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1897 Major League Baseball New Debuts

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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 Ed Abbaticchio 9 1897 1910 0 7.3 855 3459 3044 355 772 99 43 11 324 142 289 287 .254 .325 .325 .650 Sep 4 20.142
2 Doc Amole 2 1897 1898 0 -0.4 18 52 48 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 2 7 .104 .173 .104 .277 Aug 19 19.045
3 Bob Becker 2 1897 1898 0 0.0 6 13 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 .100 .308 .100 .408 Sep 6 22.022
4 Ira Belden 1 1897 1897 0 0.1 8 35 30 5 8 0 2 0 4 0 2 6 .267 .333 .400 .733 Sep 17 23.154
5 Ed Biecher 2 1897 1898 0 -0.3 11 38 37 2 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .243 .243 .297 .541 Sep 26 22.030
6 George Blackburn 1 1897 1897 0 -0.2 5 13 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .077 .077 .077 .154 Jul 6 25.288
7 Roger Bresnahan HOF 17 1897 1915 0 39.1 1446 5374 4481 682 1252 218 71 26 530 212 4 714 405 .279 .386 .377 .764 Aug 27 18.077
8 Charlie Brown 1 1897 1897 0 0.0 4 11 11 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .273 .273 .364 .636 Aug 4 25.352
9 John Brown 1 1897 1897 0 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Aug 11 20.352
10 Dick Butler 2 1897 1899 0 -0.6 22 77 74 7 17 0 1 0 3 2 2 2 .230 .250 .257 .507 Jun 16 27.000
11 Win Clark 1 1897 1897 0 -0.2 4 17 16 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 .188 .235 .188 .423 Jul 12 22.092
12 Henry Clarke 2 1897 1898 0 0.0 9 32 29 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 .276 .344 .276 .620 Jun 26 21.326
13 Dick Cogan 3 1897 1900 0 0.1 12 39 34 4 6 1 2 0 4 0 3 4 .176 .263 .324 .587 May 10 25.156
14 Percy Coleman 2 1897 1898 0 -0.1 14 37 34 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 .206 .270 .206 .476 Jul 2 20.260
15 Fred Cooke 1 1897 1897 0 0.1 5 21 17 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 .294 .400 .412 .812 Jul 30 23.000
16 Bill Dammann 3 1897 1899 0 -0.2 60 149 131 18 22 0 6 0 15 0 16 30 .168 .264 .260 .523 Apr 24 24.258
17 Roger Denzer 2 1897 1901 0 -0.4 23 65 61 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 18 .131 .185 .164 .349 Apr 24 25.201
18 Pete Dowling 4 1897 1901 0 -0.4 118 378 354 28 70 10 5 1 29 2 13 77 .198 .239 .263 .501 Jul 17 21.002
19 Davey Dunkle 5 1897 1904 0 -0.5 62 169 164 8 31 2 0 0 10 0 4 36 .189 .208 .201 .410 Aug 28 24.363
20 Jack Dunn 8 1897 1904 0 -0.8 490 1772 1622 197 397 54 10 1 164 55 83 122 .245 .287 .292 .580 May 6 24.212
21 Roy Evans 5 1897 1903 0 -0.5 84 235 201 11 32 4 0 0 13 2 21 99 .159 .246 .179 .425 May 15 23.057
22 Jack Fifield 3 1897 1899 0 0.0 69 220 196 18 38 5 1 2 14 1 19 24 .194 .265 .260 .525 Apr 28 25.205
23 Bill Fox 2 1897 1901 0 -1.1 47 186 173 13 32 2 1 0 7 9 5 24 .185 .212 .208 .420 Aug 20 25.217
24 Jake Gettman 3 1897 1899 0 -0.3 197 833 772 108 215 24 8 8 78 44 40 83 .278 .322 .361 .683 Aug 20 21.299
25 John Grimes 1 1897 1897 0 0.1 3 10 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 .286 .500 .286 .786 Jul 28 28.102
26 Irv Hach 1 1897 1897 0 -0.2 16 62 51 5 11 2 0 0 3 1 5 5 .216 .322 .255 .577 Jul 1 24.026
27 Pat Hannivan 1 1897 1897 0 0.0 10 26 20 4 5 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 .250 .375 .250 .625 Apr 29 31.009
28 Dick Harley 7 1897 1903 0 -1.8 741 3248 2882 389 755 59 27 10 236 139 223 250 .262 .332 .312 .644 Jun 2 24.250
