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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 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ John Sneed 1884-1891 263 982 197 263 26 21 4 130 132 29 .268 .364 .349 68 0 1899-01-04 Memphis Dan Leahy 1896-1896 2 6 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 .333 .429 .500 0 0 1903-12-30 Knoxville Tom Ford 1890-1890 11 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .032 .063 .032 1 0 1917-05-27 Chattanooga Bill McTigue 1911-1916 28 26 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 10 .077 .111 .115 0 0 1920-05-08 Nashville Charlie Frank 1893-1894 120 483 81 144 18 10 5 59 62 21 .298 .384 .408 22 0 1922-05-24 Memphis Moxie Manuel 1905-1908 21 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .100 .143 .100 0 0 1924-04-26 Memphis Dolly Stark 1909-1912 127 378 38 90 7 1 0 30 34 46 .238 .308 .262 14 0 1924-12-01 Memphis Henry Schmidt 1903-1903 41 107 17 21 1 1 1 10 13 0 .196 .283 .252 3 0 1926-04-23 Nashville Frank Bliss 1878-1878 2 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 0 0 1929-01-08 Nashville Jack Powell 1913-1913 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1930-03-12 Memphis Ben Sanders 1888-1892 247 948 132 257 43 16 5 113 47 62 .271 .310 .366 27 0 1930-08-29 Memphis Doc Newton 1900-1909 179 436 43 75 5 1 0 34 31 0 .172 .227 .188 6 0 1931-05-14 Memphis Mark Stewart 1913-1913 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1932-01-17 Memphis Sammy Strang 1896-1908 903 2933 479 790 112 28 16 253 464 6 .269 .377 .343 216 0 1932-03-13 Chattanooga Howard Freigau 1922-1928 579 1974 224 537 99 25 15 226 138 161 .272 .322 .370 32 13 1932-07-18 Chattanooga Charlie Carr 1898-1914 507 1950 185 492 68 32 6 240 71 47 .252 .280 .329 49 0 1932-11-25 Memphis Gene DeMontreville 1894-1904 922 3615 537 1096 130 35 17 497 174 35 .303 .340 .373 228 0 1935-02-18 Memphis Dory Dean 1876-1876 34 138 9 36 3 1 0 4 2 13 .261 .271 .297 0 0 1935-05-04 Nashville Ray Treadaway 1930-1930 6 19 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 3 .211 .211 .316 0 0 1935-10-12 Chattanooga Tom Rogers 1917-1921 84 134 13 30 4 1 1 5 1 22 .224 .230 .291 1 0 1936-03-07 Nashville George Merritt 1901-1903 15 47 8 10 1 2 0 5 2 0 .213 .288 .319 1 0 1938-02-21 Memphis Wilson Collins 1913-1914 43 38 8 10 0 0 0 1 2 9 .263 .300 .263 0 0 1941-02-28 Knoxville Bob Higgins 1909-1912 13 35 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 .143 .167 .143 1 0 1941-05-25 Chattanooga Harvey Hendrick 1923-1934 922 2910 434 896 157 46 48 413 239 243 .308 .364 .443 75 0 1941-10-29 Covington Jim Baskette 1911-1913 35 47 5 8 1 1 0 3 6 0 .170 .291 .234 0 0 1942-07-30 Athens Slim Love 1913-1920 119 156 11 30 6 2 0 7 5 45 .192 .217 .256 0 0 1942-11-30 Memphis Kid Elberfeld 1898-1914 1292 4561 647 1235 169 56 10 535 427 4 .271 .355 .339 213 0 1944-01-13 Chattanooga Orlin Collier 1931-1931 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1944-09-09 Memphis Dusty Miller 1889-1899 655 2557 444 769 139 50 22 421 174 75 .301 .352 .420 206 0 1945-09-03 Memphis Slim Embrey 1923-1923 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1947-10-10 Nashville +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Larry Douglas 1915-1915 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1949-11-04 Jellico Bill Harper 1911-1911 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1951-06-17 Somerville Carl Doyle 