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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Ed Albosta          1941-1946   19    12    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    7  .083  .083  .083    0   0 Jan 07
 Chuck Aleno         1941-1944  118   320   34   67  11   3   2   34   31   35  .209  .281  .281    3   0 Feb 10
 Toby Atwell         1952-1956  378  1117  116  290  41   7   9  110  161   84  .260  .355  .333    4   5 Jan 25
 Red Barbary         1943-1943    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 27
 Earl Battey         1955-1967 1141  3586  393  969 150  17 104  449  421  470  .270  .349  .409   13  12 Nov 15
 Ralph Beard         1954-1954   13    17    1    1   0   0   0    0    1    8  .059  .111  .059    0   0 Feb 10
 Steve Bechler       2002-2002    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Feb 17
 Bobby Bonds         1968-1981 1849  7043 1258 1886 302  66 332 1024  914 1757  .268  .353  .471  461 169 Aug 23
 Sam Bowens          1963-1969  479  1287  141  287  48   6  45  143  100  293  .223  .283  .375   25  13 Mar 28
 Charlie Bowles      1943-1945   16    29    0    6   1   0   0    3    0    4  .207  .207  .241    0   0 Dec 23
 Ken Brett           1967-1981  386   347   39   91  18   1  10   44   14   67  .262  .291  .406    0   0 Nov 18
 Jack Brewer         1944-1946   43    75    6   14   3   0   0    5    0   14  .187  .187  .227    0   0 Nov 30
 Jack Bruner         1949-1950   26    11    0    0   0   0   0    0    2    6  .000  .154  .000    0   0 Jun 24
 Wally Burnette      1956-1958   68    77    3   11   0   0   0    1    3   18  .143  .175  .143    0   0 Feb 12
 Joe Buzas           1945-1945   30    65    8   17   2   1   0    6    2    5  .262  .284  .323    2   0 Mar 19
 Ivan Calderon       1984-1993  924  3312  470  901 200  25 104  444  306  556  .272  .333  .442   97  49 Dec 27
 Ed Chandler         1947-1947   15     2    0    0   0   0   0    1    1    1  .000  .333  .000    0   0 Jul 06
 Slick Coffman       1937-1940  122    73    8   12   2   0   0    8   10   24  .164  .265  .192    0   0 May 08
 Alta Cohen          1931-1933   29    67    8   13   2   0   0    2    9   11  .194  .289  .224    0   0 Mar 11
 Al Corwin           1951-1955  128    79    9   12   2   1   2    5    1   27  .152  .163  .278    0   0 Oct 23
 Wil Culmer          1983-1983    7    19    0    2   0   0   0    1    0    4  .105  .100  .105    0   1 Nov 14
 Dave DeBusschere    1962-1963   36    22    1    1   0   0   0    0    1    9  .045  .087  .045    0   0 May 14
 Joe Decker          1969-1979  153    46    5    8   2   0   1    3    3   22  .174  .224  .283    0   0 Mar 02
 Juan Delis          1955-1955   54   132   12   25   3   1   0   11    3   15  .189  .219  .227    1   2 Jul 23
 Charlie Devens      1932-1934   16    25    1    3   0   0   0    1    6    9  .120  .290  .120    1   0 Aug 13
 Jay Difani          1948-1949    4     3    0    1   1   0   0    0    0    2  .333  .333  .667    0   0 Dec 03
 Larry Doby          1947-1959 1533  5348  960 1515 243  52 253  970  871 1011  .283  .386  .490   47  36 Jun 18
 Harry Eisenstat     1935-1942  165   123   11   26   1   0   0    4   10   39  .211  .271  .220    0   0 Mar 21
 Al Epperly          1938-1950   14     8    2    2   1   0   0    5    2    3  .250  .400  .375    0   0 Apr 14
 Hilly Flitcraft     1942-1942    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 02
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Jim Fridley         1952-1958  152   424   50  105  12   5   8   53   35   83  .248  .309  .356    3   4 Feb 28
 Greg Garrett        1970-1971   34    18    0    2   0   0   0    0    1   10  .111  .158  .111    0   0 Jun 07
