1903 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	Fred Abbott	3	1903	1905	0.5	160	571	513	48	107	21	6	1	49	14		19	75	.209	.248	.279	.527	Apr 25, 1903	28	CLE
2	Harry Aubrey	1	1903	1903	-1.6	96	357	325	26	69	8	2	0	27	7		18	36	.212	.264	.249	.514	Apr 22, 1903	21	BSN
3	Charlie Babb	3	1903	1905	4.0	347	1376	1180	144	287	41	13	0	116	66		125	174	.243	.339	.300	.639	Apr 17, 1903	30	NYG
4	Charles Bender HOF	16	1903	1925	5.2	507	1286	1147	102	243	40	10	6	116	20	2	75	160	.212	.266	.280	.546	Apr 20, 1903	19	PHA
5	Monte Beville	2	1903	1904	-1.4	145	504	454	39	92	21	2	0	44	6		26	50	.203	.255	.258	.513	Apr 24, 1903	28	NYY
6	Dave Brain	7	1901	1908	11.6	679	2752	2543	254	641	97	52	27	303	73		134	216	.252	.292	.363	.655	Apr 24, 1901	24	STL
7	Mordecai Brown HOF	14	1903	1916	1.1	493	1244	1143	93	235	20	11	2	73	8	0	44	199	.206	.236	.248	.483	Apr 19, 1903	26	STL
8	Charlie Carr	7	1898	1914	1.8	507	2102	1950	185	492	68	32	6	240	49		71	190	.252	.280	.329	.610	Sep 15, 1898	26	DET
9	Andy Coakley	9	1902	1911	-2.7	150	400	359	14	42	3	1	0	6	1		17	158	.117	.157	.131	.288	Sep 17, 1902	20	PHA
10	John Deering	1	1903	1903	-0.1	19	48	47	5	9	1	1	0	5	1		0	22	.191	.191	.255	.447	May 12, 1903	25	TOT
11	Gus Dorner	6	1902	1909	-1.4	131	340	308	14	46	1	0	0	10	1		7	66	.149	.174	.153	.326	Sep 17, 1902	26	CLE
12	Jack Dunleavy	3	1903	1905	0.3	231	911	800	98	193	18	14	2	49	33		84	119	.241	.318	.306	.624	May 30, 1903	23	STL
13	Johnny Evers HOF	18	1902	1929	47.7	1784	7230	6137	919	1659	216	70	12	536	324	26	778	293	.270	.356	.334	.690	Sep 1, 1902	21	CHC
14	Cy Falkenberg	12	1903	1917	-2.4	332	863	771	49	117	11	4	1	47	7		39	273	.152	.197	.180	.377	Apr 21, 1903	23	PIT
15	Doc Gessler	8	1903	1911	16.6	880	3477	2969	370	831	127	50	14	363	142		333	367	.280	.370	.370	.741	Apr 22, 1903	22	TOT
16	Norwood Gibson	4	1903	1906	-0.6	86	237	203	15	28	2	2	0	6	0		21	94	.138	.222	.167	.390	Apr 29, 1903	26	BOS
17	Jim Hackett	2	1902	1903	-1.3	105	397	372	26	86	14	8	0	40	3		21	58	.231	.276	.312	.588	Sep 14, 1902	25	STL
18	Alex Hardy	2	1902	1903	0.1	7	24	20	3	4	1	0	0	5	0		2	3	.200	.304	.250	.554	Sep 4, 1902	26	CHC
19	Jack Hendricks	2	1902	1903	-0.6	42	172	145	11	30	3	4	0	4	5		15	16	.207	.281	.283	.564	Jun 12, 1902	28	WSH
20	Weldon Henley	4	1903	1907	-0.3	99	283	261	18	48	11	0	0	15	2		8	83	.184	.211	.226	.437	Apr 23, 1903	22	PHA
21	Hunter Hill	3	1903	1905	-2.0	325	1356	1200	104	259	32	5	1	80	26		57	103	.216	.257	.253	.510	May 9, 1903	24	SLB
