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  Memphis
Luke Appling

Southern League (1885–1895)
Southern Association (1901–1960)

Nicknames

Browns (1885, 1887)          
Grays (1886)
Giants (1892–1895)          
Egyptians (1901, 1904–1907)
Frankfurters (1902)             
Turtles (1908–1911)
Chicks (1915–1960)

Where They Played

Red Elm Park (1903–1915)
Russwood Field (1915–1960)

Pennant-Winning Teams

Year Won Lost Pct Manager
1894 42 23 .646 Frank Graves
1903 73 52 .584 Charles Frank
1904 81 54 .600 Lew Whistler
1921 104 49 .680 Spencer Abbott
1924 104 49 .680 Johnny Dobbs
1930 98 55 .641 Thomas Prothro
1933 95 68 .583 Thomas Prothro
1953 87 67 .565 Luke Appling
1955 90 63 .588 Jack Cassini – Ted Lyons

Where They Finished

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
9
14
10
13
13.0% of the time in 1st place
20.3% of the time in 2nd place
14.5% of the time in 3rd place
18.8% of the time in 4th place
    66.6% in the top half 
5th
6th
7th
8th
5
6
8
4
7.2% of the time in 5th place
8.7% of the time in 6th place
11.6% of the time in 7th place
5.8% of the time in 8th place
    33.4% in the bottom half 

               
  1957            
  1956   1959        
  1948   1954        
  1946   1952        
  1944 1940 1951        
1955 1939 1935 1950        
1953 1937 1934 1938     1960  
1933 1932 1931 1929     1958  
1930 1928 1927 1925   1942 1949  
1924 1926 1923 1917 1945 1918 1947  
1921 1922 1915 1912 1920 1916 1941 1943
1904 1907 1908 1902 1919 1913 1913 1936
1903 1906 1901 1893 1905 1911 1910 1909
1894 1888 1887 1886 1885 1889 1885 1892
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Notable Managers

Name Years W L Pct Pennants
Charles Fischer 1901–1903 215 153 .584 1
Lew Whistler 1904–1905 150 116 .564 1
Charles Babb 1906–1910 339 338 .501
Bill Bernhardt 1911–1913 194 216 .473
Spencer Abbott 1921–1922 198 107 .649 1
Johnny Dobbs 1923–1924 180 119 .602 1
Clyde Milan 1925–1927 264 194 .576
Thomas Prothro 1928–1934,
1942–1943,
1945–1947
997 819 .549 2
Luke Appling 1951–1953, 1959 323 293 .524 1


Notable Players


19th Century


William Andrews
Ed Cartwright
John Kline
Ed Knouff
Charles Nichols
Richard Phelan
William Wadsworth

1900 – 1909

Charles Babb
Sam Dungan
Bill Gannon
Glenn Liebhardt
Harry McIntyre
Ralph Savage

1910 - 1919

Fred Bratschi
Lloyd Christenberry
Richard Kerr
 

1920 – 1929


Don Brown
Mike Burke
Howard Camp
Roy Carlyle
Dixie Carroll
Johnny Frederick
Andy High
Bernard Hungling
Texas Jeanes
Harry Kelley
Horace Lisenbee
Guy Morton
Dan McGrew
Howard "Polly" McLarry
Danny Taylor
Tom Taylor
Oscar Tuero
Wallace Warmoth
Paul Zahniser

1930 – 1939


Hubert Bates
Walt Beck
Herm Besse
Leo Bush
Cal Chapman
Carl Doyle
Ray Flaskamper
Pack Hamel
Joe Hutcheson
Ed Heusser
Harry Kelly
Ollie Marquardt
Andy Reese
Coaker Triplett

1940 – 1949


Roman Brunswick
Pete Gray
Ellis Kinder
Ted Kluszewski
Rocky Krsnich
John Perkovich
Cully Rikard
Frank Veverka
Weldon West

1950 – 1960


Luis Aparicio
Frank Biscan
Robert Coats
Hyman Cohen
Jerry Dahlke
Leo Johnston
Don Nicholas
Al Papai
Marv Rotblatt
Dixie Upright
Ed White
William Wilson


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