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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Orville Armbrust    1934-1934    3     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    4  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Mar 02
 Bob Barr            1935-1935    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Mar 12
 Vince Barton        1931-1932  102   373   64   87  12   4  16   65   29   62  .233  .306  .416    1   0 Feb 01
 Joe Becker          1936-1937   40    83    8   20   5   2   1   13    8    8  .241  .315  .386    0   0 Jun 25
 Andy Bednar         1930-1931    5     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Aug 16
 Allen Benson        1934-1934    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 12
 Ralph Birkofer      1933-1937  134   207   18   50   7   1   0   22    3   39  .242  .256  .285    0   0 Nov 05
 Cy Blanton          1934-1942  202   428   22   66   4   0   0   26   23   98  .154  .197  .164    0   0 Jul 06
 Bob Boken           1933-1934  147   457   54  113  15   4   6   72   27   49  .247  .291  .337    4   1 Feb 23
 Ed Boland           1934-1944   57   136   11   35   5   1   0   23    4   14  .257  .279  .309    2   0 Apr 18
 Zeke Bonura         1934-1940  917  3582  600 1099 232  29 119  704  404  180  .307  .380  .487   19   7 Sep 20
 Harley Boss         1928-1933  155   519   64  139  19   8   1   61   30   34  .268  .309  .341    2   5 Nov 19
 John Bottarini      1937-1937   26    40    3   11   3   0   1    7    5   10  .275  .370  .425    0   0 Sep 14
 Buzz Boyle          1929-1935  366  1343  185  389  58  24  12  125  116  125  .290  .347  .395   24   0 Feb 09
 Gibby Brack         1937-1939  315   980  150  273  70  18  16  113   92  186  .279  .341  .436   13   0 Mar 29
 Gilly Campbell      1933-1938  295   708   78  186  30   2   5   93  116   35  .263  .371  .332    5   0 Feb 13
 Sol Carter          1931-1931    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Dec 23
 Ben Chapman         1930-1946 1717  6478 1144 1958 407 107  90  977  824  556  .302  .383  .440  287 135 Dec 25
 Alta Cohen          1931-1933   29    67    8   13   2   0   0    2    9   11  .194  .289  .224    0   0 Dec 25
 Ed Connolly         1929-1932  149   371   13   66  11   4   0   31   29   50  .178  .239  .229    0   1 Jul 17
 Earl Cook           1941-1941    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Dec 10
 Bobby Coombs        1933-1943   30     7    1    2   0   0   0    2    3    0  .286  .500  .286    0   0 Feb 02
 Howard Craghead     1931-1933   15     3    0    0   0   0   0    1    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May 25
 Harry Davis         1932-1937  327  1213  205  320  65  18   7  123  153   87  .264  .347  .364   21  16 May 07
 Ed Fallenstein      1931-1933   35    13    2    4   1   0   0    3    1    6  .308  .357  .385    0   0 Dec 22
 Buck Fausett        1944-1944   13    31    2    3   0   1   0    1    1    2  .097  .125  .161    0   0 Apr 08
 Wes Ferrell         1927-1941  548  1176  175  329  57  12  38  208  129  185  .280  .351  .446    2   0 Feb 02
 Tony Freitas        1932-1936  108   165   10   24   3   1   0    9   21   58  .145  .242  .176    0   0 May 05
 Hank Garrity        1931-1931    8    14    0    3   1   0   0    2    1    2  .214  .267  .286    0   0 Feb 04
 Joe Glenn           1932-1940  248   718   77  181  34   5   5   89   81   91  .252  .330  .334    6   5 Nov 19
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Izzy Goldstein      1932-1932   16    17    3    5   1   0   0    3    0    1  .294  .294  .353    0   0 Jun 06
 Lefty Gomez         1930-1943  368   904   59  133  11   0   0   58   50  252  .147  .194  .159    1   1 Nov 26
 Ival Goodman        1935-1944 1107  3928  609 1104 188  85  95  525  382  380  .281  .352  .445   49   0 Jul 23
 Paul Gregory        1932-1933   56    73    6    8   2   0   0    2    4   11  .110  .156  .137    0   0 Jun 09
 Lefty Guise         1940-1940    2     3    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .333  .333  .333    0   0 Sep 18
 Dick Gyselman       1933-1934   82   191   17   43   7   3   0   16    9   32  .225  .260  .293    0   0 Apr 06
 Odell Hale          1931-1941 1062  3701  551 1071 240  51  73  573  353  315  .289  .352  .441   57  45 Aug 10
