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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Lefty Atkinson 1927-1927 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Feb 12 Jesse Barnes 1915-1927 435 913 71 195 11 5 1 69 24 72 .214 .235 .240 2 4 Sep 09 Jack Barry 1908-1919 1223 4146 532 1009 142 38 10 429 396 142 .243 .321 .303 153 18 Apr 23 Joe Bean 1902-1902 48 176 13 39 2 1 0 5 5 0 .222 .247 .244 9 0 Feb 15 Al Bergman 1916-1916 8 14 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 4 .214 .313 .357 0 0 Jun 20 Howard Berry 1902-1902 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .400 .250 1 0 Mar 13 Coonie Blank 1909-1909 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Dec 08 Ping Bodie 1911-1921 1050 3670 393 1011 169 72 43 516 312 240 .275 .335 .396 83 26 Dec 17 Benny Bowcock 1903-1903 14 50 7 16 3 1 1 10 3 0 .320 .358 .480 1 0 Jun 16 Fred Brickell 1926-1933 501 1448 221 407 54 23 6 131 106 121 .281 .335 .363 19 0 Apr 08 Tom Cafego 1937-1937 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Oct 29 Guy Cantrell 1925-1930 38 27 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 .074 .107 .074 0 0 Jan 31 Leon Carlson 1920-1920 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 0 0 Sep 15 Nick Carter 1908-1908 14 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 0 0 Nov 23 John Cavanaugh 1919-1919 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jan 14 Ty Cobb 1905-1928 3035 11434 2246 4189 724 295 117 1937 1249 357 .366 .433 .512 892 178 Jul 17 Harry Colliflower 1899-1899 23 76 5 23 4 0 0 9 2 0 .303 .321 .355 0 0 Aug 12 Bill Collins 1910-1914 228 773 91 173 11 10 3 54 54 75 .224 .287 .276 42 0 Jun 26 Jack Coveney 1903-1903 4 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 0 0 Mar 28 Davey Crockett 1901-1901 28 102 10 29 2 2 0 14 6 0 .284 .336 .343 1 0 Feb 23 Nick Cullop 1913-1921 174 329 21 49 9 1 0 21 16 86 .149 .188 .182 0 0 Apr 15 Lum Davenport 1921-1924 30 21 3 8 1 0 0 2 1 11 .381 .409 .429 0 0 Apr 21 George Davis 1912-1915 36 61 3 11 1 0 0 4 4 15 .180 .231 .197 0 0 Jun 04 Tom Downey 1909-1915 651 2170 256 520 69 25 7 188 198 172 .240 .306 .304 87 0 Aug 03 Jess Doyle 1925-1931 55 37 6 10 2 1 2 5 1 4 .270 .289 .541 0 0 Apr 15 Lee Dunham 1926-1926 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .250 .250 0 0 May 11 Hod Eller 1917-1921 163 308 24 68 6 3 1 29 6 60 .221 .238 .269 5 1 Jul 18 Cy Falkenberg 1903-1917 332 771 48 117 11 4 1 47 39 107 .152 .197 .180 7 0 Apr 14 Harry Felix 1901-1902 17 38 3 5 0 0 0 2 4 0 .132 .214 .132 0 0 Oct 17 Dana Fillingim 1915-1925 203 368 21 77 4 0 2 26 24 69 .209 .261 .236 0 1 Feb 03 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Frank Foutz 1901-1901 20 72 13 17 4 1 2 14 8 0 .236 .321 .403 0 0 Dec 25 Eddie Gaedel 1951-1951 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 Jun 18 Harry Gardner 1911-1912 14 14 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .214 .214 .286 0 0 Aug 02 Frank Gibson 1913-1927 471 1155 121 317 57 19 8 146 55 127 .274 .310 .377 12 7 Apr 27 Harry Gleason 1901-1905 274 944 88 206 24 11 3 90 48 0 .218 .263 .276 31 0 Oct 21 Roy Golden 1910-1911 37 59 2 9 1 0 0 7 5 12 .153 .231 .169 0 0 Oct 04 John Grim 1888-1899 706 2638 350 705 119 37 16 330 85 77 .267 .302 .359 82 0 Jul 28 Jim Hackett 1902-1903 105 372 26 86 14 8 0 40 21 0 .231 .276 .312 3 0 Mar 28 Jim Hanley 1913-1913 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 