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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Ed Andrews          1884-1891  774  3233  602  830 117  26  12  278  194  245  .257  .301  .320  205   0 Apr 05
 Wally Andrews       1884-1888   40   142   22   28  11   4   0   14   17    0  .197  .283  .331    5   0 Sep 18
 George Baker        1883-1886  126   474   45   74   6   0   0    5   14   29  .156  .180  .169    0   0       
 Lady Baldwin        1884-1890  134   494   68  114  16   7   0   55   40   77  .231  .290  .291    7   0 Apr 08
 Buck Becannon       1884-1887   12    41    3   10   0   0   0    2    1    2  .244  .279  .244    0   0 Aug 22
 Joe Brown           1884-1885   20    80    8   16   1   0   0    3    0   15  .200  .200  .213    0   0 Apr 04
 Harry Buker         1884-1884   30   111    5   15   1   0   0    3    4   15  .135  .165  .144    0   0       
 Bill Burdick        1888-1889   31    85    7   12   0   0   0    2    6   12  .141  .215  .141    0   0 Oct 11
 Cliff Carroll       1882-1893  991  3972  729  995 125  47  31  423  361  290  .251  .320  .329  197   0 Oct 18
 Ed Cartwright       1890-1897  495  1902  348  562 100  44  24  333  202  128  .295  .368  .432  144   0 Oct 06
 Bob Casey           1882-1882    9    39    5    9   2   1   1    7    0   15  .231  .231  .410    0   0 Jan 26
 Charlie Comiskey    1882-1894 1390  5796  994 1530 206  68  29  883  197   84  .264  .293  .338  419   0 Aug 15
 Larry Corcoran      1880-1887  326  1289  192  287  47  15   2  111   52  187  .223  .253  .287    5   0 Aug 10
 Doug Crothers       1884-1885   22    66   13   10   0   0   0    0    8    0  .152  .253  .152    0   0 Nov 16
 Jerry Denny         1881-1894 1237  4946  714 1286 238  76  74  667  173  602  .260  .287  .384  130   0 Mar 16
 Steve Dignan        1880-1880   11    44    5   14   1   1   0    6    0    4  .318  .318  .386    0   0 May 16
 Ed Dundon           1883-1884   52   179   14   27   3   2   0    0    8    0  .151  .191  .190    0   0 Jul 10
 Fred Dunlap         1880-1891  965  3974  759 1159 224  53  41  366  283  263  .292  .340  .406   85   0 May 21
 Jesse Duryea        1889-1893  144   428   66   86  13   5   1   37   40   93  .201  .288  .262   17   0 Sep 07
 Hi Ebright          1889-1889   16    59    7   15   2   2   1    6    3    8  .254  .302  .407    1   0 Jun 12
 Bob Emslie          1883-1885   95   355   42   66   8   6   0    4    8    0  .186  .204  .242    0   0 Jan 27
 Buck Ewing          1880-1897 1315  5363 1129 1625 250 178  71  883  392  294  .303  .351  .456  354   0 Oct 17
 Sid Farrar          1883-1890  943  3573  497  905 157  53  18  412  233  269  .253  .305  .342   92   0 Aug 10
 Frederick Fass      1887-1887    4    11    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    3  .182  .182  .182    1   0 Oct 30
 Tom Forster         1882-1886  180   666   76  131  15   4   1   40   49   12  .197  .256  .236    9   0 May 01
 John Fox            1881-1886   62   238   24   42   5   0   0    4    4   11  .176  .190  .197    0   0 Feb 07
 Gid Gardner         1879-1888  199   765  113  178  33  18   4   30   69   16  .233  .298  .339    7   0 May 06
 Billy Geer          1874-1885  232   893  128  191  36  11   0   33   55   22  .214  .261  .279    2   2 Aug 13
 Jack Gorman         1883-1884   17    62    6    8   0   2   0    0    1    0  .129  .143  .194    0   0       
 Mert Hackett        1883-1887  256   939   87  203  42  15   8   83   16  225  .216  .231  .318    5   0 Nov 11
