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A total of 142 players have died in Tennessee

Batters Who Died in Tennessee

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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
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 Bill Akers          1929-1932  174   475   64  124  17   9  11   69   63   64  .261  .349  .404    7   6 1962-04-13 Chattanooga
 Dale Alexander      1929-1933  662  2450  369  811 164  30  61  459  248  197  .331  .394  .497   20  28 1979-03-02 Greeneville
 John Antonelli      1944-1945  135   528   50  133  28   2   1   29   24   29  .252  .287  .318    1   0 1990-04-18 Memphis
 Ed Bailey           1953-1966 1212  3581  432  915 128  15 155  540  545  577  .256  .355  .429   17  18 2007-03-23 Knoxville
 Bob Baird           1962-1963    8     6    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    2  .167  .167  .167    0   0 1974-04-11 Chattanooga
 Turner Barber       1915-1923  491  1531  189  442  47  21   2  185  115  112  .289  .343  .351   28  23 1968-10-20 Milan
 Dave Bartosch       1945-1945   24    47    9   12   1   0   0    1    6    3  .255  .340  .277    0   0 2006-04-30 Nashville
 Jim Baskette        1911-1913   35    47    5    8   1   1   0    3    6    0  .170  .291  .234    0   0 1942-07-30 Athens
 Johnny Beazley      1941-1949   76   120    9   18   3   2   0   13    5   55  .150  .184  .208    0   0 1990-04-21 Nashville
 Frank Bliss         1878-1878    2     8    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .125  .125  .125    0   0 1929-01-08 Nashville
 Joe Bokina          1936-1936    5     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1991-10-25 Chattanooga
 Bill Bolden         1919-1919    3     3    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .333  .333  .333    0   0 1966-12-08 Jefferson City
 Harley Boss         1928-1933  155   519   64  139  19   8   1   61   30   34  .268  .309  .341    2   5 1964-05-15 Nashville
 Mel Bosser          1945-1945    7     4    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1986-03-26 Crossville
 George Bradley      1946-1946    4    12    2    2   1   0   0    3    0    1  .167  .167  .250    0   0 1982-10-19 Lawrenceburg
 Tommy Bridges       1930-1946  424  1003   83  181  27   8   0   72   74  271  .180  .237  .223    0   0 1968-04-19 Nashville
 Ike Brown           1969-1974  280   536   85  137  15   4  20   65   90  130  .256  .364  .410    3   7 2001-05-17 Memphis
 Ken Burkhart        1945-1949  149   150   11   27   4   1   1   11    6   31  .180  .222  .240    0   0 2004-12-29 Knoxville
 Frank Callaway      1921-1922   43    98   12   25   1   3   0    8    2   24  .255  .277  .327    1   0 1987-08-21 Knoxville
 Charlie Carr        1898-1914  507  1950  185  492  68  32   6  240   71   47  .252  .280  .329   49   0 1932-11-25 Memphis
 Slick Castleman     1934-1939  123   207   18   28   3   0   2   12    9   67  .135  .171  .179    0   0 1998-03-02 Nashville
 Hardin Cathey       1942-1942   12     8    1    3   0   0   0    0    0    1  .375  .375  .375    0   0 1997-07-27 Nashville
 Dino Chiozza        1935-1935    2     0    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1972-04-23 Memphis
 Lou Chiozza         1934-1939  616  2288  303  633 107  22  14  197  145  165  .277  .324  .361   45   0 1971-02-28 Memphis
 Sumpter Clarke      1920-1924   37   110   17   25   6   1   0   11    6   13  .227  .267  .300    0   0 1962-03-16 Knoxville
 Fritz Clausen       1892-1896   42   136    8   20   1   0   0    5    7   14  .147  .194  .154    0   0 1960-02-11 Memphis
