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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	Mel Almada	7	1933	1939	0	0.9	646	2737	2483	363	706	107	27	15	197	56	29	214	150	.284	.342	.367	.710	Sep 8, 1933	21	BOS
2	Johnny Babich	5	1934	1941	0	-0.5	112	225	211	14	36	5	0	0	10	1	0	4	63	.171	.194	.194	.388	Jun 19, 1934	21	BRO
3	Ollie Bejma	4	1934	1939	0	1.0	316	1066	906	128	222	35	11	14	117	5	5	130	105	.245	.343	.354	.697	Apr 24, 1934	26	SLB
4	Al Benton	14	1934	1952	2	-6.0	455	579	512	22	50	7	0	0	14	0	0	7	200	.098	.112	.111	.223	Apr 18, 1934	23	PHA
5	Linc Blakely	1	1934	1934	0	-0.6	34	110	102	11	23	1	1	0	10	1	0	5	14	.225	.269	.255	.523	Apr 29, 1934	22	CIN
6	Cliff Bolton	7	1931	1941	0	4.0	335	1078	962	113	280	49	18	6	143	3	3	110	50	.291	.366	.398	.764	Apr 20, 1931	27	WSH
7	Zeke Bonura	7	1934	1940	0	21.1	917	4029	3582	600	1099	232	29	119	704	19	12	404	180	.307	.380	.487	.867	Apr 17, 1934	25	CHW
8	Joe Bowman	11	1932	1945	0	3.4	430	702	639	62	141	24	8	2	75	3	0	46	90	.221	.275	.293	.568	Apr 18, 1932	24	NYG
9	Johnny Broaca	5	1934	1939	0	-3.1	121	277	254	10	23	0	0	0	9	0	1	10	119	.091	.125	.091	.216	Jun 2, 1934	24	NYY
10	Subby Byas	8	1932	1942	2	1.7	181	614	535	73	144	24	3	3	60	13		56		.269	.346	.342	.688		24	ND
11	Dolph Camilli	12	1933	1945	2	43.0	1490	6354	5353	936	1482	261	86	239	950	60	45	947	961	.277	.388	.492	.880	Sep 9, 1933	27	TOT
12	Joe Cascarella	5	1934	1938	0	-1.4	143	182	165	6	20	2	0	0	10	0	1	4	48	.121	.157	.133	.290	Apr 17, 1934	27	PHA
13	Joe Chamberlain	1	1934	1934	0	-0.7	43	147	141	13	34	5	1	2	17	1	1	6	38	.241	.272	.333	.605	Apr 17, 1934	24	CHW
14	Glenn Chapman	1	1934	1934	0	-0.4	67	101	93	19	26	5	1	1	10	1	0	7	19	.280	.330	.387	.717	Apr 18, 1934	28	BRO
15	Lou Chiozza	6	1934	1939	0	2.2	616	2482	2288	303	633	107	22	14	197	45	32	145	165	.277	.324	.361	.685	Apr 17, 1934	24	PHI
16	Harlond Clift	12	1934	1945	1	41.5	1582	6895	5730	1070	1558	309	62	178	829	69	43	1070	713	.272	.390	.441	.831	Apr 17, 1934	21	SLB
17	Jocko Conlan HOF	2	1934	1935	0	-0.6	128	417	365	55	96	18	4	0	31	5	5	33	13	.263	.328	.334	.662	Jul 6, 1934	34	CHW
18	Ray Dandridge HOF	8	1933	1944	3	7.0	279	1155	1066	166	342	64	21	5	169	22		71		.321	.365	.434	.800		20	ND
19	Harry Danning	10	1933	1942	4	14.6	890	3194	2971	363	847	162	26	57	397	13	16	187	217	.285	.330	.415	.745	Jul 30, 1933	22	NYG
20	George Darrow	1	1934	1934	0	0.1	17	19	15	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	.133	.316	.267	.582	Apr 22, 1934	30	PHI
21	Curt Davis	13	1934	1946	2	1.3	449	904	813	70	165	17	0	11	81	1	3	28	176	.203	.229	.264	.494	Apr 21, 1934	30	PHI
22	Paul Dean	9	1934	1943	0	-1.3	159	274	256	10	40	5	0	0	7	0	0	2	43	.156	.163	.176	.339	Apr 18, 1934	21	STL
23	Bill DeLancey	4	1932	1940	0	3.2	219	686	598	79	173	32	10	19	85	1	7	85	74	.289	.380	.472	.851	Sep 11, 1932	22	STL
