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1889 Major League Baseball New Debuts

1888 MLB  / 1890 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 Bill Anderson 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 Aug 12 24.205
2 Dave Anderson 2 1889 1890 0 -0.5 21 65 62 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 .097 .138 .113 .251 Aug 24 20.318
3 Varney Anderson 4 1889 1896 0 0.5 42 127 114 25 34 3 3 0 18 0 10 12 .298 .360 .377 .737 Aug 1 23.044
4 John Bates 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 25 21.089
5 George Bausewine 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 7 25 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 .048 .200 .048 .248 Sep 14 20.176
6 Alex Beam 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 2 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 May 25 19.185
7 Ollie Beard 3 1889 1891 0 7.2 331 1423 1307 195 353 34 34 4 173 73 112 61 .270 .330 .357 .687 Apr 17 26.350
8 Charlie Bell 2 1889 1891 0 -0.1 13 46 38 5 4 1 0 0 4 0 8 10 .105 .261 .132 .392 Oct 13 21.062
9 Jack Bellman 1 1889 1889 0 0.1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 Apr 23 25.050
10 Red Bittmann 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 4 15 14 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 .286 .333 .286 .619 Oct 10 27.080
11 Fred Carl 1 1889 1889 0 -0.6 25 115 99 13 20 2 2 0 13 0 16 22 .202 .313 .263 .576 Jul 25 30.320
12 John Carney 3 1889 1891 0 0.5 252 1040 946 120 258 30 13 7 129 40 83 59 .273 .338 .354 .693 Apr 24 22.165
13 Spider Clark 2 1889 1890 0 0.3 107 434 405 64 106 18 3 5 47 16 26 34 .262 .311 .358 .669 May 2 21.228
14 Harry Clarke 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 28 28.227
15 Theodore Conover 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 26 21.077
16 Jack Crooks 8 1889 1898 0 13.8 795 3471 2783 537 671 74 44 21 314 220 612 223 .241 .386 .322 .708 Sep 26 23.321
17 Bill Daley 3 1889 1891 0 -1.0 66 201 189 21 30 2 1 2 16 2 11 29 .159 .209 .212 .421 Jul 17 21.020
18 Bill Day 2 1889 1890 0 -0.6 14 43 43 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 .047 .047 .047 .093 Aug 20 22.023
19 Joe Dowie 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 20 79 75 12 17 5 0 0 8 5 2 10 .227 .266 .293 .559 Jul 10 23.360
20 Jack Doyle 17 1889 1905 0 21.8 1569 6589 6055 977 1811 316 64 25 971 518 440 282 .299 .351 .385 .736 Aug 27 19.306
21 Charlie Duffee 5 1889 1893 0 5.1 508 2134 1943 314 518 67 33 35 281 110 180 150 .267 .332 .389 .721 Apr 17 23.080
22 Andy Dunning 2 1889 1891 0 -0.1 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 23 17.284
23 Jesse Duryea 5 1889 1893 0 0.4 144 481 428 66 86 13 5 1 37 17 40 93 .201 .289 .262 .551 Apr 20 29.225
24 Billy Earle 5 1889 1894 0 2.3 142 538 465 102 133 20 12 6 74 41 63 36 .286 .378 .419 .798 Apr 27 21.168
25 Jack Easton 5 1889 1894 0 -0.3 86 260 238 31 42 5 3 0 20 15 16 20 .176 .240 .223 .463 Sep 23 24.207
26 Hi Ebright 1 1889 1889 0 0.3 16 63 59 7 15 2 2 1 6 1 3 8 .254 .302 .407 .708 Apr 24 29.316
27 Jack Fanning 2 1889 1894 0 -0.1 7 17 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .133 .235 .133 .369 Sep 20 .000
28 Jack Fee 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 7 21 21 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 Sep 14 21.265
29 Alex Ferson 3 1889 1892 0 -0.8 49 167 150 10 20 3 1 0 5 2 16 56 .133 .222 .167 .388 May 4 22.294
30 Charles Fisher 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Jun 15 .000
