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A total of 164 players have died in Indiana

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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
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Cy Alberts          1910-1910    4     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    2    3  .000  .222  .000    0   0 1917-08-27 Fort Wayne
 Vic Aldridge        1917-1928  248   581   46  133  14   4   2   60   10   41  .229  .242  .277    2   0 1973-04-17 Terre Haute
 Goat Anderson       1907-1907  127   413   73   85   3   1   1   12   80    0  .206  .343  .225   27   0 1923-03-15 South Bend
 Wally Andrews       1884-1888   40   142   22   28  11   4   0   14   17    0  .197  .283  .331    5   0 1940-01-20 Indianapolis
 Harry Arndt         1902-1907  271   985  118  244  26  20   6   99   85    0  .248  .312  .333   27   0 1921-03-25 South Bend
 Paddy Baumann       1911-1917  299   904  118  248  30  13   4  101   81   76  .274  .340  .350   30  10 1969-11-20 Indianapolis
 George Beck         1914-1914    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1973-10-29 South Bend
 Joe Beggs           1938-1948  238   198   14   33   3   0   0   11    8   48  .167  .199  .182    0   0 1983-07-19 Indianapolis
 Ollie Bejma         1934-1939  316   906  128  222  35  11  14  117  130  105  .245  .343  .354    5   5 1995-01-03 South Bend
 Al Bergman          1916-1916    8    14    2    3   0   1   0    0    2    4  .214  .313  .357    0   0 1961-06-20 Fort Wayne
 Claude Berry        1904-1915  245   753   72  165  31  10   3   65   60   92  .219  .279  .299   14   0 1974-02-01 Richmond
 Charlie Biggs       1932-1932    6     9    1    1   0   0   0    1    1    2  .111  .200  .111    0   0 1954-05-24 French Lick
 Emil Bildilli       1937-1941   42    45    4    8   0   0   0    3    1    9  .178  .196  .178    0   0 1946-09-16 Hartford City
 Ray Blemker         1960-1960    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1994-02-15 Evansville
 George Boehler      1912-1926   63    60    9   14   4   1   0    6    5   12  .233  .292  .333    1   0 1958-06-23 Lawrenceburg
 Lyman Bostock       1975-1978  526  2004  305  624 102  30  23  250  171  174  .311  .365  .427   45  28 1978-09-23 Gary
 Cy Bowen            1896-1896    2     3    1    1   0   0   0    1    1    2  .333  .500  .333    0   0 1925-01-25 Greensburg
 Ray Boyd            1910-1911   10    17    1    2   0   0   0    1    2    3  .118  .250  .118    0   0 1920-02-11 Hortonville
 Bill Brandt         1941-1943   34    15    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    2  .133  .133  .133    0   0 1968-05-16 Fort Wayne
 Buster Bray         1941-1941    4    11    2    1   1   0   0    1    1    2  .091  .167  .182    0   0 1982-09-04 Evansville
 Elmer Brown         1911-1915   43    60    3    8   1   1   0    4    1    9  .133  .148  .183    0   0 1955-01-23 Indianapolis
 Mordecai Brown      1903-1916  493  1143   93  235  20  11   2   74   44   75  .206  .236  .248    8   0 1948-02-14 Terre Haute
 Donie Bush          1908-1923 1946  7210 1280 1804 186  74   9  436 1158  346  .250  .356  .300  404  75 1972-03-28 Indianapolis
 Bill Butland        1940-1947   32    39    0    2   0   0   0    3    7   16  .051  .196  .051    0   0 1997-09-19 Terre Haute
 Eli Cates           1908-1908   40    59    5   11   1   1   0    3    6    0  .186  .273  .237    0   0 1964-05-29 Anderson
 Bill Chambers       1910-1910    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1962-03-27 Fort Wayne
 Glenn Chapman       1934-1934   67    93   19   26   5   1   1   10    7   19  .280  .330  .387    1   0 1988-11-05 Richmond
 Bruce Connatser     1931-1932   35   109   13   28   6   1   0    8    6   11  .257  .302  .330    1   0 1971-01-27 Terre Haute
