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1887 Major League Baseball New Debuts

1886 MLB  / 1888 MLB  New Debuts
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 Mark Baldwin 7 1887 1893 0 -4.9 348 1238 1155 109 188 21 18 10 106 18 82 368 .163 .219 .238 .457 May 2 23.185
2 Ed Beatin 5 1887 1891 0 -1.6 114 420 388 46 56 5 5 4 38 3 32 90 .144 .210 .214 .423 Aug 2 20.357
3 Ed Beecher 4 1887 1891 0 -0.3 283 1276 1190 148 325 52 17 7 177 49 71 48 .273 .322 .363 .685 Jun 28 26.361
4 William Brown 7 1887 1894 0 0.3 418 1729 1589 236 415 70 17 6 252 39 123 124 .261 .319 .338 .657 May 10 .000
5 William Burke 1 1887 1887 0 0.0 2 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 Jul 20 21.000
6 Roger Carey 1 1887 1887 0 -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 9 .000
7 Tommy Casey 1 1887 1887 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 17 .000
8 Frank Chapman 1 1887 1887 0 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 22 25.000
9 Bill Collins 4 1887 1891 0 -0.3 5 13 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 .167 .231 .167 .397 Aug 1 .000
10 Lave Cross 21 1887 1907 0 42.8 2278 9742 9085 1338 2651 412 136 47 1378 303 466 193 .292 .329 .383 .711 Apr 23 20.346
11 Billy Crowell 2 1887 1888 0 -1.3 64 232 217 20 27 3 0 0 9 7 14 .124 .181 .138 .319 Apr 20 21.165
12 Bert Cunningham 12 1887 1901 0 0.4 359 1258 1176 145 254 32 14 9 124 14 64 165 .216 .260 .290 .550 Sep 15 21.294
13 Law Daniels 2 1887 1888 0 -1.7 109 409 383 55 86 7 1 2 60 27 22 .225 .274 .264 .538 Apr 25 24.285
14 Bill Fagan 2 1887 1888 0 -0.1 24 90 86 5 17 3 0 0 4 0 2 .198 .233 .233 .466 Sep 15 18.212
15 Frederick Fass 1 1887 1887 0 -0.1 4 11 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 Jul 11 27.254
16 Jocko Fields 6 1887 1892 0 2.8 341 1451 1319 212 358 65 32 12 176 50 124 139 .271 .338 .397 .734 May 31 22.223
17 Ed Flanagan 2 1887 1889 0 -0.4 42 179 168 23 42 12 3 1 18 4 10 11 .250 .296 .375 .671 Apr 16 25.213
18 Ed Flynn 1 1887 1887 0 -0.3 7 28 27 0 5 1 0 0 4 3 1 .185 .214 .222 .437 May 5 22.314
19 Bill Gardner 1 1887 1887 0 0.1 4 12 11 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .273 .333 .273 .606 Aug 9 20.000
20 Emil Geiss 1 1887 1887 0 -0.3 3 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .083 .083 .083 .167 May 18 20.059
21 Bill George 3 1887 1889 0 -0.3 30 126 124 15 26 1 0 1 14 5 2 12 .210 .222 .242 .464 May 11 22.104
22 Bob Gilks 5 1887 1893 0 -4.2 339 1449 1385 163 320 33 9 1 142 47 49 61 .231 .265 .270 .535 Aug 25 23.054
23 Mike Goodfellow 2 1887 1888 0 -0.8 69 287 273 24 66 7 0 0 29 7 11 .242 .279 .267 .546 Jun 13 20.253
24 Mike Griffin 12 1887 1898 0 37.9 1513 6848 5923 1406 1755 314 108 42 720 473 809 233 .296 .388 .407 .795 Apr 16 22.027
