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A total of 136 players have died in Georgia

Batters Who Died in Georgia

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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
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 Tommie Aaron        1962-1971  437   944  102  216  42   6  13   94   86  145  .229  .292  .327    9   8 1984-08-16 Atlanta
 Ace Adams           1941-1946  302    99    9   12   0   0   0    2    6   14  .121  .171  .121    0   0 2006-02-26 Albany
 Alf Anderson        1941-1946  126   390   56   93  11   3   1   17   33   49  .238  .300  .290    6   0 1985-06-23 Albany
 Luke Appling        1930-1950 2422  8856 1319 2749 440 102  45 1116 1302  528  .310  .399  .398  179 108 1991-01-03 Cumming
 Chick Autry         1924-1930  120   277   21   68  17   3   2   33    7   29  .245  .269  .350    0   0 1950-01-26 Savannah
 Bill Ayers          1947-1947   13     8    0    2   1   0   0    2    0    3  .250  .250  .375    0   0 1980-09-24 Newnan
 Jim Bagby           1912-1923  325   660   69  144  35   6   2   60   32   91  .218  .256  .298    3   0 1954-07-28 Marietta
 Jim Bagby           1938-1947  322   620   59  140  16   2   3   56    8   68  .226  .239  .273    1   0 1988-09-02 Marietta
 King Bailey         1895-1895    1     4    2    2   1   0   0    1    0    1  .500  .500  .750    1   0 1917-11-19 Macon
 Doug Baird          1915-1920  617  2106  230  492  86  45   6  191  157  295  .234  .291  .326  118  28 1967-06-13 Thomasville
 Everett Bankston    1915-1915   11    36    6    5   1   1   1    2    2    5  .139  .205  .306    1   0 1970-02-26 Griffin
 Bob Barrett         1923-1929  239   650   57  169  23   5  10   86   32   61  .260  .296  .357    6   3 1982-01-18 Atlanta
 Red Barron          1929-1929   10    21    3    4   1   0   0    1    1    4  .190  .227  .238    2   0 1982-10-04 Atlanta
 Doc Bass            1918-1918    2     1    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000    1   0 1970-01-12 Macon
 Harry Baumgartner   1920-1920    9     4    0    1   0   0   0    1    1    1  .250  .400  .250    0   0 1930-12-03 Augusta
 Joe Bean            1902-1902   48   176   13   39   2   1   0    5    5    0  .222  .247  .244    9   0 1961-02-15 Atlanta
 Jim Beauchamp       1963-1973  393   661   79  153  18   4  14   90   54  150  .231  .288  .334    6   5 2007-12-25 Atlanta
 Charlie Bishop      1952-1955   72   100    5   11   3   0   0    8    3   47  .110  .136  .140    0   0 1993-07-05 Lawrenceville
 Tim Bowden          1914-1914    7     9    0    2   0   0   0    0    1    6  .222  .300  .222    0   0 1949-10-25 Emory
 Clete Boyer         1955-1971 1725  5780  645 1396 200  33 162  654  470  931  .242  .299  .372   41  28 2007-06-04 Atlanta
 Larry Bradford      1977-1981  104     5    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    2  .200  .200  .200    0   0 1998-09-11 Atlanta
 Herb Bremer         1937-1939   70   193   16   41   6   1   2   18   11   42  .212  .255  .285    1   0 1979-11-28 Columbus
 Charlie Brewster    1943-1946   69   213   17   47   4   0   0   14   16   28  .221  .281  .239    1   0 2000-10-01 Alma
 Jim Busby           1950-1962 1352  4250  541 1113 162  35  48  438  310  439  .262  .314  .350   97  48 1996-07-08 Augusta
 Charlie Butler      1933-1933    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1964-05-10 Brunswick
 Sugar Cain          1932-1938  180   344   18   56   4   0   0   21   13   83  .163  .196  .174    0   0 1975-04-03 Atlanta
 Bill Calhoun        1913-1913    6    13    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    3  .077  .077  .077    0   0 1955-01-28 Sandersville
 Bobby Cargo         1892-1892    2     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .250  .250  .250    0   0 1904-04-27 Atlanta
 Roy Carlyle         1925-1926  174   494   61  157  31   6   9   76   24   56  .318  .354  .460    1   1 1956-11-22 Norcross
