1905 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	Rick Adams	1	1905	1905	0.1	11	27	23	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		4	5	.174	.296	.174	.470	Jul 13, 1905	26	WSH
2	Charlie Armbruster	3	1905	1907	-0.5	131	420	355	24	53	11	1	0	12	6		52	52	.149	.262	.186	.448	Jul 17, 1905	24	BOS
3	Al Bridwell	11	1905	1915	19.1	1252	4951	4169	457	1064	95	32	2	350	136	16	557	210	.255	.347	.295	.642	Apr 16, 1905	21	CIN
4	Buster Brown	9	1905	1913	0.2	235	558	522	38	95	23	7	3	23	0	0	18	139	.182	.211	.270	.481	Jun 22, 1905	23	STL
5	Jim Buchanan	1	1905	1905	0.1	22	52	46	5	7	1	0	0	1	1		5	8	.152	.235	.174	.409	Apr 16, 1905	28	SLB
6	Ralph Caldwell	2	1904	1905	0.1	13	34	33	3	8	0	0	0	3	0		1	3	.242	.265	.242	.507	Sep 10, 1904	21	PHI
7	Hal Chase	15	1905	1919	23.0	1919	7949	7417	980	2158	322	124	57	941	363	37	276	660	.291	.319	.391	.710	Apr 14, 1905	22	NYY
8	Charlie Chech	4	1905	1909	-0.3	94	235	198	20	30	1	2	0	6	0		21	58	.152	.233	.177	.410	Apr 14, 1905	27	CIN
9	Bill Clancy	1	1905	1905	-0.7	56	240	227	23	52	11	3	2	34	3		4	18	.229	.246	.330	.576	Apr 14, 1905	26	PIT
10	Jay Clarke	9	1905	1920	9.2	506	1726	1536	157	390	64	20	6	127	16	0	138	186	.254	.318	.333	.652	Apr 26, 1905	22	TOT
11	Josh Clarke	5	1898	1911	2.6	223	973	809	118	193	18	9	5	43	51		135	139	.239	.351	.302	.653	Jun 15, 1898	26	STL
12	Otis Clymer	6	1905	1913	2.9	385	1472	1330	182	355	42	19	2	98	83	6	99	153	.267	.322	.332	.653	Apr 14, 1905	29	PIT
13	Ty Cobb HOF	24	1905	1928	151.4	3034	13103	11440	2245	4189	724	295	117	1944	897	215	1249	680	.366	.433	.512	.944	Aug 30, 1905	18	DET
14	George Disch	1	1905	1905	-0.1	8	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.105	.150	.105	.255	Aug 8, 1905	26	DET
15	Mickey Doolin	13	1905	1918	13.7	1728	6611	5977	513	1376	244	81	15	554	173	8	370	663	.230	.279	.306	.585	Apr 14, 1905	25	PHI
16	Tom Doran	3	1904	1906	-1.0	51	155	132	10	19	3	1	0	4	3		12	18	.144	.236	.182	.418	Apr 19, 1904	24	TOT
17	Jack Doscher	5	1903	1908	-0.4	27	53	50	1	5	0	0	0	0	0		2	22	.100	.135	.100	.235	Jul 2, 1903	24	BRO
18	Wish Egan	3	1902	1906	-0.8	42	105	96	6	10	0	0	0	1	1		5	30	.104	.149	.104	.253	Sep 3, 1902	24	STL
19	Bob Ganley	5	1905	1909	6.2	572	2484	2129	246	540	44	24	2	123	112		177	154	.254	.313	.300	.612	Sep 1, 1905	30	PIT
20	George Gibson	14	1905	1918	14.7	1213	4202	3776	295	893	142	49	15	346	40	3	286	270	.236	.295	.312	.607	Jul 2, 1905	24	PIT
21	Myron Grimshaw	3	1905	1907	2.8	259	981	894	104	229	31	16	4	116	15		60	89	.256	.307	.340	.647	Apr 25, 1905	29	BOS
22	Ed Hahn	6	1905	1910	6.1	553	2418	2045	291	484	42	20	1	122	61		258	114	.237	.335	.278	.613	Aug 29, 1905	29	NYY
23	Dick Harley	1	1905	1905	-0.3	9	23	22	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	8	.045	.045	.045	.091	Apr 15, 1905	30	BSN
24	Mike Heydon	7	1898	1907	0.6	214	715	619	52	111	19	6	2	53	12		70	127	.179	.271	.239	.510	Oct 12, 1898	30	WSH