 Ed Cole             1938-1939   42    22    0    3   0   0   0    0    0    7  .136  .136  .136    0   0 1999-07-28 Nashville
 Orlin Collier       1931-1931    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1944-09-09 Memphis
 Wilson Collins      1913-1914   43    38    8   10   0   0   0    1    2    9  .263  .300  .263    0   0 1941-02-28 Knoxville
 Jim Constable       1956-1963   56    17    0    4   1   0   0    0    3    5  .235  .350  .294    0   0 2002-09-04 Johnson City
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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
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Doc Cook            1913-1916  288  1028  138  282  29   9   3   75  116  109  .274  .359  .329   56  50 1973-06-30 Lawrenceburg
 George Cunningham   1916-1921  162   210   27   47   6   3   1   13   36   67  .224  .337  .295    2   0 1972-03-10 Chattanooga
 Dory Dean           1876-1876   34   138    9   36   3   1   0    4    2   13  .261  .271  .297    0   0 1935-05-04 Nashville
 Hank DeBerry        1916-1930  648  1850  170  494  81  16  11  234  148  119  .267  .323  .346   13   5 1951-09-10 Savannah
 Gene DeMontreville  1894-1904  922  3615  537 1096 130  35  17  497  174   35  .303  .340  .373  228   0 1935-02-18 Memphis
 George Diehl        1942-1943    2     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1986-08-24 Kingsport
 Larry Douglas       1915-1915    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1949-11-04 Jellico
 Phil Douglas        1912-1922  299   559   34   90   8   2   2   35   11  115  .161  .180  .193    1   0 1952-08-01 Sequatchie
 Carl Doyle          1935-1940   51    82    8   16   3   1   1   10    5   32  .195  .241  .293    0   0 1951-09-04 Knoxville
 Kid Elberfeld       1898-1914 1292  4561  647 1235 169  56  10  535  427    4  .271  .355  .339  213   0 1944-01-13 Chattanooga
 Slim Embrey         1923-1923    1     0    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0       1.000          0   0 1947-10-10 Nashville
 Joe Engel           1912-1920  103   104    7    7   0   0   0    0   14   43  .067  .178  .067    0   0 1969-06-12 Chattanooga
 Kerby Farrell       1943-1945  188   676   55  177  25   4   0   55   40   33  .262  .303  .311    5   9 1975-12-17 Nashville
 Tom Ford            1890-1890   11    31    1    1   0   0   0    0    1    0  .032  .063  .032    1   0 1917-05-27 Chattanooga
 Charlie Frank       1893-1894  120   483   81  144  18  10   5   59   62   21  .298  .384  .408   22   0 1922-05-24 Memphis
 Howard Freigau      1922-1928  579  1974  224  537  99  25  15  226  138  161  .272  .322  .370   32  13 1932-07-18 Chattanooga
 Johnny Gill         1927-1936  118   322   39   79  17   1  10   45   23   43  .245  .306  .398    1   2 1984-12-26 Nashville
 Johnny Gooch        1921-1933  805  2363  227  662  98  29   7  293  206  141  .280  .342  .355   11   5 1975-05-15 Nashville
 Fred Graf           1913-1913    4     5    1    2   1   0   0    2    3    3  .400  .625  .600    0   0 1979-10-04 Chattanooga
 Tiny Graham         1914-1914   25    61    5   14   1   0   0    3    3   10  .230  .266  .246    1   0 1962-12-29 Nashville
 Ross Grimsley       1951-1951    7     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1994-02-06 Memphis
 Charlie Harding     1913-1913    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1971-10-30 Bold Spring
 Bill Harper         1911-1911    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1951-06-17 Somerville
 Harvey Hendrick     1923-1934  922  2910  434  896 157  46  48  413  239  243  .308  .364  .443   75   0 1941-10-29 Covington
 Jim Henry           1936-1939   34    36    3    3   0   1   0    1    3   13  .083  .154  .139    0   0 1976-08-15 Memphis
