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1880 Major League Baseball New Debuts

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Biographical Information

Batters & Pitchers Below
Rk Age Debut Pos Ht Wt B T Birthdate Birthplace Schools and Draft
1 Bill Ahearn William H. .000 Jun 19 /2 Troy, NY, US
2 Fatty Briody Charles F. 21.308 Jun 16 *2/4O35 5-8 190 R Aug 13, 1858 Lansingburgh, NY, US
3 Tom Burns Thomas Everett 23.032 May 1 *5*64/O21 5-7 152 R R Mar 30, 1857 Honesdale, PA, US
4 Roger Connor Roger 22.305 May 1 *354O 6-3 220 L L Jul 1, 1857 Waterbury, CT, US
5 Larry Corcoran Lawrence J. 20.265 May 1 1O/645 5-3 127 S R Aug 10, 1859 Brooklyn, NY, US
6 Sam Crane Samuel Newhall 26.120 May 1 *4/6O3 6-0 190 R R Jan 2, 1854 Springfield, MA, US
7 Steve Dignan Stephen E. 21.046 Jun 1 /O Apr 16, 1859 Boston, MA, US School: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)
8 Jerry Dorgan Jeremiah F. .000 Jul 8 O2/5 165 L R Meriden, CT, US
9 Denny Driscoll John F. 24.225 Jul 1 1/O5 5-10 160 L L Nov 19, 1855 Lowell, MA, US
10 Fred Dunlap Frederick C. 20.346 May 1 *4/O15 5-8 165 R R May 21, 1859 Philadelphia, PA, US
11 Dude Esterbrook Thomas John 22.327 May 1 *53O/462 5-11 167 R R Jun 9, 1857 Staten Island, NY, US
12 Buck Ewing William 20.328 Sep 9 *23O546/1 5-10 188 R R Oct 17, 1859 Hoagland, OH, US Signed as a Free Agent with the Troy Trojans in 1880. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
13 Patrick Gillespie Peter Patrick 28.153 May 1 *O/5 6-1 178 L R Nov 30, 1851 Carbondale, PA, US
14 Charlie Guth Charles J. .000 Sep 30 /1 Chicago, IL, US
15 James Haley James .000 Jun 22 /2 R
16 Ned Hanlon Edward Hugh 22.253 May 1 *O/46 5-9 170 L R Aug 22, 1857 Montville, CT, US
17 Arthur Irwin Arthur Albert 22.077 May 1 *65/412 5-8 158 L R Feb 14, 1858 Toronto, ON, CA Signed as a Free Agent with the Worcester Ruby Legs in 1880.
18 Tom Kearns Thomas J. 19.291 Aug 26 /42 5-7 160 R R Nov 9, 1860 Rochester, NY, US
19 Tim Keefe Timothy John 23.218 Aug 6 *1/O54 5-10 185 R R Jan 1, 1857 Cambridge, MA, US Signed as a Free Agent with the Troy Trojans in 1880.
20 Arlie Latham Walter Arlington 20.112 Jul 5 *5/4O623 5-8 150 R R Mar 15, 1860 West Lebanon, NH, US
21 Mike Lawlor Michael H. 26.077 May 27 /2 6-0 180 R Mar 11, 1854 Troy, NY, US
22 Jack Leary John J. 23.000 Aug 21 O65/143 5-11 186 L New Haven, CT, US
23 Frank Mountain Frank Henry 20.063 Jul 19 1O/36 5-11 185 R R May 17, 1860 Fort Edward, NY, US School: Union College (Schenectady, NY)
24 Mike Moynahan Michael .000 Aug 20 6O/45 5-9 165 L R Chicago, IL, US
25 Tom Poorman Thomas Iverson 22.204 May 5 *O/14 5-7 135 L R Oct 14, 1857 Lock Haven, PA, US
26 Old Hoss Radbourn Charles Gardner 25.146 May 5 *1O/6345 5-9 168 R R Dec 11, 1854 Rochester, NY, US
27 John Reilly John Good 21.226 May 18 *3O/6 6-3 178 R R Oct 5, 1858 Cincinnati, OH, US
28 Pop Smith Charles Marvin 23.202 May 1 *4*65/O12 5-11 170 R R Oct 12, 1856 Digby, NS, CA
29 Joe Sommer Joseph John 21.231 Jul 8 *O546/132 5-11 165 R R Nov 20, 1858 Covington, KY, US
30 Dan Stearns Daniel Eckford 18.305 Aug 17 *3O/6254 6-1 185 L R Oct 17, 1861 Buffalo, NY, US
31 Harry Stovey Harry Duffield 23.133 May 1 *O*3/1 5-11 175 R R Dec 20, 1856 Philadelphia, PA, US
32 Joe Straub Joseph J. 22.157 Jun 24 /23O 5-10 160 R R Jan 19, 1858 Milwaukee, WI, US
33 Bill Tobin William F. 25.285 Jul 21 3 L Oct 10, 1854 Hartford, CT, US
34 Sam Trott Samuel W. 21.000 May 29 24/O365 5-9 190 L L MD, US
35 Mickey Welch Michael Francis 20.302 May 1 *1O 5-8 160 R R Jul 4, 1859 Brooklyn, NY, US
36 Art Whitney Arthur Wilson 22.106 May 1 *56/14O 5-8 155 R R Jan 16, 1858 Brockton, MA, US
37 Stump Wiedman George Edward 19.191 Aug 26 1O/46 5-7 165 R R Feb 17, 1861 Rochester, NY, US
38 George Wood George Albert 21.174 May 1 *O5/6143 5-10 175 L R Nov 9, 1858 Pownal, PE, CA