 John Corriden       1946-1946    1     0    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 2001-06-04 Indianapolis
 Red Corriden        1910-1915  223   640   97  131  21   5   6   47   75   48  .205  .304  .281   26   0 1959-09-28 Indianapolis
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Stan Coveleski      1912-1928  451  1058   70  168  26  10   1   81   53  304  .159  .202  .205    0   1 1984-03-20 South Bend
 George Craig        1907-1907    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1911-04-23 Indianapolis
 Bill Cramer         1912-1912    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1966-09-11 Fort Wayne
 Buck Crouse         1923-1930  470  1306  128  342  54   6   8  160  114   68  .262  .326  .331   14  10 1983-10-23 Muncie
 Nig Cuppy           1892-1901  314   957  146  223  43  11   1  120   89  117  .233  .302  .304   10   0 1922-07-27 Elkhart
 Dom Dallessandro    1937-1947  746  1945  242  520 110  23  22  303  310  150  .267  .369  .381   16   1 1988-04-29 Indianapolis
 Pete Daniels        1890-1898   14    29    2    7   2   0   0    3    4    2  .241  .333  .310    0   0 1928-02-13 Indianapolis
 Harry Danning       1933-1942  890  2971  363  847 162  26  57  397  187  217  .285  .330  .415   13   0 2004-11-29 Valparaiso
 Rolla Daringer      1914-1915   12    27    4    4   1   0   0    0   10    7  .148  .378  .185    0   1 1974-05-23 Seymour
 Rex Dawson          1913-1913    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1958-10-20 Indianapolis
 Harry Deane         1871-1874   53   225   32   54   8   2   0   15    7    3  .240  .263  .293    2   1 1925-05-31 Indianapolis
 Dutch Distel        1918-1918    8    17    3    3   1   1   0    1    2    3  .176  .263  .353    0   0 1967-02-12 Madison
 Biddy Dolan         1914-1914   32   103   13   23   4   2   1   15   12   13  .223  .316  .330    5   0 1950-07-15 Indianapolis
 Jim Duggan          1911-1911    1     4    1    0   0   0   0    1    1    0  .000  .200  .000    0   0 1951-12-05 Indianapolis
 Ike Eichrodt        1925-1931  171   516   51  121  34   5   0   51   21   51  .234  .264  .320    3   3 1965-07-14 Indianapolis
 Ed Eiteljorge       1890-1891    9    27    3    5   1   0   0    4    1    7  .185  .214  .222    0   0 1942-12-05 Greencastle
 Hod Eller           1917-1921  163   308   24   68   6   3   1   29    6   60  .221  .238  .269    5   1 1961-07-18 Indianapolis
 Jumbo Elliott       1923-1934  253   416   26   68  11   0   4   37   21  121  .163  .205  .219    0   0 1970-01-07 Terre Haute
 Tom Fisher          1904-1904   39    99    8   21   1   0   2    8    7    0  .212  .264  .283    0   0 1972-09-03 Anderson
 Charlie French      1909-1910  105   377   36   78   5   2   0   20   26    0  .207  .269  .231   13   0 1962-03-30 Indianapolis
 Lawrence Freund     1896-1896    2     5    1    1   0   0   0    0    1    1  .200  .333  .200    0   0 1933-11-05 Jeffersonville
 Bob Friedrichs      1932-1932    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1997-04-15 Jasper
 Jot Goar            1896-1898    4     6    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .167  .167  .167    0   0 1947-04-04 New Castle
 Charlie Gray        1890-1890    5    15    1    3   1   0   0    3    0    5  .200  .200  .267    0   0 1900-06-01 Indianapolis
 John Grim           1888-1899  706  2638  350  705 119  37  16  330   85   77  .267  .302  .359   82   0 1961-07-28 Indianapolis
 Harley Grossman     1952-1952    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 2003-09-05 Evansville
 Pinky Hargrave      1923-1933  650  1601  177  445  91  16  39  265  140  165  .278  .339  .428   17   3 1942-10-03 Ft.Wayne