25 Henry Gruber 5 1887 1891 0 0.1 155 565 489 56 83 10 7 1 37 0 73 111 .170 .281 .225 .506 Jul 28 23.226
26 Charlie Hall 1 1887 1887 0 -0.2 3 14 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .083 .214 .083 .298 May 3 23.252
27 Ducky Hemp 2 1887 1890 0 -0.5 31 128 117 11 25 2 2 0 5 4 9 .214 .281 .265 .546 Oct 6 24.283
28 Joseph Herr 3 1887 1890 0 0.3 66 285 257 32 67 11 2 3 50 13 22 .261 .333 .354 .687 Apr 16 22.043
29 Henry Jackson 1 1887 1887 0 -0.3 10 38 38 1 10 1 0 0 3 2 0 12 .263 .263 .289 .553 Sep 13 26.082
30 Heinie Kappel 3 1887 1889 0 0.7 105 422 394 54 106 14 11 4 51 33 25 28 .269 .318 .391 .708 May 22 23.000
31 Bob Keating 1 1887 1887 0 0.0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 Aug 27 24.339
32 Doc Leitner 1 1887 1887 0 -0.2 8 27 27 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 .148 .148 .148 .296 Aug 10 21.330
33 Harry Lyons 6 1887 1893 0 -2.9 407 1815 1713 246 401 31 21 7 198 120 97 35 .234 .277 .289 .566 Aug 29 21.157
34 Kid Madden 5 1887 1891 0 0.9 133 468 433 60 106 7 5 2 49 16 28 43 .245 .301 .298 .599 May 6 19.216
35 Mike Mattimore 4 1887 1890 0 -0.8 124 497 451 57 92 10 9 1 36 34 40 29 .204 .278 .273 .550 May 3 28.000
36 Ed McKean 13 1887 1899 0 35.8 1655 7626 6894 1227 2084 272 158 67 1124 324 636 195 .302 .365 .417 .781 Apr 16 22.314
37 James McMullin 1 1887 1887 0 -0.2 3 12 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167 Jul 2 .000
38 Hank Morrison 1 1887 1887 0 -0.2 7 28 26 4 3 0 0 0 3 2 2 4 .115 .179 .115 .294 May 28 21.006
39 Mike Morrison 3 1887 1890 0 -0.1 83 306 287 42 61 6 6 1 24 8 17 .213 .261 .286 .547 Apr 19 20.072
40 John Munyan 3 1887 1891 0 0.7 174 671 583 112 147 20 11 4 67 28 76 39 .252 .350 .345 .695 Jul 12 26.240
41 Pat Murphy 4 1887 1890 0 -0.5 86 334 309 34 68 9 2 1 21 7 24 28 .220 .278 .272 .550 Sep 2 30.243
42 Darby O'Brien 6 1887 1892 0 11.7 709 3128 2856 577 805 147 47 20 394 321 231 224 .282 .344 .387 .732 Apr 16 23.227
43 Pete O'Brien 2 1887 1890 0 0.4 28 115 110 15 30 7 0 3 16 4 5 12 .273 .304 .418 .723 Aug 2 20.047
44 Jack O'Connor 21 1887 1910 0 5.5 1452 5788 5383 714 1418 201 66 19 738 219 302 275 .263 .307 .336 .643 Apr 20 20.322
45 Fred O'Neill 1 1887 1887 0 -0.1 6 28 26 4 8 1 1 0 3 3 1 .308 .357 .423 .780 May 3 .000
46 Tom O'Rourke 3 1887 1890 0 -1.8 85 335 312 32 58 11 0 0 26 8 21 15 .186 .242 .221 .463 May 11 21.000
47 Billy Otterson 1 1887 1887 0 -0.2 30 108 100 16 20 4 1 2 15 8 8 .200 .259 .320 .579 Sep 4 25.123
48 Bob Pettit 3 1887 1891 0 -0.8 96 413 387 62 93 8 7 7 40 25 22 31 .240 .288 .351 .640 Sep 3 26.046
49 Mark Polhemus 1 1887 1887 0 -0.6 20 77 75 6 18 1 0 0 8 4 2 9 .240 .260 .253 .513 Jul 13 26.282
50 John Rainey 2 1887 1890 0 -0.1 59 258 224 35 56 8 1 1 32 12 29 21 .250 .349 .308 .657 Aug 25 23.030
