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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	Jay Hughes	29	SLE	PCL	Ind	34		15	.694	2.35	3.66	51	50					444.2	354	181	116		164						1.165	7.2		3.3
2	Rusty Hall	--	LOS	PCL	Ind	32		18	.640	2.31	3.31	53	51					468.0	422	172	120		116						1.150	8.1		2.2
3	Joe McGinnity	32	NY1	NL	Maj	31	NYG	20	.608	2.43	3.36	55	48	6	44	3	2	434.0	391	162	117	4	109	171	19	0	5	1786	1.152	8.1	0.1	2.3	3.5	1.57
4	Pete Dowling	26	BTE	PNAL	A	30		20	.600			50							479	214		7	72
5	Christy Mathewson	22	NY1	NL	Maj	30	NYG	13	.698	2.26	3.34	45	42	3	37	3	2	366.1	321	136	92	4	100	267	10	0	18	1502	1.149	7.9	0.1	2.5	6.6	2.67
6	Bill Thomas	23	SAC	PCL	Ind	29		14	.674	2.39	3.52	47	43					376.1	374	147	100		81						1.209	8.9		1.9
7	Jimmy Whalen	23	SFC	PCL	Ind	29		21	.580	2.82	4.14	52	50					443.2	417	204	139		148						1.273	8.5		3.0
8	Oscar Graham	24	OLD	PCL	Ind	28		29	.491	3.44	5.21	61	55					504.2	489	292	193		233						1.431	8.7		4.2
9	George Pfanmiller	27	JER	EL	A	28		9	.757										253				57	126										2.21
10	Cy Young	36	BOS	AL	Maj	28	BOS	9	.757	2.08	3.03	40	35	5	34	7	2	341.2	294	115	79	6	37	176	9	0	5	1314	0.969	7.7	0.2	1.0	4.6	4.76
11	Buttons Briggs	27	TTO	EL	A	26		8	.765										234				83	205										2.47
12	Howie Camnitz	21	VBG	CSTL	D	26		7	.788			37
13	Bill Dammann	30	SPO	PNAL	A	26		16	.619			44							400	198		8	103
14	Ham Iburg	29	SFC	PCL	Ind	26		22	.542	2.51	3.68	52	47					437.1	406	179	122		101						1.159	8.4		2.1
15	Gene McCann	28	JER	EL	A	26		11	.703										271				78	126										1.62
16	Tom Walker	21	LOU	AA	A	26		7	.788			58							180	99			63	140										2.22
17	Sam Leever	31	PIT	NL	Maj	25	PIT	7	.781	2.06	3.10	36	34	2	30	7	1	284.1	255	98	65	2	60	90	5	0	6	1135	1.108	8.1	0.1	1.9	2.8	1.50
18	Deacon Phillippe	31	PIT	NL	Maj	25	PIT	9	.735	2.43	3.61	36	33	3	31	4	2	289.1	269	116	78	4	29	123	4	1	5	1150	1.030	8.4	0.1	0.9	3.8	4.24
19	Arthur Ragan	23	CIN,DAL	NL,TL	Maj,D	25	CIN	10	.714	6.00	15.00	38	33	1	2	0	0	18.0	40	30	12	0	37	7	1	0	1	96	2.611	20.0	0.0	18.5	3.5	0.19
20	Jim St. Vrain	32	SLE,TAC,MNE	PCL,PNAL,AA	Ind,A	25		22	.532	3.03	10.86	44	23					187.1	448	226	63	8	137	24					3.123	21.5	0.4	6.6	1.2	0.18
21	Charlie Chech	25	STP	AA	A	24		9	.727		3.62	48						326.0	299	131			75	142					1.147	8.3		2.1	3.9	1.89
22	Wish Egan	22	LOU	AA	A	24		16	.600			43							360	176			84	125										1.49
23	Claude Elliott	26	MLW	AA	A	24		10	.706			55							270	116			68
24	Tom Fisher	22	SHV	SOUA	A	24		11	.686			43
