1882 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	Harry Arundel	3	1875	1884	-0.1	16	65	59	8	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	.186	.262	.186	.448	Jul 19, 1875	27	PIT
2	Jud Birchall	3	1882	1884	-1.3	225	1044	1007	196	254	24	4	1	51			32		.252	.279	.287	.566	May 2, 1882	26	PHA
3	Bob Blakiston	3	1882	1884	-0.5	154	628	594	87	142	14	4	0	46			30		.239	.280	.276	.556	May 2, 1882	26	PHA
4	Fatty Briody	8	1880	1888	4.1	323	1231	1186	134	271	52	7	3	115	6		44	119	.228	.257	.292	.548	Jun 16, 1880	23	CLV
5	Tom Brown	17	1882	1898	16.5	1791	8221	7387	1524	1958	240	138	64	742	658		749	784	.265	.336	.361	.697	Jul 6, 1882	21	BAL
6	Pete Browning	13	1882	1894	40.6	1183	5315	4820	954	1646	295	85	46	659	258		466	245	.341	.403	.467	.869	May 2, 1882	21	LOU
7	Monk Cline	5	1882	1891	2.7	232	1012	940	165	245	39	12	2	71	31		66	29	.261	.313	.334	.647	Jul 4, 1882	24	BAL
8	Charlie Comiskey HOF	13	1882	1894	7.7	1390	6040	5796	992	1529	207	68	28	883	416		197	132	.264	.293	.337	.630	May 2, 1882	22	STL
9	Hugh Daily	6	1882	1887	-2.9	167	590	562	53	88	13	2	0	17	0		28	109	.157	.197	.187	.383	May 1, 1882	34	BUF
10	Tom Dolan	7	1879	1888	-0.7	225	848	808	95	165	25	7	1	40	11		39	26	.204	.242	.256	.498	Sep 30, 1879	27	BUF
11	Jerry Dorgan	4	1880	1885	1.0	131	547	531	74	150	22	4	0	49			14	11	.282	.303	.339	.642	Jul 8, 1880	26	PHA
12	Bert Dorr	1	1882	1882	-0.2	8	26	26	2	4	0	0	0				0		.154	.154	.154	.308	Aug 24, 1882	20	STL
13	Denny Driscoll	4	1880	1884	-1.6	95	351	341	37	57	6	1	1	5			10	7	.167	.191	.199	.390	Jul 1, 1880	26	PIT
14	Jim Egan	1	1882	1882	-0.9	30	116	115	15	23	3	2	0	10			1	21	.200	.207	.261	.468	May 15, 1882	24	TRO
15	Joe Farrell	4	1882	1886	1.2	353	1524	1489	187	345	43	15	5	132	5		35	115	.232	.249	.291	.540	May 1, 1882	25	DTN
16	Eddie Fusselback	4	1882	1888	0.7	109	470	462	75	124	19	3	1	3	0		8	1	.268	.281	.329	.610	May 3, 1882	25	STL
17	Bill Geiss	2	1882	1884	-1.7	88	331	324	24	56	11	5	2	18			7	60	.173	.190	.256	.447	Jul 19, 1882	23	BAL
18	Bill Gleason	8	1882	1889	10.3	798	3624	3395	613	907	111	35	7	298	70		177	51	.267	.313	.327	.640	May 2, 1882	23	STL
19	Jack Gleason	6	1877	1886	4.4	343	1531	1425	253	384	59	14	9	31	8		95	2	.269	.320	.349	.670	Oct 2, 1877	27	STL
20	Jackie Hayes	7	1882	1890	1.2	300	1191	1148	106	267	63	10	10	81	0		39	57	.233	.260	.331	.591	May 2, 1882	21	WOR
21	Guy Hecker	9	1882	1890	9.6	705	3052	2876	504	812	117	47	19	278	123		143	98	.282	.324	.376	.699	May 2, 1882	26	LOU
22	Charlie Householder	2	1882	1884	2.1	150	597	579	68	145	25	10	4				16		.250	.273	.349	.622	May 2, 1882	28	BAL
23	Harry Jacoby	2	1882	1885	-0.2	42	173	164	23	30	3	1	1	1			9		.183	.225	.232	.457	May 2, 1882	23	BAL
24	Jim Keenan	11	1875	1891	10.0	527	2079	1881	254	451	60	36	22	208	41	0	177	179	.240	.312	.345	.657	May 17, 1875	26	PIT
