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1917 Major League Baseball New Debuts

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Rk Yrs From To ASG G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Debut Age
1 Vic Aldridge 9 1917 1928 0 248 623 581 46 133 14 4 2 60 2 0 10 41 .229 .242 .277 .519 Apr 15 23.172
2 Walter Anderson 2 1917 1919 0 17 13 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .273 .333 .273 .606 May 14 19.231
3 Eddie Bacon 1 1917 1917 0 4 6 6 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 .667 1.167 Aug 13 22.127
4 Gene Bailey 5 1917 1924 0 213 727 634 95 156 16 7 2 52 13 15 63 61 .246 .321 .303 .624 Sep 10 23.289
5 Al Baird 2 1917 1919 0 48 115 107 9 27 1 0 0 9 5 7 11 .252 .298 .262 .560 Sep 10 22.100
6 Pete Bigler 1 1917 1917 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 6 24.144
7 Fred Blackwell 3 1917 1919 0 35 99 88 5 18 3 0 0 10 0 6 16 .205 .263 .239 .502 Sep 25 26.018
8 Tony Boeckel 6 1917 1923 0 777 3197 2880 372 813 130 36 27 337 90 46 237 218 .282 .339 .381 .720 Jul 23 24.332
9 Dallas Bradshaw 1 1917 1917 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 5 21.194
10 John Brock 2 1917 1918 0 34 72 67 13 17 3 0 0 6 7 3 12 .254 .286 .299 .584 Aug 10 20.298
11 Howie Camp 1 1917 1917 0 5 22 21 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .318 .333 .652 Sep 19 24.080
12 Hal Carlson 14 1917 1930 0 385 762 712 58 159 18 4 5 72 0 1 24 118 .223 .251 .281 .532 Apr 13 24.331
13 Howdy Caton 4 1917 1920 0 231 922 814 85 184 18 16 0 53 18 9 83 52 .226 .301 .287 .588 Sep 17 21.063
14 Jimmy Cooney 7 1917 1928 0 448 1722 1575 181 413 64 16 2 150 30 13 76 58 .262 .298 .327 .625 Sep 22 23.029
15 Johnny Couch 5 1917 1925 0 148 239 222 10 37 2 2 3 18 1 1 9 62 .167 .203 .234 .437 Apr 11 26.011
16 Cal Crum 2 1917 1918 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 4 27.281
17 Adam Debus 1 1917 1917 0 38 142 131 9 30 5 4 0 7 2 7 14 .229 .279 .328 .607 Jul 14 24.280
18 Tony DeFate 1 1917 1917 0 17 20 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 .125 .300 .125 .425 Apr 18 22.055
19 George Dickerson 1 1917 1917 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 2 24.244
20 Pickles Dillhoefer 5 1917 1921 0 247 650 600 59 134 16 10 0 48 12 2 35 30 .223 .266 .283 .549 Apr 16 23.185
21 Paddy Driscoll 1 1917 1917 0 13 32 28 2 3 1 0 0 3 2 2 6 .107 .167 .143 .310 Jun 12 22.152
22 Joe Dugan 14 1917 1931 0 1447 5879 5410 665 1516 277 46 42 571 37 28 250 419 .280 .317 .372 .689 Jul 5 20.054
23 Rich Durning 2 1917 1918 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 16 24.188
24 Hod Eller 5 1917 1921 0 163 326 308 24 68 6 3 1 29 5 1 6 60 .221 .238 .269 .508 Apr 16 22.285
25 Jack Enright 1 1917 1917 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 26 21.301
26 Ferd Eunick 1 1917 1917 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 29 25.129
27 Chick Fewster 11 1917 1927 0 644 2293 1963 282 506 91 12 6 167 57 47 240 264 .258 .346 .326 .672 Sep 19 21.313