 Al Gionfriddo       1944-1947  228   580   95  154  22  12   2   58   91   39  .266  .366  .355   15   0 Mar 14
 Harley Grossman     1952-1952    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 05
 Garvin Hamner       1945-1945   32   101   12   20   3   0   0    5    7    9  .198  .250  .228    2   0 Dec 15
 Red Hardy           1951-1951    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Aug 15
 Gene Hasson         1937-1938   47   167   22   49  12   5   4   26   25   21  .293  .385  .497    0   0 Jul 30
 Lefty Hayden        1958-1958    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jun 13
 Johnny Hopp         1939-1952 1393  4260  698 1262 216  74  46  458  464  378  .296  .368  .414  128   1 Jun 01
 Art Houtteman       1945-1957  330   513   37   99  12   1   2   37   14   77  .193  .214  .232    2   1 May 06
 Spider Jorgensen    1947-1951  267   755   97  201  40  11   9  107  106   75  .266  .359  .384    5   0 Nov 06
 Joe Just            1944-1945   25    45    2    7   0   0   0    2    4    9  .156  .240  .156    0   0 Nov 22
 Bob Kammeyer        1978-1979    8     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jan 27
 Harry Kinzy         1934-1934   13    10    1    3   0   0   0    0    1    3  .300  .364  .300    0   0 Jun 22
 Johnny Klippstein   1950-1967  713   502   28   63   8   1   5   29   14  190  .125  .152  .175    0   0 Oct 10
 Mickey Kreitner     1943-1944   42    93    3   16   2   0   0    3    9   18  .172  .252  .194    0   0 Mar 06
 Don Landrum         1957-1966  456  1160  151  272  36   8  12   75  104  200  .234  .307  .310   36  14 Jan 09
 Al Libke            1945-1946  254   880   73  236  45   6   9   95   77  112  .268  .329  .364    6   0 Mar 07
 Carmen Mauro        1948-1953  167   416   40   96   9   8   2   33   37   65  .231  .298  .305    6   4 Dec 19
 Phil McCullough     1942-1942    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jan 16
 Mickey McDermott    1948-1961  443   619   71  156  29   2   9   74   52  112  .252  .312  .349    1   2 Aug 07
 Mickey McGowan      1948-1948    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Mar 08
 Norm McRae          1969-1970   22     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 25
 Ray Medeiros        1945-1945    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jun 06
 Jim Mertz           1943-1943   33    38    3    7   0   1   0    3    2   13  .184  .225  .237    0   0 Feb 04
 Bud Metheny         1943-1946  376  1390  187  344  52   5  31  156  149  122  .247  .323  .359   12  10 Jan 02
 Dutch Meyer         1937-1946  286   994  113  262  49  12  10   93   82   75  .264  .322  .367    5   7 Jan 19
 Bill Miller         1952-1955   41    40    4    9   3   0   0    3    0   10  .225  .225  .300    0   0 Jul 01
 Rinty Monahan       1953-1953    4     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 27
 Ray Murray          1948-1954  250   731   69  184  37   6   8   80   55   67  .252  .305  .352    1   0 Apr 09
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Danny Napoleon      1965-1966   80   130    7   21   3   1   0    7    9   33  .162  .225  .200    0   1 Apr 26
 Joe Ostrowski       1948-1952  150   118   11   19   5   0   0   11   24   31  .161  .303  .203    0   0 Jan 03
 Billy Parker        1971-1973   94   252   29   56   4   2   3   21   19   60  .222  .276  .290    1   4 Feb 09
 Claude Passeau      1935-1947  447   982   84  189  29   3  15   80   26  294  .192  .214  .274    2   0 Aug 30
 Rusty Peters        1936-1947  471  1222  123  289  53  16   8  117   98  199  .236  .295  .326    9   9 Feb 21
 Jim Pruett          1944-1945    9    13    2    3   0   0   0    0    2    2  .231  .375  .231    0   1 Jul 29
 Ribs Raney          1949-1950    4     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 07
