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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	Eric Erickson	25	SFR	PCL	AA	31		15	.674	1.93	2.43	62						443.2	322	120	95		153						1.071	6.5		3.1
2	Grover Alexander	30	PHI	NL	Maj	30	PHI	13	.698	1.83	2.48	45	44	0	34	8	0	388.0	336	107	79	4	56	200	6	0	1	1529	1.010	7.8	0.1	1.3	4.6	3.57
3	Eddie Cicotte	33	CHA	AL	Maj	28	CHW	12	.700	1.53	1.97	49	35	11	29	7	4	346.2	246	76	59	2	70	150	3	2	1	1287	0.912	6.4	0.1	1.8	3.9	2.14
4	Harry Krause	28	OLD	PCL	AA	28		26	.519	2.35	3.65	58						428.2	415	174	112		142						1.299	8.7		3.0
5	Snipe Conley	25	DAL	TL	B	27		10	.730	1.92		50						323.0	265		69		87						1.090	7.4		2.4
6	Brad Hogg	28	LOS	PCL	AA	27		13	.675	2.23	2.95	47	18					335.1	275	110	83		88						1.083	7.4		2.4
7	Rudy Kallio	24	DMO,SFR	WL,PCL	A,AA	27		12	.692	1.91	0.58	45						354.0	255	23	75		137						1.107	6.5		3.5
8	Grover Lowdermilk	32	CLB,SLA	AA,AL	AA,Maj	27	SLB	15	.643	1.68	2.45	53	2	1	2	1	0	374.0	270	102	70	0	132	9	0	0	0	75	1.075	6.5	0.0	3.2	0.2	0.07
9	Doc Crandall	29	LOS	PCL	AA	26		15	.634	2.77	3.31	49						364.1	343	134	112		83						1.169	8.5		2.1
10	Carmen Hill	21	BIR	SOUA	A	26		12	.684	2.19	2.87	42						320.0	253	102	78		85						1.056	7.1		2.4
11	Otto Merz	27	OMA	WL	A	26		14	.650	2.39		43						335.0	316		89		67						1.143	8.5		1.8
12	John Verbout	28	WKB	NYSL	B	26		7	.788			32							206	48			42
13	Rube Bressler	22	ATA,CIN	SOUA,NL	A,Maj	25	CIN	15	.625	2.44	3.57	48	1	1	0	0	0	335.0	240	133	91	0	97	2	0	0	0	44	1.006	6.4	0.0	2.6	0.1	0.02
14	Dixie Davis	26	LOU	AA	AA	25		11	.694	2.34	3.30	44						292.0	238	107	76		131						1.264	7.3		4.0
15	Earl Howard	24	HGR	BLRI	D	25		10	.714		2.10	35						266.0	186	62			76						0.985	6.3		2.6
16	Harry Thompson	27	TTO	IL	AA	25		11	.694	2.46		38						318.0	289		87		85						1.176	8.2		2.4
17	Herb Thormahlen	20	BLT,NYA	IL,AL	AA,Maj	25	NYY	13	.658	2.72	0.08	47	1	0	0	0	0	337.0	310	3	102	0	93	5	1	0	0	37	1.196	8.3	0.0	2.5	0.1	0.05
18	Charles Baum	35	SFR	PCL	AA	24		17	.585	2.50	3.70	50						352.1	333	145	98		85						1.186	8.5		2.2
19	Howie Gregory	30	LIN,SFR	WL,PCL	A,AA	24		11	.686	2.16	0.38	46						358.2	349	15	86		69						1.165	8.8		1.7
20	Zeke Lohman	25	ROC	IL	AA	24		15	.615	2.48		41						334.0	316		92		69						1.153	8.5		1.9
21	Jack Quinn	33	VER	PCL	AA	24		20	.545	2.35	3.41	52						409.1	415	155	107		84						1.219	9.1		1.8
22	Babe Ruth	22	BOS	AL	Maj	24	BOS	13	.649	2.01	2.56	41	38	3	35	6	2	326.1	244	93	73	2	108	128	11	0	5	1277	1.079	6.7	0.1	3.0	3.5	1.19
23	Fred Toney	28	CIN	NL	Maj	24	CIN	16	.600	2.20	3.15	43	42	1	31	7	1	339.2	300	119	83	4	77	123	6	1	3	1374	1.110	7.9	0.1	2.0	3.3	1.60
24	Oscar Tuero	23	WKB	NYSL	B	24		7	.774			33							193	54			43
