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1899 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	Charlie Atherton	1	1899	1899	-0.5	65	269	242	28	60	5	6	0	23	2		21	26	.248	.313	.318	.631	May 30, 1899	25	WHS
2	Harvey Bailey	2	1899	1900	0.1	16	46	43	5	10	2	1	0	3	0		2	5	.233	.283	.326	.608	Jun 30, 1899	22	BSN
3	Jimmy Barrett	10	1899	1908	19.3	866	3861	3306	580	962	83	47	16	255	143		440	427	.291	.379	.359	.738	Sep 13, 1899	24	CIN
4	Shad Barry	10	1899	1908	3.6	1100	4475	4014	516	1073	128	47	10	391	140		279	264	.267	.321	.330	.651	May 30, 1899	20	WHS
5	Frank Bates	2	1898	1899	0.2	27	91	77	9	16	1	0	0	5	0		12	21	.208	.322	.221	.543	Oct 7, 1898	22	TOT
6	Ginger Beaumont	12	1899	1910	30.5	1463	6312	5660	955	1759	182	82	39	617	254		425	314	.311	.362	.393	.755	Apr 21, 1899	22	PIT
7	Bill Bernhard	9	1899	1907	-1.6	232	756	718	50	129	18	4	0	51	3		28	164	.180	.212	.216	.427	Apr 24, 1899	28	PHI
8	Bill Bradley	14	1899	1915	36.6	1461	6052	5430	754	1471	275	84	34	552	181		290	531	.271	.317	.371	.688	Aug 26, 1899	21	CHC
9	Bill Carrick	5	1898	1902	-2.3	169	547	497	38	81	9	6	0	30	4		31	145	.163	.215	.205	.420	Jul 30, 1898	25	NYG
10	Jack Chesbro HOF	11	1899	1909	0.2	393	1155	1103	85	217	37	13	5	82	5		25	269	.197	.216	.267	.483	Jul 12, 1899	25	PIT
11	Pearce Chiles	2	1899	1900	1.2	130	476	449	70	132	34	9	3	99	10		22	25	.294	.328	.430	.758	Apr 18, 1899	32	PHI
12	Dick Cogan	3	1897	1900	0.0	12	39	34	4	6	1	2	0	4	0		3	4	.176	.263	.324	.587	May 10, 1897	27	CHC
13	Harry Colliflower	1	1899	1899	0.2	23	78	76	5	23	4	0	0	9	0		2	9	.303	.321	.355	.676	Jul 21, 1899	30	CLV
14	Sam Crawford HOF	19	1899	1917	75.3	2517	10625	9570	1391	2961	458	309	97	1523	367	43	760	580	.309	.362	.452	.814	Sep 10, 1899	19	CIN
15	Pat Crisham	1	1899	1899	0.1	53	178	172	23	50	5	3	0	20	4		4	10	.291	.311	.355	.665	May 5, 1899	22	BLN
16	Jack Cronin	7	1895	1904	-0.8	136	403	367	24	66	10	4	0	34	7		15	89	.180	.222	.229	.451	Aug 24, 1895	25	CIN
17	Pop Dillon	5	1899	1904	1.1	312	1285	1181	146	298	44	16	1	116	34		78	63	.252	.299	.319	.618	Sep 8, 1899	25	PIT
18	Mike Donlin	12	1899	1914	29.0	1049	4294	3854	669	1282	176	97	51	543	213		312	311	.333	.386	.468	.854	Jul 19, 1899	21	STL
19	Jim Duncan	1	1899	1899	-0.4	46	161	152	14	35	4	3	2	14	1		8	6	.230	.269	.336	.604	Jul 18, 1899	27	TOT
20	Kid Elberfeld	14	1898	1914	33.3	1292	5296	4561	647	1235	169	56	10	535	213		427	166	.271	.355	.339	.694	May 30, 1898	24	CIN
21	Charlie Frisbee	2	1899	1900	-0.1	46	186	165	24	52	5	2	0	23	10		11	20	.315	.365	.370	.735	Jun 22, 1899	25	BSN
