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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	W	Aff	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Tom Vickery	30	HFD	ATLL	B	33		13	.717	1.73	6.02	52	45		36	3		384.1	426	257	74		144	90	31		18		1.483	10.0		3.4	2.1	0.63
2	Kid Nichols	27	BSN	NL	Maj	31	BSN	11	.738	2.64	3.72	46	40	6	37	2	3	368.0	362	152	108	9	68	127	3	0	6	1490	1.168	8.9	0.2	1.7	3.1	1.87
3	Frank Foreman	34	INA	WL	A	30		9	.769	1.87	4.85	43	40		31	2		332.1	338	179	69		103	79	17		5		1.327	9.2		2.8	2.1	0.77
4	Lou Mahaffey	23	CDR	WA	B	30		10	.750			40	37		35	1									37		3
5	Bill Carrick	23	NWK	ATLL	B	29		12	.707	1.26	4.50	50	42		39	3		378.0	339	189	53		180	153	33		14		1.373	8.1		4.3	3.6	0.85
6	Elmer Meredith	22	STJ	WA	B	28		11	.718			44	39		38	2									13		8
7	Bill Phillips	28	INA	WL	A	28		13	.683	2.14	4.87	46	40		37	3		357.0	364	193	85		84	119	9		10		1.255	9.2		2.1	3.0	1.42
8	Amos Rusie	26	NY1	NL	Maj	28	NYG	10	.737	2.54	3.99	38	37	1	35	2	0	322.1	314	143	91	6	87	135	10	0	6	1336	1.244	8.8	0.2	2.4	3.8	1.55
9	John Malarkey	25	SYR	EL	A	27		13	.675	1.39	4.38	44	43		39	1		382.0	359	186	59		104	105	25		13		1.212	8.5		2.5	2.5	1.01
10	Fred Klobedanz	26	BSN	NL	Maj	26	BSN	7	.788	4.60	5.76	38	37	1	30	2	0	309.1	344	198	158	13	125	92	23	1	7	1380	1.516	10.0	0.4	3.6	2.7	0.74
11	Joe Yeager	21	LNC	ATLL	B	26		11	.703	1.27	4.80	40	34		33	1		326.1	332	174	46		66	88	13		5		1.220	9.2		1.8	2.4	1.33
12	Jot Goar	27	INA	WL	A	25		9	.735	1.39	4.30	39	35		31	1		310.0	292	148	48		75	133	15		8		1.184	8.5		2.2	3.9	1.77
13	Silver Braun	23	PRV	EL	A	24		18	.571	2.45	6.20	44	41		39	1		370.1	425	255	101		101	80	13		15		1.420	10.3		2.5	1.9	0.79
14	John Cochran	--	HAM,BFL	CANL,EL	N/A,A	24		12	.667	0.38	5.32	38	3		3	2		306.0	304	181	13		113	98	0		2		1.363	8.9		3.3	2.9	0.87
15	Joe Corbett	21	BLN	NL	Maj	24	BLN	8	.750	3.11	4.97	37	37	0	34	1	0	313.0	330	173	108	2	115	149	21	0	13	1365	1.422	9.5	0.1	3.3	4.3	1.30
16	Marvin Hawley	22	NPT	NENL	B	24		11	.686	1.56	4.54	37	37		35	5		317.0	304	160	55		111	95	9		10		1.309	8.6		3.2	2.7	0.86
17	Tom Thomas	23	DTR	WL	A	24		18	.571	2.35	6.72	46	43		37	1		364.1	413	272	95		143	147	20		12		1.526	10.2		3.5	3.6	1.03
18	Theodore Breitenstein	28	CIN	NL	Maj	23	CIN	12	.657	3.62	4.83	40	39	1	32	2	0	320.1	345	172	129	3	91	98	9	0	2	1365	1.361	9.7	0.1	2.6	2.8	1.08
19	George Cooper	--	DMO	WA	B	23		23	.500			50	45		41	0									42		2
