1940 Major League Baseball Rookie Players

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Batting

Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	ASG	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Russell Awkard	2	1940	1941	0	0.2	32	149	134	26	38	4	2	2	15	0		14		.284	.356	.388	.744		22	TOT
2	Dan Bankhead	9	1940	1951	4	0.9	106	158	140	18	36	3	1	1	15	2	0	10	7	.257	.320	.314	.635	Aug 26, 1947	20	BBB
3	Bud Barbee	8	1937	1948	0	0.5	174	553	493	64	132	14	5	6	67	4		52		.268	.339	.353	.692		26	TOT
4	George Barnicle	3	1939	1941	0	-0.3	20	18	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	Sep 6, 1939	22	BSN
5	Darius Bea	2	1934	1940	0	1.1	40	131	121	14	40	11	2	3	30	0		10		.331	.382	.529	.911		26	PS
6	Herman Besse	5	1940	1946	0	0.3	71	99	90	8	18	2	0	0	15	0	0	9	20	.200	.273	.222	.495	Apr 19, 1940	28	PHA
7	Charlie Biot	3	1939	1941	0	1.5	113	411	366	57	103	20	10	4	54	11		34		.281	.346	.423	.769		22	TOT
8	Tiny Bonham	10	1940	1949	2	-0.9	231	592	522	34	84	9	0	0	26	1	1	31	89	.161	.211	.178	.389	Aug 5, 1940	26	NYY
9	Lyman Bostock	6	1940	1948	1	1.4	107	427	389	45	125	17	7	0	54	4		29		.321	.368	.401	.769		22	BBB
10	Lefty Bowe	2	1939	1940	0	-0.2	19	34	32	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0		.094	.094	.094	.188		21	CAG
11	Bobby Bragan	7	1940	1948	0	-0.3	597	2051	1900	136	456	62	12	15	172	12	24	110	117	.240	.282	.309	.591	Apr 16, 1940	22	PHI
12	Al Brancato	4	1939	1945	0	-3.4	282	1038	930	117	199	37	11	4	80	5	6	96	92	.214	.290	.290	.580	Sep 7, 1939	21	PHA
13	Marv Breuer	5	1939	1943	0	-1.6	86	184	157	7	10	1	1	0	4	0	0	11	69	.064	.125	.083	.208	May 4, 1939	26	NYY
14	Jesse Brown	6	1938	1944	0	0.6	50	80	71	9	20	4	1	1	12	1		7		.282	.354	.408	.763		26	TOT
15	Ches Buchanan	6	1935	1944	0	-0.5	56	124	110	13	12	2	0	0	4	0		12		.109	.197	.127	.324		33	PS
16	Sammy Burton	1	1940	1940	0	0.2	29	104	92	13	23	1	2	1	9	1		10		.250	.324	.337	.660		27	BBB
17	Fred Chapman	3	1939	1941	0	-1.9	76	203	187	12	36	3	1	0	9	3	3	11	28	.193	.237	.219	.457	Sep 15, 1939	23	PHA
18	Pancho Coimbre	4	1940	1944	2	4.0	144	612	544	94	183	31	8	6	95	8		55		.336	.402	.456	.858		31	NYC
19	Bob Collins	2	1940	1944	0	-0.5	50	140	123	11	26	3	0	1	14	4	1	15	18	.211	.302	.260	.562	Apr 28, 1940	30	CHC
20	Alejandro Crespo	2	1940	1946	1	1.5	57	244	225	40	69	11	5	5	39	2		18		.307	.358	.467	.825		25	NYC
21	Lionel Decuir	3	1937	1940	0	-0.5	40	116	107	12	19	1	1	1	8	3		8		.178	.241	.234	.475		25	KCM
22	Dom DiMaggio	11	1940	1953	7	33.5	1399	6478	5640	1046	1680	308	57	87	618	100	62	750	571	.298	.383	.419	.802	Apr 16, 1940	23	BOS