29 Tom Hernon 1 1897 1897 0 -0.4 4 17 16 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 .063 .063 .063 .125 Sep 13 30.313
30 Charlie Hickman 12 1897 1908 0 21.3 1081 4252 3982 478 1176 217 91 59 614 72 153 397 .295 .331 .440 .771 Sep 8 21.127
31 Jesse Hoffmeister 1 1897 1897 0 0.2 48 197 188 33 58 6 9 3 36 6 8 25 .309 .337 .484 .821 Jul 24 25.000
32 Frank Huelsman 3 1897 1905 0 2.2 235 910 824 76 213 52 13 5 97 18 62 144 .258 .322 .371 .693 Oct 3 23.120
33 Youngy Johnson 2 1897 1899 0 -0.2 6 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .071 .071 .071 .143 Apr 29 23.281
34 Jim Jones 3 1897 1902 0 -0.7 90 366 344 28 79 16 4 0 24 9 18 37 .230 .270 .299 .569 Jun 29 20.186
35 Charlie Kuhns 2 1897 1899 0 0.0 8 24 21 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 .238 .333 .238 .571 Jun 4 20.220
36 Tom Leahy 4 1897 1905 0 1.2 131 473 410 54 105 15 9 0 42 18 44 50 .256 .348 .337 .685 May 18 27.350
37 Tom Lipp 1 1897 1897 0 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Sep 18 27.106
38 Bill Magee 5 1897 1902 0 -1.6 107 300 284 19 48 4 2 0 27 2 9 66 .169 .197 .197 .394 May 18 21.316
39 Mike Mahoney 2 1897 1898 0 -0.2 4 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .111 .111 .111 .222 May 18 23.164 Signed by the Boston Beaneaters as an amateur free agent in 1897.
40 Frank Martin 3 1897 1899 0 -0.4 20 69 66 6 16 2 0 0 1 0 2 15 .242 .275 .273 .548 Jun 30 18.336
41 Bert Miller 1 1897 1897 0 0.0 4 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 Jul 15 21.260
42 Kid Nance 3 1897 1901 0 1.9 189 774 657 110 182 34 8 7 99 14 83 53 .277 .362 .385 .747 Aug 19 21.017
43 Tom O'Brien 4 1897 1900 0 2.0 428 1757 1573 249 437 60 24 10 229 55 120 87 .278 .341 .366 .707 May 10 24.079
44 John Pappalau 1 1897 1897 0 0.0 2 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .000 .286 .000 .286 Jun 9 22.067
45 Jack Powell 16 1897 1912 0 1.1 585 1754 1610 133 309 38 14 8 124 3 0 87 299 .192 .237 .248 .484 Jun 23 22.349
46 Claude Ritchey 13 1897 1909 0 31.5 1672 6826 5923 709 1619 216 68 18 675 155 607 291 .273 .348 .342 .690 Apr 22 23.199
47 Jack Rothfuss 1 1897 1897 0 0.3 35 123 115 20 36 3 1 2 18 3 5 10 .313 .352 .409 .761 Aug 2 25.106
48 Ossee Schrecongost 11 1897 1908 0 11.7 895 3216 3057 304 829 136 31 9 338 52 102 145 .271 .297 .345 .642 Sep 8 22.150
49 Jimmy Sheckard 17 1897 1913 0 46.7 2122 9118 7605 1296 2084 354 136 56 813 465 12 1135 849 .274 .375 .378 .753 Sep 14 18.295
50 Aleck Smith 9 1897 1906 0 -1.7 287 1012 955 107 252 30 11 1 130 37 26 65 .264 .288 .321 .609 Apr 23 .000
51 Heinie Smith 6 1897 1903 0 -0.4 313 1224 1132 119 268 42 7 3 92 54 51 131 .237 .276 .294 .570 Sep 1 25.312
52 Chief Sockalexis 3 1897 1899 0 0.6 94 395 367 54 115 12 8 3 55 16 20 48 .313 .355 .414 .770 Apr 22 25.180
53 Tully Sparks 12 1897 1910 0 -4.7 314 887 801 45 92 16 4 0 41 0 52 203 .115 .172 .145 .317 Sep 15 22.277
54 Chick Stahl 10 1897 1906 0 29.4 1304 5709 5069 858 1546 219 118 36 622 189 470 271 .305 .369 .416 .785 Apr 19 24.099
55 Joe Stanley 7 1897 1909 0 -2.6 216 778 694 77 148 15 10 2 76 20 51 110 .213 .275 .272 .547 Sep 11 16.162
56 Willie Sudhoff 10 1897 1906 0 -1.2 303 924 836 77 149 16 9 1 57 13 59 180 .178 .238 .222 .460 Aug 20 22.337
57 Cy Swaim 2 1897 1898 0 -0.5 42 108 106 9 21 1 0 0 13 3 1 16 .198 .206 .208 .413 May 3 23.053
58 Rube Waddell HOF 13 1897 1910 0 -2.4 410 1137 1066 61 172 29 10 4 83 6 42 299 .161 .197 .219 .416 Sep 8 20.330 Signed as a Free Agent with the Louisville Colonels in 1897.