31 John Galligan 1 1889 1889 0 -1.3 31 127 120 6 20 0 2 0 7 1 6 17 .167 .213 .200 .413 Sep 2 24.000
32 Bill Garfield 2 1889 1890 0 -0.3 13 42 39 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 3 16 .103 .167 .103 .269 Jul 10 21.257
33 Hank Gastright 7 1889 1896 0 -0.3 173 589 544 52 101 11 8 0 56 6 43 54 .186 .248 .235 .483 Apr 19 24.021
34 Mike Gaule 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 15 19.315
35 Tom Gettinger 3 1889 1895 0 -1.4 125 541 503 61 131 18 10 6 64 14 30 16 .260 .306 .372 .678 Sep 21 20.284
36 Jim Gill 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 2 9 8 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 .250 .333 .375 .708 Jun 27 23.262
37 George Goetz 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 17 .000
38 James Graham 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 4 18 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 Sep 4 .000
39 Will Holland 1 1889 1889 0 -0.8 40 154 143 13 27 1 2 0 16 4 9 28 .189 .247 .224 .471 Jul 10 .000
40 Bug Holliday 10 1889 1898 0 16.7 930 4051 3658 735 1141 162 72 65 621 252 360 226 .312 .377 .449 .826 Apr 17 22.068
41 Jerry Hurley 3 1889 1891 0 0.0 33 106 92 15 20 4 2 0 8 2 14 18 .217 .321 .304 .625 May 1 25.320
42 Spud Johnson 3 1889 1891 0 3.7 331 1463 1324 246 400 45 31 4 238 93 109 70 .302 .368 .392 .760 Apr 18 32.000
43 Alex Jones 4 1889 1903 0 -0.2 26 87 79 9 13 1 0 0 5 1 8 33 .165 .241 .177 .419 Sep 25 19.274
44 Al Krumm 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 17 24.124
45 Steve Ladew 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 27 .000
46 Herman Long 16 1889 1904 0 33.4 1875 8505 7678 1456 2129 342 97 91 1055 537 612 463 .277 .335 .383 .718 Apr 17 23.004
47 Jimmy McAleer 13 1889 1907 0 -0.1 1021 4423 3981 620 1008 114 40 11 469 262 365 329 .253 .322 .310 .632 Apr 24 24.288
48 Sparrow McCaffrey 1 1889 1889 0 0.1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Aug 13 .000 Signed as a Free Agent with the Columbus Solons in 1889.
49 John McCarty 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 20 81 79 12 18 0 1 0 12 3 1 9 .228 .247 .253 .500 Apr 18 .000
50 Art McCoy 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 Jul 8 24.358
51 Michael McDermott 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 9 35 33 7 6 2 0 0 3 0 2 3 .182 .229 .242 .471 Sep 2 25.119
52 Sadie McMahon 9 1889 1897 0 -2.3 325 1191 1128 126 230 21 9 3 115 17 45 118 .204 .240 .246 .487 Jul 5 21.289
53 Dad Meek 2 1889 1890 0 0.0 6 18 18 5 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 May 10 22.057
54 Dusty Miller 7 1889 1899 0 6.5 656 2840 2561 445 771 139 51 22 421 206 174 136 .301 .353 .421 .774 Sep 23 21.013
55 Frank Pears 2 1889 1893 0 -0.2 4 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 Oct 6 23.037
56 Charlie Petty 3 1889 1894 0 -0.1 34 109 95 13 22 1 2 1 11 1 8 18 .232 .298 .316 .614 Jul 30 23.183
57 John Pickett 3 1889 1892 0 -2.4 189 813 749 115 189 16 12 5 88 21 58 48 .252 .311 .326 .637 Jun 6 23.106
58 Charlie Reilly 8 1889 1897 0 5.6 642 2623 2381 342 595 80 24 17 311 132 180 187 .250 .314 .325 .639 Oct 9 22.236
59 Charlie Reynolds 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 13 47 46 6 10 1 1 0 4 2 1 7 .217 .234 .283 .517 May 8 24.007
60 John Riddle 2 1889 1890 0 -1.1 38 142 122 10 15 3 1 0 5 4 19 8 .123 .246 .164 .410 Sep 18 25.000
61 Amos Rusie HOF 10 1889 1901 0 1.0 487 1765 1730 209 429 42 29 8 176 25 27 186 .248 .262 .320 .582 May 9 17.344 Signed as a Free Agent with the Indianapolis Hoosiers in 1889.