25	Dave Martin	22	CRK	NORL	D	24		13	.649			37							277	117			56
26	Jack Bartos	--	WPG	NORL	D	23		10	.697			33							199	99			95
27	Joe Corbett	27	LOS	PCL	Ind	23		16	.590	2.36	3.37	41	39					347.1	267	130	91		136						1.160	6.9		3.5
28	Ed Donnelly	23	KST	HUDR	D	23		10	.697			33
29	Dolly Gray	24	LOS	PCL	Ind	23		20	.535	3.55	5.05	51	48					406.0	414	228	160		135						1.352	9.2		3.0
30	Jack Hickey	21	SLE,SEE	PCL,PNAL	Ind,A	23		22	.511	4.07	24.78	48	8					73.0	342	201	33	0	135						6.534	42.2	0.0	16.6
31	Win Kellum	27	INA	AA	A	23		10	.697			44							289	121			55	135										2.45
32	Willard Mains	34	SYR	NYSL	B	23		11	.676		2.84	35						304.0	226	96			56						0.928	6.7		1.7
33	Eddie Plank	27	PHA	AL	Maj	23	PHA	16	.590	2.38	3.43	43	40	2	33	3	0	336.0	317	128	89	5	65	176	23	0	8	1363	1.137	8.5	0.1	1.7	4.7	2.71
34	Henry Thielman	22	BRO,JER	NL,EL	Maj,A	23	BRO	8	.742	4.66	6.21	4	3	1	3	0	0	29.0	195	20	15	3	77	90	2	0	1	110	9.379	60.5	0.9	23.9	27.9	1.17
35	Ernie Baker	27	BTR	CSTL	D	22		9	.710			35
36	Ike Butler	29	POR	PCL	Ind	22		27	.449	3.21	4.86	54	50					440.2	491	238	157		105						1.352	10.0		2.1
37	Noodles Hahn	24	CIN	NL	Maj	22	CIN	12	.647	2.52	3.80	34	34	0	34	5	0	296.0	297	125	83	3	47	127	8	0	3	1187	1.162	9.0	0.1	1.4	3.9	2.70
38	Skel Roach	31	BTE	PNAL	A	22		9	.710			36							307	140		7	41
39	Henry Schmidt	30	BRO	NL	Maj	22	BRO	13	.629	3.83	4.99	40	36	4	29	5	2	301.0	321	167	128	5	120	96	21	0	8	1288	1.465	9.6	0.1	3.6	2.9	0.80
40	Perry Sessions	25	GFK	NORL	D	22		9	.710			31							197	85			86
41	Orth Thomas	--	SAN	STEX	C	22		18	.550										305
42	Rube Vickers	24	HLY,BRO	CTST,NL	D,Maj	22	BRO	11	.667	0.51	3.59	38	1	3	1	0	0	301.0	215	120	17	0	76	5	1	0	2	75	0.967	6.4	0.0	2.3	0.1	0.07
43	Jack Chesbro	29	NYA	AL	Maj	21	NYY	15	.583	2.77	3.88	40	36	4	33	1	0	324.2	300	140	100	7	74	147	9	1	5	1309	1.152	8.3	0.2	2.1	4.1	1.99
44	Bill Dinneen	27	BOS	AL	Maj	21	BOS	13	.618	2.26	2.95	37	34	3	32	6	2	299.0	255	98	75	6	66	148	4	0	5	1178	1.074	7.7	0.2	2.0	4.5	2.24
45	Elmer Meredith	28	MLW	AA	A	21		13	.618			56							395	155			43	141										3.28
46	Billy Milligan	24	BFL	EL	A	21		6	.778										212				47	113										2.40
47	Kid Nichols	33	KSY	WL	A	21		12	.636	2.51	3.67	34	33					294.1	268	120	82		71						1.152	8.2		2.2
48	Willie Sudhoff	28	SLA	AL	Maj	21	SLB	15	.583	2.27	3.06	38	35	3	30	5	0	293.2	262	100	74	4	56	104	9	0	5	1164	1.083	8.0	0.1	1.7	3.2	1.86