23	Jesse Douglas	5	1940	1945	0	2.1	108	452	413	62	120	13	7	1	46	14		30		.291	.343	.363	.706		24	KCM
24	Mahlon Duckett	9	1940	1948	0	0.2	350	1303	1155	173	272	22	18	1	110	18		112		.235	.305	.288	.593		17	PS
25	Jake Early	9	1939	1949	1	8.1	747	2519	2208	216	532	98	23	32	264	7	8	281	259	.241	.330	.350	.679	May 4, 1939	25	WSH
26	José Figueroa	1	1940	1940	0	-0.1	11	22	21	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		.190	.190	.190	.381		26	NYC
27	Bill Fleming	6	1940	1946	0	-1.0	124	135	125	8	13	3	0	0	7	0	0	3	23	.104	.125	.128	.253	Aug 21, 1940	26	BOS
28	Herman Franks	6	1939	1949	0	-0.1	188	473	403	35	80	18	2	3	43	2	3	57	37	.199	.302	.275	.578	Apr 27, 1939	26	BRO
29	Charlie Frye	1	1940	1940	0	0.1	18	19	19	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	.263	.263	.421	.684	Jul 28, 1940	26	PHI
30	Robert Gaston	12	1932	1948	0	-0.4	195	640	557	67	129	28	4	2	75	1		63		.232	.316	.307	.623		30	HG
31	Charlie Gilbert	6	1940	1947	0	-1.1	364	952	852	109	195	27	9	5	55	7	14	86	82	.229	.302	.299	.601	Apr 16, 1940	20	BRO
32	Al Glossop	5	1939	1946	0	-0.1	309	1059	952	99	199	29	2	15	86	5	9	89	105	.209	.280	.291	.571	Sep 23, 1939	25	TOT
33	Johnny Gorsica	7	1940	1947	0	0.5	214	237	217	23	45	5	5	1	14	0	0	13	42	.207	.252	.290	.542	Apr 22, 1940	25	DET
34	Frankie Gustine	12	1939	1950	3	8.4	1261	5040	4582	553	1214	222	47	38	480	60	58	369	427	.265	.322	.359	.681	Sep 13, 1939	20	PIT
35	J.C. Hamilton	3	1940	1942	0	0.3	40	82	74	10	15	2	0	1	6	0		6		.203	.272	.270	.542		27	HG
36	Mickey Harris	9	1940	1952	1	1.8	271	367	288	40	54	3	1	0	16	1	0	60	82	.188	.328	.205	.532	Apr 23, 1940	23	BOS
37	Herb Hash	2	1940	1941	0	-0.2	39	45	42	4	7	5	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.286	.452	Apr 19, 1940	29	BOS
38	Charley Hayes	2	1938	1940	0	-0.7	38	112	100	14	19	4	1	0	6	1		9		.190	.264	.250	.514			TOT
39	Ramón Heredía	3	1939	1941	0	0.6	85	351	330	58	91	15	4	3	36	2		16		.276	.309	.373	.682		27	NYC
40	Leniel Hooker	9	1940	1948	0	-2.1	134	309	292	18	31	3	0	0	9	0		11		.106	.139	.116	.255		21	NE
41	Johnny Hopp	14	1939	1952	1	26.1	1393	4809	4260	698	1262	216	74	46	458	128	51	464	378	.296	.368	.414	.782	Sep 18, 1939	23	STL
42	Sid Hudson	12	1940	1954	2	1.8	383	798	746	62	164	17	4	0	75	1	2	25	58	.220	.246	.253	.499	Apr 18, 1940	25	WSH
43	Johnny Hutchings	6	1940	1946	0	-0.1	155	139	130	7	21	6	0	0	8	0	0	7	24	.162	.204	.208	.412	Apr 26, 1940	24	CIN