Batting

Pitchers Below
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR/pos G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Debut Age
1 Bill Ahearn 1 1880 1880 0 -0.16 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 Jun 19 .000
2 Fatty Briody 8 1880 1888 0 4.14 323 1231 1186 134 271 52 7 3 115 6 44 100 .228 .257 .292 .548 Jun 16 21.308
3 Tom Burns 13 1880 1892 0 22.36 1251 5198 4920 722 1307 236 69 39 683 162 270 454 .266 .305 .365 .670 May 1 23.032
4 Roger Connor HOF 18 1880 1897 0 84.16 1998 8847 7797 1620 2467 441 233 138 1323 244 1002 455 .316 .397 .486 .883 May 1 22.305
5 Larry Corcoran 8 1880 1887 0 -2.04 326 1341 1289 192 287 47 15 2 111 5 52 187 .223 .253 .287 .540 May 1 20.265
6 Sam Crane 7 1880 1890 0 -4.85 373 1426 1359 183 276 30 18 3 45 25 60 127 .203 .237 .258 .496 May 1 26.120
7 Steve Dignan 1 1880 1880 0 0.25 11 44 44 5 14 1 1 0 6 0 4 .318 .318 .386 .705 Jun 1 21.046
8 Jerry Dorgan 4 1880 1885 0 0.99 131 547 531 74 150 22 4 0 49 14 11 .282 .303 .339 .642 Jul 8 .000
9 Denny Driscoll 4 1880 1884 0 -1.49 95 351 341 37 57 6 1 1 5 10 7 .167 .191 .199 .390 Jul 1 24.225
10 Fred Dunlap 12 1880 1891 0 36.83 965 4264 3974 759 1159 224 53 41 366 85 283 263 .292 .340 .406 .745 May 1 20.346
11 Dude Esterbrook 11 1880 1891 0 8.55 701 2927 2837 387 741 120 34 6 210 55 70 141 .261 .284 .334 .618 May 1 22.327
12 Buck Ewing HOF 18 1880 1897 0 47.74 1315 5772 5363 1129 1625 250 178 71 883 354 392 294 .303 .351 .456 .807 Sep 9 20.328
13 Patrick Gillespie 8 1880 1887 0 8.78 714 3038 2927 450 809 108 45 10 351 54 106 218 .276 .303 .354 .657 May 1 28.153
14 Charlie Guth 1 1880 1880 0 0.01 1 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .400 .250 .650 Sep 30 .000
15 James Haley 1 1880 1880 0 -0.41 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 Jun 22 .000
16 Ned Hanlon HOF 13 1880 1892 0 17.86 1267 5563 5074 930 1317 159 79 30 517 329 471 357 .260 .325 .340 .664 May 1 22.253
17 Arthur Irwin 13 1880 1894 0 15.06 1010 4190 3871 552 934 141 45 5 396 93 309 378 .241 .299 .305 .604 May 1 22.077
18 Tom Kearns 3 1880 1884 0 -0.70 27 101 99 11 20 2 1 0 8 2 14 .202 .218 .242 .460 Aug 26 19.291
19 Tim Keefe HOF 14 1880 1893 0 -2.23 618 2262 2083 248 390 60 38 12 134 13 175 411 .187 .252 .270 .521 Aug 6 23.218
