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Bill Lee
William Crutcher Lee (Big Bill)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 29, 1934
Final Game June 29, 1947
Born October 21, 1909 in Plaquemine, LA
Died June 15, 1977 in Plaquemine, LA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1934 24 CHC NL  13  14  35  29  16   4   4  1  214.3  218   91   81   9   74  104   2   9   910       1  3.40  3.90  115 1.362
 1935 25 CHC NL  20   6  39  32  18   3   5  1  252.0  241  106   83  11   84  100   5   7  1058       0  2.96  3.94  133 1.290 MVP-24
 1936 26 CHC NL  18  11  43  33  20   4   4  1  258.7  238  106   95  14   93  102   3   6  1081       0  3.31  3.98  120 1.280
 1937 27 CHC NL  14  15  42  33  17   2   5  3  272.3  289  122  107  14   73  108   0   2  1146       0  3.54  3.99  113 1.329
 1938 28 CHC NL  22   9  44  37  19   9   5  2  291.0  281   95   86  18   74  121   2   3  1194       1  2.66  3.82  144 1.220 MVP-2,AS
 1939 29 CHC NL  19  15  37  36  20   1   1  0  282.3  295  125  108  18   85  105   1   4  1202       1  3.44  3.96  115 1.346 MVP-19,AS
 1940 30 CHC NL   9  17  37  30   9   1   6  0  211.3  246  129  118  12   70   70   2   2   927       1  5.03  3.77   75 1.495
 1941 31 CHC NL   8  14  28  22  12   0   1  1  167.3  179   87   70   6   43   62   2   6   723       0  3.76  3.52   94 1.327
 1942 32 CHC NL  13  13  32  30  18   1   1  0  219.7  221   99   94   4   67   75   1   3   939       1  3.85  3.21   83 1.311
 1943 33 TOT NL   4  12  26  19   6   0   5  3  139.0  153   72   62   8   48   35   1   4   597       0  4.01  3.35   84 1.446
         CHC NL   3   7  13  12   4   0   1  0   78.3   83   37   31   4   27   18   0   3   336       0  3.56  3.34   94 1.404
         PHI NL   1   5  13   7   2   0   4  3   60.7   70   35   31   4   21   17   1   1   261       0  4.60  3.37   73 1.500
 1944 34 PHI NL  10  11  31  28  11   3   1  1  208.3  199   88   73   9   57   50   3   4   872       0  3.15  3.61  114 1.229
 1945 35 TOT NL   9   9  29  26   8   1   1  0  183.7  219   95   73   6   66   25   0   4   820       0  3.58  3.84  107 1.552
         PHI NL   3   6  13  13   2   0   0  0   77.3  107   52   40   0   30   13   0   3   373       0  4.66  3.84   82 1.772
         BSN NL   6   3  16  13   6   1   1  0  106.3  112   43   33   6   36   12   0   1   447       0  2.79  3.84  137 1.392
 1946 36 BSN NL  10   9  25  21   8   0   3  0  140.0  148   73   65   7   45   32   1   0   602       0  4.18  3.45   82 1.379
 1947 37 CHC NL   0   2  14   2   0   0   4  0   24.0   26   16   12   2   14    9   1   0   116       0  4.50  3.94   88 1.667
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .518 169 157 462 378 182  29  46 13 2864.0 2953 1304 1127 138  893  998  24  54 12187       5  3.54  3.76  106 1.343
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  12  37  30  14   2   3  1  231.7  239  105   91  11   72   80   1   4   986   0   0  3.54  3.76  106 1.343
 Career High     22  17  44  37  20   9   6  3  291.0  295  129  118  18   93  121   5   9  1202   0   1  2.66  3.99  144 1.220
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 24 CHC NL  40   76    6   10   3  0   0    7   0      4  11  .132  .175  .171   -6   13   3           0   3
 1935 25 CHC NL  39  102    8   24   3  0   0   11   0      2  15  .235  .250  .265   38   27   3           0   2 MVP-24
 1936 26 CHC NL  43   87    5   12   0  1   1    3   0      2  14  .138  .167  .195   -4   17   9           1   0
 1937 27 CHC NL  42   87    4   15   2  0   1    4   0      3  23  .172  .200  .230   15   20  12           0   1
 1938 28 CHC NL  44  101   10   20   3  1   0   13   1      4  20  .198  .229  .248   29   25   7           0   3 MVP-2,AS
 1939 29 CHC NL  37  103    3   13   0  0   1    3   0      4  16  .126  .159  .155  -16   16   8           0   1 MVP-19,AS
 1940 30 CHC NL  37   76    4   10   2  0   0    3   0      2  20  .132  .165  .158  -10   12   2           1   0