44	Willie Hutchinson	7	1939	1946	0	-0.1	70	124	119	15	23	0	1	0	11	3		2		.193	.207	.210	.417		25	MRS
45	Clarence Isreal	5	1940	1947	0	-0.3	216	807	708	122	171	19	8	6	79	13		81		.242	.323	.316	.639		22	NE
46	Big Train Jackson	3	1938	1940	0	-0.2	20	27	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		2		.042	.115	.042	.157		23	MRS
47	Al Javery	7	1940	1946	2	-2.0	205	414	380	24	52	5	1	0	11	0	0	7	124	.137	.152	.155	.308	Apr 23, 1940	22	BSN
48	Earl Johnson	8	1940	1951	0	-0.2	181	188	171	15	32	3	0	0	13	0	0	9	53	.187	.228	.205	.432	Jul 20, 1940	21	BOS
49	Josh Johnson	3	1937	1940	0	0.3	34	103	94	16	32	3	0	1	16	0		6		.340	.380	.404	.784		26	HG
50	Roy Joiner	3	1934	1940	0	0.1	52	24	22	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.227	.261	.227	.488	Apr 30, 1934	33	NYG
51	Larnie Jordan	3	1940	1942	0	1.0	87	334	318	58	97	19	10	2	41	6		12		.305	.330	.447	.777		26	PS
52	Wally Judnich	7	1940	1949	0	15.9	790	3207	2786	424	782	150	29	90	420	20	24	385	298	.281	.369	.452	.822	Apr 16, 1940	24	SLB
53	Bob Kennedy	16	1939	1957	0	-2.6	1484	5067	4624	514	1176	196	41	63	514	45	50	364	443	.254	.309	.355	.665	Sep 14, 1939	19	CHW
54	Newt Kimball	6	1937	1943	0	0.2	94	58	50	2	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	6	16	.180	.268	.200	.468	May 7, 1937	25	TOT
55	Dick Lanahan	4	1935	1941	0	-0.2	56	46	42	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	.119	.159	.119	.278	Sep 15, 1935	28	PIT
56	Bill Lillard	2	1939	1940	0	-0.4	80	264	225	30	55	9	2	1	22	0	1	31	29	.244	.339	.316	.654	Sep 11, 1939	22	PHA
57	Rogelio Linares	5	1940	1946	1	-0.3	172	685	611	82	152	29	9	4	78	6		51		.249	.316	.345	.661		30	NYC
58	Danny Litwhiler	11	1940	1951	1	18.4	1057	3862	3494	428	982	162	32	107	451	11	29	299	377	.281	.342	.438	.780	Apr 25, 1940	23	PHI
59	Johnny Lucadello	6	1938	1947	0	1.2	239	786	686	95	181	36	7	5	60	6	3	93	56	.264	.353	.359	.712	Sep 24, 1938	21	SLB
60	Art Mahan	1	1940	1940	0	-0.4	146	591	544	55	133	24	5	2	39	4	2	40	37	.244	.297	.318	.615	Apr 30, 1940	27	PHI
61	Max Manning	8	1939	1948	2	-0.1	144	337	313	34	62	4	1	2	30	1		10		.198	.223	.236	.459		21	NE
62	Marty Marion	13	1940	1953	7	31.8	1572	6143	5506	602	1448	272	37	36	624	35	21	470	537	.263	.323	.345	.668	Apr 16, 1940	23	STL
63	Jack Matchett	5	1940	1945	0	1.1	98	211	196	18	52	6	2	0	25	0		10		.265	.304	.316	.621		32	KCM
64	Verdell Mathis	9	1940	1948	4	2.5	164	492	441	66	117	10	1	1	39	6		44		.265	.332	.299	.631		26	MRS
65	Fran Matthews	5	1938	1945	0	1.0	128	511	445	97	120	14	9	8	61	8		56		.270	.355	.396	.751		23	NE