62 Jack Ryan 13 1889 1913 0 -6.5 616 2328 2192 245 476 69 29 4 189 32 0 85 155 .217 .249 .281 .529 Sep 2 20.294
63 Harry Scherer 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Jul 24 .000
64 Dan Shannon 3 1889 1891 0 -1.9 242 1042 964 171 225 36 21 8 111 54 77 107 .233 .291 .339 .630 Apr 17 24.025
65 Ed Springer 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 12 .000
66 Jack Stivetts 11 1889 1899 0 8.9 601 2148 1992 348 593 84 46 35 357 31 133 158 .298 .344 .439 .783 Jun 26 21.087
67 Mike Sullivan 10 1889 1899 0 -2.2 160 511 491 46 96 9 3 2 48 3 13 92 .196 .221 .238 .459 Jun 17 22.237
68 Parke Swartzel 1 1889 1889 0 -0.6 51 198 174 19 25 4 0 0 20 7 18 33 .144 .247 .167 .414 Apr 17 23.147
69 John Thornton 3 1889 1892 0 -1.1 46 145 143 8 22 3 0 0 9 1 2 13 .154 .166 .175 .340 Aug 14 20.084
70 John Traffley 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Jun 15 .000
71 Pete Weckbecker 2 1889 1890 0 0.1 33 111 102 17 24 1 0 0 11 7 8 0 .235 .297 .245 .542 Oct 5 25.036
Totals 252 1889 1913 0 99.6 13024 53688 48725 7877 12895 1807 713 389 6557 2784 0 4061 3710 .265 .327 .355 .682
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 Bill Anderson 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 0 1 .000 10.13 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 10 10 9 2 6 2 0 1 40 Aug 12 24.205
2 Dave Anderson 2 1889 1890 0 -0.8 3 13 .188 5.45 21 17 3 15 0 0 150.1 177 130 91 4 74 56 8 0 6 705 Aug 24 20.318
3 Varney Anderson 4 1889 1896 0 -1.1 9 20 .310 6.16 35 30 4 22 0 0 239.2 339 237 164 13 115 41 14 0 2 1162 Aug 1 23.044
4 John Bates 1 1889 1889 0 -0.3 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 15 14 12 0 5 3 0 1 44 Aug 25 21.089
5 George Bausewine 1 1889 1889 0 -0.5 1 4 .200 3.90 7 6 1 6 0 0 55.1 64 46 24 1 33 18 9 5 270 Sep 14 20.176
6 Alex Beam 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 1 1 .500 6.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 11 16 13 0 15 1 0 0 3 79 May 25 19.185
7 Charlie Bell 2 1889 1891 0 0.0 4 6 .400 3.88 12 11 1 10 0 0 95.0 99 72 41 4 26 20 10 0 2 418 Oct 13 21.062
8 Spider Clark 2 1889 1890 0 0.0 0 0 6.75 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 8 4 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 22 May 2 21.228
9 Theodore Conover 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 4 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 12 May 26 21.077
10 Bill Daley 3 1889 1891 0 2.2 29 16 .644 3.49 62 43 18 33 2 4 409.2 399 283 159 14 291 218 18 1 33 1935 Jul 17 21.020
11 Bill Day 2 1889 1890 0 -1.3 1 10 .091 4.66 14 11 3 10 0 0 92.2 108 90 48 1 59 39 1 0 2 442 Aug 20 22.023
12 Andy Dunning 2 1889 1891 0 -0.6 0 3 .000 6.75 3 3 0 2 0 0 20.0 23 24 15 2 19 5 0 0 2 101 May 23 17.284
13 Jesse Duryea 5 1889 1893 0 12.6 59 67 .468 3.45 143 130 13 104 5 3 1088.0 1101 669 417 41 349 416 56 0 65 4740 Apr 20 29.225
14 Jack Easton 5 1889 1894 0 -1.7 26 29 .473 4.12 76 57 18 46 0 2 522.1 498 360 239 14 262 246 50 2 47 2360 Sep 23 24.207