 Lew Carpenter       1943-1943    4     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1979-04-25 Marietta
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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Paul Carter         1914-1920  129   154   14   30   3   1   0   10    5   33  .195  .220  .227    0   0 1984-09-11 Lake Park
 Hugh Casey          1935-1949  344   244   23   40   7   0   0   14   15   56  .164  .212  .193    0   0 1951-07-03 Atlanta
 Tom Cheney          1957-1966  121   133    8   18   2   0   0    9    5   32  .135  .167  .150    0   0 2001-11-01 Rome
 Ellis Clary         1942-1945  223   650   97  171  32   2   1   46  114   74  .263  .376  .323   12   8 2000-06-02 Valdosta
 Ty Cobb             1905-1928 3035 11434 2246 4189 724 295 117 1937 1249  357  .366  .433  .512  892 178 1961-07-17 Atlanta
 Goat Cochran        1915-1915    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1947-05-23 Atlanta
 Leon Culberson      1943-1948  370  1217  148  324  59  18  14  131  106  126  .266  .327  .379   27  10 1989-09-17 Rome
 Jake Daniel         1937-1937   12    27    3    5   1   0   0    3    3    4  .185  .267  .222    0   0 1996-04-23 LaGrange
 Woody Davis         1938-1938    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1999-07-18 Jesup
 Harry Dean          1941-1941    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1960-06-01 Rockmart
 Claud Derrick       1910-1914  113   326   35   79   6   4   1   33   22   21  .242  .298  .294   13   0 1974-07-15 Clayton
 Dick Dietz          1966-1973  646  1829  226  478  89   6  66  301  381  402  .261  .390  .425    4   6 2005-06-27 Clayton
 Carl East           1915-1924    3     7    1    2   1   0   0    2    2    1  .286  .444  .429    0   0 1953-01-15 Whitesburg
 Paul Easterling     1928-1938   76   200   25   55  13   1   4   26   15   44  .275  .329  .410    2   2 1993-03-15 Reidsville
 Johnny Echols       1939-1939    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1972-11-13 Atlanta
 Hack Eibel          1912-1920   30    46    4    8   2   0   0    6    3    6  .174  .224  .217    1   1 1945-10-16 Macon
 Clay Fauver         1899-1899    1     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1942-03-03 Chatsworth
 Paul Fittery        1914-1917   30    39    4    3   0   0   0    1    4   20  .077  .163  .077    0   0 1974-01-28 Cartersville
 Ray Francis         1922-1925   86   107    7   17   2   0   0    4    7   24  .159  .211  .178    0   0 1934-07-06 Atlanta
 Jim Galvin          1930-1930    2     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1969-09-30 Marietta
 Charlie Gibson      1924-1924   12    15    1    2   0   0   0    1    2    0  .133  .235  .133    0   0 1990-12-18 LaGrange
 Bob Gilks           1887-1893  339  1385  163  320  33   9   1  142   49   61  .231  .265  .270   47   0 1944-08-21 Brunswick
 Tinsley Ginn        1914-1914    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1931-08-30 Atlanta
 Ivy Griffin         1919-1921  185   638   65  164  21   5   0   39   25   65  .257  .301  .306    4   5 1957-08-25 Gainesville
 Bill Hall           1954-1958   57   126   15   33   6   0   1   15   15   14  .262  .340  .333    0   0 1986-01-01 Moultrie
 Mike Handiboe       1911-1911    5    15    0    1   0   0   0    0    2    0  .067  .176  .067    0   0 1953-01-31 Savannah
 Harry Hanson        1913-1913    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1966-10-05 Savannah
 Dave Harris         1925-1934  542  1447  243  406  74  33  32  247  196  245  .281  .368  .444   28  21 1973-09-18 Atlanta
 Bob Hasty           1919-1924  146   271   16   60   9   1   1   30    5   59  .221  .236  .273    0   0 1972-05-28 Dallas
 Jim Hayes           1935-1935    7     8    0    2   0   0   0    1    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   0 1993-11-27 Decatur