51 John Roach 1 1887 1887 0 0.0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 May 14 19.176
52 Cyclone Ryan 2 1887 1891 0 -0.1 9 36 33 4 7 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 .212 .278 .242 .520 Aug 8 .000
53 Frank Scheibeck 8 1887 1906 0 -1.5 390 1616 1401 214 329 37 18 2 148 88 182 113 .235 .328 .291 .620 May 9 21.315
54 Mike Shea 1 1887 1887 0 0.0 2 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 Apr 20 20.041
55 Lev Shreve 3 1887 1889 0 -0.2 59 204 195 20 38 4 1 0 8 8 9 10 .195 .230 .226 .456 May 2 20.108
56 Hank Simon 2 1887 1890 0 1.0 130 592 539 100 144 22 14 2 61 35 51 .267 .333 .371 .704 Oct 7 25.043
57 Andy Sommers 4 1887 1890 0 -1.7 98 359 339 35 67 13 4 3 36 8 16 43 .198 .242 .286 .528 Apr 27 20.183
58 John Sowders 3 1887 1890 0 -0.6 69 237 221 25 44 6 0 1 26 1 14 33 .199 .253 .240 .493 Jun 28 20.200
59 Charlie Sprague 3 1887 1890 0 -0.2 60 239 219 27 50 5 6 1 20 11 17 2 .228 .293 .320 .613 Sep 17 22.342
60 Marty Sullivan 5 1887 1891 0 3.0 398 1787 1618 280 441 56 32 26 220 99 162 168 .273 .341 .395 .736 Apr 30 24.192
61 Bill Swarback 1 1887 1887 0 -0.2 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 9 19.000
62 George Tebeau 6 1887 1895 0 4.7 628 2676 2319 441 623 96 54 15 311 228 324 129 .269 .364 .376 .740 Apr 16 25.111
63 Patsy Tebeau 13 1887 1900 0 8.0 1167 5021 4618 671 1290 196 57 27 735 164 319 255 .279 .332 .364 .696 Sep 20 22.289
64 Mike Tiernan 13 1887 1899 0 40.0 1478 6732 5915 1316 1838 257 162 106 853 428 748 376 .311 .392 .463 .855 Apr 30 20.099
65 George Townsend 4 1887 1891 0 -3.1 152 578 541 60 101 18 5 0 53 16 31 21 .187 .239 .238 .477 Jun 25 20.021
66 Jim Toy 2 1887 1890 0 -3.5 153 614 583 67 123 23 5 1 63 10 28 .211 .251 .273 .524 Apr 20 29.059
67 Tommy Tucker 13 1887 1899 0 22.2 1688 7273 6482 1084 1882 240 85 42 932 352 481 297 .290 .364 .373 .737 Apr 16 23.170
68 George Van Haltren 17 1887 1903 0 39.9 1990 9017 8043 1642 2544 286 161 69 1015 583 871 498 .316 .386 .418 .803 Jun 27 21.089
69 Mother Watson 1 1887 1887 0 0.0 2 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .300 .125 .425 May 19 22.112
70 Gus Weyhing 14 1887 1901 0 -9.5 554 1980 1855 164 308 40 15 3 133 32 101 394 .166 .210 .209 .419 May 2 20.215
71 Bobby Wheelock 3 1887 1891 0 3.9 236 974 854 138 201 25 4 3 70 106 118 70 .235 .330 .285 .614 May 19 22.286
72 Wild Bill Widner 5 1887 1891 0 -0.4 71 247 242 23 50 3 0 2 19 8 4 40 .207 .223 .244 .466 Jun 8 20.005
73 Bill Wright 1 1887 1887 0 0.0 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 Sep 16 .000
Totals 326 1887 1910 0 215.9 21233 90529 82114 13665 22453 3147 1340 588 10904 4426 7037 5026 .273 .337 .366 .703
