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Batting

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	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Luke Appling HOF	20	1930	1950	7	77.0	2422	10254	8856	1319	2749	440	102	45	1116	179	108	1302	528	.310	.399	.398	.798	Sep 10, 1930	24	CHW
2	Buzz Arlett	1	1931	1931	0	2.3	121	469	418	65	131	26	7	18	72	3	9	45	39	.313	.387	.538	.925	Apr 14, 1931	32	PHI
3	Bob Asbjornson	4	1928	1932	0	-0.9	97	234	221	19	52	10	1	1	27	0	0	9	45	.235	.272	.303	.575	Sep 17, 1928	22	CIN
4	Vince Barton	2	1931	1932	0	0.4	102	414	373	64	87	12	4	16	65	1	1	29	62	.233	.306	.416	.721	Jul 17, 1931	23	CHC
5	Fred Bennett	2	1928	1931	0	-0.2	39	105	97	6	27	6	0	1	7	0	1	7	6	.278	.327	.371	.698	Apr 13, 1928	29	PIT
6	Jack Berly	4	1924	1933	0	-0.3	65	63	60	3	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	18	.167	.180	.167	.347	Apr 22, 1924	28	NYG
7	Stew Bolen	4	1926	1932	0	0.0	41	49	46	3	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	.196	.245	.217	.462	Apr 15, 1926	28	PHI
8	Tommy Bridges	16	1930	1946	6	-1.2	424	1144	1003	84	181	27	8	0	74	0	0	74	271	.180	.237	.223	.460	Aug 13, 1930	24	DET
9	Ray Brown HOF	14	1931	1945	2	6.5	454	1471	1318	205	355	74	22	28	211	10		128		.269	.335	.423	.758		23	AB2
10	Jack Burns	7	1930	1936	0	4.8	890	3966	3506	541	980	199	31	44	417	63	47	376	299	.280	.351	.392	.742	Sep 17, 1930	23	SLB
11	Lefty Capers	1	1931	1931	0	-0.2	17	39	36	4	5	2	0	0	2	0		2		.139	.184	.194	.379		24	LOW
12	Joe Cates	1	1931	1931	0	-0.3	28	107	94	11	21	1	1	1	5	2		11		.223	.305	.287	.592		25	LOW
13	Ripper Collins	9	1931	1941	3	24.5	1084	4205	3784	615	1121	205	65	135	659	18	23	356	373	.296	.360	.492	.852	Apr 18, 1931	27	STL
14	Ed Connolly	4	1929	1932	0	-2.3	149	408	371	13	66	11	4	0	31	0	1	29	50	.178	.239	.229	.469	Sep 20, 1929	22	BOS
15	Estel Crabtree	8	1929	1944	0	3.6	489	1554	1408	174	396	53	25	13	142	8	17	113	109	.281	.339	.382	.721	Apr 18, 1929	27	CIN
16	Doc Cramer	20	1929	1948	5	12.9	2239	9934	9140	1357	2705	396	109	37	842	62	73	572	345	.296	.340	.375	.715	Sep 18, 1929	25	PHA
17	Paul Derringer	15	1931	1945	6	-2.9	579	1357	1260	70	220	30	3	2	102	0	1	16	219	.175	.186	.208	.394	Apr 16, 1931	24	STL
18	Frank Doljack	6	1930	1943	0	-0.1	192	623	561	68	151	31	7	9	85	8	10	47	60	.269	.329	.398	.726	Sep 4, 1930	23	DET
19	Bill Dreesen	1	1931	1931	0	0.5	48	204	180	38	40	10	4	1	10	1	4	23	23	.222	.310	.339	.649	May 1, 1931	26	BSN
20	Louis English	4	1929	1932	0	-0.3	49	166	155	24	38	1	4	3	18	2		5		.245	.273	.361	.635		29	LOW
21	Carl Fischer	7	1930	1937	0	-1.8	191	297	262	13	38	5	0	0	10	0	0	12	60	.145	.182	.164	.347	Jul 19, 1930	25	WSH
22	Vic Frazier	6	1931	1939	0	-0.4	126	212	186	17	33	3	0	0	16	0	0	13	42	.177	.231	.194	.425	Apr 18, 1931	26	CHW
