1879 Major League Rookie Players

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Batting

Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Jack Allen	1	1879	1879	-0.9	27	110	108	14	16	3	2	0	7			2	14	.148	.164	.213	.377	May 1, 1879	23	TOT
2	Dan Brouthers HOF	19	1879	1904	79.8	1676	7691	6726	1529	2303	462	206	107	1301	257		840	238	.342	.423	.520	.943	Jun 23, 1879	21	TRO
3	Mike Burke	1	1879	1879	-0.3	28	119	117	13	26	3	0	0	8			2	5	.222	.235	.248	.483	May 1, 1879	25	CIN
4	Hick Carpenter	12	1879	1892	4.6	1118	4777	4637	720	1202	142	47	18	543	158		112	174	.259	.281	.322	.603	May 1, 1879	23	SYR
5	Ed Caskin	7	1879	1886	4.2	482	1953	1871	229	427	50	10	2	163	0		82	170	.228	.261	.269	.529	May 1, 1879	27	TRO
6	Aaron Clapp	1	1879	1879	0.2	36	152	146	24	39	9	3	0	18			6	10	.267	.296	.370	.666	May 1, 1879	22	TRO
7	Ed Cogswell	3	1879	1882	2.8	109	521	496	102	146	16	4	1	32			25	21	.294	.328	.349	.677	Jul 11, 1879	25	BSN
8	Charlie Eden	4	1877	1885	1.0	226	982	935	118	244	56	18	4	77			33	26	.261	.296	.372	.669	Aug 17, 1877	24	CLV
9	Jake Evans	7	1879	1885	4.0	472	1898	1831	215	435	70	21	1	168			63	172	.238	.264	.300	.565	May 1, 1879	22	TRO
10	Jack Farrell	11	1879	1889	18.7	884	3815	3613	584	877	148	55	23	370	87		197	254	.243	.283	.333	.616	May 1, 1879	21	TOT
11	Curry Foley	5	1879	1883	3.8	305	1339	1305	192	373	57	12	6	128			34	83	.286	.304	.362	.666	May 13, 1879	23	BSN
12	Barney Gilligan	10	1879	1888	7.2	521	2012	1865	215	386	68	23	3	167	8		147	235	.207	.265	.273	.538	Jun 12, 1879	23	CLV
13	Jack Glasscock	17	1879	1895	62.0	1737	7552	7033	1164	2041	313	98	27	827	372		440	212	.290	.337	.374	.712	May 1, 1879	21	CLV
14	Fred Goldsmith	7	1875	1884	-1.2	219	881	855	128	193	33	10	3	75	0	0	26	125	.226	.249	.298	.547	Oct 23, 1875	23	TRO
15	George Gore	14	1879	1892	39.9	1310	6104	5357	1327	1612	262	94	46	618	170		717	332	.301	.386	.411	.797	May 1, 1879	25	CHC
16	Emil Gross	5	1879	1884	8.0	248	1038	987	141	291	67	21	7	107			51	52	.295	.329	.427	.756	Aug 13, 1879	21	PRO
17	Al Hall	2	1879	1880	0.5	70	317	314	31	80	7	3	0	14			3	13	.255	.262	.296	.558	May 1, 1879		TRO
18	Bill Hawes	2	1879	1884	-0.9	117	511	504	99	128	10	7	4	9			7	13	.254	.264	.325	.590	May 1, 1879	25	BSN
19	Thorny Hawkes	2	1879	1884	0.6	102	409	401	40	94	10	3	0	20			8	14	.234	.249	.274	.524	May 1, 1879	26	TRO
20	Joe Hornung	12	1879	1890	7.9	1123	4918	4784	787	1230	172	90	31	564	159		120	498	.257	.277	.350	.627	May 1, 1879	22	BUF
21	Pete Hotaling	9	1879	1888	7.9	840	3734	3492	590	931	148	63	9	371	78		224	251	.267	.314	.353	.667	May 1, 1879	22	CIN
22	Sadie Houck	8	1879	1887	8.7	641	2727	2659	406	666	106	58	4	234	31		48	77	.250	.269	.338	.608	May 1, 1879	23	BSN
23	Doc Kennedy	5	1879	1883	4.5	160	630	615	67	160	25	4	1	53			15	37	.260	.278	.319	.596	May 1, 1879	25	CLV
24	Jimmy Macullar	6	1879	1886	1.7	449	1710	1541	246	319	47	19	7	91	23		155	27	.207	.285	.276	.561	May 5, 1879	24	SYR
25	Mike Mansell	5	1879	1884	3.4	371	1535	1470	237	351	41	42	9	25			61	82	.239	.271	.342	.613	May 1, 1879	21	SYR
26	Tom Mansell	3	1879	1884	-0.6	191	812	767	132	199	23	11	0	74			39	22	.259	.300	.318	.619	May 1, 1879	24	TOT
27	Harry McCormick	4	1879	1883	-1.1	110	431	423	33	86	6	3	1	38			8	28	.203	.218	.239	.457	May 1, 1879	23	SYR
28	Bill McGunnigle	3	1879	1882	-1.1	56	207	202	24	35	0	1	0	6			5	31	.173	.193	.183	.376	May 2, 1879	24	BUF
29	John O'Rourke	3	1879	1883	6.6	230	992	945	148	279	58	24	11	98			47	64	.295	.329	.442	.771	May 1, 1879	29	BSN
30	Bill Phillips	10	1879	1888	12.5	1038	4458	4255	562	1130	214	98	17	534	39		178	295	.266	.299	.374	.673	May 1, 1879	22	CLV
31	Blondie Purcell	12	1879	1890	5.2	1097	4875	4563	767	1217	177	60	13	495	197		284	248	.267	.314	.340	.654	May 1, 1879	25	TOT
32	Charlie Reilley	5	1879	1884	-2.1	119	442	439	36	92	8	1	0	34			3	38	.210	.215	.232	.447	May 1, 1879	23	TRO
33	Hardy Richardson	14	1879	1892	40.9	1334	6044	5657	1127	1694	305	126	73	828	207		377	446	.299	.344	.437	.781	May 1, 1879	24	BUF
34	Billy Riley	2	1875	1879	-1.5	51	197	194	18	28	3	0	0	10	0	0	3	27	.144	.157	.160	.317	May 4, 1875	24	CLV
35	Harry Salisbury	2	1879	1882	-1.2	49	186	181	20	24	2	0	0	0			5	7	.133	.156	.144	.300	Aug 28, 1879	24	TRO
36	George Strief	5	1879	1885	-1.6	362	1423	1359	144	282	50	14	5	64			64	28	.208	.243	.276	.519	May 1, 1879	22	CLV
37	Live Oak Taylor	3	1877	1884	-0.8	67	267	257	32	56	8	1	0	8			7	10	.218	.247	.257	.504	Aug 21, 1877	28	TRO
38	Oscar Walker	6	1875	1885	3.1	282	1165	1128	155	287	46	23	11	51	0	0	34	56	.254	.278	.365	.643	Sep 17, 1875	25	BUF
39	Red Woodhead	2	1873	1879	-1.3	35	136	136	5	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	23	.154	.154	.162	.316	Apr 15, 1873	27	SYR
	Totals	249	1873	1904	325.1	18292	79070	74168	12421	20000	3226	1275	444	8232	1786	0	4472	4458	.270	.315	.365	.680

