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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Cliff Aberson 1947-1949 63 179 25 45 7 3 5 26 25 44 .251 .343 .408 0 0 Jul 18 25.324 Dick Adams 1947-1947 37 89 9 18 2 3 2 11 2 18 .202 .220 .360 0 0 May 20 27.042 Jack Albright 1947-1947 41 99 9 23 4 0 2 5 10 11 .232 .303 .333 1 0 May 19 25.323 Hub Andrews 1947-1948 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 20 24.232 Rugger Ardizoia 1947-1947 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 30 27.161 Leslie Aulds 1947-1947 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 0 0 May 25 26.148 Bill Ayers 1947-1947 13 8 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 .250 .250 .375 0 0 Apr 17 27.202 Dan Bankhead 1947-1951 62 45 7 10 1 0 1 3 1 7 .222 .271 .311 0 0 Aug 26 27.115 Jack Banta 1947-1950 69 61 3 7 1 0 0 3 4 11 .115 .169 .131 0 0 Sep 18 22.086 Matt Batts 1947-1956 546 1605 163 432 95 11 26 220 143 163 .269 .329 .391 6 4 Sep 10 25.329 Frank Baumholtz 1947-1957 1019 3477 450 1010 165 51 25 272 258 258 .290 .342 .389 30 20 Apr 15 28.190 Gene Bearden 1947-1953 212 288 35 68 10 1 4 32 14 42 .236 .272 .319 0 0 May 10 26.247 Lou Brissie 1947-1953 234 295 17 67 5 1 0 26 7 23 .227 .245 .251 0 0 Sep 28 23.115 Walter Brown 1947-1947 19 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .154 .000 0 0 May 16 32.023 Willard Brown 1947-1947 21 67 4 12 3 0 1 6 0 7 .179 .179 .269 2 2 Jul 19 32.023 Scott Cary 1947-1947 23 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 .077 .200 .077 0 0 May 1 24.020 Pete Castiglione 1947-1954 545 1670 205 426 62 11 24 150 103 126 .255 .300 .349 10 6 Sep 10 26.209 Ed Chandler 1947-1947 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .000 .333 .000 0 0 Apr 18 25.060 Allie Clark 1947-1953 358 1021 131 267 48 4 32 149 72 70 .262 .312 .410 2 5 Aug 5 24.050 Ray Coleman 1947-1952 559 1729 208 446 74 33 20 199 148 158 .258 .318 .374 19 20 Apr 22 24.322 Merl Combs 1947-1952 140 361 45 73 6 1 2 25 57 43 .202 .314 .241 0 1 Sep 12 27.275 Bernie Creger 1947-1947 15 16 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 .188 .235 .250 1 0 Apr 29 20.039 Perry Currin 1947-1947 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 Jun 29 18.275 Cot Deal 1947-1954 46 24 5 4 1 0 1 4 1 7 .167 .231 .333 0 0 Sep 11 24.231 Sam Dente 1947-1955 745 2320 205 585 78 16 4 214 167 96 .252 .303 .305 9 9 Jul 10 25.075 Chuck Diering 1947-1956 752 1648 217 411 76 14 14 141 237 250 .249 .345 .338 16 23 Apr 15 24.069 Larry Doby 1947-1959 1533 5348 960 1515 243 52 253 970 871 1011 .283 .386 .490 47 36 Jul 5 23.204 Harry Dorish 1947-1956 324 204 16 32 7 0 0 4 8 43 .157 .189 .191 1 0 Apr 15 25.276 Buzz Dozier 1947-1949 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 12 19.012 Glenn Elliott 1947-1949 34 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 .095 .174 .095 0 0 Apr 17 27.157 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Eddie Erautt 1947-1953 164 75 2 9 2 0 0 2 8 19 .120 .205 .147 0 0 Apr 16 22.202 Cal Ermer 1947-1947 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 26 23.320 Ferris Fain 1947-1955 1151 3930 595 1139 213 30 48 570 904 261 .290 .424 .396 46 28 Apr 15 26.017 Tommy Fine 1947-1950 25 21 5 7 2 0 0 1 2 5 .333 .391 .429 1 0 Apr 26 32.198 Nellie Fox 1947-1965 2367 9232 1279 2663 355 112 35 790 719 216 .288 .348 .363 76 80 Jun 8 19.165 Joe