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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Johnny Allen 1932-1944 365 716 82 124 12 3 4 64 33 155 .173 .210 .215 1 0 Mar 29 Sled Allen 1910-1910 14 23 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .130 .231 .174 0 0 Oct 16 Morrie Arnovich 1936-1946 590 2013 234 577 104 12 22 261 185 139 .287 .350 .383 17 0 Jul 20 Red Barnes 1927-1930 286 836 152 225 41 24 8 97 95 76 .269 .347 .404 12 5 Jul 03 Walter Beall 1924-1929 36 35 3 4 0 0 0 3 5 11 .114 .225 .114 0 0 Jan 28 Ralph Bell 1912-1912 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Oct 18 Clarence Berger 1914-1914 6 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .077 .143 .077 0 0 Jun 30 Frank Biscan 1942-1948 74 35 4 5 2 0 0 2 4 9 .143 .250 .200 0 0 May 22 Don Black 1943-1948 154 256 11 47 4 0 0 19 6 52 .184 .202 .199 1 1 Apr 21 Jim Bottomley 1922-1937 1991 7471 1177 2313 465 151 219 1422 664 591 .310 .369 .500 58 15 Dec 11 Emmett Bowles 1922-1922 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 03 Herb Bradley 1927-1929 24 21 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 .238 .238 .238 0 0 Oct 16 Dave Brain 1901-1908 679 2543 254 641 97 52 27 303 134 0 .252 .292 .363 73 0 May 25 Fred Brainard 1914-1916 95 261 32 51 7 2 1 21 22 44 .195 .261 .249 6 7 Apr 17 Art Brouthers 1906-1906 37 144 18 30 5 1 0 14 5 0 .208 .240 .257 4 0 Sep 28 Frank Bruggy 1921-1925 259 620 53 172 27 2 6 52 43 72 .277 .329 .356 12 5 Apr 05 Hal Bubser 1922-1922 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jun 22 Johnny Burnett 1927-1935 558 1835 288 521 94 15 9 213 163 107 .284 .345 .366 15 12 Aug 12 Bruce Caldwell 1928-1932 25 38 4 7 1 1 0 5 4 4 .184 .279 .263 1 0 Feb 15 Chappy Charles 1908-1910 237 851 76 186 23 7 1 51 54 1 .219 .270 .266 24 0 Aug 04 Win Clark 1897-1897 4 16 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 .188 .235 .188 1 0 Apr 15 Boileryard Clarke 1893-1905 950 3346 394 858 110 32 20 429 176 58 .256 .310 .326 54 0 Jul 29 Verne Clemons 1916-1924 474 1271 78 364 56 11 5 140 119 62 .286 .348 .360 6 1 May 05 Bob Coleman 1913-1916 116 228 19 55 8 1 1 27 29 46 .241 .327 .298 3 0 Jul 16 Wid Conroy 1901-1911 1374 5061 605 1257 176 82 22 452 345 0 .248 .301 .329 262 0 Dec 06 Red Corriden 1910-1915 223 640 97 131 21 5 6 47 75 48 .205 .304 .281 26 0 Sep 28 Ed Cotter 1926-1926 17 26 3 8 0 1 0 1 1 4 .308 .333 .385 1 0 Jun 14 Lee Dashner 1913-1913 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 16 Harley Dillinger 1914-1914 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jan 08 Ben Dyer 1914-1919 105 207 27 49 10 1 0 18 15 47 .237 .291 .295 4 0 Aug 07 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Charlie Eakle 1915-1915 2 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 1 0 Jun 15 Howard Ehmke 1915-1930 429 1009 71 210 38 6 0 73 26 111 .208 .228 .258 5 1 Mar 17 Carter Elliott 1921-1921 12 28 5 7 2 0 0 0 5 3 .250 .364 .321 0 0 