May 01 Dick Harley 1905-1905 9 22 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .045 .045 .045 0 0 May 16 Bob Harmon 1909-1918 346 692 53 127 16 7 1 34 47 191 .184 .239 .231 9 0 Nov 27 Roy Hartzell 1906-1916 1290 4548 503 1146 112 55 12 397 455 118 .252 .327 .309 182 44 Nov 06 Jake Hehl 1918-1918 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jul 04 Mack Hillis 1924-1928 12 37 7 9 2 3 1 7 0 6 .243 .243 .541 1 0 Jun 16 George Hogriever 1895-1901 123 460 86 117 18 9 2 50 66 17 .254 .353 .346 48 0 Jan 26 Red Holt 1925-1925 27 88 13 24 7 0 1 8 12 9 .273 .360 .386 0 0 Feb 02 Dummy Hoy 1888-1902 1796 7112 1426 2044 248 121 40 726 1004 210 .287 .386 .373 594 0 Dec 15 Tom Hughes 1906-1918 162 285 14 37 8 3 3 12 10 52 .130 .171 .211 1 0 Nov 01 Vern Hughes 1914-1914 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 26 Al Humphrey 1911-1911 8 27 4 5 0 0 0 0 3 7 .185 .267 .185 0 0 May 13 Ollie Johns 1905-1905 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 0 0 Jun 17 Doc Johnston 1909-1922 1055 3774 478 992 154 68 14 381 264 292 .263 .319 .351 139 48 Feb 17 Binky Jones 1924-1924 10 37 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 3 .108 .108 .135 0 0 May 13 Ted Jourdan 1916-1920 75 196 19 42 5 3 0 11 19 21 .214 .300 .270 5 2 Sep 23 Frank Jude 1906-1906 80 308 31 64 6 4 1 31 16 0 .208 .261 .263 7 0 May 04 Benny Kauff 1912-1920 859 3094 521 961 169 57 49 454 367 313 .311 .389 .450 234 33 Nov 17 Jim Kelly 1914-1918 215 714 91 212 15 22 4 57 46 58 .297 .343 .396 42 0 Apr 10 Red Kelly 1910-1910 14 45 6 7 0 1 0 1 7 0 .156 .296 .200 0 0 Feb 04 La Rue Kirby 1912-1915 116 378 37 87 14 5 2 34 31 61 .230 .292 .310 8 0 Jun 10 Otto Knabe 1905-1916 1278 4469 572 1103 178 48 8 365 485 191 .247 .325 .313 143 0 May 17 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Ben Koehler 1905-1906 208 722 82 168 15 7 2 62 56 0 .233 .295 .281 31 0 May 21 Lou Koupal 1925-1937 102 104 6 11 0 1 0 3 1 20 .106 .123 .125 0 0 Dec 08 Otto Krueger 1899-1905 507 1704 230 427 40 33 5 196 160 0 .251 .326 .322 48 0 Feb 20 John Leary 1914-1915 219 760 54 196 38 7 0 60 15 107 .258 .278 .326 11 19 Aug 18 Dutch Lieber 1935-1936 22 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 .118 .118 .118 0 0 Dec 31 Jack Little 1912-1912 3 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .357 .250 2 0 Jul 27 Art Loudell 1910-1910 5 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .143 .250 .143 0 0 Feb 19 Fred Luderus 1909-1920 1346 4851 570 1344 251 54 84 642 414 421 .277 .340 .403 55 8 Jan 05 Freddie Maguire 1922-1931 618 2120 226 545 90 22 1 163 82 131 .257 .289 .322 23 0 Nov 03 Frank Mahar 1902-1902 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 05 Alex Malloy 1910-1910 7 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .063 .118 .063 0 0 Mar 01 Bert Maxwell 1906-1914 21 40 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 .075 .140 .075 0 0 Dec 10 Jack McCandless 1914-1915 128 437 52 95 6 8 5 35 44 99 .217 .299 .302 9 0 Aug 17 Jim McGinley 1904-1905 4 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0 0 Sep 20 Chuck Miller 1913-1914 40 48 4 9 1 0 0 3 3 11 .188 .235 .208 2 0 Jun 16 Mike Mitchell 1907-1914 1124 4095 514 1138 130 104 27 514 368 216 .278 .340 .380 202 7 Jul 16 John Mohardt 1922-1922 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 1 Nov 24 Kid Mohler 1894-1894 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 0 0 Nov 