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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	W	Aff	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Roger Denzer	26	STP	WL	A	33		10	.767		4.30	46	41		38	3		385.0	372	184			96	152	8		3		1.216	8.7		2.2	3.6	1.58
2	Jack Taylor	24	MLW,CHN	WL,NL	A,Maj	33	CHC	13	.717	0.21	4.04	50	48	0	45	4	0	425.0	380	191	10	0	116	110	20	0	10	161	1.167	8.0	0.0	2.5	2.3	0.95
3	Kid Nichols	28	BSN	NL	Maj	31	BSN	12	.721	2.13	3.15	50	42	8	40	5	4	388.0	316	136	92	7	85	138	14	0	15	1528	1.034	7.3	0.2	2.0	3.2	1.62
4	Bill Phillips	29	INA	WL	A	29		8	.784		4.14	41	38		33	2		333.0	296	153			63	112	13		8		1.078	8.0		1.7	3.0	1.78
5	Bert Cunningham	32	LS3	NL	Maj	28	LOU	15	.651	3.16	4.33	44	42	2	41	0	0	362.0	387	174	127	8	65	34	20	0	3	1510	1.249	9.6	0.2	1.6	0.8	0.52
6	Pink Hawley	25	CIN	NL	Maj	27	CIN	11	.711	3.37	4.43	43	37	6	32	3	0	331.0	357	163	124	5	91	69	22	0	6	1420	1.353	9.7	0.1	2.5	1.9	0.76
7	Dan McFarlan	23	MTL	EL	A	27		16	.628		4.56	47	43		40	3		381.0	382	193			100	98	21		6		1.265	9.0		2.4	2.3	0.98
8	James McJames	23	BLN	NL	Maj	27	BLN	15	.643	2.36	3.56	45	42	3	40	2	0	374.0	327	148	98	5	113	178	12	0	13	1525	1.176	7.9	0.1	2.7	4.3	1.58
9	Bumpus Jones	28	CLB	WL	A	26		15	.634		5.13	47	40		34	4		337.0	296	192			171	90	25		9		1.386	7.9		4.6	2.4	0.53
10	Ted Lewis	25	BSN	NL	Maj	26	BSN	8	.765	2.90	3.76	41	33	8	29	1	2	313.1	267	131	101	9	109	72	9	0	12	1284	1.200	7.7	0.3	3.1	2.1	0.66
11	Frank Bates	21	CL4,DAY	NL,ISLG	Maj,B	25	CLV	19	.568	3.10	4.66	45	4	0	4	0	0	29.0	30	15	10	0	11	5	1	0	0	125	1.414	9.3	0.0	3.4	1.6	0.45
12	Charlie Ferguson	23	TOL	ISLG	B	25		17	.595			43
13	Dale Gear	26	KCY	WL	A	25		14	.641		3.98	41	38		36	2		335.0	300	148			78	84	15		4		1.128	8.1		2.1	2.3	1.08
14	Al Pardee	--	KCY	WL	A	25		15	.625		4.34	44	39		34	2		348.0	313	168			114	101	17		4		1.227	8.1		2.9	2.6	0.89
15	Cy Seymour	25	NY1	NL	Maj	25	NYG	19	.568	3.18	5.02	45	43	2	39	4	0	356.2	313	199	126	4	213	239	32	1	19	1581	1.475	7.9	0.1	5.4	6.0	1.12
16	Jesse Tannehill	23	PIT	NL	Maj	25	PIT	13	.658	2.95	4.05	43	38	4	34	5	2	326.2	338	147	107	2	63	93	12	0	6	1350	1.228	9.3	0.1	1.7	2.6	1.48
17	Vic Willis	22	BSN	NL	Maj	25	BSN	13	.658	2.84	4.14	41	38	2	29	1	0	311.0	264	143	98	5	148	160	29	1	9	1333	1.325	7.6	0.1	4.3	4.6	1.08
18	Cy Young	31	CL4	NL	Maj	25	CLV	13	.658	2.53	3.98	46	41	5	40	1	0	377.2	387	167	106	6	41	101	9	0	9	1520	1.133	9.2	0.1	1.0	2.4	2.46
19	Bob Ewing	25	TOL	ISLG	B	24		13	.649			37
20	Frank Foreman	35	INA	WL	A	24		11	.686		3.16	38	36		34	4		328.0	269	115			83	104	26		5		1.073	7.4		2.3	2.9	1.25