 Bob Higgins         1909-1912   13    35    1    5   0   0   0    2    1    1  .143  .167  .143    1   0 1941-05-25 Chattanooga
 Bert Hodge          1942-1942    8    11    0    2   0   0   0    0    1    0  .182  .250  .182    0   0 2001-01-08 Knoxville
 Bonnie Hollingsworth1922-1928   36    31    3    3   1   0   0    2    3   14  .097  .176  .129    0   0 1990-01-04 Knoxville
 Gene Host           1956-1957   12     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    4  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1998-08-20 Nashville
 Tony Jacobs         1948-1955    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1980-12-21 Nashville
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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
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Doc Johnston        1909-1922 1055  3774  478  992 154  68  14  381  264  292  .263  .319  .351  139  48 1961-02-17 Chattanooga
 Jimmy Johnston      1911-1926 1377  5070  754 1493 185  75  22  410  391  246  .294  .347  .374  169  83 1967-02-14 Chattanooga
 Claude Jonnard      1921-1929  137    90    5    5   1   1   0    4    5   49  .056  .105  .089    0   0 1959-08-27 Nashville
 Benn Karr           1920-1927  265   392   43   96  20   0   2   47   26   58  .245  .292  .311    3   0 1968-12-08 Memphis
 Jim Kelly           1914-1918  215   714   91  212  15  22   4   57   46   58  .297  .343  .396   42   0 1961-04-10 Kingsport
 Ellis Kinder        1946-1957  484   444   34   63   7   1   1   33   23  123  .142  .184  .169    0   1 1968-10-16 Jackson
 Mickey Kreitner     1943-1944   42    93    3   16   2   0   0    3    9   18  .172  .252  .194    0   0 2003-03-06 Nashville
 Guy Lacy            1926-1926   13    24    2    4   0   0   1    2    2    2  .167  .259  .292    0   0 1953-11-19 Cleveland
 Gene Lambert        1941-1942    3     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 2000-02-10 Germantown
 Hunter Lane         1924-1924    7    15    0    1   0   0   0    0    1    1  .067  .125  .067    0   0 1994-09-12 Memphis
 Jerry Lane          1953-1955   31    13    3    1   1   0   0    0    3    4  .077  .250  .154    0   0 1988-07-24 Chattanooga
 Dan Leahy           1896-1896    2     6    0    2   1   0   0    1    1    2  .333  .429  .500    0   0 1903-12-30 Knoxville
 Bill Lewis          1933-1936   50   101   20   33   3   0   1   11   15   11  .327  .414  .386    0   0 1977-10-24 Memphis
 Hod Lisenbee        1927-1945  207   301   16   51   3   1   0   17   18   98  .169  .219  .186    0   0 1987-11-14 Clarksville
 Slim Love           1913-1920  119   156   11   30   6   2   0    7    5   45  .192  .217  .256    0   0 1942-11-30 Memphis
 Red Lucas           1923-1938  907  1439  155  404  61  13   3  190  124  133  .281  .340  .347    2   0 1986-07-09 Nashville
 Lyle Luttrell       1956-1957   57   167   21   32   9   3   2   14   11   27  .192  .253  .317    5   1 1984-07-11 Chattanooga
 Moxie Manuel        1905-1908   21    20    1    2   0   0   0    1    1    0  .100  .143  .100    0   0 1924-04-26 Memphis
 Walt Marbet         1913-1913    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1956-09-24 Hohenwald
 Bill McAllester     1913-1913   49    85    3   13   4   0   0    6   11   12  .153  .250  .200    2   0 1970-03-03 Chattanooga
 George McConnell    1909-1916  176   385   35   88  12   5   1   33    7   32  .229  .248  .294    3   0 1964-05-10 Chattanooga
 Pryor McElveen      1909-1911  171   502   42  105  16   4   4   56   36   50  .209  .268  .281   12   0 1951-10-27 Pleasant Hill
