1901 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 Bay	8	1901	1908	10.7	675	2968	2640	413	722	65	42	5	141	169		195	284	.273	.328	.336	.663	Jul 23, 1901	23	CIN
2	Erve Beck	3	1899	1902	2.5	232	955	912	122	265	42	11	9	123	12		30	66	.291	.315	.390	.705	Sep 19, 1899	22	CLE
3	Bill Bergen	11	1901	1911	-6.9	947	3234	3028	138	516	45	21	2	193	23		88	421	.170	.194	.201	.395	May 6, 1901	23	CIN
4	Curt Bernard	2	1900	1901	-0.4	43	166	147	20	35	2	2	0	14	3		13	15	.238	.309	.279	.588	Sep 17, 1900	23	NYG
5	Jack Bracken	1	1901	1901	0.0	12	44	44	2	10	4	0	0	4	0		0	8	.227	.227	.318	.545	Aug 7, 1901	20	CLE
6	Kitty Bransfield	12	1898	1911	10.2	1330	5396	4999	529	1351	225	75	13	637	175		221	384	.270	.304	.353	.657	Aug 22, 1898	26	PIT
7	Roger Bresnahan HOF	17	1897	1915	42.1	1446	5389	4481	682	1252	218	71	26	530	212	4	714	403	.279	.386	.377	.764	Aug 27, 1897	22	BLA
8	Fritz Buelow	9	1899	1907	-1.1	431	1488	1334	125	256	25	18	6	112	20		69	183	.192	.238	.251	.489	Sep 28, 1899	25	DET
9	Jimmy Burke	7	1898	1905	2.0	550	2148	1947	200	475	58	13	1	187	87		112	104	.244	.295	.289	.584	Oct 6, 1898	26	TOT
10	Pete Childs	2	1901	1902	-1.4	212	792	692	60	147	11	1	0	47	10		74	62	.212	.292	.231	.523	Apr 24, 1901	29	TOT
11	Joe Connor	4	1895	1905	-0.5	92	300	271	29	54	7	2	1	22	8		18	20	.199	.257	.251	.508	Sep 9, 1895	26	TOT
12	Wid Conroy	11	1901	1911	21.8	1374	5615	5061	605	1257	176	82	22	452	262		345	481	.248	.301	.329	.629	Apr 25, 1901	24	MLA
13	Bill Coughlin	9	1899	1908	8.5	1049	4260	3854	481	972	133	39	15	380	159		203	400	.252	.299	.319	.617	Aug 9, 1899	22	WSH
14	Bill Cristall	1	1901	1901	0.2	6	21	20	3	7	0	2	0	0	0		0	2	.350	.350	.550	.900	Sep 3, 1901	25	CLE
15	Davey Crockett	1	1901	1901	0.0	28	113	102	10	29	2	2	0	14	1		6	8	.284	.336	.343	.680	Jul 11, 1901	25	DET
16	Fred Crolius	2	1901	1902	-0.9	58	260	238	26	58	6	2	1	20	6		9	26	.244	.300	.298	.598	Apr 19, 1901	24	BSN
17	Lefty Davis	4	1901	1907	3.2	348	1515	1296	232	338	32	19	3	110	65		167	100	.261	.348	.322	.670	Apr 18, 1901	26	TOT
18	John Dobbs	5	1901	1905	6.1	582	2510	2224	305	585	85	23	7	207	78		187	132	.263	.325	.331	.656	Apr 20, 1901	26	CIN
19	Jiggs Donahue	9	1900	1909	13.7	813	3235	2862	319	731	90	31	4	327	143		215	178	.255	.311	.313	.624	Sep 10, 1900	21	TOT
20	Mal Eason	6	1900	1906	-2.4	130	382	356	17	43	3	0	0	15	2		10	81	.121	.147	.129	.276	Oct 1, 1900	22	CHC
21	John Farrell	5	1901	1905	8.1	541	2402	2172	329	567	93	28	4	141	68		193	154	.261	.324	.335	.659	Apr 26, 1901	24	WSH
22	Hobe Ferris	9	1901	1909	16.4	1279	5125	4797	472	1145	192	89	40	550	89		160	550	.239	.265	.341	.606	Apr 26, 1901	26	BOS
23	Bill Fox	2	1897	1901	-1.0	47	186	173	13	32	2	1	0	7	9		5	24	.185	.212	.208	.420	Aug 20, 1897	29	CIN
24	Bill Friel	3	1901	1903	0.4	283	1095	994	123	244	33	17	6	80	23		60	85	.245	.292	.331	.623	May 3, 1901	25	MLA
