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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Jerry Akers 1912-1912 5 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 May 15 Ed Albrecht 1949-1950 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 0 0 Dec 29 Dale Alexander 1929-1933 662 2450 369 811 164 30 61 459 248 197 .331 .394 .497 20 28 Mar 02 Elbert Andrews 1925-1925 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 25 Ken Ash 1925-1930 58 46 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 8 .130 .149 .152 0 0 Nov 15 Johnny Bassler 1913-1927 811 2319 250 704 99 16 1 318 437 81 .304 .416 .361 13 8 Jun 29 Lou Bauer 1918-1918 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Feb 04 Johnny Berger 1922-1927 11 16 1 5 0 0 0 1 2 3 .313 .389 .313 1 0 May 07 Ray Blades 1922-1932 767 2415 467 726 133 51 50 340 331 310 .301 .395 .460 33 22 May 18 Cliff Bolton 1931-1941 335 962 113 280 49 18 6 143 110 50 .291 .366 .398 3 3 Apr 21 Abe Bowman 1914-1915 24 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 .048 .048 .048 0 0 Oct 11 Herb Bremer 1937-1939 70 193 16 41 6 1 2 18 11 42 .212 .255 .285 1 0 Nov 28 Bill Brenzel 1932-1935 76 217 16 43 9 1 0 19 8 15 .198 .227 .249 2 2 Jun 12 Hank Butcher 1911-1912 64 215 30 48 11 4 2 21 17 0 .223 .283 .340 10 0 Dec 28 Milt Byrnes 1943-1945 390 1278 174 350 77 15 16 154 199 183 .274 .373 .395 3 14 Feb 01 Lew Carpenter 1943-1943 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 25 Virgil Cheeves 1920-1927 111 141 11 26 4 1 1 4 4 39 .184 .218 .248 0 1 May 05 Bob Chesnes 1948-1950 90 172 28 44 6 3 2 15 13 18 .256 .308 .360 0 0 May 23 Joe Conzelman 1913-1915 54 42 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 14 .095 .095 .095 0 0 Apr 17 Sam Dailey 1929-1929 20 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 .059 .059 .059 0 0 Dec 02 Charlie Deal 1912-1921 851 2930 295 752 104 34 11 318 135 121 .257 .293 .327 65 13 Sep 16 Lindsay Deal 1939-1939 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 18 Bill DeKoning 1945-1945 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jul 26 Bert Delmas 1933-1933 12 28 4 7 0 0 0 0 1 7 .250 .276 .250 0 0 Dec 04 Pedro Dibut 1924-1925 8 11 2 3 0 1 0 3 2 0 .273 .385 .455 0 0 Dec 04 Luke Easter 1949-1954 491 1725 256 472 54 12 93 340 174 293 .274 .350 .481 1 8 Mar 29 Sam Edmonston 1907-1907 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 12 Allen Elliott 1923-1924 63 182 21 44 8 2 2 29 2 13 .242 .258 .341 3 3 May 06 Al Evans 1939-1951 704 2053 188 514 70 23 13 211 243 206 .250 .332 .326 14 9 Apr 06 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1925-1943 513 1155 112 231 35 7 14 103 36 177 .200 .233 .279 0 0 Nov 18 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Nemo Gaines 1921-1921 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jan 26 Alex Gaston 1920-1929 215 514 58 112 13 6 3 40 29 56 .218 .266 .284 5 0 Feb 08 Norman Glaser 1920-1920 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 27 Fred Graf 1913-1913 4 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 3 .400 .625 .600 0 0 Oct 04 Stan Hack 1932-1947 1938 7278 1239 2193 363 81 57 642 1092 466 .301 .394 .397 165 0 Dec 15 Hinkey Haines 1923-1923 28 25 9 4 2 0 0 3 4 5 .160 .276 .240 3 1 Jan 09 Charlie Hargreaves 1923-1930 423 1188 96 321 44 11 4 139 77 49 .270 .318 .336 6 2 May 09 Andy Harrington 1925-1925 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jan 26 Mel Ingram 1929-1929 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 28 Sig Jakucki 1936-1945 73 149 16 24 2 2 3 14 3 25 .161 .178 .262 0 0 May 28 Tom Jenkins 1925-1932 171 459 42 119 14 6 3 44 28 53 .259 .303 .336 1 3 May 03 Percy Jones 1920-1930 252 324 17 63 6 0 0 26 12 97 .194 .223 .213 1 0 Mar 18 Rick Joseph 1964-1970 270 633 69 154 26 1 13 65 51 141 .243 .300 .349 2 3 Sep 