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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
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Charlie Baker       1884-1884   15    57    5    8   2   0   1    0    0    0  .140  .140  .228    0   0 Jan 15
 Phil Baker          1883-1886  195   817  134  212  20  11   3   34   39   32  .259  .293  .322   16   0 Sep 19
 Bob Barr            1883-1891  179   633   61  117  14   6   4   17   31   26  .185  .230  .245    1   0       
 Ike Benners         1884-1884   55   211   25   39  11   5   1    0    8    0  .185  .222  .299    0   0 Jun 07
 Charlie Bohn        1882-1882    4    13    0    2   0   0   0    0    0    0  .154  .154  .154    0   0       
 Tommy Bond          1874-1884  488  1975  213  471  53  11   0  174   22   63  .238  .247  .276    5   1 Apr 02
 Al Bradley          1884-1884    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    2    0  .000  .400  .000    0   0 May 23
 Jim Britt           1872-1873   91   396   55   87  10   0   0   24   13   19  .220  .244  .245    1   1 Feb 25
 Ernie Burch         1884-1887  194   768  134  200  30  10   4  105   73   24  .260  .328  .341   31   0 Sep 09
 Doc Bushong         1875-1890  672  2397  287  514  58  13   2  184  124   97  .214  .255  .252   39   0 Sep 15
 Aaron Clapp         1879-1879   36   146   24   39   9   3   0   18    6   10  .267  .296  .370    0   0       
 Clarence Cross      1884-1887   45   164   23   37   4   1   0    5   10    0  .226  .282  .262    0   0 Mar 04
 Frank Decker        1879-1882    5    18    0    3   0   0   0    1    0    3  .167  .167  .167    0   0 Feb 26
 Jerry Dorgan        1880-1885  131   531   74  150  22   4   0   49   14   11  .282  .303  .339    0   0       
 Jerry Dorsey        1884-1884    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0       
 Al Dwight           1884-1884   12    43    8   10   2   0   0    0    2    0  .233  .267  .279    0   0 Jan 04
 Jake Evans          1879-1885  472  1831  215  435  70  21   1  168   63  172  .238  .264  .300    0   0 Sep 22
 George Fair         1876-1876    1     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jan 13
 Tom Farley          1884-1884   14    52    5   11   4   0   0    0    1    0  .212  .241  .288    0   0       
 Jack Farrell        1874-1874    3    13    3    5   0   0   0    0    1    0  .385  .429  .385    0   0 Jan 02
 Curry Foley         1879-1883  305  1305  192  373  57  12   6  128   34   83  .286  .304  .362    0   0 Jan 14
 Dave Foutz          1884-1896 1135  4533  784 1253 186  91  31  749  300  136  .276  .323  .378  280   0 Sep 07
 Eddie Fusselback    1882-1888  109   462   75  124  19   3   1    3    8    0  .268  .281  .329    0   0 Jul 17
 Pud Galvin          1875-1892  731  2748  278  552  87  31   5  220   38  604  .201  .212  .261   23   0 Dec 25
 Barney Gilligan     1875-1888  523  1873  217  388  68  23   3  167  147  235  .207  .265  .273    8   0 Jan 03
 Fred Goldsmith      1875-1884  218   855  128  193  33  10   3   75   26   99  .226  .249  .298    0   0 May 15
 Charlie Guth        1880-1880    1     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    1    2  .250  .400  .250    0   0       
 Frank Hankinson     1878-1888  849  3272  410  747 122  39  13  344  170  211  .228  .267  .301   31   0 Apr 29
 Guy Hecker          1882-1890  705  2876  504  812 117  47  19  278  143   44  .282  .324  .376  123   0 Apr 03
 Ernie Hickman       1884-1884   19    72    4   12   1   0   0    0    1    0  .167  .178  .181    0   0       
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Pete Hotaling       1879-1888  840  3492  590  931 148  63   9  371  224  161  .267  .314  .353   78   0 Dec 16
 Sadie Houck         1879-1887  641  2659  406  666 106  58   4  234   48   47  .250  .269  .338   31   0       