 1941 31 CHC NL  28   59    8   11   0  0   2    5   0      1   9  .186  .200  .288   39   17   9           0   2
 1942 32 CHC NL  32   69    2   11   2  0   0    7   0      7  13  .159  .237  .188   27   13   5           0   5
 1943 33 TOT NL  26   43    3    8   0  0   0    1   0      2   9  .186  .222  .186   20    8   2           0   0
         CHC NL  13   26    3    7   0  0   0    1   0      2   4  .269  .321  .269   72    7   2           0   0
         PHI NL  13   17    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   5  .059  .059  .059  -65    1   0           0   0
 1944 34 PHI NL  31   72    5   14   0  0   0    4   0      4  12  .194  .237  .194   24   14   3           0   2
 1945 35 TOT NL  29   55    1    8   0  0   0    3   0      5  10  .145  .217  .145    2    8   8           0   1
         PHI NL  13   24    1    4   0  0   0    1   0      1   5  .167  .200  .167    4    4   3           0   1
         BSN NL  16   31    0    4   0  0   0    2   0      4   5  .129  .229  .129    1    4   5           0   0
 1946 36 BSN NL  25   47    0    8   0  0   0    7   0      2   5  .170  .204  .170    6    8   3           0   0
 1947 37 CHC NL  14    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .333  .333  .333   81    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     467  980   59  165  15  2   5   71   1  0  42 177  .168  .204  .203   12  199  74   0   0   2  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        340   20   57   5  1   2   25   0  0  15  61  .168  .204  .203   12   69  26   0   0   1   7
 Career High     44  103   10   24   3  1   2   13   1  0   7  23                          27  12   0   0   1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 24 CHC NL   83   72    2   0.7   103| .132  .285| .175  .340| .171  .405| .346  .744|  -6  .032 -11.4  -1.1     
 1935 25 CHC NL  107   83    7   2.2   104| .235  .287| .250  .342| .265  .409| .515  .751|  38  .208  -9.1  -0.9     
 1936 26 CHC NL   99   84    3   1.0   105| .138  .288| .167  .348| .195  .403| .362  .751|  -4  .052 -13.4  -1.3     
 1937 27 CHC NL  102   85    4   1.2   105| .172  .285| .200  .347| .230  .404| .430  .751|  15  .088 -10.9  -1.1     
 1938 28 CHC NL  112   91    6   1.8   101| .198  .278| .229  .343| .248  .396| .477  .739|  29  .159 -10.2  -1.0     
 1939 29 CHC NL  115   99    3   0.8   105| .126  .283| .159  .349| .155  .404| .314  .753| -16  .041 -17.5  -1.8     
 1940 30 CHC NL   81   68    2   0.8    96| .132  .269| .165  .334| .158  .388| .323  .721| -10  .042 -11.4  -1.2     
 1941 31 CHC NL   69   59    3   1.4    91| .186  .261| .200  .331| .288  .368| .488  .699|  39  .115  -5.2  -0.5     
 1942 32 CHC NL   81   68    3   1.2    84| .159  .251| .237  .322| .188  .349| .425  .672|  27  .106  -6.1  -0.7     
 1943 33 TOT NL   47   37    2   1.5    88| .186  .262| .222  .330| .186  .356| .408  .686|  20  .139  -4.5  -0.5     
         CHC NL   30   21    2   2.6    89| .269  .264| .321  .332| .269  .358| .590  .690|  72  .313  -0.9  -0.1     
         PHI NL   17   16    0   0.0    86| .059  .260| .059  .328| .059  .353| .118  .681| -65  .000  -3.6  -0.4     
 1944 34 PHI NL   79   63    3   1.3    92| .194  .264| .237  .331| .194  .371| .431  .703|  24  .102  -7.3  -0.8     
 1945 35 TOT NL   68   56    2   1.0    96| .145  .272| .217  .341| .145  .375| .362  .716|   2  .061  -7.3  -0.7     
         PHI NL   28   24    1   1.1    94| .167  .270| .200  .339| .167  .372| .367  .711|   4  .079  -3.1  -0.3     
         BSN NL   40   32    1   0.8    97| .129  .273| .229  .343| .129  .377| .358  .720|   1  .048  -4.2  -0.4     
 1946 36 BSN NL   52   42    2   1.3    93| .170  .264| .204  .339| .170  .369| .374  .708|   6  .107  -6.0  -0.6     
