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The Ballplayers : A Baseball Player Encyclopedia

Casey Stengel once said, "You could look it up." This comprehensive baseball players section here at Baseball Almanac allows you to do just that — Look it up! Stat pages for EVERY Major League player in history are accessible using the links below. Included in each alphabetical section is an easy-to-use list that leads you to a player's year-by-year statistics, career statistics, uniform numbers, salaries, links and miscellaneous items of interest.

"There are three types of baseball players: those who make things happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens." - Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda
The Ballplayers

A Comprehensive Baseball Player Encyclopedia

Aar-AlvA is for Alex
The great Alexander;
More Goose eggs he pitched
Than a popular gander.
Aardsma
to
Alvarez
584 Players
Alv-AzoAlvis
to
Azocar
Bab-BarB is for Bresnahan
Back of the plate;
The Cubs were his love,
and McGraw his hate.
Babb
to
Barrett
1,819 Players
Bar-BelBarria
to
Bell
Bel-BlaBella
to
Blackburne
Bla-BosBlackerby
to
Bostock
Bos-BriBoston
to
Briles
Bri-BufBriley
to
Buffinton
Buf-BysBuford
to
Bystrom
Cab-CarC is for Cobb,
Who grew spikes and not corn,
And made all the basemen
Wish they weren't born.
Caballero
to
Carreno
1,493 Players
Car-ChaCarreon
to
Chavez
Che-CloCheadle
to
Cloninger
Clo-ConClontz
to
Conway
Con-CraConwell
to
Crawford
Cre-CzaCreamer
to
Czajkowski
D'A-De D is for Dean,
The grammatical Diz,
When the asked, Who's the tops?
Said correctly, I is.
D'Acquisto
to
De La Torre
935 Players
Del-DicDelcarmen
to
Dickerson
Dic-DoyDickey
to
Doyne
Doz-DysDozier
to
Dyson
Ead-ElsE is for Evers,
His jaw in advance;
Never afraid
To Tinker with Chance.
Eaddy
to
Elston
348 Players
Elv-EzzElvira
to
Ezzell
Faa-FioF is for Fordham
And Frankie and Frisch;
I wish he were back
With the Giants, I wish.
Faatz
to
Fiore
681 Players
Fio-FosFiorentino
to
Fossum
Fos-FyhFoster
to
Fyhrie
Gab-GenG is for Gehrig,
The Pride of the Stadium;
His record pure gold,
His courage, pure radium.
Gabbard
to
Genovese
1,048 Players
Gen-GogGentile
to
Goggin
Gog-GreGogolewski
to
Green
Gre-GysGreenberg
to
Gyselman
Haa-HarH is for Hornsby;
When pitching to Rog,
The pitcher would pitch,
Then the pitcher would dodge.
Haad
to
Harting
1,384 Players
Har-HayHartje
to
Hayes
Hay-HerHayhurst
to
Hernandez
Her-HofHerndon
to
Hofferth
Hof-HowHoffman
to
Howard
How-HyzHowarth
to
Hyzdu
Ian-IztI is for Me,
Not a hard-hitting man,
But an outstanding all-time
Incurable fan.
Iannetta
to
Izturis
58 Players
Jab-JohJ is for Johnson
The Big Train in his prime
Was so fast he could throw
Three strikes at a time.
Jablonski
to
Johnson
500 Players
Joh-JuuJohnston
to
Juul
Ka'-KenK is for Keeler,
As fresh as green paint,
The fastest and mostest
To hit where they ain't.
Ka'aihue
to
Kent
696 Players
Ken-KnoKenworthy
to
Knoll
Kno-KylKnolls
to
Kyle
Laa-LawL is for Lajoie
Whom Clevelanders love,
Napolean himself,
With glue in his glove.
Laabs
to
Lawrence
878 Players
Law-LewLawrie
to
Lewis
Ley-LopLey
to
Lopez
Lop-LytLopez
to
Lyttle
Maa-ManM is for Matty,