 Charlie Householder 1884-1884   83   310   32   74  12   5   1    0   12    0  .239  .267  .319    0   0       
 Kick Kelly          1879-1879   16    58    5    9   1   0   0    2    0    7  .155  .155  .172    0   0 Oct 31
 Ed Kennedy          1883-1886  299  1105  142  225  20  13   5   23   47    0  .204  .239  .259    1   0 Apr 01
 Jimmy Knowles       1884-1892  357  1388  185  334  40  28   9  132   89   81  .241  .288  .329   83   0 Sep 05
 James Lehan         1884-1884    3    12    1    4   2   0   0    0    0    0  .333  .333  .500    0   0 May 14
 Tom Loftus          1877-1883    9    33    3    6   0   0   0    0    2    1  .182  .229  .182    0   0 Nov 15
 Henry Luff          1875-1884  106   450   42  111  18   7   2   27    7    5  .247  .258  .331    3   3 Sep 14
 Bill McClellan      1878-1888  792  3197  533  773 129  33   6  304  274   95  .242  .305  .308  132   0 Mar 22
 Jim McCormick       1878-1887  534  2082  246  491  66  22   4  178   22  116  .236  .244  .294   10   0 Nov 03
 Sandy McDermott     1885-1885    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Mar 15
 Alex McKinnon       1884-1887  386  1572  209  465  82  29  14  219   45  125  .296  .315  .412   16   0 Aug 14
 Frank McLaughlin    1882-1884  107   426   60   97  21   4   5    4   18   11  .228  .259  .331    0   0 Jun 19
 Bobby Mitchell      1877-1882   57   211   20   38   5   2   0   19    2   20  .180  .188  .223    0   0 Feb 06
 John Morrissey      1881-1881   12    47    3   10   2   0   0    3    0    3  .213  .213  .255    0   0 Dec 30
 Mike Moynahan       1880-1884  169   688  124  202  30  13   1   95   47   24  .294  .339  .379    0   0       
 Dan O'Leary         1879-1884   45   181   18   44   3   2   1    5   10   10  .243  .283  .298    0   0 Oct 22
 Charlie Osterhout   1879-1879    2     8    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0       
 Andy Piercy         1881-1881    2     8    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   0       
 Martin Powell       1881-1884  279  1163  213  329  43  11   3  115   75   59  .283  .326  .347    0   0 Mar 25
 George Radbourn     1883-1883    3    12    2    2   0   0   0    0    0    5  .167  .167  .167    0   0 Apr 08
 Charlie Reilley     1879-1884  119   439   36   92   8   1   0   34    3   38  .210  .215  .232    0   0       
 Charlie Reipschlager1883-1887  296  1109   99  246  40  14   0   63   34    0  .222  .248  .283    9   0 Feb 07
 Charlie Robinson    1884-1885   31   120   16   29   4   1   0    4    6    0  .242  .278  .292    0   0 Jul 27
 Fred Robinson       1884-1884    3    13    1    3   0   0   0    0    0    0  .231  .231  .231    0   0 Jul 06
 Bill Rollinson      1884-1884    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun 10
 Chief Roseman       1882-1890  681  2761  443  726 120  49  17  222  133   41  .263  .312  .360   19   0       
 Jack Rowe           1879-1890 1044  4386  764 1256 202  88  28  644  224  177  .286  .323  .392   59   0 Dec 08
 Alexander Skinner   1884-1884    2     6    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    0  .333  .333  .333    0   0 Aug 14
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Bill Smiley         1874-1882   77   308   33   60   4   2   0    0    6    0  .195  .210  .221    0   0       
 Harry Smith         1877-1889   35   132   11   29   3   1   0    7    5   12  .220  .248  .258    0   0 Feb 05
 Pop Smith           1880-1891 1112  4238  643  941 141  87  24  358  325  345  .222  .287  .313  169   0 Oct 12
 Harry Stovey        1880-1893 1486  6138 1492 1771 347 174 122  908  663  343  .289  .361  .461  509   0 Dec 20
 George Strief       1879-1885  362  1360  145  281  50  14   5   64   64   23  .207  .242  .275    0   0 Oct 16