 Ed McGhee           1950-1955  196   505   59  124  14   5   3   43   54   61  .246  .321  .311   11   5 1986-02-13 Memphis
 Tug McGraw          1965-1984  826   214   14   39   7   0   1   18   10   57  .182  .221  .229    0   0 2004-01-05 Brentwood
 Bill McTigue        1911-1916   28    26    3    2   1   0   0    1    1   10  .077  .111  .115    0   0 1920-05-08 Nashville
 George Merritt      1901-1903   15    47    8   10   1   2   0    5    2    0  .213  .288  .319    1   0 1938-02-21 Memphis
 Billy Meyer         1913-1917  113   301   15   71   7   3   1   21   15   25  .236  .274  .289    3   0 1957-03-31 Knoxville
 Dusty Miller        1889-1899  655  2557  444  769 139  50  22  421  174   75  .301  .352  .420  206   0 1945-09-03 Memphis
 Jim Mooney          1931-1934   92   105    7   11   0   0   0    6    4   11  .105  .138  .105    0   0 1979-04-27 Johnson City
 Jimmy Moore         1930-1931   80   232   32   59  10   1   4   35   19   20  .254  .316  .358    1   2 1986-03-07 Memphis
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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
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Ray Moss            1926-1931  117   149   15   22   4   1   0   12    7   37  .148  .191  .188    0   0 1998-08-09 Chattanooga
 George Murray       1922-1933  110   137    9   24   1   1   1    8    3   39  .175  .199  .219    0   0 1955-10-18 Memphis
 Doc Newton          1900-1909  179   436   43   75   5   1   0   34   31    0  .172  .227  .188    6   0 1931-05-14 Memphis
 Jay Partridge       1927-1928  183   645   90  167  17   7   7   52   33   42  .259  .299  .340   11   0 1974-01-14 Nashville
 Hub Perdue          1911-1915  161   300   20   42   1   1   0   10   12   75  .140  .173  .150    0   0 1968-10-31 Gallatin
 Leon Pettit         1935-1937   44    25    5    2   0   0   0    2   10    8  .080  .343  .080    0   0 1974-11-21 Columbia
 Jack Powell         1913-1913    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1930-03-12 Memphis
 Doc Prothro         1920-1926  180   600   66  191  34  10   0   81   69   40  .318  .390  .408   13  15 1971-10-14 Memphis
 Bobby Reeves        1926-1931  502  1598  203  402  55  22   8  135  175  218  .252  .331  .329   21  21 1993-06-04 Chattanooga
 Culley Rikard       1941-1947  153   396   64  107  19   5   4   37   58   48  .270  .365  .374    1   0 2000-02-25 Memphis
 Tom Rogers          1917-1921   84   134   13   30   4   1   1    5    1   22  .224  .230  .291    1   0 1936-03-07 Nashville
 Art Ruble           1927-1934   75   145   23   30   8   2   0   19   21   18  .207  .311  .290    2   2 1983-11-01 Maryville
 Ben Sanders         1888-1892  247   948  132  257  43  16   5  113   47   62  .271  .310  .366   27   0 1930-08-29 Memphis
 War Sanders         1903-1904   12    21    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .048  .048  .048    0   0 1962-08-03 Chattanooga
 Henry Schmidt       1903-1903   41   107   17   21   1   1   1   10   13    0  .196  .283  .252    3   0 1926-04-23 Nashville
 Bob Schultz         1951-1955   65    52    5    8   1   0   0    2    1   17  .154  .170  .173    0   0 1979-03-31 Nashville
 Bill Schwartz       1904-1904   24    86    5   13   2   0   0    0    0    0  .151  .151  .174    4   0 1961-08-29 Nashville
 Charlie Shields     1902-1907   31    63    5   14   2   0   0    3    6    0  .222  .290  .254    0   0 1953-08-27 Memphis
 Clyde Shoun         1935-1949  454   362   24   73   6   2   0   25    7   45  .202  .219  .229    0   0 1968-03-20 Mountain Home
 Dick Sisler         1946-1953  799  2606  302  720 118  28  55  360  226  253  .276  .336  .406    6   3 1998-11-20 Nashville