24	Jimmie DeShong	7	1932	1939	0	0.9	176	345	293	35	58	2	4	0	25	1	0	32	41	.198	.279	.232	.511	Apr 12, 1932	24	NYY
25	Bill Dietrich	16	1933	1948	0	-1.3	368	738	627	56	94	12	3	5	43	0	0	60	260	.150	.226	.203	.429	Apr 13, 1933	24	PHA
26	Rocky Ellis	7	1934	1940	0	-0.8	113	213	187	31	28	1	0	1	10	0		15		.150	.213	.171	.384		23	PS
27	Bob Evans	11	1932	1943	0	-1.6	131	258	238	15	26	2	0	0	7	0		13		.109	.155	.118	.273		23	ND
28	Augie Galan	16	1934	1949	3	45.4	1742	7008	5937	1004	1706	336	74	100	830	123	84	979	393	.287	.390	.419	.810	Apr 29, 1934	22	CHC
29	Dennis Gilchrist	4	1932	1935	0	0.3	66	239	206	32	55	8	2	0	28	3		21		.267	.338	.325	.663		25	CRS
30	Luke Hamlin	9	1933	1944	0	-0.7	265	518	463	24	76	7	2	1	31	0	2	17	115	.164	.195	.194	.390	Sep 18, 1933	29	DET
31	Curtis Harris	8	1932	1940	1	1.8	252	906	826	121	239	34	8	8	140	3		52		.289	.334	.379	.713		29	PC
32	Mickey Haslin	6	1933	1938	0	-0.3	318	1065	974	125	265	33	8	9	109	8	10	59	64	.272	.316	.350	.666	Sep 7, 1933	24	PHI
33	Frankie Hayes	14	1933	1947	5	10.3	1364	5129	4493	545	1164	213	32	119	628	30	20	564	627	.259	.343	.400	.744	Sep 21, 1933	19	PHA
34	Johnny Hayes	12	1934	1948	2	2.9	331	1162	995	119	254	36	6	13	120	9		133		.255	.347	.343	.690		24	TOT
35	Don Heffner	11	1934	1944	0	-4.0	743	2847	2526	275	610	99	19	6	248	18	26	270	218	.241	.317	.303	.620	Apr 17, 1934	23	NYY
36	Myril Hoag	13	1931	1945	1	-4.7	1020	3462	3147	384	854	141	33	28	401	59	49	252	298	.271	.328	.364	.692	Apr 15, 1931	26	NYY
37	Marty Hopkins	2	1934	1935	0	0.1	136	480	379	48	80	12	0	4	48	1	3	85	54	.211	.357	.274	.631	Apr 17, 1934	27	TOT
38	Ted Kleinhans	4	1934	1938	0	-0.1	57	41	38	3	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	10	.158	.179	.158	.337	Apr 20, 1934	35	TOT
39	Cookie Lavagetto	10	1934	1947	4	12.6	1043	4040	3509	487	945	183	37	40	486	63	35	485	244	.269	.360	.377	.737	Apr 17, 1934	21	PIT
40	Bill Lee	14	1934	1947	2	-1.1	467	1099	980	59	165	15	2	5	71	1	0	42	177	.168	.204	.203	.407	Apr 29, 1934	24	CHC
41	Thornton Lee	16	1933	1948	1	-0.7	375	886	835	63	167	24	4	4	66	0	0	27	208	.200	.226	.253	.479	Sep 19, 1933	27	CLE
42	Lou Legett	4	1929	1935	0	-1.2	68	129	124	13	25	3	0	0	8	2	0	5	22	.202	.233	.226	.458	May 8, 1929	33	BOS
43	Hank Leiber	10	1933	1942	3	13.5	813	3141	2805	410	808	137	24	101	518	5	19	274	319	.288	.356	.462	.818	Apr 16, 1933	23	NYG
44	Dutch Leonard	20	1933	1953	4	-2.7	640	1161	1054	53	177	18	4	0	69	1	0	20	183	.168	.185	.193	.378	Aug 31, 1933	25	BRO
45	Ed Linke	6	1933	1938	0	1.3	122	179	156	26	41	6	1	2	17	0	0	19	24	.263	.343	.353	.695	Apr 27, 1933	22	WSH
46	Ray Lucas	5	1929	1934	0	0.2	22	12	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.455	.333	.788	Sep 28, 1929	25	BRO
47	Johnny Marcum	7	1933	1939	0	1.9	299	581	533	56	141	18	1	5	70	0	1	36	32	.265	.311	.330	.641	Sep 7, 1933	24	PHA