22	Danny Hoffman	9	1903	1911	9.2	829	3335	2981	361	762	71	52	14	235	185		226	582	.256	.316	.328	.645	Apr 20, 1903	23	PHA
23	Oscar Jones	3	1903	1905	0.2	114	348	327	28	69	1	1	0	18	4		11	45	.211	.241	.220	.461	Apr 20, 1903	23	BRO
24	Dutch Jordan	2	1903	1904	-2.9	165	578	519	48	108	21	3	0	40	16		32	101	.208	.258	.260	.518	Apr 25, 1903	23	BRO
25	Ed Killian	8	1903	1910	1.6	220	649	609	56	127	18	9	0	52	6		16	101	.209	.230	.268	.498	Aug 25, 1903	26	CLE
26	Rube Kisinger	2	1902	1903	-0.4	21	67	66	5	9	1	0	0	1	1		1	13	.136	.149	.152	.301	Sep 10, 1902	26	DET
27	Joe Martin	1	1903	1903	-0.5	79	317	292	29	64	10	9	0	14	2		11	26	.219	.252	.315	.568	Apr 28, 1903	27	TOT
28	Judge McCredie	1	1903	1903	0.7	56	245	213	40	69	5	0	0	20	10		24	13	.324	.397	.347	.745	Apr 17, 1903	26	BRO
29	Chappie McFarland	5	1902	1906	-0.8	106	325	293	21	42	3	3	0	11	1		18	63	.143	.198	.174	.372	Sep 15, 1902	28	STL
30	Jack McFetridge	2	1890	1903	0.2	15	44	38	4	9	2	1	0	9	0		2	11	.237	.275	.342	.617	Jun 7, 1890	33	PHI
31	Warren McLaughlin	3	1900	1903	0.2	7	24	23	1	7	2	0	0	3	1		1	3	.304	.333	.391	.725	Jul 7, 1900	27	PHI
32	Charles Moran	3	1903	1905	1.3	269	1099	970	89	201	28	6	1	50	20		91	83	.207	.279	.252	.531	Apr 29, 1903	24	WSH
33	Jack Morrissey	2	1902	1903	-0.4	41	151	128	19	33	2	1	0	12	3		18	12	.258	.349	.289	.638	Sep 18, 1902	27	CIN
34	Barney Pelty	10	1903	1912	-2.4	282	758	697	42	100	6	3	0	30	5	0	21	121	.143	.173	.161	.334	Aug 20, 1903	22	SLB
35	Ed Phelps	11	1902	1913	2.0	633	2098	1832	186	460	45	20	3	205	31	0	163	203	.251	.325	.302	.627	Sep 2, 1902	24	PIT
36	Lew Ritter	7	1902	1908	-1.2	462	1584	1437	129	315	33	17	1	120	55		96	180	.219	.271	.268	.539	Sep 10, 1902	27	BRO
37	Rabbit Robinson	3	1903	1910	2.2	206	792	700	71	156	23	14	1	58	30		63	50	.223	.294	.300	.594	Apr 22, 1903	21	WSH
38	Frank Roth	6	1903	1910	1.0	282	851	783	83	196	32	8	1	75	19		36	97	.250	.289	.315	.605	Apr 18, 1903	24	PHI
39	Henry Schmidt	1	1903	1903	0.3	41	127	107	17	21	1	1	1	10	3		13	20	.196	.283	.252	.536	Apr 17, 1903	30	BRO
40	Jimmy Sebring	5	1902	1909	2.5	363	1536	1411	178	368	51	32	6	168	52		93	132	.261	.308	.355	.663	Sep 8, 1902	21	PIT
41	Jack Slattery	4	1901	1909	-1.5	103	303	288	14	61	5	2	0	27	3		6	21	.212	.236	.243	.479	Sep 28, 1901	25	TOT
42	Jake Stahl	9	1903	1913	16.6	981	3852	3425	405	894	149	87	31	437	178	22	221	652	.261	.323	.382	.706	Jun 6, 1903	24	BOS
43	Joe Stanley	7	1897	1909	-2.6	216	791	694	77	148	15	10	2	76	20		51	109	.213	.275	.272	.547	Sep 11, 1897	22	BSN