25	Jim Bagby	27	CLE	AL	Maj	23	CLE	13	.639	1.99	2.55	49	37	12	26	8	7	320.2	277	91	71	6	73	83	6	0	2	1258	1.091	7.8	0.2	2.0	2.3	1.14
26	Paul Carpenter	22	GRR	CENL	B	23		10	.697		2.57	37						273.0	206	78			91						1.088	6.8		3.0
27	Harry Gaspar	34	SXC	WL	A	23		9	.719			35						292.0	274				77						1.202	8.4		2.4
28	Herb Hall	24	JOP,KCY	WL,AA	A,AA	23		17	.575	2.41	0.08	53						344.0	309	3	92		108						1.212	8.1		2.8
29	Bunny Hearn	26	TTO	IL	AA	23		9	.719	2.03		37						310.0	292		70		62						1.142	8.5		1.8
30	Byron Houck	25	POR	PCL	AA	23		15	.605	2.21	3.05	52						366.0	299	124	90		106						1.107	7.4		2.6
31	Walter Johnson	29	WS1	AL	Maj	23	WSH	16	.590	2.21	2.90	47	34	12	30	8	3	326.0	248	105	80	3	68	188	14	0	7	1255	0.969	6.8	0.1	1.9	5.2	2.76
32	Paul Musser	28	DMO	WL	A	23		18	.561			48						346.0	215				134						1.009	5.6		3.5
33	Hippo Vaughn	29	CHN	NL	Maj	23	CHC	13	.639	2.01	2.95	41	38	2	27	5	0	295.2	255	97	66	3	91	195	9	0	2	1216	1.170	7.8	0.1	2.8	5.9	2.14
34	Earl Baker	31	WCH	WL	A	22		18	.550			44						321.0	286				77						1.131	8.0		2.2
35	Jean Dubuc	28	SLC	PCL	AA	22		16	.579	3.18	4.12	42						351.1	323	161	124		146						1.335	8.3		3.7
36	Rube Evans	27	SLC	PCL	AA	22		19	.537	3.39	4.17	47						369.1	424	171	139		109						1.443	10.3		2.7
37	Walt Leverenz	28	SLC	PCL	AA	22		18	.550	2.73	3.61	45						349.1	333	140	106		147						1.374	8.6		3.8
38	Carl Mays	25	BOS	AL	Maj	22	BOS	9	.710	1.74	2.52	35	33	2	27	2	0	289.0	230	81	56	1	74	91	14	0	6	1129	1.052	7.2	0.0	2.3	2.8	1.23
39	Bill Prough	29	OLD	PCL	AA	22		22	.500	2.36	3.35	50						373.2	391	139	98		54						1.191	9.4		1.3
40	Red Torkelson	23	CLE,MTW	AL,CENA	Maj,D	22	CLE	7	.759	7.66	10.07	34	3	1	0	0	0	22.1	33	25	19	1	13	10	2	0	0	114	2.060	13.3	0.4	5.2	4.0	0.77
41	Steamboat Williams	25	STP	AA	AA	22		14	.611	2.82	4.04	51						265.0	258	119	83		80						1.275	8.8		2.7
42	Pug Cavet	27	NVL	SOUA	A	21		13	.618	2.67	3.52	37						286.0	268	112	85		59						1.143	8.4		1.9
43	Joe Coffindaffer	26	SGD	CENL	B	21		9	.700		3.27	35						245.0	210	89			77						1.171	7.7		2.8
44	Sam Frock	34	BNG	NYSL	B	21		6	.778			27							165	50			27
45	Art Fromme	33	VER	PCL	AA	21		19	.525	2.57	3.45	42						349.2	428	134	100		84						1.464	11.0		2.2
46	Vean Gregg	32	PVE	IL	AA	21		9	.700	1.72		31						267.0	193		51		76						1.007	6.5		2.6
47	Sam Lewis	24	DAL	TL	B	21		17	.553	2.06		52						310.0	231		71		140						1.197	6.7		4.1
48	Ken Penner	21	POR	PCL	AA	21		18	.538	3.33	4.22	59						375.1	418	176	139		120						1.433	10.0		2.9
49	Dick Robertson	25	NOR	SOUA	A	21		8	.724		2.55	40						254.0	193	72			68						1.028	6.8		2.4
50	Hank Robinson	29	LRK	SOUA	A	21		17	.553		2.86	45						308.0	233	98			68						0.977	6.8		2.0
51	Ferdie Schupp	26	NY1	NL	Maj	21	NYG	7	.750	1.95	2.28	36	32	3	25	6	0	272.0	202	69	59	7	70	147	4	0	3	1067	1.000	6.7	0.2	2.3	4.9	2.10
