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Batting Glossary

 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Dewey Adkins        1942-1949   38    22    2    5   1   0   1    3    0   10  .227  .227  .409    0   0 Dec 26
 Wayne Ambler        1937-1939  271   782   60  175  39   2   0   73   83   64  .224  .298  .279    4   1 Jan 03
 Harry Anderson      1957-1961  484  1586  199  419  82  16  60  242  159  291  .264  .334  .450    3   6 Jun 11
 Red Badgro          1929-1930  143   382   57   98  30   3   2   45   24   42  .257  .307  .366    4   5 Jul 13
 Frank Barrett       1939-1950  104    54    3    9   1   0   0    2    2   18  .167  .196  .185    0   0 Mar 06
 Joe Becker          1936-1937   40    83    8   20   5   2   1   13    8    8  .241  .315  .386    0   0 Jan 11
 Mark Belanger       1965-1982 2016  5784  676 1316 175  33  20  389  576  839  .228  .300  .280  167  75 Oct 06
 Ron Blackburn       1958-1959   64    12    1    3   2   0   1    1    0    4  .250  .250  .667    0   0 Apr 29
 Jack Bolling        1939-1944  125   342   48  107  25   1   4   38   25   14  .313  .361  .427    6   0 Apr 13
 Larry Bradford      1977-1981  104     5    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    2  .200  .200  .200    0   0 Sep 11
 Leon Brinkopf       1952-1952    9    22    1    4   0   0   0    2    4    5  .182  .308  .182    0   0 Jul 02
 Tom Buskey          1973-1980  258     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jun 07
 Al Campanis         1943-1943    7    20    3    2   0   0   0    0    4    5  .100  .250  .100    0   0 Jun 21
 Milo Candini        1943-1951  174   144   16   35   6   0   1    8    6   28  .243  .278  .306    0   0 Mar 17
 Frank Carswell      1953-1953   16    15    2    4   0   0   0    2    3    1  .267  .389  .267    0   0 Oct 21
 Slick Castleman     1934-1939  123   207   18   28   3   0   2   12    9   67  .135  .171  .179    0   0 Mar 02
 Ed Connolly         1964-1967   42    29    3    5   2   0   0    2    1   10  .172  .200  .241    0   0 Jul 01
 Jess Dobernic       1939-1949   76    13    0    2   0   0   0    0    1    1  .154  .214  .154    0   0 Jul 16
 Slim Emmerich       1945-1946   33    25    1    3   0   0   0    1    0    2  .120  .120  .120    0   0 Sep 17
 Mike Fornieles      1952-1963  440   308   25   52   7   1   1   16    3   63  .169  .177  .208    1   0 Feb 11
 Bill Froats         1955-1955    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Feb 09
 Denny Galehouse     1934-1949  375   665   33   92   6   1   0   26   40  201  .138  .188  .150    0   0 Oct 14
 Joe Gallagher       1939-1940  165   487   73  133  26   5  16   73   26   76  .273  .314  .446    4   1 Feb 25
 Sam Gentile         1943-1943    8     4    1    1   1   0   0    0    1    0  .250  .400  .500    0   0 May 04
 Johnny Gorsica      1940-1947  214   217   23   45   5   5   1   14   13   42  .207  .252  .290    0   0 Dec 16
 Jack Graham         1946-1949  239   775  105  179  28   5  38  126   84   99  .231  .310  .427    1   1 Dec 30
 Lee Grissom         1934-1941  163   205   13   26   1   1   0    4    8   68  .127  .171  .141    1   0 Oct 04
 Johnny Grodzicki    1941-1947   24     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    2    1  .000  .400  .000    0   0 May 02
 Ben Guintini        1946-1950    5     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Dec 02
 Earl Harrist        1945-1953  132    96    2   11   0   0   0    3    1   28  .115  .124  .115    0   0 Sep 07
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Fred Hatfield       1950-1958  722  2039  259  493  67  10  25  165  248  247  .242  .332  .321   15  14 May 22
 Phil Haugstad       1947-1952   37     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    2  .000  .200  .000    0   0 Oct 21
 Jim Hearn           1947-1959  403   548   44   77   7   2   9   36   33  214  .141  .190  .210    1   0 Jun 10
 Heinie Heltzel      1943-1944   40   108    7   17   4   0   0    5    9   16  .157  .229  .194    0   0 May 01
 Chet Hoff           1911-1915   23    30    0    6   0   0   0    2    0    2  .200  .200  .200    1   0 Sep 17
 Gene Host           1956-1957   12     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    4  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 20
 John Kennedy        1957-1957    5     2    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 27
