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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Johnny Groth 1946-1960 1248 3808 480 1064 197 31 60 486 419 329 .279 .352 .395 19 42 Sep 5 20.044 Joe Garagiola 1946-1954 676 1872 198 481 82 16 42 255 267 173 .257 .354 .385 5 2 May 26 20.103 Lou Possehl 1946-1952 16 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 .100 .182 .100 0 0 Aug 25 20.135 Dick Koecher 1946-1948 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 29 20.183 Dick Lajeskie 1946-1946 6 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 .200 .429 .200 0 0 Sep 10 20.245 Del Ennis 1946-1959 1903 7254 985 2063 358 69 288 1284 597 719 .284 .340 .472 45 19 Apr 28 20.324 Nippy Jones 1946-1957 412 1381 146 369 60 12 25 209 71 102 .267 .304 .382 4 2 Jun 8 20.344 Cuddles Marshall 1946-1950 73 49 4 9 0 0 0 1 3 14 .184 .231 .184 0 0 Apr 24 20.361 Lee Griffeth 1946-1946 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 Jun 25 21.036 Bob Usher 1946-1957 428 1101 133 259 41 4 18 102 90 136 .235 .295 .329 9 5 Apr 16 21.046 Les Moss 1946-1958 824 2234 210 552 75 4 63 276 282 316 .247 .333 .369 1 5 Sep 10 21.119 Yogi Berra 1946-1965 2120 7555 1175 2150 321 49 358 1430 704 414 .285 .348 .482 30 26 Sep 22 21.133 Ted Gray 1946-1955 228 370 22 59 4 1 0 16 26 123 .159 .217 .176 0 0 May 15 21.135 Sherm Lollar 1946-1963 1752 5351 623 1415 244 14 155 808 671 453 .264 .357 .402 20 10 Apr 20 21.240 Frank Whitman 1946-1948 20 22 7 1 0 0 0 1 2 9 .045 .160 .045 0 1 Jun 30 21.319 George Armstrong 1946-1946 8 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .333 0 0 Apr 26 21.327 Bobby Brown 1946-1954 548 1619 233 452 62 14 22 237 214 88 .279 .367 .376 9 10 Sep 22 21.332 Joe Tepsic 1946-1946 15 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 0 0 Jul 12 22.297 Lee Howard 1946-1947 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 22 22.315 Bobby Thomson 1946-1960 1779 6305 903 1705 267 74 264 1026 559 804 .270 .332 .462 38 20 Sep 9 22.319 Russ Meyer 1946-1959 319 484 26 55 6 2 1 25 22 146 .114 .154 .140 0 0 Sep 13 22.323 Bruce Edwards 1946-1956 591 1675 191 429 67 20 39 241 190 179 .256 .335 .390 9 3 Jun 23 22.343 Paul Minner 1946-1956 265 447 46 98 19 4 6 43 33 101 .219 .271 .320 0 0 Sep 12 23.044 Joe Smaza 1946-1946 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 0 0 Sep 18 23.073 Bob Kuzava 1946-1957 214 256 21 22 1 0 1 10 29 96 .086 .182 .102 0 0 Sep 21 23.116 Ralph Kiner 1946-1955 1472 5205 971 1451 216 39 369 1015 1011 749 .279 .398 .548 22 2 Apr 16 23.171 Grady Hatton 1946-1960 1312 4206 562 1068 166 33 91 533 646 430 .254 .354 .374 42 9 Apr 16 23.191 Ray Flanigan 1946-1946 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 0 0 Sep 20 23.255 Bob Brady 1946-1947 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 0 0 Aug 24 23.289 Jim Gladd 1946-1946 