1935-1940 51 82 8 16 3 1 1 10 5 32 .195 .241 .293 0 0 1951-09-04 Knoxville Hank DeBerry 1916-1930 648 1850 170 494 81 16 11 234 148 119 .267 .323 .346 13 5 1951-09-10 Savannah Pryor McElveen 1909-1911 171 502 42 105 16 4 4 56 36 50 .209 .268 .281 12 0 1951-10-27 Pleasant Hill Phil Douglas 1912-1922 299 559 34 90 8 2 2 35 11 115 .161 .180 .193 1 0 1952-08-01 Sequatchie Fred Toney 1911-1923 336 744 40 118 12 4 3 47 21 186 .159 .182 .198 3 1 1953-03-11 Nashville Charlie Shields 1902-1907 31 63 5 14 2 0 0 3 6 0 .222 .290 .254 0 0 1953-08-27 Memphis Guy Lacy 1926-1926 13 24 2 4 0 0 1 2 2 2 .167 .259 .292 0 0 1953-11-19 Cleveland George Murray 1922-1933 110 137 9 24 1 1 1 8 3 39 .175 .199 .219 0 0 1955-10-18 Memphis John Stone 1928-1938 1200 4494 739 1391 268 105 77 707 463 352 .310 .376 .467 45 40 1955-11-30 Shelbyville Walt Marbet 1913-1913 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1956-09-24 Hohenwald Billy Meyer 1913-1917 113 301 15 71 7 3 1 21 15 25 .236 .274 .289 3 0 1957-03-31 Knoxville Earl Williams 1928-1928 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1958-03-10 Knoxville Claude Jonnard 1921-1929 137 90 5 5 1 1 0 4 5 49 .056 .105 .089 0 0 1959-08-27 Nashville Tilly Walker 1911-1923 1421 5067 696 1423 244 71 118 679 416 504 .281 .339 .427 129 47 1959-09-20 Unicoi Bill Warren 1914-1915 31 53 5 13 2 0 0 6 5 7 .245 .310 .283 2 0 1960-01-28 Whiteville Fritz Clausen 1892-1896 42 136 8 20 1 0 0 5 7 14 .147 .194 .154 0 0 1960-02-11 Memphis Doc Johnston 1909-1922 1055 3774 478 992 154 68 14 381 264 292 .263 .319 .351 139 48 1961-02-17 Chattanooga Jim Kelly 1914-1918 215 714 91 212 15 22 4 57 46 58 .297 .343 .396 42 0 1961-04-10 Kingsport Bill Schwartz 1904-1904 24 86 5 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 .151 .151 .174 4 0 1961-08-29 Nashville Sumpter Clarke 1920-1924 37 110 17 25 6 1 0 11 6 13 .227 .267 .300 0 0 1962-03-16 Knoxville Bill Akers 1929-1932 174 475 64 124 17 9 11 69 63 64 .261 .349 .404 7 6 1962-04-13 Chattanooga War Sanders 1903-1904 12 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .048 .048 .048 0 0 1962-08-03 Chattanooga Tiny Graham 1914-1914 25 61 5 14 1 0 0 3 3 10 .230 .266 .246 1 0 1962-12-29 Nashville George McConnell 1909-1916 176 385 35 88 12 5 1 33 7 32 .229 .248 .294 3 0 1964-05-10 Chattanooga Harley Boss 1928-1933 155 519 64 139 19 8 1 61 30 34 .268 .309 .341 2 5 1964-05-15 Nashville Earl Webb 1925-1933 650 2161 326 661 155 25 56 333 260 202 .306 .381 .478 8 4 1965-05-23 Jamestown Bill Bolden 1919-1919 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 1966-12-08 Jefferson City Jimmy Johnston 1911-1926 1377 5070 754 1493 185 75 22 410 391 246 .294 .347 .374 169 83 1967-02-14 Chattanooga +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Herb Welch 1925-1925 13 38 2 11 0 1 0 2 0 6 .289 .289 .342 0 0 1967-04-13 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 Tommy Bridges 1930-1946 424 1003 83 181 27 8 0 72 74 271 .180 .237 .223 0 0 1968-04-19 Nashville Ellis Kinder 1946-1957 484 444 34 63 7 1 1 33 23 123 .142 .184 .169 0 1 1968-10-16 Jackson Turner Barber 1915-1923 491 1531 189 442 47 21 2 185 115 112 .289 .343 .351 28 23 1968-10-20 Milan Hub Perdue 1911-1915 161 300 20 42 1 1 0 10 12 75 .140 .173 .150 0 0 1968-10-31 Gallatin Benn Karr 1920-1927 265 392 43 96 20 0 2 47 26 58 .245 .292 .311 3 0 1968-12-08 Memphis Joe Engel 1912-1920 103 104 7 7 0 0 0 0 14 43 .067 .178 .067 0 0 1969-06-12 