44	Jesse Stovall	2	1903	1904	-0.4	31	85	78	5	12	0	1	0	3	3		4	22	.154	.195	.179	.375	Aug 31, 1903	27	CLE
45	Lee Tannehill	10	1903	1912	20.9	1090	4187	3778	331	833	135	27	3	346	63	0	229	375	.220	.269	.273	.542	Apr 22, 1903	22	CHW
46	John Titus	11	1903	1913	30.0	1402	5842	4960	738	1401	253	72	38	564	140	7	620	389	.282	.373	.385	.758	Jun 8, 1903	27	PHI
47	Bucky Veil	2	1903	1904	0.0	13	30	30	2	7	1	0	0	2	0		0	4	.233	.233	.267	.500	Apr 19, 1903	21	PIT
48	Art Weaver	4	1902	1908	-0.3	86	271	257	20	47	5	2	0	15	1		9	37	.183	.211	.218	.428	Sep 14, 1902	24	TOT
49	Jake Weimer	7	1903	1909	1.0	192	591	540	46	115	11	1	1	36	4		29	99	.213	.257	.243	.500	Apr 17, 1903	29	CHC
50	Irvin Wilhelm	9	1903	1921	-1.5	223	551	507	23	78	10	3	0	24	0	0	17	97	.154	.183	.185	.368	Apr 18, 1903	26	PIT
51	Otto Williams	4	1902	1906	-1.4	170	605	558	48	113	13	3	0	34	24		29	85	.203	.244	.237	.481	Oct 5, 1902	25	TOT
52	Barney Wolfe	4	1903	1906	-0.9	76	191	175	12	19	2	1	1	7	0		9	60	.109	.157	.149	.305	Apr 24, 1903	27	NYY
	Totals	284	1890	1929	147.2	15899	58157	51563	5665	12362	1710	676	176	4836	1668	57	4054	6561	.240	.303	.309	.612

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	Charles Bender HOF	16	1903	1925	42.8	212	127	.625	2.46	459	334	112	255	40	34	3017.0	2645	1108	823	40	712	1711	102	10	79	11901	1.113	Apr 20, 1903	19	PHA
2	Mordecai Brown HOF	14	1903	1916	57.1	239	130	.648	2.06	481	332	138	271	55	49	3172.1	2708	1044	725	43	673	1375	61	4	61	12450	1.066	Apr 19, 1903	26	STL
3	Andy Coakley	9	1902	1911	11.2	58	59	.496	2.35	150	124	24	87	11	3	1072.1	1021	436	280	9	314	428	26	2	15	4351	1.245	Sep 17, 1902	20	PHA
4	John Deering	1	1903	1903	0.1	7	7	.500	3.80	19	15	3	11	1	0	120.2	136	71	51	3	42	28	2	0	3	524	1.475	May 12, 1903	25	TOT
5	Gus Dorner	6	1902	1909	-2.1	35	69	.337	3.37	131	106	20	76	8	1	910.1	842	472	341	18	330	275	51	0	18	3760	1.287	Sep 17, 1902	26	CLE
6	Jack Dunleavy	3	1903	1905	0.3	7	12	.368	4.18	21	18	3	14	0	0	157.0	164	91	73	6	80	79	9	0	3	696	1.554	May 30, 1903	23	STL
7	Cy Falkenberg	12	1903	1917	22.5	130	123	.514	2.68	330	266	48	180	27	8	2275.0	2090	963	678	23	690	1164	68	0	93	9191	1.222	Apr 21, 1903	23	PIT
8	Norwood Gibson	4	1903	1906	0.4	34	32	.515	2.93	85	72	12	56	3	0	609.0	525	304	198	21	208	258	16	1	18	2473	1.204	Apr 29, 1903	26	BOS
9	Jim Hackett	2	1902	1903	-0.1	1	6	.143	4.69	11	9	2	8	0	1	78.2	93	54	41	0	34	28	4	0	2	359	1.614	Sep 14, 1902	25	STL