25	John Kelly	4	1879	1884	-3.0	122	479	469	48	106	17	3	1	5			10	26	.226	.242	.281	.524	Jun 7, 1879	23	CLV
26	Rudy Kemmler	8	1879	1889	0.7	236	904	860	80	166	18	6	0	11	0		42	5	.193	.232	.228	.460	Jul 26, 1879	22	TOT
27	Doc Landis	1	1882	1882	-0.9	53	190	187	11	32	1	0	0				3		.171	.184	.176	.361	May 2, 1882	27	TOT
28	Chappy Lane	2	1882	1884	-0.5	114	436	426	52	86	16	7	4				8		.202	.220	.300	.521	May 16, 1882		PIT
29	Jack Leary	5	1880	1884	-1.4	129	546	536	55	123	11	9	4	4			10	1	.229	.244	.306	.550	Aug 21, 1880	24	TOT
30	Fred Mann	6	1882	1887	6.7	577	2483	2277	388	597	104	68	12	181	67		163	57	.262	.323	.383	.707	May 1, 1882	24	TOT
31	John Mansell	1	1882	1882	-0.4	31	130	126	17	30	3	1	0	17			4		.238	.262	.278	.539	May 9, 1882	23	PHA
32	Leech Maskrey	5	1882	1886	-0.1	418	1668	1601	190	360	52	26	2	94	4		61		.225	.256	.294	.550	May 2, 1882	28	LOU
33	Harry McCaffery	2	1882	1883	0.5	44	179	175	24	44	8	6	0	1			4		.251	.268	.366	.634	Jun 15, 1882	23	TOT
34	Jumbo McGinnis	6	1882	1887	-0.8	193	749	732	75	154	28	8	2	33	5		16	1	.210	.228	.279	.507	May 2, 1882	28	STL
35	Bid McPhee HOF	18	1882	1899	52.5	2138	9429	8304	1684	2258	303	189	53	1072	568		982	377	.272	.355	.373	.728	May 2, 1882	22	CIN
36	Charlie Morton	3	1882	1885	-0.8	87	338	320	34	63	7	8	0	3			18	10	.197	.240	.269	.508	May 2, 1882	27	TOT
37	Mike Muldoon	5	1882	1886	3.9	495	2030	1932	254	450	88	28	10	187	12		92	134	.233	.270	.323	.593	May 1, 1882	26	CLV
38	Tony Mullane	13	1881	1894	5.6	784	2971	2720	407	661	99	38	8	223	112		221	159	.243	.307	.316	.623	Aug 27, 1881	23	LOU
39	Henry Myers	3	1881	1884	-0.9	76	334	322	44	56	3	0	0	0			12	2	.174	.204	.183	.387	Aug 20, 1881	24	BAL
40	Sandy Nava	5	1882	1886	-1.7	101	361	345	45	61	7	2	0	33	1		16	65	.177	.213	.209	.422	May 5, 1882	32	PRO
41	Jack O'Brien	8	1882	1890	9.7	555	2380	2169	366	577	106	42	11	308	76		180	31	.266	.331	.369	.700	May 2, 1882	22	PHA
42	Fred Pfeffer	16	1882	1897	26.2	1671	7128	6560	1096	1680	231	120	94	1021	383		527	503	.256	.313	.371	.684	May 1, 1882	22	TRO
43	Gracie Pierce	3	1882	1884	-2.5	84	312	307	23	59	4	2	0	2			5	9	.192	.205	.218	.423	May 2, 1882	22	TOT
44	John Reccius	2	1882	1883	0.7	92	359	329	56	72	14	3	1	3			30		.219	.284	.289	.573	May 2, 1882	22	LOU
45	James Roseman	7	1882	1890	4.5	681	2956	2761	443	726	120	49	17	222	19		133	68	.263	.312	.360	.672	May 1, 1882	25	TRO
46	Dave Rowe	7	1877	1888	1.9	347	1501	1458	223	383	77	32	8	90	4		42	91	.263	.284	.376	.660	May 30, 1877	27	CLV
47	Ed Rowen	3	1882	1884	-0.2	136	570	538	68	130	18	5	1	65			31	18	.242	.284	.299	.583	May 1, 1882	24	BSN
48	John Schappert	1	1882	1882	0.0	15	57	50	7	9	1	0	0				7		.180	.281	.200	.481	May 3, 1882	28	STL
49	Bill Schenck	3	1882	1885	0.7	103	396	386	51	91	15	3	3	0			9		.236	.255	.313	.569	May 29, 1882	27	LOU
50	John Shetzline	1	1882	1882	-0.3	73	286	281	22	60	8	2	0				5		.214	.227	.256	.484	May 2, 1882	30	BAL
