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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 George Abrams       1923-1923    3     1    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000    0   0 Dec 05
 John Bogart         1920-1920    4     8    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   0 Dec 07
 John Boozer         1962-1969  172    74    2   12   0   0   0    2    2   24  .162  .184  .162    0   0 Jan 24
 Mel Bosser          1945-1945    7     4    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Mar 26
 Roy Bruner          1939-1941   19    17    2    2   0   0   0    0    1    5  .118  .167  .118    0   0 Nov 30
 Joe Burns           1924-1924    8    19    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    2  .105  .105  .105    0   0 Jan 07
 Norm Cash           1958-1974 2089  6705 1046 1820 241  41 377 1103 1043 1091  .271  .374  .488   43  30 Oct 12
 Paul Castner        1923-1923    6     3    0    0   0   0   0    1    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Mar 03
 Jake Caulfield      1946-1946   44    94   13   26   8   0   0   10    4   11  .277  .306  .362    0   0 Dec 16
 Johnny Cooney       1921-1944 1172  3372  409  965 130  26   2  219  208  107  .286  .329  .342   30   5 Jul 08
 Joe DeSa            1980-1985   35    55    5   11   2   0   2    7    3    8  .200  .241  .345    0   0 Dec 20
 George Diehl        1942-1943    2     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 24
 Vince DiMaggio      1937-1946 1110  3849  491  959 209  24 125  584  412  837  .249  .324  .413   79   0 Oct 03
 Taylor Douthit      1923-1933 1074  4127  665 1201 220  38  29  396  443  312  .291  .364  .384   67   3 May 28
 George Durning      1925-1925    5    14    3    5   0   0   0    1    2    1  .357  .438  .357    0   0 Apr 18
 Charlie Eckert      1919-1922   25    18    0    2   0   0   0    1    0    9  .111  .111  .111    0   0 Aug 22
 Eddie Feinberg      1938-1939   16    38    2    7   1   0   0    0    2    1  .184  .225  .211    0   0 Apr 20
 Bob Finley          1943-1944  122   362   27   91  13   1   2   28   16   35  .251  .292  .309    1   0 Jan 02
 Paul Florence       1926-1926   76   188   19   43   4   3   2   14   23   12  .229  .322  .314    2   0 May 28
 Mike Garcia         1948-1961  428   696   41  127  23   1   2   62   31  151  .182  .218  .227    0   2 Jan 13
 Paul Gehrman        1937-1937    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Oct 23
 Tom Gorman          1939-1939    4     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 11
 Hank Grampp         1927-1929    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Mar 24
 George Grant        1923-1931  115   104    4   14   2   0   0    5    1   38  .135  .143  .154    0   0 Mar 25
 Hank Greenberg      1930-1947 1394  5193 1051 1628 379  71 331 1276  852  844  .313  .412  .605   58  26 Sep 04
 Tom Grubbs          1920-1920    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jan 28
 Bud Hafey           1935-1939  123   366   53   78  19   3  10   33   30   91  .213  .273  .363    2   0 Jul 27
 Bill Hall           1954-1958   57   126   15   33   6   0   1   15   15   14  .262  .340  .333    0   0 Jan 01
 Fred Hancock        1949-1949   39    52    7    7   2   1   0    9    8    9  .135  .262  .212    0   1 Mar 12
 Loy Hanning         1939-1942   15     5    0    1   0   0   0    1    0    1  .200  .200  .200    0   0 Jun 24
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Luther Harvel       1928-1928   40   136   12   30   6   1   0   12    4   17  .221  .264  .279    1   1 Apr 10
 Mickey Heath        1931-1932   46   160   16   34   1   3   0   18   22   28  .213  .311  .256    0   0 Jul 30
 Chico Hernandez     1942-1943   90   244   16   61   9   0   0   16   20   22  .250  .309  .287    0   0 Jan 03
 Bill Higdon         1949-1949   11    23    3    7   3   0   0    1    6    3  .304  .448  .435    1   0 Aug 30
 Wally Holborow      1944-1948   21     6    1    2   1   0   0    3    1    1  .333  .429  .500    0   0 Jul 14
 Ed Holley           1928-1934   98   196   10   31   5   0   0   13    4   43  .158  .179  .184    0   0 Oct 26
 Roy Johnson         1918-1918   10    15    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    9  .067  .067  .067    0   0 Jan 10
