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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Red Anderson        1937-1941   36    39    1   11   0   1   0    1    2   12  .282  .317  .333    0   0 Aug 07
 Fred Bailey         1916-1918   60   124   10   23   2   1   1    6    9   29  .185  .257  .242    3   0 Aug 16
 Jesse Baker         1911-1911   22    29    0    3   0   0   0    3    2    0  .103  .188  .103    0   0 Sep 26
 Dave Bancroft       1915-1930 1913  7182 1048 2004 320  77  32  591  827  487  .279  .355  .358  145  75 Oct 09
 Babe Barna          1937-1943  207   664   88  154  22   9  12   96   76   98  .232  .311  .346    9   1 May 18
 Les Bartholomew     1928-1932    9     8    0    1   1   0   0    1    0    5  .125  .125  .250    0   0 Sep 19
 George Batten       1912-1912    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 04
 Moe Berg            1923-1939  663  1813  150  441  71   6   6  206   78  117  .243  .278  .299   11   5 May 29
 Charlie Berry       1925-1938  709  2018  196  539  88  29  23  256  160  196  .267  .322  .374   13   5 Sep 06
 Herman Besse        1940-1946   71    90    8   18   2   0   0   15    9   20  .200  .273  .222    0   0 Aug 13
 Red Bird            1921-1921    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Mar 23
 Del Bissonette      1928-1933  604  2291  359  699 117  50  66  391  233  269  .305  .371  .486   17   0 Jun 09
 Bob Bowman          1939-1942  109   101    5    7   1   0   1    4   10   61  .069  .153  .109    0   0 Sep 04
 Jim Brillheart      1922-1931   86    86    3    6   0   0   1    4    2   36  .070  .101  .105    0   0 Sep 02
 Dick Burrus         1919-1928  560  1760  206  513  87  12  11  211  138   95  .291  .347  .373   18  12 Feb 02
 Donie Bush          1908-1923 1946  7210 1280 1804 186  74   9  436 1158  346  .250  .356  .300  404  75 Mar 28
 Frank Bushey        1927-1930   12     9    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    3  .111  .111  .111    0   0 Mar 18
 Italo Chelini       1935-1937   24    35    4    6   0   0   0    2    3    9  .171  .237  .171    0   0 Aug 25
 Harry Child         1930-1930    5     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   0 Nov 08
 Dino Chiozza        1935-1935    2     0    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 23
 Watty Clark         1924-1937  357   598   49  117  11   3   1   38   33   81  .196  .238  .229    0   0 Mar 04
 Roberto Clemente    1955-1972 2433  9454 1416 3000 440 166 240 1305  621 1230  .317  .359  .475   83  46 Dec 31
 Dick Coffman        1927-1945  472   400   21   51  11   1   0   16   22  151  .128  .173  .160    0   0 Mar 24
 Rip Conway          1918-1918   14    24    4    4   0   0   0    2    2    4  .167  .231  .167    1   0 Dec 02
 Glenn Crawford      1945-1946   87   306   41   89  13   2   2   24   37   15  .291  .369  .366    5   0 Jan 02
 Jack Crouch         1930-1933   43    72    7    9   1   0   1    8    3   13  .125  .182  .181    1   0 Aug 25
 Alvin Crowder       1926-1936  403   847   66  164  18   5   0   59   37   77  .194  .227  .227    0   1 Apr 03
 George Cunningham   1916-1921  162   210   27   47   6   3   1   13   36   67  .224  .337  .295    2   0 Mar 10
 Wally Dashiell      1924-1924    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May 20
 Dutch Dietz         1940-1943  110    73    8   13   0   0   0    1    4   18  .178  .231  .178    0   0 Oct 29
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Frank Drews         1944-1945   95   288   27   59  13   2   0   29   41   32  .205  .306  .264    0   0 Apr 22
 Johnny Echols       1939-1939    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Nov 13
 Gus Fisher          1911-1912   74   213   21   54   6   3   0   12    7    0  .254  .293  .310    6   0 Apr 08
 Tom Fisher          1904-1904   39    99    8   21   1   0   2    8    7    0  .212  .264  .283    0   0 Sep 03
 Dick Fowler         1941-1952  226   472   22   88  10   1   1   32   15   69  .186  .213  .218    0   2 May 22