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Oliver Hill         1939-1939    2     2    1    1   1   0   0    0    0    0  .500  .500 1.000    0   0 1970-09-20 Decatur
 Brad Hogg           1911-1919   84   162   14   40   8   0   0   10   13   18  .247  .307  .296    0   0 1935-04-02 Buena Vista
 Bobo Holloman       1953-1953   22    19    0    2   0   0   0    3    0    6  .105  .105  .105    0   0 1987-05-01 Athens
 Ken Holloway        1922-1930  285   378   16   63   7   2   0   16    7   59  .167  .182  .196    0   1 1968-09-25 Thomasville
 Billy Johnson       1943-1953  964  3253  419  882 141  33  61  487  347  290  .271  .346  .391   13  11 2006-06-20 Augusta
 Mack Jones          1961-1971 1002  3091  485  778 132  31 133  415  383  756  .252  .347  .444   65  40 2004-06-08 Atlanta
 Bobby LaMotte       1920-1926  221   693   99  175  34   9   3   85   66   50  .253  .320  .341   11   6 1970-11-02 Chatham
 Tom Lanning         1938-1938    3     1    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000    0   0 1967-11-04 Marietta
 Jimmy Lavender      1912-1917  224   374   19   54  12   1   0   13   16  155  .144  .184  .182    2   0 1960-01-12 Cartersville
 Phil Lewis          1905-1908  508  1775  146  429  33  13   4  130   95    0  .242  .281  .282   55   0 1959-08-08 Port Wentworth
 Joe Mack            1945-1945   66   260   30   60  13   1   3   44   34   39  .231  .320  .323    1   0 1998-12-19 Atlanta
 Roy Massey          1918-1918   66   203   20   59   6   2   0   18   23   20  .291  .363  .340    1   0 1954-06-23 Atlanta
 Dale Matthewson     1943-1944   29     5    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .200  .200  .200    0   0 1984-02-20 Blairsville
 Mark Mauldin        1934-1934   10    38    3   10   2   0   1    3    0    3  .263  .263  .395    0   0 1990-09-02 Union City
 Sam Mayer           1915-1915   11    29    5    7   0   0   1    4    4    2  .241  .333  .345    1   2 1962-07-01 Atlanta
 Jeff McCleskey      1913-1913    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .250  .000    0   0 1971-05-11 Americus
 Bill McCorry        1909-1909    2     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .167  .000    0   0 1973-03-22 Augusta
 Phil McCullough     1942-1942    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 2003-01-16 Decatur
 Bill McGhee         1944-1945  170   537   51  146  18   1   1   38   45   36  .272  .329  .315    5   3 1984-03-10 Decatur
 Mickey McGowan      1948-1948    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 2003-03-08 Waycross
 Jerry McQuaig       1934-1934    7    16    2    1   0   0   0    1    2    4  .063  .167  .063    0   0 2001-02-05 Buford
 Jim Mertz           1943-1943   33    38    3    7   0   1   0    3    2   13  .184  .225  .237    0   0 2003-02-04 Waycross
 John Mihalic        1935-1937   69   217   32   53  10   3   0   22   33   26  .244  .344  .318    5   2 1987-04-24 Ft.Oglethorpe
 John Milner         1971-1982 1215  3436  455  855 140  16 131  498  504  473  .249  .344  .413   31  22 2000-01-04 Atlanta
 Monroe Mitchell     1923-1923   10    12    1    3   0   0   0    1    2    4  .250  .357  .250    0   0 1976-09-04 Valdosta
 Johnny Mize         1936-1953 1884  6443 1118 2011 367  83 359 1337  856  524  .312  .397  .562   28   1 1993-06-02 Demorest
 Cy Moore            1929-1934  148   133    5   17   1   0   0    3    3   21  .128  .147  .135    0   0 1972-03-28 Augusta
 Roy Moran           1912-1912    7    13    1    2   0   0   0    0    8    0  .154  .476  .154    3   0 1966-07-18 Atlanta
 Wally Moses         1935-1951 2012  7356 1124 2138 435 110  89  679  821  457  .291  .364  .416  174  81 1990-10-10 Vidalia
 Mal Moss            1930-1930   12    11    0    3   0   0   0    2    0    3  .273  .273  .273    0   0 1983-02-05 Savannah
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Glen Moulder        1946-1948   66    37    4   10   0   1   0    1    1    5  .270  .289  .324    0   0 1994-11-27 Decatur
