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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Joe Agler           1912-1915  234   751  121  185  22  10   0   36  131  130  .246  .359  .302   38   0 Apr 26
 Clyde Barfoot       1922-1926   90    76    5   20   2   1   0    5    6   13  .263  .317  .316    0   0 Mar 11
 Les Barnhart        1928-1930    3     5    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .200  .200  .200    0   0 Oct 07
 Ralph Birkofer      1933-1937  134   207   18   50   7   1   0   22    3   39  .242  .256  .285    0   0 Mar 16
 Jack Boyle          1912-1912   15    25    4    7   1   0   0    2    1    5  .280  .308  .320    0   0 Apr 03
 Norm Branch         1941-1942   37    13    1    1   0   0   0    1    1    5  .077  .143  .077    0   0 Nov 21
 Bert Brenner        1912-1912    2     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 11
 Bobby Burke         1927-1937  260   278   24   54   7   2   0   21   11   42  .194  .225  .234    0   0 Feb 08
 Mitch Chetkovich    1945-1945    4     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Aug 24
 Lou Chiozza         1934-1939  616  2288  303  633 107  22  14  197  145  165  .277  .324  .361   45   0 Feb 28
 Bill Clarkson       1927-1929   53    25    1    2   0   0   0    0    4    8  .080  .207  .080    0   0 Aug 27
 Dave Coble          1939-1939   15    25    2    7   1   0   0    0    0    3  .280  .280  .320    0   0 Oct 15
 Bruce Connatser     1931-1932   35   109   13   28   6   1   0    8    6   11  .257  .302  .330    1   0 Jan 27
 Cliff Daringer      1914-1914   64   160   12   42   2   1   0   16   11    7  .263  .322  .288    9   0 Dec 26
 Artie Dede          1916-1916    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 06
 Shorty Dee          1915-1915    1     3    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .250  .000    0   1 Aug 12
 Jack Doscher        1903-1908   27    50    1    5   0   0   0    0    2    0  .100  .135  .100    0   0 May 27
 Bill Dreesen        1931-1931   48   180   38   40  10   4   1   10   23   23  .222  .310  .339    1   0 Nov 09
 George Dunlop       1913-1914    8    20    3    4   1   0   0    0    1    6  .200  .238  .250    0   0 Dec 12
 Cedric Durst        1922-1930  481  1103  146  269  39  17  15  122   75  100  .244  .294  .351    7  11 Feb 16
 Eddie Edmonson      1913-1913    2     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May 10
 Elmer Eggert        1927-1927    5     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    1  .000  .250  .000    0   0 Apr 09
 Chester Emerson     1911-1912    8    19    2    4   0   0   0    0    6    0  .211  .400  .211    1   0 Jul 02
 Howard Fahey        1912-1912    5     8    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Oct 24
 Ed Fallenstein      1931-1933   35    13    2    4   1   0   0    3    1    6  .308  .357  .385    0   0 Nov 24
 Joe Fautsch         1916-1916    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Mar 16
 Tom Fitzsimmons     1919-1919    4     4    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    2  .000  .200  .000    0   0 Dec 20
 Elmer Flick         1898-1910 1483  5597  950 1752 268 164  48  756  597    0  .313  .389  .445  330   0 Jan 09
 Goose Goslin        1921-1938 2287  8656 1483 2735 500 173 248 1609  949  585  .316  .387  .500  175  89 May 15
 Bert Graham         1910-1910    8    26    1    3   2   1   0    5    1    0  .115  .148  .269    0   0 Jun 19
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Charlie Grover      1913-1913    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .250  .000    0   0 May 24
 Charlie Harding     1913-1913    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Oct 30
 Slim Harrell        1912-1912    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 30
 Mickey Harris       1940-1952  271   288   40   54   3   1   0   16   60   82  .188  .328  .205    1   0 Apr 15
 Joe Hassler         1928-1930   37    46    9   11   2   0   0    4    2    7  .239  .271  .283    0   1 Sep 04
 Myril Hoag          1931-1945 1020  3147  384  854 141  33  28  401  252  298  .271  .328  .364   59  49 Jul 28
 Bill Holden         1913-1914   79   246   20   52   6   3   0   21   27   36  .211  .289  .260    2   4 Sep 14