22	Emil Frisk	4	1899	1907	2.5	158	578	506	73	135	15	6	4	45	7		48	69	.267	.346	.344	.690	Sep 2, 1899	24	CIN
23	Dave Fultz	7	1898	1905	5.5	644	2719	2393	369	648	84	26	3	223	189		201	185	.271	.332	.331	.664	Jul 1, 1898	24	TOT
24	Ned Garvin	7	1896	1904	-4.1	181	538	500	34	61	1	0	0	18	1		17	104	.122	.156	.124	.280	Jul 13, 1896	25	CHC
25	Billy Goeckel	1	1899	1899	-0.3	37	154	141	17	37	3	1	0	16	6		1	3	.262	.283	.298	.581	Aug 10, 1899	27	PHI
26	Chummy Gray	1	1899	1899	-0.3	9	29	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	.038	.138	.038	.176	Sep 14, 1899	25	PIT
27	Noodles Hahn	8	1899	1906	-1.4	244	813	731	65	129	18	10	2	52	7		53	238	.176	.236	.237	.473	Apr 18, 1899	20	CIN
28	Topsy Hartsel	14	1898	1911	31.2	1356	5830	4848	826	1336	182	92	31	341	247		837	551	.276	.384	.370	.754	Sep 14, 1898	25	LOU
29	Emmet Heidrick	8	1898	1908	15.8	757	3308	3047	468	914	108	73	16	342	186		146	202	.300	.333	.399	.732	Sep 14, 1898	22	STL
30	Charlie Hemphill	11	1899	1911	16.2	1242	5120	4541	580	1230	117	68	22	421	207		435	429	.271	.337	.341	.678	Jun 27, 1899	23	TOT
31	Charlie Hickman	12	1897	1908	23.0	1081	4280	3982	478	1176	217	91	59	614	72		153	396	.295	.331	.440	.771	Sep 8, 1897	23	BSN
32	Harry Howell	13	1898	1910	1.2	458	1518	1394	143	302	60	25	11	131	19		64	322	.217	.257	.319	.576	Oct 10, 1898	22	BLN
33	Bill Keister	7	1896	1903	11.0	621	2611	2433	400	758	133	63	18	400	131		90	116	.312	.349	.440	.789	May 20, 1896	27	BLN
34	Mike Kelley	1	1899	1899	0.1	76	314	282	48	68	11	2	3	33	10		21	22	.241	.307	.326	.634	Jul 15, 1899	23	LOU
35	Charlie Knepper	1	1899	1899	-0.5	27	93	89	6	12	2	1	0	2	0		4	27	.135	.172	.180	.352	May 26, 1899	28	CLV
36	Tommy Leach	19	1898	1918	47.1	2156	9068	7959	1355	2143	266	172	63	812	361	24	820	666	.269	.340	.370	.710	Sep 28, 1898	21	LOU
37	Sam Leever	13	1898	1910	-0.5	389	1078	993	90	183	17	14	2	78	4		49	138	.184	.228	.236	.463	May 26, 1898	27	PIT
38	Harry Lochhead	2	1899	1901	-2.0	158	620	579	57	134	7	1	1	45	23		24	31	.231	.275	.252	.527	Apr 16, 1899	23	CLV
39	Art Madison	2	1895	1899	0.6	53	168	152	26	44	5	4	0	27	5		12	12	.289	.345	.375	.720	Sep 9, 1895	28	PIT
40	Pete McBride	2	1898	1899	0.1	13	33	29	2	7	1	0	1	7	0		3	9	.241	.333	.379	.713	Sep 20, 1898	23	STL
41	Joe McGinnity HOF	10	1899	1908	-2.9	477	1424	1297	109	251	21	10	0	90	26		34	158	.194	.221	.225	.446	Apr 18, 1899	28	BLN
42	Jack O'Brien	3	1899	1903	-0.6	326	1349	1226	171	317	39	14	9	133	42		77	92	.259	.308	.335	.643	Apr 14, 1899	26	WHS
43	Deacon Phillippe	13	1899	1911	-0.3	377	1070	980	96	185	23	6	3	90	4		49	148	.189	.236	.234	.469	Apr 21, 1899	27	LOU