 Skeeter Newsome     1935-1947 1128  3716  381  910 164  15   9  292  246  194  .245  .293  .304   67  35 1989-08-31 Columbus
 Dick Niehaus        1913-1920   45    34    1    8   1   0   0    1    6   12  .235  .350  .265    1   0 1957-03-12 Atlanta
 Willard Nixon       1950-1958  239   459   42  111  17   1   2   41   42   97  .242  .305  .296    0   0 2000-12-10 Rome
 Tiny Osborne        1922-1925  142   220   14   44   7   0   0   16    5   59  .200  .221  .232    1   0 1969-01-05 Atlanta
 Doc Ozmer           1923-1923    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1970-12-28 Atlanta
 Milt Reed           1911-1915   68   163   16   37   4   2   0   10   13   18  .227  .292  .276    7   0 1938-07-27 Atlanta
 Nolen Richardson    1929-1939  168   473   39  117  19   5   0   45   23   22  .247  .282  .309    8   4 1951-09-25 Athens
 Elmer Riddle        1939-1949  191   339   30   69  10   0   1   28   19   69  .204  .246  .242    1   0 1984-05-14 Columbus
 Red Roberts         1943-1943    9    23    1    6   1   0   1    3    4    2  .261  .370  .435    0   0 1998-12-02 Atlanta
 Jack Robinson       1902-1902    4     9    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1921-07-22 Macon
 Wilbert Robinson    1886-1902 1371  5075  637 1388 212  51  18  722  286  178  .273  .316  .346  196   0 1934-08-08 Atlanta
 Johnny Rucker       1940-1946  705  2617  354  711 105  39  21  214  109  248  .272  .302  .366   35   0 1985-08-07 Moultrie
 Nap Rucker          1907-1916  336   805   44  157  10   6   1   44   22   64  .195  .216  .226    2   0 1970-12-19 Alpharetta
 Ben Sankey          1929-1931   72   169   21   36   2   5   0   14   16   14  .213  .281  .284    0   0 2001-10-14 Washington
 Bud Sharpe          1905-1910  165   625   40  139  17   6   0   41   21   33  .222  .249  .269    4   0 1916-05-31 Haddock
 Ivey Shiver         1931-1934   21    68    8   13   1   0   2    6    3   18  .191  .225  .294    1   0 1972-08-31 Savannah
 Tripp Sigman        1929-1930   62   129   23   42   5   1   6   15    9   10  .326  .379  .519    1   0 1971-03-08 Augusta
 Carl Sitton         1909-1909   14    13    0    2   1   0   0    0    2    0  .154  .267  .231    0   0 1931-09-11 Valdosta
 Camp Skinner        1922-1923   34    46    2    9   2   0   0    3    0    4  .196  .213  .239    1   0 1944-08-04 Douglasville
 John Slappey        1920-1920    3     2    1    1   1   0   0    0    0    0  .500  .500 1.000    0   0 1957-06-10 Marietta
 Bob Smith           1923-1937  742  1689  154  409  64  17   5  166   52  110  .242  .265  .309   16  13 1987-07-19 Waycross
 Red Smith           1911-1919 1117  3907  477 1087 208  49  27  514  420  415  .278  .353  .377  117   5 1966-10-11 Atlanta
 Sherry Smith        1911-1927  381   709   59  165  24  10   6   60   30  134  .233  .268  .320    4   3 1949-09-12 Reidsville
 Harry Smythe        1929-1934   63    54    7   13   2   0   0    6    2    7  .241  .268  .278    0   0 1980-08-28 Augusta
 Eddie Solomon       1973-1982  192   220   13   39   6   0   0   15    4   69  .177  .196  .205    0   0 1986-01-12 Macon
 George Stallings    1890-1898    7    20    3    2   1   0   0    0    1    3  .100  .182  .150    0   0 1929-05-13 Haddock
 Mack Stewart        1944-1945   24     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    2  .250  .250  .250    0   0 1960-03-21 Macon
 Homer Thompson      1912-1912    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1957-09-12 Atlanta
 Cecil Travis        1933-1947 1328  4914  665 1544 265  78  27  657  402  291  .314  .370  .416   23  32 2006-12-16 Riverdale
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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Red Treadway        1944-1945  138   394   54  105   9   4   4   28   33   24  .266  .323  .340    5   0 1994-05-26 Atlanta
