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Batting Glossary

 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Bill Abernathie     1952-1952    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Feb 19
 Ace Adams           1941-1946  302    99    9   12   0   0   0    2    6   14  .121  .171  .121    0   0 Feb 26
 Elden Auker         1933-1942  356   700   73  131  15   9   6   72   41  232  .187  .234  .260    2   0 Aug 04
 Bill Baker          1940-1949  263   588   45  145  25   5   2   68   68   30  .247  .328  .316    6   0 Apr 13
 Jack Banta          1947-1950   69    61    3    7   1   0   0    3    4   11  .115  .169  .131    0   0 Sep 17
 Dave Bartosch       1945-1945   24    47    9   12   1   0   0    1    6    3  .255  .340  .277    0   0 Apr 30
 Victor Bernal       1977-1977   15     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 02
 Marv Breeding       1960-1963  415  1268  154  317  50   5   7   92   66  180  .250  .288  .314   19   9 Dec 31
 Chris Brown         1984-1989  449  1523  164  410  61   6  38  184  120  252  .269  .333  .392   21  17 Dec 26
 Sam Calderone       1950-1954   91   141   16   41   5   0   1   25    7   13  .291  .322  .348    0   0 Nov 28
 Johnny Callison     1958-1973 1886  6652  926 1757 321  89 226  840  650 1064  .264  .331  .441   74  51 Oct 12
 Paul Campbell       1941-1950  204   380   61   97  17   5   4   41   28   54  .255  .308  .358    4   3 Jun 22
 Frank Campos        1951-1953   71   147   13   41   9   2   0   13    2   14  .279  .298  .367    0   0 Jan 28
 Sol Carter          1931-1931    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Dec 23
 Sam Chapman         1938-1951 1368  4988  754 1329 210  52 180  773  562  682  .266  .342  .438   41  38 Dec 22
 Merv Connors        1937-1938   52   165   26   46   8   1   8   25   23   36  .279  .367  .485    2   1 Jan 08
 Tony Curry          1960-1966  129   297   33   73  16   2   6   40   20   69  .246  .295  .374    0   2 Oct 16
 Jerry Dahlke        1956-1956    5     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 02
 Ted Davidson        1965-1968  114    31    1    0   0   0   0    0    1   19  .000  .031  .000    0   0 Sep 01
 Rod Dedeaux         1935-1935    2     4    0    1   0   0   0    1    0    0  .250  .250  .250    0   0 Jan 05
 Garton Del Savio    1943-1943    4    11    0    1   0   0   0    0    1    0  .091  .167  .091    0   0 Nov 09
 Jim Delsing         1948-1960  822  2461  322  627 112  21  40  286  299  251  .255  .339  .366   15  23 May 04
 Con Dempsey         1951-1951    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 05
 Pat Dobson          1967-1977  414   317   13   39   4   0   0   12   11  102  .123  .155  .136    0   1 Nov 22
 Moe Drabowsky       1956-1972  591   420   24   68  10   0   3   29   13  160  .162  .189  .207    0   0 Jun 10
 George Eyrich       1943-1943    9     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun 25
 Dutch Fehring       1934-1934    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 13
 Angel Fleitas       1948-1948   15    13    1    1   0   0   0    1    3    5  .077  .250  .077    0   2 Jul 10
 Bill Fleming        1940-1946  124   125    8   13   3   0   0    7    3   23  .104  .125  .128    0   0 Jun 04
 Mark Freeman        1959-1960   34    22    2    3   0   0   0    1    1   10  .136  .174  .136    0   0 Feb 21
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Stan Galle          1942-1942   13    18    3    2   0   0   0    1    1    0  .111  .158  .111    0   0 Jan 28
 Al Gardella         1945-1945   16    26    2    2   0   0   0    1    4    3  .077  .226  .077    0   0 Sep 10
 Bill Graham         1966-1967    6     8    0    1   0   0   0    1    0    2  .125  .125  .125    0   0 Oct 26
 Howdy Groskloss     1930-1932   72   184   14   48   7   2   0   21   11   19  .261  .303  .321    1   0 Jul 15