 Clyde Hatter        1935-1937   11    13    2    3   0   0   0    1    1    6  .231  .286  .231    0   0 Aug 07
 Myril Hoag          1931-1945 1020  3147  384  854 141  33  28  401  252  298  .271  .328  .364   59  49 Mar 09
 George Hockette     1934-1935   26    25    2    5   1   0   0    2    2    0  .200  .259  .240    0   0 Apr 07
 Al Hollingsworth    1935-1946  331   525   53  103  12   1   2   32   23   60  .196  .231  .234    0   0 Feb 25
 Jim Holloway        1929-1929    3     1    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000    0   0 Sep 22
 Jimmy Jordan        1933-1936  376  1273  102  327  51   4   2  118   37   76  .257  .279  .308    8   0 Jan 13
 Orville Jorgens     1935-1937  144   157   10   23   2   0   0    9    8   38  .146  .188  .159    0   0 Jun 04
 Oscar Judd          1941-1948  206   317   36   83  11   5   3   19   27   37  .262  .322  .356    0   0 Feb 14
 Billy Jurges        1931-1947 1816  6253  721 1613 245  55  43  656  568  530  .258  .325  .335   36   0 May 09
 Hugo Klaerner       1934-1934    3     6    2    2   2   0   0    0    0    0  .333  .333  .667    0   0 Oct 15
 Bob Klinger         1938-1947  265   348   28   71   5   0   0   21   20   41  .204  .247  .218    0   0 Jun 04
 Fabian Kowalik      1932-1936   76    95    6   23   3   0   0   11    3   11  .242  .265  .274    0   0 Apr 22
 Mike Kreevich       1931-1945 1241  4676  676 1321 221  75  45  514  446  339  .283  .346  .391  115  53 Jun 10
 John Kroner         1935-1938  223   702   83  184  47   9   7  105   68   56  .262  .327  .385    3   5 Nov 13
 Regis Leheny        1932-1932    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jan 05
 Ernie Lombardi      1931-1947 1853  5855  601 1792 277  27 190  990  430  262  .306  .358  .460    8   0 Apr 06
 Al Lopez            1928-1947 1950  5916  613 1547 206  43  51  652  556  538  .261  .326  .337   46   1 Aug 20
 Ray Lucas           1929-1934   22     9    3    3   0   0   0    0    2    1  .333  .455  .333    0   0 Oct 02
 Terry Lyons         1929-1929    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Dec 14
 Ed Madjeski         1932-1937  166   481   58  116  19   2   5   56   21   61  .241  .274  .320    2   0 Jul 20
 Emil Mailho         1936-1936   21    18    5    1   0   0   0    0    5    3  .056  .261  .056    0   0 Dec 16
 Art McLarney        1932-1932    9    23    2    3   1   0   0    3    1    3  .130  .167  .174    0   0 Dec 20
 Jim McLeod          1930-1933   92   266   24   54   7   1   0   16   14   30  .203  .248  .237    2   1 Sep 12
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Buster Mills        1934-1946  415  1379  200  396  62  19  14  163  131  137  .287  .355  .390   23  21 Sep 16
 Euel Moore          1934-1936   61    81    7   15   0   0   0    6    1   18  .185  .195  .185    0   0 May 27
 Jo-Jo Moore         1930-1941 1335  5427  809 1615 258  53  79  513  348  247  .298  .344  .408   46   0 Dec 25
 Joe Mowry           1933-1935  192   464   51  108  19   6   2   37   29   48  .233  .284  .313    1   0 Apr 06
 Les Munns           1934-1936   64    54    4   11   2   1   0    2    1   13  .204  .218  .278    0   0 Dec 01
 Johnny Murphy       1932-1947  415   298   30   46  13   0   0   20   29  103  .154  .232  .198    1   0 Jul 14
 Floyd Newkirk       1934-1934    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jul 16
 Otho Nitcholas      1945-1945    7     4    2    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .250  .250  .250    0   0 Sep 13
 Leo Norris          1936-1937  270   962  109  252  51   7  20  112   60  132  .262  .307  .392    7   0 May 17
 Prince Oana         1934-1945   30    52    8   16   3   1   1   10    1    3  .308  .321  .462    0   0 Jan 22
 Ralph Onis          1935-1935    1     1    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000    0   0 Oct 24
 Jack Owens          1935-1935    2     8    0    2   0   0   0    1    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   0 May 06
 Tom Padden          1932-1943  399  1170  122  318  40   6   2  110  127  121  .272  .345  .321    5   0 Oct 06
 Jimmy Pattison      1929-1929    6     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .500  .500  .500    0   0 Dec 18
 Monte Pearson       1932-1941  225   513   58  117  24   1   2   62   39   59  .228  .283  .290    2   0 Sep 02