Frazier 1947-1956 217 282 31 68 15 2 10 45 35 46 .241 .328 .415 0 1 Aug 31 24.329 Lloyd Gearhart 1947-1947 73 179 26 44 9 0 6 17 17 30 .246 .315 .397 1 0 Apr 18 23.251 Pete Gebrian 1947-1947 27 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0 0 May 6 23.269 Billy Goodman 1947-1962 1623 5644 807 1691 299 44 19 591 669 329 .300 .376 .378 37 30 Apr 19 21.028 Ernest Groth 1947-1949 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 11 25.131 Clint Hartung 1947-1952 196 378 42 90 10 6 14 43 25 112 .238 .285 .407 0 0 Apr 15 24.248 Phil Haugstad 1947-1952 37 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 0 0 Sep 1 23.190 Jim Hearn 1947-1959 403 548 44 77 7 2 9 36 33 214 .141 .190 .210 1 0 Apr 17 26.006 Ralph Houk 1947-1954 91 158 12 43 6 1 0 20 12 10 .272 .327 .323 0 0 Apr 26 27.260 Dixie Howell 1947-1956 340 910 98 224 39 4 12 93 87 140 .246 .314 .337 1 2 May 6 27.012 Larry Jansen 1947-1956 291 600 37 90 12 1 1 48 39 157 .150 .202 .178 0 0 Apr 17 26.275 Don Johnson 1947-1958 198 155 1 9 1 0 0 7 5 47 .058 .087 .065 0 0 Apr 20 20.159 Ken Johnson 1947-1952 111 89 17 19 3 0 0 8 2 23 .213 .231 .247 1 0 Sep 18 24.247 Willie Jones 1947-1961 1691 5826 786 1502 252 33 190 812 755 541 .258 .343 .410 40 17 Sep 10 22.025 Spider Jorgensen 1947-1951 267 755 97 201 40 11 9 107 106 75 .266 .359 .384 5 0 Apr 15 27.163 Tom Kirk 1947-1947 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jun 24 19.270 Ted Kluszewski 1947-1961 1718 5929 848 1766 290 29 279 1028 492 365 .298 .353 .498 20 10 Apr 18 22.220 Austin Knickerbocker1947-1947 21 48 8 12 3 2 0 2 3 4 .250 .294 .396 0 1 Apr 19 28.186 Chuck Kress 1947-1954 175 466 57 116 20 7 1 52 49 59 .249 .320 .328 6 8 Apr 16 25.128 Joe Lafata 1947-1949 127 236 31 54 3 2 5 34 24 42 .229 .303 .322 2 0 Apr 17 25.257 Ralph LaPointe 1947-1948 143 433 60 115 10 0 1 30 35 34 .266 .322 .296 9 0 Apr 15 25.097 Jesse Levan 1947-1955 25 35 5 10 0 0 1 5 0 2 .286 .286 .371 0 0 Sep 27 21.074 Lyman Linde 1947-1948 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 11 26.346 Buddy Lively 1947-1949 79 60 4 10 4 1 0 3 5 9 .167 .231 .267 0 0 Apr 17 22.062 Jack Lohrke 1947-1953 354 914 125 221 38 9 22 96 111 86 .242 .327 .375 9 0 Apr 18 23.052 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Ed Lyons 1947-1947 7 26 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .154 .214 .154 0 0 Sep 15 24.126 Sal Madrid 1947-1947 8 24 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 6 .125 .160 .167 0 0 Sep 17 27.100 Sam Mele 1947-1956 1046 3437 406 916 168 39 80 544 311 342 .267 .328 .408 15 14 Apr 15 25.084 Steve Nagy 1947-1950 21 26 5 6 1 0 1 3 3 7 .231 .310 .385 0 0 Apr 20 27.327 Mel Parnell 1947-1956 293 668 52 132 17 2 1 50 29 94 .198 .233 .234 2 0 Apr 20 24.311 Harry Perkowski 1947-1955 197 239 19 43 7 1 1 13 6 71 .180 .206 .230 0 0 Sep 13 25.007 Jack Phillips 1947-1957 343 892 111 252 42 16 9 101 85 86 .283 .344 .396 5 3 Aug 22 25.350 Mario Picone 1947-1954 13 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 .167 .375 .333 0 0 Sep 27 21.084 Ken Polivka 1947-1947 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 18 26.087 Marv Rackley 1947-1950 185 477 87 151 20 6 1 35 36 36 .317 .365 .390 10 0 Apr 15 25.264 Willie Ramsdell 1947-1952 111 141 5 22 2 0 0 4 8 35 .156 .201 .170 0 0 Sep 24 31.173 Bobby Rhawn 1947-1949 90 198 38 47 9 2 2 18 35 17 .237 .352 .333 4 1 Sep 17 28.216 