 Chet Hajduk         1941-1941    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 04
 Irv Hall            1943-1946  508  1904  178  496  58  19   0  168   97  148  .261  .302  .311   16  23 Dec 12
 Red Hayworth        1944-1945  146   430   27   91  15   1   1   42   17   19  .212  .243  .258    0   2 Nov 02
 Al Heist            1960-1962  177   495   63  126  20   6   8   46   52   72  .255  .327  .368    6   4 Oct 02
 Billy Hitchcock     1942-1953  703  2249  231  547  67  22   5  257  206  230  .243  .310  .299   15  11 Apr 09
 Steve Howe          1980-1996  497    27    2    2   0   0   0    0    2   10  .074  .138  .074    0   0 Apr 28
 Jeff James          1968-1969   35    44    0    6   0   0   0    2    0   20  .136  .136  .136    0   0 May 07
 Billy Johnson       1943-1953  964  3253  419  882 141  33  61  487  347  290  .271  .346  .391   13  11 Jun 20
 Rankin Johnson      1941-1941    7     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Feb 11
 Ron Jones           1988-1991   97   239   27   65  10   1  13   40   22   33  .272  .330  .485    1   1 Jun 04
 Walt Kellner        1952-1953    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun 19
 Buddy Kerr          1943-1951 1067  3631  378  903 145  25  31  333  324  280  .249  .312  .328   38   0 Nov 07
 Thornton Kipper     1953-1955   55    16    0    2   0   0   0    1    0    9  .125  .125  .125    0   0 Mar 29
 Billy Klaus         1952-1963  821  2513  357  626 106  15  40  250  331  285  .249  .335  .351   14   7 Dec 03
 Joe Koppe           1958-1965  578  1606  202  379  61  12  19  141  209  345  .236  .324  .324   16  13 Sep 27
 Craig Kusick        1973-1979  497  1238  155  291  50   3  46  171  194  228  .235  .342  .392   11   4 Sep 27
 Jim Lemon           1950-1963 1010  3445  446  901 121  35 164  529  363  787  .262  .332  .460   13  18 May 14
 Cory Lidle          1997-2006  156   170   10   22   4   1   1    8    9   87  .129  .173  .182    0   0 Oct 11
 Paul Lindblad       1965-1978  657   133    6   26   6   0   1    6    2   35  .195  .206  .263    0   0 Jan 01
 Royce Lint          1954-1954   31    10    1    1   1   0   0    2    6    3  .100  .438  .200    1   0 Apr 03
 Eddie Malone        1949-1950   86   241   19   62   9   2   1   26   39   27  .257  .361  .324    2   1 Jun 01
 Fred Marsh          1949-1956  465  1236  148  296  43   8  10   96  125  171  .239  .310  .311   13  14 Oct 26
 Carlos Martinez     1988-1995  465  1485  145  383  63   6  25  161   74  209  .258  .293  .359   10  10 Jan 24
 Eddie Mayo          1936-1948  834  3013  350  759 119  16  26  287  257  175  .252  .313  .328   29  38 Nov 27
 William Metzig      1944-1944    5    16    1    2   0   0   0    1    1    4  .125  .176  .125    0   0 Mar 12
 Pete Mikkelsen      1964-1972  364    83    4   11   0   0   0    2    4   49  .133  .172  .133    0   0 Nov 29
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Paul Minner         1946-1956  265   447   46   98  19   4   6   43   33  101  .219  .271  .320    0   0 Mar 28
 Seth Morehead       1957-1961  132    62    3    9   2   0   0    3    3   26  .145  .185  .177    0   0 Jan 17
 Bubba Morton        1961-1969  451   928  117  248  37   8  14  128  111  143  .267  .351  .370    7   7 Jan 14
 Gordie Mueller      1950-1950    8     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 07
 Ivan Murrell        1963-1974  564  1306  126  308  41  15  33  123   44  342  .236  .265  .366   20  13 Oct 08
 Rocky Nelson        1949-1961  620  1394  186  347  61  14  31  173  130   94  .249  .317  .379    7   3 Oct 31
 Joe Niekro          1967-1988  706   973   55  152  26   1   1   72   38  262  .156  .188  .188    1   0 Oct 27
 Ernie Oravetz       1955-1956  188   400   44  105   8   3   0   36   53   39  .263  .348  .298    2   2 Dec 03
 Jimmy Outlaw        1937-1949  650  1974  257  529  79  17   6  184  188  176  .268  .333  .334   24  21 Apr 09
