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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Jose Acosta         1920-1922   55    60    4    9   1   0   0    1   11   22  .150  .282  .167    1   0 Nov 16
 Charlie Barnabe     1927-1928   29    27    6    7   4   0   1   11    4    4  .259  .355  .519    0   0 Aug 16
 Gene Bedford        1925-1925    2     3    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Oct 06
 Beau Bell           1935-1941  767  2718  378  806 165  32  46  437  272  239  .297  .362  .432   11  12 Sep 14
 Sid Benton          1922-1922    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Mar 08
 Jack Berly          1924-1933   65    60    3   10   0   0   0    5    1   18  .167  .180  .167    0   0 Jun 26
 Otto Bluege         1932-1933  109   291   18   62   6   2   0   18   26   29  .213  .278  .247    0   0 Jun 28
 Sam Bohne           1916-1926  663  2315  309  605  87  45  16  228  193  154  .261  .321  .359   75  59 May 23
 Bill Bonness        1944-1944    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Dec 03
 Joe Bratcher        1924-1924    4     1    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Oct 13
 Boardwalk Brown     1911-1915  135   258   10   38   5   2   1   10   10   64  .147  .179  .194    0   0 Feb 08
 Jimmy Brown         1937-1946  890  3512  465  980 146  42   9  319  231  110  .279  .326  .352   39   0 Dec 29
 Fred Carisch        1903-1923  226   655   43  149  17   9   1   57   46   37  .227  .280  .285   16   2 Apr 19
 Tex Carleton        1932-1940  298   540   47  100  12   3   6   54   35  141  .185  .236  .252    1   0 Jan 11
 Johnnie Chambers    1937-1937    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 May 11
 Joe Connell         1926-1926    2     1    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 21
 Leo Cristante       1951-1955   30    13    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    6  .077  .077  .077    0   0 Aug 24
 Adam Debus          1917-1917   38   131    9   30   5   4   0    7    7   14  .229  .279  .328    2   0 May 13
 Tod Dennehey        1923-1923    9    24    4    7   2   0   0    2    1    3  .292  .320  .375    0   0 Aug 08
 Art Ewoldt          1919-1919    9    32    2    7   1   0   0    2    1    5  .219  .242  .250    0   0 Dec 08
 Turk Farrell        1956-1969  590   436   19   59   7   0   4   18   11  165  .135  .158  .179    0   0 Jun 10
 Ray Fitzgerald      1931-1931    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 06
 Hod Ford            1919-1933 1446  4833  484 1269 200  55  16  494  351  354  .263  .316  .337   21  28 Jan 29
 Vic Frazier         1931-1939  126   186   17   33   3   0   0   16   13   42  .177  .231  .194    0   0 Jan 10
 Johnny Frederick    1929-1934  805  3102  498  954 200  35  85  377  210  176  .308  .357  .477   23   0 Jun 18
 Danny Frisella      1967-1976  351    78    3   14   1   0   0    4    4   25  .179  .220  .192    2   0 Jan 01
 Clarence Garrett    1915-1915    4     8    0    0   0   0   0    0    2    4  .000  .273  .000    0   0 Feb 11
 George Gerken       1927-1928   44   129   17   29   7   2   0   11   13   25  .225  .301  .310    3   3 Oct 23
 Jim Gladd           1946-1946    4    11    0    1   0   0   0    0    1    4  .091  .167  .091    0   0 Nov 08
 Bob Glenn           1920-1920    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jun 03
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Mike Gonzalez       1912-1932 1042  2829  283  717 123  19  13  263  231  198  .253  .314  .324   52  10 Feb 19
 Fred Haney          1922-1929  622  1977  338  544  66  21   8  228  282  123  .275  .368  .342   51  25 Nov 09
 Roy Hansen          1918-1918    5     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Feb 09
 Bucky Harris        1919-1931 1263  4736  722 1297 224  64   9  506  472  310  .274  .352  .354  167  91 Nov 08
 Don Hendrickson     1945-1946   39    19    1    3   0   0   0    0    1    6  .158  .200  .158    0   0 Jan 19
 Oral Hildebrand     1931-1940  259   513   43   96  13   3   0   50   18   47  .187  .215  .224    0   0 Sep 08
 Billy Holm          1943-1945  119   282   22   44   4   1   0   15   41   40  .156  .272  .177    2   1 Jul 27