23	Johnny Gill	6	1927	1936	0	-0.1	118	354	322	39	79	17	1	10	45	1	2	23	43	.245	.306	.398	.703	Aug 28, 1927	26	WSH
24	Earl Grace	8	1929	1937	0	4.0	627	2088	1877	169	493	83	10	31	251	1	5	185	130	.263	.331	.367	.698	Apr 23, 1929	24	TOT
25	Howard Groskloss	3	1930	1932	0	0.0	72	199	184	14	48	7	2	0	21	1	1	11	19	.261	.303	.321	.623	Jun 23, 1930	25	PIT
26	Frank Grube	7	1931	1941	0	-0.9	394	1282	1125	121	274	59	5	1	107	12	5	131	88	.244	.326	.308	.634	May 12, 1931	26	CHW
27	Odell Hale	10	1931	1941	0	14.6	1062	4127	3701	551	1071	240	51	73	573	57	45	353	315	.289	.352	.441	.793	Aug 1, 1931	22	CLE
28	Wally Hebert	4	1931	1943	0	0.7	126	174	159	19	43	5	2	0	11	0	0	3	28	.270	.284	.327	.611	May 1, 1931	23	SLB
29	Billy Herman HOF	15	1931	1947	10	57.4	1922	8641	7707	1163	2345	486	82	47	839	67	72	737	428	.304	.367	.407	.774	Aug 29, 1931	21	CHC
30	Bert Hunter	6	1931	1936	1	0.3	101	265	239	26	49	7	2	2	25	0		13		.205	.249	.276	.525		20	SLS
31	Woody Jensen	9	1931	1939	0	1.9	738	2869	2720	392	774	114	37	26	235	20	25	69	100	.285	.307	.382	.689	Apr 20, 1931	23	PIT
32	Arndt Jorgens	11	1929	1939	0	-0.7	307	836	738	79	176	31	5	4	89	3	1	85	73	.238	.317	.310	.627	Apr 26, 1929	26	NYY
33	Billy Jurges	17	1931	1947	3	28.6	1816	7018	6253	721	1613	245	55	43	656	36	50	568	530	.258	.325	.335	.660	May 4, 1931	23	CHC
34	Bob Kline	5	1930	1934	0	-0.3	148	136	124	6	25	3	1	0	10	0	0	2	26	.202	.220	.242	.462	Sep 17, 1930	21	BOS
35	Fred Koster	1	1931	1931	0	-1.2	76	170	151	21	34	2	2	0	8	4	3	14	21	.225	.291	.265	.556	Apr 27, 1931	25	PHI
36	Joe Kuhel	18	1930	1947	0	30.3	2104	9097	7984	1236	2212	412	111	131	1049	178	90	980	612	.277	.359	.406	.765	Jul 31, 1930	25	WSH
37	Alto Lane	2	1929	1931	0	0.3	13	31	29	4	8	4	0	0	3	0		2		.276	.323	.414	.736		23	AB2
38	Roxie Lawson	9	1930	1940	0	-0.7	209	311	283	26	49	5	3	0	17	0	0	12	57	.173	.209	.212	.421	Aug 3, 1930	25	CLE
39	Hal Lee	7	1930	1936	0	5.4	752	2998	2750	316	755	144	40	33	323	15	33	203	225	.275	.326	.392	.718	Apr 19, 1930	26	PHI
40	Jim Levey	4	1930	1933	0	-7.2	440	1751	1632	162	375	61	14	11	140	23	18	85	201	.230	.272	.305	.576	Sep 17, 1930	24	SLB
41	Ernie Lombardi HOF	17	1931	1947	7	37.6	1853	6353	5855	601	1792	277	27	190	990	8	9	430	262	.306	.358	.460	.818	Apr 15, 1931	23	BRO
42	Les Mallon	4	1931	1935	0	-0.1	383	1437	1300	156	368	65	5	8	119	4	10	100	117	.283	.336	.359	.695	Apr 14, 1931	25	PHI
43	Pepper Martin	13	1928	1944	4	21.6	1189	4525	4117	756	1227	270	75	59	501	146	54	369	438	.298	.358	.443	.801	Apr 16, 1928	27	STL
44	Hank McDonald	2	1931	1933	0	-0.3	48	44	39	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	14	.103	.205	.103	.307	Apr 16, 1931	20	PHA
45	Red McNeal	2	1931	1932	0	0.7	41	174	157	33	45	7	1	1	15	3		16		.287	.356	.363	.719		28	LOW