20	Chummy Gray	23	BFL	EL	A	23		13	.639	1.84	5.13	38	37		35	1		328.0	343	187	67		120	94	19		11		1.412	9.4		3.3	2.6	0.78
21	Henry Lampe	24	SYR	EL	A	23		12	.657	1.39	5.12	37	32		28	2		292.0	309	166	45		114	99	11		7		1.449	9.5		3.5	3.1	0.87
22	John Roach	29	PEO	WA	B	23		19	.548			45	43		40	3									16		2
23	Bill Hoffer	26	BLN	NL	Maj	22	BLN	11	.667	4.30	5.58	38	33	4	29	1	0	303.1	350	188	145	5	104	62	17	0	4	1342	1.497	10.4	0.1	3.1	1.8	0.60
24	Alex Jones	27	Pat	ATLL	B	22		15	.595	1.51	5.03	40	38		37	0		327.1	303	183	55		89	138	21		6		1.198	8.3		2.4	3.8	1.55
25	Kit McKenna	24	BKT	NENL	B	22		13	.629	1.64	5.35	37	35		30	1		301.0	304	179	55		96	98	31				1.329	9.1		2.9	2.9	1.02
26	George Rettger	28	CLB,MLW	WL	A	22		9	.710	2.52	5.86	42	33		26	4		296.2	365	193	83		61	70	10		3		1.436	11.1		1.9	2.1	1.15
27	Adonis Terry	32	MLW,CHN	WL,NL	A,Maj	22	CHC	11	.667	1.99	5.08	34	34	0	29	2	0	285.0	284	161	63	0	85	92	17	0	4	42	1.295	9.0	0.0	2.7	2.9	1.08
28	Patrick Foley	23	NPT	NENL	B	21		10	.677	2.17	4.66	33	31		31	1		286.0	291	148	69		67	73	6		1		1.252	9.2		2.1	2.3	1.09
29	Clark Griffith	27	CHN	NL	Maj	21	CHC	18	.538	3.72	6.05	41	38	3	38	1	1	343.2	410	231	142	3	86	102	17	0	11	1500	1.443	10.7	0.1	2.3	2.7	1.19
30	George Hodson	29	PRV	EL	A	21		14	.600	1.81	4.70	40	36		34	2		308.0	309	161	62		77	83	10		6		1.253	9.0		2.3	2.4	1.08
31	Sam Leever	25	RMD	ATLL	B	21		18	.538	1.05	4.76	40	37		34	3		316.0	270	167	37		70	179	14		8		1.076	7.7		2.0	5.1	2.56
32	Ted Lewis	24	BSN	NL	Maj	21	BSN	12	.636	3.85	5.49	38	34	4	30	2	1	290.0	316	177	124	11	125	65	10	1	8	1284	1.521	9.8	0.3	3.9	2.0	0.52
33	Hal Mauck	28	DMO	WA	B	21		20	.512			44	40			1									17		7
34	Win Mercer	23	WSN	NL	Maj	21	WHS	20	.512	3.18	5.76	47	43	4	35	3	3	342.0	403	219	121	5	104	91	28	0	10	1517	1.482	10.6	0.1	2.7	2.4	0.88
35	Al Pardee	--	KCY,STJ	WL,WA	A,B	21		21	.500	2.84	8.33	46	43		41	4		152.1	197	141	48		75	37	24		4		1.786	11.6		4.4	2.2	0.49
36	Billy Rhines	28	CIN	NL	Maj	21	CIN	15	.583	4.08	5.46	41	32	9	26	1	0	288.2	311	175	131	4	86	65	17	0	5	1243	1.375	9.7	0.1	2.7	2.0	0.76
37	Fred Underwood	28	RFD	WA	B	21		23	.477			47	41		34	2									22		10
38	Vic Willis	21	SYR	EL	A	21		17	.553	1.16	4.35	41	38		37	3		355.2	342	172	46		129	171	32		5		1.324	8.7		3.3	4.3	1.33
39	Cy Young	30	CL4	NL	Maj	21	CLV	19	.525	3.78	5.07	46	38	7	35	2	0	335.2	391	189	141	7	49	88	9	0	14	1413	1.311	10.5	0.2	1.3	2.4	1.80
40	Fritz Clausen	28	LNC,NFK,REA	ATLL	B	20		17	.541	2.00	5.15	39	37		36	2		333.2	376	191	74		68	142	14		8		1.331	10.1		1.8	3.8	2.09
