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Mississippi-Ohio Valley League Officials
# Name B/T Ht Wt DOB Organization Gm Pos
R.L. Britt ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 MOV Vice President
Dutch Hoffman R/R 6-00 175 01/28/1904 MOV President/Secretary/Treasurer MLB
John Bruder ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 MOV Umpire
Carmen Conte ?/? 6-01 185 00/00/0000 MOV Umpire
Henry D'Agostino ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 MOV Umpire
Jim Dale ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 MOV Umpire
Ralph Daucherry ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 MOV Umpire
Joe Daugherty R/R 5-10 175 09/04/1927 MOV Umpire
Ducky DeFrank ?/? 5-09 185 00/00/0000 MOV Umpire
Mike Dudas ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 MOV Umpire
Daniel Everett ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 MOV Umpire
Russ Fisher ?/R 5-09 178 00/00/0000 MOV Umpire
Rollin Natter ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 MOV Umpire
Danville (Illinois) Dans
# Name B/T Ht Wt DOB Organization Gm Pos
Virl Minnis R/? 5-10 180 06/09/1924 White Sox 120 2B/Manager
Dick Bade ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 8
Don Bafus R/R 6-02 190 04/09/1935 White Sox 12 P
Maurice Becker ?/? 0-00 000 08/31/1933 White Sox 1 P
Jim Bergstrom ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 5
Elmer Boston ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 9 P
Tom Brown R/? 5-06 170 00/00/1922 White Sox 23 3B
Hurley Carrera ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 8 P
Frank Clift B/? 6-00 186 00/00/1932 White Sox 1 P
Wendell Clifton L/? 6-02 196 00/00/1932 White Sox 2 P
Ron Cooper L/? 5-11 180 00/00/1935 White Sox 18 OF
Willie Cunningham B/? 5-09 172 00/00/1935 White Sox 21 P
Dan D'Esposito ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 32 P
Lloyd Davenport ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 2
Lonnie Davis ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 1
Tom Denny L/? 6-01 185 00/00/1935 White Sox 46 OF
Don Drake R/R 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 10
Ray Finch ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 9 P
Don Ford R/? 6-00 175 00/00/1934 White Sox 7
Pete Gazzola R/? 6-01 184 00/00/1933 White Sox 4 P
Carmine Giordano R/? 5-10 180 00/00/1932 White Sox 5 P
John Gordon R/? 5-10 185 00/00/1932 White Sox 84 OF
Ed Gunner ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 6 P
Terry Hackett ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 7 P
Bill Harrison R/? 5-11 167 00/00/1934 White Sox 1 P
Dick Hatfield R/? 6-00 168 00/00/1933 White Sox 5 P
Herb Heiserer R/? 6-01 175 00/00/1932 White Sox 1
Ace Hutchinson R/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 12 P
Russ Johnson ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 3 P
Roger King L/? 6-03 210 00/00/1935 White Sox 4 P
John Kolodziejski ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 14 OF
Carl Lemons L/? 5-11 165 00/00/1932 White Sox 7
Randy Lewis R/? 5-11 165 00/00/1934 White Sox 13
Carl Lutz R/? 6-02 160 00/00/1934 White Sox 55 P-1B-OF
Bill Maley R/? 5-10 185 12/02/1930 White Sox 114 C
Marv Melanson R/? 6-02 185 00/00/1933 White Sox 14 P
Bill Nolan R/? 6-01 190 00/00/1934 White Sox 18 P
Bob Oefinger L/? 6-03 185 00/00/1933 White Sox 103 1B
Jim Partin L/? 6-01 180 00/00/1932 White Sox 119 OF-P
Fred Pearson R/? 5-11 162 00/00/1926 White Sox 36 OF
Jim Peterson L/? 5-11 175 00/00/1934 White Sox 40 P
Jim Qualls ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox
Stewart Riles R/? 5-10 175 00/00/1929 White Sox 7
Willie Roberts ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 7
Bob Rous L/? 6-02 205 00/00/1934 White Sox 32 3B
Frank Santora R/? 5-11 170 05/22/1926 White Sox 20 SS
Bob Schlemmer R/? 5-09 170 00/00/1926 White Sox 5
Pete Simone (Simonovitch) ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/1935 White Sox
Darrell Sisemore R/? 6-00 180 00/00/1934 White Sox 7
Ted Solomon L/? 6-00 158 00/00/1934 White Sox 3
Al Spearman R/? 6-01 185 08/26/1931 White Sox 3 P
Rudolph Stanzel ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 49 3B
Othello Strong B/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 13 P
Bill Unger ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 1 P
Gerald Witteveen ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 White Sox 12 1B