66	Fred McBride	2	1931	1940	0	-0.1	40	136	128	16	34	5	0	2	18	2		5		.266	.299	.352	.650		35	BBB
67	Mike McCormick	10	1940	1951	0	5.0	748	2589	2325	302	640	100	29	14	215	16	24	188	173	.275	.330	.361	.692	Apr 16, 1940	23	CIN
68	Les McCrabb	5	1939	1950	0	-0.7	38	78	74	2	9	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	20	.122	.122	.149	.270	Sep 7, 1939	25	PHA
69	Wadel Miller	2	1940	1942	0	-0.1	12	26	26	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0		.115	.115	.115	.231			CAG
70	Antonio Mirabal	2	1939	1940	0	-1.2	34	126	114	11	20	0	0	0	5	1		11		.175	.248	.175	.423		30	NYC
71	René Monteagudo	4	1938	1945	0	0.3	156	304	270	32	78	9	1	0	21	2	2	29	12	.289	.358	.330	.687	Sep 6, 1938	24	WSH
72	Blanch Moody	1	1940	1940	0	0.0	12	22	19	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		1		.158	.200	.158	.358		28	BBB
73	Nate Moreland	2	1940	1945	0	0.1	19	44	42	4	10	0	1	0	3	0		1		.238	.256	.286	.542		26	BEG
74	Hal Newhouser HOF	17	1939	1955	6	2.7	492	1160	999	70	201	22	2	2	81	3	3	89	150	.201	.267	.233	.500	Sep 29, 1939	19	DET
75	Johnny Niggeling	9	1938	1946	0	-2.0	184	466	420	16	59	4	1	0	17	0	1	20	100	.140	.181	.155	.336	Apr 30, 1938	36	SLB
76	Willie Nixon	2	1940	1941	0	0.8	40	145	125	22	33	7	3	3	20	0		12		.264	.338	.440	.778		23	TOT
77	Vern Olsen	5	1939	1946	0	1.2	113	187	169	16	39	6	0	1	14	2	0	11	22	.231	.278	.284	.562	Sep 8, 1939	22	CHC
78	Joe Orengo	6	1939	1945	0	1.5	366	1306	1120	129	266	54	8	17	122	12	10	156	219	.238	.332	.346	.678	Apr 18, 1939	25	STL
79	Al Piechota	2	1940	1941	0	0.2	22	24	20	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	.200	.304	.200	.504	May 7, 1940	26	BSN
80	Jimmy Pofahl	3	1940	1942	0	-2.7	225	849	764	65	168	33	9	2	70	7	3	76	96	.220	.290	.295	.585	Apr 16, 1940	23	WSH
81	Ken Raffensberger	15	1939	1954	1	-3.0	397	779	688	38	97	16	0	4	31	0	1	20	280	.141	.166	.182	.348	Apr 25, 1939	22	CHC
82	Jimmy Reese	4	1934	1940	0	-0.1	21	20	20	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400		27	BEG
83	Pee Wee Reese HOF	16	1940	1958	10	68.4	2166	9472	8058	1338	2170	330	80	126	885	232	99	1210	890	.269	.366	.377	.743	Apr 23, 1940	21	BRO
84	Pete Reiser	10	1940	1952	3	24.5	861	3054	2662	473	786	155	41	58	368	87	39	343	369	.295	.380	.450	.829	Jul 23, 1940	21	BRO
85	Chet Ross	6	1939	1944	0	2.9	413	1443	1309	156	316	53	21	34	170	6	6	124	281	.241	.309	.392	.701	Sep 13, 1939	23	BSN
86	Bama Rowell	6	1939	1948	0	5.6	574	2043	1901	200	523	95	26	19	217	37	24	113	105	.275	.316	.382	.699	Sep 3, 1939	24	BSN