 Lucas Turk          1922-1922    5     4    0    1   0   0   0    1    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   0 1994-01-11 Homer
 Cy Twombly          1921-1921    7    10    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    4  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1974-12-03 Savannah
 Cecil Upshaw        1966-1975  277    75    3   12   0   0   1    3    3   23  .160  .192  .200    0   0 1995-02-07 Lawrenceville
 Corky Valentine     1954-1955   46    72    6    9   3   0   0    3    1   29  .125  .137  .167    0   0 2005-01-21 Roswell
 John Ward           1878-1894 1825  7647 1408 2104 231  96  26  867  420  326  .275  .314  .341  540   0 1925-03-04 Augusta
 Bill Webb           1943-1943    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1994-06-01 Austell
 Abe White           1937-1937    5     1    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000    0   0 1978-10-01 Atlanta
 Ernie White         1940-1948  121   163   19   34   2   1   0   13    8   16  .209  .246  .233    1   0 1974-05-22 Augusta
 Leon Williams       1926-1926   12     5    1    1   1   0   0    0    0    2  .200  .200  .400    0   0 1984-11-20 Atlanta
 Grady Wilson        1948-1948   12    10    1    1   1   0   0    1    0    3  .100  .100  .200    0   0 2003-07-23 Columbus
 Walter Wilson       1945-1945   25    19    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    9  .053  .053  .053    0   0 1994-04-17 Bremen
 Ivey Wingo          1911-1929 1327  4003  362 1039 147  81  25  455  264  285  .260  .307  .355   87  25 1941-03-01 Waycross
 George Winn         1919-1923   12    10    3    3   0   0   0    1    2    1  .300  .417  .300    0   0 1969-11-01 Roberta
 Whit Wyatt          1929-1945  366   607   53  133  26   2   7   69   26  111  .219  .254  .303    0   0 1999-07-16 Carrolton
 Rudy York           1934-1948 1603  5891  876 1621 291  52 277 1152  792  867  .275  .362  .483   38  26 1970-02-05 Rome
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Pitchers Who Died in Georgia

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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       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Ace Adams           1941-1946  41  33  .554  3.47  302   7   2   0  49  552.7  541  213  26  224  171 2006-02-26 Albany
 Bill Ayers          1947-1947   0   3  .000  8.15   13   4   0   0   1   35.3   46   32   7   14   22 1980-09-24 Newnan
 Jim Bagby           1912-1923 127  88  .591  3.11  316 208 133  16  29 1821.7 1884  629  47  458  450 1954-07-28 Marietta
 Jim Bagby           1938-1947  97  96  .503  3.96  303 198  84  13   9 1666.3 1815  733  98  608  431 1988-09-02 Marietta
 King Bailey         1895-1895   1   0 1.000  5.63    1   1   1   0   0    8.0   13    5   0    0    0 1917-11-19 Macon
 Harry Baumgartner   1920-1920   0   1  .000  4.00    9   0   0   0   0   18.0   18    8   1    6    7 1930-12-03 Augusta
 Charlie Bishop      1952-1955  10  22  .313  5.33   69  37   6   1   3  294.0  307  174  28  168  121 1993-07-05 Lawrenceville
 Larry Bradford      1977-1981   6   4  .600  2.52  104   0   0   0   7  103.7   89   29   5   44   58 1998-09-11 Atlanta
 Charlie Butler      1933-1933   0   0        9.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    1   0    2    0 1964-05-10 Brunswick
 Sugar Cain          1932-1938  53  60  .469  4.83  178 137  58   2   1  987.3 1119  530  67  569  279 1975-04-03 Atlanta
 Lew Carpenter       1943-1943   0   0        0.00    4   0   0   0   0    3.3    1    0   0    4    1 1979-04-25 Marietta
 Paul Carter         1914-1920  20  26  .435  3.32  127  43  16   0   7  480.0  510  177  10  142  115 1984-09-11 Lake Park
 Hugh Casey          1935-1949  75  42  .641  3.45  343  56  24   3  55  939.7  935  360  58  321  349 1951-07-03 Atlanta
 Tom Cheney          1957-1966  19  29  .396  3.77  115  71  13   8   2  466.0  382  195  53  245  345 2001-11-01 Rome