28 Ira Flagstead 13 1917 1930 0 1218 4791 4139 644 1202 262 50 40 450 71 58 467 288 .290 .370 .407 .776 Jul 20 23.301
29 Don Flinn 1 1917 1917 0 14 38 37 1 11 1 1 0 1 1 1 6 .297 .316 .378 .694 Sep 2 24.289
30 Pat French 1 1917 1917 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 2 23.283
31 Pug Griffin 2 1917 1920 0 23 32 29 4 6 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 11 .207 .258 .345 .603 Jul 27 21.094
32 Red Hill 1 1917 1917 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 21 24.091
33 Bruce Hitt 1 1917 1917 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 23 20.193
34 Oscar Horstmann 3 1917 1919 0 50 58 52 1 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 16 .192 .236 .231 .467 Apr 18 25.320
35 Bob Jones 9 1917 1925 0 853 3366 2990 399 791 120 38 7 316 49 30 208 156 .265 .314 .337 .651 Apr 11 27.130
36 Dave Keefe 5 1917 1922 0 98 112 107 9 22 1 1 0 3 1 1 4 17 .206 .234 .234 .468 Apr 21 20.102
37 Pete Kilduff 5 1917 1921 0 428 1589 1384 163 374 62 28 4 159 28 15 134 132 .270 .338 .364 .702 Apr 18 24.014
38 Bill Lamar 9 1917 1927 0 550 2197 2040 303 633 114 23 19 245 25 27 86 78 .310 .339 .417 .755 Sep 19 20.182
39 Bill Leard 1 1917 1917 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 21 31.280
40 Roy Leslie 3 1917 1922 0 160 615 556 47 148 24 2 6 55 4 7 42 57 .266 .318 .349 .667 Sep 6 23.014
41 William Marriott 6 1917 1927 0 265 911 826 86 220 27 14 4 95 16 10 57 55 .266 .317 .347 .664 Sep 6 24.141
42 Speed Martin 6 1917 1922 0 127 195 180 10 35 7 1 1 12 2 0 6 44 .194 .220 .261 .482 Jul 5 23.293
43 Mike Massey 1 1917 1917 0 31 114 91 12 18 0 0 0 2 2 15 15 .198 .318 .198 .516 Apr 12 23.196
44 Jakie May 14 1917 1932 0 410 527 468 33 80 10 5 2 24 0 0 28 120 .171 .221 .226 .447 Jun 26 21.213
45 Patsy McGaffigan 2 1917 1918 0 73 285 252 22 49 4 2 1 14 4 16 30 .194 .245 .238 .483 Apr 16 28.216
46 Bob McGraw 9 1917 1929 0 168 197 174 12 24 3 4 1 15 1 0 6 70 .138 .171 .218 .390 Sep 25 22.168
47 Jim Middleton 2 1917 1921 0 51 48 42 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 .119 .159 .143 .302 Apr 18 27.325
48 Ray Miller 1 1917 1917 0 25 59 48 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 10 6 .167 .310 .208 .519 Apr 14 29.061
49 Vince Molyneaux 2 1917 1918 0 13 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 5 28.322
50 Ed Monroe 2 1917 1918 0 10 12 12 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .250 .417 May 29 22.096
51 Scrappy Moore 1 1917 1917 0 4 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 Jun 21 24.187
52 Tim Murchison 2 1917 1920 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 21 20.256
53 Bill Murray 1 1917 1917 0 8 24 21 2 3 0 1 0 4 1 2 2 .143 .217 .238 .455 Jun 27 23.294
54 Ed Murray 1 1917 1917 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 24 22.047
55 Rollie Naylor 7 1917 1924 0 183 354 328 25 58 6 1 1 13 0 0 15 120 .177 .217 .210 .428 Sep 14 25.222