 Hub Hart            1905-1907   57   127   10   27   1   0   0   11   10    0  .213  .275  .220    1   0 1960-10-10 Fort Wayne
 Pete Henning        1914-1915   68   112    7   22   2   1   0    5    5   29  .196  .231  .232    0   0 1939-11-04 Dyer
 Art Herring         1929-1947  200   208   29   31   6   2   0    9   15   27  .149  .210  .197    1   0 1995-12-02 Marion
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Mike Heydon         1898-1907  214   619   52  111  19   6   2   53   70    0  .179  .271  .239   12   0 1913-10-13 Indianapolis
 Mahlon Higbee       1922-1922    3    10    2    4   0   0   1    5    0    2  .400  .400  .700    0   0 1968-04-07 Depauw
 Oral Hildebrand     1931-1940  259   513   43   96  13   3   0   50   18   47  .187  .215  .224    0   0 1977-09-08 Southport
 Carmen Hill         1915-1930  148   277   18   53   3   7   0   28   13   69  .191  .228  .253    0   0 1990-01-01 Indianapolis
 Stew Hofferth       1944-1946  136   408   30   88  11   1   4   51   28   22  .216  .268  .277    1   0 1994-03-07 Valparaiso
 Billy Holm          1943-1945  119   282   22   44   4   1   0   15   41   40  .156  .272  .177    2   1 1977-07-27 East Chicago
 Johnny Hutchings    1940-1946  155   130    7   21   6   0   0    8    7   24  .162  .204  .208    0   0 1963-04-27 Indianapolis
 Bert Inks           1891-1896   90   250   36   75  10   0   0   18   17   22  .300  .349  .340    2   0 1941-10-03 Ligonier
 Hal Irelan          1914-1914   67   165   16   39   8   0   1   16   21   22  .236  .326  .303    3   0 1944-07-16 Carmel
 Jeff James          1968-1969   35    44    0    6   0   0   0    2    0   20  .136  .136  .136    0   0 2006-05-07 Indianapolis
 Walt Justis         1905-1905    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1941-10-04 Greendale
 Speed Kelly         1909-1909   17    42    3    6   2   1   0    1    3    0  .143  .200  .238    1   0 1949-05-06 Goshen
 Malachi Kittridge   1890-1906 1215  4027  375  882 108  31  17  390  314  166  .219  .277  .274   64   0 1928-06-23 Gary
 Chuck Klein         1928-1944 1753  6486 1168 2076 398  74 300 1201  601  521  .320  .379  .543   79   0 1958-03-28 Indianapolis
 Charlie Knepper     1899-1899   27    89    6   12   2   1   0    2    4    0  .135  .172  .180    0   0 1946-02-06 Muncie
 Mike Knode          1920-1920   42    65   11   15   1   1   0   12    5    6  .231  .306  .277    0   1 1980-12-20 South Bend
 Punch Knoll         1905-1905   79   244   24   52  10   5   0   29    9    0  .213  .247  .295    3   0 1960-02-08 Evansville
 Ben Koehler         1905-1906  208   722   82  168  15   7   2   62   56    0  .233  .295  .281   31   0 1961-05-21 South Bend
 Mike Kosman         1944-1944    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 2002-12-10 Lafayette
 Wayne LaMaster      1937-1938   74   107   11   25   4   0   0    9    3   33  .234  .255  .271    0   0 1989-08-04 New Albany
 Bob Logan           1935-1945   57    65    3   13   2   1   0    7    2   10  .200  .224  .262    0   0 1978-05-20 Indianapolis
 Sal Madrid          1947-1947    8    24    0    3   1   0   0    1    1    6  .125  .160  .167    0   0 1977-02-24 Ft.Wayne
 Johnny Mann         1928-1928    6     6    0    2   0   0   0    1    1    0  .333  .429  .333    0   0 1977-03-31 Terre Haute
 Hal Mauck           1893-1893   23    61    2    9   0   0   0    4    3    9  .148  .188  .148    0   0 1921-04-27 Princeton
 Pinky May           1939-1943  665  2215  210  610 102  11   4  215  261  121  .275  .354  .337   13   0 2000-09-04 Corydon
 Tom McCarthy        1908-1909   28    57    5    8   1   0   0    3    3    0  .140  .197  .158    0   0 1933-03-28 Mishawaka
 Al McCauley         1884-1891  188   677  106  170  30  16   2   78   99   51  .251  .357  .352   17   0 1917-08-24 Wayne Twnshp.
