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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Walt Alexander 1912-1917 162 405 26 76 18 3 1 24 42 83 .188 .271 .254 5 1 Dec 29 Ferrell Anderson 1946-1953 97 234 20 61 12 0 2 15 18 25 .261 .324 .338 1 0 Mar 12 Larry Bettencourt 1928-1932 168 395 61 102 19 6 8 53 60 60 .258 .360 .397 7 4 Sep 15 Steve Bilko 1949-1962 600 1738 220 432 85 13 76 276 234 395 .249 .336 .444 2 4 Mar 07 Charlie Bold 1914-1914 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jul 29 Lyman Bostock 1975-1978 526 2004 305 624 102 30 23 250 171 174 .311 .365 .427 45 28 Sep 23 Buzz Boyle 1929-1935 366 1343 185 389 58 24 12 125 116 125 .290 .347 .395 24 0 Nov 12 Bill Brubaker 1932-1943 479 1564 208 413 85 10 22 225 151 239 .264 .333 .373 13 0 Apr 02 George Burns 1914-1929 1866 6573 901 2018 444 72 72 951 363 433 .307 .354 .429 154 63 Jan 07 Ed Chaplin 1920-1922 35 76 10 14 2 1 0 7 13 11 .184 .303 .237 2 1 Aug 15 Bill Clowers 1926-1926 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 13 Pete Compton 1911-1918 291 773 78 186 24 8 5 80 65 40 .241 .303 .312 26 1 Feb 03 Snipe Conley 1914-1918 65 63 4 11 3 1 0 3 2 27 .175 .200 .254 0 0 Jan 07 Sarge Connally 1921-1934 303 301 32 70 9 5 1 22 9 69 .233 .255 .306 1 0 Jan 27 Claude Corbitt 1945-1949 215 630 60 153 22 1 1 37 47 30 .243 .297 .286 8 0 May 01 Fritz Coumbe 1914-1921 208 252 10 52 5 2 1 30 2 58 .206 .213 .254 2 2 Mar 21 Billy Cox 1941-1955 1058 3712 470 974 174 32 66 351 298 218 .262 .318 .380 42 21 Mar 30 Molly Craft 1916-1919 30 26 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 9 .115 .148 .115 0 0 Oct 25 Nick Cullop 1926-1931 173 490 49 122 29 12 11 67 40 128 .249 .308 .424 1 4 Dec 08 Tod Davis 1949-1951 42 90 7 21 0 1 1 6 10 19 .233 .310 .289 0 0 Dec 31 Joe Dawson 1924-1929 59 77 7 20 2 1 0 4 5 9 .260 .305 .312 0 0 Jan 04 Bill Dietrich 1933-1948 368 627 56 94 12 3 5 43 60 260 .150 .226 .203 0 0 Jun 20 Reese Diggs 1934-1934 4 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 0 0 Oct 30 Art Doll 1935-1938 7 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .154 .154 .154 0 0 Apr 28 Bill Doran 1922-1922 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 0 0 Mar 09 Nick Dumovich 1923-1923 28 29 4 7 0 1 0 0 2 3 .241 .313 .310 0 0 Dec 12 George Ellison 1920-1920 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 20 Roy Elsh 1923-1925 173 404 55 106 17 3 0 39 31 44 .262 .317 .319 24 9 Nov 12 Oscar Estrada 1929-1929 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 02 Roy Flaskamper 1927-1927 26 95 12 21 5 0 0 6 3 8 .221 .260 .274 0 0 Feb 03 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Moe Franklin 1941-1942 61 164 25 43 8 0 2 16 9 7 .262 .309 .348 0 0 Mar 16 Ray French 1920-1924 82 187 29 36 6 1 0 19 14 21 .193 .252 .235 3 1 Apr 03 Babe Ganzel 1927-1928 23 74 9 23 5 2 1 17 