 Jesse Levan         1947-1955   25    35    5   10   0   0   1    5    0    2  .286  .286  .371    0   0 Nov 30
 Rufino Linares      1981-1985  207   545   66  147  21   3  11   63   24   74  .270  .299  .380   15   6 May 16
 Johnny Lipon        1942-1954  758  2661  351  690  95  24  10  266  347  152  .259  .346  .324   28  25 Aug 17
 Ad Liska            1929-1933  113   103    6   11   2   0   0    4    8   41  .107  .179  .126    0   0 Nov 30
 Joe Mack            1945-1945   66   260   30   60  13   1   3   44   34   39  .231  .320  .323    1   0 Dec 19
 Russ Meyer          1946-1959  319   484   26   55   6   2   1   25   22  146  .114  .154  .140    0   0 Nov 16
 Ronnie Miller       1941-1941    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jan 06
 Hiker Moran         1938-1939    7     6    1    1   0   0   0    1    2    1  .167  .375  .167    0   0 Jan 07
 Ray Moss            1926-1931  117   149   15   22   4   1   0   12    7   37  .148  .191  .188    0   0 Aug 09
 Hal Newhouser       1939-1955  492   999   71  201  22   2   2   81   89  150  .201  .267  .233    3   3 Nov 10
 Ray Noble           1951-1953  107   243   31   53   6   1   9   40   25   41  .218  .299  .362    1   0 May 09
 Marv Olson          1931-1933  133   457   67  110  15   6   0   30   70   30  .241  .342  .300    1   5 Feb 05
 Dick Phillips       1962-1966  263   595   54  136  14   1  12   60   59   63  .229  .298  .316    2   2 Mar 29
 Nick Picciuto       1945-1945   36    89    7   12   6   0   0    6    6   17  .135  .189  .202    0   0 Jan 10
 Elmo Plaskett       1962-1963   17    35    3    7   0   0   1    5    1    8  .200  .222  .286    0   0 Nov 02
 Dan Quisenberry     1979-1990  674     6    0    1   0   0   0    1    1    1  .167  .286  .167    0   0 Sep 30
 Johnny Riddle       1930-1948   98   214   18   51   4   1   0   11   13   19  .238  .288  .266    0   0 Dec 15
 Red Roberts         1943-1943    9    23    1    6   1   0   1    3    4    2  .261  .370  .435    0   0 Dec 02
 Rafael Robles       1969-1972   47   133    7   25   1   0   0    3    6   17  .188  .229  .195    4   1 Aug 13
 Packy Rogers        1938-1938   23    37    3    7   1   1   0    5    6    6  .189  .302  .270    0   0 May 15
 Ed Sanicki          1949-1951   20    17    5    5   1   0   3    8    2    5  .294  .368  .882    1   0 Jul 06
 George Schmees      1952-1952   76   125   17   21   4   1   0    6   12   29  .168  .241  .216    0   1 Oct 30
 Walter Sessi        1941-1946   20    27    4    2   0   0   1    2    2    6  .074  .138  .185    0   0 Apr 18
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Strick Shofner      1947-1947    5    13    1    2   0   1   0    0    0    3  .154  .154  .308    0   0 Oct 10
 Fred Sington        1934-1939  181   516   66  140  36   5   7   85   89   66  .271  .382  .401    2   2 Aug 20
 Dick Sisler         1946-1953  799  2606  302  720 118  28  55  360  226  253  .276  .336  .406    6   3 Nov 20
 Dave Smith          1938-1939   22    12    0    0   0   0   0    0    2    6  .000  .143  .000    0   0 Apr 11
 Bill Sodd           1937-1937    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May 14
 Ray Stoviak         1938-1938   10    10    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Feb 23
 El Tappe            1954-1962  145   304   21   63  10   0   0   17   29   25  .207  .282  .240    0   1 Oct 10
 Bob Thurman         1955-1959  334   663  106  163  18  11  35  106   62  112  .246  .314  .465    1   4 Oct 31
 Jim Turner          1937-1945  238   399   32   87  16   1   1   22    8   39  .218  .241  .271    0   1 Nov 29
 Bill Tuttle         1952-1963 1270  4268  578 1105 149  47  67  443  480  416  .259  .334  .363   38  44 Jul 27
 Elmer Valo          1940-1961 1806  5029  768 1420 228  73  58  601  942  284  .282  .398  .391  110  79 Jul 19
 Ed Walczak          1945-1945   20    57    6   12   3   0   0    2    6    9  .211  .286  .263    0   0 Mar 10
 Charlie White       1954-1955   62   123   17   29   5   0   1   12   14   15  .236  .319  .301    0   0 May 26
 Al Wright           1933-1933    4     1    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000    0   0 Nov 13
 John Wyatt          1961-1969  435    83    2    4   0   0   0    1    3   50  .048  .092  .048    0   0 Apr 06
 Jerry Zimmerman     1961-1968  483   994   60  203  22   2   3   72   78  154  .204  .269  .239    1   2 Sep 09
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