Chattanooga Bill McAllester 1913-1913 49 85 3 13 4 0 0 6 11 12 .153 .250 .200 2 0 1970-03-03 Chattanooga Lou Chiozza 1934-1939 616 2288 303 633 107 22 14 197 145 165 .277 .324 .361 45 0 1971-02-28 Memphis Doc Prothro 1920-1926 180 600 66 191 34 10 0 81 69 40 .318 .390 .408 13 15 1971-10-14 Memphis Charlie Harding 1913-1913 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1971-10-30 Bold Spring George Cunningham 1916-1921 162 210 27 47 6 3 1 13 36 67 .224 .337 .295 2 0 1972-03-10 Chattanooga Dino Chiozza 1935-1935 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1972-04-23 Memphis Doc Cook 1913-1916 288 1028 138 282 29 9 3 75 116 109 .274 .359 .329 56 50 1973-06-30 Lawrenceburg Jay Partridge 1927-1928 183 645 90 167 17 7 7 52 33 42 .259 .299 .340 11 0 1974-01-14 Nashville Bob Baird 1962-1963 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 0 0 1974-04-11 Chattanooga Vito Tamulis 1934-1941 172 229 24 40 4 1 1 16 14 27 .175 .222 .214 0 0 1974-05-05 Nashville Frank Walker 1917-1925 139 407 38 87 16 5 3 41 29 66 .214 .273 .300 5 3 1974-09-16 Bristol Lefty Stewart 1921-1935 283 565 60 115 18 6 0 48 64 114 .204 .285 .257 1 1 1974-09-26 Knoxville Leon Pettit 1935-1937 44 25 5 2 0 0 0 2 10 8 .080 .343 .080 0 0 1974-11-21 Columbia Johnny Gooch 1921-1933 805 2363 227 662 98 29 7 293 206 141 .280 .342 .355 11 5 1975-05-15 Nashville Ted Wingfield 1923-1927 115 192 18 45 6 2 1 11 4 14 .234 .250 .302 0 1 1975-07-18 Johnson City Kerby Farrell 1943-1945 188 676 55 177 25 4 0 55 40 33 .262 .303 .311 5 9 1975-12-17 Nashville Jim Henry 1936-1939 34 36 3 3 0 1 0 1 3 13 .083 .154 .139 0 0 1976-08-15 Memphis Bill Lewis 1933-1936 50 101 20 33 3 0 1 11 15 11 .327 .414 .386 0 0 1977-10-24 Memphis Ron Willis 1966-1970 188 25 1 4 1 0 0 3 1 8 .160 .192 .200 0 0 1977-11-21 Memphis Dale Alexander 1929-1933 662 2450 369 811 164 30 61 459 248 197 .331 .394 .497 20 28 1979-03-02 Greeneville Bob Schultz 1951-1955 65 52 5 8 1 0 0 2 1 17 .154 .170 .173 0 0 1979-03-31 Nashville Jim Mooney 1931-1934 92 105 7 11 0 0 0 6 4 11 .105 .138 .105 0 0 1979-04-27 Johnson City +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Fred Graf 1913-1913 4 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 3 .400 .625 .600 0 0 1979-10-04 Chattanooga Hank Sweeney 1944-1944 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1980-05-06 Columbia John Wilson 1927-1928 7 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 0 0 1980-08-27 Chattanooga Tony Jacobs 1948-1955 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1980-12-21 Nashville George Bradley 1946-1946 4 12 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 .167 .167 .250 0 0 1982-10-19 Lawrenceburg Art Ruble 1927-1934 75 145 23 30 8 2 0 19 21 18 .207 .311 .290 2 2 1983-11-01 Maryville Lyle Luttrell 1956-1957 57 167 21 32 9 3 2 14 11 27 .192 .253 .317 5 1 1984-07-11 Chattanooga Johnny Gill 1927-1936 118 322 39 79 17 1 10 45 23 43 .245 .306 .398 1 2 1984-12-26 Nashville Ed McGhee 1950-1955 196 505 59 124 14 5 3 43 54 61 .246 .321 .311 11 5 1986-02-13 Memphis Jimmy Moore 1930-1931 80 232 32 59 10 1 4 35 19 20 .254 .316 .358 1 2 1986-03-07 Memphis Mel Bosser 1945-1945 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1986-03-26 Crossville Red Lucas 1923-1938 907 1439 155 404 61 13 3 190 124 133 .281 .340 .347 2 0 1986-07-09 Nashville Sammy Vick 1917-1921 213 641 90 159 28 11 2 50 51 91 .248 .305 .335 12 2 1986-08-17 Memphis George Diehl 