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	0.1	31	145	131	24	37	3	2	2	15	0		13		.282	.352	.382	.733		22	TOT
2	Dan Bankhead	9	1940	1951	4	0.7	104	152	135	16	31	2	1	1	13	1	0	9	7	.230	.293	.281	.574	Aug 26, 1947	20	BBB
3	Bud Barbee	8	1937	1948	0	0.4	171	549	487	63	130	13	5	6	67	4		53		.267	.340	.351	.691		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	110	392	349	51	98	19	9	4	53	10		32		.281	.345	.421	.766		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	1.8	106	424	384	44	125	17	7	0	54	4		29		.326	.373	.406	.779		22	BBB
10	Lefty Bowe	2	1939	1940	0	-0.3	18	34	32	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.063	.063	.063	.125		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	-3.3	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	Joe Brown	5	1937	1942	0	-0.3	54	173	162	14	38	4	0	0	18	1		9		.235	.279	.259	.538		23	TOT
15	T.J. Brown	9	1939	1948	1	0.7	147	534	481	55	115	21	4	1	41	9		32		.239	.292	.306	.598		24	MRS
16	Ches Buchanan	6	1935	1944	0	-0.5	54	118	105	12	11	2	0	0	4	0		11		.105	.190	.124	.313		32	PS
17	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
18	Roy Campanella HOF	18	1937	1957	11	42.0	1449	5727	5030	786	1422	232	31	260	1019	38	20	609	501	.283	.363	.496	.859	Apr 20, 1948	18	BEG
19	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
20	Pancho Coimbre	4	1940	1944	2	3.7	139	594	530	91	177	28	8	6	93	8		51		.334	.398	.451	.849		31	NYC
21	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
22	Alejandro Crespo	2	1940	1946	1	1.4	56	240	221	39	68	10	5	5	38	3		18		.308	.360	.466	.826		25	NYC
23	Lionel Decuir	3	1937	1940	0	-0.4	39	115	106	11	18	1	1	1	9	3		8		.170	.235	.226	.461		25	KCM
24	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
25	Jesse Douglas	5	1940	1945	0	1.9	104	436	400	62	116	13	7	1	46	13		28		.290	.340	.365	.705		24	KCM
26	Mahlon Duckett	9	1940	1948	0	-0.4	345	1286	1144	172	270	22	18	1	110	18		102		.236	.300	.289	.590		17	PS
27	Charles Dunklin	3	1937	1940	0	-0.1	19	21	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		.100	.143	.100	.243		25	SNS
28	Jake Early	9	1939	1949	1	8.2	747	2519	2208	216	532	98	23	32	264	7	8	281	259	.241	.330	.350	.679	May 4, 1939	25	WSH
29	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
30	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
31	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
32	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
33	Robert Gaston	12	1932	1948	0	-0.4	184	598	522	59	114	26	3	2	68	1		55		.218	.300	.291	.591		30	HG
34	Charlie Gilbert	6	1940	1947	0	-1.2	364	952	852	109	195	27	9	5	55	7	14	86	82	.229	.302	.299	.601	Apr 16, 1940	20	BRO
35	Al Glossop	5	1939	1946	0	0.0	309	1059	952	99	199	29	2	15	86	5	9	89	105	.209	.280	.291	.571	Sep 23, 1939	25	TOT
36	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
37	Leslie Green	4	1939	1946	1	2.1	89	370	308	72	81	15	3	3	31	22		57		.263	.381	.360	.742		26	SNS
38	Frankie Gustine	12	1939	1950	3	8.5	1261	5040	4582	553	1214	222	47	38	480	60	58	369	427	.265	.322	.359	.681	Sep 13, 1939	20	PIT
39	J.C. Hamilton	3	1940	1942	0	0.2	38	80	73	10	15	2	0	1	6	0		5		.205	.266	.274	.540		27	HG
40	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
41	Herb Hash	2	1940	1941	0	-0.1	39	45	42	4	7	5	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.286	.452	Apr 19, 1940	29	BOS
42	Charley Hayes	2	1938	1940	0	-0.7	38	112	100	14	19	4	1	0	6	1		9		.190	.264	.250	.514			TOT
43	Ramón Heredía	3	1939	1941	0	0.8	80	332	309	52	86	16	4	4	35	2		18		.278	.318	.395	.713		27	NYC
44	Leniel Hooker	9	1940	1948	0	-2.0	128	290	274	14	28	3	0	0	8	0		10		.102	.134	.113	.247		21	NE
45	Johnny Hopp	14	1939	1952	1	26.2	1393	4809	4260	698	1262	216	74	46	458	128	51	464	378	.296	.368	.414	.782	Sep 18, 1939	23	STL
46	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
47	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
48	Willie Hutchinson	7	1939	1946	0	0.0	60	102	99	12	20	0	1	0	10	3		1		.202	.210	.222	.432		25	MRS
49	Clarence Isreal	5	1940	1947	0	-0.3	205	763	670	113	160	16	7	6	76	11		73		.239	.317	.310	.628		22	NE
50	Big Train Jackson	3	1938	1940	0	-0.1	18	27	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		3		.043	.154	.043	.197		23	MRS
51	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
52	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
53	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
54	Larnie Jordan	3	1940	1942	0	1.3	87	337	318	58	97	18	8	2	40	6		15		.305	.336	.431	.767		26	PS
