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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 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
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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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