 Jim Peterson        1931-1937   41    29    3    5   1   0   0    2    4   12  .172  .273  .207    0   0 Aug 18
 Babe Phelps         1931-1942  726  2117  239  657 143  19  54  345  160  157  .310  .362  .472    9   0 Apr 19
 Red Phillips        1934-1936   29    45    5   13   2   1   0    2    1    4  .289  .304  .378    0   0 Nov 03
 Harlin Pool         1934-1935  127   426   46  129  28   7   2   61   19   20  .303  .343  .415    3   0 Mar 12
 Jake Powell         1930-1945  688  2540  353  689 116  26  22  327  173  219  .271  .320  .363   65  35 Jul 15
 Frankie Pytlak      1932-1946  795  2399  316  677 100  36   7  272  247   97  .282  .355  .363   56  29 Jul 30
 Paul Richards       1932-1946  523  1417  140  321  51   5  15  155  157  149  .227  .305  .301   15   3 Nov 21
 Red Rolfe           1931-1942 1175  4827  942 1394 257  67  69  497  526  335  .289  .360  .413   44  20 Oct 17
 Don Savidge         1929-1929    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Aug 28
 Roy Schalk          1932-1945  282  1112  100  259  38   5   2  109   79   95  .233  .285  .281    8  10 Nov 09
 George Selkirk      1934-1942  846  2790  503  810 131  41 108  576  486  319  .290  .400  .483   49  32 Jan 04
 Pat Simmons         1928-1929   33    16    0    2   0   0   0    1    1    7  .125  .176  .125    0   0 Nov 29
 Andy Spognardi      1932-1932   17    34    9   10   1   0   0    1    6    6  .294  .400  .324    0   0 Oct 18
 John Stoneham       1933-1933   10    25    4    3   0   0   1    3    2    2  .120  .185  .240    0   0 Nov 08
 Bill Strickland     1937-1937    9     6    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    3  .167  .167  .167    0   0 Mar 29
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Carl Sumner         1928-1928   16    29    6    8   1   1   0    3    5    6  .276  .382  .379    0   0 Sep 28
 Bill Swift          1932-1943  336   591   43  134  27   3   3   54   19  113  .227  .253  .298    0   0 Jun 19
 Bill Trotter        1937-1944  163   109    6    6   1   0   0    1   19   63  .055  .195  .064    0   0 Aug 10
 Joe Vitelli         1944-1945    5     3    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 12
 Gee Walker          1931-1945 1784  6771  954 1991 399  76 124  997  330  600  .294  .331  .430  223  70 Mar 19
 Bernie Walter       1930-1930    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Aug 15
 Johnny Watson       1930-1930    4    12    1    3   2   0   0    3    1    2  .250  .308  .417    0   0 Jan 16
 Billy Werber        1930-1942 1295  5024  875 1363 271  50  78  539  701  363  .271  .364  .392  215  68 Jun 20
 Les Willis          1947-1947   22    11    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .091  .091  .091    0   0 Jan 17
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

99 Players

Pitchers Born in 1908

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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
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Orville Armbrust    1934-1934   1   0 1.000  2.13    3   2   0   0   0   12.7   10    3   1    3    3 Mar 02
 Bob Barr            1935-1935   0   0        3.86    2   0   0   0   0    2.3    5    1   0    2    0 Mar 12
 Andy Bednar         1930-1931   0   0       15.19    5   0   0   0   0    5.3   14    9   1    1    3 Aug 16
 Allen Benson        1934-1934   0   1  .000 12.10    2   2   0   0   0    9.7   19   13   0    5    4 Jul 12
 Ralph Birkofer      1933-1937  31  28  .525  4.19  132  64  24   2   2  544.0  618  253  24  175  224 Nov 05
 Cy Blanton          1934-1942  68  71  .489  3.55  202 167  75  14   4 1218.3 1243  481  64  337  611 Jul 06
 Sol Carter          1931-1931   0   0       19.29    2   0   0   0   0    2.3    1    5   0    4    1 Dec 23
 Ben Chapman         1944-1946   8   6  .571  4.40   25  16   8   0   0  141.0  147   69   7   71   65 Dec 25
 Earl Cook           1941-1941   0   0        4.50    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    1   0    0    1 Dec 10
 Bobby Coombs        1933-1943   0   2  .000  9.32   30   0   0   0   2   47.3   80   49   5   28   13 Feb 02
 Howard Craghead     1931-1933   0   0        6.26   15   0   0   0   0   23.0   27   16   1   12    4 May 25