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 John Harkins        1884-1888  173   631   73  144  17   6   2   66   41   45  .228  .276  .284    6   0 Apr 12
 Frank Houseman      1886-1886    1     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .250  .250  .250    0   0       
 Nat Hudson          1886-1889  125   446   56  110  14   3   3   58   35   11  .247  .304  .312   12   0 Jan 12
 Bill Hutchison      1884-1897  383  1350  150  291  35  17  12  133   71  285  .216  .255  .293   26   0 Dec 17
 Bill Irwin          1886-1886    2     6    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .250  .000    0   0 Sep 16
 Tom Kearns          1880-1884   27    99   11   20   2   1   0    8    2   14  .202  .218  .242    0   0 Nov 09
 John Kelly          1879-1884  122   469   48  106  17   3   1    5   10   24  .226  .242  .281    0   0 Mar 03
 Ed Kent             1884-1884    1     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0       
 John Kiley          1884-1891   15    58    9   12   2   2   0    0    4    1  .207  .281  .310    0   0 Jul 01
 Joe Knight          1884-1890  133   505   69  156  29   8   4   69   38   33  .309  .362  .422   17   0 Sep 28
 Bill Krieg          1884-1887  141   535   62  127  29   8   4   37   23   17  .237  .270  .344    4   0 Jan 29
 John Mansell        1882-1882   31   126   17   30   3   1   0   17    4    0  .238  .262  .278    0   0       
 Hal McClure         1882-1882    2     6    1    2   0   0   0    0    0    1  .333  .333  .333    0   0 Aug 08
 Frank McIntyre      1883-1883    3    11    1    0   0   0   0    0    3    0  .000  .214  .000    0   0 Jul 12
 Pat McManus         1879-1879    2     8    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    2  .125  .125  .125    0   0       
 Bid McPhee          1882-1899 2135  8291 1678 2250 303 188  53 1067  981  229  .271  .355  .372  568   0 Nov 01
 Lou Meyers          1884-1884    2     3    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .250  .000    0   0 Dec 09
 Cyclone Miller      1884-1886   29    97   12   11   2   0   0    1   15    0  .113  .239  .134    3   0 Sep 24
 Joe Moffett         1884-1884   56   204   17   41   5   3   0    0    2    0  .201  .209  .255    0   0       
 Jon Morrison        1884-1887   53   216   33   52   6   8   1    3   13    0  .241  .299  .356    0   0       
 Tony Mullane        1881-1894  784  2720  407  661  99  38   8  223  221  114  .243  .307  .316  112   0 Jan 20
 Tony Murphy         1884-1884    1     3    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .333  .333  .333    0   0       
 George Noftsker     1884-1884    7    25    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .040  .040  .040    0   0 Aug 24
 Ed O'Neil           1890-1890   12    40    0    5   0   0   0    2    3    0  .125  .186  .125    0   0 Mar 11
 Dave Orr            1883-1890  791  3289  536 1125 198 108  37  627   98   49  .342  .366  .502   66   0 Sep 29
 Elias Peak          1884-1884   55   218   37   44   6   4   0    0    8    0  .202  .230  .266    0   0 May 23
 Maury Pierce        1884-1884    2     7    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .143  .143  .143    0   0       
 George Pinkney      1884-1893 1163  4610  874 1212 170  56  21  539  526  135  .263  .345  .338  296   0 Jan 11
 Jim Powell          1884-1885   60   226   28   49   8   7   0    5    8    0  .217  .263  .314    0   0 Aug 30
 John Reccius        1882-1883   92   329   56   72  14   3   1    3   30    0  .219  .284  .289    0   0 Oct 29
