Batters Debuting in 1951 Sorted by Games Played 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 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Willie Mays 1951-1973 2992 10881 2062 3283 523 140 660 1903 1464 1526 .302 .384 .557 338 103 May 25 20.019 Mickey Mantle 1951-1968 2401 8102 1677 2415 344 72 536 1509 1733 1710 .298 .421 .557 153 38 Apr 17 19.179 Roy McMillan 1951-1966 2093 6752 739 1639 253 35 68 594 665 711 .243 .314 .321 41 36 Apr 17 21.274 Pete Runnels 1951-1964 1799 6373 876 1854 282 64 49 630 844 627 .291 .375 .378 37 51 Jul 1 23.154 Frank Thomas 1951-1966 1766 6285 792 1671 262 31 286 962 484 894 .266 .320 .454 15 22 Aug 17 22.067 Johnny Logan 1951-1963 1503 5244 651 1407 216 41 93 547 451 472 .268 .330 .378 19 13 Apr 17 24.025 Gil McDougald 1951-1960 1336 4676 697 1291 187 51 112 576 559 623 .276 .356 .410 45 44 Apr 20 22.336 Joe DeMaestri 1951-1961 1121 3441 322 813 114 23 49 281 168 511 .236 .274 .325 15 19 Apr 19 22.131 Bob Nieman 1951-1962 1113 3452 455 1018 180 32 125 544 435 512 .295 .373 .474 10 30 Sep 14 24.231 Sammy White 1951-1962 1043 3502 324 916 167 20 66 421 218 381 .262 .305 .377 14 15 Sep 26 23.081 Dick Williams 1951-1964 1023 2959 358 768 157 12 70 331 227 392 .260 .312 .392 12 21 Jun 10 22.034 Dale Long 1951-1963 1013 3020 384 805 135 33 132 467 353 460 .267 .341 .464 10 3 Apr 21 25.074 Dee Fondy 1951-1958 967 3502 437 1000 144 47 69 373 203 526 .286 .324 .413 84 53 Apr 17 26.168 Clint Courtney 1951-1961 946 2796 260 750 126 17 38 313 264 143 .268 .339 .366 3 16 Sep 29 24.197 Rocky Bridges 1951-1961 919 2272 245 562 80 11 16 187 205 229 .247 .310 .313 10 15 Apr 17 23.253 Harry Simpson 1951-1959 888 2829 343 752 101 41 73 381 271 429 .266 .331 .408 17 18 Apr 21 25.139 Bob Cerv 1951-1962 829 2261 320 624 96 26 105 374 212 392 .276 .340 .481 12 10 Aug 1 25.088 Willy Miranda 1951-1959 824 1914 176 423 50 14 6 132 165 250 .221 .282 .271 13 16 May 6 24.347 Bob Boyd 1951-1961 693 1936 253 567 81 23 19 175 167 114 .293 .349 .388 9 17 Sep 8 31.342 Bob Friend 1951-1966 602 1137 56 138 16 2 2 60 38 375 .121 .150 .144 0 0 Apr 28 20.155 Red Wilson 1951-1960 602 1765 206 455 84 8 24 189 215 163 .258 .338 .355 25 12 Sep 22 22.199 Turk Lown 1951-1962 506 214 13 35 4 2 1 10 13 48 .164 .211 .215 0 0 Apr 24 26.329 Dick Cole 1951-1957 456 1215 106 303 50 10 2 107 132 124 .249 .322 .312 2 3 Apr 27 24.356 Tom Morgan 1951-1963 443 247 21 46 4 1 5 12 5 73 .186 .202 .271 0 0 Apr 20 20.335 Hal Naragon 1951-1962 424 985 83 262 27 11 6 87 76 62 .266 .321 .334 1 1 Sep 23 22.357 Hal Brown 1951-1964 410 484 43 82 16 2 2 30 34 108 .169 .229 .223 0 1 Apr 19 26.129 Bill Sarni 1951-1956 390 1182 107 311 50 11 22 151 89 135 .263 .313 .380 6 5 May 9 23.232 Norm Zauchin 1951-1959 346 1038 134 242 28 2 50 159 137 226 .233 .324 .408 5 1 Sep 23 21.310 Jim Dyck 1951-1956 330 983 139 242 52 5 26 114 131 140 .246 .339 .389 4 6 Sep 27 29.236 Jim Brideweser 1951-1957 329 620 79 156 