46	Jim Mooney	4	1931	1934	0	-0.8	92	113	105	7	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	4	11	.105	.138	.105	.242	Aug 14, 1931	24	NYG
47	Jimmy Moore	2	1930	1931	0	-0.3	80	257	232	32	59	10	1	4	35	1	2	19	20	.254	.316	.358	.674	Apr 17, 1930	28	PHA
48	Johnny Moore	10	1928	1945	0	11.1	846	3271	3013	439	926	155	26	73	452	23	27	195	176	.307	.352	.449	.801	Sep 15, 1928	29	CHC
49	Jim Mosolf	4	1929	1933	0	0.4	118	219	190	39	56	9	3	2	28	0	0	22	21	.295	.374	.405	.779	Sep 9, 1929	25	PIT
50	Marv Owen	9	1931	1940	0	4.8	1011	4224	3782	474	1040	167	44	31	499	30	30	338	283	.275	.339	.367	.706	Apr 16, 1931	25	DET
51	Roy Parmelee	10	1929	1939	0	0.9	213	416	396	30	82	11	3	5	34	0	0	13	113	.207	.232	.288	.520	Sep 28, 1929	24	NYG
52	Urbane Pickering	2	1931	1932	0	1.3	235	880	798	95	205	41	9	11	92	6	8	72	124	.257	.319	.372	.691	Apr 18, 1931	32	BOS
53	Tony Piet	8	1931	1938	0	9.8	744	2914	2585	352	717	132	30	23	312	80	43	247	274	.277	.350	.378	.728	Aug 15, 1931	24	PIT
54	Gordon Rhodes	8	1929	1936	0	-1.1	203	378	356	24	69	9	2	2	34	2	1	6	113	.194	.207	.247	.454	Apr 29, 1929	23	NYY
55	Nolen Richardson	6	1929	1939	0	-0.4	168	511	473	39	117	19	5	0	43	8	4	23	22	.247	.282	.309	.591	Apr 16, 1929	28	DET
56	Ben Sankey	3	1929	1931	0	0.0	72	192	169	21	36	2	5	0	14	0	0	16	14	.213	.281	.284	.565	Oct 5, 1929	23	PIT
57	Augustus Saunders	3	1927	1932	0	0.0	81	305	272	25	66	6	0	1	31	3		23		.243	.309	.276	.584		21	DS
58	Wes Schulmerich	4	1931	1934	0	4.0	429	1586	1442	169	417	73	20	27	192	7	20	118	197	.289	.347	.424	.771	May 1, 1931	29	BSN
59	Joe Scott	6	1927	1936	0	2.1	111	455	424	59	134	18	9	2	58	10		27		.316	.360	.415	.775		24	LOW
60	Frank Sigafoos	3	1926	1931	0	-0.9	55	149	134	14	27	3	0	0	13	0	2	7	14	.201	.246	.224	.470	Sep 3, 1926	27	CIN
61	Mel Simons	2	1931	1932	0	-0.5	75	213	194	24	52	9	0	0	12	1	1	12	18	.268	.311	.314	.625	Apr 14, 1931	30	CHW
62	Gordon Slade	6	1930	1935	0	2.0	437	1504	1372	147	353	60	11	8	123	12	18	84	116	.257	.307	.335	.641	Apr 21, 1930	26	BRO
63	Felton Snow	17	1931	1947	2	4.0	579	2355	2130	310	567	73	30	12	282	27		153		.266	.316	.346	.662		25	LOW
64	Lin Storti	4	1930	1933	0	-1.7	216	766	704	83	160	34	11	9	75	3	4	47	107	.227	.277	.345	.622	Sep 18, 1930	24	SLB
65	Allyn Stout	6	1931	1943	0	-0.4	180	132	121	9	18	3	0	1	6	0	0	5	52	.149	.183	.198	.381	May 16, 1931	26	STL
66	Lena Styles	5	1919	1931	0	-0.2	77	199	176	14	44	7	2	0	16	1	0	16	24	.250	.320	.313	.632	Sep 10, 1919	31	CIN
67	Billy Sullivan	12	1931	1947	0	7.5	962	3130	2840	346	820	152	32	29	388	30	33	240	119	.289	.346	.395	.742	Jun 9, 1931	20	CHW
68	Fay Thomas	4	1927	1935	0	-0.6	81	64	56	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	29	.107	.153	.125	.278	Jun 27, 1927	27	CLE
69	Billy Urbanski	7	1931	1937	0	7.0	763	3346	3046	379	791	123	27	19	207	24	24	198	252	.260	.309	.337	.646	Jul 4, 1931	28	BSN