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .091 .167 .091 0 0 Sep 9 23.342 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Monte Kennedy 1946-1953 255 301 25 46 6 0 1 26 11 77 .153 .188 .183 0 0 Apr 18 23.342 Gil Coan 1946-1956 918 2877 384 731 98 44 39 278 232 384 .254 .316 .359 83 38 Apr 27 23.344 George Burpo 1946-1946 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 9 23.355 Bill Wight 1946-1958 347 480 19 55 6 0 0 24 24 169 .115 .160 .127 0 1 Apr 17 24.005 Carl Furillo 1946-1960 1806 6378 895 1910 324 56 192 1058 514 436 .299 .355 .458 48 26 Apr 16 24.039 Bobby Adams 1946-1959 1281 4019 591 1082 188 49 37 303 414 447 .269 .340 .368 67 30 Apr 16 24.123 Alvin Dark 1946-1960 1828 7219 1064 2089 358 72 126 757 430 534 .289 .333 .411 59 27 Jul 14 24.188 Eddie McGah 1946-1947 24 51 3 8 1 1 0 3 10 7 .157 .295 .216 0 0 Apr 26 24.208 Red Adams 1946-1946 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 May 5 24.210 Sheldon Jones 1946-1953 260 257 12 35 4 3 0 13 7 71 .136 .159 .175 0 0 Sep 9 24.219 Hank Behrman 1946-1949 174 115 4 14 1 0 0 4 5 50 .122 .158 .130 0 0 Apr 17 24.294 Ralph Weigel 1946-1949 106 235 12 54 9 3 0 30 21 26 .230 .296 .294 2 3 Sep 18 24.351 Clarence Maddern 1946-1951 104 238 17 59 12 1 5 29 12 26 .248 .301 .370 0 0 Sep 19 24.358 John Carden 1946-1946 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 18 24.364 Dale Mitchell 1946-1956 1127 3984 555 1244 169 61 41 403 346 119 .312 .368 .416 45 47 Sep 15 25.023 Lou Kretlow 1946-1956 200 237 7 27 2 0 0 12 16 118 .114 .170 .122 0 0 Sep 26 25.091 Bill McCahan 1946-1949 57 96 12 20 3 0 0 9 6 11 .208 .255 .240 0 0 Sep 15 25.100 Ray Shore 1946-1949 31 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 21 25.104 Dick Whitman 1946-1951 285 638 93 165 37 3 2 67 51 46 .259 .316 .335 10 0 Apr 16 25.158 Dick Sisler 1946-1953 799 2606 302 720 118 28 55 360 226 253 .276 .336 .406 6 3 Apr 16 25.165 Gus Niarhos 1946-1955 315 691 114 174 26 5 1 59 153 56 .252 .390 .308 6 7 Jun 9 25.185 Otis Davis 1946-1946 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 22 25.210 Doyle Lade 1946-1950 127 164 15 36 4 0 0 11 14 42 .220 .281 .244 2 0 Sep 18 25.213 Jean-Pierre Roy 1946-1946 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 May 5 25.313 Frank Hiller 1946-1953 139 148 10 26 1 0 0 9 7 26 .176 .213 .182 1 1 May 25 25.316 John O'Neil 1946-1946 46 94 12 25 3 0 0 9 5 12 .266 .303 .298 0 0 Apr 16 25.362 Eddie Bockman 1946-1949 199 474 54 109 16 4 11 56 46 87 .230 .299 .350 5 0 Sep 11 26.047 Paul Lehner 1946-1952 540 1768 175 455 80 21 22 197 127 118 .257 .309 .364 6 11 Sep 10 26.071 Ben Guintini 1946-1950 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 21 26.098 Mickey Grasso 1946-1955 322 957 78 216 23 1 5 87 81 108 .226 .291 .268 2 1 Sep 18 26.131 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Ed Bahr 1946-1947 50 68 2 10 0 1 0 5 0 18 .147 .147 .176 0 0 