22 6 1 50 63 77 .252 .322 .311 6 2 Sep 29 24.228 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Sam Jones 1951-1964 322 522 16 78 7 0 1 27 17 167 .149 .176 .169 0 0 Sep 22 25.282 Bob Turley 1951-1963 310 547 44 69 10 0 4 32 31 191 .126 .177 .166 1 1 Sep 29 21.010 Karl Olson 1951-1957 279 681 74 160 25 6 6 50 43 94 .235 .278 .316 3 2 Jun 30 20.359 George Zuverink 1951-1959 266 142 5 21 2 1 0 7 9 39 .148 .199 .176 0 1 Apr 21 26.244 Paul LaPalme 1951-1957 254 147 13 20 4 1 0 6 5 29 .136 .175 .177 0 0 May 28 27.165 Mel Clark 1951-1957 215 656 82 182 29 15 3 63 37 61 .277 .318 .381 3 3 Sep 11 25.066 Leo Kiely 1951-1960 210 139 8 20 2 0 1 7 12 43 .144 .212 .180 0 0 Jun 27 21.209 Lou Limmer 1951-1954 209 530 66 107 19 4 19 62 63 77 .202 .285 .360 3 3 Apr 22 26.043 Chet Nichols 1951-1964 189 173 8 22 1 0 0 5 3 50 .127 .142 .133 0 0 Apr 19 20.056 Bob Chakales 1951-1957 171 96 5 26 1 1 1 9 1 10 .271 .278 .333 0 0 Apr 21 23.254 Jackie Collum 1951-1962 171 118 15 29 5 0 1 13 13 9 .246 .321 .314 0 0 Sep 21 24.092 Ebba St. Claire 1951-1954 164 450 39 112 23 2 7 40 35 52 .249 .306 .356 2 1 Apr 17 29.255 Joe Presko 1951-1958 130 156 9 27 2 0 0 5 7 26 .173 .209 .186 0 0 May 3 22.208 Al Corwin 1951-1955 128 79 9 12 2 1 2 5 1 27 .152 .163 .278 0 0 Jul 25 24.234 Jack Merson 1951-1953 125 452 47 116 22 4 6 52 23 45 .257 .294 .363 1 1 Sep 14 29.240 Bob Kelly 1951-1958 123 90 3 16 0 0 0 1 2 22 .178 .196 .178 0 0 May 4 23.212 Mel Hoderlein 1951-1954 118 294 22 74 10 3 0 24 31 37 .252 .327 .306 2 1 Aug 16 28.053 Jack Cusick 1951-1952 114 242 21 42 4 2 2 22 23 38 .174 .245 .231 2 2 Apr 24 22.316 Bob Thorpe 1951-1953 110 331 22 83 9 3 3 32 6 48 .251 .266 .323 3 2 Apr 19 24.151 Ray Noble 1951-1953 107 243 31 53 6 1 9 40 25 41 .218 .299 .362 1 0 Apr 18 32.034 Bud Sheely 1951-1953 101 210 7 44 5 0 0 12 27 22 .210 .305 .233 0 1 Jul 26 30.242 Luis Marquez 1951-1954 99 143 24 26 5 1 0 11 16 24 .182 .278 .231 7 4 Apr 18 25.172 Dick Marlowe 1951-1956 98 57 2 10 1 0 0 3 2 26 .175 .203 .193 0 0 Sep 19 22.084 Phil Paine 1951-1958 95 14 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .214 .214 .214 0 0 Jul 14 21.036 Gene Verble 1951-1953 81 198 20 40 3 2 0 17 20 11 .202 .275 .237 1 1 Apr 17 22.292 Al Federoff 1951-1952 76 235 14 56 4 2 0 14 16 13 .238 .290 .272 1 0 Sep 27 27.078 Ben Flowers 1951-1956 76 36 0 4 2 0 0 1 1 15 .111 .135 .167 0 0 Sep 29 24.106 Jack Crimian 1951-1957 75 26 4 6 0 0 0 0 4 7 .231 .333 .231 0 0 Jul 3 25.136 Frank Campos 1951-1953 71 147 13 41 9 2 0 13 2 14 .279 .298 .367 0 0 Sep 11 27.123 Bob Wiesler 1951-1958 71 69 3 9 3 0 0 1 0 21 .130 .129 .174 0 0 Aug 3 20.355 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Dick Smith 1951-1955 70 186 17 25 2 2 0 11 30 22 .134 .255 .167 0 3 Sep 14 24.055 Bob Schultz 1951-1955 65 52 5 8 1 0 0 2 1 17 .154 .170 .173 0 0 Apr 20 27.144 Bill Jennings 1951-1951 64 195 20 35 10 2 0 13 26 42 .179 .276 .251 1 0 Jul 19 25.294 Art Schallock 1951-1955 58 