51	Bill Smiley	2	1874	1882	-1.4	77	314	308	33	60	4	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	.195	.210	.221	.431	Oct 13, 1874	26	TOT
52	John Smith	1	1882	1882	0.4	54	227	219	37	53	7	5	0	19			8	34	.242	.269	.320	.588	May 1, 1882	24	TOT
53	Joe Sommer	10	1880	1890	3.7	920	3933	3675	617	911	109	42	11	342	101		238	118	.248	.297	.309	.607	Jul 8, 1880	23	CIN
54	Charles Strick	1	1882	1882	-0.1	32	119	110	17	18	6	1	0				9		.164	.227	.236	.463	May 18, 1882	23	LOU
55	Cub Stricker	11	1882	1893	-1.9	1196	5083	4635	790	1106	128	47	12	411	278		414	152	.239	.306	.294	.600	May 2, 1882	23	PHA
56	Dan Sullivan	5	1882	1886	1.8	197	817	786	86	183	24	10	0	33	0		29		.233	.262	.289	.551	May 2, 1882	25	LOU
57	Ed Swartwood	9	1881	1892	17.4	725	3248	2880	608	863	120	63	14	229	120		325	52	.300	.379	.400	.779	Aug 11, 1881	23	PIT
58	Bill Sweeney	2	1882	1884	-0.7	97	397	384	43	85	11	0	0	6			13		.221	.247	.250	.497	Jun 27, 1882	24	PHA
59	Dasher Troy	5	1881	1885	2.1	292	1175	1127	166	274	42	20	4	51			41	52	.243	.274	.327	.601	Aug 23, 1881	26	TOT
60	Ed Whiting	3	1882	1884	2.7	174	732	705	94	185	36	12	2	18			25		.262	.290	.356	.646	May 2, 1882	22	BAL
61	Sam Wise	12	1881	1893	20.3	1175	5140	4715	834	1281	221	112	48	672	203		389	643	.272	.332	.397	.729	Jul 30, 1881	24	BSN
62	Chicken Wolf	11	1882	1892	18.3	1196	5230	4959	779	1439	212	109	18	592	186		229	120	.290	.327	.388	.715	May 2, 1882	20	LOU
	Totals	353	1874	1899	264.7	24875	106193	98589	16310	25556	3730	1590	566	9687	3766	0	6745	4775	.259	.311	.347	.658

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	Harry Arundel	3	1875	1884	-2.6	5	11	.313	4.50	16	16	0	14	0	0	130.0	171	119	65	3	28	52		0	7	601	1.531	Jul 19, 1875	27	PIT
2	Tom Brown	17	1882	1898	-1.6	2	2	.500	5.29	12	1	11	1	0	0	49.1	56	55	29	0	31	16	3	0	14	265	1.764	Jul 6, 1882	21	BAL
3	Pete Browning	13	1882	1894	-0.2	0	1	.000	54.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	3	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	5	12.000	May 2, 1882	21	LOU
4	Charlie Comiskey HOF	13	1882	1894	0.0	0	1	.000	0.73	4	1	2	1	0	0	12.1	13	9	1	0	3	6	0	0	1	58	1.297	May 2, 1882	22	STL
5	Hugh Daily	6	1882	1887	11.8	73	87	.456	2.92	165	163	2	157	10	1	1415.0	1394	866	459	31	369	846	3	0	96	6060	1.246	May 1, 1882	34	BUF
6	Tom Dolan	7	1879	1888	0.0	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	16	1.000	Sep 30, 1879	27	BUF
7	Bert Dorr	1	1882	1882	0.6	2	6	.250	2.59	8	8	0	8	0	0	66.0	53	39	19	0	1	34		0	1	259	0.818	Aug 24, 1882	20	STL
8	Denny Driscoll	4	1880	1884	5.0	38	39	.494	3.08	83	80	3	72	1	0	681.0	747	414	233	7	67	171	2	0	27	2942	1.195	Jul 1, 1880	26	PIT
9	Jim Egan	1	1882	1882	-0.5	4	6	.400	4.14	12	10	2	10	0	0	100.0	133	79	46	2	24	20		0	5	446	1.570	May 15, 1882	24	TRO