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Date
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Chris Rickley       1884-1884    6    25    5    5   2   0   0    0    2    0  .200  .259  .280    0   0 Oct 07
 Yank Robinson       1882-1892  978  3428  697  825 148  44  15  399  664  180  .241  .375  .323  272   0 Sep 19
 Dupee Shaw          1883-1888  236   823   79  140  21   1   1   31   38  135  .170  .207  .202    1   0 May 31
 George Shoch        1886-1897  706  2536  414  671  89  28  10  323  298  115  .265  .355  .334  138   0 Jan 06
 Leo Smith           1890-1890   35   112   11   21   1   3   0   11   14    0  .188  .283  .250    1   0 May 13
 Len Stockwell       1879-1890    6    22    2    3   1   0   0    0    0    5  .136  .136  .182    0   0 Aug 25
 Ed Swartwood        1881-1892  724  2876  607  861 120  63  14  229  325   11  .299  .379  .400  120   0 Jan 12
 Fred Tenney         1884-1884   37   139   18   30   3   1   0    0    6    0  .216  .248  .252    0   0 Jul 09
 Steve Toole         1886-1890   59   228   34   60  15   2   1   31    5    0  .263  .282  .360    9   0 Apr 09
 Bill Traffley       1878-1886  179   663   85  116  13  12   1   36   34    1  .175  .220  .235    8   0 Dec 21
 Sam Trott           1880-1888  360  1354  166  338  73  22   3  123   54   44  .250  .280  .343    9   0       
 Joe Visner          1885-1891  235   924  183  241  29  36  12  149  122   90  .261  .354  .409   33   0 Sep 27
 Welday Walker       1884-1884    5    18    1    4   1   0   0    2    0    0  .222  .222  .278    0   0       
 Mickey Welch        1880-1892  606  2201  268  492  93  16  12  202   82  329  .224  .252  .297   10   0 Jul 04
 Gurdon Whiteley     1884-1885   41   169   18   30   2   2   1    7    2   33  .178  .187  .231    0   0 Oct 05
 George Winkleman    1883-1883    4    13    2    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .071  .000    0   0       
 Jimmy Woulfe        1884-1884   23    87   10   11   1   1   0    3    1    0  .126  .136  .161    0   0 Nov 25
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

77 Players

Pitchers Born in 1859

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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
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Lady Baldwin        1884-1890  73  41  .640  2.85  118 116 112   9   1 1017.0  921  322  31  233  582 Apr 08
 Buck Becannon       1884-1885   3   8  .273  5.93   11  11  11   0   0   91.0  110   60   5   26   15 Aug 22
 Joe Brown           1884-1885   4   6  .400  5.11   11  10   9   0   0   88.0  108   50   4   11   36 Apr 04
 Bill Burdick        1888-1889  12  14  .462  3.17   30  24  22   0   1  221.7  226   78  19   56   71 Oct 11
 Charlie Comiskey    1882-1889   0   1  .000  0.73    4   1   1   0   0   12.3   13    1   0    3    6 Aug 15
 Larry Corcoran      1880-1887 177  89  .665  2.36  277 268 256  22   2 2392.3 2147  626  69  496 1103 Aug 10
 Doug Crothers       1884-1885   8  13  .381  4.63   21  21  21   1   0  179.0  218   92   4   55   51 Nov 16
 Jerry Denny         1888-1888   0   0        9.00    1   0   0   0   0    4.0    5    4   1    4    1 Mar 16
 Ed Dundon           1883-1884   9  20  .310  4.25   31  28  23   0   0  247.7  298  117  16   53   68 Jul 10
 Fred Dunlap         1884-1887   0   0        6.75    2   0   0   0   1    2.7    6    2   0    0    2 May 21
 Jesse Duryea        1889-1893  59  67  .468  3.45  143 130 104   5   3 1088.0 1101  417  41  349  416 Sep 07
