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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Cal Abrams 1949-1956 567 1611 257 433 64 19 32 138 304 290 .269 .386 .392 12 18 Feb 25 Bobby Adams 1946-1959 1281 4019 591 1082 188 49 37 303 414 447 .269 .340 .368 67 30 Feb 13 Luis Aloma 1950-1953 116 48 2 8 1 0 0 3 1 17 .167 .184 .188 0 0 Apr 07 Richie Ashburn 1948-1962 2189 8365 1322 2574 317 109 29 586 1198 571 .308 .396 .382 234 92 Sep 09 Rex Barney 1943-1950 155 201 12 33 3 0 0 7 7 78 .164 .192 .179 0 0 Aug 12 Frank Baumholtz 1947-1957 1019 3477 450 1010 165 51 25 272 258 258 .290 .342 .389 30 20 Dec 14 Ray Benge 1925-1938 353 659 45 124 12 0 0 38 13 69 .188 .204 .206 0 0 Jun 27 Al Blanche 1935-1936 17 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 0 0 Apr 02 Roger Bowman 1949-1955 50 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 .167 .250 .167 0 0 Jul 21 Pidge Browne 1962-1962 65 100 8 21 4 2 1 10 13 9 .210 .298 .320 0 0 Jun 03 Bill Butland 1940-1947 32 39 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 16 .051 .196 .051 0 0 Sep 19 Bob Cain 1949-1954 150 214 28 42 8 1 0 14 14 45 .196 .246 .243 0 0 Apr 08 Dolph Camilli 1933-1945 1490 5353 936 1482 261 86 239 950 947 961 .277 .388 .492 60 0 Oct 21 Hardin Cathey 1942-1942 12 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .375 0 0 Jul 27 Fred Chapman 1939-1941 76 187 12 36 3 1 0 9 11 28 .193 .237 .219 3 3 Mar 27 Flea Clifton 1934-1937 87 195 27 39 7 0 0 13 17 28 .200 .268 .236 5 2 Dec 22 Lou Clinton 1960-1967 691 2153 270 532 112 31 65 269 188 418 .247 .308 .418 12 7 Dec 06 Joe Coleman 1942-1955 223 363 20 66 16 0 4 26 22 133 .182 .229 .259 1 0 Apr 09 Bill Conroy 1935-1944 169 452 45 90 13 3 5 33 77 85 .199 .322 .274 3 0 Nov 13 Bernie Creger 1947-1947 15 16 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 .188 .235 .250 1 0 Nov 30 Jeff Cross 1942-1948 119 142 22 23 4 0 0 10 20 18 .162 .265 .190 4 0 Jul 23 Guy Curtright 1943-1946 331 1065 147 294 45 16 9 108 142 124 .276 .363 .374 20 20 Aug 23 Harry Davis 1932-1937 327 1213 205 320 65 18 7 123 153 87 .264 .347 .364 21 16 Mar 03 Eddie Delker 1929-1933 98 187 19 29 9 3 1 15 16 45 .155 .229 .251 0 0 May 14 Johnny Dickshot 1936-1945 322 990 142 273 35 19 7 116 101 97 .276 .345 .371 23 3 Nov 04 George Dockins 1945-1947 35 35 4 6 0 0 0 1 6 12 .171 .293 .171 0 0 Jan 22 Ed Donnelly 1959-1959 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 25 Bill Donovan 1942-1943 38 28 1 7 0 0 0 1 2 6 .250 .300 .250 0 0 Sep 25 Dick Donovan 1950-1965 371 694 67 113 14 0 15 64 78 292 .163 .257 .248 0 0 Jan 06 Gus Dugas 1930-1934 125 218 27 45 9 3 3 23 18 27 .206 .267 .317 0 0 Apr 14 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Woody English 1927-1938 1261 4746 801 1356 236 52 32 422 571 536 .286 .366 .378 57 0 Sep 26 Rube Fischer 1941-1946 108 114 11 22 3 1 2 13 5 26 .193 .227 .289 0 0 Jul 16 Curt Flood 1956-1971 1759 6357 851 1861 271 44 85 636 444 