10	Eddie Fusselback	4	1882	1888	-0.6	1	2	.333	4.70	4	2	2	2	0	1	23.0	34	24	12	0	2	3		0	1	108	1.565	May 3, 1882	25	STL
11	Bill Geiss	2	1882	1884	-0.7	4	9	.308	5.27	14	13	1	10	1	0	100.2	98	89	59	2	24	11		0	10	438	1.212	Jul 19, 1882	23	BAL
12	Guy Hecker	9	1882	1890	27.6	175	146	.545	2.93	336	322	13	312	15	1	2924.0	2922	1726	951	50	492	1110	72	4	128	12415	1.168	May 2, 1882	26	LOU
13	Jim Keenan	11	1875	1891	0.5	0	1	.000	2.37	4	0	4	0	0	0	19.0	17	8	5	0	4	2	0	0	1	76	1.105	May 17, 1875	26	PIT
14	Doc Landis	1	1882	1882	-0.5	12	29	.293	3.36	44	42	2	37	0	0	359.0	427	267	134	8	49	74		0	32	1592	1.326	May 2, 1882	27	TOT
15	Jack Leary	5	1880	1884	-2.2	3	9	.250	4.56	14	12	2	8	0	0	94.2	123	99	48	1	20	23		0	8	429	1.511	Aug 21, 1880	24	TOT
16	Jumbo McGinnis	6	1882	1887	9.6	102	79	.564	2.95	187	186	1	177	18	0	1603.2	1572	958	525	21	294	562	47	1	135	6806	1.164	May 2, 1882	28	STL
17	Charlie Morton	3	1882	1885	0.2	0	1	.000	3.09	3	1	2	1	0	0	23.1	18	14	8	0	5	7	1	0	0	92	0.986	May 2, 1882	27	TOT
18	Tony Mullane	13	1881	1894	61.0	284	220	.563	3.05	555	504	52	468	30	15	4531.1	4195	2523	1537	97	1408	1803	185	3	343	19407	1.237	Aug 27, 1881	23	LOU
19	Henry Myers	3	1881	1884	-0.7	0	2	.000	6.58	6	2	2	1	0	0	26.0	30	28	19	2	4	7		0	0	115	1.308	Aug 20, 1881	24	BAL
20	Fred Pfeffer	16	1882	1897	0.4	2	1	.667	2.62	8	2	6	2	0	2	44.2	41	26	13	1	20	13	1	0	4	194	1.366	May 1, 1882	22	TRO
21	John Reccius	2	1882	1883	-1.3	4	6	.400	3.00	14	10	4	9	1	0	99.0	116	73	33	3	22	31		0	5	445	1.394	May 2, 1882	22	LOU
22	James Roseman	7	1882	1890	-0.8	0	1	.000	7.88	4	1	2	0	0	0	16.0	20	25	14	0	7	1	2	0	0	70	1.688	May 1, 1882	25	TRO
23	Dave Rowe	7	1877	1888	-0.7	1	2	.333	9.78	4	3	1	2	0	0	23.0	54	51	25	4	11	3		0	3	137	2.826	May 30, 1877	27	CLV
24	John Schappert	1	1882	1882	-0.9	8	7	.533	3.52	15	14	1	13	0	0	128.0	131	99	50	2	32	38		0	24	561	1.273	May 3, 1882	28	STL
25	Bill Schenck	3	1882	1885	0.4	1	0	1.000	0.90	2	1	1	1	0	0	10.0	6	2	1	0	1	4		0	0	38	0.700	May 29, 1882	27	LOU
26	Joe Sommer	10	1880	1890	-0.9	0	0		9.64	6	0	5	0	0	1	14.0	33	25	15	1	7	3	0	0	3	84	2.857	Jul 8, 1880	23	CIN
27	Cub Stricker	11	1882	1893	0.6	2	0	1.000	3.58	8	0	8	0	0	1	27.2	30	14	11	0	11	10	1	0	3	128	1.482	May 2, 1882	23	PHA
28	Ed Swartwood	9	1881	1892	-0.1	0	0		6.75	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	8	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	27	1.688	Aug 11, 1881	23	PIT
29	Bill Sweeney	2	1882	1884	7.1	49	31	.613	2.67	82	80	2	76	4	0	708.0	700	413	210	17	116	422		0	54	3019	1.153	Jun 27, 1882	24	PHA
30	Chicken Wolf	11	1882	1892	-0.8	0	0		10.80	3	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	19	21	12	0	3	2	0	0	2	58	2.200	May 2, 1882	20	LOU
	Totals	201	1875	1898	109.7	772	699	.525	3.09	1617	1475	136	1382	80	22	13248.1	13167	8078	4542	252	3058	5275	318	8	907	56891	0.818

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