21	Chummy Gray	24	BFL	EL	A	24		11	.686		5.05	39	38		35	0		337.0	383	189			101	83	12		10		1.436	10.2		2.7	2.2	0.82
22	Clark Griffith	28	CHN	NL	Maj	24	CHC	10	.706	1.88	2.90	38	38	0	36	4	0	325.2	305	105	68	1	64	97	20	0	6	1323	1.133	8.4	0.0	1.8	2.7	1.52
23	Whitey Guese	26	NCA	ISLG	B	24		15	.615			40
24	Wiley Piatt	23	PHI	NL	Maj	24	PHI	14	.632	3.18	4.59	39	37	2	33	6	0	306.0	285	156	108	2	97	121	19	1	6	1279	1.248	8.4	0.1	2.9	3.6	1.25
25	George Rettger	29	MLW	WL	A	24		12	.667		4.33	44	39		31	0		326.0	325	157			64	58	9		0		1.193	9.0		1.8	1.6	0.91
26	Jay Hughes	24	BLN	NL	Maj	23	BLN	12	.657	3.20	4.55	38	35	3	31	5	0	300.2	268	152	107	4	100	81	18	0	7	1248	1.224	8.0	0.1	3.0	2.4	0.81
27	Roscoe Miller	21	MFL	ISLG	B	23		18	.561			42
28	Bill Phyle	23	STP,CHN	WL,NL	A,Maj	23	CHC	22	.511	0.05	4.84	48	38	0	35	5	0	335.0	298	180	2	0	111	106	18	0	7	98	1.221	8.0	0.0	3.0	2.8	0.96
29	Jack Powell	23	CL4	NL	Maj	23	CLV	15	.605	3.00	4.05	42	41	1	36	6	0	342.0	328	154	114	8	112	93	16	0	6	1437	1.287	8.6	0.2	2.9	2.4	0.83
30	Rosie Rosebraugh	22	PIT,DAY	NL,ISLG	Maj,B	23	PIT	13	.639	3.32	5.82	39	2	2	2	0	0	21.2	23	14	8	0	9	6	3	0	0	97	1.477	9.6	0.0	3.7	2.5	0.67
31	Deacon Phillippe	26	MNE	WL	A	22		18	.550		5.38	45	40		37	0		363.0	349	217			77	99	26		11		1.174	8.7		1.9	2.5	1.29
32	Clarence Smith	23	NCA	ISLG	B	22		23	.489			45
33	Oscar Streit	24	CLB,DAY	WL,ISLG	A,B	22		14	.611		4.76	37	1		1	0		17.0	18	9			9	6	3		0		1.588	9.5		4.8	3.2	0.67
34	George Rieman	--	FWA	ISLG	B	21		17	.553			38
35	Nick Altrock	21	LS3,GRP	NL,ISLG	Maj,B	20	LOU	6	.769	4.50	6.94	33	7	4	6	0	0	70.0	89	54	35	2	21	13	3	0	5	314	1.571	11.4	0.3	2.7	1.7	0.62
36	Theodore Breitenstein	29	CIN	NL	Maj	20	CIN	14	.588	3.42	4.85	39	37	2	32	3	0	315.2	313	170	120	2	123	68	11	0	3	1353	1.381	8.9	0.1	3.5	1.9	0.55
37	James Brown	--	BFL	EL	A	20		20	.500		5.17	43	40		36	3		345.0	379	198			76	78	20		6		1.319	9.9		2.0	2.0	1.03
38	Jimmy Callahan	24	CHN	NL	Maj	20	CHC	10	.667	2.46	4.49	31	31	0	30	2	0	274.1	267	137	75	2	71	73	10	3	4	1135	1.232	8.8	0.1	2.3	2.4	1.03
39	Ernest Crabill	24	SPL	ISLG	B	20		13	.606			33
40	Jack Egan	26	PRV	EL	A	20		16	.556		5.14	37	35		35	3		308.0	342	176			81	104	28		3		1.373	10.0		2.4	3.0	1.28
41	Charlie Knepper	27	INA,YNG	WL,ISLG	A,B	20		15	.571		54.00	36	0		0	0		1.0	5	6			4	0	0		0		9.000	45.0		36.0	0.0	0.00
42	Al Maul	32	BLN	NL	Maj	20	BLN	7	.741	2.10	2.78	28	28	0	26	1	0	239.2	207	74	56	3	49	31	4	0	1	948	1.068	7.8	0.1	1.8	1.2	0.63
43	Amos Rusie	27	NY1	NL	Maj	20	NYG	11	.645	3.03	4.47	37	36	1	33	4	1	300.0	288	149	101	6	103	114	9	0	13	1261	1.303	8.6	0.2	3.1	3.4	1.11
44	Tom Thomas	24	DTR	WL	A	20		19	.513		5.44	43	40		37	4		339.0	348	205			90	133	12		7		1.292	9.2		2.4	3.5	1.48