25	Daff Gammons	1	1901	1901	-1.0	28	103	93	10	18	0	1	0	10	5		3	15	.194	.242	.215	.457	Apr 23, 1901	25	BSN
26	Frank Gatins	2	1898	1901	-1.0	67	269	255	27	58	9	2	1	26	8		8	31	.227	.259	.290	.550	Sep 21, 1898	30	BRO
27	Dale Gear	3	1896	1901	-0.6	69	251	238	25	57	11	3	0	25	4		8	16	.239	.267	.311	.578	Aug 15, 1896	29	WSH
28	Billy Gilbert	8	1901	1909	5.3	850	3300	2816	375	695	72	17	4	237	167		270	229	.247	.328	.289	.617	Apr 25, 1901	25	MLA
29	Bill Hallman	4	1901	1907	-0.1	319	1315	1147	150	269	43	13	3	86	47		120	126	.235	.311	.303	.614	Apr 25, 1901	25	MLA
30	Jack Harper	8	1899	1906	-0.2	160	505	451	51	84	9	7	1	41	5		34	115	.186	.246	.244	.490	Sep 18, 1899	23	STL
31	Jimmy Hart	1	1901	1901	0.4	58	233	206	33	64	3	5	0	23	7		20	22	.311	.383	.374	.756	Jun 6, 1901	25	BLA
32	Zaza Harvey	3	1900	1902	1.6	76	283	259	37	86	10	6	1	32	17		14	13	.332	.373	.429	.802	May 3, 1900	22	TOT
33	Jack Hayden	3	1901	1908	-0.5	147	637	578	60	145	14	8	1	33	11		36	53	.251	.298	.308	.606	Apr 26, 1901	20	PHA
34	Tom Hughes	13	1900	1913	1.6	410	1050	958	89	190	28	15	6	79	8	1	39	283	.198	.231	.278	.509	Sep 7, 1900	22	CHC
35	Bert Husting	3	1900	1902	-0.7	71	194	183	25	33	5	3	1	19	1		1	28	.180	.189	.257	.446	Aug 16, 1900	23	MLA
36	Fred Jacklitsch	13	1900	1917	6.7	490	1592	1344	160	327	64	12	5	153	35		201	258	.243	.349	.320	.669	Jun 6, 1900	25	PHI
37	Jim Jackson	4	1901	1906	0.4	350	1441	1280	160	301	47	10	4	134	57		108	130	.235	.298	.297	.595	Apr 26, 1901	23	BLA
38	Jim Jones	3	1897	1902	-0.6	90	368	344	28	79	16	4	0	24	9		18	37	.230	.270	.299	.569	Jun 29, 1897	24	NYG
39	Jack Katoll	4	1898	1902	-0.8	50	164	149	19	20	2	1	1	9	2		13	28	.134	.209	.181	.390	Sep 9, 1898	26	CHW
40	Win Kellum	3	1901	1905	0.1	53	152	125	17	21	3	2	0	11	2		15	25	.168	.273	.224	.497	Apr 26, 1901	25	BOS
41	Johnny Kling	13	1900	1913	29.1	1261	4655	4246	475	1154	181	61	20	514	124	1	281	327	.272	.319	.357	.676	Sep 11, 1900	25	CHC
42	Otto Krueger	7	1899	1905	5.7	507	1956	1704	230	427	40	33	5	196	48		160	147	.251	.326	.322	.648	Sep 16, 1899	24	STL
43	Bob Lawson	2	1901	1902	-0.3	13	36	33	2	5	1	0	1	4	1		1	4	.152	.176	.273	.449	May 7, 1901	25	BSN
44	Wyatt Lee	4	1901	1904	0.0	235	844	763	94	185	35	13	4	70	13		58	88	.242	.300	.338	.638	Apr 30, 1901	21	WSH
45	Billy Maloney	6	1901	1908	3.1	696	2769	2476	294	585	54	42	6	177	155		162	446	.236	.294	.299	.593	May 2, 1901	23	MLA
46	Christy Mathewson HOF	17	1900	1916	6.2	647	1900	1687	151	362	50	12	7	167	20	1	116	218	.215	.272	.271	.543	Jul 17, 1900	20	NYG
47	Barney McFadden	2	1901	1902	-0.2	9	23	23	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.130	.130	.130	.261	Apr 24, 1901	26	CIN
48	Matty McIntyre	10	1901	1912	20.7	1072	4559	3958	562	1066	140	69	4	319	120	4	439	423	.269	.346	.343	.689	Jul 3, 1901	21	PHA
