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1888 Major League Baseball New Debuts

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Rk		Yrs	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Debut	Age
1	Jim Banning	2	1888	1889	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Sep 27	0.00
2	Jake Beckley HOF	20	1888	1907	2386	10470	9526	1600	2930	473	243	86	1575	315		616	270	.308	.361	.435	.796	Jun 20	20.321
3	Bill Blair	1	1888	1888	4	14	13	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		1		.308	.357	.385	.742	Jul 19	24.306
4	George Borchers	2	1888	1895	11	34	33	3	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	13	.061	.088	.121	.209	May 18	19.030
5	Tod Brynan	2	1888	1891	4	11	11	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.182	.182	.364	.545	Jun 22	24.000
6	Dick Buckley	8	1888	1895	524	1956	1833	213	449	72	14	26	216	25		98	188	.245	.291	.342	.633	Apr 20	29.212
7	Bill Burdick	2	1888	1889	31	93	85	7	12	0	0	0	2	0		6	12	.141	.215	.141	.356	Jul 23	28.286
8	Hercules Burnett	2	1888	1895	6	25	21	7	7	0	1	2	3	3		3	2	.333	.417	.714	1.131	Jun 26	22.318
9	Jim Burns	3	1888	1891	169	766	727	131	222	29	11	5	111	64		27	78	.305	.341	.396	.737	Sep 25	0.00
10	Count Campau	3	1888	1894	147	618	572	97	153	14	15	10	93	63		46	40	.267	.322	.397	.719	Jul 7	24.264
11	Bart Cantz	3	1888	1890	62	223	217	14	34	4	1	0	18	2		6	14	.157	.179	.184	.364	Jul 25	28.178
12	Cupid Childs	13	1888	1901	1456	6758	5618	1214	1720	205	100	20	743	269		991	117	.306	.416	.389	.805	Apr 23	20.253
13	Dad Clarke	7	1888	1898	123	395	364	41	78	5	4	1	28	1		28	45	.214	.274	.258	.532	Apr 23	23.107
14	Ed Delahanty HOF	16	1888	1903	1835	8389	7505	1599	2596	522	185	101	1464	455		741	244	.346	.411	.505	.917	May 22	20.205
15	Hugh Duffy HOF	17	1888	1906	1737	7827	7042	1552	2282	325	119	106	1302	574		662	211	.324	.384	.449	.834	Jun 23	21.210
16	Frank Dwyer	12	1888	1899	394	1340	1252	178	287	28	21	5	136	16		70	80	.229	.273	.297	.570	Sep 20	20.179
17	Red Ehret	11	1888	1898	397	1334	1265	117	274	32	11	4	140	15		57	124	.217	.252	.269	.520	Jul 7	19.311
18	Bill Farmer	1	1888	1888	5	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	May 1	24.078
19	Duke Farrell	18	1888	1905	1563	6254	5679	826	1564	211	123	51	912	150		477	246	.275	.337	.383	.720	Apr 21	21.234
20	Julie Freeman	1	1888	1888	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	Oct 10	19.338
21	Shorty Fuller	9	1888	1896	964	4158	3679	652	867	97	43	6	350	260		444	198	.236	.323	.290	.613	Jul 19	20.283
22	Bob Gamble	1	1888	1888	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	May 2	21.000
23	Whitey Gibson	1	1888	1888	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	May 2	19.209
24	Kid Gleason	22	1888	1912	1966	8198	7452	1020	1944	216	80	15	823	328		500	131	.261	.311	.317	.628	Apr 20	21.177
25	John Greening	1	1888	1888	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	May 9	0.00
26	John Grim	11	1888	1899	706	2797	2638	350	705	119	37	16	330	82		85	77	.267	.302	.359	.661	Sep 29	21.051
27	Ad Gumbert	9	1888	1896	295	1047	955	155	261	33	19	15	124	18		80	153	.273	.337	.395	.731	Sep 15	19.341
28	George Haddock	7	1888	1894	227	829	736	114	167	27	6	6	83	14		89	157	.227	.314	.304	.618	Sep 27	21.277