May 21 Ferd Eunick 1917-1917 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Dec 09 Willy Fetzer 1906-1906 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 May 03 Howie Fitzgerald 1922-1926 48 140 15 36 3 0 0 14 8 11 .257 .297 .279 2 4 Feb 27 Don Flinn 1917-1917 14 37 1 11 1 1 0 1 1 6 .297 .316 .378 1 0 Mar 09 Bill Friel 1901-1903 283 994 123 244 33 17 6 80 60 0 .245 .292 .331 23 0 Dec 24 Johnson Fry 1923-1923 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 Apr 07 Dave Fultz 1898-1905 644 2393 369 648 84 26 3 223 201 0 .271 .332 .331 189 0 Oct 29 John Ganzel 1898-1908 747 2715 281 682 104 50 18 336 136 0 .251 .298 .346 48 0 Jan 14 Dinty Gearin 1923-1924 17 16 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 .313 .313 .313 0 0 Mar 11 Norwood Gibson 1903-1906 86 203 15 28 2 2 0 6 21 0 .138 .222 .167 0 0 Jul 07 Frank Gilhooley 1911-1919 312 1068 142 289 30 10 2 58 140 80 .271 .357 .323 37 0 Jul 11 John Glaiser 1920-1920 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 0 0 Mar 07 Ed Goebel 1922-1922 37 59 13 16 1 0 1 3 8 16 .271 .358 .339 1 1 Aug 12 Joe Harris 1914-1928 970 3035 461 963 201 64 47 517 413 188 .317 .404 .472 36 16 Dec 10 Frank Harter 1912-1914 29 33 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 8 .091 .091 .091 0 0 Apr 14 Bunny Hearn 1910-1920 66 133 7 24 4 0 1 4 3 37 .180 .204 .233 2 0 Oct 10 Fritz Henrich 1924-1924 36 90 4 19 4 0 0 4 2 12 .211 .228 .256 0 0 May 01 Jake Hewitt 1895-1895 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 0 0 May 18 Irv Higginbotham 1906-1909 48 85 6 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 .176 .205 .176 0 0 Jun 12 Eddie Higgins 1909-1910 19 26 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 .231 .231 .308 0 0 Feb 14 Hunter Hill 1903-1905 325 1200 104 259 32 5 1 80 57 0 .216 .257 .253 26 0 Feb 22 Jim Hitchcock 1938-1938 28 76 2 13 0 0 0 7 2 11 .171 .192 .171 1 0 Jun 23 Bill Hoffer 1895-1901 180 560 82 128 21 9 1 48 34 27 .229 .292 .304 11 0 Jul 21 Lefty Hopper 1898-1898 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 27 Lefty Houtz 1899-1899 5 17 1 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 .235 .381 .353 1 0 Feb 15 Frank Huelsman 1897-1905 235 824 76 213 52 13 5 97 62 0 .258 .322 .371 18 0 Jun 09 John Hummel 1905-1918 1161 3906 421 991 128 84 29 394 346 269 .254 .316 .352 117 1 May 18 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Bert James 1909-1909 6 21 1 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 .286 .400 .286 1 0 Jan 02 Fred Johnston 1924-1924 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 0 0 Jul 14 Claude Jonnard 1921-1929 137 90 5 5 1 1 0 4 5 49 .056 .105 .089 0 0 Aug 27 Nick Kahl 1905-1905 40 135 16 29 4 1 0 21 4 0 .215 .248 .259 1 0 Jul 13 Chick Keating 1913-1926 30 45 4 4 1 1 0 0 6 13 .089 .196 .156 1 0 Jul 13 Elmer Koestner 1910-1914 36 54 4 17 2 0 0 3 0 0 .315 .315 .352 2 0 Oct 27 Nap Lajoie 1896-1916 2480 9589 1504 3242 657 163 