49	Harry McNeal	1	1901	1901	-0.2	12	39	37	1	6	1	0	0	2	0		1	3	.162	.184	.189	.373	Aug 5, 1901	23	CLE
50	Roscoe Miller	4	1901	1904	-1.3	102	308	288	19	46	8	5	0	24	2		13	79	.160	.201	.222	.424	Apr 25, 1901	24	DET
51	Fred Mitchell	7	1901	1913	-1.4	202	619	572	55	120	16	7	0	52	8	0	22	92	.210	.245	.262	.508	Apr 27, 1901	23	BOS
52	Earl Moore	14	1901	1914	-4.6	388	1054	949	55	134	13	1	0	43	4	0	62	295	.141	.194	.157	.351	Apr 25, 1901	23	CLE
53	Pat Moran	14	1901	1914	7.5	818	2871	2634	198	618	102	24	18	262	55	0	142	327	.235	.283	.312	.595	May 15, 1901	25	BSN
54	Danny Murphy	16	1900	1915	35.7	1496	5996	5399	705	1563	289	102	44	702	193	4	335	327	.289	.336	.405	.742	Sep 17, 1900	24	NYG
55	Ed Murphy	4	1898	1903	0.4	77	213	203	19	50	4	0	1	21	0		5	23	.246	.264	.281	.545	Apr 23, 1898	24	STL
56	Frank Murphy	1	1901	1901	-1.8	80	326	306	23	67	8	3	1	26	8		10	36	.219	.246	.275	.521	Jul 2, 1901	25	TOT
57	Ray Nelson	1	1901	1901	-0.9	39	147	130	12	26	2	0	0	7	3		10	30	.200	.262	.215	.478	May 6, 1901	25	NYG
58	Frank Owen	8	1901	1909	-0.1	195	541	483	33	77	12	0	2	26	5		34	123	.159	.218	.197	.414	Apr 26, 1901	21	DET
59	Freddy Parent	12	1899	1911	35.9	1327	5592	4984	633	1306	180	74	20	471	184		333	337	.262	.315	.340	.655	Jul 14, 1899	25	BOS
60	Casey Patten	8	1901	1908	-4.1	273	822	743	44	94	5	2	2	34	3		32	204	.127	.172	.147	.319	May 4, 1901	27	WSH
61	Roy Patterson	7	1901	1907	-1.7	184	540	495	44	77	7	1	1	29	1		18	86	.156	.188	.180	.368	Apr 24, 1901	24	CHW
62	Eddie Plank HOF	17	1901	1917	3.3	630	1783	1607	130	331	39	7	3	122	13	3	71	265	.206	.250	.245	.495	May 13, 1901	25	PHA
63	Ed Poole	5	1900	1904	-1.0	96	294	279	24	51	8	1	2	15	1		6	61	.183	.200	.240	.440	Oct 6, 1900	26	PIT
64	Fred Raymer	3	1901	1905	-5.2	371	1462	1380	95	301	40	7	1	101	50		32	132	.218	.242	.259	.501	Apr 24, 1901	25	CHC
65	Bill Reidy	6	1896	1904	-1.2	86	271	245	19	39	0	1	0	13	4		15	57	.159	.214	.167	.381	Jul 21, 1896	27	MLA
66	Socks Seybold	9	1899	1908	24.1	997	4121	3685	478	1085	218	54	51	556	66		293	298	.294	.353	.424	.777	Aug 20, 1899	30	PHA
67	Al Shaw	4	1901	1909	0.6	181	514	459	31	92	9	3	1	32	6		35	51	.200	.267	.240	.507	Jun 10, 1901	28	DET
68	Ed Siever	7	1901	1908	-2.4	204	570	526	38	82	7	1	0	23	2		16	129	.156	.185	.173	.358	Apr 26, 1901	26	DET
69	John Skopec	2	1901	1903	0.2	15	47	43	4	12	0	1	1	5	1		2	12	.279	.311	.395	.706	Apr 25, 1901	21	CHW
70	Farmer Steelman	4	1899	1902	-0.5	43	166	142	8	31	3	1	0	15	6		14	21	.218	.297	.254	.551	Sep 15, 1899	26	TOT
71	Archie Stimmel	3	1900	1902	-0.7	28	83	77	2	8	2	0	0	2	0		3	23	.104	.138	.130	.267	Jul 3, 1900	28	CIN
72	Jack Sutthoff	6	1898	1905	-1.2	90	264	244	21	35	5	5	0	12	2		10	57	.143	.177	.205	.382	Sep 15, 1898	28	CIN
73	Happy Townsend	6	1901	1906	-0.9	155	458	427	26	71	14	3	1	29	3		12	118	.166	.196	.220	.417	Apr 19, 1901	22	PHI
