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Batting Glossary

 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Herb Adams          1948-1950   95   337   39   88   8   6   0   18   22   24  .261  .310  .320    4   2 Apr 14
 Loren Babe          1952-1953  120   382   37   85  18   2   2   26   39   26  .223  .298  .296    1   1 Jan 11
 Frank Baldwin       1953-1953   16    20    0    2   0   0   0    0    1    9  .100  .143  .100    0   0 Dec 25
 Jim Baxes           1959-1959   88   280   39   69  12   0  17   39   25   54  .246  .310  .471    1   1 Jul 05
 Gus Bell            1950-1964 1741  6478  865 1823 311  66 206  942  470  636  .281  .330  .445   30  31 Nov 15
 Charlie Bicknell    1948-1949   30     6    0    0   0   0   0    0    2    3  .000  .250  .000    0   0 Jul 27
 Steve Bilko         1949-1962  600  1738  220  432  85  13  76  276  234  395  .249  .336  .444    2   4 Nov 13
 Mike Blyzka         1953-1954   70    38    2    2   0   0   0    1    1   15  .053  .077  .053    0   0 Dec 25
 Bob Buhl            1953-1967  457   857   31   76   2   0   0   26   38  389  .089  .129  .091    2   2 Aug 12
 George Bullard      1954-1954    4     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Oct 24
 Chico Carrasquel    1950-1959 1325  4644  568 1199 172  25  55  474  491  467  .258  .333  .342   31  28 Jan 23
 Webbo Clarke        1955-1955    7     6    0    1   0   0   0    3    0    1  .167  .167  .167    0   0 Jun 08
 Jim Command         1954-1955   14    23    1    4   1   0   1    6    2    4  .174  .240  .348    0   0 Oct 15
 Jake Crawford       1952-1952    7    11    1    2   1   0   0    0    1    5  .182  .250  .273    1   0 Mar 20
 Bill Currie         1955-1955    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Nov 29
 Perry Currin        1947-1947    3     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .333  .000    0   0 Sep 27
 Jack Cusick         1951-1952  114   242   21   42   4   2   2   22   23   38  .174  .245  .231    2   2 Jun 12
 Juan Delis          1955-1955   54   132   12   25   3   1   0   11    3   15  .189  .219  .227    1   2 Feb 20
 Joe DeMaestri       1951-1961 1121  3441  322  813 114  23  49  281  168  511  .236  .274  .325   15  19 Dec 09
 Jack Dittmer        1952-1957  395  1218  117  283  43   4  24  136   77  102  .232  .280  .333    2   1 Jan 10
 Buzz Dozier         1947-1949    4     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 31
 Roy Face            1953-1969  853   194    9   31   3   0   0    7    2   47  .160  .168  .175    0   0 Feb 20
 Jim Finigan         1954-1959  512  1600  195  422  74  17  19  168  190  176  .264  .342  .367    8  13 Aug 19
 Whitey Ford         1950-1967  500  1023   91  177  19   0   3   69  113  224  .173  .256  .200    3   2 Oct 21
 Hersh Freeman       1952-1958  205    63    4    9   3   0   1    5    5   12  .143  .206  .238    0   0 Jul 01
 Bob Garber          1956-1956    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 10
 Dick Gernert        1952-1962  835  2493  357  632 104   8 103  402  363  462  .254  .351  .426   10  11 Sep 28
 Jim Gilliam         1953-1966 1956  7119 1163 1889 304  71  65  558 1036  416  .265  .360  .355  203 111 Oct 17
 John Glenn          1960-1960   32    31    4    8   0   1   0    5    0    9  .258  .250  .323    0   0 Jul 10
 Charlie Gorin       1954-1955    7     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Feb 06
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Bob Greenwood       1954-1955   13    10    0    0   0   0   0    0    2    6  .000  .167  .000    0   0 Mar 13