 Frank McElyea       1942-1942    7     4    2    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1987-04-19 Evansville
 Willie McGill       1890-1896  169   480   68   97  19   2   0   40  101   79  .202  .344  .250    9   0 1944-08-29 Indianapolis
 Larry McKeon        1884-1886  125   455   52   92  13   5   0   17    1    0  .202  .204  .253    0   0 1915-07-18 Indianapolis
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Jouett Meekin       1891-1900  339  1098  163  267  30  24  15  131   69   87  .243  .289  .355   16   0 1944-12-14 New Albany
 Steve Melter        1909-1909   23    15    1    2   1   0   0    1    1    0  .133  .188  .200    0   0 1962-01-28 Mishawaka
 Jim Middleton       1917-1921   51    42    2    5   1   0   0    4    2    5  .119  .159  .143    0   0 1974-01-12 Argos
 Fred Miller         1910-1910    6     8    2    2   0   0   0    0    1    6  .250  .333  .250    0   0 1953-05-02 Brookville
 Ralph Miller        1920-1924  163   557   48  138  24   1   3   54   18   43  .248  .274  .311    6   9 1939-03-18 Ft.Wayne
 Roscoe Miller       1901-1904  102   288   19   46   8   5   0   24   13    0  .160  .201  .222    2   0 1913-04-18 Corydon
 Walt Miller         1911-1911    3     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1956-03-01 Marion
 Mike Milosevich     1944-1945  124   381   32   92  13   4   0   39   36   43  .241  .309  .297    1   2 1966-02-03 E.Chicago
 Forrest More        1909-1909   25    28    1    3   0   0   0    1    3    0  .107  .194  .107    0   0 1968-08-17 Columbus
 George Mullin       1902-1915  614  1531  163  401  70  23   3  137  122   21  .262  .319  .344   18   0 1944-01-07 Wabash
 Red Munson          1905-1905    9    26    1    3   1   0   0    2    0    0  .115  .115  .154    0   0 1957-02-19 Mishawaka
 Larry Murphy        1891-1891  101   400   73  106  15   3   1   35   63   27  .265  .372  .325   29   0 1911-10-06 Indianapolis
 Lou Nagelsen        1912-1912    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1965-10-21 Fort Wayne
 Bill Nelson         1884-1884    3    12    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    0  .167  .167  .167    0   0 1941-06-23 Terre Haute
 Ovid Nicholson      1912-1912    6    11    2    5   0   0   0    3    1    2  .455  .500  .455    0   0 1968-03-24 Salem
 Hugh Nicol          1881-1890  888  3465  631  813  91  29   5  272  337   88  .235  .307  .282  383   0 1921-06-27 Lafayette
 Rabbit Nill         1904-1908  296   963  116  204  23   9   3   77  103    0  .212  .297  .264   36   0 1962-05-24 Fort Wayne
 Tom O'Meara         1895-1896   13    34    6    5   0   0   0    0    6    7  .147  .275  .147    0   0 1902-02-16 Fort Wayne
 Denny O'Neil        1893-1893    7    25    3    3   0   0   0    2    4    0  .120  .241  .120    3   0 1922-11-15 Rushville
 Peaches O'Neill     1904-1904    8    15    0    4   0   0   0    1    1    0  .267  .313  .267    0   0 1955-08-02 Anderson
 Frank Oberlin       1906-1910   46    77    1    8   2   0   0    0    2    0  .104  .138  .130    0   0 1952-01-06 Ashley
 George Orme         1920-1920    4     6    4    2   0   0   0    1    3    0  .333  .556  .333    0   0 1962-03-16 Indianapolis
 Bunny Pearce        1908-1909    4     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1933-05-22 Brownstown
 Ollie Pickering     1896-1908  885  3349  500  910  96  39   9  286  286   11  .272  .334  .332  194   0 1952-01-20 Vincennes
 Odie Porter         1902-1902    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1903-05-02 Borden
 Bill Prough         1912-1912    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1936-12-29 Richmond
 Troy Puckett        1911-1911    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1971-04-13 Winchester
 Toad Ramsey         1885-1890  250   858   84  175  26   2   0   82   41   11  .204  .245  .239    4   0 1906-03-27 Indianapolis
 Bill Rariden        1909-1920  982  2877  272  682 105  24   7  272  340  251  .237  .320  .298   47   0 1942-08-28 Bedford
 Duke Reilley        1909-1909   20    62   10   13   0   0   0    0    4    0  .210  .258  .210    5   0 1968-03-04 Indianapolis
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Hal Rice            1948-1954  424  1183  129  307  52  12  19  162   94  133  .260  .314  .372    1   7 1997-12-22 Bloomington