49	Jack Taylor	29	CHN	NL	Maj	21	CHC	14	.600	2.45	3.95	37	33	4	33	1	1	312.1	277	137	85	2	57	83	5	0	3	1241	1.069	8.0	0.1	1.6	2.4	1.46
50	Rube Waddell	26	PHA	AL	Maj	21	PHA	16	.568	2.44	3.03	39	38	1	34	4	0	324.0	274	109	88	3	85	302	8	0	9	1291	1.108	7.6	0.1	2.4	8.4	3.55
51	Hooks Wiltse	23	TRY	NYSL	B	21		8	.724	2.46	3.70	31	30					260.0	223	107	71		62						1.096	7.7		2.1
52	Ted Corbett	32	WPG	NORL	D	20		5	.800			25							175	80			52
53	Tom Dougherty	22	ATA,MRO	SOUA,CSTL	A,D	20		4	.833			28
54	Cy Ferry	25	BFL	EL	A	20		8	.714										215				90	92										1.02
55	Bert Hise	25	CSC	TL	D	20		10	.667			30	30										31
56	George Hodson	35	SFC	PCL	Ind	20		24	.455	3.42	5.04	50	44					399.2	447	224	152		81						1.321	10.1		1.8
57	Tom Hughes	24	BOS	AL	Maj	20	BOS	7	.741	2.57	3.49	33	31	2	25	5	0	244.2	232	95	70	5	60	112	9	1	2	999	1.193	8.5	0.2	2.2	4.1	1.87
58	Harry McIntire	24	MEM	SOUA	A	20		15	.571			42
59	Earl Moore	25	CLE	AL	Maj	20	CLE	8	.714	1.74	3.20	29	27	2	27	3	0	247.2	196	88	48	0	62	148	5	0	8	969	1.042	7.1	0.0	2.3	5.4	2.39
60	Ernest Nicholls	20	SPO	PNAL	A	20		4	.833			24							177	93		5	45
61	Grant Thatcher	26	BRO,LOA	NL,PNAL	Maj,A	20	BRO	12	.625	2.89	37.93	34	4	0	4	0	0	28.0	275	118	9	7	69	9	0	0	1	120	12.286	88.4	2.3	22.2	2.9	0.13
62	Ed Walsh	22	MDN,NWK	CTST,EL	D,A	20		15	.571	2.21	3.19	40	35					293.0	219	104	72		80	77					1.020	6.7		2.5	2.4	0.96
63	Jake Weimer	29	CHN	NL	Maj	20	CHC	8	.714	2.30	3.54	35	33	2	27	3	0	282.0	241	111	72	4	104	128	11	0	5	1184	1.223	7.7	0.1	3.3	4.1	1.23
64	Bob Wicker	26	CHN,SLN	NL	Maj	20	CHC-STL	9	.690	2.96	4.11	33	27	6	24	1	1	252.0	240	115	83	3	77	113	3	0	8	1034	1.258	8.6	0.1	2.8	4.0	1.47
65	Forrest Wright	24	GVL	CSTL	D	20		0	1.000			29
66	Pat Bohannon	24	LOU	AA	A	19		19	.500			44							224	168			132	175										1.33
67	Gene Burns	--	HSN	STEX	C	19		15	.559										277
68	Charlie Ferguson	28	STP	AA	A	19		10	.655			35							228	93			36	92										2.56
69	Whitey Guese	31	LRK	SOUA	A	19		9	.679			30
70	Fred Helmsdorfer	22	LMR	IASD	D	19		5	.792			24
71	Art Herman	32	NVL	SOUA	A	19		13	.594			35
72	Oscar Jones	23	BRO,POR,LOS	NL,PCL	Maj,Ind	19	BRO	14	.576	2.94	4.41	38	36	2	31	4	0	324.1	320	159	106	4	77	95	19	0	7	1327	1.224	8.9	0.1	2.1	2.6	1.23
73	Harry Lindsay	--	SFC	PCL	Ind	19		19	.500	3.74	5.48	43	41					351.1	323	214	146		174						1.415	8.3		4.5
74	George Mullin	22	DET	AL	Maj	19	DET	15	.559	2.25	3.59	41	36	5	31	6	2	320.2	284	128	80	4	106	170	8	0	6	1312	1.216	8.0	0.1	3.0	4.8	1.60
75	Jack Pfiester	25	SFR,PIT	PNAL,NL	A,Maj	19	PIT	19	.500	2.99	4.57	41	3	0	2	0	0	307.0	311	156	102	8	99	15	2	0	0	93	1.336	9.1	0.2	2.9	0.4	0.15