41	Dick Cogan	25	NWK,BLN	ATLL,NL	B,Maj	20	BLN	11	.645	2.23	5.68	35	32	1	30	1	0	282.0	302	178	70	0	84	100	21	0	8	13	1.369	9.6	0.0	2.7	3.2	1.19
42	Andy Gallagher	23	NPT	NENL	B	20		14	.588	1.58	3.85	34	33		33	1		301.1	300	129	53		73	80	15		9		1.238	9.0		2.2	2.4	1.10
43	Jim Hackett	19	QUI	WA	B	20		16	.556			39	36		31	2									29		3
44	Willard Mains	28	SPF,TTO	EL	A	20		15	.571	1.43	5.07	42	35		28	2		307.1	321	173	49		79	95	38		7		1.302	9.4		2.3	2.8	1.20
45	Dewey McDougal	25	CDR	WA	B	20		10	.667			35	35		30	2									18		3
46	Jouett Meekin	30	NY1	NL	Maj	20	NYG	11	.645	3.76	5.22	37	34	3	30	2	0	303.2	328	176	127	9	99	83	8	0	15	1307	1.406	9.7	0.3	2.9	2.5	0.84
47	Jerry Nops	22	BLN	NL	Maj	20	BLN	6	.769	2.81	4.36	30	25	4	23	1	0	220.2	235	107	69	5	52	69	9	0	4	930	1.301	9.6	0.2	2.1	2.8	1.33
48	Dud Risley	26	STJ	WA	B	20		10	.667			33	31		26	1									20		4
49	Henry Schmidt	24	RMD	ATLL	B	20		13	.606	1.32	4.64	40	36		33	3		327.2	313	169	48		133	108	36		8		1.361	8.6		3.7	3.0	0.81
50	Oliver Sprogell	--	LNC,Pat	ATLL	B	20		13	.606	2.05	5.50	35	33		30	2		302.2	341	185	69		79	63	9		4		1.388	10.1		2.3	1.9	0.80
51	Frank West	24	LNC	ATLL	B	20		12	.625	1.60	5.59	35	34		29	0		282.0	307	175	50		73	80	20		14		1.348	9.8		2.3	2.6	1.10
52	Fred Barnes	28	MLW	WL	A	19		17	.528	2.18	5.35	38	31		29			301.0	331	179	73		64	52	10		5		1.312	9.9		1.9	1.6	0.81
53	James Brown	--	BFL	EL	A	19		17	.528	1.92	5.56	42	33		29	1		319.0	347	197	68		94	84	28		9		1.382	9.8		2.7	2.4	0.89
54	Bill Dinneen	21	TTO	EL	A	19		8	.704	1.95	5.74	34	32		25	2		268.0	302	171	58		92	91	28		5		1.470	10.1		3.1	3.1	0.99
55	Patsy Flaherty	21	Pat	ATLL	B	19		20	.487	1.89	5.32	42	40		39	0		343.2	365	203	72		69	70	22		2		1.263	9.6		1.8	1.8	1.01
56	Eugene McGreevy	24	QUI	WA	B	19		17	.528			43	36		32	0									20		1
57	Bill Reidy	23	MLW,GRR	WL	A	19		13	.594	1.84	5.58	38	31		27	1		308.1	340	191	63		75	64	22		5		1.346	9.9		2.2	1.9	0.85
58	Cy Bowen	26	HFD	ATLL	B	18		11	.621	8.35	32.89	35	31		28	2		36.2	241	134	34		70	103	17		4		8.482	59.2		17.2	25.3	1.47
59	Frank Dwyer	29	CIN	NL	Maj	18	CIN	13	.581	3.78	5.17	37	31	6	22	0	0	247.1	315	142	104	5	56	41	11	0	4	1092	1.500	11.5	0.2	2.0	1.5	0.73
60	Thomas Flanagan	--	FRV,NBD	NENL	B	18		21	.462	2.05	5.66	40	40		32	1		306.2	369	193	70		89	109	14		7		1.493	10.8		2.6	3.2	1.22
61	Ned Garvin	23	PHD,REA	ATLL	B	18	PHI	26	.409	1.82	5.65	49	45		42	2		406.1	428	255	82		137	159	35		15		1.390	9.5		3.0	3.5	1.16