 Bill Richardson     1901-1901   15    52    7   11   2   0   2    7    6    0  .212  .293  .365    1   0 1949-11-06 Sullivan
 Johnny Riddle       1930-1948   98   214   18   51   4   1   0   11   13   19  .238  .288  .266    0   0 1998-12-15 Indianapolis
 Reb Russell         1913-1923  420   976  142  262  48  25  22  172   42  130  .268  .309  .436    9   3 1973-09-30 Indianapolis
 Al Scheer           1913-1915  281   931  141  262  48  20   5  105  116   81  .281  .368  .392   41   0 1959-05-06 Logansport
 Al Schellhase       1890-1891   16    49    5    7   0   0   0    2    2   12  .143  .176  .143    3   0 1919-01-03 Evansville
 Hank Schreiber      1914-1926   36    91   10   18   5   0   0    6    1   16  .198  .207  .253    0   0 1968-02-23 Indianapolis
 Everett Scott       1914-1926 1654  5837  552 1455 208  58  20  551  243  282  .249  .281  .315   69  60 1960-11-02 Fort Wayne
 Bill Shanner        1920-1920    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1986-12-18 Evansville
 Ray Shook           1916-1916    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1970-09-16 South Bend
 Frank Sigafoos      1926-1931   55   134   14   27   3   0   0   13    7   14  .201  .246  .224    0   2 1968-04-12 Indianapolis
 Syl Simon           1923-1924   24    33    5    8   1   1   0    6    3    5  .242  .306  .333    0   0 1973-02-28 Chandler
 Hosea Siner         1909-1909   10    23    1    3   0   0   0    1    2    0  .130  .200  .130    0   0 1948-06-10 Sullivan
 Harry Smith         1877-1889   35   132   11   29   3   1   0    7    5   12  .220  .248  .258    0   0 1898-06-04 Queensville
 Red Smith           1917-1918   26    45    2    7   2   0   0    5    6    4  .156  .255  .200    1   0 1972-07-17 Noblesville
 Jock Somerlott      1910-1911   29   103    8   21   0   0   0    4    3    0  .204  .234  .204    4   0 1965-04-21 Butler
 Bill Sowders        1888-1890   75   237   23   44   3   0   0   15    9   43  .186  .215  .198    2   0 1951-02-02 Indianapolis
 John Sowders        1887-1890   69   221   25   44   6   0   1   26   14   33  .199  .253  .240    1   0 1939-07-29 Indianapolis
 Len Sowders         1886-1886   23    76   10   20   3   1   0   14   12    0  .263  .364  .329    6   0 1888-11-19 Indianapolis
 Chick Stahl         1897-1906 1304  5069  858 1546 219 118  36  622  470    0  .305  .369  .416  189   0 1907-03-28 W.Baden
 Ace Stewart         1895-1895   97   365   52   88   8  10   8   76   39   40  .241  .314  .384   14   0 1912-04-17 Terre Haute
 Ed Summers          1908-1912  138   352   19   57   6   0   2   18    8    0  .162  .181  .196    1   0 1953-05-12 Indianapolis
 Ben Taylor          1912-1912    2     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .333  .000    0   0 1946-11-03 Martin County
 Harry Taylor        1946-1952   90   124   12   20   4   1   0   13    2   26  .161  .181  .210    0   0 2000-11-05 Terre Haute
 Yank Terry          1940-1945   93   145    6   21   2   0   0    6    9   47  .145  .195  .159    1   0 1979-11-04 Bloomington
 Tommy Thevenow      1924-1938 1229  4164  380 1030 124  32   2  456  210  222  .247  .285  .294   23   3 1957-07-29 Madison
 Bud Tinning         1932-1935   99   130    8   23   5   0   0   14    4   33  .177  .201  .215    0   0 1961-01-17 Evansville
 Walt Tragesser      1913-1920  272   689   54  148  31   3   6   66   35  125  .215  .260  .295   14   0 1970-12-14 Lafayette
 Ken Trinkle         1943-1949  216    80    6   11   0   0   0    4    8   19  .138  .216  .138    0   0 1976-05-10 Paoli
 Dick Van Zant       1888-1888   10    31    1    8   1   0   0    1    1    0  .258  .303  .290    1   0 1912-08-06 Wayne Co.
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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
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Carl Vandagrift     1914-1914   43   136   25   34   4   0   0    9    9   15  .250  .301  .279    7   0 1920-10-09 Fort Wayne
 Peek-A-Boo Veach    1884-1890  100   353   39   76  12   6   3   37   51   31  .215  .319  .309    9   0 1937-11-12 Indianapolis
 Charlie Wacker      1909-1909    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1948-08-07 Evansville