609 .293 .342 .389 88 73 Jan 20 Bob Friedrichs 1932-1932 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 15 Rufe Gentry 1943-1948 48 87 2 16 2 0 0 10 2 16 .184 .202 .207 0 0 Jul 03 Stan Goletz 1941-1941 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .600 .600 .600 0 0 Jun 07 Connie Grob 1956-1956 37 18 3 6 1 0 0 5 1 2 .333 .368 .389 0 0 Sep 28 Sammy Hairston 1951-1951 4 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 .400 .571 .600 0 0 Oct 31 Steve Hamilton 1961-1972 425 112 8 14 0 2 0 6 5 25 .125 .162 .161 0 0 Dec 02 Bud Hardin 1952-1952 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 0 0 Jul 28 Buddy Hassett 1936-1942 929 3517 469 1026 130 40 12 343 209 116 .292 .333 .362 53 5 Aug 23 Joe Hauser 1922-1929 629 2041 351 580 103 28 80 356 250 229 .284 .368 .480 19 19 Jul 11 Francis Healy 1930-1934 42 54 9 13 3 0 0 5 2 10 .241 .268 .296 0 0 Feb 12 Jim Hickey 1942-1944 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 20 Jim Holloway 1929-1929 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 Apr 15 Ken Hunt 1959-1964 310 782 107 177 42 4 33 111 85 222 .226 .303 .417 9 4 Jun 08 Duane Josephson 1965-1972 470 1505 147 388 58 12 23 164 92 174 .258 .303 .358 4 10 Jan 30 Billy Jurges 1931-1947 1816 6253 721 1613 245 55 43 656 568 530 .258 .325 .335 36 0 Mar 03 Monte Kennedy 1946-1953 255 301 25 46 6 0 1 26 11 77 .153 .188 .183 0 0 Mar 01 Austin Knickerbocker1947-1947 21 48 8 12 3 2 0 2 3 4 .250 .294 .396 0 1 Feb 18 Alex Konikowski 1948-1954 35 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 0 0 Sep 28 Bert Kuczynski 1943-1943 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 0 0 Jan 19 Bill Lawrence 1932-1932 25 46 10 10 1 0 0 3 5 5 .217 .294 .239 0 2 Jun 15 Thornton Lee 1933-1948 375 835 63 167 24 4 4 66 27 208 .200 .226 .253 0 0 Jun 09 Dick Littlefield 1950-1958 245 193 11 28 3 1 0 10 12 71 .145 .195 .171 0 0 Nov 20 Vic Lombardi 1945-1950 248 311 25 74 8 1 0 32 12 34 .238 .269 .270 3 0 Dec 07 Dwight Lowry 1984-1988 108 227 29 62 8 0 5 26 20 38 .273 .343 .374 0 0 Jul 10 Phil Marchildon 1940-1950 185 405 21 58 7 1 1 26 27 110 .143 .199 .173 0 1 Jan 10 Stu Martin 1936-1943 722 2237 322 599 112 24 16 183 190 185 .268 .327 .361 36 0 Jan 11 Paul Masterson 1940-1942 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Nov 27 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Mel Mazzera 1935-1940 207 507 75 136 22 8 10 66 45 71 .268 .333 .402 2 1 Dec 17 Roy McMillan 1951-1966 2093 6752 739 1639 253 35 68 594 665 711 .243 .314 .321 41 36 Nov 02 Bill McWilliams 1931-1931 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jan 21 Art Merewether 1922-1922 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Feb 02 Eddie Miller 1936-1950 1510 5337 539 1270 263 28 97 640 351 465 .238 .290 .352 64 0 Jul 31 Dee Moore 1936-1946 98 228 29 53 9 2 1 22 34 24 .232 .335 .303 1 0 Jul 02 Les Munns 1934-1936 64 54 4 11 2 1 0 2 1 13 .204 .218 .278 0 0 Feb 28 Amby