56 Otto Neu 1 1917 1917 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jul 10 22.289
57 Fred Nicholson 5 1917 1922 0 303 889 794 112 247 34 21 12 107 21 17 65 97 .311 .367 .452 .819 Apr 11 22.222
58 Eddie Palmer 1 1917 1917 0 16 59 52 7 11 1 0 0 5 1 7 7 .212 .305 .231 .536 Sep 6 24.097
59 Harry Pearce 3 1917 1919 0 135 457 424 42 88 9 5 0 29 11 17 62 .208 .247 .252 .499 Oct 2 28.082
60 Kewpie Pennington 1 1917 1917 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 14 20.202
61 Bill Piercy 6 1917 1926 0 116 217 191 9 33 10 1 0 14 0 0 7 46 .173 .210 .236 .446 Oct 3 21.154
62 Herman Pillette 4 1917 1924 0 107 211 195 16 42 5 2 0 21 0 0 9 53 .215 .257 .262 .519 Jul 30 20.216
63 Jake Pitler 2 1917 1918 0 111 439 383 40 89 8 5 0 23 8 31 24 .232 .298 .279 .578 May 30 23.038
64 Elmer Ponder 4 1917 1921 0 69 131 124 2 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 50 .105 .119 .121 .240 Sep 18 24.084
65 Mike Regan 3 1917 1919 0 57 110 103 12 23 3 0 0 1 2 7 16 .223 .273 .252 .525 May 13 28.175
66 Arch Reilly 1 1917 1917 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 1 25.288
67 Tom Richardson 1 1917 1917 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 2 33.360
68 Jimmy Ring 12 1917 1928 0 391 877 817 59 120 23 1 4 57 2 1 17 288 .147 .167 .192 .359 Apr 13 22.057
69 Swede Risberg 4 1917 1920 0 476 1837 1619 196 394 72 27 6 175 52 10 148 180 .243 .311 .332 .644 Apr 11 22.180
70 Tom Rogers 4 1917 1921 0 84 141 134 13 30 4 1 1 5 1 0 1 22 .224 .230 .291 .521 Apr 14 25.061
71 Dutch Ruether 11 1917 1927 0 488 1070 969 83 250 30 12 7 111 3 1 77 129 .258 .314 .335 .649 Apr 13 23.212
72 John Russell 4 1917 1922 0 21 34 30 1 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 .367 .424 .433 .858 Jul 4 22.257
73 Roy Sanders 2 1917 1918 0 31 64 59 7 8 0 2 0 5 0 3 9 .136 .177 .203 .381 Apr 16 24.258
74 Morrie Schick 1 1917 1917 0 14 39 34 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 10 .147 .216 .147 .363 Apr 15 24.363
75 Ralph Sharman 1 1917 1917 0 13 43 37 2 11 2 1 0 2 1 3 2 .297 .366 .405 .771 Sep 10 22.152
76 Ben Shaw 2 1917 1918 0 23 42 38 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 .184 .262 .211 .472 Apr 11 23.297
77 Walt Smallwood 2 1917 1919 0 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 19 24.148
78 Red Smith 2 1917 1918 0 26 52 45 2 7 2 0 0 5 1 6 4 .156 .255 .200 .455 Sep 17 25.159
79 Ad Swigler 1 1917 1917 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 25 22.004
80 Hank Thormahlen 6 1917 1925 0 104 195 173 11 29 6 3 0 18 1 0 8 62 .168 .209 .237 .446 Sep 29 21.086
81 Red Torkelson 1 1917 1917 0 4 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 Aug 29 23.163
82 Sammy Vick 5 1917 1921 0 213 705 641 90 159 28 11 2 50 12 2 51 91 .248 .305 .335 .641 Sep 20 22.161
83 Paul Wachtel 1 1917 1917 0 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Sep 18 29.141
84 Doc Waldbauer 1 1917 1917 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 24 25.214
85 Frank Walker 5 1917 1925 0 139 450 407 38 87 16 5 3 41 5 3 29 66 .214 .273 .300 .572 Sep 6 22.349