 Al Gerheauser       1943-1948  152   211   12   44  10   3   1   22    7   55  .209  .237  .299    0   0 May 28
 Pep Goodwin         1914-1915  193   603   60  142  20   7   1   48   42   46  .235  .291  .297   10   0 Feb 15
 Joe Green           1924-1924    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Feb 04
 Gabby Hartnett      1922-1941 1990  6432  867 1912 396  64 236 1179  703  697  .297  .370  .489   28   7 Dec 20
 Bob Hasty           1919-1924  146   271   16   60   9   1   1   30    5   59  .221  .236  .273    0   0 May 28
 Clem Hausmann       1944-1949   64    77    3    7   0   0   0    0    6   16  .091  .157  .091    0   0 Aug 29
 Rollie Hemsley      1928-1947 1593  5047  562 1321 257  72  31  555  357  395  .262  .311  .360   29  18 Jul 31
 Phil Hensiek        1935-1935    6     3    0    2   1   0   0    1    0    1  .667  .667 1.000    0   0 Feb 21
 Leroy Herrmann      1932-1935   45    38    4   10   1   0   0    1    0    7  .263  .282  .289    0   0 Jul 03
 Gordie Hinkle       1934-1934   27    75    7   13   6   1   0    9    7   23  .173  .244  .280    0   0 Mar 19
 Dutch Hinrichs      1910-1910    3     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 18
 Gil Hodges          1943-1963 2071  7030 1105 1921 295  48 370 1274  943 1137  .273  .359  .487   63  31 Apr 02
 George Jackson      1911-1913  152   554   85  158  24   7   4   73   50   95  .285  .357  .375   34   0 Nov 25
 Rankin Johnson      1914-1918   72   144    7   18   2   0   0   10    5   32  .125  .160  .139    1   0 Jul 02
 Stan Jok            1954-1955   12    19    4    3   0   0   1    4    2    5  .158  .227  .316    0   0 Mar 06
 Davy Jones          1901-1918 1090  3774  643 1020  98  40   9  289  478   16  .270  .356  .325  207   0 Mar 30
 Howie Jones         1921-1921    3     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 15
 Dutch Jordan        1903-1904  165   519   48  108  21   3   0   40   32    0  .208  .258  .260   16   0 Dec 23
 Eddie Kenna         1928-1928   41   118   14   35   4   2   1   20   14    8  .297  .376  .390    1   5 Aug 21
 Lynn King           1935-1939  175   207   28   43   4   1   0   21   28   18  .208  .302  .237    6   0 May 11
 Mike Kircher        1919-1921   14    14    2    3   0   0   0    1    0    5  .214  .214  .214    0   0 Jun 26
 Will Koenigsmark    1919-1919    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jul 01
 Roy Leslie          1917-1922  160   556   47  148  24   2   6   55   42   57  .266  .318  .349    4   7 Apr 09
 Dutch Levsen        1923-1928   80   135   13   24   3   0   0    9    5   37  .178  .207  .200    0   0 Mar 12
 Dick Loftus         1924-1925   97   212   34   53  12   0   0   21   12    7  .250  .296  .307    3   0 Jan 21
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Tom Long            1911-1917  418  1489  148  401  47  49   6  140   79  137  .269  .309  .379   65  29 Jun 15
 Jerry Lynn          1937-1937    1     3    0    2   1   0   0    0    0    0  .667  .667 1.000    0   0 Sep 25
 Danny MacFayden     1926-1943  470   910   66  129  22   4   1   47   41  309  .142  .180  .178    1   1 Aug 26
 Lew Malone          1915-1919  133   367   28   74  11   7   1   28   28   60  .202  .260  .278    8   1 Feb 17
 Harry McCurdy       1922-1934  543  1157  148  326  71  12   9  148  129  108  .282  .355  .387   12   9 Jul 21
 Red McKee           1913-1916  189   433   38  110  10   7   2   49   54   64  .254  .339  .323    9   2 Aug 05
 Charlie Miller      1912-1912    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 23
 John Milligan       1928-1934   35    34    2    3   0   0   0    2    0    4  .088  .088  .088    0   0 May 15
 Bill Moore          1926-1927   49    87    9   18   2   0   0    4   13   10  .207  .310  .230    0   0 May 24
 Cy Moore            1929-1934  148   133    5   17   1   0   0    3    3   21  .128  .147  .135    0   0 Mar 28
 Bernie Neis         1920-1927  677  1825  297  496  84  18  25  210  201  186  .272  .346  .379   46  39 Nov 29
 Frank Nicholson     1912-1912    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Nov 10
