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Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Bob Addy	6	1871	1877	2.9	274	1251	1231	227	341	36	13	1	167	35	17	20	9	.277	.289	.330	.618	May 6, 1871	29	ROK
2	Art Allison	5	1871	1876	0.2	168	746	741	106	188	19	8	1	70	10	3	5	20	.254	.259	.305	.564	May 4, 1871	22	CLE
3	Doug Allison	10	1871	1883	6.9	318	1431	1407	236	382	44	10	2	139	5	2	24	44	.271	.284	.321	.605	May 5, 1871	24	OLY
4	Cap Anson HOF	27	1871	1897	94.4	2524	11331	10281	1999	3435	582	142	97	2075	277	16	984	330	.334	.394	.447	.841	May 6, 1871	19	ROK
5	Ross Barnes	9	1871	1881	28.0	499	2507	2391	698	860	146	47	6	346	103	27	116	65	.360	.389	.468	.857	May 5, 1871	21	BOS
6	George Bechtel	6	1871	1876	3.4	221	1062	1040	216	288	48	12	3	165	17	2	22	12	.277	.292	.355	.647	May 20, 1871	22	ATH
7	Steve Bellán	3	1871	1873	-0.5	60	286	275	52	69	9	3	0	43	5	4	11	2	.251	.280	.305	.585	May 9, 1871	21	TRO
8	George Bird	1	1871	1871	-0.1	25	109	106	19	28	2	5	0	13	1	0	3	2	.264	.284	.377	.662	May 6, 1871	21	ROK
9	Dave Birdsall	3	1871	1873	-0.1	48	246	239	66	63	6	3	0	39	7	2	7	4	.264	.285	.314	.598	May 5, 1871	32	BOS
10	Asa Brainard	4	1871	1874	-0.4	108	477	467	71	116	11	0	0	45	4	3	10	7	.248	.264	.272	.536	May 5, 1871	30	OLY
11	Jim Carleton	2	1871	1872	0.6	36	174	165	39	44	9	1	0	22	3	1	9	3	.267	.305	.333	.638	May 4, 1871	22	CLE
12	Bill Craver	7	1871	1877	5.7	339	1594	1567	330	455	63	33	2	228	40	15	27	34	.290	.302	.377	.679	May 9, 1871	27	TRO
13	Ned Cuthbert	10	1871	1884	1.4	452	2179	2114	453	537	74	17	8	182	70	9	65	35	.254	.276	.316	.593	May 20, 1871	26	ATH
14	Ed Duffy	1	1871	1871	-0.3	26	124	121	30	28	5	0	0	15	11	4	3	2	.231	.250	.273	.523	May 8, 1871	27	CHI
15	Dave Eggler	11	1871	1885	5.0	576	2593	2544	491	697	85	31	0	242	46	22	49	162	.274	.288	.332	.619	May 18, 1871	22	NYU
16	Bob Ferguson	14	1871	1884	15.7	824	3595	3467	544	920	102	30	1	357	16	12	128	136	.265	.292	.313	.604	May 18, 1871	26	NYU
17	Cherokee Fisher	8	1871	1878	-2.7	252	1167	1155	179	273	28	10	3	141	10	11	12	34	.236	.244	.286	.530	May 6, 1871	26	ROK
18	Wes Fisler	6	1871	1876	7.1	273	1350	1335	258	414	72	14	2	188	15	8	15	17	.310	.318	.390	.707	May 20, 1871	27	ATH
19	Dickie Flowers	2	1871	1872	0.4	24	126	120	40	37	5	4	0	22	8	2	6	2	.308	.341	.417	.758	Jun 3, 1871	21	TRO
20	Clipper Flynn	2	1871	1872	0.6	38	186	182	47	57	7	1	0	29	3	3	4	2	.313	.328	.363	.691	May 9, 1871	22	TRO
21	Davy Force	15	1871	1886	17.6	1029	4406	4250	653	1059	143	27	1	376	35	5	156	268	.249	.276	.296	.572	May 5, 1871	21	OLY
22	John Glenn	7	1871	1877	2.5	315	1407	1372	235	366	44	7	1	157	16	7	35	33	.267	.285	.311	.596	May 13, 1871	21	OLY
23	Charlie Gould	6	1871	1877	2.0	221	983	964	138	248	37	12	2	110	7	3	19	24	.257	.272	.327	.598	May 5, 1871	23	BOS
24	George Hall	7	1871	1877	10.5	365	1708	1671	377	538	68	54	13	252	20	7	37	29	.322	.337	.451	.787	May 5, 1871	22	OLY
