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1898 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 Nick Altrock 19 1898 1933 0 0.7 230 605 550 52 97 9 1 2 27 5 1 29 91 .176 .232 .207 .439 Jul 14 21.302
2 Frank Bates 2 1898 1899 0 0.2 27 91 77 9 16 1 0 0 5 0 12 21 .208 .322 .221 .543 Oct 7 22.009
3 Kitty Bransfield 12 1898 1911 0 7.7 1330 5386 4999 529 1351 225 75 13 637 175 221 383 .270 .304 .353 .657 Aug 22 23.227
4 Jimmy Burke 7 1898 1905 0 1.3 550 2142 1947 200 475 58 13 1 187 87 112 104 .244 .295 .289 .584 Oct 6 23.359
5 John Callahan 1 1898 1898 0 -0.1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 3 23.335
6 Charlie Carr 7 1898 1914 0 0.8 507 2093 1950 185 492 68 32 6 240 49 71 190 .252 .280 .329 .610 Sep 15 21.262
7 Bill Carrick 5 1898 1902 0 -2.2 169 545 497 38 81 9 6 0 30 4 31 145 .163 .215 .205 .420 Jul 30 24.328
8 Doc Casey 10 1898 1907 0 11.0 1114 4805 4341 584 1122 137 52 9 354 191 270 239 .258 .310 .320 .630 Sep 14 28.183
9 Frank Chance HOF 17 1898 1914 0 43.5 1288 5103 4299 798 1274 200 79 20 596 403 0 556 320 .296 .394 .394 .788 Apr 29 21.232 Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Orphans in 1898.
10 Josh Clarke 5 1898 1911 0 2.1 223 962 809 118 193 18 9 5 43 51 135 139 .239 .351 .302 .653 Jun 15 19.099
11 Bert Conn 3 1898 1901 0 0.2 12 31 30 7 8 2 1 0 2 0 0 6 .267 .290 .400 .690 Sep 16 18.359
12 Bill Dinneen 12 1898 1909 0 -0.3 417 1271 1143 99 219 18 5 1 60 29 80 221 .192 .252 .219 .471 Apr 22 22.017
13 Bill Donovan 18 1898 1918 0 0.9 459 1440 1302 142 251 30 11 7 93 36 0 77 341 .193 .241 .249 .490 Apr 22 21.191
14 Bill Duggleby 8 1898 1907 0 -1.1 242 686 649 51 107 24 4 6 51 3 21 216 .165 .193 .242 .435 Apr 21 24.036
15 Bill Eagle 1 1898 1898 0 0.0 4 13 13 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .308 .308 .385 .692 Aug 20 21.026
16 Kid Elberfeld 14 1898 1914 0 30.4 1292 5272 4561 647 1235 169 56 10 535 213 427 166 .271 .355 .339 .694 May 30 23.047
17 Ike Fisher 1 1898 1898 0 -0.3 9 27 26 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 .115 .148 .154 .302 May 17 26.323
18 Elmer Flick HOF 13 1898 1910 0 50.2 1483 6414 5597 950 1752 268 164 48 756 330 597 565 .313 .389 .445 .834 Apr 26 22.105
19 Pop Foster 4 1898 1901 0 2.0 262 1014 924 146 260 36 20 10 137 17 76 108 .281 .341 .396 .737 Sep 13 20.158
20 Fred Frank 1 1898 1898 0 -0.1 17 58 53 3 11 1 1 0 3 1 4 1 .208 .276 .264 .540 Sep 27 25.200
21 Dave Fultz 7 1898 1905 0 4.4 644 2713 2393 369 648 84 26 3 223 189 201 185 .271 .332 .331 .664 Jul 1 23.033 Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1898.
