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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Jerry Adair 1958-1970 1165 4019 378 1022 163 19 57 366 208 499 .254 .292 .347 29 29 1987-05-31 Tulsa Mike Balenti 1911-1913 78 219 19 40 2 4 0 11 6 33 .183 .208 .228 6 0 1955-08-04 Altus John Bateman 1963-1972 1017 3330 250 765 123 18 81 375 172 610 .230 .271 .350 10 10 1996-12-03 Sand Springs Ted Blankenship 1922-1930 242 475 49 93 18 7 9 55 21 109 .196 .231 .320 0 0 1945-01-14 Atoka Cy Blanton 1934-1942 202 428 22 66 4 0 0 26 23 98 .154 .197 .164 0 0 1945-09-13 Norman Jack Bradley 1916-1916 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1969-03-18 Tulsa Harry Brecheen 1940-1953 321 673 48 129 13 5 2 44 45 121 .192 .247 .235 0 0 2004-01-17 Bethany Bill Breckinridge 1929-1929 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1958-08-23 Tulsa Ernie Burch 1884-1887 194 768 134 200 30 10 4 105 73 24 .260 .328 .341 31 0 1892-10-12 Guthrie Dennis Burns 1923-1924 41 51 1 7 0 0 0 3 5 15 .137 .214 .137 0 0 1969-05-21 Tulsa Guy Cantrell 1925-1930 38 27 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 .074 .107 .074 0 0 1961-01-31 McAlester Uke Clanton 1922-1922 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1960-02-24 Antlers Chuck Corgan 1925-1927 33 104 7 23 2 1 0 1 7 13 .221 .270 .260 0 0 1928-06-13 Wagoner Cal Crum 1917-1918 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1945-12-07 Tulsa Peaches Davis 1936-1939 117 185 10 33 2 0 0 8 3 21 .178 .191 .189 0 0 1995-04-28 Duncan Walt Dickson 1910-1915 134 223 16 30 1 0 0 8 14 49 .135 .189 .139 1 0 1918-12-09 Ardmore Ona Dodd 1912-1912 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .000 .100 .000 0 0 1956-12-17 Carter Cal Dorsett 1940-1947 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1970-10-22 Elk City Danny Doyle 1943-1943 13 43 2 9 1 0 0 6 7 9 .209 .320 .233 0 1 2004-12-14 Stillwater Vallie Eaves 1935-1942 24 35 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 12 .114 .114 .114 0 0 1960-04-19 Norman Charlie Emig 1896-1896 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1975-10-02 Oklahoma City Rube Foster 1913-1917 150 270 19 58 13 0 1 19 16 59 .215 .259 .274 1 0 1976-03-01 Bokoshe Liz Funk 1929-1933 273 976 134 261 47 16 6 105 73 58 .267 .322 .367 29 21 1968-01-16 Norman Howie Gregory 1911-1911 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1970-05-30 Tulsa Denver Grigsby 1923-1925 199 620 86 179 28 4 3 73 57 64 .289 .355 .361 12 23 1973-11-10 Sapulpa John Hall 1948-1948 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1995-01-17 Midwest City Joe Hassler 1928-1930 37 46 9 11 2 0 0 4 2 7 .239 .271 .283 0 1 1971-09-04 Duncan Al Heist 1960-1962 177 495 63 126 20 6 8 46 52 72 .255 .327 .368 6 4 2006-10-02 Tahlequah Paul Hinson 1928-1928 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1960-09-23 Muskogee George Hogan 1914-1914 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1922-02-22 Bartlesville +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Earl Huckleberry 1935-1935 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 0 0 1999-02-25 Seminole Harry Huston 1906-1906 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 0 0 1969-10-13 Blackwell Roy Jarvis 1944-1947 21 50 4 8 1 0 1 4 7 7 .160 .263 .240 0 0 1990-01-13 Oklahoma City Ike Kahdot 1922-1922 