44	Bill Phyle	4	1898	1906	-0.5	61	195	182	17	32	5	1	0	8	2		9	30	.176	.215	.214	.429	Sep 17, 1898	24	CHC
45	Ossee Schrecongost	11	1897	1908	12.3	895	3230	3057	304	829	136	31	9	338	52		102	146	.271	.297	.345	.642	Sep 8, 1897	24	TOT
46	Jimmy Slagle	10	1899	1908	15.5	1300	5821	5005	781	1343	124	56	2	344	274		619	421	.268	.352	.317	.668	Apr 17, 1899	25	WHS
47	Tully Sparks	12	1897	1910	-4.6	314	891	801	45	92	16	4	0	41	0		52	203	.115	.172	.145	.317	Sep 15, 1897	24	PIT
48	Jack Taylor	10	1898	1907	3.8	339	1165	1063	110	236	42	13	2	88	18		66	128	.222	.271	.292	.562	Sep 25, 1898	25	CHC
49	Roy Thomas	13	1899	1911	40.6	1470	6598	5296	1011	1537	100	53	7	299	244		1042	521	.290	.413	.333	.747	Apr 14, 1899	25	PHI
50	Rube Waddell HOF	13	1897	1910	-2.5	410	1139	1066	61	172	29	10	4	83	6		42	300	.161	.197	.219	.416	Sep 8, 1897	22	LOU
51	Jimmy Williams	11	1899	1909	32.6	1457	6138	5485	780	1508	242	138	49	796	151		474	531	.275	.337	.396	.733	Apr 15, 1899	22	PIT
52	Dave Wills	1	1899	1899	-0.7	24	96	94	15	21	3	1	0	12	1		2	11	.223	.240	.277	.516	Jun 8, 1899	22	LOU
53	Harry Wolverton	9	1898	1912	11.6	783	3298	3001	346	833	95	53	7	352	83	0	166	110	.278	.326	.352	.677	Sep 25, 1898	25	CHC

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	Harvey Bailey	2	1899	1900	1.4	6	4	.600	4.13	16	12	3	8	0	0	106.2	107	58	49	7	46	35	8	0	4	465	1.434	Jun 30, 1899	22	BSN
2	Frank Bates	2	1898	1899	-3.0	3	19	.136	6.33	26	23	3	21	0	0	190.2	276	198	134	6	121	18	24	2	5	964	2.082	Oct 7, 1898	22	TOT
3	Bill Bernhard	9	1899	1907	17.7	116	81	.589	3.04	231	200	29	175	14	3	1792.0	1860	858	605	26	365	545	28	3	46	7337	1.242	Apr 24, 1899	28	PHI
4	Bill Bradley	14	1899	1915	-0.2	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4.000	Aug 26, 1899	21	CHC
5	Bill Carrick	5	1898	1902	5.1	63	89	.414	4.14	167	155	12	138	4	0	1324.2	1650	889	610	33	400	239	65	0	29	5896	1.548	Jul 30, 1898	25	NYG
6	Jack Chesbro HOF	11	1899	1909	42.5	198	132	.600	2.68	392	332	52	260	35	5	2896.2	2647	1206	864	39	690	1265	113	2	62	11632	1.152	Jul 12, 1899	25	PIT
7	Dick Cogan	3	1897	1900	-0.4	2	3	.400	5.00	8	5	3	5	0	0	54.0	68	41	30	1	32	10	5	0	2	259	1.852	May 10, 1897	27	CHC
8	Harry Colliflower	1	1899	1899	-2.8	1	11	.083	8.17	14	12	2	11	0	0	98.0	152	122	89	6	41	8	11	1	1	483	1.969	Jul 21, 1899	30	CLV
9	Jack Cronin	7	1895	1904	8.6	43	58	.426	3.40	128	102	24	88	6	3	923.1	973	502	349	28	235	318	37	0	14	3899	1.308	Aug 24, 1895	25	CIN
10	Mike Donlin	12	1899	1914	-0.2	0	1	.000	7.16	4	1	3	0	0	0	16.1	16	15	13	1	14	6	1	0	0	78	1.837	Jul 19, 1899	21	STL
