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1898 Major League Rookie Players

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Players listed either lost their rookie status as considered by modern standards (< 130 AB, 50 IP or 45 pre-Sept 1 days of service to start season) in this season or if you are looking at the 2021 rookies page then they have not lost their rookie status and are still active professionals.

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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	Ed Abbaticchio	9	1897	1910	8.7	855	3479	3044	355	772	99	43	11	324	142		289	283	.254	.325	.325	.650	Sep 4, 1897	21	PHI
2	Nick Altrock	19	1898	1933	0.5	230	609	550	52	97	9	1	2	27	5	1	29	91	.176	.232	.207	.439	Jul 14, 1898	21	LOU
3	Doc Casey	10	1898	1907	12.4	1114	4805	4341	584	1122	137	52	9	354	191		270	239	.258	.310	.320	.630	Sep 14, 1898	28	WHS
4	Frank Chance HOF	17	1898	1914	46.0	1288	5135	4299	798	1274	200	79	20	596	403	0	556	320	.296	.394	.394	.788	Apr 29, 1898	21	CHC
5	Pete Daniels	2	1890	1898	0.2	14	33	29	2	7	2	0	0	3	0		4	4	.241	.333	.310	.644	Apr 19, 1890	34	STL
6	Bill Dinneen	12	1898	1909	-0.8	417	1280	1143	99	219	18	5	1	60	29		80	221	.192	.252	.219	.471	Apr 22, 1898	22	WHS
7	Bill Donovan	18	1898	1918	0.2	459	1449	1302	142	251	30	11	7	94	36	0	77	342	.193	.241	.249	.490	Apr 22, 1898	21	WHS
8	Pete Dowling	4	1897	1901	-0.6	118	378	354	28	70	10	5	1	29	2		13	76	.198	.239	.263	.501	Jul 17, 1897	21	LOU
9	Bill Duggleby	8	1898	1907	-1.3	242	693	649	51	107	24	4	6	51	3		21	217	.165	.193	.242	.435	Apr 21, 1898	24	PHI
10	Elmer Flick HOF	13	1898	1910	52.7	1483	6431	5597	950	1752	268	164	48	756	330		597	567	.313	.389	.445	.834	Apr 26, 1898	22	PHI
11	Pop Foster	4	1898	1901	2.3	262	1017	924	146	260	36	20	10	137	17		76	108	.281	.341	.396	.737	Sep 13, 1898	20	NYG
12	Buck Freeman	11	1891	1907	24.1	1126	4625	4208	588	1235	199	131	82	713	92		272	388	.293	.346	.462	.808	Jun 27, 1891	26	WHS
13	Charlie Gettig	4	1896	1899	-0.6	126	414	377	48	91	16	2	0	47	12		28	35	.241	.302	.294	.597	Aug 5, 1896	27	NYG
14	Danny Green	8	1898	1905	21.7	923	3946	3484	552	1021	124	65	29	423	192		315	386	.293	.359	.391	.750	Aug 17, 1898	21	CHC
15	Russ Hall	2	1898	1901	-0.6	40	160	147	15	37	2	1	0	10	1		7	11	.252	.290	.279	.569	Apr 15, 1898	26	STL
16	Jay Hughes	4	1898	1902	1.2	149	506	452	67	99	17	9	3	55	2		39	76	.219	.284	.316	.600	Apr 18, 1898	24	BLN
17	Frank Isbell	10	1898	1909	14.7	1119	4657	4219	501	1056	158	62	13	455	253		190	352	.250	.289	.326	.616	May 1, 1898	22	CHC
