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Batting

Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Gus Alberts	3	1884	1891	0.6	120	487	426	62	84	10	6	1	50	27		52	61	.197	.298	.256	.554	May 1, 1884	27	CLE
2	Wally Andrews	2	1884	1888	0.5	40	159	142	22	28	11	4	0	14	5		17	25	.197	.283	.331	.614	May 22, 1884	28	LOU
3	Ed Beatin	5	1887	1891	-1.5	114	420	388	46	56	5	5	4	38	3		32	90	.144	.210	.214	.423	Aug 2, 1887	21	DTN
4	Jake Beckley HOF	20	1888	1907	61.5	2392	10518	9551	1603	2938	473	244	87	1581	315		616	526	.308	.361	.436	.797	Jun 20, 1888	20	PIT
5	George Borchers	2	1888	1895	-0.4	11	34	33	3	2	2	0	0	2	1		1	13	.061	.088	.121	.209	May 18, 1888	19	CHC
6	Dick Buckley	8	1888	1895	4.3	524	1974	1833	213	449	72	14	26	216	25		98	188	.245	.291	.342	.633	Apr 20, 1888	29	IND
7	Bill Burdick	2	1888	1889	-0.3	31	93	85	7	12	0	0	0	2	0		6	12	.141	.215	.141	.356	Jul 23, 1888	28	IND
8	Count Campau	3	1888	1894	1.3	147	618	572	97	153	14	15	10	93	63		46	40	.267	.322	.397	.719	Jul 7, 1888	24	DTN
9	Bart Cantz	3	1888	1890	-2.1	62	223	217	14	34	4	1	0	18	2		6	32	.157	.179	.184	.364	Jul 25, 1888	28	BAL
10	Bert Cunningham	12	1887	1901	0.0	359	1258	1176	145	254	32	14	9	124	14		64	206	.216	.260	.290	.550	Sep 15, 1887	22	BAL
11	Ed Delahanty HOF	16	1888	1903	69.6	1837	8402	7510	1600	2597	522	186	101	1466	456		742	439	.346	.411	.505	.917	May 22, 1888	20	PHI
12	Jim Devlin	4	1886	1889	0.2	23	76	70	13	18	1	0	0	4	3		6	8	.257	.316	.271	.587	Jun 28, 1886	22	STL
13	Hugh Duffy HOF	17	1888	1906	43.1	1737	7842	7044	1554	2293	325	119	106	1302	574		664	268	.326	.386	.451	.837	Jun 23, 1888	21	CHC
14	Red Ehret	11	1888	1898	-3.0	397	1344	1265	117	274	32	11	4	140	15		57	142	.217	.252	.269	.520	Jul 7, 1888	19	KCC
15	John Ewing	6	1883	1891	-1.3	133	474	454	47	87	6	3	2	36	18		18	94	.192	.226	.231	.457	Jun 18, 1883	25	LOU
16	Bill Fagan	2	1887	1888	-0.1	24	90	86	5	17	3	0	0	4	0		2	22	.198	.233	.233	.466	Sep 15, 1887	23	KCC
17	Duke Farrell	18	1888	1905	31.1	1565	6269	5682	829	1572	211	123	52	916	150		480	369	.277	.338	.385	.723	Apr 21, 1888	21	CHC
18	Shorty Fuller	9	1888	1896	7.1	964	4157	3678	651	863	96	43	6	349	260		444	198	.235	.322	.289	.611	Jul 19, 1888	20	WHS
19	Kid Gleason	22	1888	1912	8.8	1968	8211	7459	1022	1946	216	81	15	824	329	0	501	408	.261	.311	.318	.628	Apr 20, 1888	22	PHI
20	Mike Goodfellow	2	1887	1888	-0.6	69	287	273	24	66	7	0	0	29	7		11	24	.242	.279	.267	.546	Jun 13, 1887	21	CLE
21	Ad Gumbert	9	1888	1896	4.5	297	1053	960	155	264	33	19	15	124	19		80	153	.275	.338	.396	.734	Sep 15, 1888	20	CHC
22	Billy Hamilton HOF	14	1888	1901	63.2	1594	7609	6283	1697	2164	242	95	40	742	914		1189	362	.344	.455	.432	.888	Jul 31, 1888	22	KCC
23	Gil Hatfield	8	1885	1895	-0.2	320	1322	1204	179	297	31	18	6	130	83		97	112	.247	.313	.317	.631	Sep 24, 1885	33	NYG
24	Joseph Herr	3	1887	1890	0.4	66	285	257	32	67	11	2	3	50	13		22	33	.261	.333	.354	.687	Apr 16, 1887	23	STL