 Hal Griggs          1956-1959  107    79    5    7   1   1   0    4    3   45  .089  .131  .127    0   1 Aug 24
 Bill Hall           1954-1958   57   126   15   33   6   0   1   15   15   14  .262  .340  .333    0   0 Jul 30
 Bert Hamric         1955-1958   10     9    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    7  .111  .111  .111    0   0 Mar 01
 Doug Hansen         1951-1951    3     0    2    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Dec 16
 Billy Harrell       1955-1961  173   342   54   79   7   1   8   26   23   54  .231  .283  .327   17   3 Jul 18
 Gail Henley         1954-1954   14    30    7    9   1   0   1    2    4    4  .300  .382  .433    0   0 Oct 15
 Don Hoak            1954-1964 1263  4322  598 1144 214  44  89  498  523  530  .265  .345  .396   64  47 Feb 05
 Billy Hunter        1953-1958  630  1875  166  410  58  18  16  144  111  192  .219  .264  .294   23  12 Jun 04
 Dick Hyde           1955-1961  169    43    3    4   0   0   0    1    3   16  .093  .152  .093    1   0 Aug 03
 Darrell Johnson     1952-1962  134   320   24   75   6   1   2   28   26   39  .234  .294  .278    1   0 Aug 25
 Nellie King         1954-1957   95    23    0    0   0   0   0    1    0    9  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Mar 15
 Thornton Kipper     1953-1955   55    16    0    2   0   0   0    1    0    9  .125  .125  .125    0   0 Sep 27
 Chris Kitsos        1954-1954    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Feb 11
 Billy Klaus         1952-1963  821  2513  357  626 106  15  40  250  331  285  .249  .335  .351   14   7 Dec 09
 Dick Kokos          1948-1954  475  1558  239  410  82   9  59  223  242  252  .263  .365  .441   15  21 Feb 28
 Alex Konikowski     1948-1954   35     3    1    0   0   0   0    0    2    1  .000  .400  .000    0   0 Jun 08
 Ken Landenberger    1952-1952    2     5    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    2  .200  .200  .200    0   0 Jul 29
 Joe Landrum         1950-1952   16     8    0    1   0   0   0    1    0    4  .125  .125  .125    0   0 Dec 13
 Al Lary             1954-1962   29     8    2    2   0   0   0    0    2    2  .250  .400  .250    0   0 Sep 26
 Ken Lehman          1952-1961  138    56    5    9   2   0   0    5    6    7  .161  .238  .196    0   0 Jun 10
 Jim Lemon           1950-1963 1010  3445  446  901 121  35 164  529  363  787  .262  .332  .460   13  18 Mar 23
 Bob Lennon          1954-1957   38    79    5   13   2   0   1    4    5   26  .165  .212  .228    0   0 Sep 15
 Dan Lewandowski     1951-1951    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jan 06
 Stu Locklin         1955-1956   25    24    4    4   1   0   0    0    3    5  .167  .259  .208    0   0 Jul 22
 Lou Lombardo        1948-1948    2     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Nov 18
 Bob Mahoney         1951-1952   36    18    3    4   0   0   0    2    2    9  .222  .300  .222    0   0 Jun 20
 Fred Marolewski     1953-1953    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Oct 06
 Billy Martin        1950-1961 1021  3419  425  877 137  28  64  333  188  355  .257  .300  .369   34  29 May 16
 Len Matarazzo       1952-1952    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 12
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Gil McDougald       1951-1960 1336  4676  697 1291 187  51 112  576  559  623  .276  .356  .410   45  44 May 19