29	Frank Hafner	1	1888	1888	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.143	.000	.143	May 5	20.265
30	Bill Hallman	14	1888	1903	1503	6596	6012	937	1634	234	81	21	769	200		425	283	.272	.325	.348	.673	Apr 23	21.023
31	Billy Hamilton HOF	14	1888	1901	1591	7584	6268	1690	2158	242	94	40	736	912		1187	218	.344	.455	.432	.887	Jul 31	22.166
32	Bill Higgins	2	1888	1890	82	341	316	45	76	8	2	0	40	8		25	3	.241	.296	.278	.575	Aug 9	26.336
33	Frank Hoffman	1	1888	1888	12	45	39	6	6	1	0	0	2	2		4		.154	.267	.179	.446	Aug 13	0.00
34	Charlie Hoover	2	1888	1889	74	299	268	44	67	2	5	1	26	9		29	38	.250	.328	.306	.634	Oct 9	23.018
35	Dummy Hoy	14	1888	1902	1796	8369	7112	1426	2044	248	121	40	726	594		1004	210	.287	.386	.373	.759	Apr 20	25.333
36	Mickey Hughes	3	1888	1890	75	263	249	18	34	5	0	0	17	3		14	15	.137	.183	.157	.339	Apr 22	21.180
37	Ed Keas	1	1888	1888	6	24	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.087	.125	.087	.212	Aug 25	25.205
38	Mike Kilroy	2	1888	1891	4	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	1	.222	.300	.222	.522	Sep 1	18.302
39	Billy Klusman	2	1888	1890	43	178	172	18	36	8	1	3	22	4		6	13	.209	.236	.320	.556	Jun 21	23.089
40	Phil Knell	6	1888	1895	201	684	657	79	123	11	12	1	63	10		23	115	.187	.218	.245	.463	Jul 6	23.116
41	Gus Krock	3	1888	1890	60	216	207	19	34	0	0	1	21	2		8	47	.164	.199	.179	.378	Apr 24	21.351
42	Sam LaRoque	3	1888	1891	124	537	482	66	120	22	5	2	50	28		41	39	.249	.326	.328	.654	Jul 30	25.155
43	Long	1	1888	1888	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.333	.000	.333	Aug 29	0.00
44	Willard Mains	3	1888	1896	45	130	124	17	32	4	2	1	15	2		6	14	.258	.292	.347	.639	Aug 3	20.027
45	Pete McShannic	1	1888	1888	26	101	98	5	19	1	0	0	5	3		1	9	.194	.218	.204	.422	Sep 15	24.179
46	Sam Nichol	2	1888	1890	22	82	78	10	10	0	0	0	4	3		4	2	.128	.171	.128	.299	Oct 5	19.168
47	Parson Nicholson	3	1888	1895	168	707	646	96	169	20	15	5	86	58		51	11	.262	.325	.362	.688	Sep 14	25.153
48	Darby O'Brien	4	1888	1891	140	502	473	57	100	4	1	0	43	7		26	41	.211	.257	.224	.481	Jun 23	21.069
49	Doc Oberlander	1	1888	1888	3	14	14	3	3	2	0	0	4	0		0		.214	.214	.357	.571	May 16	24.004
50	George Proeser	2	1888	1890	20	87	76	16	20	3	1	1	7	1		11		.263	.356	.368	.725	Sep 15	24.108
51	Irv Ray	4	1888	1891	226	999	902	154	263	30	11	3	123	59		86	35	.292	.360	.359	.720	Jul 7	24.167
52	Harry Raymond	5	1888	1892	315	1344	1282	167	301	23	14	2	115	49		54	61	.235	.270	.279	.549	Sep 9	26.202
53	Ben Sanders	5	1888	1892	247	1001	948	132	257	43	16	5	113	27		47	62	.271	.310	.366	.676	Jun 6	23.111
54	Ted Scheffler	2	1888	1890	146	642	539	128	128	15	7	3	38	81		87	9	.237	.360	.308	.668	Aug 7	24.124
55	Sam Shaw	2	1888	1893	8	29	27	4	5	0	0	0	1	1		2	2	.185	.241	.185	.427	May 3	0.00
56	Ed Silch	1	1888	1888	14	52	48	5	13	4	0	0	3	4		4		.271	.327	.354	.681	Apr 29	23.067
57	Skyrocket Smith	1	1888	1888	58	241	206	27	49	9	4	1	31	5		24		.238	.349	.335	.683	Apr 18	20.030
58	Bill Sowders	3	1888	1890	75	246	237	23	44	3	0	0	15	2		9	43	.186	.215	.198	.414	Apr 24	23.147
59	Harry Staley	8	1888	1895	288	1026	955	91	174	20	7	7	109	7		65	160	.182	.237	.240	.477	Jun 23	21.233