 John Sneed          1884-1891  263   982  197  263  26  21   4  130  132   29  .268  .364  .349   68   0 1899-01-04 Memphis
 Dolly Stark         1909-1912  127   378   38   90   7   1   0   30   34   46  .238  .308  .262   14   0 1924-12-01 Memphis
 Glen Stewart        1940-1944  243   742   56  158  22   6   2   53   61   83  .213  .275  .267    1   0 1997-02-11 Memphis
 Lefty Stewart       1921-1935  283   565   60  115  18   6   0   48   64  114  .204  .285  .257    1   1 1974-09-26 Knoxville
 Mark Stewart        1913-1913    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1932-01-17 Memphis
 John Stone          1928-1938 1200  4494  739 1391 268 105  77  707  463  352  .310  .376  .467   45  40 1955-11-30 Shelbyville
 Sammy Strang        1896-1908  903  2933  479  790 112  28  16  253  464    6  .269  .377  .343  216   0 1932-03-13 Chattanooga
 Hank Sweeney        1944-1944    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1980-05-06 Columbia
 Vito Tamulis        1934-1941  172   229   24   40   4   1   1   16   14   27  .175  .222  .214    0   0 1974-05-05 Nashville
 Faye Throneberry    1952-1961  521  1302  152  307  48  12  29  137  127  284  .236  .307  .358   23  14 1999-04-26 Memphis
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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
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Marv Throneberry    1955-1963  480  1186  143  281  37   8  53  170  130  295  .237  .311  .416    3   4 1994-06-23 Fisherville
 Bob Tillman         1962-1970  775  2329  189  540  68  10  79  282  228  510  .232  .300  .371    1   0 2000-06-23 Gallatin
 Fred Toney          1911-1923  336   744   40  118  12   4   3   47   21  186  .159  .182  .198    3   1 1953-03-11 Nashville
 Ray Treadaway       1930-1930    6    19    1    4   2   0   0    1    0    3  .211  .211  .316    0   0 1935-10-12 Chattanooga
 Buck Varner         1952-1952    2     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    1  .000  .200  .000    0   0 2000-04-29 Chattanooga
 Sammy Vick          1917-1921  213   641   90  159  28  11   2   50   51   91  .248  .305  .335   12   2 1986-08-17 Memphis
 Frank Waddey        1931-1931   14    22    3    6   1   0   0    2    2    3  .273  .333  .318    0   0 1990-10-21 Knoxville
 Frank Walker        1917-1925  139   407   38   87  16   5   3   41   29   66  .214  .273  .300    5   3 1974-09-16 Bristol
 Tilly Walker        1911-1923 1421  5067  696 1423 244  71 118  679  416  504  .281  .339  .427  129  47 1959-09-20 Unicoi
 Bernie Walter       1930-1930    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1988-10-30 Nashville
 Bill Warren         1914-1915   31    53    5   13   2   0   0    6    5    7  .245  .310  .283    2   0 1960-01-28 Whiteville
 Earl Webb           1925-1933  650  2161  326  661 155  25  56  333  260  202  .306  .381  .478    8   4 1965-05-23 Jamestown
 Ralph Weigel        1946-1949  106   235   12   54   9   3   0   30   21   26  .230  .296  .294    2   3 1992-04-15 Memphis
 Herb Welch          1925-1925   13    38    2   11   0   1   0    2    0    6  .289  .289  .342    0   0 1967-04-13 Memphis
 Earl Williams       1928-1928    3     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1958-03-10 Knoxville
 Ron Willis          1966-1970  188    25    1    4   1   0   0    3    1    8  .160  .192  .200    0   0 1977-11-21 Memphis
 John Wilson         1927-1928    7    10    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    3  .100  .100  .100    0   0 1980-08-27 Chattanooga
 Ted Wingfield       1923-1927  115   192   18   45   6   2   1   11    4   14  .234  .250  .302    0   1 1975-07-18 Johnson City
