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Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	ASG	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Date of Death	Died	Tms
1	Harry Armbruster	1	1906	1906	0	1.2	91	330	265	40	63	6	3	2	24	13		43	39	.238	.353	.306	.658	Dec 10	Cincinnati, OH, United States	PHA
2	Harry Atkinson	1	1895	1895	0	0.0	1	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	Jan 2	Mexico, MO, United States	STL
3	Harry Aubrey	1	1903	1903	0	-1.6	96	357	325	26	69	8	2	0	27	7		18	36	.212	.264	.249	.514	Sep 18	Baltimore, MD, United States	BSN
4	Larry Benton	13	1923	1935	0	-2.4	462	826	738	54	122	12	2	2	42	1	2	30	181	.165	.202	.195	.397	Apr 3	Amberley, OH, United States	BSN, CIN, NYG
5	John Brackenridge	1	1904	1904	0	0.0	7	14	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	1		1	3	.154	.214	.154	.368	Mar 20	Harrisburg, PA, United States	PHI
6	Don Brennan	5	1933	1937	0	-0.2	141	123	110	7	17	2	0	0	6	0	0	6	45	.155	.205	.173	.378	Apr 26	Boston, MA, United States	CIN, NYG, NYY
7	Jesse Burkett HOF	16	1890	1905	0	63.9	2067	9641	8426	1720	2850	320	182	75	952	389		1029	613	.338	.415	.446	.861	May 27	Worcester, MA, United States	BOS, CLV, NYG, SLB, STL
8	Bill Burns	5	1908	1912	0	0.5	118	268	245	12	48	8	1	0	7	1	0	15	63	.196	.245	.237	.482	Jun 7	Ramona, CA, United States	CHW, CIN, DET, PHI, WSH
9	Wese Callahan	1	1913	1913	0	0.1	7	17	14	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	.286	.375	.286	.661	Sep 13	Dayton, OH, United States	STL
10	Mike Cantwell	3	1916	1920	0	-0.1	11	17	16	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.188	.188	.188	.375	Jan 5	Swannanoa, NC, United States	NYY, PHI
11	Pat Carney	4	1901	1904	0	-1.9	338	1378	1248	142	308	36	11	3	131	43		85	105	.247	.304	.300	.605	Jan 9	Worcester, MA, United States	BSN
12	Leon Chagnon	6	1929	1935	0	-0.3	135	110	105	6	17	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	18	.162	.178	.229	.406	Jul 30	Amesbury, MA, United States	NYG, PIT
13	John Chapman	1	1924	1924	0	0.0	19	80	71	7	20	4	1	0	7	0	0	4	8	.282	.329	.366	.695	Nov 3	Philadelphia, PA, United States	PHA
14	Lorenza Cobb	1	1920	1920	0	0.4	30	98	91	11	28	3	0	0	14	4		2		.308	.351	.341	.691	Jan 21	San Antonio, TX, United States	SLG
15	Bob Coulson	4	1908	1914	0	-0.9	197	779	692	76	163	28	12	1	67	43		58	105	.236	.303	.315	.618	Sep 11	Washington, PA, United States	BRO, CIN, PBS
16	Bill Cunningham	4	1921	1924	0	0.8	318	1024	945	113	270	39	12	9	112	17	13	52	48	.286	.326	.381	.707	Sep 26	Colusa, CA, United States	BSN, NYG
17	Mike Dejan	1	1940	1940	0	-0.1	12	19	16	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	3	.188	.316	.313	.628	Feb 2	West Los Angeles, CA, United States	CIN
18	Jim Delahanty	13	1901	1915	0	19.2	1186	4722	4091	520	1159	191	59	19	489	151	7	378	369	.283	.357	.373	.730	Oct 17	Cleveland, OH, United States	BSN, BTT, CHC, CIN, DET, NYG, SLB, WSH
19	Walt Devoy	1	1909	1909	0	-0.2	19	74	69	7	17	3	1	0	8	4		3	13	.246	.278	.319	.597	Dec 17	St. Louis, MO, United States	SLB