 Fred Nicholson      1917-1922  303   794  112  247  34  21  12  107   65   97  .311  .367  .452   21  17 Jan 23
 Freddy Parent       1899-1911 1327  4984  633 1306 180  74  20  471  333    0  .262  .315  .340  184   0 Nov 02
 Dixie Parker        1923-1923    4     5    0    1   0   0   0    1    0    1  .200  .200  .200    0   0 May 15
 Pepper Peploski     1913-1913    2     4    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0   0 Jul 13
 Jeff Pfeffer        1911-1924  352   874   49  180  16   6   0   62   27  201  .206  .231  .238    3   2 Aug 15
 Johnny Rawlings     1914-1926 1080  3719  409  928 122  28  14  303  257  275  .250  .303  .309   92  22 Oct 16
 Topper Rigney       1922-1927  694  2326  324  669 113  39  13  315  377  176  .288  .388  .387   44  36 Jun 06
 Jackie Robinson     1947-1956 1382  4877  947 1518 273  54 137  734  740  291  .311  .409  .474  197  30 Oct 24
 Chico Ruiz          1964-1971  565  1150  133  276  37  10   2   69   58  164  .240  .279  .295   34  16 Feb 09
 Allen Russell       1915-1925  357   415   29   65   8   0   0   13   40  163  .157  .234  .176    0   1 Oct 20
 Danny Schell        1954-1955   94   274   25   77  14   3   7   33   17   32  .281  .324  .431    0   3 May 11
 Jim Scott           1914-1914    8    24    2    6   1   0   0    1    5    0  .250  .379  .292    1   0 May 12
 Ivey Shiver         1931-1934   21    68    8   13   1   0   2    6    3   18  .191  .225  .294    1   0 Aug 31
 Jack Smith          1915-1929 1406  4532  783 1301 182  71  40  382  334  348  .287  .339  .385  228  67 May 02
 Red Smith           1917-1918   26    45    2    7   2   0   0    5    6    4  .156  .255  .200    1   0 Jul 17
 Vic Sorrell         1928-1937  281   553   35   77  10   1   0   28   35  144  .139  .190  .161    0   1 May 04
 Al Spohrer          1928-1935  756  2218  213  575 103  25   6  199  124  166  .259  .301  .336   13   0 Jul 17
 Heinie Stafford     1916-1916    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jan 29
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Jim Sullivan        1921-1923   25    18    0    1   0   0   0    1    2    8  .056  .150  .056    0   0 Feb 12
 Suds Sutherland     1921-1921   17    27    4   11   1   0   0    7    1    4  .407  .448  .444    0   0 May 11
 Danny Taylor        1926-1936  674  2190  388  650 121  37  44  305  267  268  .297  .374  .446   56   2 Oct 11
 Fuller Thompson     1911-1911    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Feb 19
 Pie Traynor         1920-1937 1941  7559 1183 2416 371 164  58 1273  472  278  .320  .362  .435  158  46 Mar 16
 Dizzy Trout         1939-1957  535   961   99  205  28   7  20  110   59  226  .213  .260  .319    7   2 Feb 28
 Johnnie Tyler       1934-1935   16    53    7   17   2   1   2   12    4    6  .321  .379  .509    0   0 Jul 11
 Phil Voyles         1929-1929   20    68    9   16   0   2   0   14    6    8  .235  .297  .294    0   0 Nov 03
 Eddie Waitkus       1941-1955 1140  4254  528 1214 215  44  24  373  372  204  .285  .344  .374   28   8 Sep 16
 Zack Wheat          1909-1927 2410  9106 1289 2884 476 172 132 1248  650  559  .317  .367  .450  205  49 Mar 11
 Hoge Workman        1924-1924   11     2    0    0   0   0   0    2    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May 20
 Frankie Zak         1944-1946  123   208   43   56   5   1   0   14   26   23  .269  .350  .303    6   0 Feb 06
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

102 Players

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Pitch Glossary

 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Red Anderson        1937-1941   5   8  .385  4.35   36   9   3   0   0  136.7  150   66   7   69   40 Aug 07
 Jesse Baker         1911-1911   2   7  .222  3.93   22   8   3   0   1   94.0  101   41   3   30   51 Sep 26
 Les Bartholomew     1928-1932   0   0        6.75    9   0   0   0   0   28.0   36   21   2   15    7 Sep 19
 Herman Besse        1940-1946   5  15  .250  6.79   65  25   5   0   2  242.7  298  183  24  128  118 Aug 13