25	Frank Hoffman	1	1888	1888	0.0	12	45	39	6	6	1	0	0	2	2		4	16	.154	.267	.179	.446	Aug 13, 1888	26	KCC
26	Billy Hoy	14	1888	1902	32.5	1797	8386	7115	1429	2048	248	121	40	725	596		1006	345	.288	.386	.374	.760	Apr 20, 1888	26	WHS
27	Mickey Hughes	3	1888	1890	-1.2	75	263	249	18	34	5	0	0	17	3		14	49	.137	.183	.157	.339	Apr 22, 1888	21	BRO
28	Henry Kappel	3	1887	1889	1.0	105	422	394	54	106	14	11	4	51	33		25	78	.269	.318	.391	.708	May 22, 1887	24	CIN
29	Ed Keas	1	1888	1888	-0.2	6	24	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.087	.125	.087	.212	Aug 25, 1888	25	CLE
30	George Keefe	6	1886	1891	-0.4	78	277	250	26	43	6	1	0	15	2		26	61	.172	.253	.204	.457	Jul 30, 1886	21	WHS
31	Billy Klusman	2	1888	1890	-0.1	43	178	172	18	36	8	1	3	22	4		6	13	.209	.236	.320	.556	Jun 21, 1888	23	BSN
32	Gus Krock	3	1888	1890	-1.0	60	216	207	19	34	0	0	1	21	2		8	47	.164	.199	.179	.378	Apr 24, 1888	22	CHC
33	Harry Lyons	6	1887	1893	-2.3	407	1815	1713	246	401	31	21	7	198	120		97	83	.234	.277	.289	.566	Aug 29, 1887	22	STL
34	Pete McShannic	1	1888	1888	-0.3	26	101	98	5	19	1	0	0	5	3		1	9	.194	.218	.204	.422	Sep 15, 1888	24	PIT
35	Pat Murphy	4	1887	1890	-0.3	86	334	309	34	68	9	2	1	21	7		24	28	.220	.278	.272	.550	Sep 2, 1887	31	NYG
36	Miah Murray	4	1884	1891	-1.1	34	125	120	6	17	1	0	0	7	0		4	16	.142	.176	.150	.326	May 17, 1884	23	WHS
37	Cinders O'Brien	4	1888	1891	-0.3	140	502	473	57	100	4	1	0	43	7		26	62	.211	.257	.224	.481	Jun 23, 1888	21	CLE
38	Jack O'Connor	21	1887	1910	9.0	1452	5794	5383	714	1418	201	66	19	738	219		302	285	.263	.307	.336	.643	Apr 20, 1887	22	CIN
39	Tom O'Rourke	3	1887	1890	-2.6	85	335	312	32	58	11	0	0	26	8		21	15	.186	.242	.221	.463	May 11, 1887	22	BSN
40	George Proeser	2	1888	1890	0.3	20	87	76	16	20	3	1	1	7	1		11	5	.263	.356	.368	.725	Sep 15, 1888	24	CLE
41	Irv Ray	4	1888	1891	3.7	226	999	902	154	263	30	11	3	123	59		86	35	.292	.360	.359	.720	Jul 7, 1888	24	BSN
42	Harry Raymond	5	1888	1892	-3.1	315	1344	1282	167	301	23	14	2	115	49		54	79	.235	.270	.279	.549	Sep 9, 1888	26	LOU
43	Ben Sanders	5	1888	1892	3.0	247	1001	948	132	257	43	16	5	113	27		47	62	.271	.310	.366	.676	Jun 6, 1888	23	PHI
44	Ted Scheffler	2	1888	1890	2.5	146	642	539	128	128	15	7	3	38	81		87	9	.237	.360	.308	.668	Aug 7, 1888	24	DTN
45	Pop Schriver	14	1886	1901	8.6	803	3039	2733	368	721	117	40	16	377	46		227	167	.264	.330	.353	.683	Apr 29, 1886	22	PHI
46	Sam Shaw	2	1888	1893	0.0	8	29	27	4	5	0	0	0	1	1		2	5	.185	.241	.185	.427	May 3, 1888	25	BAL
47	Skyrocket Smith	1	1888	1888	0.8	58	241	206	27	49	9	4	1	31	5		24	32	.238	.349	.335	.683	Apr 18, 1888	20	LOU
48	Bill Sowders	3	1888	1890	-0.7	75	246	237	23	44	3	0	0	15	2		9	43	.186	.215	.198	.414	Apr 24, 1888	23	BSN
49	Harry Staley	8	1888	1895	-2.6	289	1032	959	91	175	20	7	7	109	7		65	160	.182	.237	.240	.477	Jun 23, 1888	21	PIT