87	Al Rubeling	4	1940	1944	0	0.5	253	838	747	94	186	31	12	8	79	8	13	77	95	.249	.321	.355	.676	Apr 16, 1940	27	PHA
88	Johnny Rucker	6	1940	1946	0	1.5	705	2769	2617	354	711	105	39	21	214	35	23	109	248	.272	.302	.366	.668	Apr 16, 1940	23	NYG
89	Tommy Sampson	9	1940	1948	5	5.9	196	805	740	120	225	19	14	2	87	17		39		.304	.346	.376	.722		27	BBB
90	Jack Sanford	3	1940	1946	0	-1.1	47	162	153	13	32	4	4	0	11	0	0	9	24	.209	.253	.288	.541	Aug 24, 1940	23	WSH
91	Andy Sarvis	5	1939	1944	0	0.2	27	63	57	3	10	2	0	0	9	0		3		.175	.242	.211	.452		32	CBR
92	Ham Schulte	1	1940	1940	0	-0.3	120	488	436	44	103	18	2	1	21	3	1	32	30	.236	.288	.294	.582	Apr 16, 1940	27	PHI
93	Tom Seats	2	1940	1945	0	-0.2	57	60	55	5	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	15	.182	.182	.218	.400	May 4, 1940	29	DET
94	Ken Silvestri	8	1939	1951	0	0.2	102	238	203	26	44	11	1	5	25	0	1	31	41	.217	.326	.355	.681	Apr 18, 1939	24	CHW
95	Eugene Smith	7	1939	1948	0	0.6	95	226	206	27	39	5	1	4	20	0		17		.189	.251	.282	.533		24	SNS
96	Clyde Smoll	1	1940	1940	0	-0.1	33	31	31	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	.161	.161	.161	.323	Apr 26, 1940	26	PHI
97	Herb Souell	9	1940	1948	4	5.2	372	1599	1472	257	427	45	23	6	160	57		106		.290	.342	.364	.706		27	KCM
98	Nick Strincevich	8	1940	1948	0	-0.5	204	307	272	16	43	3	2	0	16	0	0	16	58	.158	.205	.184	.389	Apr 23, 1940	25	BSN
99	Bob Swift	14	1940	1953	0	-2.6	1001	3136	2750	212	635	86	3	14	238	10	6	324	233	.231	.313	.280	.592	Apr 16, 1940	25	SLB
100	Oad Swigart	2	1939	1940	0	0.1	10	16	13	1	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	Sep 14, 1939	25	PIT
101	Tom Turner	5	1940	1944	0	-1.4	233	755	696	63	165	29	4	7	63	4	2	51	84	.237	.290	.320	.611	Apr 25, 1940	23	CHW
102	Hy Vandenberg	7	1935	1945	0	-0.2	90	97	89	7	15	0	1	0	8	0	0	3	11	.169	.196	.191	.387	Jun 8, 1935	34	NYG
103	Porter Vaughan	3	1940	1946	0	0.0	24	43	41	4	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.220	.238	.220	.458	Jun 16, 1940	21	PHA
104	Bennie Warren	6	1939	1947	0	2.3	377	1129	989	97	217	26	7	33	104	1	2	129	177	.219	.313	.360	.673	Sep 13, 1939	28	PHI
105	Whitey Wietelmann	9	1939	1947	0	0.9	580	1948	1762	170	409	55	6	7	122	14	19	156	131	.232	.298	.282	.580	Sep 6, 1939	21	BSN
106	Jesse Williams	7	1939	1945	2	8.5	290	1152	1020	170	273	40	18	5	102	33		101		.268	.340	.357	.697		27	KCM
107	Emmett Wilson	4	1937	1943	0	0.1	63	249	217	40	57	11	5	1	24	9		21		.263	.336	.373	.709		27	BBB
108	Mickey Witek	7	1940	1949	0	7.5	581	2325	2147	239	595	65	9	22	196	7	14	148	84	.277	.324	.347	.670	Apr 16, 1940	24	NYG