 Ty Cobb             1905-1928   0   0        3.60    3   0   0   0   1    5.0    6    2   0    2    0 1961-07-17 Atlanta
 Goat Cochran        1915-1915   0   0        9.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    5    2   0    0    1 1947-05-23 Atlanta
 Woody Davis         1938-1938   0   0        1.50    2   0   0   0   0    6.0    3    1   0    4    1 1999-07-18 Jesup
 Harry Dean          1941-1941   0   0        4.50    2   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    1   0    3    0 1960-06-01 Rockmart
 Carl East           1915-1924   0   0       16.20    1   1   0   0   0    3.3    6    6   0    2    1 1953-01-15 Whitesburg
 Hack Eibel          1912-1920   0   0        3.48    3   0   0   0   0   10.3   10    4   0    3    5 1945-10-16 Macon
 Clay Fauver         1899-1899   1   0 1.000  0.00    1   1   1   0   0    9.0   11    0   0    2    1 1942-03-03 Chatsworth
 Paul Fittery        1914-1917   1   3  .250  3.90   25   6   3   0   0   99.3  110   43   1   39   34 1974-01-28 Cartersville
 Ray Francis         1922-1925  12  28  .300  4.65   82  36  15   2   3  337.0  409  174  12  110   96 1934-07-06 Atlanta
 Bob Gilks           1887-1893   9   9  .500  3.98   21  18  17   1   1  160.7  164   71   2   59   36 1944-08-21 Brunswick
 Bob Hasty           1919-1924  29  53  .354  4.65  146  94  35   2   1  751.3  900  388  49  215  167 1972-05-28 Dallas
 Jim Hayes           1935-1935   2   4  .333  8.36    7   4   1   0   0   28.0   38   26   0   23    9 1993-11-27 Decatur
 Brad Hogg           1911-1919  20  29  .408  3.70   71  50  33   4   3  448.0  446  184  13  152  149 1935-04-02 Buena Vista
 Bobo Holloman       1953-1953   3   7  .300  5.23   22  10   1   1   0   65.3   69   38   2   50   25 1987-05-01 Athens
 Ken Holloway        1922-1930  64  52  .552  4.40  285 111  43   4  18 1160.0 1370  567  50  397  293 1968-09-25 Thomasville
 Tom Lanning         1938-1938   0   1  .000  6.43    3   1   0   0   0    7.0    9    5   0    2    2 1967-11-04 Marietta
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 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Jimmy Lavender      1912-1917  63  76  .453  3.09  224 142  65  10  12 1207.3 1097  414  38  447  547 1960-01-12 Cartersville
 Dale Matthewson     1943-1944   0   3  .000  4.34   28   2   0   0   0   58.0   53   28   2   24   16 1984-02-20 Blairsville
 Sam Mayer           1915-1915   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    0.0    0    0   0    2    0 1962-07-01 Atlanta
 Bill McCorry        1909-1909   0   2  .000  9.00    2   2   2   0   0   15.0   29   15   1    6   10 1973-03-22 Augusta
 Phil McCullough     1942-1942   0   0        6.00    1   0   0   0   0    3.0    5    2   0    2    2 2003-01-16 Decatur
 Mickey McGowan      1948-1948   0   0        7.36    3   0   0   0   0    3.7    3    3   1    4    2 2003-03-08 Waycross
 Jim Mertz           1943-1943   5   7  .417  4.63   33  10   2   0   3  116.7  109   60   7   58   53 2003-02-04 Waycross
 Monroe Mitchell     1923-1923   2   4  .333  6.48   10   6   3   1   2   41.7   57   30   0   22    8 1976-09-04 Valdosta
 Cy Moore            1929-1934  16  26  .381  4.86  147  40  13   3   3  466.3  547  252  29  168  181 1972-03-28 Augusta
 Mal Moss            1930-1930   0   0        6.27   12   1   0   0   1   18.7   18   13   0   14    4 1983-02-05 Savannah
 Glen Moulder        1946-1948   7   8  .467  5.21   66  11   0   0   4  160.7  188   93  13   98   50 1994-11-27 Decatur
 Dick Niehaus        1913-1920   4   5  .444  3.77   45   9   3   0   2  126.7  128   53   4   59   43 1957-03-12 Atlanta
 Willard Nixon       1950-1958  69  72  .489  4.39  225 177  51   9   3 1234.0 1277  602  90  530  616 2000-12-10 Rome
 Tiny Osborne        1922-1925  31  40  .437  4.72  142  74  31   2   6  646.0  693  339  31  315  263 1969-01-05 Atlanta
 Doc Ozmer           1923-1923   0   0        4.50    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    1    1   0    1    1 1970-12-28 Atlanta