76	Charlie Shields	23	POR	PCL	Ind	19		25	.432	2.92	4.42	46	45					366.2	340	180	119		121						1.257	8.3		3.0
77	R.E. Thomas	--	SAN	STEX	C	19		9	.679										258
78	Art Weber	--	HSN	STEX	C	19		11	.633										221
79	Lewis Wiltse	31	NYA,BLT	AL,EL	Maj,A	19	NYY	15	.559	5.40	6.12	4	3	1	2	0	1	25.0	236	17	15	1	40	123	1	0	2	113	11.040	85.0	0.4	14.4	44.3	3.08
80	Quait Bateman	27	PAR	TL	D	18		15	.545			35	34										40
81	Charles Bemiss	24	WPG	NORL	D	18		9	.667			28							172	94			68
82	Addie Joss	23	CLE	AL	Maj	18	CLE	13	.581	2.19	3.33	32	31	1	31	3	0	283.2	232	105	69	3	37	120	9	0	5	1087	0.948	7.4	0.1	1.2	3.8	3.24
83	Rube Kisinger	26	TTO,DET	EL,AL	A,Maj	18	DET	16	.529	1.26	2.96	35	14	2	13	2	0	279.2	225	92	39	0	56	152	2	0	0	485	1.005	7.2	0.0	1.8	4.9	2.71
84	Reeve McKay	21	PAR	TL	D	18		18	.500			40	35										40
85	Togie Pittinger	31	BSN	NL	Maj	18	BSN	22	.450	3.48	5.25	44	39	5	35	3	1	351.2	396	205	136	12	143	140	17	0	14	1505	1.533	10.1	0.3	3.7	3.6	0.98
86	Clyde Russell	23	NVL	SOUA	A	18		17	.514			36
87	Frank Smith	23	BIR	SOUA	A	18		13	.581			31
88	Jesse Stovall	27	CLE,SLE,SFR	AL,PCL,PNAL	Maj,Ind,A	18	CLE	17	.514	2.33	16.56	37	9	0	6	2	0	81.0	327	149	21	5	72	12	3	0	1	231	4.926	36.3	0.6	8.0	1.3	0.17
89	Lee Vernuelle	24	NTZ	CSTL	D	18		16	.529			35
90	Charles Bender	19	PHA	AL	Maj	17	PHA	14	.548	3.07	3.83	36	33	2	29	2	0	270.0	239	115	92	6	65	127	25	2	6	1099	1.126	8.0	0.2	2.2	4.2	1.95
91	Theodore Breitenstein	34	MEM	SOUA	A	17		11	.607	2.10	2.95	35	28					274.2	197	90	64		75						0.990	6.5		2.5
92	Fred Burchell	23	PHI,BLT	NL,EL	Maj,A	17	PHI	12	.586	2.86	5.73	6	3	3	2	0	0	44.0	247	28	14	0	91	121	2	0	2	180	7.682	50.5	0.0	18.6	24.8	1.33
93	Billy Campbell	29	BIR	SOUA	A	17		13	.567			31
94	George Cooper	--	OLD	PCL	Ind	17		29	.370	3.27	4.95	52	47					421.2	432	232	153		150						1.380	9.2		3.2
95	Bill Donovan	26	DET	AL	Maj	17	DET	16	.515	2.29	3.05	35	34	1	34	4	0	307.0	247	104	78	3	95	187	5	0	7	1223	1.114	7.2	0.1	2.8	5.5	1.97
96	Andy Farley	22	KST	HUDR	D	17		10	.630			27
97	Gene Ford	22	INA	AA	A	17		16	.515			37							266	138			105	148										1.41
98	Larry Hesterfer	25	NWK	EL	A	17		12	.586										205				87	140										1.61
99	Jim Hughey	34	SHV	SOUA	A	17		14	.548			37
100	Ed Killian	26	CLE,RFD	AL,IIIL	Maj,B	17	CLE	14	.548	2.48	12.84	33	8	1	7	3	0	61.2	221	88	17	1	75	18	4	0	0	254	4.800	32.3	0.1	10.9	2.6	0.24

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