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World Series Champion: Los Angeles Dodgers

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Batting

Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	ASG	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Date of Death	Died	Tms
1	Eddie Ainsmith	15	1910	1924	0	6.3	1078	3429	3048	300	707	108	54	22	320	86	19	263	407	.232	.296	.324	.620	Sep 6	Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States	BRO, DET, NYG, STL, WSH
2	Horace Allen	1	1919	1919	0	-0.2	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jul 5	Canton, NC, United States	BRO
3	Ernie Alten	1	1920	1920	0	-0.1	14	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Sep 9	Napa, CA, United States	DET
4	Fred Archer	2	1936	1937	0	0.1	7	17	15	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.267	.353	.267	.620	Oct 31	Charlotte, NC, United States	PHA
5	Honey Barnes	1	1926	1926	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			Jun 18	Lockport, NY, United States	NYY
6	Sam Barnes	1	1921	1921	0	0.0	7	14	11	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.182	.357	.273	.630	Feb 19	Montgomery, AL, United States	DET
7	Bill Bayne	9	1919	1930	0	1.2	199	231	214	24	62	8	2	1	13	0	2	10	42	.290	.330	.360	.690	May 22	St. Louis, MO, United States	BOS, CLE, SLB
8	Zinn Beck	5	1913	1918	0	1.4	290	998	902	75	204	32	16	3	73	21	10	58	95	.226	.279	.307	.586	Mar 19	West Palm Beach, FL, United States	NYY, STL
9	Frank Betcher	1	1910	1910	0	-0.4	35	101	89	7	18	2	0	0	6	1		7	14	.202	.276	.225	.500	Nov 27	Wynnewood, PA, United States	STL
10	Josh Billings	11	1913	1923	0	-1.7	243	549	488	45	106	12	5	0	29	5	0	23	73	.217	.268	.262	.530	Dec 30	Santa Monica, CA, United States	CLE, SLB
11	John Bischoff	2	1925	1926	0	-0.3	107	298	271	20	71	20	3	1	35	2	5	22	32	.262	.320	.369	.689	Dec 28	Granite City, IL, United States	BOS, CHW
12	Al Bool	3	1928	1931	0	-0.2	129	349	308	35	73	13	4	7	53	0	1	34	42	.237	.313	.373	.686	Sep 27	Lincoln, NE, United States	BSN, PIT, WSH
13	Jake Brown	1	1975	1975	0	-0.3	41	48	43	6	9	3	0	0	4	0	0	5	13	.209	.292	.279	.571	Dec 18	Houston, TX, United States	SFG
14	Myrl Brown	1	1922	1922	0	0.1	7	15	11	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	.273	.385	.273	.657	Feb 23	Harrisburg, PA, United States	PIT
15	Earle Brucker	5	1937	1943	0	3.6	241	811	707	87	205	53	8	12	105	2	4	97	65	.290	.376	.438	.815	May 8	San Diego, CA, United States	PHA
16	Samuel Byrd	8	1929	1936	0	2.3	745	1934	1700	304	465	101	10	38	220	17	14	198	178	.274	.350	.412	.762	May 11	Mesa, AZ, United States	CIN, NYY
17	Earl Caldwell	8	1928	1948	0	-0.2	200	179	157	14	28	4	0	1	16	0	0	8	43	.178	.218	.223	.441	Sep 15	Mission, TX, United States	BOS, CHW, PHI, SLB
18	Lou Ciola	1	1943	1943	0	-0.1	12	18	18	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	Oct 18	Austin, MN, United States	PHA
19	Gowell Claset	1	1933	1933	0	0.1	8	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.500	.800	.500	1.300	Mar 8	St. Petersburg, FL, United States	PHA
20	Merl Combs	5	1947	1952	0	-0.2	140	427	361	45	73	6	1	2	25	0	1	57	43	.202	.314	.241	.555	Jul 7	Riverside, CA, United States	BOS, CLE, WSH
21	Paul Dean	9	1934	1943	0	-1.4	159	274	256	10	40	5	0	0	7	0	0	2	43	.156	.163	.176	.339	Mar 17	Springdale, AR, United States	NYG, SLB, STL