11	Emil Frisk	4	1899	1907	-0.9	8	10	.444	4.15	20	16	3	15	0	0	143.0	175	112	66	2	43	39	8	0	5	635	1.524	Sep 2, 1899	24	CIN
12	Ned Garvin	7	1896	1904	18.6	58	97	.374	2.72	181	158	23	134	13	3	1400.2	1320	714	423	20	413	612	71	3	48	5789	1.237	Jul 13, 1896	25	CHC
13	Chummy Gray	1	1899	1899	1.2	3	3	.500	3.44	9	7	2	6	0	0	70.2	85	35	27	1	24	9	4	1	1	314	1.542	Sep 14, 1899	25	PIT
14	Noodles Hahn	8	1899	1906	46.0	130	94	.580	2.55	243	231	11	212	25	0	2029.1	1916	821	574	27	381	917	52	1	28	8155	1.132	Apr 18, 1899	20	CIN
15	Emmet Heidrick	8	1898	1908	0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	Sep 14, 1898	22	STL
16	Charlie Hickman	12	1897	1908	1.8	10	8	.556	4.28	30	22	8	15	3	4	185.0	175	105	88	4	94	37	12	0	4	810	1.454	Sep 8, 1897	23	BSN
17	Harry Howell	13	1898	1910	33.0	131	146	.473	2.74	340	282	53	244	20	6	2567.2	2435	1158	781	27	677	986	97	1	51	10442	1.212	Oct 10, 1898	22	BLN
18	Charlie Knepper	1	1899	1899	-1.2	4	22	.154	5.78	27	26	1	26	0	0	219.2	307	190	141	11	77	43	15	2	8	1024	1.748	May 26, 1899	28	CLV
19	Sam Leever	13	1898	1910	41.0	194	100	.660	2.47	388	299	75	241	39	13	2660.2	2449	1023	731	29	587	847	88	4	46	10676	1.141	May 26, 1898	27	PIT
20	Harry Lochhead	2	1899	1901	0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	16	1.636	Apr 16, 1899	23	CLV
21	Pete McBride	2	1898	1899	-0.2	2	5	.286	4.31	12	7	4	5	0	0	71.0	74	52	34	4	44	32	5	0	11	325	1.662	Sep 20, 1898	23	STL
22	Joe McGinnity HOF	10	1899	1908	61.9	246	142	.634	2.66	465	381	73	314	32	24	3441.1	3276	1436	1016	52	812	1068	179	4	30	14143	1.188	Apr 18, 1899	28	BLN
23	Deacon Phillippe	13	1899	1911	36.0	189	109	.634	2.59	372	289	72	242	27	12	2607.0	2518	1071	749	41	363	929	59	6	45	10394	1.105	Apr 21, 1899	27	LOU
24	Bill Phyle	4	1898	1906	-1.6	10	19	.345	3.96	37	31	5	28	2	2	275.1	324	194	121	4	89	76	12	1	7	1213	1.500	Sep 17, 1898	24	CHC
25	Tully Sparks	12	1897	1910	24.3	121	137	.469	2.82	314	270	40	203	19	8	2343.2	2250	1067	734	33	630	780	87	1	24	9571	1.229	Sep 15, 1897	24	PIT
26	Jack Taylor	10	1898	1907	31.5	152	139	.522	2.65	311	287	24	279	20	5	2626.0	2504	1195	774	41	584	662	94	3	41	10664	1.176	Sep 25, 1898	25	CHC
27	Roy Thomas	13	1899	1911	0.1	0	0		3.38	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	1.500	Apr 14, 1899	25	PHI
28	Rube Waddell HOF	13	1897	1910	60.9	193	143	.574	2.16	407	340	54	261	50	5	2961.1	2460	1063	711	37	803	2316	115	3	74	11717	1.102	Sep 8, 1897	22	LOU
	Totals	212	1895	1915	421.3	1883	1572	.545	2.82	4146	3488	581	2931	309	93	31013.0	30029	14131	9714	480	7567	11797	1190	38	587	126923	2.082

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