25	Ralph Ham	1	1871	1871	-0.5	25	114	113	25	28	4	0	0	12	6	2	1	7	.248	.254	.283	.538	May 6, 1871	22	ROK
26	Scott Hastings	7	1871	1877	1.7	294	1359	1328	264	371	44	8	0	139	43	22	31	43	.279	.296	.325	.620	May 6, 1871	23	ROK
27	John Hatfield	6	1871	1876	4.2	206	1034	1011	219	283	36	11	3	146	28	8	23	20	.280	.296	.346	.642	May 18, 1871	23	NYU
28	Dick Higham	8	1871	1880	6.9	372	1803	1786	384	549	85	15	4	204	20	14	17	28	.307	.314	.378	.692	Jun 1, 1871	19	NYU
29	Charlie Hodes	3	1871	1874	0.1	62	281	273	57	63	10	1	2	42	3	0	8	2	.231	.253	.297	.549	May 8, 1871	23	CHI
30	Gene Kimball	1	1871	1871	-0.8	29	134	131	18	25	1	0	0	9	5	1	3	2	.191	.209	.198	.407	May 4, 1871	20	CLE
31	Marshall King	2	1871	1872	-0.4	23	120	112	23	21	1	0	2	17	5	0	8	2	.188	.242	.250	.492	May 8, 1871	21	CHI
32	Steve King	2	1871	1872	1.4	54	274	272	78	96	18	6	0	54	4	4	2	3	.353	.358	.463	.821	May 9, 1871	27	TRO
33	Andy Leonard	9	1871	1880	6.6	501	2423	2394	481	715	86	27	4	343	74	28	29	52	.299	.307	.362	.669	May 5, 1871	25	OLY
34	Denny Mack	8	1871	1883	3.4	373	1598	1505	309	343	42	10	1	102	31	7	93	40	.228	.273	.271	.544	May 6, 1871	21	ROK
35	Fergy Malone	7	1871	1884	3.6	220	1084	1052	200	288	32	7	1	157	21	5	32	19	.274	.295	.320	.616	Jun 3, 1871	26	ATH
36	Bobby Mathews	15	1871	1887	-7.3	623	2559	2486	318	504	48	9	1	164	10	5	73	62	.203	.225	.230	.456	May 4, 1871	19	KEK
37	Michael McAtee	2	1871	1872	0.1	51	269	261	64	65	11	3	0	25	5	5	8	4	.249	.271	.314	.586	May 8, 1871	26	CHI
38	Dick McBride	6	1871	1876	0.1	240	1209	1192	208	309	32	2	0	177	10	2	17	14	.259	.270	.289	.559	May 20, 1871	24	ATH
39	Mike McGeary	11	1871	1882	11.0	547	2507	2481	484	684	56	13	0	236	66	24	26	60	.276	.283	.309	.592	May 9, 1871	20	TRO
40	John McMullin	5	1871	1875	3.3	244	1121	1081	233	307	32	13	4	135	38	17	40	41	.284	.310	.349	.658	May 9, 1871	22	TRO
41	Cal McVey	9	1871	1879	20.1	530	2543	2513	555	869	133	44	11	449	26	2	30	51	.346	.354	.447	.800	May 5, 1871	21	BOS
42	Levi Meyerle	8	1871	1884	11.3	307	1453	1443	306	513	86	31	10	278	19	3	10	14	.356	.360	.479	.839	May 20, 1871	21	ATH
43	Charlie Mills	2	1871	1872	0.1	38	178	177	33	40	4	3	0	24	2	0	1	0	.226	.230	.282	.513	May 18, 1871	26	NYU
44	Everett Mills	6	1871	1876	4.3	337	1538	1525	283	433	62	21	2	204	10	10	13	12	.284	.290	.356	.646	May 5, 1871	26	OLY
45	Charlie Pabor	5	1871	1875	1.4	170	723	715	101	204	13	12	0	80	3	1	8	8	.285	.293	.337	.630	May 4, 1871	24	CLE
46	Tom Patterson	4	1871	1875	-0.9	57	249	248	42	52	3	0	0	22	3	4	1	2	.210	.213	.222	.435	May 18, 1871	26	NYU
47	Dickey Pearce	7	1871	1877	8.6	291	1361	1328	217	333	21	4	2	134	13	4	33	21	.251	.269	.277	.546	May 18, 1871	35	NYU
48	Lip Pike	10	1871	1887	14.2	425	2030	1979	434	638	120	53	21	332	50	15	51	57	.322	.339	.468	.808	May 9, 1871	26	TRO
49	Ed Pinkham	1	1871	1871	1.1	24	113	95	27	25	5	5	1	17	5	2	18	3	.263	.381	.453	.833	May 8, 1871	24	CHI
50	Al Pratt	2	1871	1872	-0.1	45	196	195	41	52	6	9	0	32	1	0	1	1	.267	.270	.390	.660	May 4, 1871	23	CLE