22 Joe Gannon 1 1898 1898 0 -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 28 21.187
23 John Ganzel 7 1898 1908 0 8.1 747 2957 2715 281 682 104 50 18 336 48 136 173 .251 .298 .346 .644 Apr 21 24.014
24 Welcome Gaston 2 1898 1899 0 0.1 3 10 9 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 .222 .300 .556 .856 Oct 6 23.291
25 Frank Gatins 2 1898 1901 0 -1.1 67 269 255 27 58 9 2 1 26 8 8 31 .227 .259 .290 .550 Sep 21 27.199
26 Jack Gilbert 2 1898 1904 0 -0.3 28 114 96 13 23 0 0 0 4 5 13 6 .240 .354 .240 .594 Sep 11 23.007
27 George Gillpatrick 1 1898 1898 0 -0.2 7 16 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 May 22 23.083
28 Ed Glenn 2 1898 1902 0 0.0 5 23 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 .067 .263 .067 .330 Sep 7 22.000
29 Danny Green 8 1898 1905 0 19.2 923 3938 3484 552 1021 124 65 29 423 192 315 386 .293 .359 .391 .750 Aug 17 21.284
30 Russ Hall 2 1898 1901 0 -0.6 40 160 147 15 37 2 1 0 10 1 7 11 .252 .290 .279 .569 Apr 15 26.198
31 Frank Hansford 1 1898 1898 0 -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 9 23.165
32 Topsy Hartsel 14 1898 1911 0 28.9 1356 5793 4848 826 1336 182 92 31 341 247 837 549 .276 .384 .370 .754 Sep 14 24.080
33 Emmet Heidrick 8 1898 1908 0 14.3 757 3308 3047 468 914 108 73 16 342 186 146 202 .300 .333 .399 .732 Sep 14 22.047
34 Mike Heydon 7 1898 1907 0 0.3 214 704 619 52 111 19 6 2 53 12 70 126 .179 .271 .239 .510 Oct 12 24.089
35 Lefty Hopper 1 1898 1898 0 -0.1 2 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Oct 10 23.136
36 Harry Howell 13 1898 1910 0 2.5 458 1510 1394 143 302 60 25 11 131 19 64 320 .217 .257 .319 .576 Oct 10 21.330
37 Jim Hughes 4 1898 1902 0 1.2 149 505 453 68 99 17 9 3 55 2 39 76 .219 .283 .316 .599 Apr 18 24.086
38 Frank Isbell 10 1898 1909 0 13.4 1119 4652 4219 501 1056 158 62 13 455 253 190 352 .250 .289 .326 .616 May 1 22.253
39 Cowboy Jones 4 1898 1901 0 -0.7 70 224 201 16 32 4 3 0 8 1 16 66 .159 .225 .209 .434 Jun 24 23.305
40 Jack Katoll 4 1898 1902 0 -0.8 50 164 149 19 20 2 1 1 9 2 13 28 .134 .209 .181 .390 Sep 9 26.077
41 George Kelb 1 1898 1898 0 0.0 3 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 Apr 17 27.274
42 Frank Kitson 10 1898 1907 0 3.6 352 1034 978 118 235 28 17 4 95 14 38 155 .240 .274 .316 .590 May 19 28.250
43 Hi Ladd 1 1898 1898 0 0.0 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 Jul 12 28.153
44 Tacks Latimer 5 1898 1902 0 -0.6 27 89 86 5 19 3 0 0 7 1 2 6 .221 .239 .256 .494 Oct 1 20.305
45 Billy Lauder 5 1898 1903 0 -0.9 485 1958 1837 211 478 64 14 5 253 59 77 139 .260 .291 .318 .610 Jun 25 24.122 Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1894.