Jim Zapp R/? 6-03 232 04/18/1924 White Sox 11 OF
Hillman Lyons ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A GM
Fred Robison ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A President
Decatur (Illinois) Commodores
# Name B/T Ht Wt DOB Organization Gm Pos
18 Ray Taylor L/? 5-09 152 01/10/1915 N/A 118 2B/Manager
Bob Appleby ?/? 0-00 000 07/20/1922 N/A 14 P
17 Gus Chenard R/? 5-08 150 00/00/1933 N/A 115 SS
30 Andres DeLaFuente R/? 5-11 167 00/00/1929 N/A 72 CF?
34 Antonio Estrella R/? 5-11 170 00/00/1920 N/A 5 P
34 Jaime Fals ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 4 P
16 Amancio Ferro ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 10 P
27 Jim Freeman R/? 5-11 190 00/00/1927 N/A 117 OF
Armando Galban ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 3
25 Baby Garcia ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 31 P
Ramon Garcia (Garcia) R/R 5-10 170 03/05/1924 N/A 6 MLB
Rene Gonzalez R/? 6-02 206 10/06/1923 N/A 3
Art Goreham R/R 6-03 195 00/00/1930 N/A 10 P
26 Guillermo Grajeda R/? 5-07 160 00/00/1926 N/A 26 P
22 Clarence Hall R/? 5-10 173 00/00/1931 N/A 30 OF-C
Miguel Hernandez ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 6 P
Ernest Heron ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 2
31 Luis Herrera B/L 5-11 185 00/00/1934 N/A 37 P
Ed Isley L/? 5-06 143 00/00/1932 N/A 1 P
14 Al Lopez ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 25 P
Larry Lovelace ?/? 0-00 000 12/08/1916 N/A 5 P
23 Marty Martinez L/? 5-11 175 00/00/1928 N/A 117 1B
Creed Nance R/? 5-11 175 00/00/1930 N/A 81 OF
20 Pete Naranjo L/? 5-10 180 00/00/1932 N/A 11 P
29 Herman Niehaus R/? 6-03 185 01/04/1929 N/A 51 OF
Raul Olivares ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 27 OF-P
Don Ottoson R/? 6-00 165 00/00/1933 N/A 4
28 Carlos Paula (Conill) R/R 6-03 195 11/28/1927 N/A 26 OF MLB
Lew Saum R/? 6-03 189 00/00/1933 N/A 2 P
35|36? Andy Smith L/? 6-01 200 00/00/1923 N/A 115 C
21 Gino Valdez R/? 5-10 178 00/00/1933 N/A 118 3B
Mario Varona R/? 6-04 198 00/00/1926 N/A 7 P
Ed Yelito ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 4
Arturo Gonzalez ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A President
Karl Wilken B/R 6-00 172 00/00/0000 N/A GM
Hannibal (Missouri) Cardinals
# Name B/T Ht Wt DOB Organization Gm Pos
Tince Leonard L/? 5-10 175 00/00/1917 Cardinals 67 P/Manager
Roy Albertson ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals
Jim Allen L/L 6-01 174 00/00/1934 Cardinals 13 P
Warren Allen R/R 6-00 160 00/00/1934 Cardinals 29 P
Roy Anderson ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 1
Fred Anthony ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 25 OF
Ervin Armin ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 17 P
Bill Bixler R/? 6-03 210 00/00/1933 Cardinals 5 P
Bernard Coulter R/? 5-08 162 00/00/1931 Cardinals 70 SS
Bob Denaro ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 10 C
Earl Dreisbach R/? 5-10 188 00/00/1933 Cardinals 97 1B-OF
Neil Fiala ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 16 OF
Don Fleisch L/? 5-10 165 00/00/1934 Cardinals 3
Billy Flurry R/? 5-11 165 11/20/1932 Cardinals 5 P
Benjamin Glaudi R/R 60-10 175 00/00/1933 Cardinals 7
Gary Grosnickle R/? 5-11 193 00/00/1935 Cardinals 35 C
Joseph Guidice L/R 5-10 200 08/10/1929 Cardinals 90 OF
Dick Gumbert R/? 6-01 185 01/27/1933 Cardinals 50 C
Nate Haber L/? 5-05 160 00/00/1930 Cardinals 49 OF
Warren Hancks L/? 5-10 160 00/00/1932 Cardinals 113 2B
Lawrence Henke ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 16 P
Jerry Hood L/? 5-11 175 00/00/1930 Cardinals 116 3B
Dan Howard L/? 6-04 215 00/00/1932 Cardinals 1
Don Hudson R/? 5-10 170 00/00/1933 Cardinals 46 OF
Charles Keller L/? 6-00 175 00/00/1933 Cardinals 51 1B
