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1878 Major League Baseball New Debuts

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Batting

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Rk Yrs From To ASG G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Debut Age
1 Charlie Bennett 15 1878 1893 0 1062 4310 3821 549 978 203 67 55 533 42 478 572 .256 .340 .387 .728 May 1 23.161
2 Frank Bliss 1 1878 1878 0 2 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 Jun 20 25.192
3 Fred Corey 7 1878 1885 0 432 1803 1738 239 427 70 43 7 124 0 60 70 .246 .273 .348 .620 May 1 0.00
4 George Creamer 7 1878 1884 0 500 1935 1862 234 400 55 28 1 99 0 71 89 .215 .244 .276 .520 May 1 0.00
5 Abner Dalrymple 12 1878 1891 0 951 4384 4172 813 1202 217 81 43 407 58 204 359 .288 .323 .410 .732 May 1 20.234
6 Buttercup Dickerson 7 1878 1885 0 408 1812 1762 302 500 84 34 4 127 0 48 51 .284 .304 .377 .680 Jul 15 19.277
7 Jake Goodman 2 1878 1882 0 70 302 293 33 75 6 5 1 27 0 9 33 .256 .278 .321 .599 May 2 24.230
8 Frank Hankinson 10 1878 1888 0 849 3443 3272 410 747 122 39 13 344 31 170 211 .228 .267 .301 .568 May 1 22.002
9 Tom Healey 1 1878 1878 0 15 54 54 2 10 2 0 0 6 0 18 .185 .185 .222 .407 Jun 13 0.00
10 Alamazoo Jennings 1 1878 1878 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 Aug 15 27.258
11 King Kelly HOF 16 1878 1893 0 1455 6455 5894 1357 1813 359 102 69 950 368 549 418 .308 .368 .438 .806 May 1 20.121
12 Bill McClellan 8 1878 1888 0 792 3486 3197 533 773 129 33 6 304 132 274 95 .242 .305 .308 .613 May 20 22.059
13 Jim McCormick 10 1878 1887 0 534 2104 2082 246 491 66 22 4 178 10 22 116 .236 .244 .294 .538 May 20 21.198
14 Russ McKelvy 2 1878 1882 0 64 262 257 33 57 4 3 2 36 0 5 38 .222 .237 .284 .521 May 1 23.235
15 The Only Nolan 5 1878 1885 0 102 417 405 33 97 17 2 0 35 0 12 31 .240 .261 .291 .553 May 1 20.175
16 Phil Powers 7 1878 1885 0 155 592 573 56 103 12 6 0 42 0 19 22 .180 .206 .222 .428 Aug 31 24.036
17 Bill Sullivan 1 1878 1878 0 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 Aug 9 25.036
18 Bill Traffley 5 1878 1886 0 179 701 663 85 116 13 12 1 36 8 34 1 .175 .220 .235 .455 Jul 27 18.218
19 John Ward HOF 17 1878 1894 0 1825 8084 7647 1408 2104 231 96 26 867 540 420 326 .275 .314 .341 .655 Jul 15 18.134
20 Harry Wheeler 6 1878 1884 0 257 1145 1122 152 256 29 21 2 32 0 23 32 .228 .244 .297 .540 Jun 19 20.108
21 Ned Williamson 13 1878 1890 0 1201 5082 4553 809 1159 228 85 64 667 88 506 532 .255 .332 .384 .716 May 1 20.189
Totals 153 1878 1894 0 10856 46388 43383 7296 11310 1847 679 298 4814 1277 2905 3014 .261 .309 .355 .664
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Pitching

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Rk Yrs From To ASG W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF Debut Age
1 Fred Corey 7 1878 1885 0 27 46 .370 3.32 93 74 17 59 3 2 656.1 764 456 242 19 98 168 0 0 37 2204 May 1 0.00
2 Frank Hankinson 10 1878 1888 0 16 12 .571 2.50 32 28 3 28 2 1 266.2 281 154 74 1 31 81 0 0 5 1140 May 1 22.002
3 Tom Healey 1 1878 1878 0 6 7 .462 2.39 14 13 1 12 0 1 113.0 125 67 30 2 20 20 0 8 480 Jun 13 0.00
4 King Kelly HOF 16 1878 1893 0 2 2 .500 4.14 12 0 9 0 0 0 45.2 63 49 21 5 30 4 0 0 7 119 May 1 20.121
5 Jim McCormick 10 1878 1887 0 265 214 .553 2.43 492 485 6 466 33 1 4275.2 4092 2095 1155 83 749 1704 12 0 157 16884 May 20 21.198
6 Russ McKelvy 2 1878 1882 0 0 2 .000 2.16 4 1 3 1 0 0 25.0 38 23 6 1 3 3 0 3 121 May 1 23.235
7 The Only Nolan 5 1878 1885 0 23 52 .307 2.98 79 78 1 74 1 0 676.0 720 434 224 6 135 274 0 0 36 2476 May 1 20.175
8 John Ward HOF 17 1878 1894 0 164 102 .617 2.10 292 261 32 244 24 3 2461.2 2317 1183 575 26 253 920 0 0 144 10132 Jul 15 18.134
9 Harry Wheeler 6 1878 1884 0 7 6 .538 4.70 14 10 4 8 0 0 97.2 117 80 51 1 43 41 0 14 293 Jun 19 20.108
10 Ned Williamson 13 1878 1890 0 1 1 .500 3.34 12 1 9 1 0 3 35.0 38 31 13 1 5 7 0 0 2 160 May 1 20.189
Totals 87 1878 1894 0 511 444 .535 2.49 1044 951 85 893 63 11 8652.2 8555 4572 2391 145 1367 3222 12 0 413 34009
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