46 Tommy Leach 19 1898 1918 0 43.8 2156 9051 7959 1355 2143 266 172 63 810 361 24 820 668 .269 .340 .370 .710 Sep 28 20.328
47 Sam Leever 13 1898 1910 0 -0.2 389 1074 993 90 183 17 14 2 78 4 49 139 .184 .228 .236 .463 May 26 26.154
48 George Magoon 5 1898 1903 0 3.6 522 2104 1834 199 439 62 16 2 201 47 194 160 .239 .321 .294 .615 Jun 29 23.094
49 Lou Mahaffey 1 1898 1898 0 0.0 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 Apr 26 24.113
50 Harry Maupin 2 1898 1899 0 -0.1 7 18 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .353 Oct 5 26.086
51 Pete McBride 2 1898 1899 0 0.2 13 33 29 2 7 1 0 1 7 0 3 9 .241 .333 .379 .713 Sep 20 23.073
52 Bob McHale 1 1898 1898 0 -0.2 11 38 33 5 6 2 0 0 7 1 1 4 .182 .270 .242 .513 May 9 28.091
53 Kit McKenna 2 1898 1899 0 0.0 23 64 57 6 10 4 0 0 7 0 5 5 .175 .254 .246 .500 Jul 7 25.147
54 Ralph Miller 2 1898 1899 0 0.1 30 85 73 10 14 2 1 0 8 1 8 11 .192 .298 .247 .544 May 4 25.050
55 Ed Murphy 4 1898 1903 0 0.5 77 212 203 19 50 4 0 1 21 0 5 23 .246 .264 .281 .545 Apr 23 21.102
56 Art Nichols 6 1898 1903 0 0.5 241 888 793 112 194 28 3 3 90 51 50 71 .245 .308 .299 .606 Sep 16 27.064
57 Bill Phyle 4 1898 1906 0 -0.5 61 192 182 17 32 5 1 0 8 2 9 30 .176 .215 .214 .429 Sep 17 23.084
58 Wiley Piatt 6 1898 1903 0 1.3 187 596 543 66 130 8 5 0 48 2 34 85 .239 .293 .273 .565 Apr 22 23.283
59 Dave Pickett 1 1898 1898 0 0.1 14 51 43 3 12 1 0 0 3 2 6 3 .279 .380 .302 .682 Jul 21 24.056
60 Doc Powers 11 1898 1909 0 -4.1 647 2238 2088 183 450 72 13 4 199 27 72 296 .216 .248 .268 .516 Jun 12 27.263
61 John Puhl 2 1898 1899 0 -0.1 3 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .182 .250 .182 .432 Oct 13 22.095
62 Joe Regan 1 1898 1898 0 0.0 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 Sep 21 26.071
63 John Richter 1 1898 1898 0 -0.1 3 14 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .154 .308 Oct 6 25.240
64 Joe Rickert 2 1898 1901 0 -0.3 15 71 66 6 11 1 2 0 1 1 3 8 .167 .203 .242 .445 Oct 12 21.304
65 Rosie Rosebraugh 2 1898 1899 0 0.1 6 11 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .300 .364 .300 .664 Sep 21 23.013
66 Stub Smith 1 1898 1898 0 -0.1 3 10 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 Sep 10 24.290
67 Cooney Snyder 1 1898 1898 0 -0.5 17 68 61 4 10 0 0 0 6 0 3 8 .164 .215 .164 .379 May 19 25.013
68 Harry Steinfeldt 14 1898 1911 0 27.8 1647 6691 5900 759 1578 284 90 27 762 202 471 477 .267 .330 .360 .690 Apr 22 20.205
69 Tom Stouch 1 1898 1898 0 0.0 4 17 16 4 5 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 .313 .353 .375 .728 Jul 7 28.217
70 Suter Sullivan 2 1898 1899 0 -0.9 169 675 617 47 148 19 3 0 67 17 38 29 .240 .298 .280 .578 Jul 24 25.283
71 Jack Sutthoff 6 1898 1905 0 -1.0 90 261 244 21 35 5 5 0 12 2 10 57 .143 .177 .205 .382 Sep 15 25.078
72 Billy Taylor 1 1898 1898 0 0.0 9 27 24 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 .250 .308 .292 .599 Sep 19 27.000
73 Jack Taylor 10 1898 1907 0 3.6 339 1157 1063 110 236 42 13 2 88 18 66 127 .222 .271 .292 .562 Sep 25 24.286
74 Frank Todd 1 1898 1898 0 0.0 4 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 .800 Jul 14 28.269