1942-1943 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1986-08-24 Kingsport Tom Winsett 1930-1938 230 566 60 134 25 5 8 76 69 113 .237 .325 .341 3 0 1987-07-20 Memphis Frank Callaway 1921-1922 43 98 12 25 1 3 0 8 2 24 .255 .277 .327 1 0 1987-08-21 Knoxville Hod Lisenbee 1927-1945 207 301 16 51 3 1 0 17 18 98 .169 .219 .186 0 0 1987-11-14 Clarksville Jerry Lane 1953-1955 31 13 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 4 .077 .250 .154 0 0 1988-07-24 Chattanooga Bernie Walter 1930-1930 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1988-10-30 Nashville Bonnie Hollingsworth1922-1928 36 31 3 3 1 0 0 2 3 14 .097 .176 .129 0 0 1990-01-04 Knoxville John Antonelli 1944-1945 135 528 50 133 28 2 1 29 24 29 .252 .287 .318 1 0 1990-04-18 Memphis Johnny Beazley 1941-1949 76 120 9 18 3 2 0 13 5 55 .150 .184 .208 0 0 1990-04-21 Nashville Frank Waddey 1931-1931 14 22 3 6 1 0 0 2 2 3 .273 .333 .318 0 0 1990-10-21 Knoxville Jimmy Zinn 1919-1929 76 120 17 34 6 2 2 15 7 18 .283 .328 .417 2 1 1991-02-26 Memphis Joe Bokina 1936-1936 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1991-10-25 Chattanooga Ralph Weigel 1946-1949 106 235 12 54 9 3 0 30 21 26 .230 .296 .294 2 3 1992-04-15 Memphis Bobby Reeves 1926-1931 502 1598 203 402 55 22 8 135 175 218 .252 .331 .329 21 21 1993-06-04 Chattanooga Ross Grimsley 1951-1951 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1994-02-06 Memphis Marv Throneberry 1955-1963 480 1186 143 281 37 8 53 170 130 295 .237 .311 .416 3 4 1994-06-23 Fisherville Hunter Lane 1924-1924 7 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .067 .125 .067 0 0 1994-09-12 Memphis +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+ Ed Wright 1945-1952 101 128 15 27 8 0 0 10 5 12 .211 .246 .273 0 0 1995-11-19 Dyersburg Glen Stewart 1940-1944 243 742 56 158 22 6 2 53 61 83 .213 .275 .267 1 0 1997-02-11 Memphis Hardin Cathey 1942-1942 12 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .375 0 0 1997-07-27 Nashville Slick Castleman 1934-1939 123 207 18 28 3 0 2 12 9 67 .135 .171 .179 0 0 1998-03-02 Nashville Ray Moss 1926-1931 117 149 15 22 4 1 0 12 7 37 .148 .191 .188 0 0 1998-08-09 Chattanooga Gene Host 1956-1957 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1998-08-20 Nashville Dick Sisler 1946-1953 799 2606 302 720 118 28 55 360 226 253 .276 .336 .406 6 3 1998-11-20 Nashville Faye Throneberry 1952-1961 521 1302 152 307 48 12 29 137 127 284 .236 .307 .358 23 14 1999-04-26 Memphis Ed Cole 1938-1939 42 22 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 .136 .136 .136 0 0 1999-07-28 Nashville Gene Lambert 1941-1942 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 2000-02-10 Germantown Culley Rikard 1941-1947 153 396 64 107 19 5 4 37 58 48 .270 .365 .374 1 0 2000-02-25 Memphis Buck Varner 1952-1952 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 0 0 2000-04-29 Chattanooga Bob Tillman 1962-1970 775 2329 189 540 68 10 79 282 228 510 .232 .300 .371 1 0 2000-06-23 Gallatin Bert Hodge 1942-1942 8 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182 .250 .182 0 0 2001-01-08 Knoxville Ike Brown 1969-1974 280 536 85 137 15 4 20 65 90 130 .256 .364 .410 3 7 2001-05-17 Memphis Jim Constable 1956-1963 56 17 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 5 .235 .350 .294 0 0 2002-09-04 Johnson City Mickey Kreitner 1943-1944 42 93 3 16 2 0 0 3 9 18 .172 .252 .194 0 0 2003-03-06 Nashville Chris Zachary 1963-1973 110 83 5 15 2 0 0 3 3 31 .181 .207 .205 0 0 2003-04-19 Knoxville Tug McGraw 1965-1984 826 214 14 39 7 0 1 18 10 57 .182 .221 .229 0 0 2004-01-05 Brentwood Ken Burkhart 1945-1949 149 150 11 27 4 1 1 11 6 31 .180 .222 .240 0 0 2004-12-29 Knoxville Dave Bartosch 1945-1945 24 47 9 12 1 0 0 1 6 3 .255 .340 .277 0 0 2006-04-30 Nashville Ed Bailey 1953-1966 1212 3581 432 915 128 15 155 540 545 577 .256 .355 .429 17 18 2007-03-23 Knoxville +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