 Chub Sullivan       1877-1880  112   442   55  114  10   5   0   24    7   15  .258  .269  .303    0   0 Jan 12
 Tug Thompson        1882-1884   25   102   10   21   3   0   0    0    2    0  .206  .221  .235    0   0 Sep 05
 Dasher Troy         1881-1885  292  1127  166  274  42  20   4   51   41   52  .243  .274  .327    0   0 May 08
 Jim Tyng            1879-1888    4    15    2    5   1   0   0    0    0    1  .333  .333  .400    0   0 Mar 27
 Fleet Walker        1884-1884   42   152   23   40   2   3   0    0    8    0  .263  .325  .316    0   0 Oct 07
 Frank Whitney       1876-1876   34   139   27   33   7   1   0   15    1    3  .237  .243  .302    0   0 Feb 18
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

71 Players

Pitchers Born in 1856

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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
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Bob Barr            1883-1891  49  98  .333  3.83  158 151 141   6   1 1327.3 1455  565  31  363  588       
 Charlie Bohn        1882-1882   1   1  .500  3.00    2   2   2   0   0   18.0   21    6   0    3    1       
 Tommy Bond          1874-1884 234 163  .589  2.31  417 408 386  42   0 3628.7 3767  932  51  198  879 Apr 02
 Jim Britt           1872-1873  26  64  .289  4.38   91  91  88   1   0  816.7 1257  397  12   59   28 Feb 25
 Jerry Dorsey        1884-1884   0   1  .000  9.00    1   1   0   0   0    4.0    7    4   1    0    3       
 Jake Evans          1880-1883   0   1  .000  6.60    3   1   1   0   0   15.0   24   11   1    0    3 Sep 22
 Curry Foley         1879-1883  27  27  .500  3.54   69  50  39   2   0  442.7  511  174   3   64  127 Jan 14
 Dave Foutz          1884-1894 147  66  .690  2.84  251 216 202  16   4 1997.3 1843  631  38  510  790 Sep 07
 Eddie Fusselback    1882-1882   1   2  .333  4.70    4   2   2   0   1   23.0   34   12   0    2    3 Jul 17
 Pud Galvin          1875-1892 364 310  .540  2.86  705 689 646  57   2 6003.3 6405 1910 122  745 1806 Dec 25
 Fred Goldsmith      1879-1884 112  68  .622  2.73  189 185 174  16   1 1609.7 1685  488  38  171  433 May 15
 Charlie Guth        1880-1880   1   0 1.000  5.00    1   1   1   0   0    9.0   12    5   0    1    7       
 Frank Hankinson     1878-1885  16  12  .571  2.50   32  28  28   2   1  266.7  281   74   1   31   81 Apr 29
 Guy Hecker          1882-1890 173 146  .542  2.92  334 320 310  15   1 2906.0 2905  944  50  489 1099 Apr 03
 Ernie Hickman       1884-1884   4  13  .235  4.52   17  17  15   0   0  137.3  172   69   5   36   68       
 Charlie Householder 1884-1884   0   0        3.00    2   0   0   0   0    3.0    4    1   0    0    3       
 Henry Luff          1875-1875   1   6  .143  4.78   10   7   5   0   0   69.7  100   37   2    3   13 Sep 14
 Jim McCormick       1878-1887 265 214  .553  2.43  492 485 466  33   1 4275.7 4092 1155  83  749 1704 Nov 03
 Frank McLaughlin    1883-1884   0   0        9.00    4   1   0   0   0   19.0   29   19   0    5    4 Jun 19
 Bobby Mitchell      1877-1882  20  23  .465  3.18   45  44  40   2   0  381.7  440  135   2   73  184 Feb 06
 George Radbourn     1883-1883   1   2  .333  6.55    3   3   2   0   0   22.0   38   16   1    7    2 Apr 08
 Chief Roseman       1885-1887   0   1  .000  7.88    4   1   0   0   0   16.0   20   14   0    7    1       
 Pop Smith           1883-1883   0   0        6.35    3   0   0   0   0    5.7   10    4   0    0    0 Oct 12
 Harry Stovey        1880-1886   0   0        6.75    4   0   0   0   0    9.3   15    7   0    3    7 Dec 20
 Jim Tyng            1879-1888   1   2  .333  4.94    4   3   3   0   1   31.0   43   17   0    8    9 Mar 27
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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