75 Butts Wagner 1 1898 1898 0 -1.4 74 284 261 22 59 12 3 1 34 4 16 10 .226 .279 .307 .585 Apr 27 26.222
76 Charlie Weber 1 1898 1898 0 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 30 29.281
77 Pop Williams 3 1898 1903 0 0.8 59 199 179 21 40 3 2 0 18 0 11 14 .223 .287 .263 .550 Sep 14 24.118
78 Vic Willis HOF 13 1898 1910 0 -3.5 531 1623 1493 107 248 19 4 1 84 3 81 201 .166 .213 .186 .399 Apr 20 22.008
79 Harry Wilson 1 1898 1898 0 0.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 Oct 12 22.284
80 Harry Wolverton 9 1898 1912 0 10.3 783 3296 3001 346 833 95 53 7 352 83 0 166 111 .278 .326 .352 .677 Sep 25 24.293
81 Bob Wood 7 1898 1905 0 6.6 383 1368 1246 149 350 73 15 2 168 15 89 33 .281 .338 .368 .707 May 2 32.278
82 Walt Woods 3 1898 1900 0 -2.0 91 305 281 31 46 2 1 1 22 8 14 22 .164 .206 .189 .395 Apr 20 22.357
83 Joe Yeager 10 1898 1908 0 8.1 574 2057 1853 204 467 77 29 4 201 37 110 144 .252 .312 .331 .643 Apr 22 22.237
Totals 454 1898 1933 0 329.8 26334 102933 91966 12155 23784 3350 1422 396 9849 3724 25 7234 8844 .259 .320 .339 .659

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 Nick Altrock 19 1898 1933 0 7.9 83 75 .525 2.67 218 161 45 128 16 7 1514.0 1455 600 449 16 272 425 22 1 31 6016 Jul 14 21.302
2 Frank Bates 2 1898 1899 0 -3.3 3 19 .136 6.33 26 23 3 21 0 0 190.2 276 198 134 6 121 18 24 2 5 964 Oct 7 22.009
3 John Callahan 1 1898 1898 0 -0.7 0 2 .000 16.20 2 2 0 1 0 0 8.1 18 20 15 2 7 2 2 1 1 51 Sep 3 23.335
4 Bill Carrick 5 1898 1902 0 3.5 63 89 .414 4.14 167 155 12 138 4 0 1324.2 1650 889 610 33 400 239 65 0 29 5896 Jul 30 24.328
5 Bert Conn 3 1898 1901 0 -1.4 0 3 .000 7.77 5 2 2 1 0 0 24.1 42 38 21 1 18 5 6 0 1 135 Sep 16 18.359
6 Bill Dinneen 12 1898 1909 0 37.8 170 177 .490 3.01 391 352 35 306 24 7 3074.2 2957 1411 1029 78 829 1127 76 5 68 12548 Apr 22 22.017
7 Bill Donovan 18 1898 1918 0 38.5 185 139 .571 2.69 378 327 49 289 35 8 2964.2 2631 1212 886 30 1059 1552 90 0 69 12175 Apr 22 21.191
8 Bill Duggleby 8 1898 1907 0 12.7 93 102 .477 3.18 241 191 48 159 17 6 1741.1 1844 851 616 39 424 453 83 5 22 7278 Apr 21 24.036
9 Joe Gannon 1 1898 1898 0 -0.3 0 1 .000 11.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 13 13 11 0 5 2 1 0 0 45 Aug 28 21.187
10 Welcome Gaston 2 1898 1899 0 0.2 1 1 .500 2.84 3 2 1 2 0 0 19.0 20 10 6 0 13 0 1 0 1 89 Oct 6 23.291
11 George Gillpatrick 1 1898 1898 0 -1.0 0 2 .000 6.94 7 3 3 1 0 0 35.0 42 38 27 0 19 12 2 0 2 163 May 22 23.083
12 Frank Hansford 1 1898 1898 0 0.1 0 0 3.86 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 10 4 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 35 Jun 9 23.165
13 Emmet Heidrick 8 1898 1908 0 0.1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Sep 14 22.047
14 Lefty Hopper 1 1898 1898 0 -0.3 0 2 .000 4.91 2 2 0 2 0 0 11.0 14 11 6 0 5 5 0 0 1 51 Oct 10 23.136
15 Harry Howell 13 1898 1910 0 29.1 131 146 .473 2.74 340 282 53 244 20 6 2567.2 2435 1158 781 27 677 986 97 1 51 10442 Oct 10 21.330
16 Jim Hughes 4 1898 1902 0 12.6 83 40 .675 3.00 134 128 6 111 8 0 1088.0 1006 512 363 16 372 368 53 1 33 4538 Apr 18 24.086