 Dave Melton         1956-1958   12     9    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    5  .111  .111  .111    0   0 Oct 03
 Mickey Micelotta    1954-1955   17     7    2    0   0   0   0    0    1    1  .000  .125  .000    0   0 Oct 20
 Herb Moford         1955-1962   50    44    1    2   0   0   0    1    1   11  .045  .067  .045    0   0 Aug 06
 Rinty Monahan       1953-1953    4     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 28
 Felipe Montemayor   1953-1955   64   150   15   26   5   3   2   10   22   37  .173  .295  .287    1   0 Feb 07
 Vern Morgan         1954-1955   31    71    4   16   2   0   0    3    4   14  .225  .263  .254    0   0 Aug 08
 Hal Naragon         1951-1962  424   985   83  262  27  11   6   87   76   62  .266  .321  .334    1   1 Oct 01
 Ray Narleski        1954-1959  266   166    7   26   1   1   1    8    7   57  .157  .191  .193    0   0 Nov 25
 Willard Nixon       1950-1958  239   459   42  111  17   1   2   41   42   97  .242  .305  .296    0   0 Jun 17
 Joe Nuxhall         1944-1966  555   766   76  152  21   3  15   78   40  199  .198  .240  .292    2   2 Jul 30
 Bob Oldis           1953-1963  135   236   20   56   6   0   1   22   20   22  .237  .297  .275    0   1 Jan 05
 Chi-Chi Olivo       1961-1966   96    13    1    2   0   0   0    1    0    2  .154  .154  .154    0   0 Mar 18
 Frankie Pack        1949-1949    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 10
 Erv Palica          1945-1956  262   243   22   48   8   1   1   17   13   63  .198  .238  .251    2   0 Feb 09
 Bubba Phillips      1955-1964 1062  3278  348  835 135   8  62  356  182  314  .255  .297  .358   25  11 Feb 24
 Herb Plews          1956-1959  346  1017  125  266  42  17   4   82   74  133  .262  .312  .348    3   9 Jun 14
 Carl Powis          1957-1957   15    41    4    8   3   1   0    2    7    9  .195  .314  .317    2   0 Jan 11
 Joe Presko          1951-1958  130   156    9   27   2   0   0    5    7   26  .173  .209  .186    0   0 Oct 07
 Billy Queen         1954-1954    3     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Nov 28
 Rip Repulski        1953-1961  928  3088  407  830 153  23 106  416  207  433  .269  .319  .436   25  29 Oct 04
 Jim Robertson       1954-1955   69   155   10   29   8   0   0    8   24   27  .187  .300  .239    0   0 Jan 29
 Bob Ross            1950-1956   20    12    0    1   1   0   0    2    1    2  .083  .154  .167    0   0 Nov 02
 Cliff Ross          1954-1954    4     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Aug 03
 Normie Roy          1950-1950   19    18    1    3   0   0   0    0    2    4  .167  .250  .167    0   0 Nov 15
 Pete Runnels        1951-1964 1799  6373  876 1854 282  64  49  630  844  627  .291  .375  .378   37  51 Jan 28
 Jose Santiago       1954-1956   27     9    4    4   0   0   0    0    2    1  .444  .545  .444    0   0 Sep 04
 Willard Schmidt     1952-1959  194   153   10   25   2   0   0    7    4   52  .163  .205  .176    0   0 May 29
 Paul Schramka       1953-1953    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Mar 22
 Art Schult          1953-1960  164   421   58  111  24   0   6   56   23   50  .264  .306  .363    0   1 Jun 20
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Al Smith            1953-1964 1517  5357  843 1458 258  46 164  676  674  768  .272  .358  .429   67  43 Feb 07
 Earl Smith          1955-1955    5    16    1    1   0   0   0    0    4    2  .063  .286  .063    0   0 Mar 14
 Frank Smith         1950-1956  271    87    5   10   3   0   0    3    3   39  .115  .154  .149    0   0 Apr 04