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1999-03-31 Oklahoma City Frank Kellert 1953-1956 122 247 25 57 9 3 8 37 26 36 .231 .301 .389 0 1 1976-11-19 Oklahoma City Gus Ketchum 1922-1922 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1980-09-06 Oklahoma City Jack Killilay 1911-1911 14 24 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 .042 .115 .083 0 0 1968-10-21 Tulsa Chad Kimsey 1929-1936 227 206 30 58 9 2 6 26 16 53 .282 .336 .432 2 0 1942-12-03 Pryor Ed Klepfer 1911-1919 98 125 7 6 0 0 0 4 11 46 .048 .131 .048 0 0 1950-08-09 Tulsa Cliff Mapes 1948-1952 459 1193 199 289 55 13 38 172 168 213 .242 .338 .406 8 9 1996-12-05 Pryor Pepper Martin 1928-1944 1189 4117 754 1227 270 75 59 501 369 438 .298 .358 .443 146 0 1965-03-05 McAlester Von McDaniel 1957-1958 19 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1995-08-20 Lawton Bill McGill 1907-1907 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1959-08-07 Alva Dale Mitchell 1946-1956 1127 3984 555 1244 169 61 41 403 346 119 .312 .368 .416 45 47 1987-01-05 Tulsa Euel Moore 1934-1936 61 81 7 15 0 0 0 6 1 18 .185 .195 .185 0 0 1989-02-12 Tishomingo Wilcy Moore 1927-1933 261 205 9 21 1 0 1 4 6 97 .102 .128 .122 0 0 1963-03-29 Hollis Carl Morton 1969-1976 266 551 44 86 11 1 7 42 30 178 .156 .201 .218 2 0 1983-04-12 Tulsa Jim Oglesby 1936-1936 3 11 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 .182 .308 .182 0 0 1955-09-01 Tulsa Fred Olmstead 1908-1911 66 124 4 19 1 2 0 5 5 0 .153 .186 .194 0 0 1936-10-22 Muskogee Eddie Palmer 1917-1917 16 52 7 11 1 0 0 5 7 7 .212 .305 .231 1 0 1983-01-09 Marlow Roy Parker 1919-1919 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1954-05-17 Tulsa Ned Pettigrew 1914-1914 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1952-08-20 Duncan Jennings Poindexter 1936-1939 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .143 .143 .143 0 0 1983-03-03 Norman Rip Radcliff 1934-1943 1081 4074 598 1267 205 50 42 533 310 141 .311 .362 .417 40 30 1962-05-23 Enid Tony Rego 1924-1925 44 91 10 26 3 1 0 8 4 5 .286 .323 .341 0 0 1978-01-06 Tulsa Doc Reisling 1904-1910 52 98 5 18 6 0 0 11 7 0 .184 .252 .245 0 0 1955-03-04 Tulsa Allie Reynolds 1942-1954 475 857 56 140 19 4 1 79 61 186 .163 .223 .198 1 0 1994-12-26 Oklahoma City Bill Reynolds 1913-1914 9 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 0 0 1924-06-05 Carnegie Ross Reynolds 1914-1915 30 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 .042 .042 .042 0 0 1970-06-23 Ada Red Schillings 1922-1922 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1954-01-07 Oklahoma City +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Willard Schmidt 1952-1959 194 153 10 25 2 0 0 7 4 52 .163 .205 .176 0 0 2007-03-22 Newcastle Bob Seeds 1930-1940 615 1937 268 537 77 21 28 233 160 190 .277 .336 .382 14 15 1993-10-28 Erick Jim Shilling 1939-1939 42 131 11 37 8 5 0 16 8 13 .282 .324 .420 1 0 1986-09-12 Tulsa Bill Shores 1928-1936 96 121 12 21 1 0 0 6 10 46 .174 .237 .182 0 0 1984-02-19 Purcell Bruce Sloan 1944-1944 59 104 7 28 4 1 1 9 13 8 .269 .350 .356 0 0 1973-09-24 Oklahoma City Warren Spahn 1942-1965 783 1872 141 363 57 6 35 189 94 487 .194 .234 .287 4 2 2003-11-24 Broken Arrow Milt Steengrafe 1924-1926 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1977-06-02 Oklahoma City Dick Stone 1945-1945 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1980-02-18 