83 1599 516 85 .338 .380 .467 380 21 Feb 07 Phil Lewis 1905-1908 508 1775 146 429 33 13 4 130 95 0 .242 .281 .282 55 0 Aug 08 Terry Lyons 1929-1929 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 09 Doc Marshall 1904-1909 261 756 51 159 23 8 2 54 34 0 .210 .251 .270 15 0 Dec 11 Ed McFarland 1893-1908 894 3007 398 826 146 49 13 383 254 19 .275 .335 .369 65 0 Nov 28 Bill McGill 1907-1907 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Aug 07 Tom McGuire 1914-1919 44 71 5 19 4 1 1 11 7 18 .268 .333 .394 0 0 Dec 07 Jim McHale 1908-1908 21 67 9 15 2 2 0 7 4 0 .224 .278 .313 4 0 Jun 17 Vance McIlree 1921-1921 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 06 Otto Miller 1927-1932 272 837 95 229 39 6 0 91 49 46 .274 .315 .335 3 6 Jul 26 Roy Mitchell 1910-1919 123 235 22 44 7 1 0 7 22 25 .187 .257 .226 3 0 Sep 08 Buck O'Brien 1911-1913 64 143 6 20 3 1 0 8 9 9 .140 .191 .175 0 0 Jul 25 Mike O'Neill 1901-1907 137 380 50 97 14 9 2 41 20 0 .255 .306 .355 4 0 Aug 12 Joe Ogrodowski 1925-1925 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 24 Frank Okrie 1920-1920 21 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 0 0 Oct 16 Gene Packard 1912-1919 278 502 52 103 12 7 2 35 18 104 .205 .233 .269 3 0 May 18 Dode Paskert 1907-1921 1716 6017 868 1613 279 77 42 577 715 659 .268 .350 .361 293 43 Feb 12 George Payne 1920-1920 12 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 0 0 Jan 24 Ken Penner 1916-1929 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .167 .167 .167 0 0 May 28 Scott Perry 1915-1921 132 296 7 40 6 0 1 10 12 88 .135 .172 .166 1 0 Oct 27 William Pierson 1918-1924 11 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 0 0 Feb 20 Frank Ragland 1932-1933 23 21 0 5 1 0 0 2 1 6 .238 .273 .286 0 0 Jul 28 Ted Reed 1915-1915 20 77 5 20 1 2 0 4 2 7 .260 .288 .325 1 0 Feb 16 Elmer Rieger 1910-1910 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .400 .000 0 0 Oct 21 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Jimmy Ripple 1936-1943 554 1809 241 510 92 14 28 251 156 89 .282 .343 .395 7 0 Jul 16 Blondy Ryan 1930-1938 386 1330 127 318 36 13 8 133 57 184 .239 .271 .304 6 0 Nov 28 Ralph Savidge 1908-1909 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jul 22 Al Scheer 1913-1915 281 931 141 262 48 20 5 105 116 81 .281 .368 .392 41 0 May 06 Joe Schepner 1919-1919 14 48 2 10 4 0 0 6 1 5 .208 .224 .292 0 0 Jul 25 Jack Scott 1916-1929 408 680 67 187 31 4 5 73 39 76 .275 .319 .354 1 2 Nov 30 Ben Shaw 1917-1918 23 38 5 7 1 0 0 2 2 2 .184 .262 .211 0 0 Mar 16 Tommy Sheehan 1900-1908 317 1011 96 238 26 8 1 88 94 0 .235 .305 .280 32 0 May 22 Toots Shultz 1911-1912 28 29 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 4 .241 .241 .310 0 0 Jan 30 Oscar Siemer 1925-1926 47 119 8 29 1 1 1 11 3 7 .244 .262 .294 0 0 Dec 05 Klondike Smith 1912-1912 7 27 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .185 .185 .222 1 0 Nov 15 Wib Smith 1909-1909 17 