18	Cowboy Jones	4	1898	1901	-0.8	70	224	201	16	32	4	3	0	8	1		16	66	.159	.225	.209	.434	Jun 24, 1898	23	CLV
19	Frank Kitson	10	1898	1907	3.2	352	1036	979	119	235	28	17	4	95	14		38	155	.240	.273	.316	.589	May 19, 1898	28	BLN
20	Billy Lauder	5	1898	1903	-0.1	485	1965	1837	211	478	64	14	5	253	59		77	138	.260	.291	.318	.610	Jun 25, 1898	24	PHI
21	George Magoon	5	1898	1903	4.6	522	2112	1834	199	439	62	16	2	201	47		194	161	.239	.321	.294	.615	Jun 29, 1898	23	BRO
22	Algie McBride	5	1896	1901	4.7	403	1773	1589	258	464	60	26	12	179	36		132	128	.292	.356	.385	.741	May 12, 1896	29	CIN
23	Kit McKenna	2	1898	1899	0.0	23	64	57	6	10	4	0	0	7	0		5	5	.175	.254	.246	.500	Jul 7, 1898	25	BRO
24	Ralph Miller	2	1898	1899	0.1	30	85	73	10	14	2	1	0	8	1		8	11	.192	.298	.247	.544	May 4, 1898	25	BRO
25	Wiley Piatt	6	1898	1903	1.1	187	597	543	66	130	8	5	0	48	2		34	85	.239	.293	.273	.565	Apr 22, 1898	23	PHI
26	Doc Powers	11	1898	1909	-2.8	647	2247	2088	183	450	72	13	4	199	27		72	297	.216	.248	.268	.516	Jun 12, 1898	27	LOU
27	Jimmy Sheckard	17	1897	1913	49.5	2122	9147	7605	1296	2084	354	136	56	810	465	12	1135	849	.274	.375	.378	.753	Sep 14, 1897	19	BRO
28	Heinie Smith	6	1897	1903	0.3	313	1225	1132	119	268	42	7	3	92	54		51	131	.237	.276	.294	.570	Sep 1, 1897	26	LOU
29	Harry Steinfeldt	14	1898	1911	30.4	1647	6711	5900	759	1578	284	90	27	762	202		471	479	.267	.330	.360	.690	Apr 22, 1898	22	CIN
30	Suter Sullivan	2	1898	1899	-0.7	169	675	617	47	148	19	3	0	67	17		38	29	.240	.298	.280	.578	Jul 24, 1898	25	STL
31	Butts Wagner	1	1898	1898	-1.2	74	284	261	22	59	12	3	1	34	4		16	10	.226	.279	.307	.585	Apr 27, 1898	26	TOT
32	Vic Willis HOF	13	1898	1910	-3.9	531	1632	1493	107	248	19	4	1	84	3		81	199	.166	.213	.186	.399	Apr 20, 1898	22	BSN
33	Bob Wood	7	1898	1905	7.2	383	1371	1246	149	350	73	15	2	168	15		89	33	.281	.338	.368	.707	May 2, 1898	32	CIN
34	Walt Woods	3	1898	1900	-1.9	91	305	281	31	46	2	1	1	22	8		14	22	.164	.206	.189	.395	Apr 20, 1898	23	CHC
35	Joe Yeager	10	1898	1908	9.0	574	2061	1853	204	467	77	29	4	201	37		110	146	.252	.312	.331	.643	Apr 22, 1898	22	BRO

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	Nick Altrock	19	1898	1933	8.7	83	75	.525	2.67	218	161	45	128	16	7	1514.0	1455	600	449	16	272	425	22	1	31	6014	1.141	Jul 14, 1898	21	LOU
2	Pete Daniels	2	1890	1898	-0.5	2	8	.200	4.79	14	10	3	6	0	0	82.2	102	70	44	1	26	21	6	0	0	374	1.548	Apr 19, 1890	34	STL
3	Bill Dinneen	12	1898	1909	40.2	170	177	.490	3.01	391	352	35	306	24	7	3074.2	2957	1411	1029	78	829	1127	76	5	68	12548	1.231	Apr 22, 1898	22	WHS