62	Pink Hawley	24	PIT	NL	Maj	18	PIT	18	.500	4.80	6.39	40	39	1	33	0	0	311.1	362	221	166	7	94	88	26	1	5	1376	1.465	10.5	0.2	2.7	2.5	0.94
63	Bumpus Jones	27	CLB	WL	A	18		10	.643	1.76	5.13	31	26		18	2		219.1	225	125	43		89	75	20		8		1.432	9.2		3.7	3.1	0.84
64	Brickyard Kennedy	29	BRO	NL	Maj	18	BRO	20	.474	3.91	5.40	44	40	4	36	2	1	343.1	370	206	149	6	149	81	8	0	4	1513	1.512	9.7	0.2	3.9	2.1	0.54
65	Thomas McCafferty	--	PAW	NENL	B	18		8	.692	2.78	5.21	27	25		21	2		214.0	242	124	66		79	37	11		3		1.500	10.2		3.3	1.6	0.47
66	Sandy McDougal	23	TAU,TTO	NENL,EL	B,A	18		17	.514	2.96	6.45	38	35		34	2		310.0	402	222	102		88	88	10		7		1.581	11.7		2.6	2.6	1.00
67	Timothy Moynihan	--	BKT,FRV	NENL	B	18		11	.621	2.37	5.45	32	26		21	0		242.2	250	147	64		57	105	20		3		1.265	9.3		2.1	3.9	1.84
68	Effie Norton	23	TTO,WSN	EL,NL	A,Maj	18	WHS	6	.750	3.07	6.42	30	22	1	16	0	0	193.1	250	138	66	0	75	34	16	0	1	91	1.681	11.6	0.0	3.5	1.6	0.45
69	George Pfanmiller	21	NFK	ATLL	B	18		16	.529	1.75	5.11	35	34		33	3		297.2	301	169	58		63	88	23		10		1.223	9.1		1.9	2.7	1.40
70	Bill Phyle	22	STP	WL	A	18		9	.667	2.04	6.38	30	25		25	2		242.2	259	172	55		86	74	18		8		1.422	9.6		3.2	2.7	0.86
71	Arlie Pond	24	BLN	NL	Maj	18	BLN	9	.667	3.52	4.75	32	28	4	23	0	0	248.0	267	131	97	4	72	59	15	0	4	1066	1.367	9.7	0.1	2.6	2.1	0.82
72	Cy Seymour	24	NY1	NL	Maj	18	NYG	14	.563	3.27	5.09	39	34	5	29	2	1	286.2	257	162	104	4	168	156	21	2	12	1269	1.483	8.1	0.1	5.3	4.9	0.93
73	Varney Anderson	31	RFD	WA	B	17		9	.654			30	27		24	0									19		5
74	Danny Friend	24	CHN,KCY	NL,WL	Maj,A	17	CHC	21	.447	3.40	5.96	39	38	0	36	0	0	323.1	356	214	122	5	140	89	23	0	2	930	1.534	9.9	0.1	3.9	2.5	0.64
75	Noodles Hahn	18	DTR	WL	A	17		16	.515	2.82	7.53	40	36		31	1		313.0	376	262	98		145	144	12		13		1.665	10.8		4.2	4.1	0.99
76	Frank Killen	26	PIT	NL	Maj	17	PIT	23	.425	4.46	6.56	42	41	1	38	1	0	337.1	417	246	167	4	76	99	8	0	5	1469	1.461	11.1	0.1	2.0	2.6	1.30
77	Harry Sonier	32	BUR,DMO	WA	B	17		12	.586			31	31		29	1
78	Lee Viau	30	Pat	ATLL	B	17		20	.459	1.27	5.19	39	38		37	1		333.0	329	192	47		114	122	31		6		1.330	8.9		3.1	3.3	1.07
79	Pop Williams	23	TTO	EL	A	17		14	.548	1.95	6.31	34	33		27	0		276.2	329	194	60		66	62	16		8		1.428	10.7		2.1	2.0	0.94
80	Walt Woods	22	SPF	EL	A	17		11	.607	2.34	6.34	31	29		26	2		250.0	298	176	65		66	58	16		5		1.456	10.7		2.4	2.1	0.88
81	Bill Yerrick	23	MTL	EL	A	17		17	.500	2.05	7.17	38	31		29	0		286.0	341	228	65		90	89	21		7		1.507	10.7		2.8	2.8	0.99