74	Irv Waldron	1	1901	1901	1.8	141	651	598	102	186	22	9	0	52	20		38	20	.311	.356	.378	.734	Apr 25, 1901	29	TOT
75	Doc White	13	1901	1913	4.9	548	1532	1283	147	278	22	13	2	75	32	0	147	195	.217	.298	.259	.556	Apr 22, 1901	22	PHI
76	Lewis Wiltse	3	1901	1903	1.4	86	310	284	43	79	10	9	2	37	1		13	21	.278	.326	.398	.724	May 5, 1901	29	TOT
77	George Winter	8	1901	1908	-1.0	223	635	592	56	114	5	0	1	20	9		20	168	.193	.224	.206	.430	Jun 15, 1901	23	BOS
	Totals	474	1895	1917	291.8	29323	110427	99054	11396	24304	3437	1264	394	9510	3172	18	6963	10831	.245	.301	.318	.618

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	Jack Bracken	1	1901	1901	-1.3	4	8	.333	6.21	12	12	0	12	0	0	100.0	137	94	69	4	31	18	10	0	2	467	1.680	Aug 7, 1901	20	CLE
2	Roger Bresnahan HOF	17	1897	1915	0.8	4	1	.800	3.93	9	6	3	3	1	0	50.1	68	30	22	1	15	15	3	0	0	230	1.649	Aug 27, 1897	22	BLA
3	Bill Cristall	1	1901	1901	-0.4	1	5	.167	4.84	6	6	0	5	1	0	48.1	54	42	26	1	30	12	4	0	3	227	1.738	Sep 3, 1901	25	CLE
4	Mal Eason	6	1900	1906	1.3	36	73	.330	3.42	125	114	11	90	10	1	951.1	1027	515	362	20	291	274	42	0	13	4010	1.385	Oct 1, 1900	22	CHC
5	Bill Friel	3	1901	1903	-0.1	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	1.000	May 3, 1901	25	MLA
6	Dale Gear	3	1896	1901	1.5	4	13	.235	4.21	27	18	9	16	1	1	186.0	234	123	87	10	28	41	6	0	0	804	1.409	Aug 15, 1896	29	WSH
7	Jack Harper	8	1899	1906	5.0	80	64	.556	3.55	158	148	7	115	10	1	1216.2	1198	668	480	25	438	466	56	2	57	5180	1.345	Sep 18, 1899	23	STL
8	Zaza Harvey	3	1900	1902	0.3	3	7	.300	3.47	17	9	7	5	0	1	96.0	94	59	37	2	35	27	5	0	4	411	1.344	May 3, 1900	22	TOT
9	Tom Hughes	13	1900	1913	12.9	132	174	.431	3.09	399	313	73	227	25	15	2644.0	2610	1292	909	52	853	1368	102	3	83	11018	1.310	Sep 7, 1900	22	CHC
10	Bert Husting	3	1900	1902	1.1	23	21	.523	4.16	69	54	15	37	1	1	437.1	499	297	202	14	199	122	23	2	6	1972	1.596	Aug 16, 1900	23	MLA
11	Jim Jones	3	1897	1902	-0.6	0	1	.000	15.43	2	1	1	1	0	0	11.2	25	28	20	1	7	3	2	0	1	67	2.743	Jun 29, 1897	24	NYG
12	Jack Katoll	4	1898	1902	-0.3	17	22	.436	3.32	47	41	6	35	0	0	361.0	432	251	133	8	90	90	14	0	5	1571	1.446	Sep 9, 1898	26	CHW
13	Win Kellum	3	1901	1905	2.6	20	16	.556	3.19	48	37	11	32	2	2	346.2	337	170	123	5	63	97	14	2	5	1418	1.154	Apr 26, 1901	25	BOS
14	Bob Lawson	2	1901	1902	0.3	2	4	.333	3.66	9	6	2	5	0	0	59.0	66	39	24	0	31	17	5	0	2	271	1.644	May 7, 1901	25	BSN
15	Wyatt Lee	4	1901	1904	1.6	30	36	.455	4.29	76	66	10	51	4	0	549.1	649	361	262	24	114	162	29	1	4	2368	1.389	Apr 30, 1901	21	WSH
16	Christy Mathewson HOF	17	1900	1916	100.5	373	188	.665	2.13	636	552	73	435	79	30	4788.2	4219	1620	1135	89	848	2507	59	8	115	18929	1.058	Jul 17, 1900	20	NYG
17	Barney McFadden	2	1901	1902	-1.1	3	5	.375	6.38	9	6	2	5	0	0	55.0	68	52	39	2	47	14	6	0	1	279	2.091	Apr 24, 1901	26	CIN