22	Emerson Dickman	5	1936	1941	0	-0.4	125	123	110	12	16	3	0	1	4	0	1	8	34	.145	.210	.200	.410	Apr 27	New York, NY, United States	BOS
23	John Dowd	1	1912	1912	0	-0.1	10	38	31	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	6	.194	.342	.226	.568	Jan 31	Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States	NYY
24	Hugh East	3	1941	1943	0	0.1	23	27	24	4	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	8	.167	.259	.333	.593	Nov 2	Charleston, SC, United States	NYG
25	Lou Fette	5	1937	1945	1	0.1	110	255	236	10	44	3	2	0	15	0	0	5	29	.186	.203	.216	.419	Jan 3	Warrensburg, MO, United States	BRO, BSN
26	Jim Finigan	6	1954	1959	2	3.4	512	1828	1600	195	422	74	17	19	168	8	13	190	176	.264	.342	.367	.709	May 16	Quincy, IL, United States	BAL, DET, KCA, PHA, SFG
27	Harry Fisher	2	1951	1952	0	0.1	18	18	18	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.278	.278	.333	.611	Sep 20	Waterloo, ON, Canada	PIT
28	Ed Gallagher	1	1932	1932	0	-0.1	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	Dec 22	Hyannis, MA, United States	BOS
29	Huck Geary	2	1942	1943	0	-1.2	55	209	188	20	30	4	0	1	15	3	2	20	9	.160	.240	.197	.437	Jan 27	Cuba, NY, United States	PIT
30	Joe Giebel	1	1913	1913	0	-0.1	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	Mar 17	Silver Spring, MD, United States	PHA
31	Grant Gillis	3	1927	1929	0	-0.1	62	217	196	26	48	12	2	0	23	0	2	12	13	.245	.299	.327	.625	Feb 4	Thomasville, AL, United States	BOS, WSH
32	Tom Glass	1	1925	1925	0	-0.1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Dec 15	Greensboro, NC, United States	PHA
33	Vince Gonzales	1	1955	1955	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Mar 11	Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico	WSH
34	Gene Green	7	1957	1963	0	1.7	408	1263	1151	130	307	49	7	46	160	2	3	89	185	.267	.318	.441	.760	May 23	St. Louis, MO, United States	BAL, CIN, CLE, STL, WSA
35	Bill Hallahan	12	1925	1938	1	-1.9	328	642	557	43	90	14	1	2	32	1	0	36	199	.162	.214	.201	.415	Jul 8	Binghamton, NY, United States	CIN, PHI, STL
36	Andy High	13	1922	1934	0	11.9	1314	4970	4400	618	1250	195	65	44	482	33	32	425	130	.284	.350	.388	.738	Feb 22	Sylvania, OH, United States	BRO, BSN, CIN, PHI, STL
37	Harry Hoch	3	1908	1915	0	-0.1	30	41	33	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	.121	.194	.121	.316	Oct 26	Lewes, DE, United States	PHI, SLB
38	Stan Hollmig	3	1949	1951	0	-0.2	94	289	265	29	67	13	6	2	27	1	2	20	46	.253	.310	.370	.680	Dec 4	San Antonio, TX, United States	PHI
39	Dick Hoover	1	1952	1952	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Apr 12	Lake Placid, FL, United States	BSN
40	Walt Huntzinger	4	1923	1926	0	-0.2	60	38	36	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.167	.211	.167	.377	Aug 11	Upper Darby, PA, United States	CHC, NYG, STL
41	Bob Joyce	2	1939	1946	0	-0.3	44	57	54	4	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	9	.111	.127	.204	.331	Dec 10	San Francisco, CA, United States	NYG, PHA
42	Al Jurisich	4	1944	1947	0	-0.9	104	135	122	7	14	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	39	.115	.143	.131	.274	Nov 3	New Orleans, LA, United States	PHI, STL
43	Owen Kahn	1	1930	1930	0	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Jan 17	Richmond, VA, United States	BSN
44	Cactus Keck	2	1922	1923	0	-0.4	62	70	61	2	8	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	29	.131	.197	.148	.345	Feb 6	St. Louis, MO, United States	CIN