20 Arlie Latham 17 1880 1909 0 30.61 1629 7524 6832 1481 1836 245 85 27 563 742 589 305 .269 .334 .341 .676 Jul 5 20.112
21 Mike Lawlor 2 1880 1884 0 -0.53 6 17 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .063 .118 .063 .180 May 27 26.077
22 Jack Leary 5 1880 1884 0 -1.23 129 548 536 55 123 11 9 4 4 10 1 .229 .244 .306 .550 Aug 21 23.000
23 Frank Mountain 7 1880 1886 0 1.56 194 834 717 84 158 28 13 9 13 3 39 12 .220 .265 .333 .599 Jul 19 20.063
24 Mike Moynahan 4 1880 1884 0 3.91 169 735 688 124 202 30 13 1 95 47 24 .294 .339 .379 .718 Aug 20 .000
25 Tom Poorman 6 1880 1888 0 1.06 496 2161 2043 396 498 65 43 12 172 165 102 191 .244 .285 .335 .620 May 5 22.204
26 Old Hoss Radbourn HOF 12 1880 1891 0 2.44 653 2654 2487 308 585 64 11 9 259 26 158 244 .235 .283 .281 .564 May 5 25.146
27 John Reilly 10 1880 1891 0 23.44 1142 4935 4684 898 1352 215 139 69 740 245 157 241 .289 .325 .438 .763 May 18 21.226
28 Pop Smith 12 1880 1891 0 13.19 1112 4623 4238 643 941 141 87 24 358 169 325 345 .222 .287 .313 .600 May 1 23.202
29 Joe Sommer 10 1880 1890 0 3.66 920 3933 3675 617 911 109 42 11 342 101 238 116 .248 .297 .309 .607 Jul 8 21.231
30 Dan Stearns 7 1880 1889 0 1.33 509 2210 2025 295 491 72 36 8 173 67 173 94 .242 .306 .325 .631 Aug 17 18.305
31 Harry Stovey 14 1880 1893 0 44.85 1486 6832 6138 1492 1771 347 174 122 908 509 663 450 .289 .361 .461 .822 May 1 23.133
32 Joe Straub 3 1880 1883 0 -0.99 38 150 144 7 22 2 0 0 4 6 3 .153 .187 .167 .353 Jun 24 22.157
33 Bill Tobin 1 1880 1880 0 -1.08 38 156 152 15 24 1 1 0 11 4 25 .158 .179 .178 .357 Jul 21 25.285
34 Sam Trott 8 1880 1888 0 4.62 360 1412 1354 166 338 73 22 3 123 9 54 63 .250 .280 .343 .623 May 29 21.000
35 Mickey Welch HOF 13 1880 1892 0 -0.77 607 2286 2201 268 492 93 16 12 202 10 82 329 .224 .252 .297 .549 May 1 20.302
36 Art Whitney 11 1880 1891 0 3.23 978 4001 3681 475 820 89 32 6 349 67 302 173 .223 .285 .269 .554 May 1 22.106
37 Stump Wiedman 9 1880 1888 0 -7.20 379 1446 1401 133 248 28 4 3 112 11 45 195 .177 .203 .209 .412 Aug 26 19.191
38 George Wood 13 1880 1892 0 19.62 1280 5821 5371 965 1467 228 132 68 601 113 418 547 .273 .329 .403 .732 May 1 21.174