25	Homer Hillebrand	3	1905	1908	-0.4	47	145	131	10	31	4	2	0	10	1		7	13	.237	.281	.298	.578	Apr 24, 1905	25	PIT
26	Solly Hofman	14	1903	1916	17.0	1194	4711	4072	554	1095	162	60	19	498	208	3	421	323	.269	.340	.352	.692	Jul 28, 1903	22	CHC
27	Bill Hogg	4	1905	1908	-1.6	117	264	242	17	28	2	0	1	11	1		10	75	.116	.151	.136	.287	Apr 25, 1905	23	NYY
28	Del Howard	5	1905	1909	1.4	536	2040	1833	199	482	54	22	6	193	67		111	159	.263	.318	.326	.644	Apr 15, 1905	27	PIT
29	John Hummel	12	1905	1918	11.7	1161	4385	3906	421	991	128	84	29	394	119	2	346	475	.254	.316	.352	.668	Sep 12, 1905	22	BRO
30	Charlie Jones	6	1901	1908	3.3	483	1965	1799	217	420	56	28	5	144	100		93	251	.233	.276	.304	.580	May 2, 1901	29	WSH
31	Nick Kahl	1	1905	1905	-0.1	40	144	135	16	29	4	1	0	21	1		4	23	.215	.248	.259	.507	May 2, 1905	26	CLE
32	Harry Kane	4	1902	1906	-0.2	15	34	30	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	6	.100	.156	.100	.256	Aug 8, 1902	21	PHI
33	John Knight	8	1905	1913	4.4	767	3002	2664	301	636	96	24	14	270	86	2	211	448	.239	.300	.309	.609	Apr 14, 1905	19	PHA
34	Punch Knoll	1	1905	1905	-0.4	79	280	244	24	52	10	5	0	29	3		9	58	.213	.247	.295	.542	Apr 27, 1905	23	WSH
35	Ben Koehler	2	1905	1906	1.0	208	814	722	82	168	15	7	2	62	31		56	111	.233	.295	.281	.576	Apr 23, 1905	28	SLB
36	Bill Lauterborn	2	1904	1905	-1.5	87	290	269	18	56	3	1	0	11	2		13	33	.208	.250	.227	.477	Sep 20, 1904	26	BSN
37	Lefty Leifield	12	1905	1920	0.0	298	690	611	46	107	11	9	0	31	5	0	48	138	.175	.238	.223	.460	Sep 3, 1905	21	PIT
38	Phil Lewis	4	1905	1908	1.4	508	1945	1775	146	429	33	13	4	130	55		95	107	.242	.281	.282	.563	Apr 14, 1905	21	BRO
39	Chris Lindsay	2	1905	1906	-1.6	229	940	828	97	200	30	3	0	67	28		63	87	.242	.301	.285	.586	Jul 5, 1905	26	DET
40	Bris Lord	8	1905	1913	5.4	742	3088	2767	380	707	119	49	13	236	74	22	175	342	.256	.304	.348	.652	Apr 21, 1905	21	PHA
41	Charlie Malay	1	1905	1905	-0.4	102	390	349	33	88	7	2	1	31	13		22	45	.252	.300	.292	.593	Apr 24, 1905	26	BRO
42	George McBride	16	1901	1920	21.0	1660	6252	5526	516	1203	140	47	7	447	133	31	419	707	.218	.281	.264	.544	Sep 12, 1901	24	TOT
43	Sandy McDougal	2	1895	1905	-0.1	6	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	Jun 12, 1895	31	STL
44	Harry McIntire	9	1905	1913	2.6	257	667	615	54	134	23	6	2	39	2	0	29	110	.218	.258	.285	.542	Apr 14, 1905	26	BRO
45	George Nill	5	1904	1908	0.7	296	1125	963	116	204	23	9	3	77	36		103	177	.212	.297	.264	.561	Sep 27, 1904	23	WSH
46	Orval Overall	7	1905	1913	0.6	221	602	526	39	94	20	6	2	46	4	0	29	95	.179	.227	.251	.478	Apr 16, 1905	24	CIN
47	Red Owens	2	1899	1905	-1.2	51	203	189	14	37	6	2	1	21	1		8	20	.196	.228	.265	.493	Jul 28, 1899	30	BRO
48	Big Jeff Pfeffer	6	1905	1911	0.8	147	353	323	20	66	12	4	2	28	4		13	54	.204	.255	.285	.540	Apr 15, 1905	23	CHC
49	Ed Reulbach	13	1905	1917	-2.5	401	985	862	52	127	16	6	1	53	3	0	59	304	.147	.204	.183	.387	May 16, 1905	22	CHC