59 Honus Wagner HOF 21 1897 1917 0 126.2 2794 11748 10439 1739 3420 643 252 101 1733 723 26 963 737 .328 .391 .467 .858 Jul 19 23.145
Totals 291 1897 1917 0 298.2 18084 70708 62689 8541 17100 2663 1016 387 7505 2549 42 5634 6047 .273 .340 .366 .706

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 Doc Amole 2 1897 1898 0 -0.1 4 10 .286 4.75 18 12 5 10 0 0 119.1 150 91 63 0 39 30 12 0 4 544 Aug 19 19.045
2 Bob Becker 2 1897 1898 0 -0.2 0 2 .000 6.52 6 2 4 2 0 0 29.0 38 24 21 0 12 10 1 0 1 134 Sep 6 22.022
3 George Blackburn 1 1897 1897 0 -0.5 2 2 .500 6.82 5 4 1 3 0 0 33.0 34 30 25 2 12 1 1 0 0 142 Jul 6 25.288
4 Roger Bresnahan HOF 17 1897 1915 0 0.8 4 1 .800 3.93 9 6 3 3 1 0 50.1 68 30 22 1 15 15 3 0 0 230 Aug 27 18.077
5 Charlie Brown 1 1897 1897 0 -0.4 1 2 .333 7.77 4 4 0 2 0 0 24.1 30 25 21 2 17 8 5 0 1 122 Aug 4 25.352
6 John Brown 1 1897 1897 0 -0.2 0 1 .000 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 8 4 0 4 0 3 0 1 28 Aug 11 20.352
7 Henry Clarke 2 1897 1898 0 -0.1 1 4 .200 4.99 6 5 1 4 0 0 39.2 40 33 22 4 17 4 4 0 0 175 Jun 26 21.326
8 Dick Cogan 3 1897 1900 0 -0.4 2 3 .400 5.00 8 5 3 5 0 0 54.0 68 41 30 1 32 10 5 0 2 259 May 10 25.156
9 Percy Coleman 2 1897 1898 0 -1.4 1 3 .250 6.69 14 6 7 4 0 0 75.1 121 83 56 0 36 12 9 0 4 382 Jul 2 20.260
10 Bill Dammann 3 1897 1899 0 2.9 24 15 .615 4.06 60 38 22 26 4 3 367.2 473 227 166 5 115 74 13 1 11 1655 Apr 24 24.258
11 Roger Denzer 2 1897 1901 0 0.0 4 14 .222 4.43 23 19 4 11 1 0 156.1 194 121 77 6 39 39 4 0 6 686 Apr 24 25.201
12 Pete Dowling 4 1897 1901 0 5.4 39 64 .379 3.84 118 103 12 93 2 1 916.0 992 581 391 15 341 300 64 4 18 4023 Jul 17 21.002
13 Davey Dunkle 5 1897 1904 0 -4.4 17 30 .362 5.02 61 47 13 36 0 1 421.0 503 319 235 10 162 139 21 0 18 1887 Aug 28 24.363
14 Jack Dunn 8 1897 1904 0 6.8 64 59 .520 4.11 142 118 21 103 3 3 1076.2 1217 664 492 30 334 171 54 0 15 4687 May 6 24.212
15 Roy Evans 5 1897 1903 0 1.0 29 43 .403 3.66 84 68 15 57 2 0 614.1 673 368 250 10 233 211 36 0 19 2665 May 15 23.057
16 Jack Fifield 3 1897 1899 0 1.2 21 39 .350 4.59 68 64 4 54 3 1 521.2 616 362 266 11 193 89 33 1 16 2336 Apr 28 25.205
17 John Grimes 1 1897 1897 0 -0.4 0 2 .000 5.95 3 1 2 1 0 0 19.2 24 23 13 0 8 4 6 0 0 94 Jul 28 28.102