Jackie Robinson 1947-1956 1382 4877 947 1518 273 54 137 734 740 291 .311 .409 .474 197 30 Apr 15 28.074 Al Rosen 1947-1956 1044 3725 603 1063 165 20 192 717 587 385 .285 .384 .495 39 33 Sep 10 23.000 Mickey Rutner 1947-1947 12 48 4 12 1 0 1 4 3 2 .250 .294 .333 0 0 Sep 11 27.177 Mike Schultz 1947-1947 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 20 26.124 Spec Shea 1947-1955 195 298 29 58 8 4 1 33 19 63 .195 .245 .258 0 0 Apr 19 26.199 Strick Shofner 1947-1947 5 13 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 .154 .154 .308 0 0 Apr 19 27.270 Curt Simmons 1947-1967 609 1135 93 194 19 3 1 76 59 283 .171 .213 .196 2 1 Sep 28 18.132 Duke Snider 1947-1964 2143 7161 1259 2116 358 85 407 1333 971 1237 .295 .380 .540 99 50 Apr 17 20.210 Homer Spragins 1947-1947 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 13 26.308 Jerry Staley 1947-1961 640 525 35 66 4 0 1 19 38 116 .126 .186 .139 0 2 Apr 20 26.242 Virgil Stallcup 1947-1953 587 2059 171 497 99 13 22 214 51 181 .241 .260 .334 9 4 Apr 18 25.105 Dick Starr 1947-1951 94 97 11 15 4 0 0 2 10 36 .155 .234 .196 0 1 Sep 5 26.187 Bryan Stephens 1947-1948 74 59 5 7 1 0 0 3 6 17 .119 .200 .136 0 0 May 15 26.305 Chuck Stobbs 1947-1961 460 578 53 102 15 0 0 53 52 125 .176 .246 .202 1 1 Sep 15 18.075 Bud Swartz 1947-1947 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 Jul 12 18.029 Hank Thompson 1947-1956 933 3003 492 801 104 34 129 482 493 337 .267 .372 .453 33 15 Jul 17 21.221 Hal Toenes 1947-1947 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 Sep 17 29.344 Earl Torgeson 1947-1961 1668 4969 848 1318 215 46 149 740 980 653 .265 .385 .417 133 39 Apr 15 23.104 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Johnny Van Cuyk 1947-1949 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 18 26.073 Vic Wertz 1947-1963 1862 6099 867 1692 289 42 266 1178 828 842 .277 .364 .469 9 19 Apr 15 22.065 Wally Westlake 1947-1956 958 3117 474 848 107 33 127 539 317 453 .272 .345 .450 19 7 Apr 15 26.158 Wes Westrum 1947-1957 919 2322 302 503 59 8 96 315 489 514 .217 .356 .373 10 5 Sep 17 24.293 Al Widmar 1947-1952 114 107 4 18 4 0 0 7 7 37 .168 .219 .206 0 0 Apr 25 22.036 Les Willis 1947-1947 22 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 .091 0 0 Apr 28 39.101 Junior Wooten 1947-1948 94 282 34 68 8 3 1 24 24 25 .241 .305 .301 3 1 Sep 16 23.243 Sal Yvars 1947-1954 210 418 41 102 12 0 10 42 37 41 .244 .315 .344 1 1 Sep 27 23.219 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Hub Andrews 1947-1948 0 0 4.63 8 0 0 0 0 11.7 17 6 1 4 2 Apr 20 24.232 Rugger Ardizoia 1947-1947 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 1 1 0 Apr 30 27.161 Bill Ayers 1947-1947 0 3 .000 8.15 13 4 0 0 1 35.3 46 32 7 14 22 Apr 17 27.202 Dan Bankhead 1947-1951 9 5 .643 6.52 52 13 2 1 4 153.3 161 111 22 110 111 Aug 26 27.115 Jack Banta 1947-1950 14 12 .538 3.78 69 19 3 1 5 204.7 176 86 15 113 116 Sep 18 22.086 Gene Bearden 1947-1953 45 38 .542 3.96 193 84 29 7 1 788.3 791 347 48 435 259 May 10 26.247 Lou Brissie 1947-1953 44 48 .478 4.07 234 93 45 2 29 897.7 867 406 61 451 436 Sep 28 23.115 Walter Brown 1947-1947 1 0 1.000 4.89 19 0 0 0 0 46.0 50 25 3 28 10 May 16 32.023 Scott Cary 1947-1947 3 1 .750 5.93 23 3 1 0 0 54.7 73 36 5 20 25 May 01 24.020 Ed Chandler 1947-1947 0 1 .000 6.37 15 1 0 0 1 29.7 31 21 7 12 8 Apr 18 25.060 Cot Deal 1947-1954 3 4 .429 6.55 