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 Mark Baldwin 7 1887 1893 0 23.5 154 165 .483 3.37 346 328 19 295 14 5 2802.1 2695 1816 1050 81 1307 1349 123 0 221 12470 May 2 23.185
2 Ed Beatin 5 1887 1891 0 8.3 48 56 .462 3.68 109 108 1 104 5 0 946.0 997 594 387 32 372 335 30 1 37 4216 Aug 2 20.357
3 Ed Beecher 4 1887 1891 0 -0.2 0 0 12.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 10 8 8 0 3 0 0 1 0 31 Jun 28 26.361
4 William Burke 1 1887 1887 0 -0.2 0 1 .000 6.00 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.0 21 14 10 0 5 3 2 0 1 73 Jul 20 21.000
5 Tommy Casey 1 1887 1887 0 -0.1 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 Aug 17 .000
6 Frank Chapman 1 1887 1887 0 -0.1 0 0 7.20 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.0 8 6 4 0 2 4 0 0 1 24 Jul 22 25.000
7 Billy Crowell 2 1887 1888 0 -3.3 19 45 .297 5.15 64 64 0 62 1 0 549.0 765 512 314 18 205 138 30 0 43 2590 Apr 20 21.165
8 Bert Cunningham 12 1887 1901 0 7.4 142 167 .460 4.22 342 311 28 287 4 2 2734.2 3071 1942 1283 62 1064 718 148 5 161 12285 Sep 15 21.294
9 Bill Fagan 2 1887 1888 0 -2.9 6 15 .286 5.28 23 23 0 21 0 0 187.1 234 182 110 5 99 61 3 0 16 886 Sep 15 18.212
10 Frederick Fass 1 1887 1887 0 -0.6 0 1 .000 10.34 4 2 1 1 0 1 15.2 25 22 18 1 8 0 2 0 4 82 Jul 11 27.254
11 Jocko Fields 6 1887 1892 0 -0.2 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 7 May 31 22.223
12 Bill Gardner 1 1887 1887 0 -0.6 0 1 .000 11.08 3 2 1 1 0 0 13.0 23 20 16 0 10 3 1 0 3 65 Aug 9 20.000
13 Emil Geiss 1 1887 1887 0 -0.2 0 1 .000 8.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 17 11 8 0 3 4 0 0 0 46 May 18 20.059
14 Bill George 3 1887 1889 0 -1.7 5 10 .333 4.51 19 16 3 14 1 0 149.2 155 134 75 2 103 78 15 0 26 705 May 11 22.104
15 Bob Gilks 5 1887 1893 0 2.5 9 9 .500 3.98 21 18 3 17 1 1 160.2 164 106 71 2 59 36 14 0 7 714 Aug 25 23.054
16 Henry Gruber 5 1887 1891 0 3.8 61 78 .439 3.67 151 139 12 129 5 1 1239.1 1328 885 505 42 479 346 34 1 90 5548 Jul 28 23.226
17 Bob Keating 1 1887 1887 0 -0.4 0 1 .000 11.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 16 16 11 0 6 0 0 0 0 49 Aug 27 24.339
18 Doc Leitner 1 1887 1887 0 -0.9 2 6 .250 5.68 8 8 0 8 0 0 65.0 69 66 41 6 41 27 0 1 12 307 Aug 10 21.330
19 Harry Lyons 6 1887 1893 0 -0.3 0 0 12.27 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 8 7 5 0 1 2 0 0 2 20 Aug 29 21.157
20 Kid Madden 5 1887 1891 0 4.6 54 50 .519 3.92 122 109 13 97 7 3 958.0 987 645 417 41 336 284 86 0 40 4238 May 6 19.216
21 Mike Mattimore 4 1887 1890 0 -3.2 26 27 .491 3.83 58 51 7 50 5 1 490.2 514 364 209 12 184 132 31 0 45 2186 May 3 28.000
22 James McMullin 1 1887 1887 0 -0.4 2 1 .667 7.71 3 3 1 2 0 0 21.0 25 25 18 2 19 2 0 0 6 112 Jul 2 .000
23 Hank Morrison 1 1887 1887 0 -1.5 3 4 .429 7.58 7 7 0 5 0 0 57.0 79 73 48 2 27 13 1 0 7 285 May 28 21.006