109	Babe Young	8	1936	1948	0	11.0	728	2710	2403	320	656	121	17	79	415	9	17	274	161	.273	.352	.436	.788	Sep 26, 1936	24	NYG
	Totals	644	1931	1958	73	287.8	30416	103509	92325	11918	23803	3811	912	1111	9874	1187	683	9033	8672	.258	.326	.355	.681

Pitching

Pitching
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	ASG	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Dan Bankhead	9	1940	1951	4	2.7	26	10	.722	4.55	87	36	29	16	5	4	364.1	328	207	184	24	188	9	259	14	3	7	1587	1.416	Aug 26, 1947	20	BBB
2	Bud Barbee	8	1937	1948	0	-1.3	13	13	.500	6.26	48	35	11	11	0	0	230.0	265	192	160	19	146		131	8	1	3	1117	1.787		26	TOT
3	George Barnicle	3	1939	1941	0	-0.9	3	3	.500	6.55	20	4	5	1	0	0	57.2	49	44	42	2	43	0	28	7	1	2	266	1.595	Sep 6, 1939	22	BSN
4	Darius Bea	2	1934	1940	0	0.2	0	0		4.05	2	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	6	3	3	1	3		3	0	0	0	29	1.350		26	PS
5	Herman Besse	5	1940	1946	0	-3.3	5	15	.250	6.79	65	25	28	5	0	2	242.2	298	195	183	24	128	2	118	8	0	6	1145	1.755	Apr 19, 1940	28	PHA
6	Tiny Bonham	10	1940	1949	2	24.2	103	72	.589	3.06	231	193	27	110	21	9	1551.0	1501	580	528	117	287	34	478	9	2	4	6284	1.153	Aug 5, 1940	26	NYY
7	Lefty Bowe	2	1939	1940	0	1.7	4	4	.500	3.02	19	12	5	6	0	0	92.1	76	43	31	4	45		81	3	0	2	406	1.310		21	CAG
8	Marv Breuer	5	1939	1943	0	1.0	25	26	.490	4.03	86	60	16	23	1	3	484.1	487	246	217	41	154	7	226	3	1	7	2061	1.323	May 4, 1939	26	NYY
9	Jesse Brown	6	1938	1944	0	1.9	6	11	.353	4.48	34	19	10	8	2	0	142.2	142	82	71	9	72		58	5	0	1	650	1.500		26	TOT
10	Ches Buchanan	6	1935	1944	0	1.6	15	23	.395	4.88	54	39	11	23	1	0	317.0	361	214	172	17	104		100	4	0	1	1410	1.467		33	PS
11	Pancho Coimbre	4	1940	1944	2	0.5	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	6	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	31	0.889		31	NYC
12	José Figueroa	1	1940	1940	0	0.2	1	6	.143	6.08	9	6	3	4	0	0	50.1	62	37	34	5	20		20	3	0	2	235	1.629		26	NYC
13	Bill Fleming	6	1940	1946	0	2.7	16	21	.432	3.79	123	40	37	14	3	3	442.0	443	220	186	27	193	15	167	10	0	11	1946	1.439	Aug 21, 1940	26	BOS
14	Charlie Frye	1	1940	1940	0	-0.1	0	6	.000	4.65	15	5	6	1	0	0	50.1	58	32	26	3	26	0	18	0	1	0	228	1.669	Jul 28, 1940	26	PHI
15	Johnny Gorsica	7	1940	1947	0	5.9	31	39	.443	4.18	204	64	80	22	4	17	723.2	778	385	336	44	247	22	272	17	4	11	3136	1.416	Apr 22, 1940	25	DET
16	J.C. Hamilton	3	1940	1942	0	0.3	11	4	.733	5.01	29	21	6	10	0	1	133.0	151	87	74	6	39		64	7	0	0	590	1.429		27	HG