48	Alex McColl	2	1933	1934	0	-0.1	46	39	37	4	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.135	.179	.189	.369	Aug 27, 1933	40	WSH
49	Euel Moore	3	1934	1936	0	-0.4	61	83	81	7	15	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	18	.185	.195	.185	.380	Jul 8, 1934	26	PHI
50	Les Munns	3	1934	1936	0	0.1	64	56	54	4	11	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	13	.204	.218	.278	.496	Apr 22, 1934	25	BRO
51	Johnny Murphy	13	1932	1947	3	-0.6	415	351	298	30	46	13	0	0	20	1	0	29	103	.154	.232	.198	.430	May 19, 1932	25	NYY
52	Bobo Newsom	20	1929	1953	4	-3.4	609	1442	1337	87	253	28	3	1	102	1	1	17	266	.189	.200	.217	.417	Sep 11, 1929	26	SLB
53	Fritz Ostermueller	15	1934	1948	0	1.6	399	824	749	60	175	22	4	0	62	1	0	35	80	.234	.270	.274	.543	Apr 21, 1934	26	BOS
54	Tom Parker	12	1931	1948	0	1.5	261	837	774	114	221	35	12	12	130	4		49		.286	.330	.408	.738		22	NEG
55	Ray Pepper	5	1932	1936	0	-2.2	339	1083	1015	109	285	46	10	14	170	2	10	59	136	.281	.321	.387	.708	Apr 15, 1932	28	SLB
56	Charlie Perkins	2	1930	1934	0	-0.1	19	15	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.200	.400	Jun 27, 1930	28	BRO
57	Harlin Pool	2	1934	1935	0	0.4	127	457	426	46	129	28	7	2	61	3	6	19	20	.303	.343	.415	.758	May 30, 1934	26	CIN
58	Red Rolfe	10	1931	1942	4	28.9	1175	5407	4827	942	1394	257	67	69	497	44	20	526	335	.289	.360	.413	.773	Jun 29, 1931	25	NYY
59	Jack Saltzgaver	6	1932	1945	0	2.8	278	886	764	131	199	26	5	10	82	9	4	105	80	.260	.351	.347	.698	Apr 12, 1932	31	NYY
60	Jack Salveson	5	1933	1945	0	0.8	88	83	77	8	20	5	0	3	10	0	0	3	9	.260	.288	.442	.729	Jun 3, 1933	20	NYG
61	George Selkirk	9	1934	1942	2	23.4	846	3323	2790	503	810	131	41	108	576	49	32	486	319	.290	.400	.483	.883	Aug 12, 1934	26	NYY
62	Al Smith	12	1934	1945	1	1.7	359	609	535	48	102	12	1	2	38	0	0	51	106	.191	.266	.228	.494	May 5, 1934	26	NYG
63	Moose Solters	9	1934	1943	0	6.2	938	3677	3421	503	990	213	42	83	599	42	23	221	377	.289	.334	.449	.783	Apr 17, 1934	28	BOS
64	Tuck Stainback	13	1934	1946	0	-6.0	817	2383	2261	284	585	90	14	17	204	27	27	64	213	.259	.284	.333	.618	Apr 17, 1934	22	CHC
65	Jim Starks	12	1927	1946	0	0.6	191	716	636	102	171	32	5	16	95	14		67		.269	.343	.410	.754		28	ND
66	Alan Strange	5	1934	1942	0	-2.0	314	1081	947	93	211	39	7	1	89	6	3	109	54	.223	.304	.282	.586	Apr 17, 1934	27	SLB
67	Pete Susko	1	1934	1934	0	-0.2	58	249	224	25	64	5	3	2	25	3	4	18	10	.286	.342	.362	.703	Aug 1, 1934	29	WSH
68	Les Tietje	6	1933	1938	0	-1.8	108	191	171	12	17	5	0	0	9	0	0	8	50	.099	.140	.129	.268	Sep 18, 1933	23	CHW
69	Cecil Travis	12	1933	1947	3	30.4	1328	5417	4914	665	1544	265	78	27	657	23	32	402	291	.314	.370	.416	.786	May 16, 1933	20	WSH
70	Hal Trosky	11	1933	1946	0	29.7	1347	5750	5161	835	1561	331	58	228	1012	28	23	545	440	.302	.371	.522	.892	Sep 11, 1933	21	CLE