70	Al Van Camp	3	1928	1932	0	-1.0	140	477	444	44	116	20	6	0	41	4	2	24	42	.261	.301	.333	.634	Sep 11, 1928	27	BOS
71	Johnny Vergez	6	1931	1936	0	4.9	672	2540	2323	258	593	114	16	52	292	22	18	171	303	.255	.311	.385	.696	Apr 14, 1931	24	NYG
72	Joe Vosmik	13	1930	1944	1	17.8	1414	6087	5472	818	1682	335	92	65	874	23	28	514	272	.307	.369	.438	.807	Sep 13, 1930	21	CLE
73	Gee Walker	15	1931	1945	1	16.2	1784	7213	6771	955	1991	399	76	124	998	223	88	330	600	.294	.331	.430	.761	Apr 14, 1931	23	DET
74	Hub Walker	5	1931	1945	0	2.7	297	898	779	118	205	43	6	5	58	26	10	104	89	.263	.354	.353	.707	Apr 15, 1931	24	DET
75	Lon Warneke	15	1930	1945	5	3.7	459	1080	962	87	215	26	2	4	97	1	0	52	148	.223	.266	.267	.533	Apr 18, 1930	22	CHC
76	Frank Watt	1	1931	1931	0	-0.1	38	43	39	2	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	6	.205	.244	.256	.500	Apr 14, 1931	28	PHI
77	Jim Weaver	8	1928	1939	0	-2.2	189	332	289	11	30	3	1	0	11	0	1	15	120	.104	.151	.121	.272	Aug 27, 1928	27	NYY
78	Joe Wiggins	4	1930	1934	0	0.1	71	271	245	37	63	12	3	2	36	3		19		.257	.316	.355	.671		24	CCU
79	Elbert Williams	4	1929	1935	0	-0.3	52	100	89	9	10	2	0	1	8	0		7		.112	.177	.169	.346		23	TOT
80	Jim Williams	13	1931	1944	2	6.0	401	1631	1494	230	465	94	18	10	251	52		99		.311	.359	.418	.777		25	AB2
81	Red Worthington	4	1931	1934	0	2.3	292	1103	1037	118	298	69	18	12	111	2	6	48	71	.287	.321	.423	.745	Apr 14, 1931	25	BSN
	Totals	572	1919	1950	65	411.6	38022	141509	127735	17148	35723	6323	1436	1558	15679	1560	1088	10842	10030	.280	.339	.388	.727

Pitching

Pitching
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	ASG	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Jack Berly	4	1924	1933	0	-0.7	10	13	.435	5.02	65	18	27	6	2	2	215.1	245	132	120	17	98	4	66	7	0	4	969	1.593	Apr 22, 1924	28	NYG
2	Stew Bolen	4	1926	1932	0	-0.7	3	13	.188	6.09	41	17	14	3	0	0	139.0	170	102	94	7	84	1	72	6	1	11	656	1.827	Apr 15, 1926	28	PHI
3	Tommy Bridges	16	1930	1946	6	51.6	194	138	.584	3.57	424	362	47	200	33	10	2826.1	2675	1321	1122	181	1192	35	1674	35	8	59	12165	1.368	Aug 13, 1930	24	DET
4	Ray Brown HOF	14	1931	1945	2	32.3	126	46	.733	3.15	225	166	46	146	18	16	1535.0	1444	669	537	42	434		742	26	2	5	6460	1.223		23	AB2
5	Lefty Capers	1	1931	1931	0	1.7	6	4	.600	3.86	10	10	0	10	0	0	84.0	77	43	36	2	29		19	1	0	0	358	1.262		24	LOW
6	Doc Cramer	20	1929	1948	5	0.1	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	17	1.500	Sep 18, 1929	25	PHA
7	Paul Derringer	15	1931	1945	6	39.0	223	212	.513	3.46	579	445	98	251	32	29	3645.0	3912	1652	1401	158	761	90	1507	32	2	50	15391	1.282	Apr 16, 1931	24	STL
8	Carl Fischer	7	1930	1937	0	6.4	46	50	.479	4.63	191	105	46	31	3	10	823.0	900	471	423	53	372	17	376	11	6	20	3678	1.546	Jul 19, 1930	25	WSH