42 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 .190 .190 .190 0 0 Nov 18 Joe Sugden 1893-1912 835 2726 303 696 72 25 3 283 220 34 .255 .319 .303 48 0 Jun 28 Roy Thomas 1899-1911 1470 5296 1011 1537 100 53 7 299 1042 11 .290 .413 .333 244 0 Nov 20 Doc Tonkin 1907-1907 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 May 30 Bill Upham 1915-1918 36 45 2 6 1 0 0 0 3 14 .133 .188 .156 0 0 Sep 14 Dutch Ussat 1925-1927 5 17 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 .176 .263 .294 0 0 May 29 Speed Walker 1923-1923 2 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 0 0 Jun 20 Tilly Walker 1911-1923 1421 5067 696 1423 244 71 118 679 416 504 .281 .339 .427 129 47 Sep 20 Ed Walsh 1904-1917 459 1088 93 210 38 10 3 68 46 14 .193 .230 .255 14 0 May 26 Lew Whistler 1890-1893 272 1014 150 247 29 28 12 133 100 156 .244 .318 .363 39 0 Dec 30 Ken Williams 1915-1929 1397 4862 860 1552 285 77 196 913 566 287 .319 .393 .530 154 106 Jan 22 Lefty Williams 1913-1920 190 384 30 61 6 5 0 29 33 112 .159 .227 .201 0 0 Nov 04 Pop Williams 1898-1903 58 175 21 38 2 2 0 18 11 0 .217 .283 .251 0 0 Aug 04 Dave Wills 1899-1899 24 94 15 21 3 1 0 12 2 0 .223 .240 .277 1 0 Oct 13 Fin Wilson 1914-1915 21 37 5 12 2 0 0 1 3 3 .324 .375 .378 0 0 Mar 09 Hooks Wiltse 1904-1915 375 743 81 156 19 4 2 79 50 25 .210 .266 .254 14 0 Jan 21 Del Young 1909-1915 94 196 17 52 5 5 4 23 5 13 .265 .284 .403 1 0 Dec 17 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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Johnny Allen 1932-1944 142 75 .654 3.75 352 241 109 17 18 1950.3 1849 813 104 738 1070 Mar 29 Walter Beall 1924-1929 5 5 .500 4.43 36 12 1 0 1 124.0 110 61 4 111 85 Jan 28 Ralph Bell 1912-1912 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 6 1 8 5 Oct 18 Frank Biscan 1942-1948 7 9 .438 5.28 74 4 1 0 4 148.3 170 87 4 104 64 May 22 Don Black 1943-1948 34 55 .382 4.35 154 113 37 4 1 797.0 803 385 46 400 293 Apr 21 Emmett Bowles 1922-1922 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 3 0 1 0 Sep 03 Herb Bradley 1927-1929 1 4 .200 5.93 24 7 3 1 0 74.3 87 49 3 25 20 Oct 16 Lee Dashner 1913-1913 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 2 Dec 16 Harley Dillinger 1914-1914 0 1 .000 4.54 11 2 1 0 0 33.7 41 17 0 25 11 Jan 08 Ben Dyer 1918-1918 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 07 Howard Ehmke 1915-1930 166 166 .500 3.75 427 339 199 20 14 2820.7 2873 1174 103 1042 1030 Mar 17 Bill Friel 1902-1902 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 2 0 0 0 Dec 24 Johnson Fry 1923-1923 0 0 12.27 1 0 0 0 0 3.7 6 5 0 4 0 Apr 07 Dinty Gearin 1923-1924 2 4 .333 3.74 13 6 3 0 0 53.0 56 22 4 28 13 Mar 11 Norwood Gibson 1903-1906 34 32 .515 2.93 85 72 56 3 0 609.0 525 198 21 208 258 Jul 07 John Glaiser 1920-1920 0 0 4.91 8 1 0 0 1 14.7 16 8 1 7 2 Mar 07 Frank Harter 1912-1914 3 5 .375 3.67 29 6 2 0 0 100.7 105 41 4 37 30 Apr 14 Bunny Hearn 1910-1920 13 24 .351 3.56 