Pitchers Who Died in Tennessee
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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 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ 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 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 Charlie Frank 1893-1894 0 0 15.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 5 1 7 1 1922-05-24 Memphis 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 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 Jack Powell 1913-1913 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 1930-03-12 Memphis 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 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 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 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 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 Baskette 1911-1913 9 6 .600 3.30 35 14 9 1 1 142.0 138 52 3 57 59 1942-07-30 Athens 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 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 Slim Embrey 1923-1923 0 0 10.13 1 0 0 0 0 2.7 7 3 0 2 1 1947-10-10 Nashville 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 Bill Harper 1911-1911 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 9 6 0 4 6 1951-06-17 Somerville 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Tony Jacobs 1948-1955 0 0 11.25 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 5 2 1 3 1980-12-21 Nashville 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 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 George Diehl 1942-1943 0 0 3.52 2 0 0 0 0 7.7 6 3 0 5 1 1986-08-24 Kingsport Tom Winsett 1930-1938 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 0 2 0 1987-07-20 Memphis 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 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 Bernie Walter 1930-1930 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1988-10-30 Nashville Bonnie Hollingsworth1922-1928 4 9 .308 4.91 36 11 2 0 0 117.3 127 64 5 81 50 1990-01-04 Knoxville 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 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 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 Bobby Reeves 1926-1931 0 0 3.68 1 0 0 0 0 7.3 6 3 0 1 0 1993-06-04 Chattanooga +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Date Place of Death +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+ Ross Grimsley 1951-1951 0 0 3.86 7 0 0 0 0 14.0 12 6 1 10 8 1994-02-06 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
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 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 Kerby Farrell 1 1957-1957 153 76 77 .497 6 6 0 0 0 1975-12-17 Nashville Dick Sisler 2 1964-1965 215 121 94 .563 2 4 0 0 0 1998-11-20 Nashville +-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
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