 Chuck Hostetler     1944-1945  132   309   45   86  12   2   0   22   28   39  .278  .338  .330    4   4 Feb 18
 Bill James          1913-1919   88   199   18   46   5   0   0    9    2   44  .231  .243  .256    2   0 Mar 10
 Sam Jones           1951-1964  322   522   16   78   7   0   1   27   17  167  .149  .176  .169    0   0 Nov 05
 Wally Judnich       1940-1949  790  2786  424  782 150  29  90  420  385  298  .281  .369  .452   20  24 Jul 12
 Bill Kellogg        1914-1914   71   126   14   22   0   1   0    7   14   28  .175  .262  .190    7   0 Dec 12
 Walt Kinney         1918-1923   82   125   17   35   7   0   2   18   12   18  .280  .343  .384    0   0 Jul 01
 Mike Konnick        1909-1910    3     8    0    2   1   0   0    1    1    0  .250  .333  .375    0   0 Jul 09
 Andy Kyle           1912-1912    9    21    3    7   1   0   0    4    4    2  .333  .440  .381    0   0 Sep 06
 Ed Lafitte          1909-1915  108   245   22   54  11   0   2   23    6   23  .220  .239  .290    0   0 Apr 12
 Frank Lamanske      1935-1935    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 04
 Erv Lange           1914-1914   36    51    4    9   1   0   0    2   11   14  .176  .323  .196    0   0 Apr 24
 Chick Lathers       1910-1911   70   127    9   29   3   0   0    7   13    0  .228  .305  .252    0   0 Jul 26
 Dud Lee             1920-1926  253   732   80  163  20   9   0   60   88   70  .223  .311  .275   12   8 Jan 07
 Joe Lotz            1916-1916   12    12    1    4   1   0   0    2    0    4  .333  .333  .417    0   0 Jan 01
 Bill Mack           1908-1908    2     3    1    2   0   1   0    0    0    0  .667  .667 1.333    0   0 Sep 30
 Frank Mack          1922-1925   27    21    2    4   1   1   0    1    0    8  .190  .190  .333    0   0 Jul 02
 Cy Malis            1934-1934    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0       1.000          0   0 Jan 12
 Heinie Manush       1923-1939 2008  7654 1287 2524 491 160 110 1183  506  345  .330  .377  .479  114  58 May 12
 Mike Massey         1917-1917   31    91   12   18   0   0   0    2   15   15  .198  .318  .198    2   0 Oct 17
 Carl Mays           1915-1929  502  1085  113  291  32  21   5  110   66  116  .268  .313  .350    1   1 Apr 04
 Jeff McCleskey      1913-1913    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .250  .000    0   0 May 11
 Jim McCloskey       1936-1936    4     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 18
 Polly McLarry       1912-1915   70   129   16   25   3   0   1   12   14   20  .194  .273  .240    2   2 Nov 04
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Earl McNeely        1924-1931  683  2254  369  614 107  33   4  213  183  187  .272  .335  .354   69  41 Jul 16
 Rube Melton         1941-1947  162   208   11   25   7   0   1   14    3   80  .120  .133  .168    0   0 Sep 11
 Bud Messenger       1924-1924    5     8    0    1   1   0   0    2    0    2  .125  .125  .250    0   0 Nov 04
 Chief Meyers        1909-1917  992  2834  276  826 120  41  14  363  274  162  .291  .367  .378   44   4 Jul 25
 Hack Miller         1916-1925  349  1200  164  387  65  11  38  205   64  103  .323  .361  .490   10   9 Sep 17
 Walter Mueller      1922-1926  121   345   46   95  10   7   2   49   13   19  .275  .307  .362    4   2 Aug 16
 Billy Mullen        1920-1928   36    50    5   11   1   0   0    2   10    6  .220  .350  .240    1   0 May 04
 Judge Nagle         1911-1911   13    17    1    2   0   0   0    2    0    0  .118  .118  .118    0   0 May 26
 Ron Northey         1942-1957 1084  3172  385  874 172  28 108  513  361  297  .276  .352  .450    7   0 Apr 16
 Dink O'Brien        1923-1923   15    21    3    7   2   0   0    0    2    1  .333  .391  .429    0   0 Nov 04
 Walter Ockey        1944-1944    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Dec 04
 Roberto Ortiz       1941-1950  213   659   67  168  18  10   8   78   43   95  .255  .310  .349    4   3 Sep 15
 Joe Palmisano       1931-1931   19    44    5   10   2   0   0    4    6    3  .227  .320  .273    0   0 Nov 05
 Steve Partenheimer  1913-1913    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .333  .000    0   0 Jun 16
 Harry Pattee        1908-1908   80   264   19   57   5   2   0    9   25    0  .216  .286  .250   24   0 Jul 17