20	Frank Donnelly	2	1893	1894	0	0.4	8	23	19	5	8	1	2	0	3	0		4	2	.421	.522	.684	1.206	Feb 3	Canton, IL, United States	CHC
21	Patsy Donovan	17	1890	1907	0	19.4	1824	8181	7505	1321	2256	208	75	16	738	518		457	334	.301	.348	.355	.702	Dec 25	Lawrence, MA, United States	BRO, BSN, LOU, PIT, STL, WAS, WHS, WSH
22	Tom Dougherty	1	1904	1904	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Nov 6	Milwaukee, WI, United States	CHW
23	Klondike Douglass	9	1896	1904	0	2.9	748	3138	2800	368	766	85	29	10	275	84		227	109	.274	.337	.335	.672	Dec 1	Bend, OR, United States	PHI, STL
24	Michael Driscoll	1	1916	1916	0	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Mar 22	Foxboro, MA, United States	PHA
25	Carl East	2	1915	1924	0	0.1	3	9	7	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.286	.444	.429	.873	Jan 15	Whitesburg, GA, United States	SLB, WSH
26	Tex Erwin	6	1907	1914	0	1.7	276	739	635	70	150	23	3	11	70	10	1	82	61	.236	.326	.334	.660	Apr 5	Rochester, NY, United States	BRO, CIN, DET
27	Joe Evans	11	1915	1925	0	3.0	733	2365	2043	306	529	71	31	3	210	67	16	212	152	.259	.329	.328	.658	Aug 9	Gulfport, MS, United States	CLE, SLB, WSH
28	Rags Faircloth	1	1919	1919	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					Oct 5	Tucson, AZ, United States	PHI
29	Jim Field	5	1883	1898	0	2.3	331	1375	1270	180	292	38	21	10	50	9		77	1	.230	.289	.317	.605	May 13	Atlantic City, NJ, United States	BAL, COL, PIT, ROC, WHS
30	Happy Foreman	2	1924	1926	0	-0.1	8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	Feb 13	New York, NY, United States	BOS, CHW
31	Buck Freeman	2	1921	1922	0	-0.1	49	66	61	4	12	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	29	.197	.246	.230	.476	Feb 21	Fort Sam Houston, TX, United States	CHC
32	Herb Gorman	1	1952	1952	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Apr 5	San Diego, CA, United States	STL
33	Sam Gray	10	1924	1933	0	-0.8	379	723	648	49	124	20	3	2	49	1	0	41	146	.191	.241	.241	.481	Apr 16	McKinney, TX, United States	PHA, SLB
34	Tim Griesenbeck	1	1920	1920	0	0.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	Mar 25	San Antonio, TX, United States	STL
35	Ray Grimes	6	1920	1926	0	10.6	433	1788	1537	269	505	101	25	27	263	21	17	204	133	.329	.413	.480	.892	May 25	Minerva, OH, United States	BOS, CHC, PHI
36	Ed Haigh	1	1892	1892	0	0.0	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	Feb 13	Atlantic City, NJ, United States	STL
37	Al Handiboe	1	1911	1911	0	-0.3	5	18	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	.067	.176	.067	.243	Jan 31	Savannah, GA, United States	NYY
38	Rattler Harrison	3	1927	1930	0	0.1	23	36	34	5	8	0	1	0	5	0		1		.235	.278	.294	.572	Aug 21	St. Louis, MO, United States	HG, KCM, SLS
39	Howie Haworth	1	1915	1915	0	-0.1	7	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.143	.333	.143	.476	Jan 28	Troutdale, OR, United States	CLE