8 7 .311 .378 .473 0 0 Feb 06 Mike Gazella 1923-1928 160 352 51 85 14 4 0 32 56 50 .241 .350 .304 8 4 Sep 11 Steve Gerkin 1945-1945 21 34 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 .059 .059 .059 0 0 Nov 09 Claral Gillenwater 1923-1923 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Feb 26 Jim Gilliam 1953-1966 1956 7119 1163 1889 304 71 65 558 1036 416 .265 .360 .355 203 111 Oct 08 Joe Gordon 1938-1950 1566 5707 914 1530 264 52 253 975 759 702 .268 .357 .466 89 60 Apr 14 Jack Graney 1908-1922 1402 4705 706 1178 219 79 18 420 712 345 .250 .354 .342 148 36 Apr 20 Kent Greenfield 1924-1929 153 237 12 24 2 0 0 5 9 70 .101 .134 .110 0 0 Mar 14 Roy Grover 1916-1919 207 690 67 156 17 9 0 50 60 79 .226 .292 .277 19 0 Feb 07 Jesse Haines 1918-1937 560 1124 76 209 23 2 3 79 30 246 .186 .208 .218 2 0 Aug 05 Luke Hamlin 1933-1944 265 463 24 76 7 2 1 31 17 115 .164 .195 .194 0 0 Feb 18 Snipe Hansen 1930-1935 156 200 10 31 3 0 0 8 7 53 .155 .184 .170 0 0 Sep 11 George Harper 1916-1929 1073 3398 505 1030 158 43 91 528 389 208 .303 .380 .455 58 34 Aug 18 Mike Herrera 1925-1926 84 276 22 76 14 1 0 27 17 15 .275 .320 .333 1 5 Feb 03 Joel Hunt 1931-1932 16 22 2 4 1 0 0 3 4 4 .182 .308 .227 0 0 Jul 24 Merwin Jacobson 1915-1927 133 331 47 76 9 2 0 24 38 34 .230 .309 .269 7 0 Jan 13 George Jeffcoat 1936-1943 70 39 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 13 .128 .150 .128 0 0 Oct 13 Dave Keefe 1917-1922 98 107 9 22 1 1 0 3 4 17 .206 .234 .234 1 1 Feb 04 Bill Leinhauser 1912-1912 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 14 Nig Lipscomb 1937-1937 36 96 11 31 9 1 0 8 11 10 .323 .398 .438 0 0 Feb 27 Bob Logan 1935-1945 57 65 3 13 2 1 0 7 2 10 .200 .224 .262 0 0 May 20 Danny Lynch 1948-1948 7 7 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 .286 .375 .714 0 0 Jun 30 Ben Mallonee 1921-1921 7 25 2 6 1 0 0 4 1 2 .240 .269 .280 1 0 Feb 19 Joe Mathes 1912-1916 32 99 10 27 3 0 0 6 9 11 .273 .339 .303 1 0 Dec 21 Harry Matuzak 1934-1936 17 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 0 0 Nov 16 Alex McCarthy 1910-1917 432 1335 136 306 34 11 5 122 104 123 .229 .295 .282 23 5 Mar 12 Bob McGraw 1917-1929 168 174 12 24 3 4 1 15 6 70 .138 .171 .218 1 0 Jun 02 George McQuinn 1936-1948 1550 5747 832 1588 315 64 135 794 712 634 .276 .357 .424 32 31 Dec 24 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Gene Moore 1931-1945 1042 3543 497 958 179 53 58 436 317 401 .270 .333 .400 31 10 Mar 12 Maury Newlin 1940-1941 15 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 .125 .125 .125 0 0 Aug 14 Tommy O'Brien 1943-1950 293 714 110 198 30 14 8 78 70 66 .277 .344 .392 2 0 Nov 05 Paul O'Dea 1944-1945 163 394 46 107 11 2 1 34 43 47 .272 .345 .317 5 2 Dec 11 Phil Paine 1951-1958 95 14 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .214 .214 .214 0 0 Feb 19 Slicker