Batters Debuting in 1897 Sorted by Age of Debut Previous Year / Next Year
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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Charlie Brown 1897-1897 4 11 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .273 .273 .364 0 0 Aug 4 0.000 Fred Cooke 1897-1897 5 17 2 5 2 0 0 3 3 0 .294 .400 .412 0 0 Jul 30 0.000 Pete Dowling 1897-1901 117 351 28 70 10 5 1 29 13 0 .199 .241 .265 2 0 Jul 17 0.000 Bill Magee 1897-1902 106 284 19 48 4 2 0 27 9 0 .169 .197 .197 2 0 May 18 0.000 Aleck Smith 1897-1906 287 955 107 252 30 11 1 130 26 0 .264 .288 .321 37 0 Apr 23 0.000 Joe Stanley 1897-1909 216 694 77 148 15 10 2 76 51 0 .213 .275 .272 20 0 Sep 11 16.162 Roger Bresnahan 1897-1915 1446 4481 682 1252 218 71 26 530 714 99 .279 .386 .377 212 3 Aug 27 18.077 Frank Martin 1897-1899 20 66 6 16 2 0 0 1 2 0 .242 .275 .273 0 0 Jun 30 18.122 Jimmy Sheckard 1897-1913 2122 7605 1296 2084 354 136 56 813 1135 233 .274 .375 .378 465 0 Sep 14 18.295 Doc Amole 1897-1898 18 48 5 5 0 0 0 5 2 0 .104 .173 .104 0 0 Aug 19 19.045 Ed Abbaticchio 1897-1910 855 3044 355 772 99 43 11 324 289 16 .254 .325 .325 142 0 Sep 4 20.142 Jim Jones 1897-1902 90 344 28 79 16 4 0 24 18 0 .230 .270 .299 9 0 Jun 29 20.186 Charlie Kuhns 1897-1899 8 21 2 5 0 0 0 3 3 0 .238 .333 .238 0 0 Jun 4 20.220 Percy Coleman 1897-1898 13 31 2 6 0 0 0 4 1 0 .194 .265 .194 0 0 Jul 2 20.260 Rube Waddell 1897-1910 410 1066 61 172 29 10 4 83 42 0 .161 .197 .219 6 0 Sep 8 20.330 John Brown 1897-1897 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 Aug 11 20.352 Doc Nance 1897-1901 189 657 110 182 34 8 7 99 83 0 .277 .362 .385 14 0 Aug 19 21.017 Charlie Hickman 1897-1908 1081 3982 478 1176 217 91 59 614 153 0 .295 .331 .440 72 0 Sep 8 21.188 Bert Miller 1897-1897 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0 0 Jul 15 21.262 Jake Gettman 1897-1899 197 772 108 215 24 8 8 78 40 0 .278 .322 .361 44 0 Aug 20 21.299 Henry Clarke 1897-1898 9 29 3 8 0 0 0 3 3 0 .276 .344 .276 0 0 Jun 26 21.302 Bob Becker 1897-1898 6 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 .100 .308 .100 0 0 Sep 6 22.022 Ed Biecher 1897-1898 11 37 2 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 .243 .243 .297 1 0 Sep 26 22.030 John Pappalau 1897-1897 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000 .286 .000 0 0 Jun 9 22.067 Win Clark 1897-1897 4 16 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 .188 .235 .188 1 0 Jul 12 22.092 Ossee Schreckengost 1897-1908 895 3057 304 829 136 31 9 338 102 0 .271 .297 .345 52 0 Sep 8 22.150 Tully Sparks 1897-1910 313 798 45 91 16 4 0 41 52 1 .114 .171 .144 0 0 Sep 15 22.277 Willie Sudhoff 1897-1906 303 836 77 149 16 9 1 57 59 0 .178 .238 .222 13 0 Aug 20 22.337 Jack Powell 1897-1912 585 1610 133 309 38 14 8 124 87 0 .192 .237 .248 3 0 Jun 23 22.349 Cy Swaim 1897-1898 42 106 9 21 1 0 0 13 1 0 .198 .206 .208 3 0 May 3 23.053 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Roy Evans 1897-1903 84 