40	Charlie Hemphill	11	1899	1911	0	15.9	1242	5128	4541	580	1230	117	68	22	421	207		435	429	.271	.337	.341	.678	Jun 22	Detroit, MI, United States	BOS, CLE, CLV, NYY, SLB, STL
41	Buck Herzog	13	1908	1920	0	26.6	1493	6057	5284	705	1370	191	75	20	449	320	68	427	331	.259	.329	.335	.664	Sep 4	Baltimore, MD, United States	BSN, CHC, CIN, NYG
42	Pat Hilly	1	1914	1914	0	0.0	8	11	10	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.300	.364	.300	.664	Jul 25	Eureka, MO, United States	PHI
43	Joe Houser	1	1914	1914	0	-0.1	8	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	Jan 3	Orlando, FL, United States	BUF
44	Ed Hug	1	1903	1903	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0		1.000			May 11	Cincinnati, OH, United States	BRO
45	Donald Jarmon	1	1933	1933	0	-0.1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	Jun 30	Washington, DC, United States	CBB
46	Jim Jones	3	1897	1902	0	-0.6	90	368	344	28	79	16	4	0	24	9		18	37	.230	.270	.299	.569	May 6	London, KY, United States	LOU, NYG
47	Oscar Jones	3	1903	1905	0	0.2	114	348	327	28	69	1	1	0	18	4		11	45	.211	.241	.220	.461	Mar 16	Fort Worth, TX, United States	BRO
48	Slats Jordan	2	1901	1902	0	-0.3	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	Dec 7	Catonsville, MD, United States	BLA
49	Newt Joseph	9	1922	1930	0	13.3	619	2456	2148	366	623	117	37	31	379	90		264		.290	.374	.422	.796	Jan 18	Kansas City, MO, United States	KCM
50	Al Kellogg	1	1908	1908	0	-0.1	3	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	Jul 21	Portland, OR, United States	PHA
51	Guy Lacy	1	1926	1926	0	-0.1	13	31	24	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	.167	.259	.292	.551	Nov 19	Cleveland, TN, United States	CLE
52	Pete Lapan	2	1922	1923	0	0.3	13	41	36	7	11	1	0	1	6	1	0	3	4	.306	.359	.417	.776	Jan 5	Norwalk, CA, United States	WSH
53	Sam Leever	13	1898	1910	0	-0.7	389	1078	993	90	183	17	14	2	78	4		49	138	.184	.228	.236	.463	May 19	Goshen, OH, United States	PIT
54	Granville Lyons	7	1932	1942	0	-0.7	130	514	473	56	121	17	10	4	56	3		27		.256	.299	.359	.658	Apr 14	Nashville, TN, United States	BEG, ID, LVB, MRS, NEG, PC, PS
55	Billy Maharg	2	1912	1916	0	-0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Nov 20	Philadelphia, PA, United States	DET, PHI
56	Charlie Maisel	1	1915	1915	0	-0.2	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Aug 25	Baltimore, MD, United States	BAL
57	Gene McAuliffe	1	1904	1904	0	0.0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	Apr 29	Randolph, MA, United States	BSN
58	Mike McCormick	1	1904	1904	0	-0.4	105	400	347	28	64	5	4	0	27	22		43	49	.184	.278	.222	.500	Nov 18	Jersey City, NJ, United States	BRO
59	Frank McCue	1	1922	1922	0	-0.1	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jul 5	Evergreen Park, IL, United States	PHA
60	Lou McEvoy	2	1930	1931	0	-0.1	34	20	20	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.200	.300	Dec 17	Webster Groves, MO, United States	NYY
61	Doug McWeeny	8	1921	1930	0	-2.0	206	338	288	18	30	3	0	0	6	1	0	31	126	.104	.194	.115	.308	Jan 1	Melrose Park, IL, United States	BRO, CHW, CIN