71	Frenchy Uhalt	1	1934	1934	0	-0.1	57	199	165	28	40	5	1	0	16	6	5	29	12	.242	.359	.285	.644	Apr 17, 1934	24	CHW
72	Burgess Whitehead	9	1933	1946	2	6.2	924	3565	3316	415	883	100	31	17	245	51	45	150	138	.266	.304	.331	.634	Apr 30, 1933	24	STL
73	Ralph Winegarner	6	1930	1949	0	1.1	136	202	185	28	51	7	1	5	28	1	1	15	43	.276	.330	.405	.735	Sep 20, 1930	24	CLE
	Totals	589	1927	1953	61	320.9	31864	108791	96554	13560	25914	4512	985	1753	12836	961	688	10049	9860	.268	.340	.390	.730

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	Johnny Babich	5	1934	1941	0	0.5	30	45	.400	4.93	112	86	16	34	3	1	592.0	657	376	324	38	220	12	231	9	0	12	2622	1.481	Jun 19, 1934	21	BRO
2	Al Benton	14	1934	1952	2	24.8	98	88	.527	3.66	455	167	172	58	10	66	1688.1	1672	831	686	106	733	53	697	15	2	36	7342	1.424	Apr 18, 1934	23	PHA
3	Joe Bowman	11	1932	1945	0	4.1	77	96	.445	4.40	298	184	72	74	5	11	1465.2	1656	837	717	102	484	40	502	41	2	15	6494	1.460	Apr 18, 1932	24	NYG
4	Johnny Broaca	5	1934	1939	0	4.9	44	29	.603	4.08	121	86	18	42	4	3	674.1	748	366	306	51	255	12	258	1	2	4	2985	1.487	Jun 2, 1934	24	NYY
5	Joe Cascarella	5	1934	1938	0	2.0	27	48	.360	4.84	143	54	58	20	3	8	540.2	602	329	291	25	267	14	192	10	1	9	2430	1.607	Apr 17, 1934	27	PHA
6	George Darrow	1	1934	1934	0	-0.5	2	6	.250	5.51	17	8	5	2	0	1	49.0	57	37	30	4	28	4	14	4	0	3	226	1.735	Apr 22, 1934	30	PHI
7	Curt Davis	13	1934	1946	2	37.9	158	131	.547	3.42	429	280	111	141	24	33	2325.0	2459	1033	884	142	479	75	684	47	2	20	9752	1.264	Apr 21, 1934	30	PHI
8	Paul Dean	9	1934	1943	0	12.0	50	34	.595	3.75	159	87	37	44	8	8	787.1	825	364	328	53	179	21	387	17	4	4	3345	1.275	Apr 18, 1934	21	STL
9	Jimmie DeShong	7	1932	1939	0	1.6	47	44	.516	5.08	175	100	43	44	2	9	872.2	968	560	493	59	432	13	273	12	2	18	3944	1.604	Apr 12, 1932	24	NYY
10	Bill Dietrich	16	1933	1948	0	7.5	108	128	.458	4.48	366	253	72	92	17	11	2003.2	2117	1146	997	129	890	54	660	22	4	44	8874	1.501	Apr 13, 1933	24	PHA
11	Rocky Ellis	7	1934	1940	0	4.0	25	26	.490	4.87	88	50	15	26	2	1	443.1	488	280	240	31	133		202	6	0	2	1954	1.401		23	PS
12	Bob Evans	11	1932	1943	0	-1.0	26	49	.347	5.86	130	73	30	39	1	6	631.0	750	474	411	35	249		318	11	0	5	2892	1.583		23	ND
13	Luke Hamlin	9	1933	1944	0	15.5	73	76	.490	3.77	261	181	39	70	12	9	1405.0	1442	685	588	106	353	30	563	10	2	15	5943	1.278	Sep 18, 1933	29	DET
14	Curtis Harris	8	1932	1940	1	-0.3	1	0	1.000	9.24	2	1	1	1	0	0	12.2	22	14	13	0	5		6	0	0	1	64	2.132		29	PC
15	Johnny Hayes	12	1934	1948	2	0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	6	0.600		24	TOT
16	Myril Hoag	13	1931	1945	1	0.2	0	0		0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	1.000	Apr 15, 1931	26	NYY
17	Ted Kleinhans	4	1934	1938	0	-1.5	4	9	.308	5.26	56	12	23	1	0	1	143.2	185	110	84	4	76	4	48	2	0	3	686	1.817	Apr 20, 1934	35	TOT