Lotte ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 1
Gene Lyles ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 27 C
Gerald McGhay L/? 6-01 178 12/02/1934 Cardinals 10 P
Lynn Merrill ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 9 P
Creed Nance R/? 5-11 175 00/00/1930 Cardinals 81 OF
Leroy Parmeley ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 38 OF
Danny Pavone R/? 5-08 170 06/18/1930 Cardinals 46 SS
Jimmy Powell ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 9
Bill Ross R/? 5-11 160 02/20/1930 Cardinals 2 P
Sam Scarpone ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 10
Bob Sisk R/R 6-00 175 00/00/1931 Cardinals 58 P-O-C
Ted Stewart ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 9
Gerald Vance ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 6
Bob Williams ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 3 P
John Wills R/? 5-10 150 00/00/1915 Cardinals 39 P
Ed Wilson ?/? 0-00 000 07/31/1928 Cardinals 3 P
Forrest Wright R/? 5-10 165 00/00/1933 Cardinals 9 P
Ed Yelito ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Cardinals 3
Dick King ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A President
Von Price ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A GM
Mattoon (Illinois) Phillies
# Name B/T Ht Wt DOB Organization Gm Pos
Jim Deery R/? 5-11 160 11/03/1921 Phillies 119 2B/Manager
Don Alexander ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Phillies 3 P
Bill Bright L/? 6-00 175 00/00/1932 Phillies 19 P
Tom Cronin R/R 6-05 222 00/00/1934 Phillies 28 P
Jim Davis L/L 6-00 195 00/00/1935 Phillies 63 OF
Gene Easterling R/? 6-00 170 00/00/1932 Phillies 11 P
Al Gabriel ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Phillies 21 3B
Jim Grubb R/? 5-11 170 00/00/1929 Phillies 5 P
Dennis Hamilton L/? 5-11 170 00/00/1933 Phillies 33 P
Nelson Hoerner R/? 6-03 183 00/00/1932 Phillies 42 P
Bill Hoffman ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Phillies 14
Bob Hunter L/? 6-03 185 00/00/1930 Phillies 79 OF
George Kresina ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Phillies 8 P
Andrew Lindstrom ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Phillies 5 P
Bob McGee L/? 5-10 180 00/00/1932 Phillies 103 OF
Gene Pharr L/? 6-00 170 00/00/1933 Phillies 120 1B
Marshall Radebach L/? 6-01 195 00/00/1932 Phillies 46 OF
Kelvin Roberts L/? 6-01 185 00/00/1934 Phillies 69 OF
John Ruff ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Phillies 1 P
Lou Shade R/? 6-01 195 00/00/1932 Phillies 30 P
Alex Sirota R/? 6-03 175 00/00/1930 Phillies 117 C
John Stillman R/? 6-02 195 00/00/1931 Phillies 6 P
Don Strichek R/? 6-01 194 00/00/1934 Phillies 120 SS
Lawrence Tuttle ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Phillies 1
Bob Vacca ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Phillies 6 P
Gene Vejsicky ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Phillies 3 P
Alvin Watkins ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Phillies 104 3B
Bob Waugh ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Phillies 6 P
Gerald Weber R/? 5-11 185 00/00/1935 Phillies 1
Leonard Zeitz ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 Phillies 1 P
R.W. Alfred ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A President
Bill Chapman ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A GM
Mount Vernon (Illinois) Kings
# Name B/T Ht Wt DOB Organization Gm Pos
4 Joe Schmidt R/? 5-10 185 06/09/1918 N/A 109 2B/Manager
Garland Barrett ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 6 P
Elmer Boston ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 9 P
6 Mil Bridges R/? 6-03 175 00/00/1933 N/A 21 P
5 Bob Brookman ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 28 P