 Bob Emslie          1883-1885  44  44  .500  3.19   91  90  85   5   0  792.3  775  281   9  165  362 Jan 27
 Buck Ewing          1882-1890   2   3  .400  3.45    9   4   4   0   0   47.0   55   18   2   23   23 Oct 17
 Frederick Fass      1887-1887   0   1  .000 10.34    4   2   1   0   1   15.7   25   18   1    8    0 Oct 30
 John Fox            1881-1886  13  28  .317  4.16   45  43  38   0   0  356.7  440  165   4   98  104 Feb 07
 Gid Gardner         1879-1885   2  12  .143  3.90   15  13  12   0   0  113.0  142   49   5   28   33 May 06
 Billy Geer          1884-1884   0   0       12.60    2   0   0   0   0    5.0   14    7   0    3    1 Aug 13
 Jack Gorman         1884-1884   1   2  .333  4.68    3   3   3   0   0   25.0   22   13   0    5   10       
 John Harkins        1884-1888  51  83  .381  4.09  139 137 131   4   0 1183.3 1262  538  26  358  489 Apr 12
 Frank Houseman      1886-1886   0   1  .000  3.38    1   1   1   0   0    8.0    6    3   0    1    5       
 Nat Hudson          1886-1889  48  26  .649  3.08   86  78  72   5   1  694.3  669  238  15  156  258 Jan 12
 Bill Hutchison      1884-1897 183 163  .529  3.59  375 346 321  21   4 3078.0 3123 1228 104 1132 1234 Dec 17
 Bill Irwin          1886-1886   0   2  .000  5.82    2   2   2   0   0   17.0   18   11   2    8    6 Sep 16
 Ed Kent             1884-1884   0   1  .000  6.00    1   1   1   0   0    9.0   14    6   0    3    4       
 John Kiley          1891-1891   0   1  .000  6.75    1   1   1   0   0    8.0   13    6   3    5    1 Jul 01
 Joe Knight          1884-1884   2   4  .333  5.47    6   6   6   0   0   51.0   66   31   2   21    8 Sep 28
 Frank McIntyre      1883-1883   2   1  .667  3.60    3   3   3   0   0   30.0   31   12   0    8    6 Jul 12
 Pat McManus         1879-1879   0   2  .000  3.00    2   2   2   0   0   21.0   24    7   1    1    6       
 Cyclone Miller      1884-1886  14  11  .560  3.04   27  26  23   1   0  222.3  215   75  11   76  125 Sep 24
 Tony Mullane        1881-1894 284 220  .563  3.05  555 504 468  30  15 4531.3 4195 1537  98 1408 1803 Jan 20
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Date
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Ed O'Neil           1890-1890   0   8  .000  9.26    8   8   8   0   0   68.0  111   70   0   45   19 Mar 11
 Dave Orr            1885-1885   0   0        7.20    3   0   0   0   0   10.0   11    8   2    5    1 Sep 29
 George Pinkney      1886-1886   0   0        4.50    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    1   0    0    0 Jan 11
 John Reccius        1882-1883   4   6  .400  3.00   14  10   9   1   0   99.0  116   33   3   22   31 Oct 29
 Yank Robinson       1882-1887   3   4  .429  3.34   14   4   4   0   1   89.0  109   33   1   29   62 Sep 19
 Dupee Shaw          1883-1888  83 121  .407  3.10  211 207 196  13   0 1762.0 1710  607  41  396  950 May 31
 George Shoch        1888-1888   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    3.0    2    0   0    1    0 Jan 06
 Ed Swartwood        1884-1890   0   0        6.75    2   0   0   0   0    5.3    8    4   0    1    1 Jan 12
 Fred Tenney         1884-1884   3   2  .600  2.09    5   5   5   0   0   43.0   37   10   0    9   28 Jul 09
 Steve Toole         1886-1890  27  26  .509  4.79   55  52  49   1   0  443.0  457  236   5  259  141 Apr 09
 Mickey Welch        1880-1892 307 210  .594  2.71  565 549 525  41   4 4802.0 4587 1447 106 1297 1850 Jul 04
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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