 Red Bird            1921-1921   0   0        5.40    1   0   0   0   0    5.0    5    3   0    1    2 Mar 23
 Bob Bowman          1939-1942  26  17  .605  3.82  109  38  13   2  10  365.0  360  155  27  139  146 Sep 04
 Jim Brillheart      1922-1931   8   9  .471  4.19   86  23   7   0   1  286.0  314  133  10  137   98 Sep 02
 Frank Bushey        1927-1930   0   1  .000  6.32   12   0   0   0   0   31.3   36   22   1   17    4 Mar 18
 Italo Chelini       1935-1937   4   4  .500  5.83   24   6   5   0   0   97.3  122   63  11   34   20 Aug 25
 Harry Child         1930-1930   0   0        6.30    5   0   0   0   0   10.0   10    7   1    5    5 Nov 08
 Watty Clark         1924-1937 111  97  .534  3.66  355 206  91  14  16 1747.3 1897  711  86  383  643 Mar 04
 Dick Coffman        1927-1945  72  95  .431  4.65  472 132  47   8  38 1460.3 1782  755  92  463  372 Mar 24
 Alvin Crowder       1926-1936 167 115  .592  4.12  402 292 150  16  22 2344.3 2453 1072 136  800  799 Apr 03
 George Cunningham   1916-1919  16  25  .390  3.13  123  36  19   0   8  477.0  444  166   2  178  167 Mar 10
 Dutch Dietz         1940-1943  14  16  .467  3.87  106  21   7   1   6  295.0  303  127  18  113   79 Oct 29
 Tom Fisher          1904-1904   6  16  .273  4.25   31  21  19   2   0  214.0  257  101   5   82   84 Sep 03
 Dick Fowler         1941-1952  66  79  .455  4.11  221 170  75  11   4 1303.0 1367  595  96  578  382 May 22
 Al Gerheauser       1943-1948  25  50  .333  4.13  149  79  27   4   1  643.0  726  295  25  224  255 May 28
 Bob Hasty           1919-1924  29  53  .354  4.65  146  94  35   2   1  751.3  900  388  49  215  167 May 28
 Clem Hausmann       1944-1949   9  14  .391  4.21   64  25   7   2   4  263.0  270  123  11  131   73 Aug 29
 Phil Hensiek        1935-1935   0   3  .000  9.69    6   1   0   0   1   13.0   21   14   2    9    6 Feb 21
 Leroy Herrmann      1932-1935   5   7  .417  4.13   45   9   2   0   1  141.7  168   65  12   48   39 Jul 03
 Dutch Hinrichs      1910-1910   0   1  .000  2.57    3   0   0   0   1    7.0   10    2   0    3    5 Aug 18
 Rankin Johnson      1914-1918  22  30  .423  2.92   72  53  31   6   2  450.0  401  146  12  151  169 Jul 02
 Mike Kircher        1919-1921   2   2  .500  6.00   14   3   1   0   0   48.0   69   32   0    9    9 Jun 26
 Will Koenigsmark    1919-1919   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    0.0    2    2   0    1    0 Jul 01
 Dutch Levsen        1923-1928  21  26  .447  4.17   80  51  23   3   0  404.0  426  187  17  173   88 Mar 12
 Danny MacFayden     1926-1943 132 159  .454  3.96  465 332 158  18   9 2706.0 2981 1191 112  872  797 Aug 26
 John Milligan       1928-1934   3   8  .273  5.17   35  12   4   0   0  116.7  141   67   2   67   38 May 15
 Cy Moore            1929-1934  16  26  .381  4.86  147  40  13   3   3  466.3  547  252  29  168  181 Mar 28
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Frank Nicholson     1912-1912   0   0        6.75    2   0   0   0   0    4.0    8    3   1    2    1 Nov 10
 Jeff Pfeffer        1911-1924 158 112  .585  2.77  347 280 194  28  10 2407.3 2320  742  67  592  836 Aug 15
 Allen Russell       1915-1925  71  76  .483  3.52  345 110  54   5  42 1394.3 1382  545  59  610  603 Oct 20
 Vic Sorrell         1928-1937  92 101  .477  4.43  280 216  95   8  10 1671.7 1820  823 101  706  619 May 04
 Jim Sullivan        1921-1923   0   5  .000  5.52   25   4   3   0   0   73.3  106   45   3   37   27 Feb 12
 Suds Sutherland     1921-1921   6   2  .750  4.97   13   8   3   0   0   58.0   80   32   1   18   18 May 11
 Fuller Thompson     1911-1911   0   0        3.86    3   0   0   0   0    4.7    5    2   0    2    0 Feb 19
 Dizzy Trout         1939-1957 170 161  .514  3.23  521 322 158  28  35 2725.7 2641  979 112 1046 1256 Feb 28
 Hoge Workman        1924-1924   0   0        8.50   11   0   0   0   0   18.0   25   17   2   11    7 May 20
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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