4	Bill Donovan	18	1898	1918	44.7	185	139	.571	2.69	378	327	49	289	35	8	2964.2	2631	1212	886	30	1059	1552	90	0	69	12175	1.245	Apr 22, 1898	21	WHS
5	Pete Dowling	4	1897	1901	6.5	39	64	.379	3.84	118	103	12	93	2	1	916.0	992	581	391	15	341	300	64	4	18	4023	1.455	Jul 17, 1897	21	LOU
6	Bill Duggleby	8	1898	1907	14.4	93	102	.477	3.18	241	191	48	159	17	6	1741.1	1844	851	616	39	424	453	83	5	22	7266	1.302	Apr 21, 1898	24	PHI
7	Buck Freeman	11	1891	1907	-0.1	3	2	.600	4.41	7	4	3	4	0	0	51.0	50	45	25	3	36	28	7	1	1	244	1.686	Jun 27, 1891	26	WHS
8	Charlie Gettig	4	1896	1899	-1.6	15	12	.556	4.50	42	26	15	22	0	1	276.0	345	214	138	4	110	51	16	0	7	1260	1.649	Aug 5, 1896	27	NYG
9	Jay Hughes	4	1898	1902	13.7	83	40	.675	3.02	134	128	6	111	8	0	1088.0	1004	515	365	16	375	363	53	1	33	4539	1.267	Apr 18, 1898	24	BLN
10	Frank Isbell	10	1898	1909	-0.2	4	7	.364	3.46	17	9	7	7	0	1	88.1	92	57	34	0	43	19	7	1	5	395	1.528	May 1, 1898	22	CHC
11	Cowboy Jones	4	1898	1901	1.9	25	34	.424	3.61	70	66	2	52	3	0	526.1	618	331	211	15	155	147	32	0	10	2307	1.469	Jun 24, 1898	23	CLV
12	Frank Kitson	10	1898	1907	21.9	129	118	.522	3.17	304	250	50	211	19	7	2221.2	2333	1084	782	52	488	736	81	2	38	9211	1.270	May 19, 1898	28	BLN
13	Kit McKenna	2	1898	1899	-1.1	4	9	.308	5.31	22	13	8	11	0	1	145.2	184	113	86	5	76	34	20	0	12	697	1.785	Jul 7, 1898	25	BRO
14	Ralph Miller	2	1898	1899	-1.6	5	17	.227	5.15	29	25	4	19	0	1	188.2	205	147	108	4	100	46	17	0	6	862	1.617	May 4, 1898	25	BRO
15	Wiley Piatt	6	1898	1903	8.3	86	79	.521	3.60	182	170	11	139	12	1	1390.1	1481	826	556	26	455	517	78	1	27	5978	1.392	Apr 22, 1898	23	PHI
16	Heinie Smith	6	1897	1903	-0.3	0	1	.000	8.10	2	1	1	1	0	0	13.1	24	13	12	0	5	5	3	0	0	70	2.175	Sep 1, 1897	26	LOU
17	Suter Sullivan	2	1898	1899	0.0	0	0		1.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	10	4	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	31	2.333	Jul 24, 1898	25	STL
18	Vic Willis HOF	13	1898	1910	67.0	249	205	.548	2.63	513	471	41	388	50	11	3996.0	3621	1620	1167	66	1212	1651	156	6	94	16279	1.209	Apr 20, 1898	22	BSN
19	Walt Woods	3	1898	1900	3.4	18	26	.409	3.34	54	43	10	35	3	0	404.1	449	235	150	16	97	48	17	0	4	1719	1.350	Apr 20, 1898	23	CHC
20	Joe Yeager	10	1898	1908	6.0	33	49	.402	3.74	94	80	14	73	3	2	704.2	805	421	293	15	188	145	21	1	7	3033	1.409	Apr 22, 1898	22	BRO
	Totals	150	1890	1933	231.3	1226	1164	.513	3.09	2831	2430	365	2054	192	54	21393.2	21202	10350	7343	401	6295	7671	849	28	452	89025	1.548

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