9	Vic Frazier	6	1931	1939	0	-3.9	23	38	.377	5.77	126	68	25	21	2	4	579.0	686	437	371	37	291	10	170	11	5	12	2693	1.687	Apr 18, 1931	26	CHW
10	Wally Hebert	4	1931	1943	0	2.5	21	36	.368	4.63	125	61	38	22	1	1	483.2	584	302	249	24	168	11	115	8	0	3	2163	1.555	May 1, 1931	23	SLB
11	Bert Hunter	6	1931	1936	1	8.2	45	22	.672	4.01	92	66	12	45	4	5	574.0	602	308	256	31	191		344	14	0	3	2470	1.382		20	SLS
12	Bob Kline	5	1930	1934	0	1.7	30	28	.517	5.05	148	37	73	8	1	6	441.2	501	283	248	24	195	9	87	11	3	14	1972	1.576	Sep 17, 1930	21	BOS
13	Alto Lane	2	1929	1931	0	1.5	4	3	.571	3.12	13	12	1	4	2	0	75.0	74	35	26	1	30		39	3	0	0	328	1.387		23	AB2
14	Roxie Lawson	9	1930	1940	0	4.1	47	39	.547	5.37	208	83	78	34	2	11	851.2	963	562	508	70	512	21	258	7	3	20	3961	1.732	Aug 3, 1930	25	CLE
15	Pepper Martin	13	1928	1944	4	0.1	0	0		2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	1.000	Apr 16, 1928	27	STL
16	Hank McDonald	2	1931	1933	0	-0.9	3	9	.250	5.87	48	16	15	1	1	0	141.0	159	114	92	9	79	0	46	4	1	10	657	1.688	Apr 16, 1931	20	PHA
17	Jim Mooney	4	1931	1934	0	1.4	17	20	.459	4.25	92	41	29	13	3	2	356.0	426	193	168	23	133	2	116	5	0	7	1592	1.570	Aug 14, 1931	24	NYG
18	Jim Mosolf	4	1929	1933	0	-0.2	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3.000	Sep 9, 1929	25	PIT
19	Roy Parmelee	10	1929	1939	0	2.4	59	55	.518	4.27	206	145	40	55	5	3	1120.1	1075	605	532	68	531	20	514	55	1	53	4916	1.434	Sep 28, 1929	24	NYG
20	Gordon Rhodes	8	1929	1936	0	6.4	43	74	.368	4.85	200	135	34	47	1	4	1048.2	1196	676	565	74	477	13	356	10	2	19	4759	1.595	Apr 29, 1929	23	NYY
21	Augustus Saunders	3	1927	1932	0	0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	6	0.500		21	DS
22	Felton Snow	17	1931	1947	2	0.4	2	0	1.000	3.76	6	1	5	0	0	0	26.1	23	13	11	1	4		19	1	0	0	109	1.025		25	LOW
23	Allyn Stout	6	1931	1943	0	-0.1	20	20	.500	4.54	180	29	93	8	0	12	457.2	546	271	231	28	177	18	185	13	0	20	2056	1.580	May 16, 1931	26	STL
24	Fay Thomas	4	1927	1935	0	0.9	9	20	.310	4.95	81	22	28	5	0	1	229.0	269	154	126	16	133	12	112	5	0	12	1059	1.755	Jun 27, 1927	27	CLE
25	Lon Warneke	15	1930	1945	5	42.1	192	121	.613	3.18	445	343	66	192	30	14	2782.1	2726	1164	984	175	739	77	1140	27	1	50	11608	1.245	Apr 18, 1930	22	CHC
26	Frank Watt	1	1931	1931	0	-0.1	5	5	.500	4.84	38	12	16	5	0	3	122.2	147	81	66	5	49	0	25	3	0	2	558	1.598	Apr 14, 1931	28	PHI
27	Jim Weaver	8	1928	1939	0	7.6	57	36	.613	3.88	189	108	41	38	7	3	893.1	891	455	385	38	336	7	449	10	5	33	3871	1.374	Aug 27, 1928	27	NYY
28	Elbert Williams	4	1929	1935	0	4.3	16	16	.500	3.82	49	30	9	18	3	5	247.2	223	129	105	7	100		138	18	1	1	1069	1.304		23	TOT
	Totals	212	1924	1948	31	208.2	1201	1018	.541	3.95	3786	2332	885	1163	150	142	19708.0	20521	10176	8660	1091	7120	347	8571	323	41	408	85556	1.593

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