 Marty Karow         1927-1927    6    10    0    2   1   0   0    0    0    2  .200  .200  .300    0   0 Apr 27
 Pip Koehler         1925-1925   12     2    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Dec 08
 Dick Kokos          1948-1954  475  1558  239  410  82   9  59  223  242  252  .263  .365  .441   15  21 Apr 09
 Larry Kopf          1913-1923  853  3010  349  750  84  30   5  266  242  214  .249  .312  .302   72  48 Oct 15
 Doc Land            1929-1929    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .250  .000    0   0 Apr 14
 Walt Lanfranconi    1941-1947   39    11    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    6  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 18
 Peanuts Lowrey      1942-1955 1401  4317  564 1177 186  45  37  479  403  226  .273  .336  .362   48   3 Jul 02
 Hal Luby            1936-1944  120   361   33   89  11   2   2   38   52   22  .247  .349  .305    4   0 May 04
 Red Lucas           1923-1938  907  1439  155  404  61  13   3  190  124  133  .281  .340  .347    2   0 Jul 09
 Ted Lyons           1923-1946  705  1563  162  364  49   9   5  149   73  201  .233  .270  .285    0   1 Jul 25
 Clarence Maddern    1946-1951  104   238   17   59  12   1   5   29   12   26  .248  .301  .370    0   0 Aug 09
 Harl Maggert        1938-1938   66    89   12   25   3   0   3   19   10   20  .281  .354  .416    0   0 Jul 10
 Dixie McArthur      1914-1914    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 May 31
 Bill McCahan        1946-1949   57    96   12   20   3   0   0    9    6   11  .208  .255  .240    0   0 Jul 03
 Ed McGhee           1950-1955  196   505   59  124  14   5   3   43   54   61  .246  .321  .311   11   5 Feb 13
 Hugh McMullen       1925-1929   64   108    6   19   3   0   0    6    2   22  .176  .191  .204    1   0 May 23
 Cliff Melton        1937-1944  272   469   28   77   4   2   0   32   20  108  .164  .198  .181    0   0 Jul 28
 John Middleton      1922-1922    2     3    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .333  .333  .333    0   0 Nov 03
 Jimmy Moore         1930-1931   80   232   32   59  10   1   4   35   19   20  .254  .316  .358    1   2 Mar 07
 Bob Moorhead        1962-1965   47    22    2    1   0   0   0    0    5   11  .045  .222  .045    0   0 Dec 03
 Dave Morey          1913-1913    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jan 04
 Heinie Mueller      1938-1941  441  1281  144  324  55  11  17  127  156  124  .253  .337  .353   10   0 Oct 03
 Joe Mulligan        1934-1934   14    12    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   10  .000  .077  .000    0   0 Jun 05
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Otho Nitcholas      1945-1945    7     4    2    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .250  .250  .250    0   0 Sep 11
 Frank O'Rourke      1912-1931 1131  4069  547 1032 196  42  15  430  314  377  .254  .315  .333  100  59 May 14
 Joe Oeschger        1914-1925  366   599   34   99  13   0   0   41   20  138  .165  .192  .187    0   0 Jul 28
 Bill Patton         1935-1935    9    10    1    3   1   0   0    2    2    3  .300  .417  .400    0   0 Mar 15
 George Pipgras      1923-1935  276   539   37   88  11   2   2   42   25  129  .163  .203  .202    0   1 Oct 19
 Arnie Portocarrero  1954-1960  166   240   11   26   2   1   3   11   12   98  .108  .151  .163    0   0 Jun 21
 Bob Rice            1926-1926   19    54    3    8   0   1   0   10    3    4  .148  .193  .185    0   0 Feb 20
 Paul Richards       1932-1946  523  1417  140  321  51   5  15  155  157  149  .227  .305  .301   15   3 May 04
 Oscar Roettger      1923-1932   37    66    7   14   1   0   0    6    6    5  .212  .288  .227    0   0 Jul 04
 Red Ruffing         1924-1947  882  1937  207  521  98  13  36  273   97  266  .269  .306  .389    1   1 Feb 17
 Len Schulte         1944-1946  124   435   38  108  16   1   0   38   25   35  .248  .289  .290    0   3 May 06
 Webb Schultz        1924-1924    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jul 26
 Pat Seerey          1943-1949  561  1815  236  406  73   5  86  261  259  485  .224  .321  .412    3   8 Apr 28
 Bill Shanner        1920-1920    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Dec 18