04 Carlton Molesworth 1895-1895 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 0 0 Jul 25 Earl Moore 1901-1914 388 949 55 134 13 1 0 43 62 108 .141 .194 .157 4 0 Nov 28 Walter Morris 1908-1908 23 73 1 13 1 1 0 2 0 0 .178 .178 .219 1 0 Aug 02 Ray Nelson 1901-1901 39 130 12 26 2 0 0 7 10 0 .200 .262 .215 3 0 Jan 08 Red Oldham 1914-1926 178 283 35 64 9 6 2 30 22 65 .226 .282 .322 1 0 Jan 28 Rube Oldring 1905-1918 1239 4690 616 1268 205 76 27 471 206 125 .270 .307 .364 197 22 Sep 09 Chink Outen 1933-1933 93 153 20 38 10 0 4 17 20 15 .248 .335 .392 1 0 Sep 11 Si Pauxtis 1909-1909 4 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 0 0 Mar 13 Joe Price 1928-1928 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jan 15 Mike Regan 1917-1919 57 103 12 23 3 0 0 1 7 16 .223 .273 .252 2 0 May 22 Ed Reulbach 1905-1917 401 862 52 127 16 6 1 52 59 171 .147 .204 .183 3 0 Jul 17 Chuck Rose 1909-1909 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .125 .000 0 0 Aug 04 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Schoolboy Rowe 1933-1949 491 909 116 239 36 9 18 153 86 157 .263 .328 .382 3 2 Jan 08 Don Savage 1944-1945 105 297 36 76 8 5 4 27 23 55 .256 .312 .357 2 1 Dec 25 Bill Schwartz 1904-1904 24 86 5 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 .151 .151 .174 4 0 Aug 29 Epp Sell 1922-1923 12 19 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 7 .211 .250 .263 0 0 Feb 19 Pete Shields 1915-1915 23 72 4 15 6 0 0 6 4 14 .208 .250 .292 3 3 Feb 11 Barney Slaughter 1910-1910 8 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 0 0 May 17 Fred Smith 1913-1917 438 1422 143 321 39 25 8 158 133 219 .226 .296 .305 58 0 May 28 Happy Smith 1910-1910 35 76 6 18 2 0 0 5 4 14 .237 .275 .263 4 0 Feb 26 Red Smith 1925-1925 20 14 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 5 .286 .375 .286 0 0 Feb 19 Syd Smith 1908-1915 146 397 24 98 21 1 2 40 22 1 .247 .291 .320 2 0 Jun 05 Clyde Southwick 1911-1911 4 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .308 .250 0 0 Oct 14 John Taff 1913-1913 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .200 .200 .200 0 0 May 15 Bud Tinning 1932-1935 99 130 8 23 5 0 0 14 4 33 .177 .201 .215 0 0 Jan 17 Dazzy Vance 1915-1935 442 971 68 146 23 1 7 75 79 287 .150 .219 .198 1 0 Feb 16 Aaron Ward 1917-1928 1059 3611 457 966 158 54 50 447 339 457 .268 .335 .383 36 38 Jan 30 Bud Weiser 1915-1916 41 74 7 12 3 0 0 9 7 15 .162 .244 .203 2 2 Jul 31 Gene Woodburn 1911-1912 31 19 2 1 0 0 0 4 6 12 .053 .280 .053 0 0 Jan 18 Frank Woodward 1918-1923 42 57 6 9 0 1 0 3 5 10 .158 .226 .193 2 0 Jun 11 Weldon Wyckoff 1913-1918 114 208 13 31 4 2 1 12 9 50 .149 .184 .202 4 1 May 08 Bert Yeabsley 1919-1919 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 Feb 08 Lefty York 1919-1921 42 40 2 5 1 0 0 5 1 13 .125 .167 .150 0 0 Apr 09 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Jesse Barnes 1915-1927 152 150 .503 3.22 422 314 180 26 13 2569.7 2686 918 88 515 653 Sep 09 Guy Cantrell 1925-1930 2 7 .222 4.27 38 7 4 0 0 99.0 115 47 5 47 45 Jan 31 Leon Carlson 1920-1920 0 0 3.65 3 0 0 0 0 12.3 14 5 1 2 3 Sep 15 Nick Carter 1908-1908 2 5 .286 2.97 14 5 2 0 0 60.7 58 20 1 17 17 Nov 23 Ty Cobb 1918-1925 0 0 3.60 3 0 0 0 1 5.0 6 2 0 2 0 Jul 17 Harry Colliflower 1899-1899 1 11 .083 8.17 14 12 11 0 0 98.0 152 89 6 41 8 Aug 12 Nick Cullop 1913-1921 57 55 .509 2.73 174 121 62 9 5 1024.0 973 311 24 259 400 Apr 15 Lum