45	Kirtley Baker	29	TTO,WSN	EL,NL	A,Maj	19	WHS	13	.594	0.54	5.32	37	31	1	25	3	0	269.0	277	159	16	1	88	83	7	0	5	209	1.357	9.3	0.0	2.9	2.8	0.94
46	Silver Braun	24	PRV	EL	A	19		12	.613		4.98	34	32		31	3		291.0	337	161			56	41	7		4		1.351	10.4		1.7	1.3	0.73
47	Eddie Herr	25	FWA	ISLG	B	19		17	.528			36
48	Fred Klobedanz	27	BSN	NL	Maj	19	BSN	10	.655	3.89	5.59	35	33	2	25	0	0	270.2	281	168	117	13	99	51	12	0	3	1168	1.404	9.3	0.4	3.3	1.7	0.52
49	John Pappalau	23	SPF,MLW	EL,WL	A	19		15	.559		5.58	36	31		29	1		297.0	337	184			75	73	20		5		1.387	10.2		2.3	2.2	0.97
50	Casey Patten	24	WKB	EL	A	19		15	.559		5.39	39	33		28	2		302.0	313	181			103	84	18		6		1.377	9.3		3.1	2.5	0.82
51	Ed Scott	27	INA	WL	A	19		13	.594		5.86	37	35		30	0		298.0	316	194			81	67	17		8		1.332	9.5		2.4	2.0	0.83
52	Bill Dammann	25	CIN,INA	NL,WL	Maj,A	18	CIN	11	.621	3.21	4.99	38	25	13	19	2	2	252.2	300	140	90	3	72	60	7	0	8	995	1.472	10.7	0.1	2.6	2.1	0.83
53	Welcome Gaston	23	TTO,HAM,BRO	EL,CANL,NL	A,N/A,Maj	18	BRO	14	.563	0.27	5.45	38	34	0	31	0	0	302.0	308	183	9	0	102	74	9	0	6	72	1.358	9.2	0.0	3.0	2.2	0.73
54	Win Kellum	22	MFL	ISLG	B	18		14	.563			33
55	Holly Souders	24	MTL	EL	A	18		11	.621		4.62	36	33		27	2		273.0	267	140			53	74	6		4		1.172	8.8		1.7	2.4	1.40
56	Milo Wells	--	SPL	ISLG	B	18		16	.529			35
57	John Dolan	30	SPL	ISLG	B	17		15	.531			33
58	Ed Poole	23	SPL	ISLG	B	17		10	.630			28
59	Leon Wolters	29	CLB	WL	A	17		19	.472		6.15	41	35		30	0		316.0	364	216			74	50	20		4		1.386	10.4		2.1	1.4	0.68
60	Red Donahue	25	PHI	NL	Maj	16	PHI	17	.485	3.55	5.22	35	35	0	33	1	0	284.1	327	165	112	7	80	57	14	0	2	1237	1.431	10.4	0.2	2.5	1.8	0.71
61	Jack Dunn	25	BRO	NL	Maj	16	BRO	21	.432	3.60	5.02	41	37	3	31	0	0	322.2	352	180	129	10	82	66	15	0	7	1375	1.345	9.8	0.3	2.3	1.8	0.80
62	Frank Dwyer	30	CIN	NL	Maj	16	CIN	10	.615	3.04	4.39	31	28	3	24	0	0	240.0	257	117	81	3	42	29	16	0	2	1003	1.246	9.6	0.1	1.6	1.1	0.69
63	Rip Egan	24	KCY	WL	A	16		12	.571		4.73	31	27		25	5		236.0	232	124			61	55	12		3		1.242	8.8		2.3	2.1	0.90
64	Jack Harper	20	MTG,GRP	SOUA,ISLG	B	16		23	.410			39	8		8	0
65	Harry Keenan	--	TOL	ISLG	B	16		19	.457			35
66	Brickyard Kennedy	30	BRO	NL	Maj	16	BRO	22	.421	3.37	4.85	40	39	0	38	0	0	339.1	360	183	127	12	123	73	5	0	5	1461	1.423	9.5	0.3	3.3	1.9	0.59
67	Frank Killen	27	PIT,WSN	NL	Maj	16	PIT-WHS	20	.444	3.68	5.47	40	39	1	32	0	0	306.0	350	186	125	7	70	91	13	1	6	1311	1.373	10.3	0.2	2.1	2.7	1.30
68	Bill Magee	22	LS3	NL	Maj	16	LOU	15	.516	4.05	4.97	38	33	5	29	3	0	295.1	294	163	133	8	129	55	19	1	3	1289	1.432	9.0	0.2	3.9	1.7	0.43