 Daryl Spencer       1952-1963 1098  3689  457  901 145  20 105  428  449  516  .244  .327  .380   13   7 Jul 13
 Bob Stephenson      1955-1955   67   111   19   27   3   0   0    6    5   18  .243  .274  .270    2   1 Aug 11
 Bill Stewart        1955-1955   11    18    2    2   1   0   0    0    1    6  .111  .158  .167    0   0 Apr 15
 Nick Testa          1958-1958    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jun 29
 Valmy Thomas        1957-1961  252   626   56  144  20   3  12   60   45   79  .230  .283  .329    2   1 Oct 21
 Jack Urban          1957-1959   76    86    3   18   1   0   0    7    2   22  .209  .236  .221    2   0 Dec 05
 Vito Valentinetti   1954-1959  108    55    1   12   0   0   0    0    4   20  .218  .271  .218    0   1 Sep 16
 Jay Van Noy         1951-1951    6     7    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    6  .000  .125  .000    0   0 Nov 04
 Gene Verble         1951-1953   81   198   20   40   3   2   0   17   20   11  .202  .275  .237    1   1 Jun 29
 Charlie White       1954-1955   62   123   17   29   5   0   1   12   14   15  .236  .319  .301    0   0 Aug 12
 Sammy White         1951-1962 1043  3502  324  916 167  20  66  421  218  381  .262  .305  .377   14  15 Jul 07
 Bill Wilson         1950-1955  224   654   87  145  23   1  32   77   72  136  .222  .308  .407    2   4 Nov 06
 Floyd Wooldridge    1955-1955   18    18    1    4   1   0   0    1    0    4  .222  .222  .278    0   0 Aug 25
 Mel Wright          1954-1961   58    11    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May 11
 Len Yochim          1951-1954   12     5    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .200  .200  .200    0   0 Oct 16
 Dick Young          1951-1952   20    77   10   18   6   0   0    2    4    9  .234  .272  .312    1   1 Jun 03
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

109 Players

Pitchers Born in 1928

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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
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Charlie Bicknell    1948-1949   0   1  .000  6.83   30   1   0   0   0   54.0   61   41   8   34    9 Jul 27
 Mike Blyzka         1953-1954   3  11  .214  5.58   70   9   2   0   1  180.7  193  112   8  107   58 Dec 25
 Bob Buhl            1953-1967 166 132  .557  3.55  457 369 111  20   6 2587.0 2446 1019 238 1105 1268 Aug 12
 Webbo Clarke        1955-1955   0   0        4.64    7   2   0   0   0   21.3   17   11   2   14    9 Jun 08
 Bill Currie         1955-1955   0   0       12.46    3   0   0   0   0    4.3    7    6   3    2    2 Nov 29
 Buzz Dozier         1947-1949   0   0        6.55    4   0   0   0   0   11.0   14    8   0    7    3 Aug 31
 Roy Face            1953-1969 104  95  .523  3.48  848  27   6   0 193 1375.0 1347  531 141  362  877 Feb 20
 Whitey Ford         1950-1967 236 106  .690  2.75  498 438 156  45  10 3170.3 2766  967 228 1086 1956 Oct 21
 Hersh Freeman       1952-1958  30  16  .652  3.74  204   3   1   0  37  359.0  387  149  25  109  158 Jul 01
 Bob Garber          1956-1956   0   0        2.25    2   0   0   0   0    4.0    3    1   1    3    3 Sep 10
 Charlie Gorin       1954-1955   0   1  .000  3.60    7   0   0   0   0   10.0    6    4   0    9   12 Feb 06
 Bob Greenwood       1954-1955   1   2  .333  3.92   12   4   0   0   0   39.0   35   17   3   18    9 Mar 13
 Hal Griggs          1956-1959   6  26  .188  5.50  105  45   6   1   3  347.0  372  212  43  209  172 Aug 24