50	Ike Rockenfield	2	1905	1906	0.5	122	505	411	43	91	16	0	0	24	11		47	56	.221	.328	.260	.588	May 5, 1905	28	SLB
51	George Rohe	4	1901	1907	3.1	269	997	868	81	197	19	3	3	92	27		72	62	.227	.294	.266	.561	May 7, 1901	30	CHW
52	Frank Schulte	15	1904	1918	23.7	1806	7433	6533	906	1766	288	124	92	793	233	36	545	757	.270	.332	.395	.726	Sep 21, 1904	22	CHC
53	Bud Sharpe	2	1905	1910	-3.0	165	670	625	40	139	17	6	0	41	4		21	41	.222	.249	.269	.518	Apr 14, 1905	23	BSN
54	Tubby Spencer	9	1905	1918	2.5	449	1458	1326	106	298	43	10	3	134	13		87	127	.225	.281	.279	.560	Jul 24, 1905	21	SLB
55	Charlie Starr	3	1905	1909	0.4	110	448	375	33	79	4	3	0	20	13		51	45	.211	.315	.237	.552	Apr 29, 1905	26	SLB
56	George Stone	7	1903	1910	26.2	848	3677	3271	426	984	106	68	23	268	132		282	425	.301	.360	.396	.756	Apr 20, 1903	28	SLB
57	Gabby Street	8	1904	1931	6.4	504	1689	1501	98	312	44	11	2	105	17	0	119	144	.208	.273	.256	.529	Sep 13, 1904	22	TOT
58	Elmer Stricklett	4	1904	1907	0.2	105	300	269	21	45	7	2	0	10	3		22	71	.167	.233	.208	.441	Apr 22, 1904	28	BRO
59	Jake Thielman	4	1905	1908	1.7	70	209	175	27	42	5	6	0	20	4		21	31	.240	.328	.337	.665	Apr 19, 1905	26	STL
60	Bob Unglaub	6	1904	1910	7.1	595	2320	2150	188	554	67	35	5	216	66		88	246	.258	.288	.328	.617	Apr 15, 1904	24	BOS
61	Ike Van Zandt	3	1901	1905	-1.6	100	357	339	32	76	15	1	1	20	7		7	53	.224	.242	.283	.525	Aug 5, 1901	29	SLB
62	Rube Vinson	3	1904	1906	-0.5	64	240	207	26	47	4	1	0	14	7		19	38	.227	.301	.256	.557	Sep 27, 1904	26	CLE
63	Rip Vowinkel	1	1905	1905	-0.1	6	19	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	1	.071	.235	.071	.307	Sep 5, 1905	20	CIN
64	Jimmy Wiggs	3	1903	1906	-0.1	13	20	19	1	3	2	0	0	1	0		0	11	.158	.158	.263	.421	Apr 23, 1903	28	DET
65	Irv Young	6	1905	1911	-2.9	209	498	475	21	60	8	3	0	18	2		11	179	.126	.148	.156	.304	Apr 14, 1905	27	BSN
	Totals	381	1895	1931	373.6	27644	105678	93819	11194	24351	3456	1372	474	9530	3490	381	7540	10260	.260	.319	.341	.660

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	Rick Adams	1	1905	1905	0.1	2	5	.286	3.59	11	6	5	3	1	0	62.2	63	30	25	1	24	25	8	0	0	271	1.388	Jul 13, 1905	26	WSH
2	Buster Brown	9	1905	1913	12.2	51	103	.331	3.21	234	165	55	107	10	4	1451.2	1368	715	517	36	631	501	59	2	53	6008	1.377	Jun 22, 1905	23	STL
3	Jim Buchanan	1	1905	1905	-0.7	5	9	.357	3.50	22	15	7	12	1	2	141.1	149	76	55	2	27	54	2	0	2	576	1.245	Apr 16, 1905	28	SLB
4	Ralph Caldwell	2	1904	1905	-1.4	3	5	.375	4.20	13	7	4	6	0	1	75.0	84	54	35	2	22	59	5	2	2	330	1.413	Sep 10, 1904	21	PHI
5	Hal Chase	15	1905	1919	0.0	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	Apr 14, 1905	22	NYY
6	Charlie Chech	4	1905	1909	4.6	33	30	.524	2.52	94	63	27	45	6	3	606.0	602	273	170	10	162	187	29	0	2	2477	1.261	Apr 14, 1905	27	CIN
7	Ty Cobb HOF	24	1905	1928	0.1	0	0		3.60	3	0	2	0	0	1	5.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	20	1.600	Aug 30, 1905	18	DET