Pitching

Pitching
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Dan Brouthers HOF	19	1879	1904	-1.1	0	2	.000	7.83	4	2	1	2	0	0	23.0	44	37	20	0	11	8		0	4	127	2.391	Jun 23, 1879	21	TRO
2	Charlie Eden	4	1877	1885	-0.3	1	3	.250	5.53	6	2	4	1	0	0	27.2	34	22	17	1	6	8	1	0	5	124	1.446	Aug 17, 1877	24	CLV
3	Jake Evans	7	1879	1885	-0.3	0	1	.000	6.60	3	1	2	1	0	0	15.0	24	18	11	1	0	3		0	1	71	1.600	May 1, 1879	22	TRO
4	Curry Foley	5	1879	1883	-2.2	27	27	.500	3.54	69	50	16	39	2	0	442.2	511	311	174	3	64	127		0	25	1938	1.299	May 13, 1879	23	BSN
5	Jack Glasscock	17	1879	1895	-0.4	0	0		6.43	5	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	12	11	5	1	7	3	1	0	2	41	2.714	May 1, 1879	21	CLV
6	Fred Goldsmith	7	1875	1884	13.6	112	68	.622	2.73	189	185	3	174	16	1	1609.2	1685	884	488	38	171	433	1	2	57	6765	1.153	Oct 23, 1875	23	TRO
7	Joe Hornung	12	1879	1890	0.0	0	0		6.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	2	2	0	1	0		0	1	13	1.000	May 1, 1879	22	BUF
8	Jimmy Macullar	6	1879	1886	-0.1	0	0		6.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	4	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	1.333	May 5, 1879	24	SYR
9	Tom Mansell	3	1879	1884	-0.4	0	0		16.20	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	21	18	12	2	5	3		0	1	43	3.900	May 1, 1879	24	TOT
10	Harry McCormick	4	1879	1883	10.3	41	58	.414	2.66	103	102	5	96	10	0	884.0	922	498	261	9	115	157		0	54	3781	1.173	May 1, 1879	23	SYR
11	Bill McGunnigle	3	1879	1882	2.0	11	8	.579	2.81	19	18	1	17	3	0	157.0	156	85	49	0	24	65		0	3	658	1.146	May 2, 1879	24	BUF
12	Blondie Purcell	12	1879	1890	-3.2	15	43	.259	3.73	79	57	16	52	0	0	581.1	746	486	241	5	84	138	1	0	59	2643	1.428	May 1, 1879	25	TOT
13	Hardy Richardson	14	1879	1892	0.1	3	0	1.000	3.94	5	0	5	0	0	0	16.0	16	10	7	1	13	6		0	4	83	1.813	May 1, 1879	24	BUF
14	Harry Salisbury	2	1879	1882	1.4	24	24	.500	2.55	48	48	0	47	1	0	424.0	418	260	120	1	48	166		0	14	1794	1.099	Aug 28, 1879	24	TRO
	Totals	115	1875	1904	19.4	234	234	.500	3.02	534	465	60	429	32	1	4200.0	4595	2645	1409	62	549	1118	4	2	230	18094	1.000

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