45 2 0 0 1 89.3 111 65 14 48 34 Sep 11 24.231 Harry Dorish 1947-1956 45 43 .511 3.83 323 40 13 2 44 834.3 850 355 57 301 332 Apr 15 25.276 Buzz Dozier 1947-1949 0 0 6.55 4 0 0 0 0 11.0 14 8 0 7 3 Sep 12 19.012 Glenn Elliott 1947-1949 4 5 .444 4.08 34 7 1 0 1 90.3 93 41 11 39 25 Apr 17 27.157 Eddie Erautt 1947-1953 15 23 .395 4.86 164 22 4 0 2 379.7 434 205 34 179 157 Apr 16 22.202 Tommy Fine 1947-1950 1 3 .250 6.81 23 7 1 0 0 72.7 94 55 6 44 16 Apr 26 32.198 Pete Gebrian 1947-1947 2 3 .400 4.48 27 4 0 0 5 66.3 61 33 7 33 17 May 06 23.269 Ernest Groth 1947-1949 0 1 .000 4.91 6 0 0 0 0 7.3 3 4 2 6 2 Sep 11 25.131 Clint Hartung 1947-1952 29 29 .500 5.02 112 72 23 3 1 511.3 529 285 56 271 167 Apr 15 24.248 Phil Haugstad 1947-1952 1 1 .500 5.59 37 2 0 0 0 56.3 51 35 6 41 28 Sep 01 23.190 Jim Hearn 1947-1959 109 89 .551 3.81 396 229 63 10 8 1703.7 1661 721 157 655 669 Apr 17 26.006 Larry Jansen 1947-1956 122 89 .578 3.58 291 237 107 17 10 1765.7 1751 703 191 410 842 Apr 17 26.275 Don Johnson 1947-1958 27 38 .415 4.78 198 70 17 5 12 631.0 712 335 55 285 262 Apr 20 20.159 Ken Johnson 1947-1952 12 14 .462 4.58 74 34 8 4 0 269.3 251 137 14 195 147 Sep 18 24.247 Lyman Linde 1947-1948 0 0 6.75 4 0 0 0 0 10.7 12 8 1 5 0 Sep 11 26.346 Buddy Lively 1947-1949 8 13 .381 4.16 79 27 6 2 1 249.0 230 115 27 127 94 Apr 17 22.062 Steve Nagy 1947-1950 3 8 .273 6.42 15 10 2 0 0 67.3 87 48 6 38 21 Apr 20 27.327 Mel Parnell 1947-1956 123 75 .621 3.50 289 232 113 20 10 1752.7 1715 682 104 758 732 Apr 20 24.311 Harry Perkowski 1947-1955 33 40 .452 4.37 184 76 24 4 5 697.7 719 339 65 324 296 Sep 13 25.007 Jack Phillips 1947-1957 0 0 7.20 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 4 0 1 2 Aug 22 25.350 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Mario Picone 1947-1954 0 2 .000 6.30 13 3 0 0 0 40.0 43 28 7 25 11 Sep 27 21.084 Ken Polivka 1947-1947 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 0 3 1 Apr 18 26.087 Willie Ramsdell 1947-1952 24 39 .381 3.83 111 58 18 2 5 479.7 455 204 46 215 240 Sep 24 31.173 Mike Schultz 1947-1947 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 1 0 2 0 Apr 20 26.124 Spec Shea 1947-1955 56 46 .549 3.80 195 118 48 12 5 943.7 849 398 66 497 361 Apr 19 26.199 Curt Simmons 1947-1967 193 183 .513 3.54 569 462 163 36 5 3348.3 3313 1318 255 1063 1697 Sep 28 18.132 Homer Spragins 1947-1947 0 0 6.75 4 0 0 0 0 5.3 3 4 0 3 3 Sep 13 26.308 Jerry Staley 1947-1961 134 111 .547 3.70 640 186 58 9 61 1981.7 2070 814 187 529 727 Apr 20 26.242 Dick Starr 1947-1951 12 24 .333 5.25 93 45 7 2 2 344.7 390 201 40 198 120 Sep 05 26.187 Bryan Stephens 1947-1948 8 16 .333 5.16 74 17 3 0 4 214.7 220 123 20 106 69 May 15 26.305 Chuck Stobbs 1947-1961 107 130 .451 4.29 459 238 65 7 19 1920.3 2003 916 183 735 897 Sep 15 18.075 Bud Swartz 1947-1947 0 0 6.75 5 0 0 0 0 5.3 9 4 1 7 1 Jul 12 18.029 Hal Toenes 1947-1947 0 1 .000 6.75 3 1 0 0 0 6.7 11 5 0 2 5 Sep 17 29.344 Johnny Van Cuyk 1947-1949 0 0 5.23 7 0 0 0 0 10.3 12 6 1 3 3 Sep 18 26.073 Al Widmar 1947-1952 13 30 .302 5.21 114 42 12 1 5 388.3 461 225 41 176 143 Apr 25 22.036 Les Willis 1947-1947 0 2 .000 3.48 22 2 0 0 1 44.0 58 17 3 24 10 Apr 28 39.101 Junior Wooten 1947-1948 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 2 1 Sep 16 23.243 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
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