Pitching

Batters Above
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR 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 Tom Burns 13 1880 1892 0 -0.25 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 10 May 1 23.032
2 Larry Corcoran 8 1880 1887 0 27.38 177 89 .665 2.36 277 268 9 256 22 2 2392.1 2147 1235 626 68 496 1103 2 0 113 10001 May 1 20.265
3 Denny Driscoll 4 1880 1884 0 5.14 38 39 .494 3.08 83 80 3 72 1 0 681.0 747 414 233 7 67 171 2 0 27 2942 Jul 1 24.225
4 Fred Dunlap 12 1880 1891 0 -0.10 0 0 6.75 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.2 6 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 May 1 20.346
5 Buck Ewing HOF 18 1880 1897 0 -0.08 2 3 .400 3.45 9 4 4 4 0 0 47.0 55 36 18 2 23 23 1 0 3 233 Sep 9 20.328
6 Charlie Guth 1 1880 1880 0 -0.21 1 0 1.000 5.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 12 8 5 0 1 7 0 4 42 Sep 30 .000
7 Arthur Irwin 13 1880 1894 0 -0.05 0 0 2.25 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 May 1 22.077
8 Tim Keefe HOF 14 1880 1893 0 88.89 342 225 .603 2.63 600 594 7 554 39 2 5049.2 4438 2470 1474 75 1233 2564 98 0 240 20941 Aug 6 23.218
9 Jack Leary 5 1880 1884 0 -2.18 3 9 .250 4.56 14 12 2 8 0 0 94.2 123 99 48 1 20 23 0 8 429 Aug 21 23.000
10 Frank Mountain 7 1880 1886 0 0.61 58 83 .411 3.47 143 142 1 137 9 1 1215.2 1273 812 469 23 309 383 18 0 88 5343 Jul 19 20.063
11 Tom Poorman 6 1880 1888 0 -2.30 3 9 .250 4.02 15 11 3 10 0 1 109.2 147 110 49 5 30 14 0 0 9 519 May 5 22.204
12 Old Hoss Radbourn HOF 12 1880 1891 0 73.51 309 194 .614 2.68 527 502 24 488 35 3 4527.1 4328 2273 1347 117 875 1830 54 0 214 18918 May 5 25.146
13 Pop Smith 12 1880 1891 0 -0.26 0 0 6.35 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.2 10 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 28 May 1 23.202
14 Joe Sommer 10 1880 1890 0 -0.85 0 0 9.64 6 0 5 0 0 1 14.0 33 25 15 1 7 3 0 0 3 84 Jul 8 21.231
15 Harry Stovey 14 1880 1893 0 -0.22 0 0 6.75 4 0 3 0 0 0 9.1 15 9 7 0 3 7 0 0 2 46 May 1 23.133
16 Mickey Welch HOF 13 1880 1892 0 63.83 307 210 .594 2.71 565 549 16 525 41 4 4802.0 4588 2556 1447 106 1297 1850 52 1 274 20308 May 1 20.302
17 Art Whitney 11 1880 1891 0 -0.25 0 1 .000 4.76 5 2 3 1 0 0 28.1 39 24 15 1 15 16 0 0 1 135 May 1 22.106
18 Stump Wiedman 9 1880 1888 0 22.82 101 156 .393 3.61 279 269 10 249 13 2 2318.1 2594 1536 929 61 459 910 12 0 102 10144 Aug 26 19.191
19 George Wood 13 1880 1892 0 -0.47 0 0 5.25 5 0 5 0 0 2 12.0 18 16 7 0 5 3 0 0 3 58 May 1 21.174
Totals 195 1880 1897 0 274.96 1341 1018 .568 2.83 2541 2434 101 2305 160 19 21324.0 20581 11640 6696 467 4843 8910 239 1 1091 90212


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