69	John Malarkey	26	SYR	EL	A	16		21	.432		5.44	41	36		35	4		346.0	378	209			95	111	18		6		1.367	9.8		2.5	2.9	1.17
70	Jouett Meekin	31	NY1	NL	Maj	16	NYG	18	.471	3.77	5.20	38	37	1	34	1	0	320.0	329	185	134	9	108	82	12	0	11	1367	1.366	9.3	0.3	3.0	2.3	0.76
71	Jerry Nops	23	BLN	NL	Maj	16	BLN	9	.640	3.56	4.98	33	29	4	23	2	0	235.0	241	130	93	5	78	91	16	0	5	1009	1.357	9.2	0.2	3.0	3.5	1.17
72	Pop Williams	24	TTO,WSN	EL,NL	A,Maj	16	WHS	16	.500	0.50	5.55	39	36	0	28	1	0	287.0	308	177	16	0	56	73	10	0	3	88	1.268	9.7	0.0	1.8	2.3	1.30
73	Bert Abbey	28	MTL	EL	A	15		9	.625		3.60	25	23		23	4		210.0	195	84			37	64	15		6		1.105	8.4		1.6	2.7	1.73
74	Ernie Beam	31	DTR,MFL	WL,ISLG	A,B	15		19	.441		5.53	35	19		18	1		166.0	162	102			56	44	9		5		1.313	8.8		3.0	2.4	0.79
75	Bob Becker	22	SYR,PHI	EL,NL	A,Maj	15	PHI	11	.577	0.23	5.41	31	27	1	24	0	0	233.0	246	140	6	0	81	107	5	0	4	25	1.403	9.5	0.0	3.1	4.1	1.32
76	Bill Duggleby	24	WKB,PHI	EL,NL	A,Maj	15	PHI	14	.517	1.11	4.47	36	28	4	25	3	0	268.0	274	133	33	4	59	49	17	1	2	249	1.243	9.2	0.1	2.0	1.6	0.83
77	Al Orth	25	PHI	NL	Maj	15	PHI	13	.536	3.02	4.72	32	28	4	25	1	0	250.0	290	131	84	2	53	52	8	0	0	1068	1.372	10.4	0.1	1.9	1.9	0.98
78	Jack Taylor	25	SLN	NL	Maj	15	STL	29	.341	3.90	5.87	50	47	1	42	0	1	397.1	465	259	172	14	83	89	25	0	7	1713	1.379	10.5	0.3	1.9	2.0	1.07
79	Gus Weyhing	31	WSN	NL	Maj	15	WHS	26	.366	4.51	5.78	45	42	3	39	0	0	361.0	428	232	181	10	84	92	16	0	7	1564	1.418	10.7	0.2	2.1	2.3	1.10
80	Charlie Brown	26	DAY	ISLG	B	14		13	.519			28
81	Jack Ely	22	MFL	ISLG	B	14		19	.424			33
82	Emil Frisk	23	HAM	CANL	N/A	14		3	.824	2.79	4.82	17	16		15	1		142.0	134	76	44		38	61	2		5		1.211	8.5		2.4	3.9	1.61
83	Elmer Meredith	23	KCY	WL	A	14		7	.667		4.14	30	26		19	1		224.0	202	103			61	54	4		1		1.174	8.1		2.5	2.2	0.89
84	Pete Dowling	21	LS3	NL	Maj	13	LOU	20	.394	4.16	5.54	36	32	3	30	0	0	285.2	284	176	132	7	120	84	22	2	5	1245	1.414	8.9	0.2	3.8	2.6	0.70
85	Hon Fricken	28	STP	WL	A	13		11	.542		5.59	34	31		22	0		269.0	279	167			85	74	11		4		1.353	9.3		2.8	2.5	0.87
86	Danny Friend	25	CLB,KCY,CHN	WL,NL	A,Maj	13	CHC	10	.565	0.43	5.04	26	24	0	20	2	0	207.0	193	116	10	1	103	76	21	0	2	80	1.430	8.4	0.0	4.5	3.3	0.74
87	Bill Hill	23	CIN	NL	Maj	13	CIN	14	.481	3.98	5.02	33	32	1	26	2	0	262.0	261	146	116	3	119	75	17	0	5	1149	1.450	9.0	0.1	4.1	2.6	0.63
88	Al Kern	--	STT	CANL	N/A	13		6	.684	2.66	4.58	20	20		19	1		179.0	175	91	53		53	65	11		1		1.274	8.8		2.7	3.3	1.23
89	Dick Smith	--	CDR,RKI,MFL	WA,ISLG	B	13		3	.813		3.46	16	14		14	1		125.0	96	48			57	58	6				1.224	6.9		4.1	4.2	1.02