 Eddie Pellagrini    1946-1954  563  1423  167  321  42  13  20  133  128  201  .226  .295  .316   13   7 Oct 11
 Paul Penson         1954-1954    5     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May 03
 Buddy Peterson      1955-1957   13    38    8    9   3   0   0    2    5    3  .237  .341  .316    0   0 Sep 19
 Bill Pierro         1950-1950   13     9    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    6  .222  .222  .222    0   0 Apr 01
 Ray Poole           1941-1947   15    15    1    3   0   0   0    1    1    5  .200  .250  .200    0   0 Mar 01
 Kirby Puckett       1984-1995 1783  7244 1071 2304 414  57 207 1085  450  965  .318  .360  .477  134  76 Mar 06
 Billy Queen         1954-1954    3     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 23
 Jack Radtke         1936-1936   33    31    8    3   0   0   0    2    4    9  .097  .200  .097    3   0 Oct 24
 Bob Repass          1939-1942   84   265   30   64  12   1   2   24   33   32  .242  .328  .317    6   1 Jan 16
 Dino Restelli       1949-1951   93   270   42   65  12   0  13   43   37   30  .241  .341  .430    3   0 Aug 08
 Johnny Sain         1942-1955  433   774   69  190  28   4   3  101   24   20  .245  .270  .304    0   0 Nov 07
 Larry Sherry        1958-1968  416   148    7   25   1   3   3    9    7   37  .169  .212  .277    0   0 Dec 17
 Sibby Sisti         1939-1954 1016  2999  401  732 121  19  27  260  283  440  .244  .313  .324   30   5 Apr 24
 Willie Smith        1963-1971  691  1654  171  410  63  21  46  211  107  284  .248  .295  .395   20  16 Jan 16
 Pete Suder          1941-1955 1421  5085  469 1268 210  44  49  541  288  456  .249  .290  .337   19  28 Nov 14
 Russ Swan           1989-1994  168     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 26
 Junior Thompson     1939-1947  185   200   13   45   8   1   0   18    6   52  .225  .248  .275    0   0 Aug 24
 Cecil Travis        1933-1947 1328  4914  665 1544 265  78  27  657  402  291  .314  .370  .416   23  32 Dec 16
 Jack Urban          1957-1959   76    86    3   18   1   0   0    7    2   22  .209  .236  .221    2   0 Jun 26
 Jose Uribe          1984-1993 1038  3064  307  738  99  34  19  219  256  425  .241  .300  .314   74  46 Dec 08
 Clyde Vollmer       1942-1954  685  2021  283  508  77  10  69  339  243  328  .251  .335  .402    7   6 Oct 02
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Jake Wade           1936-1946  171   216   14   36   2   0   0    7   12   81  .167  .214  .176    0   0 Feb 01
 Charlie Wagner      1938-1946  103   170   14   20   1   0   0    8    5   47  .118  .143  .124    0   0 Aug 31
 Leo Wells           1942-1946   80   189   19   36   6   1   2   15   16   39  .190  .254  .265    4   4 Jun 23
 Junior Wooten       1947-1948   94   282   34   68   8   3   1   24   24   25  .241  .305  .301    3   1 Aug 12
 Chink Zachary       1944-1944    4     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun 24
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

95 Players

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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
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Bill Abernathie     1952-1952   0   0       13.50    1   0   0   0   1    2.0    4    3   1    1    0 Feb 19
 Ace Adams           1941-1946  41  33  .554  3.47  302   7   2   0  49  552.7  541  213  26  224  171 Feb 26
 Elden Auker         1933-1942 130 101  .563  4.42  333 261 126  14   2 1963.3 2230  964 129  706  594 Aug 04
 Jack Banta          1947-1950  14  12  .538  3.78   69  19   3   1   5  204.7  176   86  15  113  116 Sep 17
 Victor Bernal       1977-1977   1   1  .500  5.31   15   0   0   0   0   20.3   23   12   4    9    6 Sep 02
 Sol Carter          1931-1931   0   0       19.29    2   0   0   0   0    2.3    1    5   0    4    1 Dec 23
 Jerry Dahlke        1956-1956   0   0       19.29    5   0   0   0   0    2.3    5    5   0    6    1 Sep 02