82	Doc Amole	23	REA,BLN	ATLL,NL	B,Maj	16	BLN	26	.381	1.91	5.55	47	43	4	37	2	0	358.1	379	221	76	0	110	93	42	0	6	291	1.365	9.5	0.0	2.8	2.3	0.85
83	Jack Chesbro	23	RMD	ATLL	B	16		18	.471	1.80	5.16	38	35		29	1		289.1	287	166	58		48	99	25		8		1.158	8.9		1.5	3.1	2.06
84	Jack Egan	25	PRV	EL	A	16		15	.516	1.77	4.59	34	31		27	2		274.2	307	140	54		81	80	23		5		1.413	10.1		2.7	2.6	0.99
85	Hon Fricken	27	STP	WL	A	16		11	.593	2.47	6.96	35	26		23			236.2	268	183	65		81	66	15		7		1.475	10.2		3.1	2.5	0.81
86	Welcome Gaston	22	TTO,TAU	EL,NENL	A,B	16		12	.571	1.78	5.15	30	25		22	1		232.1	241	133	46		82	77	11		3		1.390	9.3		3.2	3.0	0.94
87	Jim Johnstone	24	NWK	ATLL	B	16		13	.552	1.92	6.06	39	35		24	2		300.0	316	202	64		117	88	25		9		1.443	9.5		3.5	2.6	0.75
88	W.F. McFarland	--	NFK,MTL	ATLL,EL	B,A	16		18	.471	2.35	6.53	36	35		30	3		295.0	353	214	77		69	76	24		4		1.431	10.8		2.1	2.3	1.10
89	Holly Souders	23	BFL	EL	A	16		10	.615	2.23	6.06	28	27		22	0		225.2	272	152	56		59	71	9		4		1.467	10.8		2.4	2.8	1.20
90	Jack Taylor	24	PHI	NL	Maj	16	PHI	20	.444	4.23	5.79	40	37	3	35	2	2	317.1	376	204	149	5	76	88	28	0	16	1391	1.424	10.7	0.1	2.2	2.5	1.16
91	Zeke Wilson	27	CL4	NL	Maj	16	CLV	11	.593	4.16	5.84	34	30	4	26	1	0	263.2	323	171	122	9	83	69	9	0	6	1172	1.540	11.0	0.3	2.8	2.4	0.83
92	Bert Abbey	27	KCY	WL	A	15		26	.366	3.71	8.98	42	39		37			332.2	443	332	137		113	89	16		6		1.671	12.0		3.1	2.4	0.79
93	Lem Cross	25	GRR,STP	WL	A	15		21	.417	2.17	6.16	37	36		34	1		315.2	363	216	76		96	85	8		9		1.454	10.3		2.7	2.4	0.89
94	Chick Fraser	23	LS3	NL	Maj	15	LOU	19	.441	4.04	6.91	36	34	2	32	0	0	294.1	334	226	132	11	139	70	22	0	22	1340	1.607	10.2	0.3	4.3	2.1	0.50
95	Thomas Gillen	--	SCR	EL	A	15		16	.484	1.75	5.58	34	33		32	1		303.1	301	188	59		116	72	34		8		1.375	8.9		3.4	2.1	0.62
96	Bill Hutchison	37	MNE,SLN	WL,NL	A,Maj	15	STL	28	.349	3.39	8.13	47	43	1	35	0	0	345.1	452	312	130	5	165	110	10	0	16	194	1.787	11.8	0.1	4.3	2.9	0.67
97	James McJames	22	WSN	NL	Maj	15	WHS	23	.395	3.61	5.89	44	39	5	33	3	2	323.2	361	212	130	7	137	156	21	0	21	1448	1.539	10.0	0.2	3.8	4.3	1.14
98	Tony Mullane	38	STP	WL	A	15		11	.577	1.96	6.85	29	25		20	2		215.1	249	164	47		72	58	11		6		1.491	10.4		3.0	2.4	0.81
99	Doc Newton	19	NFK	ATLL	B	15		21	.417	1.90	5.34	39	37		36	0		332.0	337	197	70		116	119	17		3		1.364	9.1		3.1	3.2	1.03
100	Joe Nonemaker	23	QUI,DBQ	WA	B	15		14	.517			39	31		23	1

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