 1947 37 CHC NL    3    2    0   0.0   102| .333  .269| .333  .344| .333  .399| .666  .743|  81  .000  -0.1   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     1098  909   42   1.2    98| .168  .275| .204  .339| .203  .388| .407  .728|  12  .090 -120.5 -12.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1934 24 CHC NL P 35 15 48 4 2 .940 .960 1.80 1.12 2.65 2.27 29 214.3 1935 25 CHC NL P 39 12 52 7 4 .901 .960 1.64 1.18 2.29 2.31 32 252.0 1936 26 CHC NL P 43 12 61 7 5 .913 .951 1.70 1.16 2.54 2.32 33 258.7 1937 27 CHC NL P 42 20 70 5 5 .947 .958 2.14 1.20 2.97 2.39 33 272.3 1938 28 CHC NL P 44 18 61 5 3 .940 .963 1.80 1.13 2.44 2.21 37 291.0 AS 1939 29 CHC NL P 37 15 80 5 3 .950 .960 2.57 1.09 3.03 2.19 36 282.3 AS 1940 30 CHC NL P 37 10 42 6 3 .897 .961 1.41 1.10 2.21 2.22 30 211.3 1941 31 CHC NL P 28 10 39 6 3 .891 .965 1.75 1.09 2.64 2.23 22 167.3 1942 32 CHC NL P 32 10 55 2 2 .970 .969 2.03 1.17 2.66 2.35 30 219.7 1943 33 TOT NL P 26 9 21 3 1 .909 .962 1.15 1.16 1.94 2.27 19 139.0 CHC NL P 13 4 12 1 0 .941 .964 1.23 1.16 1.84 2.26 12 78.3 PHI NL P 13 5 9 2 1 .875 .959 1.08 1.16 2.08 2.27 7 60.7 1944 34 PHI NL P 31 17 47 4 2 .941 .961 2.06 1.09 2.77 2.14 28 208.3 1945 35 TOT NL P 29 5 46 1 2 .981 .962 1.76 1.06 2.50 2.18 26 183.6 PHI NL P 13 1 19 1 1 .952 .962 1.54 1.06 2.33 2.18 13 77.3 BSN NL P 16 4 27 0 1 1.000 .963 1.94 1.06 2.62 2.18 13 106.3 1946 36 BSN NL P 25 6 35 1 2 .976 .960 1.64 1.01 2.64 2.24 21 140.0 1947 37 CHC NL P 14 4 5 2 0 .818 .968 0.64 0.91 3.38 2.14 2 24.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1934 24 CHC NL P 35 15 48 4 2 .940 .960 1.80 1.12 2.65 2.27 29 214.3 1935 25 CHC NL P 39 12 52 7 4 .901 .960 1.64 1.18 2.29 2.31 32 252.0 1936 26 CHC NL P 43 12 61 7 5 .913 .951 1.70 1.16 2.54 2.32 33 258.7 1937 27 CHC NL P 42 20 70 5 5 .947 .958 2.14 1.20 2.97 2.39 33 272.3 1938 28 CHC NL P 44 18 61 5 3 .940 .963 1.80 1.13 2.44 2.21 37 291.0 1939 29 CHC NL P 37 15 80 5 3 .950 .960 2.57 1.09 3.03 2.19 36 282.3 1940 30 CHC NL P 37 10 42 6 3 .897 .961 1.41 1.10 2.21 2.22 30 211.3 1941 31 CHC NL P 28 10 39 6 3 .891 .965 1.75 1.09 2.64 2.23 22 167.3 1942 32 CHC NL P 32 10 55 2 2 .970 .969 2.03 1.17 2.66 2.35 30 219.7 1943 33 TOT NL P 26 9 21 3 1 .909 .962 1.15 1.16 1.94 2.27 19 139.0 CHC NL P 13 4 12 1 0 .941 .964 1.23 1.16 1.84 2.26 12 78.3 PHI NL P 13 5 9 2 1 .875 .959 1.08 1.16 2.08 2.27 7 60.7 1944 34 PHI NL P 31 17 47 4 2 .941 .961 2.06 1.09 2.77 2.14 28 208.3 1945 35 TOT NL P 29 5 46 1 2 .981 .962 1.76 1.06 2.50 2.18 26 183.6 PHI NL P 13 1 19 1 1 .952 .962 1.54 1.06 2.33 2.18 13 77.3 BSN NL P 16 4 27 0 1 1.000 .963 1.94 1.06 2.62 2.18 13 106.3 1946 36 BSN NL P 25 6 35 1 2 .976 .960 1.64 1.01 2.64 2.24 21 140.0 1947 37 CHC NL P 14 4 5 2 0 .818 .968 0.64 0.91 3.38 2.14 2 24.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 462 163 662 58 37 .934 .961 1.79 1.12 2.59 2.26 378 2864.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 462 163 662 58 37 .934 .961 1.79 1.12 2.59 2.26 378 2864
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1935   WS    CHC DET     L   2   1   4.35  0  0  1  0  10.1  11   5   5   5 
 1938   WS    CHC NYY     L   2   2   2.45  0  2  0  0  11    15   3   1   8 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   4   3   3.38  0  2  1  0  21.1  26   8   6  13 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1935   WS    CHC DET     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   3   0   0 
 1938   WS    CHC NYY     L   2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   4   4   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   3   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1938   CHC NL      0  0  0   3     1   0   0   1   2  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
 1939   CHC NL      0  1  0   3     3   3   2   3   4  1   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/2      0  0  1  0   6     4   3   2   4   6  1   0  0   0  0  1  0  0   3.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1938   CHC NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1939   CHC NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1938 *
1939 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1935-NL-24-0.01
1938-NL-2-0.49
1939-NL-19-0.02
Car-413-0.52 shares