45 4 9 0 0 0 2 4 17 .200 .265 .200 0 0 Jul 16 27.082 Ben Taylor 1951-1955 52 121 16 28 2 1 3 6 11 31 .231 .306 .339 1 1 Jul 29 26.302 Archie Wilson 1951-1952 51 140 9 31 5 3 0 17 7 14 .221 .268 .300 0 0 Sep 18 27.297 Russ Sullivan 1951-1953 45 150 16 40 8 2 5 12 18 11 .267 .357 .447 1 0 Sep 8 28.201 George Estock 1951-1951 37 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .375 .286 0 0 Apr 21 26.170 Bob Mahoney 1951-1952 36 18 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 9 .222 .300 .222 0 0 May 3 22.317 Dick Bokelmann 1951-1953 34 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Aug 3 24.281 Leo Cristante 1951-1955 30 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 .077 .077 .077 0 0 Apr 21 24.132 Joe Muir 1951-1952 21 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 0 0 Apr 21 28.146 Dick Young 1951-1952 20 77 10 18 6 0 0 2 4 9 .234 .272 .312 1 1 Sep 11 23.100 Artie Wilson 1951-1951 19 22 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 .182 .250 .182 2 0 Apr 18 30.172 Harry Fisher 1951-1952 18 18 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 .278 .278 .333 0 0 Sep 16 25.256 Frank Saucier 1951-1951 18 14 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 4 .071 .278 .143 0 0 Jul 21 25.054 Joe Lutz 1951-1951 14 36 7 6 0 1 0 2 6 9 .167 .286 .222 0 0 Apr 17 26.058 Frank Sacka 1951-1953 14 34 3 9 0 0 0 6 3 6 .265 .324 .265 0 0 Apr 29 26.242 Bud Thomas 1951-1951 14 20 3 7 0 0 1 1 0 3 .350 .350 .500 2 0 Sep 2 22.176 Bill Koski 1951-1951 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 28 19.081 Paul Pettit 1951-1953 13 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .222 .364 .222 0 0 May 4 19.156 Dan Porter 1951-1951 13 19 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .211 .286 .211 0 0 Aug 16 19.303 Len Yochim 1951-1954 12 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 0 0 Sep 18 22.337 George Bamberger 1951-1959 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 19 27.261 Wayne McLeland 1951-1952 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 20 26.234 Fred Richards 1951-1951 10 27 1 8 2 0 0 4 2 3 .296 .345 .370 0 0 Sep 15 23.316 Ed Blake 1951-1957 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 1 25.129 Niles Jordan 1951-1952 8 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 .071 .133 .071 0 0 Aug 26 25.268 Alton Brown 1951-1951 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 21 26.005 Ross Grimsley 1951-1951 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 3 29.091 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Al Richter 1951-1953 6 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 .091 .286 .091 0 0 Sep 23 24.228 Jay Van Noy 1951-1951 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .125 .000 0 0 Jun 18 22.226 Larry Ciaffone 1951-1951 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 0 0 Apr 17 26.243 Jerry Fahr 1951-1951 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 