 Oscar Horstmann     1917-1919   50    52    1   10   2   0   0    2    3   16  .192  .236  .231    0   0 May 11
 Baby Doll Jacobson  1915-1927 1472  5507  787 1714 328  94  83  821  355  410  .311  .357  .450   86  54 Jan 16
 Al Javery           1940-1946  205   380   24   52   5   1   0   11    7  124  .137  .152  .155    0   0 Aug 16
 Broadway Jones      1923-1923    3     2    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0   0 Sep 07
 Bubber Jonnard      1920-1935  103   235   26   54   7   1   0   20   12   23  .230  .267  .268    0   0 Aug 23
 Joe Kelly           1914-1919  376  1341  129  300  38  22   6  117   80  143  .224  .272  .298   66   0 Aug 16
 Ollie Klee          1925-1925    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Feb 09
 Bob Klinger         1938-1947  265   348   28   71   5   0   0   21   20   41  .204  .247  .218    0   0 Aug 19
 Johnny Kucab        1950-1952   62    35    3    3   0   0   0    2    5    9  .086  .200  .086    0   0 May 26
 Roxie Lawson        1930-1940  209   283   26   49   5   3   0   17   12   57  .173  .209  .212    0   0 Apr 09
 Hal Leathers        1920-1920    9    23    3    7   1   0   1    1    1    1  .304  .333  .478    1   0 Apr 12
 Bill Lee            1934-1947  467   980   59  165  15   2   5   71   42  177  .168  .204  .203    1   0 Jun 15
 Nemo Leibold        1913-1925 1268  4167  638 1109 145  49   3  284  571  335  .266  .357  .327  134  60 Feb 04
 Bill Lewis          1933-1936   50   101   20   33   3   0   1   11   15   11  .327  .414  .386    0   0 Oct 24
 Carlisle Littlejohn 1927-1928   27    23    2    5   1   0   0    1    0    4  .217  .217  .261    0   0 Oct 27
 Paddy Livingston    1901-1917  206   574   48  120  17  12   0   45   41    1  .209  .287  .280    9   0 Sep 19
 Howard Lohr         1914-1916   21    54    6   11   1   1   0    8    0    9  .204  .204  .259    3   0 Jun 09
 Sherm Lollar        1946-1963 1752  5351  623 1415 244  14 155  808  671  453  .264  .357  .402   20  10 Sep 24
 Ernie Lombardi      1931-1947 1853  5855  601 1792 277  27 190  990  430  262  .306  .358  .460    8   0 Sep 26
 Jim Lyle            1925-1925    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Oct 10
 Red Lynn            1939-1944   85    41    4    6   1   0   0    2    1    5  .146  .167  .171    0   0 Oct 27
 Sal Madrid          1947-1947    8    24    0    3   1   0   0    1    1    6  .125  .160  .167    0   0 Feb 24
 Al Mahon            1930-1930    3     1    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    1  .000  .500  .000    0   0 Dec 26
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Johnny Mann         1928-1928    6     6    0    2   0   0   0    1    1    0  .333  .429  .333    0   0 Mar 31
 Bill Marshall       1931-1934    7     8    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    2  .125  .125  .125    0   0 May 05
 Buster Maynard      1940-1946  224   616   68  136  14   5  14   66   46   53  .221  .276  .328    6   0 Sep 07
 Tim McCabe          1915-1918   22    19    2    1   0   0   0    0    4    5  .053  .217  .053    0   0 Apr 12
 Spike Merena        1934-1934    4     7    1    1   0   0   0    0    1    1  .143  .250  .143    0   0 Mar 09
 Bob Meusel          1920-1930 1407  5475  826 1693 368  95 156 1068  375  619  .309  .356  .497  142 102 Nov 28
 Mike Miley          1975-1976   84   262   21   46   5   2   4   30   20   62  .176  .234  .256    1   1 Jan 06
 George Milstead     1924-1926   36    32    1    2   0   0   0    0    2   20  .063  .118  .063    0   0 Aug 09
 Ken Nash            1912-1914   35    74    6   18   3   1   0    6    9   10  .243  .325  .311    0   0 Feb 16
 Ernie Neitzke       1921-1921   11    25    3    6   0   0   0    2    4    4  .240  .345  .240    0   0 Apr 27
 Jack Ogden          1918-1932  127   170   15   34   4   2   0   17    7   35  .200  .232  .247    0   0 Nov 09
 Chi-Chi Olivo       1961-1966   96    13    1    2   0   0   0    1    0    2  .154  .154  .154    0   0 Feb 03
 Diomedes Olivo      1960-1963   85    17    0    3   1   0   0    1    1    2  .176  .222  .235    0   0 Feb 15
 Barney Olsen        1941-1941   24    73   13   21   6   1   1    4    4   11  .288  .325  .438    0   0 Mar 30