62	John Menefee	9	1892	1903	0	0.4	221	795	685	74	152	16	7	0	57	14		52	76	.222	.295	.266	.561	Mar 11	Belle Vernon, PA, United States	CHC, LOU, NYG, PIT
63	Lenny Metz	3	1923	1925	0	-0.6	30	66	58	6	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	5	5	.172	.250	.172	.422	Feb 24	Denver, CO, United States	PHI
64	Clyde Milan	16	1907	1922	0	40.8	1982	8339	7359	1004	2100	240	105	17	617	495	109	685	407	.285	.353	.353	.706	Mar 3	Orlando, FL, United States	WSH
65	Fred Miller	1	1910	1910	0	0.0	6	9	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.250	.333	.250	.583	May 2	Brookville, IN, United States	BRO
66	George Mitchell	14	1924	1941	1	1.9	244	588	542	60	139	17	9	8	72	3		38		.256	.308	.365	.673		Sparta, IL, United States	AB2, AB3, ABC, CAG, CLS, DS, ID, KCM, SL3, SLS, SNS
67	Doc Moskiman	1	1910	1910	0	-0.1	5	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	3	.111	.273	.111	.384	Jan 11	San Leandro, CA, United States	BOS
68	Kid Nichols HOF	15	1890	1906	0	-0.8	650	2265	2090	273	472	58	24	16	278	19		137	343	.226	.277	.300	.577	Apr 11	Kansas City, MO, United States	BSN, PHI, STL
69	Harry Niles	5	1906	1910	0	5.7	608	2531	2270	279	561	58	24	12	152	107		163	202	.247	.306	.310	.616	Apr 18	Sturgis, MI, United States	BOS, CLE, NYY, SLB
70	Roy Patterson	7	1901	1907	0	-1.7	184	540	495	44	77	7	1	1	29	1		18	86	.156	.188	.180	.368	Apr 14	St. Croix Falls, WI, United States	CHW
71	Kewpie Pennington	1	1917	1917	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					May 3	Newark, NJ, United States	SLB
72	Carlisle Perry	3	1921	1924	0	-0.3	74	277	254	24	54	4	1	4	24	3		14		.213	.254	.283	.537	Oct 7	Los Angeles, CA, United States	ABC, BBS, CBN, DS, NLG
73	Jack Pfiester	8	1903	1911	0	-2.9	149	394	349	18	36	3	1	0	14	2		20	137	.103	.154	.117	.272	Sep 3	Loveland, OH, United States	CHC, PIT
74	Bill Phyle	4	1898	1906	0	-0.6	61	196	182	17	32	5	1	0	8	2		9	30	.176	.215	.214	.429	Aug 6	Los Angeles, CA, United States	CHC, NYG, STL
75	Abner Powell	2	1884	1886	0	0.2	78	312	304	53	78	13	7	0	15	4		8		.257	.276	.345	.621	Aug 7	New Orleans, LA, United States	BAL, CIN, WHS
76	Tex Pruiett	2	1907	1908	0	-0.2	48	72	67	2	9	2	0	0	1	0		4	17	.134	.183	.164	.347	Feb 6	Ventura, CA, United States	BOS
77	José Rodríguez	3	1916	1918	0	-0.7	58	165	145	17	24	0	3	0	18	8		14	4	.166	.244	.207	.451	Jan 21	La Habana, La Habana, Cuba	NYG
78	Dutch Schesler	1	1931	1931	0	-0.1	17	9	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.222	.333	Nov 19	Harrisburg, PA, United States	PHI
79	Pete Scott	3	1926	1928	0	2.6	208	607	522	95	158	41	6	8	88	5	6	59	63	.303	.377	.450	.827	May 3	Daly City, CA, United States	CHC, PIT
80	Merv Shea	11	1927	1944	0	-0.6	439	1402	1197	105	263	39	7	5	115	8	2	189	145	.220	.327	.277	.603	Jan 27	Sacramento, CA, United States	BOS, BRO, CHW, DET, PHI, SLB
81	Charlie Shields	2	1902	1907	0	0.0	31	72	63	5	14	2	0	0	3	0		6	10	.222	.290	.254	.544	Aug 27	Memphis, TN, United States	BLA, SLB, STL