29 26.141 Duke Markell 1951-1951 5 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 0 0 Sep 6 28.020 Bob DiPietro 1951-1951 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .091 .167 .091 0 0 Sep 23 24.022 Bob Habenicht 1951-1953 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 0 0 Apr 17 25.063 Sammy Hairston 1951-1951 4 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 .400 .571 .600 0 0 Jul 21 31.182 Paul Hinrichs 1951-1951 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 16 25.258 Ed Samcoff 1951-1951 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .083 .000 0 0 Apr 21 26.232 Con Dempsey 1951-1951 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 28 28.224 Doug Hansen 1951-1951 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 4 22.262 Roy Hawes 1951-1951 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 0 0 Sep 23 25.080 Bobby Herrera 1951-1951 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 19 24.267 Earl Mossor 1951-1951 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 Apr 30 25.283 Red Hardy 1951-1951 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 20 28.165 Dan Lewandowski 1951-1951 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 22 23.259 Doc Daugherty 1951-1951 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 22 23.192 Eddie Gaedel 1951-1951 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 Aug 19 26.072 Harley Hisner 1951-1951 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 Sep 30 24.328 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
Pitchers Debuting in 1951 Sorted by Games Played
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Bob Friend 1951-1966 197 230 .461 3.58 602 497 163 36 11 3611.0 3772 1438 286 894 1734 Apr 28 20.155 Bob Turley 1951-1963 101 85 .543 3.64 310 237 78 24 12 1712.7 1366 693 140 1068 1265 Sep 29 21.010 Hal Brown 1951-1964 85 92 .480 3.81 358 211 47 13 11 1680.0 1677 712 173 389 710 Apr 19 26.129 Sam Jones 1951-1964 102 101 .502 3.59 322 222 76 17 9 1643.3 1403 655 151 822 1376 Sep 22 25.282 Turk Lown 1951-1962 55 61 .474 4.12 504 49 10 1 73 1032.0 978 472 105 590 574 Apr 24 26.329 Tom Morgan 1951-1963 67 47 .588 3.61 443 61 18 7 64 1023.3 1040 410 95 300 364 Apr 20 20.335 George Zuverink 1951-1959 32 36 .471 3.54 265 31 9 2 40 642.3 660 253 56 203 223 Apr 21 26.244 Paul LaPalme 1951-1957 24 45 .348 4.42 253 51 10 2 14 616.3 645 303 71 272 277 May 28 27.165 Chet Nichols 1951-1964 34 36 .486 3.64 189 71 23 4 10 603.3 600 244 45 280 266 Apr 19 20.056 Leo Kiely 1951-1960 26 27 .491 3.37 209 39 8 1 29 523.0 562 196 39 189 212 Jun 27 21.209 Joe Presko 1951-1958 25 37 .403 4.61 128 61 15 2 5 490.3 511 251 57 188 202 May 03 22.208 Jackie Collum 1951-1962 32 28 .533 4.15 171 37 11 2 12 464.0 480 214 44 173 171 Sep 21 24.092 Bob Chakales 1951-1957 15 25 .375 4.54 171 23 3 1 10 420.3 445 212 31 225 187 Apr 21 23.254 Bob Kelly 1951-1958 12 18 .400 4.50 