60	Scott Stratton	8	1888	1895	389	1510	1383	201	379	37	32	8	163	56		108	93	.274	.335	.364	.699	Apr 21	18.202
61	Mike Sullivan	1	1888	1888	28	115	112	20	31	5	6	1	19	10		3		.277	.296	.455	.751	Apr 26	27.321
62	Pete Sweeney	3	1888	1890	134	572	521	53	109	14	7	1	47	19		37	35	.209	.280	.269	.548	Sep 28	24.272
63	Phil Tomney	3	1888	1890	254	986	882	148	205	32	12	5	100	64		96	47	.232	.313	.313	.626	Sep 7	25.052
64	Dick Van Zant	1	1888	1888	10	33	31	1	8	1	0	0	1	1		1		.258	.303	.290	.593	Oct 4	23.000
65	Lee Viau	5	1888	1892	184	638	588	58	82	9	5	0	31	17	0	48	108	.139	.207	.172	.379	Apr 22	21.292
66	Woody Wagenhorst	1	1888	1888	2	8	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	Jun 25	25.022
67	George Walker	1	1888	1888	4	13	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.077	.077	.077	.154	Aug 1	0.00
68	Farmer Weaver	7	1888	1894	753	3321	3082	423	856	114	38	9	344	162		185	86	.278	.330	.348	.678	Sep 16	23.177
69	Jake Wells	2	1888	1890	46	177	162	22	34	4	0	0	14	1		10	5	.210	.277	.235	.511	Aug 10	25.001
70	John Weyhing	2	1888	1889	9	24	23	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.130	.167	.130	.297	Jul 13	19.019
71	Pat Whitaker	2	1888	1889	3	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	Oct 11	22.310
72	Walt Wilmot	10	1888	1898	960	4360	3981	725	1098	152	92	58	594	381		349	222	.276	.337	.404	.741	Apr 20	24.185
73	Nick Wise	1	1888	1888	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jun 20	22.005
74	Henry Yaik	1	1888	1888	2	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	Oct 3	24.216
75	Frank Zinn	1	1888	1888	2	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.125	.000	.125	Apr 18	22.119
	Totals	370	1888	1912	25175	107709	96539	16833	27297	3745	1625	694	12960	5447	0	9114	4435	.283	.351	.377	.728

Pitching

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Rk		Yrs	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	Debut	Age
1	Jake Beckley HOF	20	1888	1907	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	8	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	Jun 20	20.321
2	Bill Blair	1	1888	1888	1	3	.250	2.61	4	4	0	3	0	0	31.0	29	21	9	0	8	16	0	0	0	0	Jul 19	24.306
3	George Borchers	2	1888	1895	4	5	.444	3.72	11	11	0	7	1	0	67.2	68	47	28	2	32	26	6	0	11	302	May 18	19.030
4	Tod Brynan	2	1888	1891	2	2	.500	8.31	4	4	1	2	0	0	26.0	33	32	24	2	10	11	2	0	3	116	Jun 22	24.000
5	Bill Burdick	2	1888	1889	12	14	.462	3.17	30	24	5	22	0	1	221.2	226	130	78	19	56	71	6	0	16	905	Jul 23	28.286
6	Dad Clarke	7	1888	1898	44	51	.463	4.17	120	92	27	77	2	3	848.1	1061	608	393	24	191	174	8	0	25	81	Apr 23	23.107
7	Frank Dwyer	12	1888	1899	176	152	.537	3.85	365	318	47	270	12	6	2810.0	3301	1782	1202	109	764	563	35	0	63	1735	Sep 20	20.179
8	Red Ehret	11	1888	1898	139	167	.454	4.02	362	309	48	260	14	4	2754.1	3172	1881	1229	63	841	848	31	0	93	4185	Jul 7	19.311
9	Julie Freeman	1	1888	1888	0	1	.000	4.26	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	7	5	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	Oct 10	19.338
10	Bob Gamble	1	1888	1888	0	1	.000	8.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	10	10	8	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	May 2	21.000
11	Kid Gleason	22	1888	1912	138	131	.513	3.79	299	266	30	240	10	6	2389.1	2552	1511	1007	75	906	744	21	1	83	1757	Apr 20	21.177