Parks 1921-1921 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 0 0 Feb 21 Monte Pearson 1932-1941 225 513 58 117 24 1 2 62 39 59 .228 .283 .290 2 0 Jan 27 Les Powers 1938-1939 21 55 7 18 1 1 0 2 4 7 .327 .373 .382 0 0 Nov 13 Larry Raines 1957-1958 103 253 40 64 14 0 2 16 19 45 .253 .308 .332 5 3 Jan 28 Tony Rego 1924-1925 44 91 10 26 3 1 0 8 4 5 .286 .323 .341 0 0 Jan 06 Carl Reynolds 1927-1939 1222 4495 672 1357 247 107 80 699 260 308 .302 .346 .458 112 40 May 29 Marv Rickert 1942-1950 402 1149 139 284 45 9 19 145 88 161 .247 .302 .352 4 1 Jun 03 Bill Rodgers 1915-1916 102 268 30 65 15 4 0 19 22 40 .243 .316 .328 11 8 Dec 24 Buck Ross 1936-1945 237 448 24 69 11 0 3 27 20 141 .154 .194 .199 0 0 Nov 23 Jack Saltzgaver 1932-1945 278 764 131 199 26 5 10 82 105 80 .260 .351 .347 9 4 Feb 01 Johnny Schulte 1923-1932 192 374 59 98 15 4 14 64 76 49 .262 .388 .436 1 0 Jun 28 George Shears 1912-1912 4 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .333 0 0 Nov 12 Hugh Shelley 1935-1935 7 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 .250 .400 .250 0 0 Jun 16 Milt Shoffner 1929-1940 135 205 18 32 6 2 2 14 14 76 .156 .210 .234 0 0 Jan 19 Ed Sicking 1916-1927 203 597 51 135 13 2 0 59 39 43 .226 .277 .255 14 5 Aug 30 Dick Siebert 1932-1945 1035 3917 439 1104 204 40 32 482 276 185 .282 .332 .379 30 32 Dec 09 Red Smith 1927-1927 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 08 Pete Susko 1934-1934 58 224 25 64 5 3 2 25 18 10 .286 .342 .362 3 4 May 22 Joe Vance 1935-1938 16 20 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 5 .250 .250 .350 0 0 Jul 04 Rube Walberg 1923-1937 547 905 78 162 26 5 4 84 48 179 .179 .220 .232 2 1 Oct 27 Marty Walker 1928-1928 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 24 Abe White 1937-1937 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 Oct 01 Al Williamson 1928-1928 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 29 Mike Wilson 1921-1921 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 May 16 Archie Wise 1932-1932 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Feb 02 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Dutch Zwilling 1910-1916 366 1280 167 364 76 15 30 202 128 139 .284 .351 .438 46 0 Mar 27 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Bill Clowers 1926-1926 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 2 0 0 0 0 Jan 13 Snipe Conley 1914-1918 7 10 .412 3.36 65 17 8 2 2 224.7 226 84 9 84 128 Jan 07 Sarge Connally 1921-1934 49 60 .450 4.30 303 67 33 2 31 994.3 1104 475 32 449 345 Jan 27 Fritz Coumbe 1914-1921 38 38 .500 2.80 193 70 30 4 13 761.3 773 237 10 217 212 Mar 21 Molly Craft 1916-1919 0 4 .000 3.57 29 3 1 0 2 80.7 93 32 2 33 33 Oct 25 Nick Cullop 1927-1927 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 0 0 0 Dec 08 Joe Dawson 1924-1929 11 17 .393 4.15 59 18 5 0 3 