 Lefty Wallace       1942-1946   52    38    0    3   0   0   0    3    5   17  .079  .186  .079    0   0 1982-07-28 Evansville
 Buzzy Wares         1913-1914   92   250   25   55  12   1   0   24   29   38  .220  .301  .276   12  10 1964-05-26 South Bend
 Dick West           1938-1943  119   299   30   66  10   2   3   35   12   42  .221  .253  .298    6   0 1996-03-13 Fort Wayne
 Bill Whaley         1923-1923   23    50    5   12   2   1   0    1    4    2  .240  .309  .320    0   0 1943-03-03 Indianapolis
 George Wheeler      1910-1910    3     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1918-06-13 Clinton
 Jack White          1904-1904    1     5    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1963-09-30 Indianapolis
 Charlie Whitehouse  1914-1919   25    19    0    0   0   0   0    1    2    0  .000  .095  .000    0   0 1960-07-19 Indianapolis
 Andy Woehr          1923-1924   63   193   14   47   6   5   0   20    6    9  .244  .274  .326    2   2 1990-07-24 Fort Wayne
 Harry Wolfe         1917-1917   12    10    1    2   0   0   0    1    2    5  .200  .333  .200    0   0 1971-07-28 Fort Wayne
 Clarence Woods      1914-1914    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1969-07-02 Rising Sun
 Rollie Zeider       1910-1918  941  3210  393  769  89  22   5  253  334  138  .240  .315  .286  223   0 1967-09-12 Garrett
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Pitchers Who Died in Indiana

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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
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Cy Alberts          1910-1910   1   2  .333  6.18    4   3   2   0   0   27.7   35   19   1   20   10 1917-08-27 Fort Wayne
 Vic Aldridge        1917-1928  97  80  .548  3.76  248 205 102   8   6 1600.7 1671  668  87  512  526 1973-04-17 Terre Haute
 George Beck         1914-1914   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    0   0    0    0 1973-10-29 South Bend
 Joe Beggs           1938-1948  48  35  .578  2.96  238  41  23   4  29  693.7  688  228  39  189  178 1983-07-19 Indianapolis
 Charlie Biggs       1932-1932   1   1  .500  6.93    6   4   0   0   0   24.7   32   19   2   12    1 1954-05-24 French Lick
 Emil Bildilli       1937-1941   4   8  .333  5.84   41  17   7   0   1  148.0  184   96  16   75   55 1946-09-16 Hartford City
 Ray Blemker         1960-1960   0   0       27.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.7    3    5   1    2    0 1994-02-15 Evansville
 George Boehler      1912-1926   6  12  .333  4.71   61  18   7   0   0  202.3  232  106   4  134   93 1958-06-23 Lawrenceburg
 Cy Bowen            1896-1896   0   1  .000  6.00    2   1   1   0   0   12.0   12    8   0    9    3 1925-01-25 Greensburg
 Ray Boyd            1910-1911   2   4  .333  3.09   10   6   4   0   1   58.3   50   20   0   24   26 1920-02-11 Hortonville
 Bill Brandt         1941-1943   5   3  .625  3.57   34   7   1   0   0   80.7   85   32   4   27   21 1968-05-16 Fort Wayne
 Elmer Brown         1911-1915   7  11  .389  3.48   43  21   4   2   0  188.7  181   73   4   92   79 1955-01-23 Indianapolis
 Mordecai Brown      1903-1916 239 130  .648  2.06  481 332 271  55  49 3172.3 2708  725  43  673 1375 1948-02-14 Terre Haute
 Bill Butland        1940-1947   9   3  .750  3.88   32  15   7   2   1  150.7  138   65  11   56   62 1997-09-19 Terre Haute
 Eli Cates           1908-1908   4   8  .333  2.51   19  10   7   0   0  114.7  112   32   3   32   33 1964-05-29 Anderson
 Bill Chambers       1910-1910   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    0   0    0    0 1962-03-27 Fort Wayne
 Stan Coveleski      1912-1928 215 142  .602  2.89  450 385 224  38  21 3082.0 3055  990  66  802  981 1984-03-20 South Bend
 George Craig        1907-1907   0   0       10.80    2   0   0   0   0    1.7    2    2   0    3    0 1911-04-23 Indianapolis
 Bill Cramer         1912-1912   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.3    6    0   0    0    2 1966-09-11 Fort Wayne
 Nig Cuppy           1892-1901 162  98  .623  3.48  302 262 224   9   5 2284.3 2520  884  62  609  504 1922-07-27 Elkhart
 Pete Daniels        1890-1898   2   8  .200  4.79   14  10   6   0   0   82.7  102   44   1   26   21 1928-02-13 Indianapolis
 Rex Dawson          1913-1913   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    0   0    0    1 1958-10-20 Indianapolis