May 1 26.197 Karl Drews 1946-1954 218 254 10 21 2 0 0 5 28 95 .083 .173 .091 1 0 Sep 8 26.198 Mike Budnick 1946-1947 42 24 3 7 1 0 1 3 2 3 .292 .346 .458 0 0 Apr 18 26.215 Ray Goolsby 1946-1946 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 0 0 Apr 18 26.225 Jim Hopper 1946-1946 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 21 26.232 Tommy Neill 1946-1947 20 55 9 14 2 1 0 7 3 3 .255 .305 .327 0 0 Sep 10 26.307 Ted Pawelek 1946-1946 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 0 0 Sep 13 27.029 Del Wilber 1946-1954 299 720 67 174 35 7 19 115 44 96 .242 .286 .389 1 1 Apr 21 27.056 Steve Souchock 1946-1955 473 1227 163 313 58 20 50 186 88 164 .255 .307 .457 15 9 May 25 27.083 Harry Taylor 1946-1952 90 124 12 20 4 1 0 13 2 26 .161 .181 .210 0 0 Sep 22 27.125 Hank Schenz 1946-1951 207 538 70 133 22 3 2 24 27 25 .247 .291 .310 6 2 Sep 18 27.160 Vic Raschi 1946-1955 269 608 45 112 15 1 1 50 47 145 .184 .243 .217 0 0 Sep 23 27.179 Junior Walsh 1946-1951 89 31 2 2 1 0 0 1 6 22 .065 .216 .097 0 0 Sep 14 27.191 Bob Dillinger 1946-1951 753 2904 401 888 123 47 10 213 251 201 .306 .363 .391 106 47 Apr 16 27.211 Bill Endicott 1946-1946 20 20 2 4 3 0 0 3 4 4 .200 .333 .350 0 0 Apr 21 27.229 Garland Lawing 1946-1946 10 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .133 0 0 May 29 27.273 Ralph McCabe 1946-1946 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 18 27.332 Eddie Pellagrini 1946-1954 563 1423 167 321 42 13 20 133 128 201 .226 .295 .316 13 7 Apr 22 28.040 Bill Rigney 1946-1953 654 1966 281 510 78 14 41 212 208 206 .259 .334 .376 25 4 Apr 16 28.077 Al Tate 1946-1946 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 Sep 27 28.088 Ernie Andres 1946-1946 15 41 0 4 2 0 0 1 3 5 .098 .159 .146 0 0 Apr 16 28.095 Ferrell Anderson 1946-1953 97 234 20 61 12 0 2 15 18 25 .261 .324 .338 1 0 Apr 16 28.097 John Corriden 1946-1946 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 20 28.104 Herb Karpel 1946-1946 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 19 28.113 Jake Caulfield 1946-1946 44 94 13 26 8 0 0 10 4 11 .277 .306 .362 0 0 Apr 24 28.152 Marv Grissom 1946-1959 356 189 9 23 7 0 0 6 8 67 .122 .162 .159 0 0 Sep 10 28.163 Pat Cooper 1946-1947 14 16 0 4 2 0 0 3 0 5 .250 .250 .375 0 0 May 11 28.166 Anse Moore 1946-1946 51 134 16 28 4 0 1 8 12 9 .209 .279 .261 1 1 Apr 17 28.207 Glen Moulder 1946-1948 66 37 4 10 0 1 0 1 1 5 .270 .289 .324 0 0 Apr 28 28.212 Eli Hodkey 1946-1946 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 12 28.313 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Clayton Lambert 1946-1947 26 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 .143 .143 .143 0 0 Apr 22 29.027 Chet Johnson 1946-1946 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 12 29.042 Bob Ramazzotti 1946-1953 346 851 86 196 22 9 4 53 45 107 .230 .271 .291 15 1 Apr 20 29.094 Jack