52	Walt Smallwood	24	NWK,NYA	IL,AL	AA,Maj	21	NYY	15	.583	2.97		47	0	2	0	0	0	285.0	274	0	94	0	68	1	0	0	0	7	1.200	8.7	0.0	2.1	0.0	0.01
53	Babe Adams	35	STJ	WL	A	20		13	.606	1.75		35						308.0	244		60		34						0.903	7.1		1.0
54	Abe Applegate	25	FTW	TL	B	20		14	.588	2.52		38						257.0	218		72		79						1.156	7.6		2.8
55	Carl East	23	LIN	WL	A	20		17	.541			39						305.0	297				113						1.344	8.8		3.3
56	Tony Faeth	23	GRR	CENL	B	20		8	.714		3.32	31						252.0	203	93			92						1.171	7.3		3.3
57	Dana Fillingim	23	INA	AA	AA	20		9	.690	2.34	2.93	35						261.0	226	85	68		85						1.192	7.8		2.9
58	Ed Gerner	19	MTL	IL	AA	20		20	.500	2.94		41						337.0	349		110		113						1.371	9.3		3.0
59	Cliff Hill	24	BLT,PHA	IL,AL	AA,Maj	20	PHA	12	.625	3.05	0.13	42	0	0	0	0	0	280.2	264	4	95	0	118	0	0	0	0	14	1.361	8.5	0.0	3.8	0.0	0.00
60	John Merritt	22	CNG	SOUA	A	20		14	.588		3.20	44						307.0	241	109			86						1.065	7.1		2.5
61	Rollie Naylor	25	NHV,PHA	EL,AL	B,Maj	20	PHA	9	.690	0.21	2.43	30	5	0	3	0	0	256.0	214	69	6	1	62	11	1	0	0	125	1.078	7.5	0.0	2.2	0.4	0.18
62	Jake Northrop	29	INA	AA	AA	20		10	.667	2.53	3.17	31						253.0	241	89	71		68						1.221	8.6		2.4
63	George Payne	28	MTW,DMO	CENA,WL	D,A	20		10	.667	1.40	2.03	35						270.0	216	61	42		61						1.026	7.2		2.0
64	Elmer Ponder	24	BIR,PIT	SOUA,NL	A,Maj	20	PIT	17	.541	0.13	2.98	41	2	1	1	1	0	287.1	236	95	4	0	99	11	1	0	1	80	1.166	7.4	0.0	3.1	0.3	0.11
65	Pete Schneider	21	CIN	NL	Maj	20	CIN	19	.513	2.10	3.45	46	42	3	24	0	0	333.2	311	128	78	4	117	138	11	0	5	1387	1.283	8.4	0.1	3.2	3.7	1.18
66	Claude Thomas	27	MNE	AA	AA	20		24	.455	2.70	3.78	62						374.0	338	157	112		113						1.206	8.1		2.7
67	Walter Warwick	29	FDK	BLRI	D	20		11	.645		3.40	31						262.0	254	99			58						1.191	8.7		2.0
68	Jim Allen	--	MKG,CNG	CENL,SOUA	B,A	19		13	.594		4.59	39						239.0	287	122			86						1.561	10.8		3.2
69	Stan Coveleski	27	CLE	AL	Maj	19	CLE	14	.576	1.81	2.35	45	36	8	24	9	4	298.1	202	78	60	3	94	133	1	0	3	1137	0.992	6.1	0.1	2.8	4.0	1.41
70	Red Day	--	ATA	SOUA	A	19		9	.679		3.90	39						247.0	238	107			62						1.215	8.7		2.3
71	Roy Fentress	30	MEM	SOUA	A	19		13	.594		3.55	41						279.0	253	110			74						1.172	8.2		2.4
72	Phifer Fullenwider	30	ATA	SOUA	A	19		13	.594		3.29	42						279.0	266	102			56						1.154	8.6		1.8
73	Lefty George	30	CLB	AA	AA	19		14	.576	2.61	3.44	55						262.0	263	100	76		89						1.344	9.0		3.1
74	Jesse Haines	23	SGD	CENL	B	19		10	.655	1.83	2.19	35	29					275.0	204	67	56		88						1.062	6.7		2.9
75	George LeClaire	--	SBN,PEO	CENL,IIIL	B	19		5	.792	0.73	2.35	29						222.0	181	58	18		42						1.005	7.3		1.7
76	Rolla Mapel	27	JOP	WL	A	19		10	.655			43						263.0	233				67						1.141	8.0		2.3