 Ed Eiteljorge       1890-1891   1   6  .143  6.68    9   8   6   0   0   63.3   84   47   3   42   24 1942-12-05 Greencastle
 Hod Eller           1917-1921  60  40  .600  2.62  160  88  52   9   5  863.0  806  251  19  213  381 1961-07-18 Indianapolis
 Jumbo Elliott       1923-1934  63  74  .460  4.24  252 144  51   8  12 1206.7 1338  569  70  414  453 1970-01-07 Terre Haute
 Tom Fisher          1904-1904   6  16  .273  4.25   31  21  19   2   0  214.0  257  101   5   82   84 1972-09-03 Anderson
 Bob Friedrichs      1932-1932   0   0       11.25    2   0   0   0   0    4.0    4    5   0    7    2 1997-04-15 Jasper
 Jot Goar            1896-1898   0   1  .000 15.85    4   0   0   0   0   15.3   40   27   1    9    3 1947-04-04 New Castle
 Charlie Gray        1890-1890   1   4  .200  7.55    5   4   3   0   0   31.0   48   26   0   24   10 1900-06-01 Indianapolis
 John Grim           1888-1899   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    3.3    3    0   0    4    3 1961-07-28 Indianapolis
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Harley Grossman     1952-1952   0   0       54.00    1   0   0   0   0    0.3    2    2   1    0    0 2003-09-05 Evansville
 Pete Henning        1914-1915  14  25  .359  3.83   68  34  22   1   4  345.0  334  147  10  134  118 1939-11-04 Dyer
 Art Herring         1929-1947  34  38  .472  4.32  199  56  25   3  13  697.7  754  335  41  284  243 1995-12-02 Marion
 Oral Hildebrand     1931-1940  83  78  .516  4.35  258 182  80   9  13 1430.7 1490  692  99  623  527 1977-09-08 Southport
 Carmen Hill         1915-1930  49  33  .598  3.44  147  85  47   5   8  787.0  769  301  38  267  264 1990-01-01 Indianapolis
 Johnny Hutchings    1940-1946  12  18  .400  3.96  155  34   5   3   6  471.0  474  207  36  180  212 1963-04-27 Indianapolis
 Bert Inks           1891-1896  27  46  .370  5.52   89  77  59   2   1  603.7  780  370  12  266  167 1941-10-03 Ligonier
 Jeff James          1968-1969   6   6  .500  4.51   35  18   2   1   0  147.7  148   74  13   60  104 2006-05-07 Indianapolis
 Walt Justis         1905-1905   0   0        8.10    2   0   0   0   0    3.3    4    3   0    6    0 1941-10-04 Greendale
 Malachi Kittridge   1890-1906   0   0        5.40    1   0   0   0   0    1.7    2    1   0    1    0 1928-06-23 Gary
 Charlie Knepper     1899-1899   4  22  .154  5.78   27  26  26   0   0  219.7  307  141  11   77   43 1946-02-06 Muncie
 Wayne LaMaster      1937-1938  19  27  .413  5.82   71  42  11   2   4  295.3  352  191  32  116  173 1989-08-04 New Albany
 Bob Logan           1935-1945   7  15  .318  3.15   57  25   5   1   4  222.7  245   78   9   81   67 1978-05-20 Indianapolis
 Hal Mauck           1893-1893   8  10  .444  4.41   23  18  12   1   0  143.0  168   70   2   60   23 1921-04-27 Princeton
 Tom McCarthy        1908-1909   7   9  .438  2.34   25  20  10   2   0  150.0  133   39   3   65   42 1933-03-28 Mishawaka
 Al McCauley         1884-1891   2   7  .222  5.09   10   9   9   0   0   76.0   87   43   2   25   34 1917-08-24 Wayne Twnshp.
 Willie McGill       1890-1896  72  74  .493  4.59  168 150 116   2   1 1251.0 1381  638  26  701  510 1944-08-29 Indianapolis
 Larry McKeon        1884-1886  46  64  .418  3.71  116 115 110   4   0  979.0  979  404  31  206  474 1915-07-18 Indianapolis
 Jouett Meekin       1891-1900 153 133  .535  4.07  324 308 270   9   2 2603.3 2831 1177  67 1058  900 1944-12-14 New Albany
 Steve Melter        1909-1909   0   1  .000  3.50   23   1   0   0   3   64.3   79   25   1   20   24 1962-01-28 Mishawaka
 Jim Middleton       1917-1921   7  12  .368  4.51   51  10   2   0   8  157.7  184   79   6   52   40 1974-01-12 Argos
 Fred Miller         1910-1910   1   1  .500  4.71    6   2   0   0   0   21.0   25   11   1   13    2 1953-05-02 Brookville
 Roscoe Miller       1901-1904  39  45  .464  3.45  102  88  74   6   5  772.7  808  296  10  229  198 1913-04-18 Corydon
 Walt Miller         1911-1911   0   1  .000  6.55    3   2   0   0   0   11.0   16    8   0    6    0 1956-03-01 Marion
 Forrest More        1909-1909   2  10  .167  4.74   25   7   4   0   0   98.7   95   52   0   40   27 1968-08-17 Columbus
 George Mullin       1902-1915 228 196  .538  2.82  487 428 353  35   8 3686.7 3518 1156  42 1238 1482 1944-01-07 Wabash