Oklahoma City John Stoneham 1933-1933 10 25 4 3 0 0 1 3 2 2 .120 .185 .240 0 0 2004-01-01 Owasso Lil Stoner 1922-1931 230 338 24 58 15 1 2 31 15 63 .172 .211 .240 1 1 1966-06-26 Enid Tommy Tatum 1941-1947 81 194 20 50 6 2 1 17 17 20 .258 .318 .325 7 0 1989-11-07 Oklahoma City Ben Taylor 1951-1955 52 121 16 28 2 1 3 6 11 31 .231 .306 .339 1 1 1999-05-11 Alma Claude Thomas 1916-1916 7 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 .100 .100 .100 0 0 1946-03-06 Sulphur Ben Tincup 1914-1928 56 74 4 10 2 1 0 1 0 25 .135 .135 .189 0 0 1980-07-05 Claremore Thurman Tucker 1942-1951 701 2231 325 570 79 24 9 179 291 237 .255 .342 .325 77 47 1993-05-07 Oklahoma City Jim Walkup 1927-1927 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1990-06-12 Duncan Lloyd Waner 1927-1945 1993 7772 1201 2459 281 118 27 598 420 173 .316 .353 .393 67 0 1982-07-22 Oklahoma City Bennie Warren 1939-1947 377 989 97 217 26 7 33 104 129 177 .219 .313 .360 1 0 1994-05-11 Oklahoma City Tommy Warren 1944-1944 41 43 1 11 0 0 0 2 2 7 .256 .289 .256 0 0 1968-01-02 Tulsa Charlie Wheatley 1912-1912 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1982-12-10 Tulsa Al Widmar 1947-1952 114 107 4 18 4 0 0 7 7 37 .168 .219 .206 0 0 2005-10-15 Tulsa Hugh Willingham 1930-1933 31 42 7 10 2 1 1 3 4 10 .238 .304 .405 0 0 1988-06-15 ElReno Jim Winford 1932-1938 68 74 3 8 1 0 0 1 8 26 .108 .195 .122 0 0 1970-12-16 Miami Ab Wright 1935-1944 138 355 37 88 20 1 9 53 28 48 .248 .310 .386 2 1 1995-05-23 Muskogee Chief Yellow Horse 1921-1922 38 36 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 .167 .189 .167 0 0 1964-04-10 Pawnee +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Ted Blankenship 1922-1930 77 79 .494 4.29 241 156 73 8 4 1330.7 1462 634 63 489 378 1945-01-14 Atoka Cy Blanton 1934-1942 68 71 .489 3.55 202 167 75 14 4 1218.3 1243 481 64 337 611 1945-09-13 Norman Harry Brecheen 1940-1953 133 92 .591 2.92 318 240 125 25 18 1907.7 1731 618 117 536 901 2004-01-17 Bethany Bill Breckinridge 1929-1929 0 0 8.10 3 1 0 0 0 10.0 10 9 0 16 2 1958-08-23 Tulsa Dennis Burns 1923-1924 8 9 .471 4.62 41 20 9 0 1 181.0 212 93 4 75 34 1969-05-21 Tulsa Guy Cantrell 1925-1930 2 7 .222 4.27 38 7 4 0 0 99.0 115 47 5 47 45 1961-01-31 McAlester Cal Crum 1917-1918 0 1 .000 10.80 2 1 0 0 0 3.3 7 4 0 4 0 1945-12-07 Tulsa Peaches Davis 1936-1939 27 33 .450 3.87 117 58 27 2 11 542.0 627 233 26 138 123 1995-04-28 Duncan Walt Dickson 1910-1915 26 50 .342 3.60 134 79 40 4 2 700.0 759 280 17 222 202 1918-12-09 Ardmore Cal Dorsett 1940-1947 0 1 .000 11.85 8 2 0 0 0 13.7 25 18 2 13 6 1970-10-22 Elk City Vallie Eaves 1935-1942 4 8 .333 4.58 24 14 6 0 0 106.0 105 54 7 70 46 1960-04-19 Norman Charlie Emig 1896-1896 0 1 .000 7.88 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 12 7 1 7 1 1975-10-02 Oklahoma City Rube Foster 1913-1917 58 33 .637 2.36 138 103 60 15 3 842.3 726 221 6 305 294 1976-03-01 Bokoshe Howie Gregory 1911-1911 0 1 .000 5.14 3 1 0 0 0 7.0 11 4 0 4 1 1970-05-30 Tulsa John Hall 1948-1948 0 0 6.23 3 0 0 0 0 4.3 4 3 1 2 2 1995-01-17 Midwest City George Hogan 1914-1914 0 1 .000 4.15 4 1 0 0 0 13.0 12 6 1 7 7 1922-02-22 Bartlesville Earl Huckleberry 1935-1935 1 0 1.000 9.45 1 1 0 0 0 6.7 8 7 1 4 2 1999-02-25 Seminole Gus Ketchum 1922-1922 0 1 .000 5.63 6 0 0 0 0 16.0 19 10 2 8 4 1980-09-06 Oklahoma City Jack Killilay 1911-1911 4 2 .667 