55	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
56	Bob Kennedy	16	1939	1957	0	-2.4	1484	5067	4624	514	1176	196	41	63	514	45	50	364	443	.254	.309	.355	.665	Sep 14, 1939	19	CHW
57	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
58	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
59	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
60	Rogelio Linares	5	1940	1946	1	-0.3	167	663	592	78	149	27	9	4	76	6		49		.252	.318	.348	.666		30	NYC
61	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
62	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
63	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
64	Max Manning	8	1939	1948	2	-0.2	139	322	299	34	58	4	0	2	29	1		9		.194	.218	.227	.445		21	NE
65	Marty Marion	13	1940	1953	8	31.8	1572	6143	5506	602	1448	272	37	36	624	35	21	470	537	.263	.323	.345	.668	Apr 16, 1940	23	STL
66	Jack Matchett	5	1940	1945	0	1.0	88	190	176	15	46	6	2	0	23	0		11		.261	.305	.318	.623		32	KCM
67	Verdell Mathis	9	1940	1948	4	2.3	148	437	391	59	104	9	1	1	39	6		40		.266	.334	.302	.636		26	MRS
68	Fran Matthews	5	1938	1945	0	0.3	119	476	414	84	105	14	8	8	53	6		52		.254	.341	.384	.725		23	NE
69	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
70	Mike McCormick	10	1940	1951	0	5.1	748	2589	2325	302	640	100	29	14	215	16	24	188	173	.275	.330	.361	.692	Apr 16, 1940	23	CIN
71	Les McCrabb	5	1939	1950	0	-0.6	38	77	74	2	9	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	20	.122	.122	.149	.270	Sep 7, 1939	25	PHA
72	W. Miller	2	1940	1942	0	-0.1	10	22	22	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.091	.091	.091	.182			CAG
73	Antonio Mirabal	2	1939	1940	0	-1.0	30	109	99	10	17	0	0	0	3	1		9		.172	.241	.172	.412		30	NYC
74	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
75	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
76	Nate Moreland	2	1940	1945	0	0.0	19	44	42	4	10	0	1	0	3	0		1		.238	.256	.286	.542		26	BEG
77	Hal Newhouser HOF	17	1939	1955	7	2.7	492	1160	999	70	201	22	2	2	81	3	3	89	150	.201	.267	.233	.500	Sep 29, 1939	19	DET
78	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
79	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
80	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
81	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
82	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
83	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
84	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
85	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
86	Chet Ross	6	1939	1944	0	3.0	413	1443	1309	156	316	53	21	34	170	6	6	124	281	.241	.309	.392	.701	Sep 13, 1939	23	BSN
87	Bama Rowell	6	1939	1948	0	5.7	574	2043	1901	200	523	95	26	19	217	37	24	113	105	.275	.316	.382	.699	Sep 3, 1939	24	BSN
88	Al Rubeling	4	1940	1944	0	0.6	253	838	747	94	186	31	12	8	79	8	13	77	95	.249	.321	.355	.676	Apr 16, 1940	27	PHA
89	Johnny Rucker	6	1940	1946	0	1.6	705	2769	2617	354	711	105	39	21	214	35	23	109	248	.272	.302	.366	.668	Apr 16, 1940	23	NYG
90	Tommy Sampson	9	1940	1948	5	5.1	187	769	709	112	215	18	14	2	90	14		38		.303	.345	.377	.721		27	BBB
91	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
92	Andy Sarvis	4	1939	1942	0	0.3	24	58	52	3	10	2	0	0	9	0		4		.192	.263	.231	.494		32	CBR
93	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
94	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
95	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
96	Eugene Smith	6	1940	1948	0	0.5	90	216	197	26	36	5	1	4	18	0		16		.183	.244	.279	.523		24	SNS
97	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
98	Herb Souell	9	1940	1948	4	5.4	354	1514	1392	242	409	43	22	6	155	52		98		.294	.344	.369	.713		27	KCM
99	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
100	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
101	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
102	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
103	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
104	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
105	Bennie Warren	6	1939	1947	0	2.4	377	1129	989	97	217	26	7	33	104	1	2	129	177	.219	.313	.360	.673	Sep 13, 1939	28	PHI
106	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
107	Bill Williams	7	1939	1945	2	7.5	264	1042	932	154	250	35	17	5	98	29		87		.268	.338	.358	.696		27	KCM
108	Woody Williams	3	1937	1940	0	-0.2	22	27	25	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		1		.120	.154	.160	.314		21	BEG