 Ted Davidson        1965-1968  11   7  .611  3.69  114   1   0   0   5  195.3  189   80  21   54  124 Sep 01
 Con Dempsey         1951-1951   0   2  .000  9.00    3   2   0   0   0    7.0   11    7   2    4    3 Aug 05
 Pat Dobson          1967-1977 122 129  .486  3.54  414 279  74  14  19 2120.3 2043  833 197  665 1301 Nov 22
 Moe Drabowsky       1956-1972  88 105  .456  3.71  589 154  33   6  55 1641.0 1441  676 182  702 1162 Jun 10
 George Eyrich       1943-1943   0   0        3.38    9   0   0   0   0   18.7   27    7   1    9    5 Jun 25
 Bill Fleming        1940-1946  16  21  .432  3.79  123  40  14   3   3  442.0  443  186  27  193  167 Jun 04
 Mark Freeman        1959-1960   3   3  .500  5.56   34   9   1   0   1   87.3   82   54  10   38   55 Feb 21
 Bill Graham         1966-1967   1   2  .333  2.45    6   3   1   0   0   29.3   22    8   3   11   16 Oct 26
 Steve Howe          1980-1996  47  41  .534  3.03  497   0   0   0  91  606.0  586  204  32  139  328 Apr 28
 Jeff James          1968-1969   6   6  .500  4.51   35  18   2   1   0  147.7  148   74  13   60  104 May 07
 Rankin Johnson      1941-1941   1   0 1.000  3.60    7   0   0   0   0   10.0   14    4   0    3    0 Feb 11
 Walt Kellner        1952-1953   0   0        6.43    3   0   0   0   1    7.0    5    5   0    7    6 Jun 19
 Thornton Kipper     1953-1955   3   4  .429  5.27   55   3   0   0   1   99.0  128   58  12   46   35 Mar 29
 Craig Kusick        1979-1979   0   0        4.91    1   0   0   0   0    3.7    3    2   1    0    0 Sep 27
 Cory Lidle          1997-2006  82  72  .532  4.57  277 199  11   5   2 1322.7 1400  671 159  356  838 Oct 11
 Paul Lindblad       1965-1978  68  63  .519  3.29  655  32   1   1  64 1213.7 1157  443 112  384  671 Jan 01
 Royce Lint          1954-1954   2   3  .400  4.86   30   4   1   1   0   70.3   75   38   9   30   36 Apr 03
 Pete Mikkelsen      1964-1972  45  40  .529  3.38  364   3   0   0  49  653.3  576  245  59  250  436 Nov 29
 Paul Minner         1946-1956  69  84  .451  3.94  253 169  64   9  10 1310.3 1428  574 122  393  481 Mar 28
 Seth Morehead       1957-1961   5  19  .208  4.81  132  24   3   0   5  318.3  357  170  34  110  184 Jan 17
 Gordie Mueller      1950-1950   0   0       10.29    8   0   0   0   0    7.0   11    8   1   13    1 Sep 07
 Joe Niekro          1967-1988 221 204  .520  3.59  702 500 107  29  16 3584.0 3466 1431 276 1262 1747 Oct 27
 Paul Penson         1954-1954   1   1  .500  4.50    5   3   0   0   0   16.0   14    8   1   14    3 May 03
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Bill Pierro         1950-1950   0   2  .000 10.55   12   3   0   0   0   29.0   33   34   2   28   13 Apr 01
 Johnny Sain         1942-1955 139 116  .545  3.49  412 245 140  16  51 2125.7 2145  824 180  619  910 Nov 07
 Larry Sherry        1958-1968  53  44  .546  3.67  416  16   2   1  82  799.3  747  326  78  374  606 Dec 17
 Willie Smith        1963-1968   2   4  .333  3.10   29   3   0   0   2   61.0   60   21   7   24   39 Jan 16
 Russ Swan           1989-1994  14  22  .389  4.83  168  20   1   0  11  266.7  282  143  26  124  108 Apr 26
 Junior Thompson     1939-1947  47  35  .573  3.26  185  68  27   6   7  686.7  602  249  35  328  315 Aug 24
 Jack Urban          1957-1959  15  15  .500  4.83   69  37   8   1   1  272.0  279  146  25  103  113 Jun 26
 Jake Wade           1936-1946  27  40  .403  5.00  171  71  20   3   3  668.3  690  371  42  440  291 Feb 01
 Charlie Wagner      1938-1946  32  23  .582  3.91  100  67  30   5   0  527.7  532  229  38  245  157 Aug 31
 Junior Wooten       1948-1948   0   0        9.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    2   0    2    1 Aug 12
 Chink Zachary       1944-1944   0   2  .000  9.58    4   2   0   0   0   10.3   10   11   2    7    3 Jun 24
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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