3.54 14 7 1 0 0 61.0 65 24 0 36 28 1968-10-21 Tulsa Chad Kimsey 1929-1936 24 29 .453 5.07 198 10 2 0 17 509.3 618 287 23 194 121 1942-12-03 Pryor Ed Klepfer 1911-1919 22 17 .564 2.81 98 50 16 1 3 447.7 457 140 3 137 165 1950-08-09 Tulsa Pepper Martin 1928-1944 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 0 2 0 1965-03-05 McAlester Von McDaniel 1957-1958 7 5 .583 3.45 19 14 4 2 0 88.7 76 34 7 36 45 1995-08-20 Lawton Bill McGill 1907-1907 1 0 1.000 3.44 2 2 1 0 0 18.3 22 7 0 2 8 1959-08-07 Alva Euel Moore 1934-1936 9 16 .360 5.48 61 29 5 0 3 225.0 293 137 18 77 75 1989-02-12 Tishomingo Wilcy Moore 1927-1933 51 44 .537 3.70 261 32 14 2 49 691.0 732 284 25 232 204 1963-03-29 Hollis Carl Morton 1969-1976 87 92 .486 3.73 255 242 51 13 1 1648.7 1753 684 120 565 650 1983-04-12 Tulsa Fred Olmstead 1908-1911 19 20 .487 2.74 66 37 26 5 2 358.7 378 109 5 93 135 1936-10-22 Muskogee Roy Parker 1919-1919 0 0 31.50 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 7 0 1 0 1954-05-17 Tulsa Jennings Poindexter 1936-1939 0 2 .000 4.83 14 4 0 0 0 41.0 42 22 0 31 14 1983-03-03 Norman +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Doc Reisling 1904-1910 15 19 .441 2.45 49 33 25 4 1 311.7 303 85 3 75 100 1955-03-04 Tulsa Allie Reynolds 1942-1954 182 107 .630 3.30 434 309 137 36 49 2492.3 2193 915 133 1261 1423 1994-12-26 Oklahoma City Ross Reynolds 1914-1915 5 4 .556 2.62 30 9 3 1 0 89.3 79 26 0 44 33 1970-06-23 Ada Red Schillings 1922-1922 0 0 6.75 4 0 0 0 0 8.0 10 6 1 11 4 1954-01-07 Oklahoma City Willard Schmidt 1952-1959 31 29 .517 3.93 194 55 11 1 2 586.3 563 256 57 278 323 2007-03-22 Newcastle Bill Shores 1928-1936 26 15 .634 4.17 96 39 14 2 7 395.3 425 183 28 168 129 1984-02-19 Purcell Warren Spahn 1942-1965 363 245 .597 3.09 750 665 382 63 29 5243.7 4830 1798 434 1434 2583 2003-11-24 Broken Arrow Milt Steengrafe 1924-1926 1 1 .500 5.11 16 1 0 0 0 44.0 58 25 1 23 13 1977-06-02 Oklahoma City Dick Stone 1945-1945 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 0 0 2 0 1980-02-18 Oklahoma City Lil Stoner 1922-1931 50 58 .463 4.76 229 111 45 1 14 1003.7 1180 531 62 374 299 1966-06-26 Enid Claude Thomas 1916-1916 1 2 .333 4.13 7 4 1 1 0 28.3 27 13 1 12 7 1946-03-06 Sulphur Ben Tincup 1914-1928 8 11 .421 3.10 48 18 9 3 2 211.7 229 73 1 78 127 1980-07-05 Claremore Jim Walkup 1927-1927 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 3 1 0 0 0 1990-06-12 Duncan Tommy Warren 1944-1944 1 4 .200 4.98 22 4 2 0 0 68.7 74 38 4 40 18 1968-01-02 Tulsa Charlie Wheatley 1912-1912 1 4 .200 6.17 5 5 2 0 0 35.0 45 24 1 17 14 1982-12-10 Tulsa Al Widmar 1947-1952 13 30 .302 5.21 114 42 12 1 5 388.3 461 225 41 176 143 2005-10-15 Tulsa Jim Winford 1932-1938 14 18 .438 4.56 68 31 10 1 3 276.3 307 140 14 115 107 1970-12-16 Miami Chief Yellow Horse 1921-1922 8 4 .667 3.93 38 9 3 0 1 126.0 137 55 1 33 43 1964-04-10 Pawnee +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
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+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+ Manager YR From To G W L WP BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date Place of Death +-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+ Mel McGaha 3 1962-1965 297 123 173 .416 6 10 0 0 0 2002-02-03 Tulsa +-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
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