50	Scott Stratton	8	1888	1895	3.5	391	1518	1390	202	381	37	32	8	163	56		109	142	.274	.335	.364	.699	Apr 21, 1888	18	LOU
51	Mike Sullivan	1	1888	1888	0.2	28	115	112	20	31	5	6	1	19	10		3	25	.277	.296	.455	.751	Apr 26, 1888	28	PHA
52	John Tener	4	1885	1890	0.1	75	290	269	30	63	5	2	3	25	4		16	48	.234	.290	.301	.591	Jun 8, 1885	24	CHC
53	Phil Tomney	3	1888	1890	3.5	254	986	882	148	205	32	12	5	100	64		96	69	.232	.313	.313	.626	Sep 7, 1888	25	LOU
54	Farmer Vaughn	13	1886	1899	2.8	915	3645	3454	474	946	147	53	21	525	92		151	166	.274	.307	.365	.672	Oct 7, 1886	24	LOU
55	Lee Viau	5	1888	1892	-2.7	184	638	588	58	82	9	5	0	31	17		48	154	.139	.207	.172	.379	Apr 22, 1888	21	CIN
56	Farmer Weaver	7	1888	1894	4.6	751	3324	3073	421	853	114	38	9	342	162		185	92	.278	.330	.348	.678	Sep 16, 1888	23	LOU
57	John Weyhing	2	1888	1889	-0.1	9	24	23	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	11	.130	.167	.130	.297	Jul 13, 1888	19	CIN
58	Wild Bill Widner	5	1887	1891	-0.4	71	247	242	23	50	3	0	2	19	8		4	42	.207	.223	.244	.466	Jun 8, 1887	21	WHS
59	Walt Wilmot	10	1888	1898	14.3	962	4382	3988	727	1100	152	92	58	594	383		350	233	.276	.337	.404	.741	Apr 20, 1888	24	WHS
	Totals	381	1883	1912	357.7	25027	105851	95435	16017	26602	3666	1567	707	12892	5376	0	8390	6515	.279	.343	.372	.716

Pitching

Pitching
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Ed Beatin	5	1887	1891	8.5	48	56	.462	3.68	109	108	1	104	5	0	946.0	997	594	387	32	372	335	30	1	37	4216	1.447	Aug 2, 1887	21	DTN
2	Jake Beckley HOF	20	1888	1907	-0.3	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	8	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	21	2.500	Jun 20, 1888	20	PIT
3	George Borchers	2	1888	1895	-0.5	4	5	.444	3.72	11	11	0	7	1	0	67.2	68	47	28	2	32	26	6	0	11	308	1.478	May 18, 1888	19	CHC
4	Bill Burdick	2	1888	1889	2.2	12	14	.462	3.17	30	24	5	22	0	1	221.2	226	130	78	19	56	71	6	0	16	948	1.272	Jul 23, 1888	28	IND
5	Bert Cunningham	12	1887	1901	11.1	142	167	.460	4.22	342	311	28	287	4	2	2734.2	3071	1942	1283	62	1064	718	148	5	161	12285	1.512	Sep 15, 1887	22	BAL
6	Jim Devlin	4	1886	1889	0.2	11	10	.524	3.38	23	21	2	17	0	1	170.1	161	116	64	3	58	90	18	0	19	749	1.286	Jun 28, 1886	22	STL
7	Red Ehret	11	1888	1898	23.9	139	167	.454	4.02	362	309	48	260	14	4	2754.1	3172	1881	1229	63	841	848	139	1	103	12232	1.457	Jul 7, 1888	19	KCC
8	John Ewing	6	1883	1891	9.7	53	63	.457	3.68	129	121	8	113	9	2	1058.2	1113	715	433	17	390	525	49	0	37	4714	1.420	Jun 18, 1883	25	LOU
9	Bill Fagan	2	1887	1888	-2.8	6	15	.286	5.28	23	23	0	21	0	0	187.1	234	182	110	5	99	61	3	0	16	886	1.778	Sep 15, 1887	23	KCC
10	Kid Gleason	22	1888	1912	33.0	138	131	.513	3.79	299	266	30	240	10	6	2389.1	2552	1511	1007	76	906	744	78	1	83	10617	1.447	Apr 20, 1888	22	PHI
11	Ad Gumbert	9	1888	1896	15.4	123	102	.547	4.27	264	236	28	192	7	1	1996.1	2338	1355	947	82	637	549	82	0	46	8956	1.490	Sep 15, 1888	20	CHC