86 Aaron Ward 12 1917 1928 0 1059 4127 3611 457 966 158 54 50 447 36 38 339 457 .268 .335 .383 .717 Aug 14 20.351
87 Chuck Ward 6 1917 1922 0 236 874 769 52 175 20 6 0 72 7 1 51 67 .228 .286 .269 .555 Apr 11 22.255
88 Bill Webb 1 1917 1917 0 5 17 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .200 .294 .200 .494 Sep 17 22.084
89 Harry Wolfe 1 1917 1917 0 12 12 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 .200 .333 .200 .533 Apr 15 24.142
90 Rasty Wright 5 1917 1923 0 109 159 133 15 26 2 1 0 5 0 0 16 36 .195 .282 .226 .507 Jun 22 21.229
91 Archie Yelle 3 1917 1919 0 87 218 199 12 32 4 0 0 7 2 15 19 .161 .223 .181 .404 May 12 24.335
92 Ross Youngs HOF 10 1917 1926 0 1211 5333 4627 812 1491 236 93 42 592 153 83 550 390 .322 .399 .441 .839 Sep 25 20.168
Totals 354 1917 1932 0 15624 52239 46634 5799 12290 1993 582 304 4822 806 467 3640 4908 .264 .321 .351 .672
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Rk Yrs From To ASG 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 Vic Aldridge 9 1917 1928 0 97 80 .548 3.76 248 205 28 102 8 6 1600.2 1671 785 668 87 512 526 39 0 24 6852 Apr 15 23.172
2 Walter Anderson 2 1917 1919 0 1 0 1.000 3.25 17 2 12 0 0 0 52.2 45 26 19 0 29 20 2 0 1 253 May 14 19.231
3 Eddie Bacon 1 1917 1917 0 0 0 6.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 7 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 28 Aug 13 22.127
4 Hal Carlson 14 1917 1930 0 114 120 .487 3.97 377 238 96 121 17 19 2002.0 2256 1013 883 93 498 590 36 2 18 8522 Apr 13 24.331
5 Johnny Couch 5 1917 1925 0 29 34 .460 4.63 147 62 38 26 3 6 643.0 785 421 331 41 171 112 10 3 8 2836 Apr 11 26.011
6 Cal Crum 2 1917 1918 0 0 1 .000 10.80 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 7 9 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 37 May 4 27.281
7 George Dickerson 1 1917 1917 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Aug 2 24.244
8 Rich Durning 2 1917 1918 0 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 3 5 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 16 Apr 16 24.188
9 Hod Eller 5 1917 1921 0 60 40 .600 2.62 160 88 58 52 9 5 863.0 806 313 251 19 213 381 18 1 5 3523 Apr 16 22.285
10 Jack Enright 1 1917 1917 0 0 1 .000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 5 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 20 Sep 26 21.301
11 Red Hill 1 1917 1917 0 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 Apr 21 24.091
12 Bruce Hitt 1 1917 1917 0 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 7 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 20 Sep 23 20.193
13 Oscar Horstmann 3 1917 1919 0 9 7 .563 3.67 50 15 17 4 1 1 176.2 154 91 72 5 80 61 4 1 4 735 Apr 18 25.320
14 Dave Keefe 5 1917 1922 0 9 17 .346 4.15 97 27 42 12 1 1 353.2 403 224 163 23 113 126 11 1 10 1542 Apr 21 20.102
15 Speed Martin 6 1917 1922 0 29 42 .408 3.78 126 63 41 30 4 6 592.1 645 306 249 16 191 207 8 0 17 2533 Jul 5 23.293
