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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Alf Anderson 1941-1946 126 390 56 93 11 3 1 17 33 49 .238 .300 .290 6 0 Jun 23 George Banks 1962-1966 106 201 33 44 6 2 9 27 37 59 .219 .340 .403 0 1 Mar 01 Curt Barclay 1957-1959 44 64 6 15 3 0 0 4 1 18 .234 .258 .281 0 0 Mar 25 Les Bell 1923-1931 896 3239 404 938 184 49 66 509 276 322 .290 .346 .438 25 5 Dec 26 Johnny Bero 1948-1951 65 169 26 34 5 0 5 17 27 31 .201 .311 .320 1 1 May 11 Jim Bilbrey 1949-1949 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 26 Ossie Bluege 1922-1939 1867 6440 883 1751 276 67 43 848 723 515 .272 .352 .356 140 87 Oct 14 Elmer Bowman 1920-1920 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 Dec 17 Joe Bradshaw 1929-1929 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 30 Art Bramhall 1935-1935 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 04 Johnny Broaca 1934-1939 121 254 10 23 0 0 0 9 10 119 .091 .125 .091 0 1 May 16 Guy Bush 1923-1945 544 888 57 143 12 2 0 52 50 162 .161 .207 .179 3 0 Jul 02 Harry Byrd 1950-1957 187 262 16 42 2 0 0 14 9 60 .160 .188 .168 1 1 May 14 Ken Chase 1936-1943 190 419 28 69 9 2 1 27 12 97 .165 .190 .203 0 0 Jan 16 Stu Clarke 1929-1930 61 187 22 51 5 8 2 23 20 21 .273 .346 .417 3 0 Aug 26 Larry Drake 1945-1948 5 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 .222 .300 .222 0 0 Jul 14 Dick Drott 1957-1963 176 202 12 34 0 1 0 7 6 66 .168 .192 .178 0 0 Aug 16 Jake Early 1939-1949 747 2208 216 532 98 23 32 264 281 259 .241 .330 .350 7 8 May 31 Clarence Fieber 1932-1932 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 20 Joe Genewich 1922-1930 279 464 37 96 7 1 0 30 13 62 .207 .232 .226 1 0 Dec 21 Joe Glenn 1932-1940 248 718 77 181 34 5 5 89 81 91 .252 .330 .334 6 5 May 06 Hal Goldsmith 1926-1929 47 62 8 13 3 0 0 7 2 11 .210 .234 .258 0 0 Oct 20 Jim Grant 1923-1923 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Nov 30 Burleigh Grimes 1916-1934 632 1535 157 380 62 11 2 168 69 241 .248 .282 .306 15 4 Dec 06 Oscar Harstad 1915-1915 32 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 .125 .125 .125 0 0 Nov 14 Kirby Higbe 1937-1950 418 660 35 101 14 2 3 47 15 135 .153 .172 .194 0 0 May 06 Ray Jablonski 1953-1960 808 2562 297 687 126 11 83 438 196 330 .268 .320 .423 16 13 Nov 25 Syl Johnson 1922-1940 542 702 51 127 18 5 4 53 23 214 .181 .209 .238 1 0 Feb 20 Ted Kleinhans 1934-1938 57 38 3 6 0 0 0 4 1 10 .158 .179 .158 0 0 Jul 24 Bill Kunkel 1961-1963 89 14 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 7 .214 .313 .214 0 0 May 04 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Roy Lee 1945-1945 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Nov 11 Johnny Lindell 1941-1954 854 2795 401 762 124 48 72 404 289 366 .273 .344 .429 17 13 Aug 27 Roy Luebbe 1925-1925 8 15 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 6 .000 .118 .000 0 0 Aug 21 Dave Madison 1950-1953 74 30 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 8 .100 .156 .100 0 0 Dec 08 Roger Maris 1957-1968 1463 5101 826 1325 195 42 275 851 652 733 .260 .345 .476 21 9 Dec 14 Cloy Mattox 1929-1929 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 0 0 Aug 03 Archie McKain 1937-1943 167 142 19 25 8 1 2 9 15 48 .176 .264 .289 0 0 May 21 Johnny Mokan 1921-1927 582 1936 282 563 98 17 32 273 206 150 .291 .364 .409 