 Rusty Pence         1921-1921    4     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 11
 Jesse Petty         1921-1930  207   413   23   53  10   1   0   24    7  126  .128  .143  .157    1   0 Oct 23
 Ray Phelps          1930-1936  126   209   12   31   5   0   1   12   12   80  .148  .195  .187    0   0 Jul 07
 Johnny Podgajny     1940-1946  123   161   10   27   2   1   0   11    1   37  .168  .178  .193    0   0 Mar 02
 Irv Porter          1914-1914    1     4    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   0 Feb 20
 Sam Post            1922-1922    9    25    3    7   0   0   0    4    1    4  .280  .308  .280    1   0 Mar 31
 Doc Prothro         1920-1926  180   600   66  191  34  10   0   81   69   40  .318  .390  .408   13  15 Oct 14
 Troy Puckett        1911-1911    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 13
 Hal Rhyne           1926-1933  655  2031  252  508  98  22   2  192  184  127  .250  .318  .323   13  11 Jan 07
 Harry Rice          1923-1933 1034  3740  620 1118 186  63  48  506  376  194  .299  .368  .421   59  55 Jan 01
 Mike Ryba           1935-1946  250   247   18   58   6   0   0   24   22   31  .235  .297  .259    0   0 Dec 13
 Gus Salve           1908-1908    2     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Mar 29
 Ferdie Schupp       1913-1922  217   319   25   58  10   3   1   19   25  104  .182  .241  .241    0   1 Dec 16
 Tripp Sigman        1929-1930   62   129   23   42   5   1   6   15    9   10  .326  .379  .519    1   0 Mar 08
 Vern Spencer        1920-1920   45   140   15   28   2   3   0   19   11   17  .200  .258  .257    4   3 Jun 03
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Harry Suter         1909-1909   18    32    1    3   0   0   0    0    2    0  .094  .147  .094    0   0 Jul 24
 Tommy Thompson      1933-1939  397  1107  142  294  34   4   9  119  108   63  .266  .335  .328    7   0 May 24
 Woody Upchurch      1935-1936   10    14    0    3   1   0   0    1    0    4  .214  .214  .286    0   0 Oct 23
 Murray Wall         1950-1959   91    46    2    5   0   0   0    0    0   24  .109  .109  .109    0   0 Oct 08
 Dee Walsh           1913-1915   89   226   22   44   5   1   0   12   22   40  .195  .292  .226   10   7 Jul 14
 Ed Weiland          1940-1942   10     7    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    3  .143  .143  .143    0   0 Jul 12
 Tony Welzer         1926-1927   76    80    8   12   2   0   0    6   16   15  .150  .292  .175    0   0 Mar 18
 Max West            1928-1929   12    29    5    8   2   1   0    2    5    1  .276  .382  .414    0   0 Apr 25
 Jack White          1927-1928    6     7    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun 19
 Lefty Wolf          1921-1921    8     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .250  .250  .250    0   0 Sep 25
 Harry Wolfe         1917-1917   12    10    1    2   0   0   0    1    2    5  .200  .333  .200    0   0 Jul 28
 Steve Yerkes        1909-1916  711  2521  307  676 124  32   6  254  207  102  .268  .328  .350   54   6 Jan 31
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

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 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Clyde Barfoot       1922-1926   8  10  .444  4.10   86   5   2   1   5  250.3  293  114  13   66   49 Mar 11
 Les Barnhart        1928-1930   1   1  .500  6.75    3   2   0   0   0   17.3   25   13   1    8    2 Oct 07
 Ralph Birkofer      1933-1937  31  28  .525  4.19  132  64  24   2   2  544.0  618  253  24  175  224 Mar 16
 Norm Branch         1941-1942   5   2  .714  3.73   37   0   0   0   4   62.7   55   26   5   42   41 Nov 21
 Bert Brenner        1912-1912   1   0 1.000  2.77    2   1   1   0   0   13.0   14    4   0    4    3 Apr 11
 Bobby Burke         1927-1937  38  46  .452  4.28  254  88  27   4   5  918.7  926  437  35  360  299 Feb 08
 Mitch Chetkovich    1945-1945   0   0        0.00    4   0   0   0   0    3.0    2    0   0    3    0 Aug 24
 Bill Clarkson       1927-1929   3  12  .200  5.44   51   9   2   0   2  134.0  171   81   5   79   39 Aug 27
 Jack Doscher        1903-1908   2  10  .167  2.84   27  13  10   0   0  145.7  118   46   3   68   61 May 27