 Elmer Riddle        1939-1949  65  52  .556  3.40  190 124  57  13   8 1023.0  974  387  59  458  342 1984-05-14 Columbus
 Nap Rucker          1907-1916 134 134  .500  2.42  336 272 186  38  14 2375.3 2089  639  41  701 1217 1970-12-19 Alpharetta
 Carl Sitton         1909-1909   3   2  .600  2.88   14   5   3   0   0   50.0   50   16   1   16   16 1931-09-11 Valdosta
 John Slappey        1920-1920   0   1  .000  7.11    3   1   0   0   0    6.3   15    5   0    4    1 1957-06-10 Marietta
 Bob Smith           1923-1937 106 139  .433  3.94  435 229 128  16  40 2246.3 2472  983 132  670  618 1987-07-19 Waycross
 Sherry Smith        1911-1927 114 118  .491  3.32  373 224 142  16  21 2052.7 2234  757  57  440  428 1949-09-12 Reidsville
 Harry Smythe        1929-1934   5  12  .294  6.40   60  10   2   0   4  154.7  232  110  10   62   33 1980-08-28 Augusta
 Eddie Solomon       1973-1982  36  42  .462  4.00  191  95   8   0   4  718.0  764  319  76  247  337 1986-01-12 Macon
 Mack Stewart        1944-1945   0   1  .000  3.76   24   1   0   0   0   40.7   48   17   1   18   12 1960-03-21 Macon
 Lucas Turk          1922-1922   0   0        6.94    5   0   0   0   0   11.7   16    9   0    5    1 1994-01-11 Homer
 Cy Twombly          1921-1921   1   2  .333  5.86    7   4   0   0   0   27.7   26   18   1   25    7 1974-12-03 Savannah
 Cecil Upshaw        1966-1975  34  36  .486  3.13  348   0   0   0  86  563.0  545  196  37  177  323 1995-02-07 Lawrenceville
 Corky Valentine     1954-1955  14  12  .538  4.81   46  33   7   3   1  221.0  240  118  29   76   87 2005-01-21 Roswell
 John Ward           1878-1894 164 102  .617  2.10  292 261 244  24   3 2461.7 2317  575  26  253  920 1925-03-04 Augusta
 Bill Webb           1943-1943   0   0        9.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    1   1    1    0 1994-06-01 Austell
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Abe White           1937-1937   0   1  .000  6.75    5   0   0   0   0    9.3   14    7   1    3    2 1978-10-01 Atlanta
 Ernie White         1940-1948  30  21  .588  2.78  108  57  24   5   6  489.3  425  151  28  188  244 1974-05-22 Augusta
 Leon Williams       1926-1926   0   0        5.40    8   0   0   0   0    8.3   16    5   0    2    3 1984-11-20 Atlanta
 Walter Wilson       1945-1945   1   3  .250  4.61   25   4   1   0   0   70.3   76   36   4   35   28 1994-04-17 Bremen
 George Winn         1919-1923   1   2  .333  4.69   12   3   1   0   0   40.3   50   21   2    7    7 1969-11-01 Roberta
 Whit Wyatt          1929-1945 106  95  .527  3.79  360 210  97  17  13 1761.0 1684  741  98  642  872 1999-07-16 Carrolton
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Managers who Died in Georgia

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 Manager             YR From  To    G     W     L     WP  BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
 Luke Appling         1 1967-1967    40    10    30  .250   10     10      0        0       0            1991-01-03 Cumming       
 Ty Cobb              6 1921-1926   933   479   444  .519    2      6      0        0       0    PlyrMgr 1961-07-17 Atlanta       
 Wilbert Robinson    19 1902-1931  2819  1399  1398  .500    1      8      2        2       0    PlyrMgr 1934-08-08 Atlanta       
 George Stallings    13 1897-1920  1813   879   898  .495    1     10      1        1       1    PlyrMgr 1929-05-13 Haddock       
 John Ward            7 1880-1894   751   412   320  .563    2      6      0        0       0    PlyrMgr 1925-03-04 Augusta       
 Ivey Wingo           1 1916-1916     2     1     1  .500    7      7      0        0       0    PlyrMgr 1941-03-01 Waycross      
 Rudy York            1 1959-1959     1     0     1  .000    5      5      0        0       0            1970-02-05 Rome          
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