 Hector Rodriguez    1952-1952  124   407   55  108  14   0   1   40   47   22  .265  .346  .307    7   6 Sep 01
 Billy Rogell        1925-1940 1482  5149  755 1375 256  75  42  609  649  416  .267  .351  .370   82  62 Aug 09
 Ernie Rudolph       1945-1945    7     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    2    0       1.000          0   0 Jan 13
 Sonny Senerchia     1952-1952   29   100    5   22   5   0   3   11    4   21  .220  .250  .360    0   3 Nov 01
 Jim Sheehan         1936-1936    1     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Dec 02
 Ron Shoop           1959-1959    3     7    1    1   0   0   0    1    0    1  .143  .143  .143    0   0 Mar 14
 Pete Sivess         1936-1938   62    63    2    9   0   0   0    2    0   14  .143  .143  .143    0   0 Jun 01
 Lefty Sloat         1948-1949    9     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 18
 Bob Smith           1958-1959   30    25    1    2   0   0   0    0    2   18  .080  .148  .080    0   0 Jun 23
 Warren Spahn        1942-1965  783  1872  141  363  57   6  35  189   94  487  .194  .234  .287    4   2 Nov 24
 Dernell Stenson     2003-2003   37    81   14   20   5   0   3   13   11   24  .247  .333  .420    0   0 Nov 05
 Haywood Sullivan    1955-1963  312   851   94  192  30   5  13   87  109  140  .226  .312  .318    2   0 Feb 12
 Jarvis Tatum        1968-1970  102   254   37   59   8   0   0    8   17   50  .232  .279  .264    1   1 Jan 06
 Pete Taylor         1952-1952    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Nov 17
 Johnny Welaj        1939-1943  293   793  115  198  40   3   4   74   53   73  .250  .298  .323   36  15 Sep 13
 Max West            1938-1948  824  2676  338  681 136  20  77  380  353  340  .254  .344  .407   19   0 Dec 31
 Jim Westlake        1955-1955    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jan 03
 Don Wheeler         1949-1949   67   192   17   46   9   2   1   22   27   19  .240  .333  .323    2   0 Dec 10
 Fuzz White          1940-1947    9    15    3    3   0   0   0    0    0    0  .200  .200  .200    0   0 Apr 24
 Dick Whitman        1946-1951  285   638   93  165  37   3   2   67   51   46  .259  .316  .335   10   0 Feb 12
 Grady Wilson        1948-1948   12    10    1    1   1   0   0    1    0    3  .100  .100  .200    0   0 Jul 23
 Chris Zachary       1963-1973  110    83    5   15   2   0   0    3    3   31  .181  .207  .205    0   0 Apr 19
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

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Pitch Glossary

 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Ed Albosta          1941-1946   0   8  .000  6.15   19   8   0   0   0   52.7   52   36   4   43   24 Jan 07
 Ralph Beard         1954-1954   0   4  .000  3.72   13  10   0   0   0   58.0   62   24   2   28   17 Feb 10
 Steve Bechler       2002-2002   0   0       13.50    3   0   0   0   0    4.7    6    7   3    4    3 Feb 17
 Charlie Bowles      1943-1945   1   4  .200  4.38   10   6   3   0   0   51.3   52   25   3   27   17 Dec 23
 Ken Brett           1967-1981  83  85  .494  3.93  349 184  51   8  11 1526.3 1490  666 127  562  807 Nov 18
 Jack Brewer         1944-1946   9  10  .474  4.36   43  28  10   0   0  216.7  231  105  22   76   73 Nov 30
 Jack Bruner         1949-1950   2   4  .333  4.91   26   3   0   0   1   55.0   53   30   4   45   28 Jun 24
 Wally Burnette      1956-1958  14  21  .400  3.56   68  27   5   1   1  262.7  259  104  23   97  122 Feb 12
 Ed Chandler         1947-1947   0   1  .000  6.37   15   1   0   0   1   29.7   31   21   7   12    8 Jul 06
 Slick Coffman       1937-1940  15  12  .556  5.60  121  16   3   0   3  313.7  400  195  23  132   89 May 08