18	Harry McNeal	1	1901	1901	-0.3	5	5	.500	4.43	12	10	2	9	0	0	85.1	120	68	42	4	30	15	8	0	1	404	1.758	Aug 5, 1901	23	CLE
19	Roscoe Miller	4	1901	1904	7.9	39	45	.464	3.45	102	88	13	74	6	5	772.2	808	413	296	10	229	198	32	0	19	3267	1.342	Apr 25, 1901	24	DET
20	Fred Mitchell	7	1901	1913	-2.0	31	50	.383	4.10	97	86	11	71	2	1	718.1	806	470	327	16	303	216	53	5	34	3189	1.544	Apr 27, 1901	23	BOS
21	Earl Moore	14	1901	1914	31.5	163	154	.514	2.78	388	326	46	230	34	6	2776.0	2474	1231	856	57	1108	1403	106	0	78	11512	1.290	Apr 25, 1901	23	CLE
22	Ed Murphy	4	1898	1903	-1.0	25	25	.500	3.64	68	53	14	39	1	1	465.0	537	276	188	17	111	103	10	0	9	1987	1.394	Apr 23, 1898	24	STL
23	Frank Owen	8	1901	1909	7.1	82	67	.550	2.55	194	155	34	119	16	2	1368.1	1249	556	388	17	298	443	39	1	19	5462	1.131	Apr 26, 1901	21	DET
24	Casey Patten	8	1901	1908	15.4	106	128	.453	3.36	270	238	28	206	17	4	2062.1	2154	1079	770	40	557	757	74	2	28	8622	1.315	May 4, 1901	27	WSH
25	Roy Patterson	7	1901	1907	15.7	81	72	.529	2.75	184	152	29	119	16	2	1365.0	1327	568	417	23	273	442	38	1	30	5519	1.172	Apr 24, 1901	24	CHW
26	Eddie Plank HOF	17	1901	1917	87.7	326	194	.627	2.35	623	529	77	410	69	23	4495.2	3958	1566	1174	42	1072	2246	190	6	88	17814	1.119	May 13, 1901	25	PHA
27	Ed Poole	5	1900	1904	6.1	33	35	.485	3.04	80	70	10	61	5	1	595.0	584	288	201	13	238	226	34	0	9	2530	1.382	Oct 6, 1900	26	PIT
28	Bill Reidy	6	1896	1904	3.8	27	41	.397	4.17	79	66	12	55	3	2	601.2	740	366	279	15	106	109	30	1	11	2599	1.406	Jul 21, 1896	27	MLA
29	Ed Siever	7	1901	1908	20.5	83	82	.503	2.60	203	174	28	136	14	2	1507.0	1550	674	435	24	311	470	39	1	21	6170	1.235	Apr 26, 1901	26	DET
30	John Skopec	2	1901	1903	0.3	8	5	.615	3.26	15	14	0	9	0	0	107.2	108	61	39	1	58	38	10	0	9	485	1.542	Apr 25, 1901	21	CHW
31	Archie Stimmel	3	1900	1902	-0.1	5	19	.208	4.21	26	22	4	18	1	0	192.1	225	123	90	12	60	64	14	0	4	850	1.482	Jul 3, 1900	28	CIN
32	Jack Sutthoff	6	1898	1905	3.1	32	40	.444	3.54	89	69	18	57	4	0	658.2	671	382	259	10	291	198	34	0	13	2832	1.461	Sep 15, 1898	28	CIN
33	Happy Townsend	6	1901	1906	1.0	34	82	.293	3.59	153	125	26	107	5	0	1137.2	1154	640	454	24	416	473	57	2	51	4849	1.380	Apr 19, 1901	22	PHI
34	Doc White	13	1901	1913	43.7	189	156	.548	2.39	427	363	53	262	45	5	3041.0	2738	1118	808	33	670	1384	120	7	63	12106	1.121	Apr 22, 1901	22	PHI
35	Lewis Wiltse	3	1901	1903	1.4	29	31	.483	4.59	68	62	6	54	2	2	537.1	674	362	274	15	146	121	26	1	17	2379	1.526	May 5, 1901	29	TOT
36	George Winter	8	1901	1908	12.0	83	102	.449	2.87	220	182	36	146	9	4	1656.0	1552	760	528	32	377	568	44	1	16	6638	1.165	Jun 15, 1901	23	BOS
	Totals	222	1896	1917	377.9	2113	1971	.517	2.94	4948	4173	677	3256	383	112	36048.1	35150	16646	11757	663	9774	14707	1338	46	821	148451	1.680

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