12	Gil Hatfield	8	1885	1895	-1.3	3	5	.375	5.56	13	5	8	5	0	1	77.2	90	79	48	4	43	34	2	0	8	366	1.712	Sep 24, 1885	33	NYG
13	Frank Hoffman	1	1888	1888	0.4	3	9	.250	2.77	12	12	0	12	0	0	104.0	102	71	32	3	42	38	6	0	7	460	1.385	Aug 13, 1888	26	KCC
14	Mickey Hughes	3	1888	1890	2.5	39	28	.582	3.22	75	70	4	63	2	0	623.2	594	385	223	12	235	250	22	0	32	2706	1.329	Apr 22, 1888	21	BRO
15	Ed Keas	1	1888	1888	0.7	3	3	.500	2.29	6	6	0	6	0	0	51.0	53	28	13	1	12	18	1	0	4	218	1.275	Aug 25, 1888	25	CLE
16	George Keefe	6	1886	1891	-2.5	20	48	.294	5.05	78	71	7	68	1	1	616.1	721	550	346	20	360	213	16	0	38	2933	1.754	Jul 30, 1886	21	WHS
17	Gus Krock	3	1888	1890	4.7	32	26	.552	3.49	60	59	1	56	4	0	505.1	537	311	196	34	110	209	12	0	17	2152	1.280	Apr 24, 1888	22	CHC
18	Harry Lyons	6	1887	1893	-0.3	0	0		12.27	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	8	7	5	0	1	2	0	0	2	20	2.455	Aug 29, 1887	22	STL
19	Cinders O'Brien	4	1888	1891	4.4	59	65	.476	3.68	136	126	9	113	2	2	1080.2	1119	746	442	36	486	398	75	0	96	4898	1.485	Jun 23, 1888	21	CLE
20	George Proeser	2	1888	1890	0.1	3	4	.429	3.81	7	7	0	7	1	0	59.0	53	39	25	4	30	20	7	0	7	266	1.407	Sep 15, 1888	24	CLE
21	Harry Raymond	5	1888	1892	0.5	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	2	1	0	11	1	0	0	2	46	2.111	Sep 9, 1888	26	LOU
22	Ben Sanders	5	1888	1892	24.1	80	70	.533	3.24	168	157	10	144	14	2	1385.0	1496	789	498	34	297	468	27	1	33	5947	1.295	Jun 6, 1888	23	PHI
23	Sam Shaw	2	1888	1893	-0.2	3	4	.429	3.91	8	8	0	7	0	0	69.0	77	49	30	4	28	23	13	0	1	323	1.522	May 3, 1888	25	BAL
24	Bill Sowders	3	1888	1890	2.8	29	30	.492	3.34	71	61	10	55	2	3	517.2	542	322	192	8	149	205	17	0	28	2254	1.335	Apr 24, 1888	23	BSN
25	Harry Staley	8	1888	1895	25.9	136	119	.533	3.81	284	258	25	232	10	2	2278.0	2480	1484	965	94	604	751	48	0	91	9879	1.354	Jun 23, 1888	21	PIT
26	Scott Stratton	8	1888	1895	12.6	97	114	.460	3.87	231	214	16	199	10	1	1892.1	2177	1293	813	44	434	570	69	0	58	8291	1.380	Apr 21, 1888	18	LOU
27	John Tener	4	1885	1890	-0.6	25	31	.446	4.33	62	57	4	53	2	0	515.0	565	410	248	30	205	177	20	0	28	2322	1.495	Jun 8, 1885	24	CHC
28	Farmer Vaughn	13	1886	1899	-0.2	0	0		3.86	1	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	12	9	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	35	1.857	Oct 7, 1886	24	LOU
29	Lee Viau	5	1888	1892	11.6	83	77	.519	3.33	178	162	15	146	5	1	1442.0	1441	881	533	37	526	554	51	0	74	6316	1.364	Apr 22, 1888	21	CIN
30	John Weyhing	2	1888	1889	1.2	3	4	.429	1.62	9	8	1	7	0	0	66.2	53	29	12	0	21	30	1	0	1	274	1.110	Jul 13, 1888	19	CIN
31	Wild Bill Widner	5	1887	1891	-1.1	22	36	.379	4.36	69	59	10	48	3	1	522.0	606	377	253	23	137	110	30	0	20	2320	1.423	Jun 8, 1887	21	WHS
	Totals	189	1883	1912	185.7	1317	1404	.484	3.86	3063	2772	271	2485	106	31	24355.1	26675	16342	10447	749	8188	8040	977	9	1076	107958	1.778

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