82	Seth Sigsby	1	1893	1893	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Sep 15	Schenectady, NY, United States	NYG
83	Charlie Small	1	1930	1930	0	-0.1	25	22	18	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	.167	.250	.222	.472	Jan 14	Auburn, ME, United States	BOS
84	Wyman Smith	2	1923	1924	0	0.9	32	116	108	18	36	14	1	2	23	6		7		.333	.374	.537	.911	Aug 16	Baltimore, MD, United States	BBS
85	Ed Summers	5	1908	1912	0	-1.1	138	376	352	19	57	6	0	2	18	1	0	8	101	.162	.181	.196	.377	May 12	Indianapolis, IN, United States	DET
86	Jim Tabor	9	1938	1947	0	9.0	1005	4136	3788	473	1021	191	29	104	598	69	59	286	377	.270	.322	.418	.739	Aug 22	Sacramento, CA, United States	BOS, PHI
87	Ben Taylor HOF	10	1920	1929	0	16.1	592	2439	2183	345	730	124	34	25	413	39		221		.334	.398	.457	.855	Jan 24	Baltimore, MD, United States	ABC, AC, BBS, HBG, WP
88	Pinch Thomas	10	1912	1921	0	2.9	481	1206	1035	88	245	27	8	2	102	12	2	118	85	.237	.318	.284	.602	Dec 24	Modesto, CA, United States	BOS, CLE
89	Jim Thorpe	6	1913	1919	0	-0.4	289	751	698	91	176	20	18	7	82	29	3	27	122	.252	.286	.362	.648	Mar 28	Lomita, CA, United States	BSN, CIN, NYG
90	Cotton Tierney	6	1920	1925	0	5.8	630	2489	2299	266	681	119	30	31	331	28	31	109	187	.296	.332	.415	.746	Apr 18	Kansas City, MO, United States	BRO, BSN, PHI, PIT
91	Fred Toney	12	1911	1923	0	-2.6	336	796	744	40	118	12	4	3	47	3	1	21	186	.159	.182	.198	.379	Mar 11	Nashville, TN, United States	CHC, CIN, NYG, STL
92	Harry Truby	2	1895	1896	0	-0.2	70	288	260	31	73	5	2	2	50	12		18	16	.281	.342	.338	.680	Mar 21	Ironton, OH, United States	CHC, PIT
93	Lefty Tyler	12	1910	1921	0	4.2	390	987	870	85	189	33	2	4	73	0	0	80	143	.217	.284	.274	.557	Sep 29	Lowell, MA, United States	BSN, CHC
94	Ty Tyson	3	1926	1928	0	0.2	199	760	704	89	197	34	4	5	73	14	12	35	61	.280	.320	.361	.681	Aug 16	Buffalo, NY, United States	BRO, NYG
95	Ernest Vache	1	1925	1925	0	0.7	110	283	252	41	79	15	7	3	48	2	2	21	33	.313	.382	.464	.846	Jun 11	Los Angeles, CA, United States	BOS
96	Jim Wallace	1	1905	1905	0	-0.1	7	34	29	3	6	1	0	0	3	2		3	6	.207	.281	.241	.523	May 16	Revere, MA, United States	PIT
97	Connie Walsh	1	1907	1907	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					Apr 5	St. Louis, MO, United States	PIT
98	Lew Wendell	5	1915	1926	0	-1.1	62	110	100	3	18	2	1	0	10	0	0	6	17	.180	.226	.220	.446	Jul 11	Brooklyn, NY, United States	NYG, PHI
99	Tom Wilson	1	1914	1914	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Mar 7	San Pedro, CA, United States	WSH
100	Barney Wolfe	4	1903	1906	0	-0.9	76	191	175	12	19	2	1	1	7	0		9	60	.109	.157	.149	.305	Feb 27	North Charleroi, PA, United States	NYY, WSH
101	Chuck Workman	6	1938	1946	0	2.7	526	1958	1749	213	423	57	7	50	230	24	18	161	202	.242	.311	.368	.679	Jan 3	Kansas City, MO, United States	BSN, CLE, PIT
	Totals	459	1883	1952	1	247.2	24638	90791	80929	11136	21867	2867	1037	583	8636	2959	369	6911	6947	.270	.334	.353	.687