Paul Corbett L/? 5-10 155 00/00/1934 N/A 6 P
Willie Cunningham B/? 5-09 172 00/00/1935 N/A 21 P
9 Don Eldridge ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 5 P
Ken Eubanks ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 14 C
13 Al Evans L/R 5-08 164 00/00/1928 N/A 74 CF
17 Chuck Francis R/? 6-00 180 00/00/1935 N/A 24 P
Don Gaebe L/? 6-00 165 00/00/1931 N/A 14 OF
Jack Garrett L/? 6-02 165 00/00/1932 N/A 5 P
9 Chuck Henry R/R 5-11 165 10/09/1928 N/A 72 OF
Joe Henry B/R 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 92 3B
Bob Himmelman ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 12 SS
Ken Hinton R/? 6-00 165 00/00/1935 N/A 14 SS
16 Ken Huffman ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 13 P
Anthony Laganella ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 12 SS
Roy Lee L/L 6-00 175 09/28/1917 N/A 13 P MLB
Marlin Manning ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 1 P
Dick McAssey ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 7
10 Jack McQuillen R/? 5-10 178 00/00/1923 N/A 118 3B-OF-P
Lowell Mendenhall R/? 6-01 180 00/00/1935 N/A 55 OF
20 Dave Parisotto ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 77 P-OF
21 Dick Ritzheimer R/? 5-10 180 00/00/1931 N/A 75 SS
Joel Rolla ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 10 P
Mike Rolla R/R 6-01 180 00/00/1918 N/A 24 P
19 Reuben Saager ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 15 P
Wayne Skoble ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 21 C
1 Nick Starasta R/? 6-01 185 00/00/1923 N/A 117 C
Dan Stover ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 28 OF
22 Rogers Werner L/? 6-00 160 00/00/1929 N/A 116 1B
W.R. Faulkner ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A President
Paris (Illinois) Lakers
# Name B/T Ht Wt DOB Organization Gm Pos
Tom Sunkel L/L 6-01 190 08/09/1912 N/A Manager MLB
Herb Bracken R/R 6-03 192 00/00/1919 N/A 8 P
Pasquale Capachione L/? 6-00 190 04/06/1932 N/A 116 C
George Case R/R 6-00 170 00/00/1930 N/A 27 P
Paul Crain ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 18 SS
Russ Gilmore R/? 6-01 185 08/18/1931 N/A 28 2B
Herold Gordon R/? 5-09 162 00/00/1928 N/A 35 P
Jim Granneman B/? 6-02 175 00/00/1923 N/A 112 2B
Tommie Hester ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 10 OF
Don Lewis L/? 5-11 195 00/00/1927 N/A 33 P
Bill Mackinnon R/? 5-10 180 00/00/1933 N/A 23 P
Leonard Marion R/? 6-00 185 00/00/1930 N/A 112 1B
Neil Maxa R/R 6-00 175 00/00/1921 N/A 32 P
Jim Miller ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 28 OF
Sam Misailedes ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 1 P
Jim Paolo L/? 5-09 165 00/00/1930 N/A 8 P
Kenny Payne L/? 5-09 165 00/00/1926 N/A 103 OF
Wayne Platz B/? 6-01 180 00/00/1931 N/A 89 OF
Ed Rouse R/? 5-10 165 00/00/1929 N/A 120 3B-OF
Larry Rowley R/? 6-00 175 00/00/1933 N/A 9 P
Bob Sisk R/R 6-00 175 00/00/1931 N/A 58 P-O-C
Wayne Skoble ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 21 C
Quincy Smith B/R 5-10 171 00/00/1921 N/A 117 OF-P
Bob Staton R/R 6-01 180 00/00/0000 N/A 120 3-S
Don Williams ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A 8
John Gibbons ?/? 0-00 000 00/00/0000 N/A President/GM
This list was compiled from a number of sources, including those listed below. It was checked against both Pat Doyle's Professional Baseball Player Database and SABR's Minor League Statistics Database. Inevitably, there are errors; those are mine. SourcesThis list was compiled from a number of sources, including those listed below. It was checked against both Pat Doyle's Professional Baseball Player Database and SABR's Minor League Statistics Database. Inevitably, there are errors; those are mine.
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