 Ed Fallenstein      1931-1933   2   1  .667  5.52   33   4   1   1   0   76.7   99   47   3   39   20 Nov 24
 Charlie Grover      1913-1913   0   0        3.38    2   1   0   0   0   10.7    9    4   0    7    2 May 24
 Charlie Harding     1913-1913   0   0        4.50    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    3    1   0    1    0 Oct 30
 Slim Harrell        1912-1912   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    3.0    4    0   0    0    1 Apr 30
 Mickey Harris       1940-1952  59  71  .454  4.18  271 109  42   2  21 1050.0 1097  488  79  455  534 Apr 15
 Myril Hoag          1939-1945   0   0        0.00    3   0   0   0   0    4.0    3    0   0    1    0 Jul 28
 Bill James          1913-1919  37  21  .638  2.28   84  61  44   5   2  541.7  469  137  14  199  253 Mar 10
 Sam Jones           1951-1964 102 101  .502  3.59  322 222  76  17   9 1643.3 1403  655 151  822 1376 Nov 05
 Walt Kinney         1918-1923  11  20  .355  3.59   63  30  18   1   2  290.7  274  116  10  136  129 Jul 01
 Ed Lafitte          1909-1915  37  35  .514  3.34  106  75  47   1   5  646.7  668  240  18  262  262 Apr 12
 Frank Lamanske      1935-1935   0   0        7.36    2   0   0   0   0    3.7    5    3   0    1    1 Aug 04
 Erv Lange           1914-1914  12  11  .522  2.23   36  22  10   2   2  190.0  162   47   3   55   87 Apr 24
 Joe Lotz            1916-1916   0   3  .000  4.28   12   3   1   0   0   40.0   31   19   1   17   18 Jan 01
 Bill Mack           1908-1908   0   0        3.00    2   0   0   0   0    6.0    5    2   1    1    2 Sep 30
 Frank Mack          1922-1925   2   3  .400  4.94   27   4   1   1   0   71.0   83   39   3   40   23 Jul 02
 Cy Malis            1934-1934   0   0        4.91    1   0   0   0   0    3.7    4    2   0    2    1 Jan 12
 Carl Mays           1915-1929 207 126  .622  2.92  490 325 231  29  31 3021.3 2912  979  73  734  862 Apr 04
 Jim McCloskey       1936-1936   0   0       11.25    4   1   0   0   0    8.0   14   10   1    3    2 Aug 18
 Rube Melton         1941-1947  30  50  .375  3.62  162  87  25   6   5  704.0  624  283  22  395  363 Sep 11
 Bud Messenger       1924-1924   2   0 1.000  4.32    5   2   1   0   0   25.0   28   12   4   14    4 Nov 04
 Judge Nagle         1911-1911   5   3  .625  3.48   13   4   1   0   1   54.3   60   21   5   12   23 May 26
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Walter Ockey        1944-1944   0   0        3.38    2   0   0   0   0    2.7    2    1   1    2    1 Dec 04
 Rusty Pence         1921-1921   0   0        8.44    4   0   0   0   0    5.3    6    5   0    7    2 Aug 11
 Jesse Petty         1921-1930  67  78  .462  3.68  207 154  76   6   4 1208.3 1286  494  77  296  407 Oct 23
 Ray Phelps          1930-1936  33  35  .485  4.93  126  79  24   4   1  602.0  700  330  48  220  190 Jul 07
 Johnny Podgajny     1940-1946  20  37  .351  4.20  115  61  20   0   0  510.3  542  238  22  165  129 Mar 02
 Troy Puckett        1911-1911   0   0       13.50    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    3   0    2    1 Apr 13
 Mike Ryba           1935-1946  52  34  .605  3.66  240  36  16   2  16  783.7  817  319  47  247  307 Dec 13
 Gus Salve           1908-1908   0   1  .000  4.11    2   1   1   0   0   15.3   17    7   1    9    6 Mar 29
 Ferdie Schupp       1913-1922  61  39  .610  3.32  216 120  62  11   6 1054.0  938  389  30  464  553 Dec 16
 Harry Suter         1909-1909   2   3  .400  2.47   18   7   3   1   1   87.3   72   24   2   28   53 Jul 24
 Woody Upchurch      1935-1936   0   4  .000  7.42   10   5   2   0   0   43.7   59   36  10   26    8 Oct 23
 Murray Wall         1950-1959  13  14  .481  4.20   91   1   0   0  14  193.0  196   90  25   63   82 Oct 08
 Dee Walsh           1915-1915   0   0       13.50    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    3   0    2    0 Jul 14
 Ed Weiland          1940-1942   0   0        8.25   10   0   0   0   0   24.0   33   22   5   10    7 Jul 12
 Tony Welzer         1926-1927  10  14  .417  4.78   76  25   9   1   1  310.7  381  165  15  124   85 Mar 18
 Lefty Wolf          1921-1921   0   0        7.20    8   0   0   0   0   15.0   15   12   0   16   11 Sep 25
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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