12	John Greening	1	1888	1888	0	1	.000	11.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	17	13	11	2	4	2	0	0	4	46	May 9	0.00
13	John Grim	11	1888	1899	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	3	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	Sep 29	21.051
14	Ad Gumbert	9	1888	1896	123	102	.547	4.27	262	234	27	191	7	1	1985.1	2321	1346	942	81	634	546	27	0	34	2621	Sep 15	19.341
15	George Haddock	7	1888	1894	95	87	.522	4.07	204	189	15	160	8	2	1580.0	1650	1111	715	56	714	599	17	0	101	4075	Sep 27	21.277
16	Frank Hafner	1	1888	1888	0	2	.000	7.00	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	24	23	14	2	16	5	1	0	6	93	May 5	20.265
17	Bill Hallman	14	1888	1903	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	Apr 23	21.023
18	Frank Hoffman	1	1888	1888	3	9	.250	2.77	12	12	0	12	0	0	104.0	102	71	32	3	42	38	0	0	0	0	Aug 13	0.00
19	Mickey Hughes	3	1888	1890	39	28	.582	3.22	75	70	4	63	2	0	623.2	594	386	223	12	235	250	0	0	5	2159	Apr 22	21.180
20	Ed Keas	1	1888	1888	3	3	.500	2.29	6	6	0	6	0	0	51.0	53	28	13	1	12	18	0	0	0	0	Aug 25	25.205
21	Mike Kilroy	2	1888	1891	0	3	.000	9.00	4	2	2	1	0	0	19.0	27	23	19	2	9	4	0	0	1	0	Sep 1	18.302
22	Phil Knell	6	1888	1895	79	90	.467	4.05	192	163	26	141	8	0	1452.1	1478	1019	654	38	705	575	21	0	92	3178	Jul 6	23.116
23	Gus Krock	3	1888	1890	32	26	.552	3.49	60	59	1	56	4	0	505.1	537	311	196	34	110	209	12	0	16	2046	Apr 24	21.351
24	Willard Mains	3	1888	1896	16	17	.485	3.53	42	32	8	24	0	1	267.2	261	191	105	5	154	96	1	0	14	821	Aug 3	20.027
25	Darby O'Brien	4	1888	1891	59	65	.476	3.68	136	126	9	113	2	2	1080.2	1119	746	442	36	486	398	41	0	65	3683	Jun 23	21.069
26	Doc Oberlander	1	1888	1888	1	2	.333	5.26	3	3	0	3	0	0	25.2	27	33	15	2	18	23	1	0	5	129	May 16	24.004
27	George Proeser	2	1888	1890	3	4	.429	3.81	7	7	0	7	1	0	59.0	53	39	25	4	30	20	0	0	0	0	Sep 15	24.108
28	Harry Raymond	5	1888	1892	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	2	1	0	11	1	0	0	2	42	Sep 9	26.202
29	Ben Sanders	5	1888	1892	80	70	.533	3.24	168	157	10	144	14	2	1385.0	1496	789	498	34	297	468	17	1	37	4724	Jun 6	23.111
30	Sam Shaw	2	1888	1893	3	4	.429	3.91	8	8	0	7	0	0	69.0	77	49	30	4	28	23	0	0	0	0	May 3	0.00
31	Bill Sowders	3	1888	1890	29	30	.492	3.34	71	61	10	55	2	2	517.2	542	322	192	8	149	205	13	0	28	2189	Apr 24	23.147
32	Harry Staley	8	1888	1895	136	119	.533	3.80	283	257	24	231	10	1	2269.0	2468	1472	959	92	601	746	25	0	94	4264	Jun 23	21.233
33	Scott Stratton	8	1888	1895	97	114	.460	3.87	230	213	16	198	10	1	1883.1	2170	1295	809	44	432	569	12	0	37	3054	Apr 21	18.202
34	Lee Viau	5	1888	1892	83	77	.519	3.33	178	162	15	146	5	1	1442.0	1441	881	533	37	526	554	0	0	44	3114	Apr 22	21.292
35	George Walker	1	1888	1888	1	3	.250	5.91	4	4	0	4	1	0	35.0	36	31	23	2	14	18	0	0	5	155	Aug 1	0.00
36	John Weyhing	2	1888	1889	3	4	.429	1.62	9	8	1	7	0	0	66.2	53	29	12	0	21	30	0	0	0	0	Jul 13	19.019
37	Pat Whitaker	2	1888	1889	2	1	.667	3.91	3	3	0	3	0	0	23.0	23	16	10	0	10	6	2	0	0	61	Oct 11	22.310
	Totals	191	1888	1912	1404	1389	.503	3.82	3161	2811	327	2458	113	33	24653.1	27052	16268	10461	793	8080	7864	299	2	884	45535

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