17	Mickey Harris	9	1940	1952	1	6.8	59	71	.454	4.18	271	109	110	42	2	21	1050.0	1097	560	488	78	455	32	534	12	4	23	4650	1.478	Apr 23, 1940	23	BOS
18	Herb Hash	2	1940	1941	0	1.2	8	7	.533	4.98	38	12	17	3	1	4	128.1	130	73	71	12	91	3	39	5	0	3	597	1.722	Apr 19, 1940	29	BOS
19	Leniel Hooker	9	1940	1948	0	7.6	43	46	.483	4.04	133	91	36	54	4	7	768.2	793	432	345	29	243		358	23	1	1	3353	1.348		21	NE
20	Sid Hudson	12	1940	1954	2	12.4	104	152	.406	4.28	380	279	67	123	11	13	2181.0	2384	1212	1036	136	835	62	734	48	3	28	9593	1.476	Apr 18, 1940	25	WSH
21	Johnny Hutchings	6	1940	1946	0	1.8	12	18	.400	3.96	155	34	66	5	3	6	471.0	474	239	207	36	180	11	212	12	2	8	2045	1.389	Apr 26, 1940	24	CIN
22	Willie Hutchinson	7	1939	1946	0	1.8	18	21	.462	4.01	60	40	12	22	2	2	309.2	327	181	138	9	111		185	8	0	5	1363	1.414		25	MRS
23	Big Train Jackson	3	1938	1940	0	-1.7	4	8	.333	6.34	20	12	1	2	0	0	71.0	103	66	50	2	34		44	3	0	5	354	1.930		23	MRS
24	Al Javery	7	1940	1946	2	5.6	53	74	.417	3.80	205	147	36	61	15	5	1142.2	1164	569	483	44	452	37	470	17	4	10	4972	1.414	Apr 23, 1940	22	BSN
25	Earl Johnson	8	1940	1951	0	1.9	40	32	.556	4.30	179	50	71	13	3	17	546.1	556	302	261	25	272	14	250	14	3	11	2411	1.516	Jul 20, 1940	21	BOS
26	Roy Joiner	3	1934	1940	0	-0.7	3	3	.500	5.28	52	4	24	0	0	1	90.1	133	63	53	11	27	7	34	5	0	1	429	1.771	Apr 30, 1934	33	NYG
27	Newt Kimball	6	1937	1943	0	1.6	11	9	.550	3.78	94	13	44	4	0	5	235.2	219	113	99	8	117	9	88	2	1	4	1024	1.426	May 7, 1937	25	TOT
28	Dick Lanahan	4	1935	1941	0	-0.5	6	13	.316	5.15	56	13	22	4	0	2	152.0	177	101	87	13	75	3	62	6	1	3	704	1.658	Sep 15, 1935	28	PIT
29	Art Mahan	1	1940	1940	0	0.0	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000	Apr 30, 1940	27	PHI
30	Max Manning	8	1939	1948	2	14.5	59	30	.663	3.33	123	88	30	64	4	4	751.0	704	348	278	18	230		448	21	1	7	3198	1.244		21	NE
31	Jack Matchett	5	1940	1945	0	1.3	21	14	.600	3.63	63	40	19	22	3	6	337.0	357	179	136	8	115		178	8	0	6	1471	1.401		32	KCM
32	Verdell Mathis	9	1940	1948	4	5.8	27	24	.529	3.75	68	51	13	36	2	1	420.1	440	217	175	14	121		245	12	1	3	1814	1.335		26	MRS
33	Fred McBride	2	1931	1940	0	0.0	0	0		7.71	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	0	2		1	0	0	0	12	2.143		35	BBB
34	Les McCrabb	5	1939	1950	0	-1.1	10	15	.400	5.96	38	27	8	13	1	2	210.0	270	156	139	24	63	6	57	6	0	4	966	1.586	Sep 7, 1939	25	PHA
35	Wadel Miller	2	1940	1942	0	-0.2	1	6	.143	4.58	8	7	0	6	0	0	55.0	74	41	28	3	20		17	4	0	0	268	1.709			CAG
36	René Monteagudo	4	1938	1945	0	-1.3	3	7	.300	6.42	46	11	22	5	0	2	168.1	221	127	120	11	95	1	93	5	1	1	806	1.877	Sep 6, 1938	24	WSH
