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1578:1964–present
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1411:Reading Keys
1275:
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1159:
914:Nig Lipscomb
754:Mike McNally
738:Mike McNally
722:
719:Mike McNally
701:Mike McNally
681:Herbie Moran
608:George Burns
590:George Burns
522:
478:
466:HĂ©ctor LĂłpez
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364:in Detroit.
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255:Bowman Field
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223:Bowman Field
167:
45:
38:
35:
30:
1119:Dick Carter
918:Harry Davis
447:Connie Mack
415:Jim Bunning
385:Lou Kretlow
360:seats from
275:Bald Eagles
225:(1926–1962)
140:(1944–1945)
134:(1946–1952)
122:(1954–1956)
116:(1958–1962)
1630:Categories
1569:A's (1953)
1460:Utica Utes
1215:References
991:Jack Tighe
458:Joe Taylor
404:Jack Tighe
358:grandstand
1542:1906–1963
1533:teams in
1160:Co-Champs
503:Playoffs
298:Mule Haas
175:Team data
94:1924–1937
88:1938–1962
897:Ray Kolp
880:Ray Kolp
969:5th (t)
910:6th (t)
552:1st (t)
500:Manager
36:–
1257:
497:Finish
494:Record
470:majors
335:umpire
149:(1932)
128:(1953)
79:League
1326:Teams
1189:83-57
1181:none
1170:79-61
1150:76-62
1131:81-60
1112:67-65
1090:60-78
1074:71-66
1056:63-77
1038:65-85
1020:48-90
1002:55-84
984:61-77
966:66-74
947:73-68
929:66-74
907:59-80
891:52-85
873:64-75
853:76-63
834:82-55
816:60-74
800:71-69
782:65-74
764:67-69
748:78-62
732:64-69
713:78-60
705:none
694:64-73
686:none
674:63-76
666:none
655:76-64
647:none
638:74-65
630:none
619:79-60
611:none
602:69-71
594:none
583:56-80
575:none
566:69-65
549:77-55
541:none
532:87-46
511:82-42
283:Bills
1255:ISBN
1186:1962
1167:1961
1147:1960
1128:1959
1109:1958
1087:1956
1071:1955
1053:1954
1035:1953
1017:1952
999:1951
981:1950
963:1949
944:1948
926:1947
904:1946
888:1945
870:1944
850:1942
831:1941
813:1940
797:1939
779:1938
761:1937
745:1936
729:1935
710:1934
691:1933
671:1932
652:1931
635:1930
616:1929
599:1928
580:1927
563:1926
546:1925
529:1924
508:1923
491:Year
464:and
410:and
352:and
237:The
40:1962
32:1923
1192:1st
1173:2nd
1153:1st
1134:3rd
1115:5th
1093:7th
1077:5th
1059:7th
1041:6th
1023:8th
1005:7th
987:6th
950:5th
932:5th
894:8th
876:5th
856:5th
837:2nd
819:7th
803:6th
785:6th
767:5th
751:4th
735:5th
716:1st
697:6th
677:7th
658:3rd
641:3rd
622:2nd
605:4th
586:8th
569:3rd
535:1st
514:1st
433:or
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293:.
277:,
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