INDEPENDENCE KANSAS BASEBALL PLAYERS KNOWN TO HAVE PLAYED MAJOR LEAGUE (45 TOTAL) YR(s) at PLAYER INDY MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM(s) George Darby 1896 Cincinnati Reds 1893 Fred Underwood 1896 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1894 Danny Friend 1907 Chicago Colts/Orphans 1895-1898 Marc Hall 1907 St. Louis Browns 1910, Detroit Tigers 1913-14 Dick Crutcher 1907 Boston Braves 1914-15 Drummond Brown 1906, 1907 Boston Braves 1913, Kansas City Packers 1914-15 Chick Brandom 1906, 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates 1908-09, Newark Peppers 1915 Cin. Reds 1912-13, KC Packers 1914-15, Chic. Cubs 1916-17, Gene Packard 1908 St. Louis Cardinals 1917-18, Phil. Phillies 1919 Lore Bader 1911 NY Giants 1912, Boston Red Sox 1917-18 Zip Zabel 1913 Chicago Cubs 1913-15 Andy Rush (Jess) 1914 Brooklyn Robins 1925 Joe Weiss 1921 Chicago Whales, 1915 Bill Schindler 1921 St. Louis Cardinals 1920 Ned Pettigrew 1921 Buffalo Buffeds 1914 Pittsburgh Pirates 1924-28, Brooklyn Robins 1929-31, Brooklyn Glenn Wright 1921 Dodgers 1932-33, Chicago Whitesox 1935 Bill Walker 1922 New York Giants 1927-32, St. Louis Cardinals 1933-36 Bill Bagwell 1922 Boston Braves 1923, Philadelphia Athletics 1925 Ray Flaskamper 1922 Chicago Whitesox 1927 Bill Moore 1923, 1925 Detroit Tigers 1925 Vince Shields 1925 St. Louis Cardinals 1924 Elon "Chief" Detroit Tigers 1929-36, 1944; St. Louis Browns 1936-37, Hogsett 1925 Washington Senators 1938. Ray Foley 1928 New York Giants 1928 Ray Pierce 1929 Chicago Cubs 1924, Philadelphia Phillies 1925-26 New York Giants 1934-37, Philadelphia Phillies 1938-39, Al Smith 1929, 1930 Cleveland Indians 1940-45 Dick Bass 1930 Washington Senators, 1939 Bill Lewis 1930 St. Louis Cardinals 1933, Boston Braves 1935, Boston Bees 1936 Sig Broskie 1931 Boston Bees, 1940 Joe Vance 1931 Chicago Whitesox 1935, New York Yankees 1937-38 Ike Kahdot 1931, 1932 Cleveland Indians 1922 Cy Blanton 1931, 1932 Pittsburgh Pirates 1934-39, Philadelphia Phillies 1940-42 Chicago White Sox 1932-33, New York Giants 1936, Cincinnati Charlie English 1932 Reds 1937 Pittsburgh Pirates 1938-40, Cincinnati Reds 1940, Philadelphia Johnny Rizzo 1932 Phillies 1940-41, Brooklyn Dodgers 1942 Ross Grimsley 1941 Chicago White Sox 1951 Hubert Andrews 1940, 1941 New York Giants 1947-48 Pitt. Pirates 1958-60, Wash. Senators 1961-62, Cin. Reds 1963, Harry Bright 1947 NY Yankees 1963-64, Chicago Cubs 1965 Kansas City Athletics 1956, Baltimore Orioles 1957-60, KC Al Pilarcik 1948 Athletics 1961, Chicago Whitesox 1961 INDEPENDENCE KANSAS BASEBALL PLAYERS KNOWN TO HAVE PLAYED MAJOR LEAGUE (45 TOTAL) YR(s) at PLAYER INDY MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM(s) Phi. Athletics 1954, KC Athletics 55-56, Det. Tigers 1957, San Jim Finigan 1948 Francisco Giants 1958, Balt. Orioles 1959 NY Yankees 1956, KC Athletics 1956-57, Detroit Tigers 1958, Lou Skizas 1949 Chicago Whitesox 1959 Steve Kraly 1949 New York Yankees 1953 Bob Wiesler 1949 New York Yankees 1951-55, Washington Senators 1956-58 Mickey Mantle 1949 New York Yankees 1951-68 San Francisco Giants 1958, St. Louis Cardinals 1961, Houston Don Taussig 1950 Colt .45s 1962 Gabe (John) Gabler 1950 New York Yankees 1959-60, Washington Senators 1961 Bill Virdon 1950 St. Louis Cardinals 1955-56, Pittsburgh Pirates 1956-68 NY Yankees 56-57 & 59-64, KC Athletics 57-59 & 66, Cleveland Ralph Terry 1953 Indians 65, NY Mets 66-67