8	George Disch	1	1905	1905	0.6	0	2	.000	2.64	8	3	5	1	0	0	47.2	43	19	14	1	8	14	2	0	0	187	1.070	Aug 8, 1905	26	DET
9	Jack Doscher	5	1903	1908	0.7	2	10	.167	2.84	27	13	11	10	0	0	145.2	118	70	46	3	68	61	8	0	1	598	1.277	Jul 2, 1903	24	BRO
10	Wish Egan	3	1902	1906	0.8	8	26	.235	3.83	42	34	8	27	0	0	279.2	309	150	119	4	72	52	11	0	6	1165	1.362	Sep 3, 1902	24	STL
11	Dick Harley	1	1905	1905	-0.5	2	5	.286	4.66	9	4	5	4	1	0	65.2	72	45	34	5	19	19	1	0	2	272	1.386	Apr 15, 1905	30	BSN
12	Homer Hillebrand	3	1905	1908	1.8	8	4	.667	2.51	18	11	6	8	1	1	114.2	86	39	32	1	40	70	3	0	4	454	1.099	Apr 24, 1905	25	PIT
13	Bill Hogg	4	1905	1908	5.1	37	50	.425	3.06	116	89	21	43	6	1	730.0	677	354	248	13	319	368	35	1	33	3088	1.364	Apr 25, 1905	23	NYY
14	Del Howard	5	1905	1909	-0.3	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	4	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	22	0.833	Apr 15, 1905	27	PIT
15	Harry Kane	4	1902	1906	-1.2	2	7	.222	4.81	15	9	5	7	1	0	86.0	100	65	46	2	50	43	4	0	6	392	1.744	Aug 8, 1902	21	PHI
16	Lefty Leifield	12	1905	1920	21.3	124	97	.561	2.47	296	216	57	138	32	7	1838.0	1673	694	505	27	554	616	85	2	17	7417	1.212	Sep 3, 1905	21	PIT
17	Bris Lord	8	1905	1913	-0.2	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3.000	Apr 21, 1905	21	PHA
18	Sandy McDougal	2	1895	1905	0.1	1	4	.200	3.97	6	5	1	5	0	1	47.2	53	28	21	0	17	12	0	0	0	195	1.469	Jun 12, 1895	31	STL
19	Harry McIntire	9	1905	1913	6.4	71	117	.378	3.22	237	188	40	140	17	7	1650.0	1555	778	590	34	539	626	96	0	14	6748	1.269	Apr 14, 1905	26	BRO
20	Orval Overall	7	1905	1913	21.8	108	71	.603	2.26	218	183	30	133	30	12	1535.1	1232	520	385	16	551	935	45	0	57	6160	1.161	Apr 16, 1905	24	CIN
21	Big Jeff Pfeffer	6	1905	1911	1.6	31	39	.443	3.30	113	70	34	59	6	2	695.2	660	357	255	14	292	317	28	1	11	2839	1.368	Apr 15, 1905	23	CHC
22	Ed Reulbach	13	1905	1917	38.1	182	106	.632	2.28	399	300	80	200	40	13	2632.1	2117	887	668	33	892	1137	107	8	49	10534	1.143	May 16, 1905	22	CHC
23	Elmer Stricklett	4	1904	1907	3.8	35	51	.407	2.85	104	90	13	78	10	6	764.2	755	366	242	3	215	237	27	2	12	3092	1.269	Apr 22, 1904	28	BRO
24	Jake Thielman	4	1905	1908	1.6	30	28	.517	3.16	65	56	7	49	3	0	475.1	483	234	167	9	107	158	23	2	13	1942	1.241	Apr 19, 1905	26	STL
25	Ike Van Zandt	3	1901	1905	0.0	0	0		4.66	3	0	3	0	0	0	19.1	18	15	10	0	10	5	2	0	0	85	1.448	Aug 5, 1901	29	SLB
26	Rip Vowinkel	1	1905	1905	-0.5	3	3	.500	4.17	6	6	0	4	0	0	45.1	52	31	21	2	10	7	1	0	0	183	1.368	Sep 5, 1905	20	CIN
27	Jimmy Wiggs	3	1903	1906	-0.9	3	4	.429	3.81	13	9	3	4	0	0	56.2	53	41	24	1	38	46	4	0	2	252	1.606	Apr 23, 1903	28	DET
28	Irv Young	6	1905	1911	11.6	63	95	.399	3.11	209	161	32	120	21	4	1384.2	1361	629	479	23	316	560	37	2	23	5599	1.211	Apr 14, 1905	27	BSN
	Totals	160	1895	1928	126.6	804	871	.480	2.83	2284	1703	463	1203	186	65	14963.1	13696	6481	4711	243	4986	6109	623	22	309	60913	1.388

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