76 Players

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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
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Dewey Adkins        1942-1949   2   4  .333  5.64   38   6   1   0   0   99.0  114   62  10   50   47 Dec 26
 Frank Barrett       1939-1950  15  17  .469  3.51  104   2   0   0  12  217.7  211   85   8   90   90 Mar 06
 Ron Blackburn       1958-1959   3   2  .600  3.50   64   2   0   0   4  108.0  111   42  12   42   50 Apr 29
 Larry Bradford      1977-1981   6   4  .600  2.52  104   0   0   0   7  103.7   89   29   5   44   58 Sep 11
 Tom Buskey          1973-1980  21  27  .438  3.66  258   0   0   0  34  479.3  479  195  57  167  212 Jun 07
 Milo Candini        1943-1951  26  21  .553  3.92  174  37  13   5   8  537.7  530  234  18  250  183 Mar 17
 Slick Castleman     1934-1939  36  26  .581  4.25  121  79  25   4   1  586.7  644  277  45  223  225 Mar 02
 Ed Connolly         1964-1967   6  12  .333  5.88   42  19   1   1   0  130.0  143   85   9   98  118 Jul 01
 Jess Dobernic       1939-1949   7   3  .700  5.21   76   0   0   0   1  112.3  107   65  17   66   55 Jul 16
 Slim Emmerich       1945-1946   4   4  .500  4.85   33   7   1   0   0  104.0  117   56   9   33   28 Sep 17
 Mike Fornieles      1952-1963  63  64  .496  3.96  432  76  20   4  55 1156.7 1165  509  98  421  576 Feb 11
 Bill Froats         1955-1955   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    0    0   0    2    0 Feb 09
 Denny Galehouse     1934-1949 109 118  .480  3.97  375 258 100  17  13 2004.0 2148  885 104  735  851 Oct 14
 Johnny Gorsica      1940-1947  31  39  .443  4.18  204  64  22   4  17  723.7  778  336  44  247  272 Dec 16
 Lee Grissom         1934-1941  29  48  .377  3.89  162  95  23   6   7  701.7  668  303  35  305  384 Oct 04
 Johnny Grodzicki    1941-1947   2   2  .500  4.43   24   1   0   0   0   40.7   31   20   6   34   20 May 02
 Earl Harrist        1945-1953  12  28  .300  4.34  132  24   2   0  10  383.3  391  185  20  193  162 Sep 07
 Phil Haugstad       1947-1952   1   1  .500  5.59   37   2   0   0   0   56.3   51   35   6   41   28 Oct 21
 Jim Hearn           1947-1959 109  89  .551  3.81  396 229  63  10   8 1703.7 1661  721 157  655  669 Jun 10
 Chet Hoff           1911-1915   2   4  .333  2.49   23   5   2   0   0   83.0   67   23   0   38   49 Sep 17
 Gene Host           1956-1957   0   2  .000  7.31   12   3   0   0   0   28.3   38   23   7   16   14 Aug 20
 Ad Liska            1929-1933  17  18  .486  3.87  111  28  11   1   3  351.3  354  151  12  150  104 Nov 30
 Russ Meyer          1946-1959  94  73  .563  3.99  319 219  65  13   5 1531.3 1606  679 136  541  672 Nov 16
 Ronnie Miller       1941-1941   0   0        4.50    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    1   0    1    0 Jan 06
 Hiker Moran         1938-1939   1   1  .500  3.91    7   2   1   0   0   23.0   22   10   3   12    4 Jan 07
 Ray Moss            1926-1931  22  18  .550  4.95  112  42  13   3   2  416.0  474  229  29  189  109 Aug 09
 Hal Newhouser       1939-1955 207 150  .580  3.06  488 374 212  33  26 2993.0 2674 1016 137 1249 1796 Nov 10
 Dan Quisenberry     1979-1990  56  46  .549  2.76  674   0   0   0 244 1043.3 1064  320  59  162  379 Sep 30
 George Schmees      1952-1952   0   0        3.00    2   1   0   0   0    6.0    9    2   0    2    2 Oct 30
 Dave Smith          1938-1939   2   1  .667  5.08   22   0   0   0   0   44.3   51   25   0   30   13 Apr 11
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Jim Turner          1937-1945  69  60  .535  3.22  231 119  69   8  20 1132.0 1123  405  67  283  329 Nov 29
 John Wyatt          1961-1969  42  44  .488  3.47  435   9   0   0 103  687.3  600  265  72  346  540 Apr 06
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

32 Pitchers

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