08 Rudy Kallio 1918-1925 50 66 7 11 0 0 0 3 6 24 .167 .236 .167 0 0 Apr 06 Frankie Kelleher 1942-1943 47 120 14 20 3 1 3 12 18 20 .167 .275 .283 0 0 Apr 13 Ed Klieman 1943-1950 222 144 4 21 2 0 1 8 9 51 .146 .196 .181 0 0 Nov 15 Clyde Kluttz 1942-1952 656 1903 172 510 90 8 19 212 132 119 .268 .318 .354 5 0 May 12 Wally Kopf 1921-1921 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 0 0 Apr 30 Fred Koster 1931-1931 76 151 21 34 2 2 0 8 14 21 .225 .291 .265 4 0 Apr 24 Sam Leslie 1929-1938 822 2460 311 749 123 28 36 389 216 118 .304 .366 .421 14 0 Jan 21 Duffy Lewis 1910-1921 1459 5351 612 1518 289 68 38 793 352 353 .284 .333 .384 113 47 Jun 17 Tom Lovelace 1922-1922 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jul 12 Pat Maloney 1912-1912 25 79 9 17 1 0 0 4 6 0 .215 .279 .228 3 0 Jun 27 Fred Martin 1946-1950 58 46 4 13 2 0 0 4 0 9 .283 .283 .326 0 0 Jun 11 Marty McHale 1910-1916 65 107 9 15 0 1 0 3 13 26 .140 .240 .159 1 0 May 07 Jim Mooney 1931-1934 92 105 7 11 0 0 0 6 4 11 .105 .138 .105 0 0 Apr 27 Jim Mosolf 1929-1933 118 190 39 56 9 3 2 28 22 21 .295 .374 .405 0 0 Dec 28 Thurman Munson 1969-1979 1423 5344 696 1558 229 32 113 701 438 571 .292 .346 .410 48 50 Aug 02 Bobby Murray 1923-1923 10 37 2 7 1 0 0 2 1 4 .189 .211 .216 1 0 Jan 04 Johnny Priest 1911-1912 10 23 3 4 0 0 0 3 2 0 .174 .269 .174 3 0 Nov 04 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Earl Pruess 1920-1920 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1 0 Aug 28 Lou Raymond 1919-1919 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 May 02 Charlie Ripple 1944-1946 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 May 06 Bunny Roser 1922-1922 32 113 13 27 3 4 0 16 10 19 .239 .306 .336 2 1 May 06 Morrie Schick 1917-1917 14 34 3 5 0 0 0 3 3 10 .147 .216 .147 0 0 Oct 25 Bill Schindler 1920-1920 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Feb 06 Bob Schultz 1951-1955 65 52 5 8 1 0 0 2 1 17 .154 .170 .173 0 0 Mar 31 Harry Simpson 1951-1959 888 2829 343 752 101 41 73 381 271 429 .266 .331 .408 17 18 Apr 03 Bud Sketchley 1942-1942 13 36 1 7 1 0 0 3 7 4 .194 .326 .222 0 1 Dec 19 Cy Slapnicka 1911-1918 10 23 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 8 .130 .200 .130 0 0 Oct 20 Scottie Slayback 1926-1926 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Nov 30 Joe Smaza 1946-1946 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 0 0 May 30 Vinnie Smith 1941-1946 16 54 5 14 1 0 0 5 2 10 .259 .286 .278 0 0 Dec 14 Ed Stauffer 1923-1925 21 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 0 0 Jul 02 Bill Steen 1912-1915 108 203 14 42 5 1 0 19 8 50 .207 .241 .241 5 1 Mar 13 Amos Strunk 1908-1924 1512 4999 696 1418 213 96 15 530 573 331 .284 .359 .374 185 86 Jul 22 Dizzy Sutherland 1949-1949 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 26 Yank Terry 1940-1945 93 145 6 21 2 0 0 6 9 47 .145 .195 .159 1 0 Nov 04 Forrest Thompson 1948-1949 56 40 6 13 3 1 0 4 4 4 .325 .386 .450 0 0 Feb 26 Red Tramback 1940-1940 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 1 0 Dec 28 Hal Trosky 1933-1946 1347 5161 835 1561 331 58 228 1012 545 440 .302 .371 .522 28 23 Jun 18 Bill Vargus 1925-1926 15 12 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0 0 Feb 12 Hal Wagner 1937-1949 672 1849 179 458 90 12 15 228 253 152 .248 .343 .334 10 6 Aug 07 Hap Ward 1912-1912 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 13 Link Wasem 1937-1937 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Mar 06 George Washburn 1941-1941 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jan 05 Lefty West 1944-1945 35 34 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 13 .088 .088 .088 0 0 Jul 23 Mack Wheat 1915-1921 225 602 34 123 23 5 4 35 19 102 .204 .241 .279 7 1 Aug 14 Charlie Wiedemeyer 1934-1934 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Oct 