 Tom Winsett         1930-1938  230   566   60  134  25   5   8   76   69  113  .237  .325  .341    3   0 1987-07-20 Memphis
 Ed Wright           1945-1952  101   128   15   27   8   0   0   10    5   12  .211  .246  .273    0   0 1995-11-19 Dyersburg
 Chris Zachary       1963-1973  110    83    5   15   2   0   0    3    3   31  .181  .207  .205    0   0 2003-04-19 Knoxville
 Jimmy Zinn          1919-1929   76   120   17   34   6   2   2   15    7   18  .283  .328  .417    2   1 1991-02-26 Memphis
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Pitchers Who Died in Tennessee

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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       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Bob Baird           1962-1963   0   4  .000  7.25    8   6   0   0   0   22.3   25   18   1   15   10 1974-04-11 Chattanooga
 Jim Baskette        1911-1913   9   6  .600  3.30   35  14   9   1   1  142.0  138   52   3   57   59 1942-07-30 Athens
 Johnny Beazley      1941-1949  31  12  .721  3.01   76  46  21   3   3  374.0  349  125  13  157  147 1990-04-21 Nashville
 Joe Bokina          1936-1936   0   2  .000  8.64    5   1   0   0   0    8.3   15    8   0    6    5 1991-10-25 Chattanooga
 Bill Bolden         1919-1919   0   1  .000  5.25    3   1   0   0   0   12.0   17    7   0    4    4 1966-12-08 Jefferson City
 Mel Bosser          1945-1945   2   0 1.000  3.38    7   2   0   0   0   16.0    9    6   0   17    3 1986-03-26 Crossville
 Tommy Bridges       1930-1946 194 138  .584  3.57  424 362 200  33  10 2826.3 2675 1122 181 1192 1674 1968-04-19 Nashville
 Ken Burkhart        1945-1949  27  20  .574  3.84  148  41  18   6   7  519.7  546  222  35  165  181 2004-12-29 Knoxville
 Slick Castleman     1934-1939  36  26  .581  4.25  121  79  25   4   1  586.7  644  277  45  223  225 1998-03-02 Nashville
 Hardin Cathey       1942-1942   1   1  .500  7.42   12   2   0   0   0   30.3   44   25   1   16    8 1997-07-27 Nashville
 Fritz Clausen       1892-1896  16  22  .421  3.58   42  41  36   2   1  324.3  315  129   7  157  134 1960-02-11 Memphis
 Ed Cole             1938-1939   1   7  .125  5.31   42   6   1   0   3   95.0  124   56   9   54   31 1999-07-28 Nashville
 Orlin Collier       1931-1931   0   1  .000  7.84    2   2   0   0   0   10.3   17    9   0    7    3 1944-09-09 Memphis
 Jim Constable       1956-1963   3   4  .429  4.87   56   6   1   1   2   98.0  109   53   8   41   59 2002-09-04 Johnson City
 George Cunningham   1916-1921  16  25  .390  3.13  123  36  19   0   8  477.0  444  166   2  178  167 1972-03-10 Chattanooga
 Dory Dean           1876-1876   4  26  .133  3.73   30  30  26   0   0  262.7  397  109   1   24   22 1935-05-04 Nashville
 George Diehl        1942-1943   0   0        3.52    2   0   0   0   0    7.7    6    3   0    5    1 1986-08-24 Kingsport
 Larry Douglas       1915-1915   1   0 1.000  3.00    2   0   0   0   0    3.0    3    1   0    2    1 1949-11-04 Jellico
 Phil Douglas        1912-1922  94  93  .503  2.80  299 200  95  20   8 1708.3 1626  532  52  411  683 1952-08-01 Sequatchie
 Carl Doyle          1935-1940   6  15  .286  6.95   51  21   6   1   2  222.7  277  172  18  155  101 1951-09-04 Knoxville
 Slim Embrey         1923-1923   0   0       10.13    1   0   0   0   0    2.7    7    3   0    2    1 1947-10-10 Nashville
 Joe Engel           1912-1920  17  23  .425  3.34  102  53  10   2   4  407.3  344  151   6  242  151 1969-06-12 Chattanooga
 Kerby Farrell       1943-1945   0   1  .000  4.30    5   0   0   0   0   23.0   24   11   1    9    4 1975-12-17 Nashville