45	George Knothe	1	1932	1932	0	-0.2	6	12	12	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.167	.250	Jul 3	Toms River, NJ, United States	PHI
46	Jack Knott	11	1933	1946	0	-4.5	325	560	482	32	58	3	0	0	23	0	0	27	212	.120	.169	.127	.295	Oct 13	Brownwood, TX, United States	CHW, PHA, SLB
47	Joe Kracher	1	1939	1939	0	0.0	5	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.200	.429	.200	.629	Dec 24	San Angelo, TX, United States	PHI
48	Ed Lagger	1	1934	1934	0	-0.1	8	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	Nov 10	Joliet, IL, United States	PHA
49	Clayton Lambert	2	1946	1947	0	-0.1	26	14	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	Apr 3	Ogden, UT, United States	CIN
50	Freddy Leach	10	1923	1932	0	7.4	991	3999	3733	543	1147	196	53	72	509	32	31	163	189	.307	.341	.446	.787	Dec 10	Hagerman, ID, United States	BSN, NYG, PHI
51	Wade Lefler	1	1924	1924	0	0.2	6	9	9	0	5	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	.556	.556	.889	1.444	Mar 6	Hickory, NC, United States	BSN, WSH
52	Elmer Leonard	1	1911	1911	0	0.1	5	9	7	3	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	1	.286	.375	.286	.661	May 27	Napa, CA, United States	PHA
53	Freddie Lindstrom HOF	13	1924	1936	0	27.5	1438	6109	5611	895	1747	301	81	103	779	84	77	334	276	.311	.351	.449	.800	Oct 4	Chicago, IL, United States	BRO, CHC, NYG, PIT
54	George Lowe	1	1920	1920	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Sep 3	Somers Point, NJ, United States	CIN
55	Tony Lyons	2	1920	1924	0	-0.1	33	31	27	4	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	11	.222	.250	.259	.509	Aug 12	Nevada, MO, United States	SLB, STL
56	Steve Macko	2	1979	1980	0	0.1	25	64	60	4	15	3	0	0	5	0	0	4	11	.250	.297	.300	.597	Nov 15	Arlington, TX, United States	CHC
57	Sam McConnell	1	1915	1915	0	-0.1	6	13	11	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.273	.523	Jun 27	Phoenixville, PA, United States	PHA
58	Frank McCrea	1	1925	1925	0	-0.1	1	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	Feb 25	Dover, NJ, United States	CLE
59	Jim McGarr	1	1912	1912	0	-0.1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jul 21	Miami, FL, United States	DET
60	Jim McLeod	3	1930	1933	0	-2.0	92	289	266	24	54	7	1	0	16	2	4	14	30	.203	.248	.237	.485	Aug 3	Little Rock, AR, United States	PHI, WSH
61	Tommy Mee	1	1910	1910	0	-0.1	8	20	19	1	3	2	0	0	1	0		0	12	.158	.158	.263	.421	May 16	Chicago, IL, United States	SLB
62	Steve Mesner	6	1938	1945	0	1.8	451	1743	1574	153	397	67	6	2	167	11	14	121	69	.252	.308	.306	.614	Apr 6	San Diego, CA, United States	CHC, CIN, STL
63	Red Morgan	1	1906	1906	0	-1.3	88	340	307	20	66	6	3	1	21	7		16	54	.215	.270	.264	.534	Mar 25	New York, NY, United States	BOS
64	Bill Nagel	3	1939	1945	0	-1.8	189	675	617	62	140	30	8	15	72	5	2	43	141	.227	.281	.374	.655	Oct 8	Freehold, NJ, United States	CHW, PHA, PHI
65	Skinny O'Neal	2	1925	1927	0	0.0	13	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	Jun 2	Springfield, MO, United States	PHI
66	Eddie Onslow	4	1912	1927	0	-0.8	64	224	207	19	48	3	2	1	22	4	1	9	31	.232	.271	.280	.551	May 8	Dennison, OH, United States	CLE, DET, WSH
67	Ray Oyler	6	1965	1970	0	0.0	542	1445	1265	110	221	39	6	15	86	2	6	135	359	.175	.258	.251	.508	Jan 26	Redmond, WA, United States	CAL, DET, SEP