 Bill Nelson         1884-1884   1   2  .333  4.50    3   3   3   0   0   26.0   26   13   1    8    6 1941-06-23 Terre Haute
 Frank Oberlin       1906-1910   5  24  .172  3.77   44  26  16   0   0  227.0  236   95   3   88   80 1952-01-06 Ashley
 Odie Porter         1902-1902   0   1  .000  3.38    1   1   1   0   0    8.0   12    3   0    5    2 1903-05-02 Borden
 Bill Prough         1912-1912   0   0        6.00    1   0   0   0   0    3.0    7    2   0    1    0 1936-12-29 Richmond
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Troy Puckett        1911-1911   0   0       13.50    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    3   0    2    1 1971-04-13 Winchester
 Toad Ramsey         1885-1890 114 124  .479  3.29  248 241 225   5   0 2100.7 1941  769  40  671 1515 1906-03-27 Indianapolis
 Reb Russell         1913-1923  81  59  .579  2.33  242 148  81  24  13 1291.7 1128  335   7  267  495 1973-09-30 Indianapolis
 Bill Shanner        1920-1920   0   0        6.75    1   0   0   0   0    4.0    6    3   2    1    1 1986-12-18 Evansville
 Bill Sowders        1888-1890  29  30  .492  3.34   71  61  55   2   2  517.7  542  192   8  149  205 1951-02-02 Indianapolis
 John Sowders        1887-1890  25  32  .439  4.29   65  60  48   1   1  497.0  573  237  12  271  195 1939-07-29 Indianapolis
 Chick Stahl         1897-1906   0   0        9.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    2   0    3    0 1907-03-28 W.Baden
 Ed Summers          1908-1912  68  45  .602  2.42  138 112  79   9   3  999.0  930  269  19  221  362 1953-05-12 Indianapolis
 Ben Taylor          1912-1912   0   0        3.18    2   0   0   0   0    5.7    9    2   0    3    2 1946-11-03 Martin County
 Harry Taylor        1946-1952  19  21  .475  4.10   90  44  16   3   4  357.7  344  163  25  201  127 2000-11-05 Terre Haute
 Yank Terry          1940-1945  20  28  .417  4.09   93  55  14   0   2  457.3  463  208  33  196  167 1979-11-04 Bloomington
 Bud Tinning         1932-1935  22  15  .595  3.19   99  35  13   4   4  405.7  405  144  16  135  135 1961-01-17 Evansville
 Ken Trinkle         1943-1949  21  29  .420  3.74  216  19   3   0  21  435.3  442  181  23  208  130 1976-05-10 Paoli
 Peek-A-Boo Veach    1884-1890   3  10  .231  2.55   13  13  13   0   0  113.0  100   32   2   18   64 1937-11-12 Indianapolis
 Charlie Wacker      1909-1909   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    0   0    1    0 1948-08-07 Evansville
 Lefty Wallace       1942-1946   5   6  .455  4.11   51  14   4   0   0  144.7  133   66   9   64   51 1982-07-28 Evansville
 Charlie Whitehouse  1914-1919   4   3  .571  4.52   25   6   3   0   0   77.7   93   39   1   28   33 1960-07-19 Indianapolis
 Clarence Woods      1914-1914   0   0        4.50    2   0   0   0   1    2.0    1    1   0    2    1 1969-07-02 Rising Sun
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Managers who Died in Indiana

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 Manager             YR From  To    G     W     L     WP  BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date       Place of Death
+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
 Mordecai Brown       1 1914-1914   114    50    63  .442    8      8      0        0       0    PlyrMgr 1948-02-14 Terre Haute   
 Donie Bush           7 1923-1933  1045   497   539  .480    1      8      1        1       0    PlyrMgr 1972-03-28 Indianapolis  
 Red Corriden         1 1950-1950   125    52    72  .419    6      6      0        0       0            1959-09-28 Indianapolis  
 Harry Deane          1 1871-1871     5     2     3  .400    8      8      0        0       0    PlyrMgr 1925-05-31 Indianapolis  
 Louie Heilbroner     1 1900-1900    50    23    25  .479    5      5      0        0       0            1933-12-21 Fort Wayne    
 Malachi Kittridge    1 1904-1904    18     1    16  .059    8      8      0        0       0    PlyrMgr 1928-06-23 Gary          
 Hugh Nicol           1 1897-1897    40     8    32  .200   12     12      0        0       0            1921-06-27 Lafayette     
 Chick Stahl          1 1906-1906    40    14    26  .350    8      8      0        0       0    PlyrMgr 1907-03-28 W.Baden       
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