90	Walter Thornton	23	CHN	NL	Maj	13	CHC	10	.565	3.34	4.85	28	25	3	21	2	0	215.1	226	116	80	4	56	56	18	0	3	918	1.310	9.4	0.2	2.3	2.3	1.00
91	Frank Todd	28	PAW,LS3	NENL,NL	B,Maj	13	LOU	6	.684	1.08	5.39	21	17	2	14	1	0	142.0	154	85	17	0	38	60	2	0	0	65	1.352	9.8	0.0	2.4	3.8	1.58
92	Zeke Wilson	28	CL4	NL	Maj	13	CLV	18	.419	3.60	4.98	33	31	2	28	1	0	254.2	307	141	102	4	51	45	7	0	4	1096	1.406	10.8	0.1	1.8	1.6	0.88
93	George Bradford	24	HAM	CANL	N/A	12		8	.600	2.66	4.58	20	18		18	2		179.0	159	91	53		50	74	16		3		1.168	8.0		2.5	3.7	1.48
94	W.K. Carson	--	GRP	ISLG	B	12		11	.522			23
95	Noodles Hahn	19	DTR,STP	WL	A	12		20	.375		6.36	33	31		28	1		266.0	270	188			111	132	10		6		1.432	9.1		3.8	4.5	1.19
96	Win Mercer	24	WSN	NL	Maj	12	WHS	18	.400	4.81	6.97	33	30	3	24	0	0	233.2	309	181	125	3	71	52	18	0	1	1068	1.626	11.9	0.1	2.7	2.0	0.73
97	Frank Norcom	21	CDR,OTM,FWA	WA,ISLG	B	12		15	.444		4.10	28	9		8	0		79.0	53	36			39	47	7				1.165	6.0		4.4	5.4	1.21
98	Billy Rhines	29	PIT	NL	Maj	12	PIT	16	.429	3.52	4.99	31	29	2	27	2	0	258.0	289	143	101	0	61	48	13	0	4	1103	1.357	10.1	0.0	2.1	1.7	0.79
99	Joe Yeager	22	BRO	NL	Maj	12	BRO	22	.353	3.65	5.47	36	33	3	32	0	0	291.1	333	177	118	4	80	70	6	0	3	1255	1.418	10.3	0.1	2.5	2.2	0.88
100	Doc Amole	24	BFL,WSN	EL,NL	A,Maj	11	WHS	17	.393	1.54	6.77	31	27	1	25	1	0	251.1	305	189	43	0	65	56	32	0	7	253	1.472	10.9	0.0	2.3	2.0	0.86

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Historical performance data for professional leagues (affiliated minor leagues, independent minor leagues, fall/winter leagues, and other international leagues) is provided by and licensed from 24-7 Baseball and Chadwick Baseball Bureau. It incorporates the work of many stalwart baseball researchers, including Cliff Blau, Art Cantu, Frank Hamilton, Reed Howard, Kevin Johnson, Bob McConnell, Jack Morris, and Ray Nemec, as well as members of the Minor Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research.

Perhaps most importantly, it builds upon the seminal work of Ed Washuta, who magnanimously provided the framework to make the whole thing possible.

Minor league Total Zone (Rctch&Rtz, 2005-2009) data provided by Baseballprojection.com and Minorleaguesplits.com.

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The Hall of Fame dataset

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The Ashwill Negro Leagues Database

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The database is a work in progress, and will include more seasons as development continues. It appears in its original form at Seamheads.com.

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