 Chuck Sheerin       1936-1936   39    72    4   19   4   0   0    4    7   18  .264  .329  .319    0   0 Sep 27
 Jim Shilling        1939-1939   42   131   11   37   8   5   0   16    8   13  .282  .324  .420    1   0 Sep 12
 Eddie Solomon       1973-1982  198   220   13   39   6   0   0   15    4   69  .177  .196  .205    0   0 Jan 12
 Joe Sparma          1964-1970  185   269   11   32   3   2   0   11   10  108  .119  .150  .145    0   0 May 14
 Bill Steinecke      1931-1931    4     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 20
 Al Stokes           1925-1926   47   138   14   25   3   4   0    7   12   36  .181  .247  .261    0   0 Dec 19
 Rocky Stone         1943-1943   13     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .250  .250  .250    0   0 Nov 12
 Max Surkont         1949-1957  236   357   28   63  13   1   1   28   31   90  .176  .244  .227    0   0 Oct 08
 George Susce        1929-1944  146   268   23   61  11   1   2   22   25   21  .228  .301  .299    1   0 Feb 25
 Fred Thomas         1918-1920  247   859   88  193  19  14   4   45   84   90  .225  .297  .293   24   5 Jan 15
 Tom Turner          1940-1944  233   696   63  165  29   4   7   63   51   84  .237  .290  .320    4   2 May 14
 Dixie Upright       1953-1953    9     8    3    2   0   0   1    1    1    3  .250  .333  .625    0   0 Nov 13
 Russ Van Atta       1933-1939  208   206   24   47   8   1   2   17    5   34  .228  .246  .306    1   0 Oct 10
 Sammy Vick          1917-1921  213   641   90  159  28  11   2   50   51   91  .248  .305  .335   12   2 Aug 17
 Jack Wallaesa       1940-1948  219   584   56  120  17   4  15   61   46  138  .205  .267  .325    3   3 Dec 27
 Jack Warner         1925-1933  478  1546  199  387  52  20   1  120  142  137  .250  .319  .312   31  12 Mar 13
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Skeeter Webb        1932-1948  699  2274  216  498  73  15   3  166  132  215  .219  .263  .268   33  26 Jul 08
 Les Webber          1942-1948  154   111   11   15   1   0   1    5    7   27  .135  .193  .171    1   0 Nov 13
 Ed Wells            1923-1934  298   433   50   93  11   4   0   38   17   74  .215  .246  .259    1   1 May 01
 Jo-Jo White         1932-1944  878  2652  456  678  83  42   8  229  386  276  .256  .353  .328   92  48 Oct 09
 Jim Wilson          1945-1958  260   546   38   99  16   0   2   34   26  108  .181  .221  .222    0   0 Sep 02
 Jesse Winters       1919-1923  110   117    6   20   4   0   0    6    1   32  .171  .192  .205    1   0 Jun 05
 Spades Wood         1930-1931   24    42    5   10   1   1   0    6    1    5  .238  .273  .310    0   0 May 18
 Johnny Wyrostek     1942-1954 1221  4240  525 1149 209  45  58  481  482  437  .271  .349  .383   33  13 Dec 12
 Eddie Yuhas         1952-1953   56    21    0    4   1   0   0    1    2    6  .190  .261  .238    0   0 Jul 06
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

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 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 George Abrams       1923-1923   0   0        9.64    3   0   0   0   0    4.7   10    5   0    3    1 Dec 05
 John Bogart         1920-1920   2   1  .667  3.04    4   3   0   0   0   23.7   16    8   0   18    5 Dec 07
 John Boozer         1962-1969  14  16  .467  4.09  171  22   3   0  15  394.3  414  179  42  139  282 Jan 24
 Mel Bosser          1945-1945   2   0 1.000  3.38    7   2   0   0   0   16.0    9    6   0   17    3 Mar 26
 Roy Bruner          1939-1941   0   7  .000  5.74   19   5   2   0   0   62.7   80   40   6   44   28 Nov 30
 Paul Castner        1923-1923   0   0        6.30    6   0   0   0   0   10.0   14    7   0    5    0 Mar 03
 Johnny Cooney       1921-1930  34  44  .436  3.72  159  76  44   7   6  795.3  858  329  41  223  224 Jul 08
 George Diehl        1942-1943   0   0        3.52    2   0   0   0   0    7.7    6    3   0    5    1 Aug 24
 Charlie Eckert      1919-1922   0   3  .000  4.52   25   1   1   0   0   71.7   86   36   8   27   22 Aug 22
 Mike Garcia         1948-1961 142  97  .594  3.27  428 281 111  27  23 2174.7 2148  789 122  719 1117 Jan 13
 Paul Gehrman        1937-1937   0   1  .000  2.89    2   1   0   0   0    9.3   11    3   0    5    1 Oct 23
 Tom Gorman          1939-1939   0   0        7.20    4   0   0   0   0    5.0    7    4   0    1    2 Aug 11