10	Alex Hardy	2	1902	1903	-0.3	3	3	.500	4.34	7	7	0	5	1	0	47.2	50	29	23	0	19	16	1	0	1	204	1.448	Sep 4, 1902	26	CHC
11	Weldon Henley	4	1903	1907	4.2	32	43	.427	2.94	97	81	15	62	7	0	721.2	640	339	236	12	231	309	41	1	11	2941	1.207	Apr 23, 1903	22	PHA
12	Danny Hoffman	9	1903	1911	0.1	0	0		3.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	13	1.333	Apr 20, 1903	23	PHA
13	Oscar Jones	3	1903	1905	5.4	44	54	.449	3.20	113	97	15	83	4	1	875.1	904	455	311	17	225	257	45	0	15	3666	1.290	Apr 20, 1903	23	BRO
14	Ed Killian	8	1903	1910	24.3	103	78	.569	2.38	214	180	31	149	22	4	1598.1	1463	585	423	9	482	516	70	1	22	6508	1.217	Aug 25, 1903	26	CLE
15	Rube Kisinger	2	1902	1903	1.2	9	12	.429	3.00	21	19	2	18	2	0	162.0	166	78	54	0	41	40	5	0	1	673	1.278	Sep 10, 1902	26	DET
16	Chappie McFarland	5	1902	1906	1.1	34	61	.358	3.35	106	96	10	81	6	2	841.1	893	474	313	15	192	307	18	4	19	3513	1.290	Sep 15, 1902	28	STL
17	Jack McFetridge	2	1890	1903	0.0	2	11	.154	4.58	15	14	1	12	0	0	112.0	125	72	57	2	51	35	3	0	3	488	1.571	Jun 7, 1890	33	PHI
18	Warren McLaughlin	3	1900	1903	-0.7	3	3	.500	4.75	7	5	2	5	0	0	55.0	69	41	29	0	26	17	2	0	1	251	1.727	Jul 7, 1900	27	PHI
19	Barney Pelty	10	1903	1912	21.6	92	117	.440	2.63	266	217	40	175	22	4	1908.0	1663	750	558	22	532	693	104	1	42	7602	1.150	Aug 20, 1903	22	SLB
20	Henry Schmidt	1	1903	1903	1.9	22	13	.629	3.83	40	36	4	29	5	2	301.0	321	167	128	5	120	96	21	0	8	1288	1.465	Apr 17, 1903	30	BRO
21	Joe Stanley	7	1897	1909	-0.4	0	0		9.39	3	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	7	9	8	1	5	4	2	0	2	34	1.565	Sep 11, 1897	22	BSN
22	Jesse Stovall	2	1903	1904	-0.9	7	14	.333	3.76	28	23	4	19	3	0	203.2	214	114	85	3	66	53	19	0	5	877	1.375	Aug 31, 1903	27	CLE
23	Bucky Veil	2	1903	1904	0.6	5	3	.625	3.94	13	7	6	4	0	0	75.1	74	38	33	1	40	21	3	1	2	319	1.513	Apr 19, 1903	21	PIT
24	Jake Weimer	7	1903	1909	25.9	97	69	.584	2.23	191	180	9	143	21	2	1472.2	1227	511	365	14	493	657	73	3	26	5984	1.168	Apr 17, 1903	29	CHC
25	Irvin Wilhelm	9	1903	1921	1.9	56	105	.348	3.44	216	158	45	118	12	5	1432.1	1495	753	547	34	418	444	24	4	34	5937	1.336	Apr 18, 1903	26	PIT
26	Barney Wolfe	4	1903	1906	2.9	21	39	.350	2.96	76	61	14	46	4	1	510.2	484	235	168	3	99	160	29	0	11	2057	1.142	Apr 24, 1903	27	NYY
	Totals	147	1890	1925	221	1253	1190	.513	2.71	3101	2457	564	1907	254	117	21740.0	20021	9194	6549	301	6125	8971	799	32	495	88060	1.475

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