0 1 .000 6.55 3 2 0 0 0 11.0 16 8 0 6 0 Mar 01 Joseph Myers 1905-1905 0 0 3.60 1 1 1 0 0 5.0 3 2 0 3 5 Feb 11 Red Nelson 1910-1913 10 12 .455 4.54 39 24 13 1 1 188.3 221 95 4 85 68 Oct 26 Pat Ragan 1909-1923 77 104 .425 2.99 283 182 93 12 6 1608.3 1555 534 38 470 680 Sep 04 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Clay Roe 1923-1923 0 1 .000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 6 2 Apr 04 Freddy Sale 1924-1924 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 May 27 Frank Scheibeck 1887-1887 0 1 .000 12.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 17 12 1 4 3 Oct 22 John Shea 1928-1928 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 0 1 0 Nov 30 Jesse Tannehill 1894-1911 197 116 .629 2.79 358 319 263 34 7 2750.3 2787 852 40 477 940 Sep 22 Frank Watt 1931-1931 5 5 .500 4.84 38 12 5 0 2 122.7 147 66 5 49 25 Aug 31 Roy Wilkinson 1918-1922 12 31 .279 4.66 79 36 20 1 6 380.7 466 197 11 142 88 Jul 02 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
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