18 Charlie Hickman 12 1897 1908 0 1.5 10 8 .556 4.28 30 22 8 15 3 4 185.0 175 105 88 4 94 37 12 0 4 810 Sep 8 21.127
19 Youngy Johnson 2 1897 1899 0 0.0 1 2 .333 4.35 6 2 4 1 0 0 31.0 39 24 15 0 14 8 2 0 2 144 Apr 29 23.281
20 Jim Jones 3 1897 1902 0 -0.6 0 1 .000 15.43 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.2 25 28 20 1 7 3 2 0 1 67 Jun 29 20.186
21 Tom Lipp 1 1897 1897 0 -0.2 0 1 .000 15.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 19 Sep 18 27.106
22 Bill Magee 5 1897 1902 0 -0.1 29 51 .363 4.94 107 90 17 69 5 0 743.2 838 523 408 23 352 161 59 2 18 3376 May 18 21.316
23 Mike Mahoney 2 1897 1898 0 -0.1 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 May 18 23.164
24 Bert Miller 1 1897 1897 0 -0.7 0 1 .000 7.94 4 1 3 1 0 0 17.0 32 23 15 0 3 3 0 0 1 84 Jul 15 21.260
25 John Pappalau 1 1897 1897 0 -0.4 0 1 .000 10.50 2 1 1 1 0 0 12.0 22 16 14 0 6 3 2 0 0 64 Jun 9 22.067
26 Jack Powell 16 1897 1912 0 51.3 245 254 .491 2.97 578 516 57 422 46 15 4389.0 4319 1991 1450 110 1021 1621 120 2 67 17896 Jun 23 22.349
27 Heinie Smith 6 1897 1903 0 -0.3 0 1 .000 8.10 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.1 24 13 12 0 5 5 3 0 0 70 Sep 1 25.312
28 Tully Sparks 12 1897 1910 0 23.0 121 137 .469 2.82 314 270 40 203 19 8 2343.2 2250 1067 734 33 630 780 87 1 24 9583 Sep 15 22.277
29 Chick Stahl 10 1897 1906 0 -0.1 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 11 Apr 19 24.099
30 Joe Stanley 7 1897 1909 0 -0.4 0 0 9.39 3 0 3 0 0 0 7.2 7 9 8 1 5 4 2 0 2 34 Sep 11 16.162
31 Willie Sudhoff 10 1897 1906 0 12.3 102 135 .430 3.60 278 239 38 199 10 3 2075.1 2173 1141 830 62 603 516 125 0 30 8810 Aug 20 22.337
32 Cy Swaim 2 1897 1898 0 0.9 12 22 .353 4.48 42 32 9 23 0 1 285.1 338 206 142 9 87 82 14 0 8 1258 May 3 23.053
33 Rube Waddell HOF 13 1897 1910 0 57.7 193 143 .574 2.16 407 340 54 261 50 5 2961.1 2460 1063 711 37 803 2316 115 3 74 11717 Sep 8 20.330
34 Honus Wagner HOF 21 1897 1917 0 -0.1 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 7 5 0 0 6 6 0 0 3 37 Jul 19 23.145
Totals 186 1897 1917 0 153.7 926 1051 .468 3.38 2410 2019 357 1611 149 45 17613.2 17970 9253 6610 377 5251 6664 817 14 350 74036


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