27 Steamboat Williams 1914-1916 41 25 3 5 1 0 0 2 3 7 .200 .286 .240 0 0 Jun 29 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Eddie Wilson 1936-1937 88 227 39 72 12 2 4 33 31 39 .317 .404 .441 4 0 Apr 11 Ray Wolf 1927-1927 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Oct 06 Del Young 1937-1940 309 950 87 213 31 7 3 76 48 115 .224 .264 .281 7 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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Jerry Akers 1912-1912 1 1 .500 4.87 5 1 0 0 0 20.3 24 11 1 15 11 May 15 Ed Albrecht 1949-1950 1 1 .500 5.40 3 2 1 0 0 11.7 7 7 0 11 2 Dec 29 Elbert Andrews 1925-1925 0 0 10.13 6 0 0 0 0 8.0 12 9 0 11 0 Nov 25 Ken Ash 1925-1930 6 8 .429 4.96 55 13 5 0 2 161.3 178 89 6 59 47 Nov 15 Lou Bauer 1918-1918 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 2 0 Feb 04 Abe Bowman 1914-1915 2 8 .200 4.74 24 11 2 1 0 74.0 75 39 0 48 27 Oct 11 Lew Carpenter 1943-1943 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 3.3 1 0 0 4 1 Apr 25 Virgil Cheeves 1920-1927 26 27 .491 4.73 111 56 18 2 2 458.7 526 241 28 188 98 May 05 Bob Chesnes 1948-1950 24 22 .522 4.66 61 55 25 1 1 378.7 377 196 35 189 130 May 23 Joe Conzelman 1913-1915 6 8 .429 2.92 54 12 5 1 2 163.3 142 53 2 65 70 Apr 17 Sam Dailey 1929-1929 2 2 .500 7.54 20 5 0 0 0 51.3 74 43 5 23 18 Dec 02 Pedro Dibut 1924-1925 3 0 1.000 2.21 8 2 2 0 0 36.7 27 9 1 12 15 Dec 04 Sam Edmonston 1907-1907 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 3 0 1 0 Apr 12 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1925-1943 217 146 .598 3.51 513 426 186 29 13 3223.7 3335 1257 186 846 870 Nov 18 Nemo Gaines 1921-1921 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 4.7 5 0 0 2 1 Jan 26 Norman Glaser 1920-1920 0 0 15.43 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 7 4 0 1 1 May 27 Sig Jakucki 1936-1945 25 22 .532 3.79 72 50 27 5 5 411.0 431 173 28 131 131 May 28 Percy Jones 1920-1930 53 57 .482 4.34 251 113 49 8 6 1026.0 1137 495 53 494 381 Mar 18 Rudy Kallio 1918-1925 9 18 .333 4.17 49 27 10 2 1 222.3 234 103 0 93 75 Apr 06 Ed Klieman 1943-1950 26 28 .481 3.49 222 32 10 2 33 542.0 525 210 17 239 130 Nov 15 Duffy Lewis 1913-1913 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 0 0 1 Jun 17 Fred Martin 1946-1950 12 3 .800 3.78 57 10 5 0 0 162.0 181 68 7 58 68 Jun 11 Marty McHale 1910-1916 12 30 .286 3.57 64 44 23 1 1 358.3 381 142 7 81 131 May 07 Jim Mooney 1931-1934 17 20 .459 4.25 92 41 13 3 2 356.0 426 168 23 133 116 Apr 27 Jim Mosolf 1930-1930 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 1 1 0 0 1 Dec 28 Charlie Ripple 1944-1946 1 1 .500 9.45 11 1 0 0 0 13.3 18 14 0 20 10 May 06 Bob Schultz 1951-1955 9 13 .409 5.16 65 19 3 0 0 183.0 179 105 17 125 67 Mar 31 Cy Slapnicka 1911-1918 1 6 .143 4.30 10 8 5 0 1 73.3 71 35 2 29 13 Oct 20 Ed Stauffer 1923-1925 0 1 .000 5.85 21 1 0 0 0 32.3 39 21 1 22 13 Jul 02 Bill Steen 1912-1915 28 32 .467 3.05 108 65 31 4 6 597.0 611 202 7 199 265 Mar 13 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Dizzy Sutherland 1949-1949 0 1 .000 45.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 5 0 6 0 Aug 26 Yank Terry 1940-1945 20 28 .417 4.09 93 55 14 0 2 457.3 463 208 33 196 167 Nov 04 Forrest Thompson 1948-1949 7 13 .350 3.90 55 8 1 0 4 147.7 156 64 10 63 48 Feb 26 Bill Vargus 1925-1926 1 1 .500 3.89 15 2 1 0 0 39.3 49 17 1 14 5 Feb 12 George Washburn 1941-1941 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 0 5 1 Jan 05 Lefty West 1944-1945 3 4 .429 4.29 35 8 1 0 0 98.7 105 47 3 50 49 Jul 23 Charlie Wiedemeyer 1934-1934 0 0 9.72 4 1 0 0 0 8.3 16 9 0 4 2 Oct 27 Steamboat Williams 1914-1916 6 8 .429 4.42 41 9 5 0 1 116.0 134 57 7 33 27 Jun 29 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
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