17 Frank Isbell 10 1898 1909 0 -0.2 4 7 .364 3.59 17 10 7 7 0 1 85.1 92 57 34 0 43 19 7 1 5 387 May 1 22.253
18 Cowboy Jones 4 1898 1901 0 1.3 25 34 .424 3.61 70 66 2 52 3 0 526.1 618 331 211 15 155 147 32 0 10 2307 Jun 24 23.305
19 Jack Katoll 4 1898 1902 0 -0.2 17 22 .436 3.32 47 41 6 35 0 0 361.0 432 251 133 8 90 90 14 0 5 1571 Sep 9 26.077
20 George Kelb 1 1898 1898 0 -0.5 0 1 .000 4.41 3 1 2 1 0 0 16.1 23 17 8 0 1 8 4 0 0 75 Apr 17 27.274
21 Frank Kitson 10 1898 1907 0 17.4 129 118 .522 3.18 304 250 50 211 19 7 2221.2 2331 1087 784 52 491 731 81 2 38 9212 May 19 28.250
22 Sam Leever 13 1898 1910 0 39.0 194 100 .660 2.47 388 299 75 241 39 13 2660.2 2449 1023 731 29 587 847 88 4 46 10662 May 26 26.154
23 Lou Mahaffey 1 1898 1898 0 -0.2 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 9 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 41 Apr 26 24.113
24 Harry Maupin 2 1898 1899 0 -0.9 0 5 .000 9.63 7 5 2 4 0 0 43.0 77 47 46 0 10 6 4 2 1 214 Oct 5 26.086
25 Pete McBride 2 1898 1899 0 -0.2 2 5 .286 4.31 12 7 4 5 0 0 71.0 74 52 34 4 44 32 5 0 11 325 Sep 20 23.073
26 Kit McKenna 2 1898 1899 0 -1.4 4 9 .308 5.31 22 13 8 11 0 1 145.2 184 113 86 5 76 34 20 0 12 697 Jul 7 25.147
27 Ralph Miller 2 1898 1899 0 -1.8 5 17 .227 5.15 29 25 4 19 0 1 188.2 205 147 108 4 100 46 17 0 6 862 May 4 25.050
28 Ed Murphy 4 1898 1903 0 -0.8 25 25 .500 3.64 68 53 14 39 1 1 465.0 537 276 188 17 111 103 10 0 9 1987 Apr 23 21.102
29 Bill Phyle 4 1898 1906 0 -1.5 10 19 .345 3.96 37 31 5 28 2 2 275.1 324 194 121 4 89 76 12 1 7 1213 Sep 17 23.084
30 Wiley Piatt 6 1898 1903 0 7.3 86 79 .521 3.60 182 170 11 139 12 1 1390.1 1481 826 556 26 455 517 78 1 27 5978 Apr 22 23.283
31 Rosie Rosebraugh 2 1898 1899 0 -0.3 0 3 .000 4.55 6 4 2 2 0 0 27.2 37 22 14 0 12 8 4 0 0 132 Sep 21 23.013
32 Suter Sullivan 2 1898 1899 0 0.0 0 0 1.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 10 4 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 31 Jul 24 25.283
33 Jack Sutthoff 6 1898 1905 0 2.0 32 40 .444 3.54 89 69 18 57 4 0 658.2 671 382 259 10 291 198 34 0 13 2826 Sep 15 25.078
34 Jack Taylor 10 1898 1907 0 27.3 152 139 .522 2.65 311 287 24 279 20 5 2626.0 2504 1195 774 41 584 662 94 3 41 10705 Sep 25 24.286
35 Frank Todd 1 1898 1898 0 -0.9 0 2 .000 13.91 4 2 2 0 0 0 11.0 23 21 17 0 8 5 2 0 0 65 Jul 14 28.269
36 Charlie Weber 1 1898 1898 0 -0.3 0 1 .000 15.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 9 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 23 Jul 30 29.281
37 Pop Williams 3 1898 1903 0 0.6 16 25 .390 3.17 47 47 0 41 2 0 386.1 426 204 136 4 113 132 20 1 6 1650 Sep 14 24.118
38 Vic Willis HOF 13 1898 1910 0 62.7 249 205 .548 2.63 513 471 41 388 50 11 3996.0 3621 1620 1167 66 1212 1651 156 6 94 16263 Apr 20 22.008
39 Walt Woods 3 1898 1900 0 3.1 18 26 .409 3.34 54 43 10 35 3 0 404.1 449 235 150 16 97 48 17 0 4 1719 Apr 20 22.357
40 Joe Yeager 10 1898 1908 0 5.1 33 49 .402 3.74 94 80 14 73 3 2 704.2 805 421 293 15 188 145 21 1 7 3033 Apr 22 22.237
Totals 215 1898 1933 0 292.1 1813 1730 .512 3.06 4224 3607 560 3072 282 79 31864.1 31805 15508 10818 564 8993 10703 1244 38 657 132407


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