123 35 7 2 2 362.0 374 181 28 152 146 May 04 23.212 Al Corwin 1951-1955 18 10 .643 3.98 117 22 6 2 5 289.3 289 128 36 156 142 Jul 25 24.234 Dick Marlowe 1951-1956 13 15 .464 4.99 98 17 3 0 3 243.3 280 135 28 101 108 Sep 19 22.084 Bob Wiesler 1951-1958 7 19 .269 5.74 70 38 4 0 0 241.3 250 154 16 218 113 Aug 03 20.355 Bob Schultz 1951-1955 9 13 .409 5.16 65 19 3 0 0 183.0 179 105 17 125 67 Apr 20 27.144 Art Schallock 1951-1955 6 7 .462 4.02 58 14 3 0 1 170.3 199 76 11 91 77 Jul 16 27.082 Ben Flowers 1951-1956 3 7 .300 4.49 76 13 1 1 3 168.3 190 84 18 54 86 Sep 29 24.106 Jack Crimian 1951-1957 5 9 .357 6.36 74 7 0 0 4 160.0 177 113 27 65 69 Jul 03 25.136 Phil Paine 1951-1958 10 1 .909 3.24 95 0 0 0 1 150.0 144 54 12 80 101 Jul 14 21.036 Bob Mahoney 1951-1952 2 5 .286 4.96 36 4 0 0 0 90.7 99 50 8 50 34 May 03 22.317 Dick Bokelmann 1951-1953 3 4 .429 4.90 34 1 0 0 3 68.0 73 37 2 38 27 Aug 03 24.281 George Estock 1951-1951 0 1 .000 4.33 37 1 0 0 3 60.3 56 29 2 37 11 Apr 21 26.170 Leo Cristante 1951-1955 1 2 .333 3.84 30 2 0 0 0 58.7 65 25 4 23 15 Apr 21 24.132 Joe Muir 1951-1952 2 5 .286 5.19 21 6 1 0 0 52.0 53 30 5 25 22 Apr 21 28.146 Niles Jordan 1951-1952 2 4 .333 4.19 8 6 2 1 0 43.0 49 20 5 11 13 Aug 26 25.268 Paul Pettit 1951-1953 1 2 .333 7.34 12 5 0 0 0 30.7 35 25 2 21 14 May 04 19.156 Len Yochim 1951-1954 1 2 .333 7.62 12 3 0 0 0 28.3 40 24 2 19 12 Sep 18 22.337 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Bill Koski 1951-1951 0 1 .000 6.67 13 1 0 0 0 27.0 26 20 2 28 6 Apr 28 19.081 Duke Markell 1951-1951 1 1 .500 6.33 5 2 1 0 0 21.3 25 15 3 20 10 Sep 06 28.020 Harry Fisher 1951-1952 1 2 .333 6.87 8 3 0 0 0 18.3 17 14 4 13 5 Sep 16 25.256 George Bamberger 1951-1959 0 0 9.42 10 1 0 0 1 14.3 25 15 4 10 3 Apr 19 27.261 Ross Grimsley 1951-1951 0 0 3.86 7 0 0 0 0 14.0 12 6 1 10 8 Sep 03 29.091 Wayne McLeland 1951-1952 0 1 .000 8.56 10 1 0 0 0 13.7 24 13 1 10 0 Apr 20 26.234 Alton Brown 1951-1951 0 0 9.26 7 0 0 0 0 11.7 14 12 1 12 7 Apr 21 26.005 Ed Blake 1951-1957 0 0 6.23 8 0 0 0 0 8.7 15 6 4 4 1 May 01 25.129 Con Dempsey 1951-1951 0 2 .000 9.00 3 2 0 0 0 7.0 11 7 2 4 3 Apr 28 28.224 Bob Habenicht 1951-1953 0 0 6.75 4 0 0 0 0 6.7 6 5 0 10 2 Apr 17 25.063 Harley Hisner 1951-1951 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 3 0 4 3 Sep 30 24.328 Jerry Fahr 1951-1951 0 0 4.76 5 0 0 0 0 5.7 11 3 0 2 0 Apr 29 26.141 Paul Hinrichs 1951-1951 0 0 21.60 4 0 0 0 0 3.3 7 8 1 4 1 May 16 25.258 Bobby Herrera 1951-1951 0 0 27.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 6 7 2 4 1 Apr 19 24.267 Earl Mossor 1951-1951 0 0 32.40 3 0 0 0 0 1.7 2 6 1 7 1 Apr 30 25.283 Red Hardy 1951-1951 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 4 1 0 1 0 Jun 20 28.165 Dan Lewandowski 1951-1951 0 1 .000 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 0 1 1 Sep 22 23.259 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
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