51	John Radcliff	5	1871	1875	2.4	157	825	812	198	229	32	9	2	113	9	5	13	5	.282	.293	.351	.644	May 20, 1871	23	ATH
52	Al Reach	5	1871	1875	0.7	83	402	393	89	97	15	7	0	56	7	2	9	10	.247	.264	.321	.584	May 20, 1871	31	ATH
53	Harry Schafer	8	1871	1878	3.9	367	1667	1655	339	449	64	15	4	215	35	17	12	45	.271	.277	.335	.612	May 5, 1871	24	BOS
54	Count Sensenderfer	4	1871	1874	0.0	51	234	234	55	70	6	2	0	34	5	6	0	3	.299	.299	.342	.641	May 20, 1871	23	ATH
55	Joe Simmons	3	1871	1875	-0.6	58	274	272	45	60	12	2	0	30	6	3	2	4	.221	.226	.279	.506	May 8, 1871	26	CHI
56	Al Spalding HOF	8	1871	1878	6.8	411	1988	1959	417	613	86	19	2	338	18	3	29	26	.313	.323	.379	.702	May 5, 1871	20	BOS
57	Joe Start	16	1871	1886	32.4	1070	4907	4743	852	1417	148	67	15	544	18	9	164	109	.299	.322	.368	.690	May 18, 1871	28	NYU
58	Gat Stires	1	1871	1871	0.4	25	117	110	23	30	4	6	2	24	3	0	7	5	.273	.316	.473	.789	May 6, 1871	21	ROK
59	Ezra Sutton	18	1871	1888	32.9	1263	5537	5360	994	1574	227	97	25	672	70	18	169	182	.294	.316	.386	.702	May 4, 1871	21	CLE
60	Fred Treacey	6	1871	1876	0.8	269	1250	1232	238	301	37	14	7	142	35	20	18	36	.244	.255	.314	.569	May 16, 1871	24	CHI
61	Fred Waterman	4	1871	1875	1.9	61	314	303	81	101	9	7	0	38	11	4	11	3	.333	.357	.409	.766	May 5, 1871	26	OLY
62	Deacon White HOF	20	1871	1890	45.7	1560	6973	6624	1140	2067	270	98	24	988	70	9	308	221	.312	.346	.393	.740	May 4, 1871	23	CLE
63	Rynie Wolters	3	1871	1873	1.0	49	225	211	41	67	7	9	0	55	1	0	14	9	.318	.360	.436	.796	May 18, 1871	27	NYU
64	Jimmy Wood	3	1871	1873	3.8	102	513	488	162	162	33	12	3	82	28	5	25	6	.332	.365	.467	.832	May 8, 1871	27	CHI
65	Harry Wright HOF	7	1871	1877	0.6	180	850	813	183	224	21	8	4	113	11	3	37	14	.276	.307	.336	.643	May 5, 1871	36	BOS
66	Tom York	15	1871	1885	19.5	963	4213	4005	743	1095	218	89	14	502	20	7	198	202	.273	.309	.383	.692	May 9, 1871	20	TRO
67	George Zettlein	6	1871	1876	-3.6	255	1109	1105	142	232	23	1	0	105	9	1	4	34	.210	.213	.233	.445	May 8, 1871	26	CHI
	Totals	451	1871	1897	442.9	22027	100709	97220	18650	28041	3848	1253	314	13008	1621	482	3364	2758	.288	.313	.363	.676

Pitching

Pitching
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Doug Allison	10	1871	1883	-0.2	0	0		1.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	11	5	1	0	1	0		0	0	26	2.400	May 5, 1871	24	OLY
2	Cap Anson HOF	27	1871	1897	-0.1	0	1	.000	4.50	3	0	3	0	0	1	4.0	4	5	2	2	2	1		0	0	21	1.500	May 6, 1871	19	ROK
3	Ross Barnes	9	1871	1881	-0.4	0	0		20.25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	7	8	3	0	0	0		0	0	13	5.250	May 5, 1871	21	BOS
4	George Bechtel	6	1871	1876	-1.7	7	20	.259	3.19	30	27	2	25	0	0	243.0	337	265	86	0	22	10		0	17	1197	1.477	May 20, 1871	22	ATH
5	Asa Brainard	4	1871	1874	-5.6	24	53	.312	4.40	85	82	4	77	0	0	699.2	1109	917	342	6	78	25		0	41	3625	1.697	May 5, 1871	30	OLY
6	Bob Ferguson	14	1871	1884	-1.3	1	3	.250	5.65	11	4	5	4	0	0	57.1	110	73	36	3	7	1		0	3	302	2.041	May 18, 1871	26	NYU