68	Roy Parmelee	10	1929	1939	0	0.8	213	416	396	30	82	11	3	5	34	0	0	13	113	.207	.232	.288	.520	Aug 31	Monroe, MI, United States	CHC, NYG, PHA, STL
69	Johnny Peacock	9	1937	1945	0	1.2	619	1939	1734	175	455	74	16	1	194	14	6	183	73	.262	.333	.325	.658	Oct 17	Wilson, NC, United States	BOS, BRO, PHI
70	Marino Pieretti	6	1945	1950	0	0.5	220	226	207	20	45	3	1	0	18	1	1	8	27	.217	.250	.242	.492	Jan 30	San Francisco, CA, United States	CHW, CLE, WSH
71	Tony Piet	8	1931	1938	0	9.6	744	2914	2585	352	717	132	30	23	312	80	43	247	274	.277	.350	.378	.728	Dec 1	Hinsdale, IL, United States	CHW, CIN, DET, PIT
72	Cotton Pippen	3	1936	1940	0	-0.4	38	61	54	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	7	.111	.172	.130	.302	Feb 15	Williams, CA, United States	DET, PHA, STL
73	Don Plarski	1	1955	1955	0	-0.1	8	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	Dec 29	St. Louis, MO, United States	KCA
74	Pete Reiser	10	1940	1952	3	24.4	861	3054	2662	473	786	155	41	58	368	87	39	343	369	.295	.380	.450	.829	Oct 25	Palm Springs, CA, United States	BRO, BSN, CLE, PIT
75	Don Richmond	4	1941	1951	0	-0.5	56	162	152	11	32	6	2	2	22	1	3	6	17	.211	.241	.316	.556	May 24	Elmira, NY, United States	PHA, STL
76	Gene Robertson	9	1919	1930	0	4.5	656	2490	2200	311	615	100	23	20	250	29	24	205	79	.280	.344	.373	.717	Oct 21	Fallon, NV, United States	BSN, NYY, SLB
77	Ben Rochefort	1	1914	1914	0	0.0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	Apr 2	Red Bank, NJ, United States	PHA
78	George Scharein	4	1937	1940	0	-4.8	388	1419	1317	126	316	53	6	2	119	28	19	65	123	.240	.277	.294	.571	Dec 23	Decatur, IL, United States	PHI
79	Red Shea	3	1918	1922	0	-0.3	23	19	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.053	.053	.053	.105	Nov 17	Stafford, CT, United States	NYG, PHA
80	George Smith	5	1926	1930	0	0.5	134	96	87	14	23	2	1	2	9	0	0	4	20	.264	.297	.379	.676	May 26	Richmond, VA, United States	BOS, DET
81	Mike Smith	1	1926	1926	0	-0.1	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	May 31	Chesapeake, VA, United States	NYG
82	Jack Snyder	1	1917	1917	0	0.0	7	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545	Dec 13	Brownsville, PA, United States	BRO
83	Irv Stein	1	1932	1932	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jan 7	Covington, LA, United States	PHA
84	Fred Stiely	3	1929	1931	0	0.3	10	11	10	1	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.500	.545	.800	1.345	Jan 6	Valley View, PA, United States	SLB
85	Al Van Camp	3	1928	1932	0	-1.0	140	477	444	44	116	20	6	0	41	4	2	24	42	.261	.301	.333	.634	Feb 2	Bensenville, IL, United States	BOS, CLE
86	Gee Walker	15	1931	1945	1	15.6	1784	7213	6771	955	1991	399	76	124	998	223	88	330	600	.294	.331	.430	.761	Mar 20	Jackson, MS, United States	CHW, CIN, CLE, DET, WSH
87	Pee-Wee Wanninger	2	1925	1927	0	-2.2	163	598	556	53	130	15	8	1	32	5	9	23	43	.234	.266	.295	.560	Mar 7	North Augusta, SC, United States	BOS, CIN, NYY
88	Bill Windle	2	1928	1929	0	0.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	Dec 8	Corpus Christi, TX, United States	PIT
89	Jack Wisner	4	1919	1926	0	-0.4	51	32	31	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.065	.094	.065	.158	Dec 15	Jackson, MI, United States	NYG, PIT
90	Taffy Wright	9	1938	1949	0	16.7	1029	3982	3583	465	1115	175	55	38	553	32	33	346	155	.311	.376	.423	.799	Oct 22	Orlando, FL, United States	CHW, PHA, WSH