Murray 1936-1936 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0 0 Feb 06 Don O'Riley 1969-1970 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 May 02 Jose Oliva 1994-1995 89 242 24 43 10 0 13 31 19 56 .178 .242 .380 0 1 Dec 22 Homer Peel 1927-1934 186 420 48 100 15 2 2 44 30 24 .238 .294 .298 1 0 Apr 08 George Pfister 1941-1941 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Aug 14 Lou Possehl 1946-1952 16 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 .100 .182 .100 0 0 Oct 07 Hal Rice 1948-1954 424 1183 129 307 52 12 19 162 94 133 .260 .314 .372 1 7 Dec 22 Mickey Rocco 1943-1946 440 1721 219 444 73 17 30 186 174 146 .258 .327 .372 6 15 Jun 01 Stan Rojek 1942-1952 522 1764 225 470 67 13 4 122 152 100 .266 .327 .326 32 3 Jul 09 Harry Rosenberg 1930-1930 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 0 0 Apr 13 Emil Roy 1933-1933 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 05 Manny Salvo 1939-1943 135 232 10 30 4 1 1 16 17 88 .129 .192 .168 0 0 Feb 07 Lou Scoffic 1936-1936 4 7 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 .429 .500 .429 0 0 Aug 28 Vince Sherlock 1935-1935 9 26 4 12 1 0 0 6 1 2 .462 .481 .500 1 0 May 11 Bill Smith 1958-1962 32 14 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 6 .143 .250 .214 0 0 Mar 30 Milt Smith 1955-1955 36 102 15 20 3 1 3 8 13 24 .196 .293 .333 2 2 Apr 11 Glen Stewart 1940-1944 243 742 56 158 22 6 2 53 61 83 .213 .275 .267 1 0 Feb 11 Oad Swigart 1939-1940 10 13 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 .231 .231 .231 1 0 Aug 08 Chuck Templeton 1955-1956 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Oct 09 Moe Thacker 1958-1963 158 260 20 46 7 0 2 20 40 81 .177 .290 .227 1 2 Nov 13 Johnny Vander Meer 1937-1951 382 685 58 104 12 2 1 26 41 201 .152 .200 .180 1 0 Oct 06 Jim Walkup 1934-1939 116 143 12 26 1 0 0 8 4 49 .182 .204 .189 0 0 Feb 07 Hal Warnock 1935-1935 6 7 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .571 0 0 Feb 08 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Butch Weis 1922-1925 128 341 39 92 14 4 2 50 43 44 .270 .353 .352 6 10 May 04 Al Weston 1929-1929 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Nov 13 Bob Whitcher 1945-1945 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 0 0 May 08 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Luis Aloma 1950-1953 18 3 .857 3.44 116 1 1 1 15 235.3 212 90 21 111 115 Apr 07 Rex Barney 1943-1950 35 31 .530 4.31 155 81 20 6 1 597.7 474 286 48 410 336 Aug 12 Ray Benge 1925-1938 101 130 .437 4.52 346 249 102 12 19 1875.3 2177 941 132 598 655 Jun 27 Al Blanche 1935-1936 0 1 .000 3.78 17 0 0 0 1 33.3 34 14 1 13 8 Apr 02 Roger Bowman 1949-1955 2 11 .154 5.81 50 12 0 0 0 117.7 137 76 14 71 75 Jul 21 Bill Butland 1940-1947 9 3 .750 3.88 32 15 7 2 1 150.7 138 65 11 56 62 Sep 19 Bob Cain 1949-1953 37 44 .457 4.50 140 89 27 3 8 628.0 618 314 50 316 249 Apr 08 Hardin Cathey 1942-1942 1 1 .500 