37	Blanch Moody	1	1940	1940	0	0.3	4	3	.571	4.73	12	8	2	2	0	0	51.1	67	32	27	1	11		20	1	0	2	227	1.519		28	BBB
38	Nate Moreland	2	1940	1945	0	1.1	6	5	.545	5.05	16	9	6	4	0	1	92.2	107	57	52	9	39		56	0	0	0	420	1.576		26	BEG
39	Hal Newhouser HOF	17	1939	1955	6	60.1	207	150	.580	3.06	488	374	79	212	33	26	2993.0	2674	1197	1016	136	1249	47	1796	19	7	65	12648	1.311	Sep 29, 1939	19	DET
40	Johnny Niggeling	9	1938	1946	0	19.8	64	69	.481	3.22	184	161	13	81	12	0	1250.2	1111	534	447	60	516	40	620	34	0	34	5329	1.301	Apr 30, 1938	36	SLB
41	Vern Olsen	5	1939	1946	0	6.3	30	26	.536	3.40	112	60	32	23	7	2	516.0	547	226	195	18	192	26	201	4	1	5	2247	1.432	Sep 8, 1939	22	CHC
42	Al Piechota	2	1940	1941	0	-1.0	2	5	.286	5.66	22	8	7	2	0	0	62.0	68	45	39	6	42	0	18	0	0	2	293	1.774	May 7, 1940	26	BSN
43	Ken Raffensberger	15	1939	1954	1	34.0	119	154	.436	3.60	396	282	66	133	31	16	2151.2	2257	993	860	191	449	78	806	19	3	10	9051	1.258	Apr 25, 1939	22	CHC
44	Jimmy Reese	4	1934	1940	0	-2.0	0	3	.000	9.93	20	8	3	1	0	0	45.1	73	59	50	2	26		19	1	1	0	239	2.184		27	BEG
45	Andy Sarvis	5	1939	1944	0	0.5	7	7	.500	4.73	23	14	6	11	0	0	125.2	160	83	66	2	15		58	2	0	3	556	1.393		32	CBR
46	Tom Seats	2	1940	1945	0	-0.1	12	9	.571	4.47	57	20	14	6	2	1	177.1	194	114	88	12	58	3	69	5	0	5	788	1.421	May 4, 1940	29	DET
47	Eugene Smith	7	1939	1948	0	1.2	23	30	.434	4.26	72	59	8	34	3	2	439.1	394	276	208	19	244		297	34	3	17	1996	1.452		24	SNS
48	Clyde Smoll	1	1940	1940	0	-1.0	2	8	.200	5.37	33	9	12	0	0	0	109.0	145	77	65	6	36	2	31	4	0	3	500	1.661	Apr 26, 1940	26	PHI
49	Nick Strincevich	8	1940	1948	0	6.5	46	49	.484	4.05	203	103	39	46	4	6	889.2	958	462	400	52	270	27	274	24	0	7	3863	1.380	Apr 23, 1940	25	BSN
50	Oad Swigart	2	1939	1940	0	0.0	1	3	.250	4.44	10	5	3	1	1	0	46.2	54	28	23	2	16	0	17	0	0	0	202	1.500	Sep 14, 1939	25	PIT
51	Hy Vandenberg	7	1935	1945	0	-0.2	15	10	.600	4.32	90	22	43	7	1	5	291.2	304	166	140	17	128	22	120	6	0	4	1277	1.481	Jun 8, 1935	34	NYG
52	Porter Vaughan	3	1940	1946	0	-1.2	2	11	.154	5.83	24	18	5	6	0	2	122.0	137	99	79	12	74	1	52	3	2	14	578	1.730	Jun 16, 1940	21	PHA
53	Whitey Wietelmann	9	1939	1947	0	-0.4	0	0		14.09	4	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	15	14	12	1	6	1	2	1	0	1	48	2.739	Sep 6, 1939	21	BSN
	Totals	289	1931	1955	26	218	1282	1345	.488	3.93	4784	2748	1215	1303	183	198	23360.1	23903	12010	10210	1370	8606	521	10528	466	52	352	101416	1.416

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