1881 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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Pat Deasley	8	1881	1888	4.6	402	1519	1466	161	358	37	9	0	120	7	49	89	.244	.271	.282	.552	May 18, 1881	23	BSN
2	Jerry Denny	13	1881	1894	20.9	1237	5140	4946	714	1286	238	76	74	667	130	173	602	.260	.287	.384	.671	May 2, 1881	22	PRO
3	George Derby	3	1881	1883	-1.9	115	455	444	40	87	6	2	0	23		11	59	.196	.215	.218	.434	May 2, 1881	23	DTN
4	Buck Ewing HOF	18	1880	1897	48.0	1315	5772	5363	1129	1625	250	178	71	883	354	392	294	.303	.351	.456	.807	Sep 9, 1880	21	TRO
5	John Fox	4	1881	1886	-1.1	62	242	238	24	42	5	0	0	4	0	4	11	.176	.190	.197	.388	Jun 2, 1881	22	BSN
6	Fred Lewis	5	1881	1886	5.3	317	1386	1318	224	390	70	13	4	119	8	60	28	.296	.330	.378	.708	Jul 2, 1881	22	BSN
7	Jack Lynch	7	1881	1890	-1.9	226	845	792	75	137	20	5	0	28	7	51	26	.173	.225	.211	.436	May 2, 1881	24	BUF
8	Frank Mountain	7	1880	1886	1.4	194	761	717	84	158	28	13	9	13	3	39	35	.220	.265	.333	.599	Jul 19, 1880	21	DTN
9	Hugh Nicol	10	1881	1890	4.1	888	3825	3465	631	813	91	29	5	272	383	337	158	.235	.307	.282	.589	May 3, 1881	23	CHC
10	Martin Powell	4	1881	1884	3.4	279	1238	1163	213	329	43	11	3	115		75	59	.283	.326	.347	.673	Jun 18, 1881	25	DTN
11	Old Hoss Radbourn HOF	12	1880	1891	2.2	653	2654	2487	308	585	64	11	9	259	26	158	244	.235	.283	.281	.564	May 5, 1880	26	PRO
12	Sleeper Sullivan	4	1881	1884	-2.7	96	346	342	39	63	7	4	0	15		4	21	.184	.194	.228	.422	May 3, 1881	22	BUF
13	Billy Taylor	7	1881	1887	4.0	275	1195	1167	148	323	62	24	8	26	1	27	10	.277	.294	.392	.685	May 21, 1881	26	TOT
14	Jim Whitney	10	1881	1890	8.5	550	2306	2144	316	559	113	39	18	280	20	161	211	.261	.313	.375	.688	May 2, 1881	23	BSN
	Totals	112	1880	1897	94.8	6609	27684	26052	4106	6755	1034	414	201	2824	939	1541	1847	.259	.303	.354	.657

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	Jerry Denny	13	1881	1894	-0.2	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	5	4	1	4	1	0	0	3	22	2.250	May 2, 1881	22	PRO
2	George Derby	3	1881	1883	6.7	48	56	.462	3.01	110	107	3	105	12	1	964.1	1064	639	322	14	182	428		0	35	4224	1.292	May 2, 1881	23	DTN
3	Buck Ewing HOF	18	1880	1897	-0.1	2	3	.400	3.45	9	4	4	4	0	1	47.0	55	36	18	2	23	23	1	0	3	233	1.660	Sep 9, 1880	21	TRO
4	John Fox	4	1881	1886	-2.5	13	28	.317	4.16	45	43	2	38	0	0	356.2	440	302	165	4	98	104	3	0	47	1636	1.508	Jun 2, 1881	22	BSN
5	Jack Lynch	7	1881	1890	6.9	110	105	.512	3.69	221	216	5	214	8	0	1924.1	2048	1224	789	54	295	859	29	1	138	8215	1.218	May 2, 1881	24	BUF
6	Frank Mountain	7	1880	1886	0.7	58	83	.411	3.47	143	142	1	137	9	1	1215.2	1273	812	469	23	309	383	18	0	88	5343	1.301	Jul 19, 1880	21	DTN
7	Old Hoss Radbourn HOF	12	1880	1891	73.2	310	194	.615	2.68	527	502	24	488	35	2	4527.1	4328	2273	1347	118	875	1830	54	0	214	18918	1.149	May 5, 1880	26	PRO
8	Billy Taylor	7	1881	1887	6.3	50	36	.581	3.17	100	84	15	83	3	4	799.2	811	456	282	11	165	376	15	0	69	3455	1.221	May 21, 1881	26	TOT
9	Jim Whitney	10	1881	1890	47.5	191	204	.484	2.97	413	396	16	377	26	2	3496.1	3598	2026	1154	79	411	1571	28	2	214	14666	1.147	May 2, 1881	23	BSN
	Totals	81	1880	1897	138.5	782	709	.524	3.07	1569	1494	71	1446	93	11	13335.1	13622	7773	4550	306	2362	5575	148	3	811	56712	1.292

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