238.3 233 110 10 112 62 Jan 04 Bill Dietrich 1933-1948 108 128 .458 4.48 366 253 92 17 11 2003.7 2117 997 128 890 660 Jun 20 Reese Diggs 1934-1934 1 2 .333 6.75 4 3 2 0 0 21.3 26 16 3 15 2 Oct 30 Art Doll 1936-1938 0 1 .000 3.00 4 1 0 0 0 12.0 15 4 1 5 3 Apr 28 Nick Dumovich 1923-1923 3 5 .375 4.60 28 8 1 0 1 94.0 118 48 4 45 23 Dec 12 George Ellison 1920-1920 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 Jan 20 Oscar Estrada 1929-1929 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 Jan 02 Steve Gerkin 1945-1945 0 12 .000 3.62 21 12 3 0 0 102.0 112 41 4 27 25 Nov 09 Claral Gillenwater 1923-1923 1 3 .250 5.48 5 3 1 1 0 21.3 28 13 2 6 2 Feb 26 Jack Graney 1908-1908 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 0 0 3.3 6 2 0 1 0 Apr 20 Kent Greenfield 1924-1929 41 48 .461 4.54 152 102 36 2 1 775.3 871 391 36 297 242 Mar 14 Jesse Haines 1918-1937 210 158 .571 3.64 555 388 208 24 10 3208.7 3460 1298 165 871 981 Aug 05 Luke Hamlin 1933-1944 73 76 .490 3.77 261 181 70 12 9 1405.0 1442 588 106 353 563 Feb 18 Snipe Hansen 1930-1935 22 45 .328 5.01 155 71 19 2 6 625.7 783 348 50 194 176 Sep 11 George Jeffcoat 1936-1943 7 11 .389 4.51 70 9 4 1 3 169.7 159 85 12 100 86 Oct 13 Dave Keefe 1917-1922 9 17 .346 4.15 97 27 12 1 1 353.7 403 163 23 113 126 Feb 04 Nig Lipscomb 1937-1937 0 0 6.52 3 0 0 0 0 9.7 13 7 3 5 1 Feb 27 Bob Logan 1935-1945 7 15 .318 3.15 57 25 5 1 4 222.7 245 78 9 81 67 May 20 Harry Matuzak 1934-1936 0 4 .000 5.77 17 1 0 0 0 39.0 49 25 2 14 17 Nov 16 Bob McGraw 1917-1929 26 38 .406 4.82 168 47 17 1 6 591.3 677 317 31 265 164 Jun 02 Maury Newlin 1940-1941 1 2 .333 6.42 15 1 0 0 1 33.7 47 24 5 14 13 Aug 14 Paul O'Dea 1944-1945 0 0 5.68 4 0 0 0 0 6.3 9 4 0 8 0 Dec 11 Phil Paine 1951-1958 10 1 .909 3.24 95 0 0 0 1 150.0 144 54 12 80 101 Feb 19 Slicker Parks 1921-1921 3 2 .600 5.68 10 1 0 0 0 25.3 33 16 2 16 10 Feb 21 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Monte Pearson 1932-1941 100 61 .621 4.00 224 191 94 5 4 1429.7 1392 635 82 740 703 Jan 27 Buck Ross 1936-1945 56 95 .371 4.94 237 182 65 6 2 1365.3 1545 749 114 573 360 Nov 23 George Shears 1912-1912 0 0 5.40 4 0 0 0 0 15.0 24 9 1 11 9 Nov 12 Milt Shoffner 1929-1940 25 26 .490 4.59 134 51 22 2 3 577.0 647 294 34 214 180 Jan 19 Joe Vance 1935-1938 3 2 .600 5.81 15 3 0 0 0 57.3 67 37 5 34 17 Jul 04 Rube Walberg 1923-1937 155 141 .524 4.16 544 307 140 15 32 2644.0 2795 1223 163 1031 1085 Oct 27 Marty Walker 1928-1928 0 1 .000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 3 0 Apr 24 Abe White 1937-1937 0 1 .000 6.75 5 0 0 0 0 9.3 14 7 1 3 2 Oct 01 Al Williamson 1928-1928 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 Nov 29 Archie Wise 1932-1932 0 0 4.91 2 0 0 0 0 7.3 8 4 1 5 2 Feb 02 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
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