 Red Ostergard       1921-1921   12    11    2    4   0   0   0    0    0    2  .364  .364  .364    0   0 Jan 13
 Stubby Overmire     1943-1952  266   335   19   54   7   4   0   27   41   41  .161  .253  .206    0   2 Mar 03
 Pat Patterson       1921-1921   23    35    5   14   0   0   1    5    2    5  .400  .432  .486    0   1 Oct 01
 Roger Peckinpaugh   1910-1927 2012  7233 1006 1876 256  75  48  740  814  609  .259  .336  .335  205  70 Nov 17
 Pinky Pittenger     1921-1929  373   959  118  252  32   3   1   83   37   50  .263  .294  .306   27  12 Nov 04
 John Pomorski       1934-1934    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Dec 06
 Del Pratt           1912-1924 1836  6826  856 1996 392 117  43  970  513  360  .292  .345  .403  247 108 Sep 30
 Frankie Pytlak      1932-1946  795  2399  316  677 100  36   7  272  247   97  .282  .355  .363   56  29 May 08
 Chucho Ramos        1944-1944    4    10    1    5   1   0   0    0    0    0  .500  .500  .600    0   0 Sep 02
 Otto Rettig         1922-1922    4     6    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun 16
 Johnny Rizzo        1938-1942  557  1842  268  497  90  16  61  289  200  197  .270  .345  .435    7   0 Dec 04
 Frank Rooney        1914-1914   12    35    1    7   0   1   1    8    1    0  .200  .222  .343    2   0 Apr 06
 Al Smith            1934-1945  359   535   48  102  12   1   2   38   51  106  .191  .266  .228    0   0 Apr 28
 Mayo Smith          1945-1945   73   203   18   43   5   0   0   11   36   13  .212  .333  .236    0   1 Nov 24
 Denny Sothern       1926-1931  357  1355  219  379  80   9  19  115   83  136  .280  .325  .394   38   0 Dec 07
 Milt Steengrafe     1924-1926   16    15    0    0   0   0   0    1    0    7  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun 02
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Hank Steinbacher    1937-1939  203   583   88  170  29  10   6   85   66   34  .292  .364  .407    3   3 Apr 03
 Milt Stock          1913-1926 1628  6249  839 1806 270  58  22  696  455  321  .289  .339  .361  155  75 Jul 16
 Pete Turgeon        1923-1923    3     6    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .167  .167  .167    0   0 Jan 24
 Elam Vangilder      1919-1929  373   601   61  146  30   4   8   53   21   98  .243  .274  .346    0   1 Apr 30
 Harry Welchonce     1911-1911   26    66    9   14   4   0   0    6    7    8  .212  .288  .273    0   0 Feb 26
 Ron Willis          1966-1970  188    25    1    4   1   0   0    3    1    8  .160  .192  .200    0   0 Nov 21
 Max Wilson          1940-1946   12     4    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    2  .000  .200  .000    0   0 Jan 02
 Ernie Wingard       1924-1927  156   246   30   57   9   4   7   38   11   31  .232  .267  .386    0   0 Jan 17
 Chuck Wortman       1916-1918  161   441   45   82   8   3   3   28   37   47  .186  .249  .238   13   0 Aug 19
 Rube Yarrison       1922-1924   21     8    0    1   0   0   0    0    1    1  .125  .222  .125    0   0 Apr 22
 George Zackert      1911-1912    6     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Feb 18
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

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 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Jose Acosta         1920-1922  10  10  .500  4.51   55  13   6   1   4  213.3  265  107   9   68   45 Nov 16
 Charlie Barnabe     1927-1928   0   7  .000  5.48   24   6   1   0   0   70.7  103   43   2   20    8 Aug 16
 Sid Benton          1922-1922   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    0.0    0    0   0    2    0 Mar 08
 Jack Berly          1924-1933  10  13  .435  5.02   65  18   6   2   2  215.3  245  120  17   98   66 Jun 26
 Bill Bonness        1944-1944   0   1  .000  7.71    2   1   0   0   0    7.0   11    6   0    5    1 Dec 03
 Boardwalk Brown     1911-1915  38  40  .487  3.47  133  93  42   6   3  731.3  698  282  15  291  251 Feb 08
 Tex Carleton        1932-1940 100  76  .568  3.91  293 202  91  16   9 1607.3 1630  698 105  561  808 Jan 11
 Johnnie Chambers    1937-1937   0   0       18.00    2   0   0   0   0    2.0    5    4   0    2    1 May 11
 Leo Cristante       1951-1955   1   2  .333  3.84   30   2   0   0   0   58.7   65   25   4   23   15 Aug 24