26 22 Feb 10 Bill Morley 1913-1913 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 May 14 Frank Mulroney 1930-1930 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 11 Van Mungo 1931-1945 410 787 56 174 24 4 0 74 29 164 .221 .250 .262 1 0 Feb 12 Luke Nelson 1919-1919 9 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 .143 .143 .286 0 0 Nov 14 Bob Nieman 1951-1962 1113 3452 455 1018 180 32 125 544 435 512 .295 .373 .474 10 30 Mar 10 Ken O'Dea 1935-1946 832 2195 262 560 101 20 40 323 273 251 .255 .338 .374 3 0 Dec 17 Ike Pearson 1939-1948 165 159 8 20 2 0 1 8 5 34 .126 .152 .157 0 0 Mar 17 Red Peery 1927-1929 11 14 3 3 0 0 0 2 3 5 .214 .353 .214 0 0 May 06 Grover Powell 1963-1963 20 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .200 .333 .200 0 0 May 21 Johnny Rucker 1940-1946 705 2617 354 711 105 39 21 214 109 248 .272 .302 .366 35 0 Aug 07 Bob Scheffing 1941-1951 517 1357 105 357 53 9 20 187 103 127 .263 .316 .360 6 0 Oct 26 Wes Schulmerich 1931-1934 429 1442 169 417 73 20 27 192 118 197 .289 .347 .424 7 0 Jun 26 Bud Sheely 1951-1953 101 210 7 44 5 0 0 12 27 22 .210 .305 .233 0 1 Oct 17 Monk Sherlock 1930-1930 92 299 51 97 18 2 0 38 27 28 .324 .380 .398 0 0 Nov 26 Lefty Smoll 1940-1940 33 31 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 17 .161 .161 .161 0 0 Aug 31 Riggs Stephenson 1921-1934 1310 4508 714 1515 321 54 63 773 494 247 .336 .407 .473 53 9 Nov 15 Steamboat Struss 1934-1934 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 .333 .333 .667 0 0 Sep 12 Joe Sullivan 1935-1941 152 208 14 43 3 0 0 15 9 35 .207 .240 .221 1 0 Apr 08 Bud Teachout 1930-1932 80 84 12 22 4 1 0 5 2 14 .262 .279 .333 0 0 May 11 Al Todd 1932-1943 863 2785 286 768 119 29 35 366 104 243 .276 .307 .377 18 0 Mar 08 George Uhle 1919-1936 722 1360 172 393 60 21 9 187 98 112 .289 .339 .384 6 8 Feb 26 Dick Wakefield 1941-1952 638 2132 334 625 102 29 56 315 360 270 .293 .396 .447 10 17 Aug 26 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+ Augie Walsh 1927-1928 40 43 7 11 2 0 1 3 0 8 .256 .256 .372 0 0 Nov 12 Bill Wambsganss 1914-1926 1491 5237 710 1359 215 59 7 520 490 357 .259 .328 .327 140 74 Dec 08 George Washington 1935-1936 128 388 46 104 24 3 9 52 11 22 .268 .294 .415 1 0 Feb 17 Sam West 1927-1942 1753 6148 934 1838 347 101 75 838 696 540 .299 .371 .425 53 56 Nov 23 Whitey Wilshere 1934-1936 41 50 3 4 0 0 0 1 5 24 .080 .164 .080 0 0 May 23 Bob Wilson 1958-1958 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 0 0 Apr 23 Whitey Wistert 1934-1934 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 23 Joe Wood 1908-1922 696 1952 266 553 118 31 23 325 208 189 .283 .357 .411 23 3 Jul 27 Joe Wood 1943-1943 60 164 22 53 4 4 1 17 6 13 .323 .347 .415 2 2 Mar 25 Rusty Yarnall 1926-1926 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Oct 09 Bobby Young 1948-1958 687 2447 244 609 68 28 15 137 208 212 .249 .308 .318 18 19 Jan 28 Carl Yowell 1924-1925 16 19 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .158 .158 .158 0 0 Jul 27 Benny Zientara 1941-1948 278 906 106 230 29 5 2 49 50 48 .254 .293 .304 5 0 Apr 16 Billy Zitzmann 1919-1929 406 1004 197 268 38 11 3 89 83 85 .267 .333 .336 42 11 May 29 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Curt Barclay 1957-1959 10 9 .526 3.48 44 29 5 2 0 199.3 214 77 24 55 73 Mar 25 Jim Bilbrey 1949-1949 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 