24 Mike Morrison 3 1887 1890 0 -6.6 20 39 .339 5.14 65 62 4 55 1 0 504.2 571 508 288 20 325 254 38 1 94 2415 Apr 19 20.072
25 Darby O'Brien 6 1887 1892 0 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 Apr 16 23.227
26 Bob Pettit 3 1887 1891 0 -0.4 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 3 8 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 10 Sep 3 26.046
27 John Roach 1 1887 1887 0 -0.4 0 1 .000 11.25 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 18 17 10 0 4 3 1 0 1 48 May 14 19.176
28 Cyclone Ryan 2 1887 1891 0 -0.2 0 1 .000 10.13 3 1 2 0 0 0 5.1 7 9 6 1 7 0 0 0 1 29 Aug 8 .000
29 Frank Scheibeck 8 1887 1906 0 -0.4 0 1 .000 12.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 17 18 12 1 4 3 1 0 1 52 May 9 21.315
30 Mike Shea 1 1887 1887 0 -0.6 1 1 .500 7.02 2 2 0 2 0 0 16.2 26 25 13 0 10 0 0 0 3 88 Apr 20 20.041
31 Lev Shreve 3 1887 1889 0 -2.3 19 37 .339 4.89 57 57 0 53 3 0 473.1 551 361 257 31 189 141 14 0 40 2150 May 2 20.108
32 John Sowders 3 1887 1890 0 0.6 25 32 .439 4.29 65 60 5 48 1 1 497.0 573 427 237 12 271 195 18 1 37 2352 Jun 28 20.200
33 Charlie Sprague 3 1887 1890 0 -0.2 10 7 .588 4.51 24 17 5 13 0 0 161.2 162 130 81 1 101 76 24 0 20 763 Sep 17 22.342
34 Marty Sullivan 5 1887 1891 0 0.0 0 0 7.71 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 Apr 30 24.192
35 Bill Swarback 1 1887 1887 0 -0.6 0 2 .000 5.06 2 2 0 2 0 0 16.0 27 23 9 1 6 6 1 0 0 85 Jul 9 19.000
36 George Tebeau 6 1887 1895 0 -0.7 0 1 .000 11.77 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.0 30 24 17 0 8 1 1 0 1 76 Apr 16 25.111
37 Patsy Tebeau 13 1887 1900 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Sep 20 22.289
38 Mike Tiernan 13 1887 1899 0 -0.8 1 2 .333 8.69 5 0 4 0 0 1 19.2 33 25 19 2 7 3 1 0 1 91 Apr 30 20.099
39 Tommy Tucker 13 1887 1899 0 -0.1 0 0 5.40 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 7 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 17 Apr 16 23.170
40 George Van Haltren 17 1887 1903 0 0.9 40 31 .563 4.05 93 68 23 65 5 4 689.1 809 527 310 34 244 281 57 1 46 3141 Jun 27 21.089
41 Mother Watson 1 1887 1887 0 -0.4 0 1 .000 5.79 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.0 22 18 9 0 6 1 0 0 3 73 May 19 22.112
42 Gus Weyhing 14 1887 1901 0 41.6 264 232 .532 3.88 540 505 34 449 28 4 4337.0 4576 2796 1872 120 1570 1667 277 4 240 19188 May 2 20.215
43 Wild Bill Widner 5 1887 1891 0 -1.7 22 36 .379 4.36 69 59 10 48 3 1 522.0 606 377 253 23 137 110 30 0 20 2320 Jun 8 20.005
Totals 197 1887 1906 0 61.1 933 1062 .468 4.06 2226 2032 183 1836 84 26 17733.1 19261 12752 8007 555 7229 6279 983 16 1235 79862


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