16 Jakie May 14 1917 1932 0 72 95 .431 3.88 410 161 150 70 7 19 1562.1 1645 808 673 35 617 765 88 4 31 6831 Jun 26 21.213
17 Bob McGraw 9 1917 1929 0 26 38 .406 4.82 168 47 78 17 1 6 591.1 677 393 317 31 265 164 10 2 14 2608 Sep 25 22.168
18 Jim Middleton 2 1917 1921 0 7 12 .368 4.51 51 10 28 2 0 8 157.2 184 101 79 6 52 40 3 1 4 710 Apr 18 27.325
19 Vince Molyneaux 2 1917 1918 0 1 0 1.000 4.41 13 0 6 0 0 0 32.2 21 19 16 0 28 5 0 0 5 139 Jul 5 28.322
20 Ed Monroe 2 1917 1918 0 1 0 1.000 3.52 10 1 9 1 0 1 30.2 36 17 12 1 8 13 2 0 2 133 May 29 22.096
21 Tim Murchison 2 1917 1920 0 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 24 Jun 21 20.256
22 Rollie Naylor 7 1917 1924 0 42 83 .336 3.93 181 136 28 67 2 0 1011.0 1174 584 442 34 346 282 17 2 22 4381 Sep 14 25.222
23 Kewpie Pennington 1 1917 1917 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Apr 14 20.202
24 Bill Piercy 6 1917 1926 0 27 43 .386 4.26 116 70 30 28 2 0 610.2 676 362 289 16 268 165 43 1 21 2180 Oct 3 21.154
25 Herman Pillette 4 1917 1924 0 34 32 .515 3.45 107 76 19 33 4 3 563.2 600 280 216 14 192 148 24 2 12 2458 Jul 30 20.216
26 Elmer Ponder 4 1917 1921 0 17 27 .386 3.21 69 42 18 20 3 0 378.2 395 173 135 11 72 113 9 0 13 1582 Sep 18 24.084
27 Mike Regan 3 1917 1919 0 16 15 .516 2.84 55 32 13 20 4 2 298.1 306 145 94 4 70 66 4 0 2 1253 May 13 28.175
28 Jimmy Ring 12 1917 1928 0 118 149 .442 4.12 389 294 55 154 9 11 2354.1 2545 1326 1079 104 953 835 30 7 88 10295 Apr 13 22.057
29 Tom Rogers 4 1917 1921 0 15 30 .333 3.95 83 42 30 21 1 3 414.2 431 221 182 15 162 94 10 1 5 1730 Apr 14 25.061
30 Dutch Ruether 11 1917 1927 0 137 95 .591 3.50 309 272 30 155 18 8 2124.2 2244 987 826 54 739 708 66 2 26 9157 Apr 13 23.212
31 John Russell 4 1917 1922 0 2 7 .222 5.40 21 11 7 5 0 1 90.0 103 57 54 4 46 19 1 0 0 404 Jul 4 22.257
32 Roy Sanders 2 1917 1918 0 7 10 .412 2.75 30 16 14 7 1 1 170.0 147 66 52 1 68 58 3 1 5 709 Apr 16 24.258
33 Walt Smallwood 2 1917 1919 0 0 0 4.56 8 0 5 0 0 0 23.2 21 12 12 1 10 7 2 0 0 94 Sep 19 24.148
34 Ad Swigler 1 1917 1917 0 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 4 0 8 4 0 0 0 30 Sep 25 22.004
35 Hank Thormahlen 6 1917 1925 0 29 30 .492 3.33 104 64 23 27 4 2 565.0 550 267 209 19 203 148 21 0 7 2357 Sep 29 21.086
36 Red Torkelson 1 1917 1917 0 2 1 .667 7.66 4 3 1 0 0 0 22.1 33 25 19 1 13 10 2 0 0 121 Aug 29 23.163
37 Paul Wachtel 1 1917 1917 0 0 0 10.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 9 7 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 30 Sep 18 29.141
38 Doc Waldbauer 1 1917 1917 0 0 0 7.20 2 0 2 0 0 1 5.0 10 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 23 Sep 24 25.214
39 Rasty Wright 5 1917 1923 0 24 19 .558 4.05 109 43 43 17 1 5 451.0 481 242 203 15 132 114 20 0 12 1919 Jun 22 21.229
Totals 164 1917 1932 0 925 1029 .473 3.84 3478 2023 933 991 100 115 17785.2 19096 9316 7580 651 6091 5790 484 31 357 76106
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