0 3 0 Dec 26 Joe Bradshaw 1929-1929 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 0 4 1 Jan 30 Johnny Broaca 1934-1939 44 29 .603 4.08 121 86 42 4 3 674.3 748 306 51 255 258 May 16 Guy Bush 1923-1945 176 136 .564 3.86 542 308 151 16 34 2722.0 2950 1166 152 859 850 Jul 02 Harry Byrd 1950-1957 46 54 .460 4.35 187 108 33 8 9 827.7 890 400 71 355 381 May 14 Ken Chase 1936-1943 53 84 .387 4.27 188 160 62 4 1 1165.0 1188 553 55 694 582 Jan 16 Dick Drott 1957-1963 27 46 .370 4.78 176 101 14 5 0 687.7 626 365 84 405 460 Aug 16 Clarence Fieber 1932-1932 1 0 1.000 1.69 3 0 0 0 0 5.3 6 1 0 3 1 Aug 20 Joe Genewich 1922-1930 73 92 .442 4.29 272 166 71 7 12 1401.7 1610 668 77 402 316 Dec 21 Hal Goldsmith 1926-1929 6 10 .375 4.04 47 20 6 0 1 185.0 235 83 9 56 30 Oct 20 Jim Grant 1923-1923 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 10 6 0 4 0 Nov 30 Burleigh Grimes 1916-1934 270 212 .560 3.53 616 497 314 35 18 4180.0 4412 1638 148 1295 1512 Dec 06 Oscar Harstad 1915-1915 3 5 .375 3.40 32 7 4 0 1 82.0 81 31 1 35 35 Nov 14 Kirby Higbe 1937-1950 118 101 .539 3.69 418 238 98 11 24 1952.3 1763 800 117 979 971 May 06 Syl Johnson 1922-1940 112 117 .489 4.06 542 210 82 11 43 2165.7 2290 977 173 488 920 Feb 20 Ted Kleinhans 1934-1938 4 9 .308 5.26 56 12 1 0 1 143.7 185 84 4 76 48 Jul 24 Bill Kunkel 1961-1963 6 6 .500 4.29 89 2 0 0 4 142.7 153 68 17 49 83 May 04 Roy Lee 1945-1945 0 2 .000 11.57 3 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 9 3 3 0 Nov 11 Johnny Lindell 1942-1953 8 18 .308 4.47 55 28 15 1 1 251.7 247 125 20 161 146 Aug 27 Dave Madison 1950-1953 8 7 .533 5.70 74 6 0 0 0 158.0 173 100 16 103 70 Dec 08 Archie McKain 1937-1943 26 21 .553 4.26 165 34 8 1 16 486.3 529 230 26 208 188 May 21 Frank Mulroney 1930-1930 0 1 .000 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 0 0 2 Nov 11 Van Mungo 1931-1945 120 115 .511 3.47 364 259 123 20 16 2113.0 1957 815 89 868 1242 Feb 12 Luke Nelson 1919-1919 3 0 1.000 2.96 9 1 0 0 0 24.3 22 8 1 11 11 Nov 14 Ike Pearson 1939-1948 13 50 .206 4.83 164 54 10 2 8 559.0 608 300 49 268 149 Mar 17 Red Peery 1927-1929 0 1 .000 5.00 10 1 0 0 0 45.0 53 25 1 10 3 May 06 Grover Powell 1963-1963 1 1 .500 2.72 20 4 1 1 0 49.7 37 15 2 32 39 May 21 Lefty Smoll 1940-1940 2 8 .200 5.37 33 9 0 0 0 109.0 145 65 6 36 31 Aug 31 Steamboat Struss 1934-1934 0 1 .000 6.43 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 7 5 0 6 3 Sep 12 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+ Joe Sullivan 1935-1941 30 37 .448 4.01 150 55 20 0 5 588.0 601 262 25 298 216 Apr 08 Bud Teachout 1930-1932 12 6 .667 4.51 68 19 7 0 0 215.3 259 108 22 76 73 May 11 George Uhle 1919-1936 200 166 .546 3.99 513 368 232 21 25 3119.7 3417 1384 119 966 1135 Feb 26 Augie Walsh 1927-1928 4 10 .286 6.05 39 12 3 0 2 132.3 172 89 16 45 38 Nov 12 Whitey Wilshere 1934-1936 10 12 .455 5.28 41 23 7 3 1 182.3 196 107 9 112 103 May 23 Whitey Wistert 1934-1934 0 1 .000 1.13 2 1 0 0 0 8.0 5 1 1 5 1 Apr 23 Joe Wood 1908-1920 117 57 .672 2.03 225 158 121 28 11 1436.3 1138 324 10 421 989 Jul 27 Rusty Yarnall 1926-1926 0 1 .000 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 0 1 0 Oct 09 Carl Yowell 1924-1925 3 4 .429 5.40 16 6 3 0 0 63.3 77 38 2 30 20 Jul 27 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
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