77	Rube Marquard	30	BRO	NL	Maj	19	BRO	12	.613	2.55	3.25	37	29	4	14	2	0	232.2	200	84	66	5	60	117	0	0	4	942	1.117	7.7	0.2	2.3	4.5	1.95
78	Earl McCullough	--	STJ,MCY	WL,CENA	A,D	19		14	.576			42						78.0	68				27						1.218	7.8		3.1
79	Marty O'Toole	28	OMA	WL	A	19		17	.528			43						318.0	283				86						1.160	8.0		2.4
80	Bill Sherdel	20	MLW	AA	AA	19		16	.543	3.16	3.92	44						262.0	258	114	92		71						1.256	8.9		2.4
81	Paul Wachtel	29	MKG,BRO	CENL,NL	B,Maj	19	BRO	11	.633	0.22	3.18	36	0	2	0	0	0	289.0	226	102	7	0	99	3	0	0	0	30	1.125	7.0	0.0	3.1	0.1	0.03
82	Roy Walker	24	NOR,CHN	SOUA,NL	A,Maj	19	CHC	12	.613	1.69	2.37	38	1	0	0	0	0	304.0	178	80	57	0	167	4	0	0	1	34	1.135	5.3	0.0	4.9	0.1	0.02
83	Joseph Baker	22	GET	BLRI	D	18		9	.667		3.42	28						229.0	119	87			82						0.878	4.7		3.2
84	Curly Brown	28	LOS	PCL	AA	18		13	.581	2.80	3.47	48						309.0	291	119	96		65						1.152	8.5		1.9
85	Joseph Finneran	26	STP	AA	AA	18		11	.621	2.80	4.22	37						241.0	230	113	75		61						1.207	8.6		2.3
86	Oscar Graham	38	JOP,MOL	WL,IIIL	A,B	18		12	.600	2.13	2.27	38						258.0	231	65	61		78						1.198	8.1		2.7
87	John Halla	33	LIN	WL	A	18		15	.545			39						320.0	322				62						1.200	9.1		1.7
88	Ed Hovlik	25	VER,STJ	PCL,WL	AA,A	18		25	.419	2.15	4.82	53						351.1	314	188	84		179						1.403	8.0		4.6
89	Elmer Koestner	31	WCH	WL	A	18		18	.500			46						329.0	313				151						1.410	8.6		4.1
90	Johnny Meador	24	CHS,NVL	SALL,SOUA	C,A	18		10	.643		2.93	36						255.0	219	83			58						1.086	7.7		2.0
91	Red Oldham	23	SFR	PCL	AA	18		19	.486	2.88	3.74	48						343.2	289	143	110		144						1.260	7.6		3.8
92	Slim Sallee	32	NY1	NL	Maj	18	NYG	7	.720	2.17	2.92	34	24	9	18	1	4	215.2	199	70	52	4	34	54	1	1	0	861	1.080	8.3	0.2	1.4	2.3	1.59
93	Roy Sanders	23	JOP	WL	A	18		12	.600			45						327.0	239				120						1.098	6.6		3.3
94	Roy Sanders	24	KCY,CIN	AA,NL	AA,Maj	18	CIN	17	.514	3.84	4.70	47	2	0	1	0	0	291.0	288	152	124	0	130	3	1	0	1	65	1.436	8.9	0.0	4.0	0.1	0.02
95	Charlie Young	24	HNB,RMD	IIIL,IL	B,AA	18		11	.621	2.86	1.45	39						249.0	218	40	79		139						1.434	7.9		5.0
96	Red Causey	23	ROC	IL	AA	17		13	.567	2.40		39						292.0	257		78		118						1.284	7.9		3.6
97	Lefty Clarke	21	MBG	BLRI	D	17		9	.654		3.79	26						202.0	150	85			89						1.183	6.7		4.0
98	Wilbur Cooper	25	PIT	NL	Maj	17	PIT	11	.607	2.36	2.90	40	34	5	23	7	1	297.2	276	96	78	4	54	99	4	0	1	1159	1.109	8.3	0.1	1.6	3.0	1.83
99	Hooks Dauss	27	DET	AL	Maj	17	DET	14	.548	2.43	3.49	37	31	5	22	6	2	270.2	243	105	73	3	87	102	7	1	4	1085	1.219	8.1	0.1	2.9	3.4	1.17
100	Dave Davenport	27	SLA	AL	Maj	17	SLB	17	.500	3.08	4.39	47	39	5	20	2	2	280.2	273	137	96	5	105	100	8	1	11	1165	1.347	8.8	0.2	3.4	3.2	0.95

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