Who carried a charm
In the form of an extra
brain in his arm.
Maas
to
Mantei
1,994 Players
Man-MatMantilla
to
Mattison
Mat-McDMattox
to
McDonnell
McD-McNMcDonough
to
McNulty
McP-MilMcPartlin
to
Milchin
Mil-MonMiles
to
Money
Mon-MosMonge
to
Mossi
Mos-MyrMossor
to
Myrow
Nab-NicN is for Newsom,
Bobo's favorite kin.
You ask how he's here,
He talked himself in.
Nabholz
to
Nicholson
335 Players
Nic-NymNichting
to
Nyman
O'B-OliO is for Ott
Of the restless right foot.
When he leaned on the pellet,
The pellet stayed put.
O'Berry
to
Oliveros
356 Players
Oli-OzuOlivo
to
Ozuna
Pab-PeaP is for Plank,
The arm of the A's;
When he tangled with Matty
Games lasted for days.
Pabst
to
Peacock
919 Players
Pea-PetPeak
to
Petty
Pet-PolPettyjohn
to
Polli
Pol-PyzPollock
to
Pyznarski
Qua-QuiQ is for Don Quixote
Cornelius Mack;
Neither Yankees nor years
Can halt his attack.
Quackenbush
to
Quisenberry
47 Players
Raa-ReiR is for Ruth.
To tell you the truth,
There's just no more to be said,
Just R is for Ruth.
Raabe
to
Reilly
1,056 Players
Rei-RitReimer
to
Ritterson
Rit-RomRittwage
to
Romero
Rom-RzeRomine
to
Rzepczynski
Saa-SchS is for Speaker,
Swift center-field tender,
When the ball saw him coming,
It yelled, "I surrender."
Saarloos
to
Schenz
1,868 Players
Sch-SerSchepner
to
Service
Ses-SilSessi
to
Silva
Sil-SmiSilvera
to
Smith
Smi-StaSmithberg
to
Stanley
Sta-StrStansberry
to
Stroud
Str-SzuStroughter
to
Szuminski
Tab-ThiT is for Terry
The Giant from Memphis
Whose .400 average
You can't overemphis.
Tabaka
to
Thielman
632 Players
Thi-TomThies
to
Tompkins
Tom-TysToms
to
Tyson
Uch-UtlU would be 'Ubell
if Carl were a cockney;
We say Hubbell and Baseball
Like Football and Rockne.
Uchrinscko
to
Utley
60 Players
Vac-VukV is for Vance
The Dodger's very own Dazzy;
None of his rivals
Could throw as fast as he.
Vache
to
Vukovich
269 Players
Wac-WarW is for Wagner,
The bowlegged beauty;
Short was closed to all traffic
With Honus on duty.
Wacha
to
Warnock
1,066 Players
War-WesWarren
to
Westbrook
Wes-WilWesterberg
to
Williamson
Wil-WooWilligrod
to
Wood
Woo-WysWoodall
to
Wysong
XX is the first
of two x's in Foxx
Who was right behind Ruth
with his powerful soxx.
No Names0 Players
Yab-YvaY is for Young
The magnificent Cy;
People battled against him,
But I never knew why.
Yabu
to
Yvars
112 Players
Zab-ZycZ is for Zenith
The summit of fame.
These men are up there.
These men are the game.
Zabala
to
Zych
93 Players
The Ballplayers by Baseball Almanac : A Comprehensive Encyclopedia


The poem, Line-Up For Yesterday (used above as an intro for each alphabetical breakout section), was written by Ogden Nash in 1949 and it also appears in Baseball Almanac's Poetry & Song section.

Did you know that through this date in baseball history, and since 1876 (first year of the National League), there have been a total of eighteen-thousand four-hundred fifty-six Major League ballplayers who made it to the show?

In 2015, there were two-hundred forty-nine rookies of which eighty-four debuted in the American League, one-hundred thirty-four debuted in the National League.
       

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