Davenport 1921-1924 1 4 .200 7.71 25 3 0 0 0 58.3 63 50 3 51 20 Apr 21 George Davis 1912-1915 7 10 .412 4.48 36 22 13 1 0 191.0 195 95 7 78 77 Jun 04 Jess Doyle 1925-1931 4 7 .364 6.22 55 3 0 0 9 136.0 183 94 6 57 38 Apr 15 Hod Eller 1917-1921 60 40 .600 2.62 160 88 52 9 5 863.0 806 251 19 213 381 Jul 18 Cy Falkenberg 1903-1917 130 123 .514 2.68 330 266 180 27 8 2275.0 2090 678 23 690 1164 Apr 14 Harry Felix 1901-1902 1 3 .250 5.36 10 5 3 0 0 47.0 64 28 1 11 10 Oct 17 Dana Fillingim 1915-1925 47 73 .392 3.56 200 113 59 10 5 1076.3 1170 426 32 313 270 Feb 03 Harry Gardner 1911-1912 1 1 .500 4.46 14 3 2 0 2 42.3 42 21 2 21 24 Aug 02 Roy Golden 1910-1911 6 12 .333 4.89 37 31 9 0 0 191.3 171 104 9 162 112 Oct 04 John Grim 1890-1890 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.3 3 0 0 4 3 Jul 28 Jim Hackett 1902-1903 1 6 .143 4.69 11 9 8 0 1 78.7 93 41 0 34 28 Mar 28 Jim Hanley 1913-1913 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 3 0 4 2 May 01 Dick Harley 1905-1905 2 5 .286 4.66 9 4 4 1 0 65.7 72 34 5 19 19 May 16 Bob Harmon 1909-1918 107 133 .446 3.33 321 240 143 15 12 2054.0 1966 761 43 762 634 Nov 27 Jake Hehl 1918-1918 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Jul 04 Tom Hughes 1906-1918 56 39 .589 2.56 160 87 55 9 16 863.0 703 245 14 235 476 Nov 01 Vern Hughes 1914-1914 0 0 3.18 3 0 0 0 0 5.7 5 2 0 3 0 Sep 26 Ollie Johns 1905-1905 1 0 1.000 3.50 4 1 1 0 1 18.0 31 7 1 4 8 Jun 17 La Rue Kirby 1912-1915 1 0 1.000 5.50 4 1 1 0 0 18.0 20 11 2 8 9 Jun 10 Lou Koupal 1925-1937 10 21 .323 5.58 101 35 12 0 7 335.3 436 208 23 156 87 Dec 08 Dutch Lieber 1935-1936 1 2 .333 4.01 21 1 0 0 2 58.3 62 26 1 25 15 Dec 31 Art Loudell 1910-1910 1 1 .500 3.38 5 2 1 0 0 21.3 23 8 0 14 12 Feb 19 Alex Malloy 1910-1910 0 6 .000 2.56 7 6 4 0 0 52.7 47 15 0 17 27 Mar 01 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Bert Maxwell 1906-1914 4 7 .364 4.16 21 12 9 1 1 123.3 144 57 0 42 35 Dec 10 Jim McGinley 1904-1905 2 2 .500 3.30 4 4 3 0 0 30.0 33 11 1 8 6 Sep 20 Carlton Molesworth 1895-1895 0 2 .000 14.63 4 3 1 0 0 16.0 33 26 1 15 7 Jul 25 Earl Moore 1901-1914 162 154 .513 2.78 388 326 230 34 7 2776.0 2474 856 57 1108 1403 Nov 28 Red Oldham 1914-1926 39 48 .448 4.15 176 92 38 2 12 854.3 978 394 35 292 267 Jan 28 Mike Regan 1917-1919 16 15 .516 2.84 55 32 20 4 2 298.3 306 94 4 70 66 May 22 Ed Reulbach 1905-1917 182 106 .632 2.28 399 300 201 40 13 2632.3 2117 668 33 892 1137 Jul 17 Chuck Rose 1909-1909 1 2 .333 5.40 3 3 3 0 0 25.0 32 15 1 7 6 Aug 04 Schoolboy Rowe 1933-1949 158 101 .610 3.87 382 278 137 22 12 2219.3 2332 955 132 558 913 Jan 08 Epp Sell 1922-1923 4 3 .571 6.56 12 6 0 0 0 48.0 63 35 3 14 7 Feb 19 Barney Slaughter 1910-1910 0 1 .000 5.50 8 1 0 0 1 18.0 21 11 0 11 7 May 17 John Taff 1913-1913 0 1 .000 6.62 7 1 0 0 1 17.7 22 13 0 5 9 May 15 Bud Tinning 1932-1935 22 15 .595 3.19 99 35 13 4 4 405.7 405 144 16 135 135 Jan 17 Dazzy Vance 1915-1935 197 140 .585 3.24 442 347 216 29 11 2966.7 2809 1068 132 840 2045 Feb 16 Gene Woodburn 1911-1912 2 9 .182 5.50 31 11 2 0 0 86.7 82 53 0 82 48 Jan 18 Frank Woodward 1918-1923 9 15 .375 4.23 42 21 8 0 1 193.7 199 91 6 74 55 Jun 11 Weldon Wyckoff 1913-1918 23 34 .404 3.55 109 63 36 1 3 573.7 494 226 5 357 299 May 08 Lefty York 1919-1921 5 11 .313 5.34 42 12 4 1 1 143.3 183 85 5 68 59 Apr 09 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
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