15 Jack Fanning 2 1889 1894 0 -1.3 1 4 .200 9.17 7 5 2 2 0 0 35.1 57 55 36 4 24 7 2 0 2 185 Sep 20 .000
16 Jack Fee 1 1889 1889 0 0.1 2 2 .500 4.28 7 3 4 2 0 0 40.0 39 29 19 2 31 10 6 0 4 194 Sep 14 21.265
17 Alex Ferson 3 1889 1892 0 1.7 18 25 .419 4.37 48 45 2 36 1 0 368.1 424 278 179 15 151 106 13 0 11 1681 May 4 22.294
18 Bill Garfield 2 1889 1890 0 -1.8 1 9 .100 5.73 13 10 3 9 0 0 99.0 136 99 63 5 52 20 9 0 5 491 Jul 10 21.257
19 Hank Gastright 7 1889 1896 0 1.3 72 63 .533 4.20 171 143 26 121 6 2 1301.1 1337 891 607 39 584 514 55 0 101 5830 Apr 19 24.021
20 Tom Gettinger 3 1889 1895 0 -0.1 0 0 7.11 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 13 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 32 Sep 21 20.284
21 George Goetz 1 1889 1889 0 0.1 1 0 1.000 4.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 12 6 4 0 0 2 0 1 39 Jun 17 .000
22 Bug Holliday 10 1889 1898 0 -0.4 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 17 8 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 36 Apr 17 22.068
23 Alex Jones 4 1889 1903 0 -0.2 7 15 .318 3.73 26 24 2 18 1 0 200.1 199 137 83 3 77 65 11 0 7 886 Sep 25 19.274
24 Al Krumm 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 0 1 .000 10.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 11 10 0 10 4 0 0 1 45 May 17 24.124
25 Steve Ladew 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 Sep 27 .000
26 Jimmy McAleer 13 1889 1907 0 -0.2 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 6 Apr 24 24.288
27 John McCarty 1 1889 1889 0 -0.6 8 6 .571 3.91 15 14 1 13 0 0 119.2 147 108 52 4 61 36 6 2 569 Apr 18 .000
28 Michael McDermott 1 1889 1889 0 0.3 1 8 .111 4.16 9 9 0 9 0 0 84.1 108 65 39 4 34 22 2 4 394 Sep 2 25.119
29 Sadie McMahon 9 1889 1897 0 39.2 173 127 .577 3.51 321 305 16 279 14 4 2634.0 2726 1592 1026 52 945 967 94 0 98 11534 Jul 5 21.289
30 Frank Pears 2 1889 1893 0 0.0 0 2 .000 6.23 4 2 2 2 0 0 26.0 30 23 18 2 11 5 2 0 1 120 Oct 6 23.037
31 Charlie Petty 3 1889 1894 0 -0.3 10 15 .400 5.41 34 26 6 19 0 0 228.0 308 216 137 11 94 40 19 0 9 1086 Jul 30 23.183
32 Amos Rusie HOF 10 1889 1901 0 64.6 246 174 .586 3.07 463 427 35 393 30 5 3778.2 3389 2068 1288 75 1707 1950 112 1 153 16313 May 9 17.344
33 Ed Springer 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.0 8 8 5 0 2 1 2 0 27 Jul 12 .000
34 Jack Stivetts 11 1889 1899 0 37.7 203 132 .606 3.74 388 333 52 278 14 5 2887.2 2905 1836 1199 130 1155 1223 99 0 120 12636 Jun 26 21.087
35 Mike Sullivan 10 1889 1899 0 -0.7 54 65 .454 5.04 160 119 39 99 1 4 1111.1 1292 892 622 45 568 285 77 0 78 5187 Jun 17 22.237
36 Parke Swartzel 1 1889 1889 0 0.8 19 27 .413 4.32 48 47 1 45 0 1 410.1 481 334 197 21 117 147 23 37 1837 Apr 17 23.147
37 John Thornton 3 1889 1892 0 1.8 15 19 .441 4.10 41 35 6 25 1 2 290.0 292 191 132 4 139 57 10 2 10 1308 Aug 14 20.084
Totals 132 1889 1907 0 149.3 964 866 .527 3.83 2143 1862 265 1604 75 33 16364.0 16787 10820 6965 513 7030 6529 709 6 817 72776


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