 Ed Fallenstein      1931-1933   2   1  .667  5.52   33   4   1   1   0   76.7   99   47   3   39   20 Dec 22
 Buck Fausett        1944-1944   0   0        5.91    2   0   0   0   0   10.7   13    7   0    7    3 Apr 08
 Wes Ferrell         1927-1941 193 128  .601  4.04  374 323 227  17  13 2623.0 2845 1177 132 1040  985 Feb 02
 Tony Freitas        1932-1936  25  33  .431  4.48  107  63  22   1   4  518.0  614  258  31  137  135 May 05
 Izzy Goldstein      1932-1932   3   2  .600  4.47   16   6   2   0   0   56.3   63   28   2   41   14 Jun 06
 Lefty Gomez         1930-1943 189 102  .649  3.34  368 320 173  28   9 2503.0 2290  930 138 1095 1468 Nov 26
 Paul Gregory        1932-1933   9  14  .391  4.72   56  26   8   0   0  221.3  249  116  18   98   57 Jun 09
 Lefty Guise         1940-1940   0   0        1.17    2   0   0   0   0    7.7    8    1   0    5    1 Sep 18
 Clyde Hatter        1935-1937   1   0 1.000  8.44   11   2   0   0   0   42.7   61   40   2   41   19 Aug 07
 Myril Hoag          1939-1945   0   0        0.00    3   0   0   0   0    4.0    3    0   0    1    0 Mar 09
 George Hockette     1934-1935   4   4  .500  4.08   26   7   3   2   0   88.3  105   40   9   18   25 Apr 07
 Al Hollingsworth    1935-1946  70 104  .402  3.99  315 185  78   7  15 1520.3 1642  674  47  587  608 Feb 25
 Jim Holloway        1929-1929   0   0       13.50    3   0   0   0   0    4.7   10    7   2    5    1 Sep 22
 Orville Jorgens     1935-1937  21  27  .438  4.70  144  56  11   0   5  496.3  571  259  40  233  149 Jun 04
 Oscar Judd          1941-1948  40  51  .440  3.90  161  99  43   4   7  771.3  744  334  24  397  304 Feb 14
 Hugo Klaerner       1934-1934   0   2  .000 10.90    3   3   1   0   0   17.3   24   21   4   16    9 Oct 15
 Bob Klinger         1938-1947  66  61  .520  3.68  265 130  48   7  23 1089.7 1153  445  46  358  357 Jun 04
 Fabian Kowalik      1932-1936   3  11  .214  5.43   51  12   4   0   2  167.3  218  101  10   63   42 Apr 22
 Regis Leheny        1932-1932   0   0       16.88    2   0   0   0   0    2.7    5    5   0    3    1 Jan 05
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Ray Lucas           1929-1934   1   1  .500  5.79   22   2   0   0   1   56.0   58   36   5   32    5 Oct 02
 Euel Moore          1934-1936   9  16  .360  5.48   61  29   5   0   3  225.0  293  137  18   77   75 May 27
 Les Munns           1934-1936   4  13  .235  4.76   61  15   4   0   2  181.7  203   96  14  105   58 Dec 01
 Johnny Murphy       1932-1947  93  53  .637  3.50  415  40  17   0 107 1045.0  985  406  52  444  378 Jul 14
 Floyd Newkirk       1934-1934   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    0   0    1    0 Jul 16
 Otho Nitcholas      1945-1945   1   0 1.000  5.30    7   0   0   0   0   18.7   19   11   4    1    4 Sep 13
 Prince Oana         1943-1945   3   2  .600  3.77   13   1   0   0   1   45.3   37   19   4   26   18 Jan 22
 Jimmy Pattison      1929-1929   0   1  .000  4.63    6   0   0   0   0   11.7    9    6   1    4    5 Dec 18
 Monte Pearson       1932-1941 100  61  .621  4.00  224 191  94   5   4 1429.7 1392  635  82  740  703 Sep 02
 Jim Peterson        1931-1937   2   6  .250  5.27   41   6   1   0   0  109.3  140   64   9   42   29 Aug 18
 Red Phillips        1934-1936   4   4  .500  6.42   29   7   4   0   1  110.7  155   79  13   38   18 Nov 03
 Don Savidge         1929-1929   0   0        9.00    3   0   0   0   0    6.0   12    6   1    2    2 Aug 28
 Pat Simmons         1928-1929   0   2  .000  3.67   33   3   0   0   2   76.0   75   31   4   41   18 Nov 29
 Bill Strickland     1937-1937   0   0        5.91    9   0   0   0   0   21.3   28   14   2   15    6 Mar 29
 Bill Swift          1932-1943  95  82  .537  3.58  336 163  78   7  20 1637.7 1682  651 103  351  636 Jun 19
 Bill Trotter        1937-1944  22  34  .393  5.40  163  31   9   0   3  483.3  619  290  46  174  158 Aug 10
 Joe Vitelli         1944-1944   0   0        2.57    4   0   0   0   0    7.0    5    2   1    7    2 Apr 12
 Bernie Walter       1930-1930   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    0    0   0    0    1 Aug 15
 Les Willis          1947-1947   0   2  .000  3.48   22   2   0   0   1   44.0   58   17   3   24   10 Jan 17
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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