Sac. Hits
1937 NL-12-6

ERA
1935 NL-2.96-4
1936 NL-3.31-6
1938 NL-2.66-1

Wins
1935 NL-20-4
1936 NL-18-4
1937 NL-14-10
1938 NL-22-1
1939 NL-19-5

Won-Loss %
1935 NL-.769-1
1936 NL-.621-7
1938 NL-.710-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1936 NL-1.280-10
1938 NL-1.220-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1934 NL-9.15-10
1935 NL-8.61-6
1936 NL-8.28-3
1938 NL-8.69-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1938 NL-2.29-10
1941 NL-2.31-6

Strikeouts/9IP
1934 NL-4.37-8

Games
1936 NL-43-8
1938 NL-44-5

Saves
1937 NL-3-8
1943 NL-3-10

Innings
1935 NL-252.0-8
1936 NL-258.7-7
1937 NL-272.3-2
1938 NL-291.0-2
1939 NL-282.3-3

Strikeouts
1935 NL-100-8
1936 NL-102-10
1937 NL-108-10
1938 NL-121-4
1939 NL-105-5

Games Started
1935 NL-32-6
1936 NL-33-5
1937 NL-33-5
1938 NL-37-1
1939 NL-36-1

Comp. Games
1934 NL-16-9
1935 NL-18-9
1936 NL-20-5
1937 NL-17-8
1938 NL-19-4
1939 NL-20-3
1942 NL-18-8

Shutouts
1934 NL-4-4
1935 NL-3-6
1936 NL-4-1
1937 NL-2-10
1938 NL-9-1
1944 NL-3-8

Home Runs Allow.
1936 NL-14-10
1937 NL-14-10
1938 NL-18-4
1939 NL-18-4

Bases On Balls Allow.
1934 NL-74-8
1935 NL-84-4
1936 NL-93-4
1939 NL-85-8

Hits Allowed
1935 NL-241-9
1937 NL-289-3
1938 NL-281-3
1939 NL-295-2
1940 NL-246-5
1942 NL-221-8
1945 NL-219-10

SO to Walk
1938 NL-1.64-8

Losses
1934 NL-14-8
1937 NL-15-5
1939 NL-15-5
1940 NL-17-3
1941 NL-14-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1937 NL-107-6
1939 NL-108-6
1940 NL-118-1
1942 NL-94-2

Wild Pitches
1934 NL-9-2
1935 NL-7-5
1936 NL-6-10
1941 NL-6-6
1943 NL-4-7
1945 NL-4-9

Batters Faced
1935 NL-1058-7
1936 NL-1081-8
1937 NL-1146-2
1938 NL-1194-3
1939 NL-1202-3
1942 NL-939-10

Adjusted ERA+
1935 NL-133-6
1936 NL-120-8
1938 NL-144-1
1939 NL-115-10

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 18 (108) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 121 (149) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 15.0 (475) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 51.0 (249) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

August 5, 1943: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Philadelphia Blue Jays for Mickey Livingston.

July 14, 1945: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the Philadelphia Phillies.

February 26, 1947: Released by the Boston Braves.

March 15, 1947: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

September 19, 1947: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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