 Al Corwin           1951-1955  18  10  .643  3.98  117  22   6   2   5  289.3  289  128  36  156  142 Oct 23
 Dave DeBusschere    1962-1963   3   4  .429  2.90   36  10   1   1   0  102.3   85   33  10   57   61 May 14
 Joe Decker          1969-1979  36  44  .450  4.17  152 105  19   4   0  710.0  702  329  58  377  458 Mar 02
 Charlie Devens      1932-1934   5   3  .625  3.73   16  10   4   0   0   82.0   74   34   1   62   31 Aug 13
 Harry Eisenstat     1935-1942  25  27  .481  3.84  165  32  11   1  14  478.7  550  204  30  114  157 Mar 21
 Al Epperly          1938-1950   2   0 1.000  4.00   14   4   1   0   0   36.0   42   16   2   20   13 Apr 14
 Hilly Flitcraft     1942-1942   0   0        8.10    3   0   0   0   0    3.3    6    3   0    2    1 Apr 02
 Greg Garrett        1970-1971   5   7  .417  2.48   34   8   0   0   0   83.3   55   23   6   54   55 Jun 07
 Harley Grossman     1952-1952   0   0       54.00    1   0   0   0   0    0.3    2    2   1    0    0 Sep 05
 Red Hardy           1951-1951   0   0        6.75    2   0   0   0   0    1.3    4    1   0    1    0 Aug 15
 Lefty Hayden        1958-1958   0   0        4.91    3   0   0   0   0    3.7    5    2   0    1    3 Jun 13
 Art Houtteman       1945-1957  87  91  .489  4.14  325 181  78  14  20 1555.0 1646  715 136  516  639 May 06
 Bob Kammeyer        1978-1979   0   0        9.14    8   0   0   0   0   21.7   31   22   3    6   11 Jan 27
 Harry Kinzy         1934-1934   0   1  .000  4.98   13   2   1   0   0   34.3   38   19   1   31   12 Jun 22
 Johnny Klippstein   1950-1967 101 118  .461  4.24  711 161  37   6  66 1967.7 1915  927 203  978 1158 Oct 10
 Al Libke            1945-1946   0   0        1.93    5   1   0   0   0    9.3    7    2   0    6    4 Mar 07
 Phil McCullough     1942-1942   0   0        6.00    1   0   0   0   0    3.0    5    2   0    2    2 Jan 16
 Mickey McDermott    1948-1961  69  69  .500  3.91  291 156  54  11  14 1316.7 1161  572  87  838  757 Aug 07
 Mickey McGowan      1948-1948   0   0        7.36    3   0   0   0   0    3.7    3    3   1    4    2 Mar 08
 Norm McRae          1969-1970   0   0        3.15   22   0   0   0   0   34.3   28   12   1   26   19 Jul 25
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Jim Mertz           1943-1943   5   7  .417  4.63   33  10   2   0   3  116.7  109   60   7   58   53 Feb 04
 Bill Miller         1952-1955   6   9  .400  4.24   41  18   5   2   1  131.7  136   62   7   79   72 Jul 01
 Rinty Monahan       1953-1953   0   0        4.22    4   0   0   0   0   10.7   11    5   0    7    2 Jul 27
 Joe Ostrowski       1948-1952  23  25  .479  4.54  150  37  12   0  15  455.7  559  230  44   98  131 Jan 03
 Claude Passeau      1935-1947 162 150  .519  3.32  444 331 188  26  21 2719.7 2856 1003 105  728 1104 Aug 30
 Ribs Raney          1949-1950   1   3  .250  7.36    4   3   1   0   0   18.3   25   15   2   14    7 Jul 07
 Ernie Rudolph       1945-1945   1   0 1.000  5.19    7   0   0   0   0    8.7   12    5   1    7    3 Jan 13
 Pete Sivess         1936-1938   7  11  .389  5.38   62  16   5   0   3  204.0  257  122  23  116   58 Jun 01
 Lefty Sloat         1948-1949   0   1  .000  6.61    9   2   0   0   0   16.3   21   12   0   11    4 Apr 18
 Bob Smith           1958-1959   4   4  .500  4.75   30  10   1   0   0   96.7   97   51   6   59   60 Jun 23
 Warren Spahn        1942-1965 363 245  .597  3.09  750 665 382  63  29 5243.7 4830 1798 434 1434 2583 Nov 24
 Pete Taylor         1952-1952   0   0       13.50    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    3   0    3    0 Nov 17
 Chris Zachary       1963-1973  10  29  .256  4.57  108  40   1   1   2  321.3  344  163  22  122  184 Apr 19
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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