 Dick Hyde           1955-1961  17  14  .548  3.56  169   2   0   0  23  298.3  273  118  13  137  144 Aug 03
 Nellie King         1954-1957   7   5  .583  3.58   95   4   0   0   6  173.3  193   69  17   50   72 Mar 15
 Thornton Kipper     1953-1955   3   4  .429  5.27   55   3   0   0   1   99.0  128   58  12   46   35 Sep 27
 Alex Konikowski     1948-1954   2   3  .400  6.93   35   1   0   0   1   49.3   58   38   8   29   20 Jun 08
 Joe Landrum         1950-1952   1   3  .250  5.64   16   5   2   0   1   44.7   58   28   5   11   22 Dec 13
 Al Lary             1954-1962   0   1  .000  6.53   16   4   0   0   0   40.0   45   29   5   22   22 Sep 26
 Ken Lehman          1952-1961  14  10  .583  3.91  134  13   2   0   7  265.0  273  115  24   95  134 Jun 10
 Dan Lewandowski     1951-1951   0   1  .000  9.00    2   0   0   0   0    1.0    3    1   0    1    1 Jan 06
 Lou Lombardo        1948-1948   0   0        6.75    2   0   0   0   0    5.3    5    4   1    5    0 Nov 18
 Bob Mahoney         1951-1952   2   5  .286  4.96   36   4   0   0   0   90.7   99   50   8   50   34 Jun 20
 Len Matarazzo       1952-1952   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    0   0    1    0 Sep 12
 Herb Moford         1955-1962   5  13  .278  5.03   50  14   6   0   3  157.3  143   88  21   64   78 Aug 06
 Rinty Monahan       1953-1953   0   0        4.22    4   0   0   0   0   10.7   11    5   0    7    2 Apr 28
 Ray Narleski        1954-1959  43  33  .566  3.60  266  52  17   1  58  702.0  606  281  80  335  454 Nov 25
 Willard Nixon       1950-1958  69  72  .489  4.39  225 177  51   9   3 1234.0 1277  602  90  530  616 Jun 17
 Joe Nuxhall         1944-1966 135 117  .536  3.90  526 287  83  20  19 2302.7 2310  998 209  776 1372 Jul 30
 Chi-Chi Olivo       1961-1966   7   6  .538  3.96   96   0   0   0  12  141.0  129   62  13   50   98 Mar 18
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Erv Palica          1947-1956  41  55  .427  4.22  246  80  20   3  10  839.3  806  394  72  399  423 Feb 09
 Joe Presko          1951-1958  25  37  .403  4.61  128  61  15   2   5  490.3  511  251  57  188  202 Oct 07
 Bob Ross            1950-1956   0   2  .000  7.17   20   3   0   0   0   47.7   55   38   5   38   29 Nov 02
 Cliff Ross          1954-1954   0   0        0.00    4   0   0   0   1    2.7    0    0   0    0    1 Aug 03
 Normie Roy          1950-1950   4   3  .571  5.13   19   6   2   0   1   59.7   72   34   7   39   25 Nov 15
 Jose Santiago       1954-1956   3   2  .600  4.66   27   5   0   0   0   56.0   67   29   9   33   29 Sep 04
 Willard Schmidt     1952-1959  31  29  .517  3.93  194  55  11   1   2  586.3  563  256  57  278  323 May 29
 Frank Smith         1950-1956  35  33  .515  3.81  271   7   1   0  44  495.7  426  210  67  181  277 Apr 04
 Jack Urban          1957-1959  15  15  .500  4.83   69  37   8   1   1  272.0  279  146  25  103  113 Dec 05
 Vito Valentinetti   1954-1959  13  14  .481  4.73  108  15   3   0   3  257.0  266  135  35  122   94 Sep 16
 Bill Wilson         1955-1955   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    0   0    1    1 Nov 06
 Floyd Wooldridge    1955-1955   2   4  .333  4.84   18   8   2   0   0   57.7   64   31   9   27   14 Aug 25
 Mel Wright          1954-1961   2   4  .333  7.61   58   0   0   0   3   84.0  119   71  10   27   36 May 11
 Len Yochim          1951-1954   1   2  .333  7.62   12   3   0   0   0   28.3   40   24   2   19   12 Oct 16
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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