18	Bill Lee	14	1934	1947	2	32.5	169	157	.518	3.54	462	379	46	182	29	13	2864.0	2953	1304	1127	137	893	84	998	24	5	54	12186	1.343	Apr 29, 1934	24	CHC
19	Thornton Lee	16	1933	1948	1	35.0	117	124	.485	3.56	374	272	50	155	14	10	2331.1	2327	1105	921	122	838	77	937	43	7	24	9999	1.358	Sep 19, 1933	27	CLE
20	Hank Leiber	10	1933	1942	3	-0.3	0	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	9	9	6	0	5	0	5	1	0	0	42	1.556	Apr 16, 1933	23	NYG
21	Dutch Leonard	20	1933	1953	4	51.7	191	181	.513	3.25	640	375	171	192	30	45	3218.1	3304	1432	1162	158	737	74	1170	56	6	97	13487	1.256	Aug 31, 1933	25	BRO
22	Ed Linke	6	1933	1938	0	-0.5	22	22	.500	5.61	120	43	44	13	1	6	449.0	555	313	280	28	206	18	156	5	1	11	2066	1.695	Apr 27, 1933	22	WSH
23	Ray Lucas	5	1929	1934	0	-0.2	1	1	.500	5.79	22	2	7	0	0	1	56.0	58	37	36	5	32	2	5	5	0	5	255	1.607	Sep 28, 1929	25	BRO
24	Johnny Marcum	7	1933	1939	0	14.3	65	63	.508	4.66	195	132	51	69	8	7	1099.1	1269	630	569	90	344	23	392	9	3	12	4847	1.467	Sep 7, 1933	24	PHA
25	Alex McColl	2	1933	1934	0	2.0	4	4	.500	3.70	46	3	26	2	0	2	129.0	142	61	53	6	43	2	34	1	0	2	561	1.434	Aug 27, 1933	40	WSH
26	Euel Moore	3	1934	1936	0	0.4	9	16	.360	5.48	61	29	15	5	0	3	225.0	293	155	137	18	77	10	75	3	0	2	1056	1.644	Jul 8, 1934	26	PHI
27	Les Munns	3	1934	1936	0	-1.8	4	13	.235	4.76	61	15	23	4	0	2	181.2	203	132	96	14	105	5	58	4	0	10	826	1.695	Apr 22, 1934	25	BRO
28	Johnny Murphy	13	1932	1947	3	15.6	93	53	.637	3.50	415	40	293	17	0	107	1045.0	985	464	406	52	444	46	378	5	0	15	4471	1.367	May 19, 1932	25	NYY
29	Bobo Newsom	20	1929	1953	4	51.2	211	222	.487	3.98	600	483	71	246	31	21	3759.1	3769	1908	1664	206	1732	71	2082	61	7	60	16467	1.463	Sep 11, 1929	26	SLB
30	Fritz Ostermueller	15	1934	1948	0	34.4	114	115	.498	3.99	390	246	86	112	11	15	2066.2	2170	1062	917	105	835	80	774	21	1	60	9116	1.454	Apr 21, 1934	26	BOS
31	Tom Parker	12	1931	1948	0	-0.8	31	27	.534	5.53	79	65	6	29	3	0	436.0	437	309	268	19	260		283	9	0	4	1980	1.599		22	NEG
32	Charlie Perkins	2	1930	1934	0	-1.1	0	3	.000	7.50	19	3	8	0	0	0	48.0	62	45	40	3	29	1	20	2	1	4	230	1.896	Jun 27, 1930	28	BRO
33	Jack Salveson	5	1933	1945	0	0.2	9	9	.500	3.99	87	19	38	8	3	4	272.2	302	143	121	21	87	5	85	3	2	2	1179	1.427	Jun 3, 1933	20	NYG
34	Al Smith	12	1934	1945	1	6.0	99	101	.495	3.72	356	201	96	75	16	17	1662.1	1707	827	688	94	587	65	587	32	3	27	7112	1.380	May 5, 1934	26	NYG
35	Les Tietje	6	1933	1938	0	5.0	22	41	.349	5.11	105	65	17	22	3	0	512.2	560	323	291	45	282	19	193	6	0	15	2332	1.642	Sep 18, 1933	23	CHW
36	Ralph Winegarner	6	1930	1949	0	0.0	8	6	.571	5.33	70	11	38	7	0	0	194.1	229	135	115	13	89	2	89	3	3	4	895	1.636	Sep 20, 1930	24	CLE
	Totals	327	1929	1953	26	355.4	1939	1968	.496	4.02	6919	4006	1801	1827	240	421	34199.2	35986	17836	15289	2021	12409	916	13357	500	60	599	148681	1.481

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