 Hank Grampp         1927-1929   0   1  .000 16.20    3   1   0   0   0    5.0    8    9   0    4    3 Mar 24
 George Grant        1923-1931  15  20  .429  5.65  114  23   8   1   1  347.3  460  218  16  182   89 Mar 25
 Tom Grubbs          1920-1920   0   1  .000  7.20    1   1   0   0   0    5.0    9    4   0    0    0 Jan 28
 Bud Hafey           1939-1939   0   0       33.75    2   0   0   0   0    1.3    7    5   0    1    1 Jul 27
 Loy Hanning         1939-1942   1   2  .333  6.26   15   1   0   0   0   27.3   32   19   3   16   17 Jun 24
 Wally Holborow      1944-1948   2   3  .400  3.31   21   2   2   1   0   51.7   52   19   1   25   18 Jul 14
 Ed Holley           1928-1934  25  40  .385  4.40   97  76  30   5   0  547.7  602  268  45  170  169 Oct 26
 Roy Johnson         1918-1918   1   5  .167  3.42   10   8   3   0   0   50.0   47   19   0   34   12 Jan 10
 Walt Lanfranconi    1941-1947   4   5  .444  2.96   38   5   1   0   1   70.0   72   23   2   29   19 Aug 18
 Red Lucas           1923-1938 157 135  .538  3.72  396 301 204  22   7 2542.0 2736 1051 136  455  602 Jul 09
 Ted Lyons           1923-1946 260 230  .531  3.67  594 484 356  27  23 4161.0 4489 1696 223 1121 1073 Jul 25
 Dixie McArthur      1914-1914   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    0   0    0    1 May 31
 Bill McCahan        1946-1949  16  14  .533  3.84   57  40  17   2   0  290.7  297  124  15  145   76 Jul 03
 Cliff Melton        1937-1944  86  80  .518  3.42  272 179  65  13  16 1453.7 1446  552  79  431  660 Jul 28
 John Middleton      1922-1922   0   1  .000  7.36    2   1   0   0   0    7.3    8    6   1    6    2 Nov 03
 Bob Moorhead        1962-1965   0   3  .000  4.51   47   7   0   0   0  119.7  134   60  13   47   68 Dec 03
 Dave Morey          1913-1913   0   0        4.50    2   0   0   0   0    4.0    2    2   0    2    1 Jan 04
 Joe Mulligan        1934-1934   1   0 1.000  3.63   14   2   1   0   0   44.7   46   18   1   27   13 Jun 05
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Otho Nitcholas      1945-1945   1   0 1.000  5.30    7   0   0   0   0   18.7   19   11   4    1    4 Sep 11
 Joe Oeschger        1914-1925  82 116  .414  3.81  365 197  99  18   8 1818.0 1936  770  61  651  535 Jul 28
 George Pipgras      1923-1935 102  73  .583  4.09  276 189  93  16  12 1488.3 1529  676  66  598  714 Oct 19
 Arnie Portocarrero  1954-1960  38  57  .400  4.32  166 117  33   5   2  817.3  778  392  82  320  338 Jun 21
 Oscar Roettger      1923-1924   0   0        8.49    6   0   0   0   1   11.7   17   11   3   14    7 Jul 04
 Red Ruffing         1924-1947 273 225  .548  3.80  624 536 335  45  16 4344.0 4284 1833 254 1541 1987 Feb 17
 Webb Schultz        1924-1924   0   0        9.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    1   0    0    0 Jul 26
 Bill Shanner        1920-1920   0   0        6.75    1   0   0   0   0    4.0    6    3   2    1    1 Dec 18
 Eddie Solomon       1973-1982  36  42  .462  4.00  191  95   8   0   4  718.0  764  319  76  247  337 Jan 12
 Joe Sparma          1964-1970  52  52  .500  3.94  183 142  31  10   0  864.7  774  379  77  436  586 May 14
 Rocky Stone         1943-1943   0   1  .000  4.38   13   0   0   0   0   24.7   23   12   0    8   11 Nov 12
 Max Surkont         1949-1957  61  76  .445  4.38  236 149  53   7   8 1194.3 1209  581 134  481  571 Oct 08
 Russ Van Atta       1933-1939  33  41  .446  5.60  207  76  17   3   6  712.3  838  443  39  368  339 Oct 10
 Les Webber          1942-1948  23  19  .548  4.19  154  25   7   0  14  432.0  434  201  25  201  141 Nov 13
 Ed Wells            1923-1934  68  69  .496  4.65  291 140  54   7  13 1232.3 1417  637  78  468  403 May 01
 Jim Wilson          1945-1958  86  89  .491  4.01  257 217  75  19   2 1539.0 1479  686 151  608  692 Sep 02
 Jesse Winters       1919-1923  13  24  .351  5.04  110  31  15   0   6  405.0  510  227  21  164   94 Jun 05
 Spades Wood         1930-1931   6   9  .400  5.61   24  17   6   2   0  122.0  130   76   6   78   56 May 18
 Eddie Yuhas         1952-1953  12   2  .857  2.87   56   2   0   0   6  100.3   93   32   5   35   39 Jul 06
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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