66 40 24 2 0 399.7 429 158 14 100 111 Oct 10 Jake Hewitt 1895-1895 1 0 1.000 4.15 4 2 1 0 2 13.0 13 6 0 2 4 May 18 Irv Higginbotham 1906-1909 10 14 .417 2.81 48 24 16 1 1 243.7 232 76 1 66 86 Jun 12 Eddie Higgins 1909-1910 3 4 .429 4.48 18 5 5 0 0 76.3 83 38 4 24 16 Feb 14 Bill Hoffer 1895-1901 92 46 .667 3.75 161 142 125 10 3 1254.3 1333 523 22 453 314 Jul 21 Lefty Hopper 1898-1898 0 2 .000 4.91 2 2 2 0 0 11.0 14 6 0 5 5 Sep 27 Claude Jonnard 1921-1929 14 12 .538 3.79 137 9 2 0 17 349.3 372 147 20 122 160 Aug 27 Elmer Koestner 1910-1914 5 10 .333 3.18 36 14 8 1 2 169.7 169 60 0 76 56 Oct 27 Bill McGill 1907-1907 1 0 1.000 3.44 2 2 1 0 0 18.3 22 7 0 2 8 Aug 07 Tom McGuire 1914-1919 5 6 .455 3.82 25 12 7 0 0 134.3 148 57 7 60 37 Dec 07 Vance McIlree 1921-1921 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 May 06 Roy Mitchell 1910-1919 32 37 .464 3.42 122 67 47 7 5 675.3 734 257 14 177 204 Sep 08 Buck O'Brien 1911-1913 29 25 .537 2.63 64 54 36 4 0 432.0 391 126 3 159 204 Jul 25 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Mike O'Neill 1901-1904 32 44 .421 2.73 85 77 68 4 2 694.3 739 211 8 169 228 Aug 12 Joe Ogrodowski 1925-1925 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 6 6 0 3 0 Jun 24 Frank Okrie 1920-1920 1 2 .333 5.27 21 1 1 0 0 41.0 44 24 2 18 9 Oct 16 Gene Packard 1912-1919 85 69 .552 3.01 248 153 86 15 17 1410.3 1393 472 28 356 488 May 18 George Payne 1920-1920 1 1 .500 5.46 12 0 0 0 0 29.7 39 18 2 9 7 Jan 24 Ken Penner 1916-1929 1 1 .500 3.55 9 2 0 0 0 25.3 28 10 1 10 8 May 28 Scott Perry 1915-1921 40 68 .370 3.07 132 104 69 5 5 893.3 927 305 23 284 231 Oct 27 William Pierson 1918-1924 0 1 .000 3.38 11 2 0 0 0 32.0 32 12 0 31 10 Feb 20 Frank Ragland 1932-1933 1 4 .200 7.11 23 6 0 0 0 76.0 105 60 6 31 15 Jul 28 Elmer Rieger 1910-1910 0 2 .000 5.48 13 2 0 0 0 21.3 26 13 1 7 9 Oct 21 Ralph Savidge 1908-1909 0 1 .000 5.76 5 1 1 0 0 25.0 28 16 1 11 9 Jul 22 Jack Scott 1916-1929 103 109 .486 3.85 356 195 115 11 19 1814.7 1969 776 94 493 657 Nov 30 Toots Shultz 1911-1912 1 7 .125 6.00 27 7 3 0 1 84.0 105 56 7 50 29 Jan 30 Joe Sugden 1902-1902 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Jun 28 Roy Thomas 1900-1900 0 0 3.38 1 0 0 0 0 2.7 4 1 0 0 0 Nov 20 Doc Tonkin 1907-1907 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 2.7 6 2 0 5 0 May 30 Bill Upham 1915-1918 7 9 .438 3.37 36 13 6 2 5 141.7 157 53 2 41 54 Sep 14 Ed Walsh 1904-1917 195 126 .607 1.82 430 315 250 57 34 2964.3 2346 598 23 617 1736 May 26 Lefty Williams 1913-1920 82 48 .631 3.13 189 152 80 10 5 1186.0 1121 413 30 347 515 Nov 04 Pop Williams 1898-1903 16 25 .390 3.20 46 46 40 2 0 377.3 418 134 4 113 127 Aug 04 Fin Wilson 1914-1915 1 9 .100 4.03 20 12 6 0 0 109.3 92 49 2 64 51 Mar 09 Hooks Wiltse 1904-1915 139 90 .607 2.47 357 226 154 27 34 2112.3 1892 580 54 498 965 Jan 21 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
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