 Turk Farrell        1956-1969 106 111  .488  3.45  590 134  41   5  83 1705.0 1628  653 152  468 1177 Jun 10
 Vic Frazier         1931-1939  23  38  .377  5.77  126  68  21   2   4  579.0  686  371  37  291  170 Jan 10
 Danny Frisella      1967-1976  34  40  .459  3.32  351  17   0   0  57  609.3  529  225  53  286  471 Jan 01
 Clarence Garrett    1915-1915   2   2  .500  2.31    4   4   2   0   0   23.3   19    6   1    6    5 Feb 11
 Bob Glenn           1920-1920   0   0        0.00    2   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    0   0    0    0 Jun 03
 Roy Hansen          1918-1918   1   0 1.000  3.00    5   0   0   0   0    9.0   10    3   0    3    2 Feb 09
 Don Hendrickson     1945-1946   4   9  .308  4.90   39   2   1   0   5   75.3   78   41   8   41   16 Jan 19
 Oral Hildebrand     1931-1940  83  78  .516  4.35  258 182  80   9  13 1430.7 1490  692  99  623  527 Sep 08
 Oscar Horstmann     1917-1919   9   7  .563  3.67   50  15   4   1   1  176.7  154   72   5   80   61 May 11
 Al Javery           1940-1946  53  74  .417  3.80  205 147  61  15   5 1142.7 1164  483  44  452  470 Aug 16
 Broadway Jones      1923-1923   0   0        9.00    3   0   0   0   0    8.0    5    8   0    7    1 Sep 07
 Bob Klinger         1938-1947  66  61  .520  3.68  265 130  48   7  23 1089.7 1153  445  46  358  357 Aug 19
 Johnny Kucab        1950-1952   5   5  .500  4.44   59   3   2   0   6  152.0  169   75  18   51   48 May 26
 Roxie Lawson        1930-1940  47  39  .547  5.37  208  83  34   2  11  851.7  963  508  70  512  258 Apr 09
 Bill Lee            1934-1947 169 157  .518  3.54  462 378 182  29  13 2864.0 2953 1127 138  893  998 Jun 15
 Carlisle Littlejohn 1927-1928   5   2  .714  4.14   26   4   2   0   0   74.0   83   34   6   28   22 Oct 27
 Jim Lyle            1925-1925   0   0        6.00    1   0   0   0   0    3.0    5    2   0    1    3 Oct 10
 Red Lynn            1939-1944  10   8  .556  3.95   85   7   4   1   5  184.7  175   81  12   85   85 Oct 27
 Al Mahon            1930-1930   0   0       22.85    3   0   0   0   0    4.3   11   11   0    7    0 Dec 26
 Tim McCabe          1915-1918   5   1  .833  2.92   22   4   4   1   0   71.0   60   23   2   21   26 Apr 12
 Spike Merena        1934-1934   1   2  .333  2.92    4   3   2   1   0   24.7   20    8   2   16    7 Mar 09
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 George Milstead     1924-1926   3   7  .300  4.16   36   9   2   0   2  106.0  130   49   3   45   27 Aug 09
 Ernie Neitzke       1921-1921   0   0        6.14    2   0   0   0   0    7.3    8    5   0    4    1 Apr 27
 Jack Ogden          1918-1932  25  34  .424  4.24  123  57  29   2   3  528.7  570  249  39  181  144 Nov 09
 Chi-Chi Olivo       1961-1966   7   6  .538  3.96   96   0   0   0  12  141.0  129   62  13   50   98 Feb 03
 Diomedes Olivo      1960-1963   5   6  .455  3.10   85   1   0   0   7  107.3  112   37   7   39   85 Feb 15
 Stubby Overmire     1943-1952  58  67  .464  3.96  266 137  50  11  10 1130.7 1259  498  56  325  301 Mar 03
 John Pomorski       1934-1934   0   0        5.40    3   0   0   0   0    1.7    1    1   0    2    0 Dec 06
 Otto Rettig         1922-1922   1   2  .333  4.91    4   4   1   0   0   18.3   18   10   0   12    3 Jun 16
 Al Smith            1934-1945  99 101  .495  3.72  356 202  75  16  17 1662.3 1707  688  94  587  587 Apr 28
 Milt Steengrafe     1924-1926   1   1  .500  5.11   16   1   0   0   0   44.0   58   25   1   23   13 Jun 02
 Elam Vangilder      1919-1929  99 102  .493  4.28  367 187  90  13  19 1715.7 1894  815  92  699  474 Apr 30
 Ron Willis          1966-1970  11  12  .478  3.32  188   0   0   0  19  238.3  209   88  15  119  128 Nov 21
 Max Wilson          1940-1946   0   1  .000  9.15   12   0   0   0   0   19.7   32   20   2   11   11 Jan 02
 Ernie Wingard       1924-1927  29  43  .403  4.64  145  77  36   0   4  688.3  799  355  32  317  101 Jan 17
 Rube Yarrison       1922-1924   1   4  .200  7.86   21   3   0   0   0   44.7   62   39   4   15   12 Apr 22
 George Zackert      1911-1912   0   2  .000 11.88    5   1   0   0   0    8.3   19   11   0    7    6 Feb 18
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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