201 11 32 4 0 0 13 21 0 .159 .246 .179 2 0 May 15 23.057 Frank Huelsman 1897-1905 235 824 76 213 52 13 5 97 62 0 .258 .322 .371 18 0 Oct 3 23.120 Honus Wagner 1897-1917 2792 10430 1736 3415 640 252 101 1732 963 327 .327 .391 .466 722 15 Jul 19 23.145 Ira Belden 1897-1897 8 30 5 8 0 2 0 4 2 0 .267 .333 .400 0 0 Sep 17 23.154 Mike Mahoney 1897-1898 4 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .111 .111 .111 0 0 May 18 23.164 Claude Ritchey 1897-1909 1671 5919 708 1618 215 68 18 673 607 0 .273 .348 .342 155 0 Apr 22 23.199 Youngy Johnson 1897-1899 6 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 .071 .071 0 0 Apr 29 23.281 Irv Hach 1897-1897 16 51 5 11 2 0 0 3 5 0 .216 .322 .255 1 0 Jul 1 24.026 Tom O'Brien 1897-1900 427 1569 248 436 59 24 10 229 120 0 .278 .341 .365 55 0 May 10 24.079 Chick Stahl 1897-1906 1304 5069 858 1546 219 118 36 622 470 0 .305 .369 .416 189 0 Apr 19 24.099 Jack Dunn 1897-1904 490 1622 197 397 54 10 1 164 83 0 .245 .287 .292 55 0 May 6 24.212 Dick Harley 1897-1903 740 2879 389 755 59 27 10 236 223 0 .262 .332 .312 139 0 Jun 2 24.250 Bill Dammann 1897-1899 60 131 18 22 0 6 0 15 16 0 .168 .264 .260 0 0 Apr 24 24.258 Davey Dunkle 1897-1904 62 164 8 31 2 0 0 10 4 0 .189 .208 .201 0 0 Aug 28 24.363 Jesse Hoffmeister 1897-1897 48 188 33 58 6 9 3 36 8 0 .309 .337 .484 6 0 Jul 24 25.000 Jack Rothfuss 1897-1897 35 115 20 36 3 1 2 18 5 0 .313 .352 .409 3 0 Aug 2 25.106 Dick Cogan 1897-1900 12 34 4 6 1 2 0 4 3 0 .176 .263 .324 0 0 May 10 25.156 Chief Sockalexis 1897-1899 94 367 54 115 12 8 3 55 20 0 .313 .355 .414 16 0 Apr 22 25.180 Roger Denzer 1897-1901 23 61 4 8 2 0 0 2 3 0 .131 .185 .164 0 0 Apr 24 25.201 Jack Fifield 1897-1899 69 196 18 38 5 1 2 14 19 0 .194 .265 .260 1 0 Apr 28 25.205 Bill Fox 1897-1901 47 173 13 32 2 1 0 7 5 0 .185 .212 .208 9 0 Aug 20 25.217 George Blackburn 1897-1897 5 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 0 0 Jul 6 25.288 Heinie Smith 1897-1903 311 1126 117 268 42 7 3 91 51 0 .238 .276 .296 54 0 Sep 8 25.319 Dick Butler 1897-1899 22 74 7 17 0 1 0 3 2 0 .230 .250 .257 2 0 Jun 16 27.000 Tom Lipp 1897-1897 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 Sep 18 27.106 Tom Leahy 1897-1905 131 410 54 105 15 9 0 42 44 0 .256 .348 .337 18 0 May 18 27.350 John Grimes 1897-1897 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 .286 .500 .286 0 0 Jul 28 28.102 Tom Hernon 1897-1897 4 16 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .063 .063 .063 1 0 Sep 13 30.313 Pat Hannifan 1897-1897 10 20 4 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 .250 .375 .250 4 0 Apr 29 31.009 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
Pitchers Debuting in 1897 Sorted by Age of Debut