7.42 12 2 0 0 0 30.3 44 25 1 16 8 Jul 27 Joe Coleman 1942-1955 52 76 .406 4.38 223 140 60 11 6 1134.0 1172 552 92 566 444 Apr 09 George Dockins 1945-1947 8 6 .571 3.55 35 12 5 2 0 131.7 142 52 6 40 34 Jan 22 Ed Donnelly 1959-1959 1 1 .500 3.14 9 0 0 0 0 14.3 18 5 1 9 6 Dec 25 Bill Donovan 1942-1943 4 6 .400 3.20 38 10 2 0 0 104.0 114 37 2 41 24 Sep 25 Dick Donovan 1950-1965 122 99 .552 3.67 345 273 101 25 5 2017.3 1988 822 198 495 880 Jan 06 Rube Fischer 1941-1946 16 34 .320 5.10 108 41 7 1 4 382.7 416 217 20 222 136 Jul 16 Bob Friedrichs 1932-1932 0 0 11.25 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 5 0 7 2 Apr 15 Rufe Gentry 1943-1948 13 17 .433 4.37 48 34 12 3 0 243.0 251 118 11 134 78 Jul 03 Connie Grob 1956-1956 4 5 .444 7.83 37 1 0 0 1 79.3 121 69 14 26 27 Sep 28 Steve Hamilton 1961-1972 40 31 .563 3.05 421 17 3 1 42 663.0 556 225 51 214 531 Dec 02 Jim Hickey 1942-1944 0 1 .000 6.75 9 1 0 0 0 10.7 19 8 1 7 3 Sep 20 Jim Holloway 1929-1929 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 0 0 4.7 10 7 2 5 1 Apr 15 Monte Kennedy 1946-1953 42 55 .433 3.84 249 127 48 7 4 961.0 928 410 67 495 411 Mar 01 Alex Konikowski 1948-1954 2 3 .400 6.93 35 1 0 0 1 49.3 58 38 8 29 20 Sep 28 Bert Kuczynski 1943-1943 0 1 .000 4.01 6 1 0 0 0 24.7 36 11 2 9 8 Jan 19 Thornton Lee 1933-1948 117 124 .485 3.56 374 272 155 14 10 2331.3 2327 921 121 838 937 Jun 09 Dick Littlefield 1950-1958 33 54 .379 4.71 243 83 16 2 9 761.7 750 399 91 413 495 Nov 20 Vic Lombardi 1945-1950 50 51 .495 3.68 223 100 42 5 16 944.7 919 386 70 418 340 Dec 07 Phil Marchildon 1940-1950 68 75 .476 3.93 185 162 82 6 2 1214.3 1084 530 81 684 481 Jan 10 Paul Masterson 1940-1942 1 0 1.000 5.84 8 1 1 0 0 24.7 26 16 1 13 14 Nov 27 Dee Moore 1936-1936 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 7.0 3 0 0 2 3 Jul 02 Les Munns 1934-1936 4 13 .235 4.76 61 15 4 0 2 181.7 203 96 14 105 58 Feb 28 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Amby Murray 1936-1936 0 0 4.09 4 1 0 0 0 11.0 15 5 1 3 2 Feb 06 Don O'Riley 1969-1970 1 1 .500 6.17 27 2 0 0 1 46.7 58 32 5 24 23 May 02 Lou Possehl 1946-1952 2 5 .286 5.26 15 8 1 0 0 51.3 62 30 6 24 22 Oct 07 Emil Roy 1933-1933 0 1 .000 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 2.3 4 7 0 4 3 Jan 05 Manny Salvo 1939-1943 33 50 .398 3.69 135 93 40 9 1 721.3 723 296 42 284 247 Feb 07 Bill Smith 1958-1962 1 6 .143 4.21 32 6 0 0 1 68.3 82 32 8 17 34 Mar 30 Oad Swigart 1939-1940 1 3 .250 4.44 10 5 1 1 0 46.7 54 23 2 16 17 Aug 08 Chuck Templeton 1955-1956 0 2 .000 7.71 10 2 0 0 0 21.0 25 18 4 15 11 Oct 09 Johnny Vander Meer 1937-1951 119 121 .496 3.44 346 285 131 29 2 2104.7 1799 805 100 1132 1294 Oct 06 Jim Walkup 1934-1939 16 38 .296 6.74 116 53 11 1 0 462.3 614 346 49 260 134 Feb 07 Bob Whitcher 1945-1945 0 2 .000 2.87 6 3 0 0 0 15.7 12 5 1 12 6 May 08 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
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