 Tom Ford            1890-1890   0   6  .000  4.94    8   6   6   0   0   51.0   70   28   2   35   12 1917-05-27 Chattanooga
 Charlie Frank       1893-1894   0   0       15.00    2   0   0   0   0    3.0    6    5   1    7    1 1922-05-24 Memphis
 Ross Grimsley       1951-1951   0   0        3.86    7   0   0   0   0   14.0   12    6   1   10    8 1994-02-06 Memphis
 Charlie Harding     1913-1913   0   0        4.50    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    3    1   0    1    0 1971-10-30 Bold Spring
 Bill Harper         1911-1911   0   0        6.75    2   0   0   0   0    8.0    9    6   0    4    6 1951-06-17 Somerville
 Jim Henry           1936-1939   6   2  .750  4.79   33  11   3   0   1  114.7  114   61  15   59   51 1976-08-15 Memphis
 Bonnie Hollingsworth1922-1928   4   9  .308  4.91   36  11   2   0   0  117.3  127   64   5   81   50 1990-01-04 Knoxville
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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
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Gene Host           1956-1957   0   2  .000  7.31   12   3   0   0   0   28.3   38   23   7   16   14 1998-08-20 Nashville
 Tony Jacobs         1948-1955   0   0       11.25    2   0   0   0   0    4.0    9    5   2    1    3 1980-12-21 Nashville
 Claude Jonnard      1921-1929  14  12  .538  3.79  137   9   2   0  17  349.3  372  147  20  122  160 1959-08-27 Nashville
 Benn Karr           1920-1927  35  48  .422  4.60  177  58  29   1   5  780.3  921  399  43  260  180 1968-12-08 Memphis
 Ellis Kinder        1946-1957 102  71  .590  3.43  484 122  56  10 102 1479.7 1421  564 118  539  749 1968-10-16 Jackson
 Gene Lambert        1941-1942   0   1  .000  2.70    3   1   0   0   0   10.0   14    3   0    2    4 2000-02-10 Germantown
 Jerry Lane          1953-1955   2   6  .250  4.48   31   2   0   0   1   78.3   84   39   5   25   33 1988-07-24 Chattanooga
 Hod Lisenbee        1927-1945  37  58  .389  4.81  207 107  48   4   1  969.0 1076  518  74  314  253 1987-11-14 Clarksville
 Slim Love           1913-1920  28  21  .571  3.04  119  48  19   1   4  517.3  480  175   8  246  251 1942-11-30 Memphis
 Red Lucas           1923-1938 157 135  .538  3.72  396 301 204  22   7 2542.0 2736 1051 136  455  602 1986-07-09 Nashville
 Moxie Manuel        1905-1908   3   4  .429  3.58   21   7   4   0   1   70.3   61   28   0   28   28 1924-04-26 Memphis
 Walt Marbet         1913-1913   0   1  .000 16.20    3   1   0   0   0    3.3    9    6   0    4    1 1956-09-24 Hohenwald
 George McConnell    1909-1916  41  51  .446  2.60  133  98  58   5   4  842.0  739  243  21  242  403 1964-05-10 Chattanooga
 Tug McGraw          1965-1984  96  92  .511  3.14  824  39   5   1 180 1514.7 1318  528 108  582 1109 2004-01-05 Brentwood
 Bill McTigue        1911-1916   2   5  .286  6.19   27   9   1   0   0   77.0   81   53   3   72   41 1920-05-08 Nashville
 George Merritt      1901-1903   3   0 1.000  4.50    4   3   3   0   0   28.0   32   14   0    6    7 1938-02-21 Memphis
 Jim Mooney          1931-1934  17  20  .459  4.25   92  41  13   3   2  356.0  426  168  23  133  116 1979-04-27 Johnson City
 Ray Moss            1926-1931  22  18  .550  4.95  112  42  13   3   2  416.0  474  229  29  189  109 1998-08-09 Chattanooga
 George Murray       1922-1933  20  26  .435  5.38  110  42  10   0   0  416.3  450  249  17  199  114 1955-10-18 Memphis
 Doc Newton          1900-1909  54  72  .429  3.22  177 139  99   8   3 1200.7 1179  430  17  416  502 1931-05-14 Memphis
 Hub Perdue          1911-1915  51  64  .443  3.85  161 122  64   5   7  918.3 1037  393  43  199  317 1968-10-31 Gallatin
 Leon Pettit         1935-1937   8   6  .571  5.18   44   8   1   0   3  113.0  135   65   7   62   45 1974-11-21 Columbia