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Charlie Brown 1897-1897 1 2 .333 7.77 4 4 2 0 0 24.3 30 21 2 17 8 Aug 04 0.000 Pete Dowling 1897-1901 39 65 .375 3.87 117 102 92 2 1 907.3 984 390 13 339 299 Jul 17 0.000 Bill Magee 1897-1902 29 51 .363 4.93 106 88 69 5 0 742.7 837 407 23 350 161 May 18 0.000 Joe Stanley 1897-1909 0 0 9.39 3 0 0 0 0 7.7 7 8 1 5 4 Sep 11 16.162 Roger Bresnahan 1897-1915 4 1 .800 3.93 9 6 3 1 0 50.3 68 22 1 15 15 Aug 27 18.077 Doc Amole 1897-1898 4 10 .286 4.75 18 12 10 0 0 119.3 150 63 0 39 30 Aug 19 19.045 Jim Jones 1897-1902 0 1 .000 15.43 2 1 1 0 0 11.7 25 20 1 7 3 Jun 29 20.186 Percy Coleman 1897-1898 1 3 .250 7.46 13 5 3 0 0 66.3 112 55 0 35 12 Jul 02 20.260 Rube Waddell 1897-1910 193 143 .574 2.16 407 340 261 50 5 2961.3 2460 711 37 803 2316 Sep 08 20.330 John Brown 1897-1897 0 1 .000 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 7 4 0 4 0 Aug 11 20.352 Charlie Hickman 1897-1908 10 8 .556 4.28 30 22 15 3 4 185.0 175 88 4 94 37 Sep 08 21.188 Bert Miller 1897-1897 0 1 .000 7.94 4 1 1 0 0 17.0 32 15 0 3 3 Jul 15 21.262 Henry Clarke 1897-1898 1 4 .200 5.22 6 5 4 0 0 39.7 40 23 4 17 4 Jun 26 21.302 Bob Becker 1897-1898 0 2 .000 6.52 6 2 2 0 0 29.0 38 21 0 12 10 Sep 06 22.022 John Pappalau 1897-1897 0 1 .000 10.50 2 1 1 0 0 12.0 22 14 0 6 3 Jun 09 22.067 Tully Sparks 1897-1910 121 136 .471 2.79 313 269 202 19 8 2335.7 2231 725 33 629 778 Sep 15 22.277 Willie Sudhoff 1897-1906 103 135 .433 3.56 279 240 201 10 3 2086.3 2183 826 62 608 520 Aug 20 22.337 Jack Powell 1897-1912 245 254 .491 2.97 578 516 422 46 15 4389.0 4319 1450 110 1021 1621 Jun 23 22.349 Cy Swaim 1897-1898 13 22 .371 4.37 43 33 24 0 1 294.3 344 143 9 88 85 May 03 23.053 Roy Evans 1897-1903 29 43 .403 3.66 84 68 57 2 0 614.3 673 250 10 233 211 May 15 23.057 Honus Wagner 1897-1917 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 8.3 7 0 0 6 6 Jul 19 23.145 Mike Mahoney 1897-1898 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 0 1 1 May 18 23.164 Youngy Johnson 1897-1899 1 2 .333 4.35 6 2 1 0 0 31.0 39 15 0 14 8 Apr 29 23.281 Chick Stahl 1897-1906 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 3 0 Apr 19 24.099 Jack Dunn 1897-1904 64 59 .520 4.11 142 118 103 3 3 1076.7 1217 492 30 334 171 May 06 24.212 Bill Dammann 1897-1899 24 15 .615 4.06 60 38 26 4 3 367.7 473 166 5 115 74 Apr 24 24.258 Davey Dunkle 1897-1904 17 30 .362 5.02 61 47 36 0 1 421.0 503 235 10 162 139 Aug 28 24.363 Dick Cogan 1897-1900 2 3 .400 5.00 8 5 5 0 0 54.0 68 30 1 32 10 May 10 25.156 Roger Denzer 1897-1901 4 14 .222 4.43 23 19 11 1 0 156.3 194 77 6 39 39 Apr 24 25.201 Jack Fifield 1897-1899 21 39 .350 4.59 68 64 54 3 1 521.7 616 266 11 193 89 Apr 28 25.205 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ George Blackburn 1897-1897 2 2 .500 6.82 5 4 3 0 0 33.0 34 25 2 12 1 Jul 06 25.288 Heinie Smith 1897-1903 0 1 .000 8.10 2 1 1 0 0 13.3 24 12 0 5 5 Sep 08 25.319 Tom Lipp 1897-1897 0 1 .000 15.00 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 8 5 0 2 1 Sep 18 27.106 John Grimes 1897-1897 0 2 .000 5.95 3 1 1 0 0 19.7 24 13 0 8 4 Jul 28 28.102 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
Stats updated through September 3, 2008.
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