Graham 1946-1949 239 775 105 179 28 5 38 126 84 99 .231 .310 .427 1 1 Apr 16 29.113 Joe Hatten 1946-1952 244 357 26 57 6 0 0 24 9 99 .160 .183 .176 2 1 Apr 21 29.165 Ralph Hamner 1946-1949 61 61 2 10 2 0 1 7 1 23 .164 .177 .246 0 0 Apr 28 29.228 Cecil Garriott 1946-1946 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .167 .000 0 0 Sep 4 30.020 Jess Pike 1946-1946 16 41 4 7 1 1 1 6 6 9 .171 .277 .317 0 0 Apr 18 30.261 Mel Deutsch 1946-1946 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 21 30.269 Fred Martin 1946-1950 58 46 4 13 2 0 0 4 0 9 .283 .283 .326 0 0 Apr 21 30.298 Jerry Witte 1946-1947 52 172 11 28 4 1 4 16 11 40 .163 .213 .267 0 0 Sep 10 31.042 Gene Handley 1946-1947 125 341 41 86 10 6 0 29 32 27 .252 .316 .317 9 3 Apr 16 31.142 Woody Abernathy 1946-1947 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jul 28 31.177 Ellis Kinder 1946-1957 484 444 34 63 7 1 1 33 23 123 .142 .184 .169 0 1 Apr 30 31.278 George Bradley 1946-1946 4 12 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 .167 .167 .250 0 0 Apr 28 32.027 Earl Reid 1946-1946 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 8 32.334 Jackie Price 1946-1946 7 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .231 .231 0 0 Aug 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Pitchers Debuting in 1946 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 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Lou Possehl 1946-1952 2 5 .286 5.26 15 8 1 0 0 51.3 62 30 6 24 22 Aug 25 20.135 Dick Koecher 1946-1948 0 4 .000 4.91 7 3 1 0 0 25.7 31 14 1 14 8 Sep 29 20.183 Cuddles Marshall 1946-1950 7 7 .500 5.98 73 15 1 0 4 185.0 216 123 8 158 69 Apr 24 20.361 Lee Griffeth 1946-1946 0 0 2.93 10 0 0 0 0 15.3 13 5 1 6 4 Jun 25 21.036 Ted Gray 1946-1955 59 74 .444 4.37 222 162 50 7 4 1134.0 1072 550 114 595 687 May 15 21.135 Lee Howard 1946-1947 0 1 .000 2.25 5 2 1 0 0 16.0 18 4 1 9 8 Sep 22 22.315 Russ Meyer 1946-1959 94 73 .563 3.99 319 219 65 13 5 1531.3 1606 679 136 541 672 Sep 13 22.323 Paul Minner 1946-1956 69 84 .451 3.94 253 169 64 9 10 1310.3 1428 574 122 393 481 Sep 12 23.044 Bob Kuzava 1946-1957 49 44 .527 4.05 213 99 34 7 13 862.0 849 388 54 415 446 Sep 21 23.116 Ray Flanigan 1946-1946 0 1 .000 11.00 3 1 0 0 0 9.0 11 11 1 8 2 Sep 20 23.255 Monte Kennedy 1946-1953 42 55 .433 3.84 249 127 48 7 4 961.0 928 410 67 495 411 Apr 18 23.342 George Burpo 1946-1946 0 0 15.43 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 4 4 0 5 1 Jun 09 23.355 Bill Wight 1946-1958 77 99 .438 3.95 347 198 66 15 8 1563.0 1656 686 74 714 574 Apr 17 24.005 Alvin Dark 1946-1960 0 0 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 1 1 0 Jul 14 24.188 Red Adams 1946-1946 0 1 .000 8.25 8 0 0 0 0 12.0 18 11 1 7 8 May 05 24.210 Sheldon Jones 1946-1953 54 57 .486 3.96 260 101 33 4 12 920.0 909 405 90 413 413 Sep 09 24.219 Hank Behrman 1946-1949 24 17 .585 4.40 174 27 5 2 19 429.7 427 210 31 228 189 Apr 17 24.294 John Carden 1946-1946 0 0 22.50 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 5 0 4 1 May 18 24.364 Lou Kretlow 1946-1956 27 47 .365 4.87 199 104 22 3 1 785.3 781 425 62 522 450 Sep 26 25.091 Bill McCahan 1946-1949 16 14 .533 3.84 57 40 17 2 0 290.7 297 124 15 145 76 Sep 15 25.100 Ray Shore 1946-1949 1 3 .250 8.23 31 4 0 0 0 62.3 70 57 5 67 26 Sep 21 25.104 Doyle Lade 1946-1950 25 29 .463 4.39 126 64 20 2 3 537.3 583 262 47 221 178 Sep 18 25.213 Jean-Pierre Roy 1946-1946 0 0 9.95 3 1 0 0 0 6.3 5 7 2 5 6 May 05 25.313 Frank Hiller 1946-1953 30 32 .484 4.42 138 60 22 5 4 533.7 553 262 56 158 197 May 25 25.316 Ed Bahr 1946-1947 11 11 .500 3.37 46 25 8 0 0 219.0 210 82 13 95 69 May 01 26.197 Karl Drews 1946-1954 44 53 .454 4.76 218 107 26 7 7 826.7 913 437 72 332 322 Sep 08 26.198 Mike Budnick 1946-1947 2 3 .400 4.04 42 8 1 1 3 100.3 91 45 13 58 42 Apr 18 26.215 Jim Hopper 1946-1946 0 1 .000 11.25 2 1 0 0 0 4.0 6 5 1 3 1 Apr 21 26.232 Harry Taylor 1946-1952 19 21 .475 4.10 90 44 16 3 4 357.7 344 163 25 201 127 Sep 22 27.125 Vic Raschi 1946-1955 132 66 .667 3.72 269 255 106 26 3 1819.0 1666 752 139 727 944 Sep 23 27.179 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Junior Walsh 1946-1951 4 10 .286 5.88 89 12 1 1 2 193.0 201 126 21 111 91 Sep 14 27.191 Ralph McCabe 1946-1946 0 1 .000 11.25 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 5 3 2 3 Sep 18 27.332 Al Tate 1946-1946 0 1 .000 5.00 2 1 1 0 0 9.0 8 5 0 7 2 Sep 27 28.088 Herb Karpel 1946-1946 0 0 10.80 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 4 2 0 0 0 Apr 19 28.113 Marv Grissom 1946-1959 47 45 .511 3.41 356 52 12 3 58 810.0 771 307 65 343 459 Sep 10 28.163 Pat Cooper 1946-1947 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 May 11 28.166 Glen Moulder 1946-1948 7 8 .467 5.21 66 11 0 0 4 160.7 188 93 13 98 50 Apr 28 28.212 Eli Hodkey 1946-1946 0 1 .000 12.46 2 1 0 0 0 4.3 9 6 0 5 0 Sep 12 28.313 Clayton Lambert 1946-1947 2 2 .500 5.40 26 4 2 0 1 58.3 60 35 6 26 21 Apr 22 29.027 Chet Johnson 1946-1946 0 0 5.00 5 3 0 0 0 18.0 20 10 0 13 8 Sep 12 29.042 Joe Hatten 1946-1952 65 49 .570 3.87 233 149 51 8 4 1087.0 1124 468 70 492 381 Apr 21 29.165 Ralph Hamner 1946-1949 8 20 .286 4.58 61 28 8 0 1 220.0 236 112 15 132 99 Apr 28 29.228 Mel Deutsch 1946-1946 0 0 5.68 3 0 0 0 0 6.3 7 4 1 3 2 Apr 21 30.269 Fred Martin 1946-1950 12 3 .800 3.78 57 10 5 0 0 162.0 181 68 7 58 68 Apr 21 30.298 Woody Abernathy 1946-1947 1 1 .500 3.64 16 1 0 0 1 42.0 36 17 5 11 6 Jul 28 31.177 Ellis Kinder 1946-1957 102 71 .590 3.43 484 122 56 10 102 1479.7 1421 564 118 539 749 Apr 30 31.278 Earl Reid 1946-1946 1 0 1.000 3.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 0 3 2 May 08 32.334 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
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