 Jack Powell         1913-1913   0   0        0.00    2   0   0   0   0    2.0    1    0   0    2    0 1930-03-12 Memphis
 Bobby Reeves        1926-1931   0   0        3.68    1   0   0   0   0    7.3    6    3   0    1    0 1993-06-04 Chattanooga
 Tom Rogers          1917-1921  15  30  .333  3.95   83  42  21   1   3  414.7  431  182  15  162   94 1936-03-07 Nashville
 Ben Sanders         1888-1892  80  70  .533  3.24  168 157 144  14   2 1385.0 1496  498  34  297  468 1930-08-29 Memphis
 War Sanders         1903-1904   2   8  .200  5.64   12   9   4   0   0   59.0   73   37   1   22   20 1962-08-03 Chattanooga
 Henry Schmidt       1903-1903  22  13  .629  3.83   40  36  29   5   2  301.0  321  128   5  120   96 1926-04-23 Nashville
 Bob Schultz         1951-1955   9  13  .409  5.16   65  19   3   0   0  183.0  179  105  17  125   67 1979-03-31 Nashville
 Charlie Shields     1902-1907   7  13  .350  4.27   30  21  13   1   1  179.0  250   85   8   46   35 1953-08-27 Memphis
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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
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Clyde Shoun         1935-1949  73  59  .553  3.91  454  85  34   3  29 1287.0 1325  559  81  404  483 1968-03-20 Mountain Home
 Lefty Stewart       1921-1935 101  98  .508  4.19  279 216 107   8   8 1722.0 1895  802 117  498  503 1974-09-26 Knoxville
 Vito Tamulis        1934-1941  40  28  .588  3.97  170  70  31   6  10  691.7  758  305  37  202  294 1974-05-05 Nashville
 Fred Toney          1911-1923 139 102  .577  2.69  336 271 158  28  12 2206.0 2037  659  59  583  718 1953-03-11 Nashville
 Bernie Walter       1930-1930   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    0    0   0    0    1 1988-10-30 Nashville
 Ron Willis          1966-1970  11  12  .478  3.32  188   0   0   0  19  238.3  209   88  15  119  128 1977-11-21 Memphis
 John Wilson         1927-1928   0   2  .000  4.45    7   2   2   0   0   30.3   37   15   1   19    9 1980-08-27 Chattanooga
 Ted Wingfield       1923-1927  24  44  .353  4.18  113  57  31   3   5  553.3  624  257  24  181   68 1975-07-18 Johnson City
 Tom Winsett         1930-1938   0   0       18.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    3    2   0    2    0 1987-07-20 Memphis
 Ed Wright           1945-1952  25  16  .610  4.00  101  39  16   3   1  398.3  412  177  30  161   93 1995-11-19 Dyersburg
 Chris Zachary       1963-1973  10  29  .256  4.57  108  40   1   1   2  321.3  344  163  22  122  184 2003-04-19 Knoxville
 Jimmy Zinn          1919-1929  13  16  .448  4.30   66  26  15   2   7  299.0  390  143  15   80  108 1991-02-26 Memphis
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Managers who Died in Tennessee

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 Manager             YR From  To    G     W     L     WP  BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
 Kid Elberfeld        1 1908-1908    98    27    71  .276    8      8      0        0       0    PlyrMgr 1944-01-13 Chattanooga   
 Kerby Farrell        1 1957-1957   153    76    77  .497    6      6      0        0       0            1975-12-17 Nashville     
 Billy Meyer          5 1948-1952   774   317   452  .412    4      8      0        0       0            1957-03-31 Knoxville     
 Doc Prothro          3 1939-1941   460   138   320  .301    8      8      0        0       0            1971-10-14 Memphis       
 Dick Sisler          2 1964-1965   215   121    94  .563    2      4      0        0       0            1998-11-20 Nashville     
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