7	Cherokee Fisher	8	1871	1878	18.2	56	84	.400	2.61	165	141	26	126	4	3	1326.0	1547	1092	385	17	80	123		0	66	6077	1.227	May 6, 1871	26	ROK
8	Dickie Flowers	2	1871	1872	0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1.000	Jun 3, 1871	21	TRO
9	Davy Force	15	1871	1886	-0.5	1	1	.500	6.12	4	1	3	1	0	0	25.0	45	44	17	4	1	0		0	1	141	1.840	May 5, 1871	21	OLY
10	Charlie Gould	6	1871	1877	-0.4	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	10	9	0	0	0	0		0	0	25	2.308	May 5, 1871	23	BOS
11	John Hatfield	6	1871	1876	0.1	0	1	.000	2.25	3	0	3	0	0	0	8.0	11	6	2	0	0	0		0	0	35	1.375	May 18, 1871	23	NYU
12	Denny Mack	8	1871	1883	-0.5	0	1	.000	3.46	3	1	1	1	0	0	13.0	20	30	5	0	3	1		0	1	70	1.769	May 6, 1871	21	ROK
13	Bobby Mathews	15	1871	1887	62.6	297	248	.545	2.86	578	568	12	525	20	3	4956.0	5601	3497	1573	70	532	1528	48	3	253	21997	1.237	May 4, 1871	19	KEK
14	Dick McBride	6	1871	1876	29.6	149	78	.656	2.71	237	237	0	227	10	0	2082.0	2420	1573	626	20	174	150		0	40	9401	1.246	May 20, 1871	24	ATH
15	John McMullin	5	1871	1875	-1.6	14	15	.483	5.43	37	31	5	30	0	1	283.1	490	405	171	4	79	15		0	50	1513	2.008	May 9, 1871	22	TRO
16	Cal McVey	9	1871	1879	-0.9	10	12	.455	3.83	34	19	12	12	0	5	176.1	235	141	75	3	16	37		0	10	813	1.423	May 5, 1871	21	BOS
17	Levi Meyerle	8	1871	1884	-0.4	0	2	.000	5.21	3	2	1	2	0	0	19.0	29	24	11	0	3	0		0	7	90	1.684	May 20, 1871	21	ATH
18	Charlie Pabor	5	1871	1875	-0.5	1	4	.200	5.96	10	4	5	3	0	0	51.1	81	80	34	4	10	0		0	5	272	1.773	May 4, 1871	24	CLE
19	Dickey Pearce	7	1871	1877	-0.5	0	0		3.38	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	10	11	2	0	0	0		0	0	30	1.875	May 18, 1871	35	NYU
20	Ed Pinkham	1	1871	1871	0.3	1	0	1.000	3.48	3	0	3	0	0	1	10.1	10	8	4	0	3	0		0	5	51	1.258	May 8, 1871	24	CHI
21	Al Pratt	2	1871	1872	1.5	12	26	.316	4.41	43	40	3	30	0	0	330.1	446	421	162	12	61	41		0	62	1655	1.535	May 4, 1871	23	CLE
22	Al Spalding HOF	8	1871	1878	53.4	251	65	.794	2.13	347	325	31	279	24	13	2886.1	3280	1790	684	15	164	248		2	104	12724	1.193	May 5, 1871	20	BOS
23	Ezra Sutton	18	1871	1888	-0.5	0	0		10.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	14	13	7	0	0	0		0	1	34	2.333	May 4, 1871	21	CLE
24	Deacon White HOF	20	1871	1890	-0.2	0	0		7.20	2	0	2	0	0	1	10.0	19	15	8	0	2	3	0	0	0	51	2.100	May 4, 1871	23	CLE
25	Rynie Wolters	3	1871	1873	1.9	19	23	.452	3.90	45	41	6	37	1	0	367.1	473	412	159	10	47	27		0	21	1794	1.416	May 18, 1871	27	NYU
26	Harry Wright HOF	7	1871	1877	0.3	4	4	.500	3.68	36	8	21	0	0	14	100.1	149	103	41	0	14	6		1	5	496	1.625	May 5, 1871	36	BOS
27	George Zettlein	6	1871	1876	31.0	129	112	.535	2.55	250	244	8	228	13	3	2176.2	2678	1709	616	17	145	143		0	72	9912	1.297	May 8, 1871	26	CHI
	Totals	235	1871	1897	183.7	976	753	.564	2.87	1938	1775	162	1607	72	45	15848.1	19147	12656	5052	187	1444	2359	48	6	764	72368	1.000

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