109	Emmett Wilson	4	1937	1943	0	0.1	54	206	182	34	49	7	5	1	18	6		16		.269	.335	.379	.714		27	BBB
110	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
111	Babe Young	8	1936	1948	0	11.2	728	2710	2403	320	656	121	17	79	415	9	17	274	161	.273	.352	.436	.788	Sep 26, 1936	24	NYG
	Totals	669	1931	1958	88	328.9	31854	109311	97422	12676	25202	4042	937	1371	10885	1235	703	9644	9173	.259	.328	.362	.689

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	2.8	26	10	.722	4.56	86	35	29	16	5	4	361.1	321	204	183	24	187	9	258	14	3	7	1471	1.406	Aug 26, 1947	20	BBB
2	Bud Barbee	8	1937	1948	0	-1.8	13	12	.520	6.51	47	34	10	10	0	0	219.2	266	191	159	18	142	0	122	8	1	3	1027	1.857		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	0	3	0	0	0	29	1.350		26	PS
5	Herman Besse	5	1940	1946	0	-3.2	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	1.6	4	4	.500	3.22	18	12	2	6	0	0	89.1	73	43	32	3	44	0	80	3	0	1	207	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	Ches Buchanan	6	1935	1944	0	1.9	15	21	.417	4.90	52	38	5	22	1	0	305.0	343	203	166	14	102	2	112	4	0	2	1167	1.459		32	PS
10	Roy Campanella HOF	18	1937	1957	11	-0.2	1	0	1.000	5.28	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.1	13	12	9	1	6	0	16	1	0	0	67	1.239	Apr 20, 1948	18	BEG
11	Pancho Coimbre	4	1940	1944	2	0.5	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1		1	1	0	9.0	6	0	0	0	2		0	0		0	31	0.889		31	NYC
12	Charles Dunklin	3	1937	1940	0	-1.2	2	5	.286	5.98	19	10	4	1	0	0	61.2	91	58	41	2	28	0	33	5	0	0	309	1.930		25	SNS
13	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	0	20	3	0	2	235	1.629		26	NYC
14	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
15	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
16	Robert Gaston	12	1932	1948	0	-0.1	0	0		13.50	1	0		0	0	0	0.2	1	1	1		0		0	0		0		1.500		30	HG
17	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
18	Leslie Green	4	1939	1946	1	0.1	0	0		6.23	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	3	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	22	1.846		26	SNS
19	J.C. Hamilton	3	1940	1942	0	0.6	11	4	.733	4.88	27	20	4	10	0	1	131.0	151	82	71	5	39	0	63	7	0	0	489	1.450		27	HG
20	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
21	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
22	Leniel Hooker	9	1940	1948	0	6.3	39	43	.476	4.16	127	86	18	48	2	7	724.2	759	418	335	23	226	0	316	21	0	1	2759	1.359		21	NE
23	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
24	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
25	Willie Hutchinson	7	1939	1946	0	2.0	15	19	.441	4.04	51	36	4	20	3	2	267.0	285	154	120	6	88	0	167	5	0	4	851	1.397		25	MRS
26	Big Train Jackson	3	1938	1940	0	-1.3	4	7	.364	5.69	18	11	1	2	0	0	68.0	96	60	43	1	31	0	42	3	0	5	212	1.868		23	MRS
27	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
28	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
29	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
30	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
31	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
32	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
33	Max Manning	8	1939	1948	2	13.4	56	30	.651	3.32	118	84	25	61	3	4	714.2	679	339	264	17	218	0	433	21	1	7	2523	1.255		21	NE
34	Jack Matchett	5	1940	1945	0	1.7	18	13	.581	3.66	54	35	9	19	3	4	292.1	316	151	119	6	89	0	151	9	0	5	1051	1.385		32	KCM
35	Verdell Mathis	9	1940	1948	4	5.4	24	23	.511	3.80	65	47	8	33	2	1	391.0	403	204	165	11	112	0	227	11	1	2	1436	1.317		26	MRS
36	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	0	1	0	0	0	12	2.143		35	BBB
37	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
38	W. Miller	2	1940	1942	0	-0.2	1	5	.167	4.79	7	6	0	5	0	0	47.0	65	34	25	2	17	0	17	2	0	0	230	1.745			CAG
39	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
40	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	0	20	1	0	2	227	1.519		28	BBB
41	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	0	56	0	0	0	420	1.576		26	BEG
42	Hal Newhouser HOF	17	1939	1955	7	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
43	Johnny Niggeling	9	1938	1946	0	19.7	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
44	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
45	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
46	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
47	Andy Sarvis	4	1939	1942	0	0.7	7	6	.538	3.81	20	13	3	10	0	0	115.2	133	65	49	2	16	0	56	2	0	3	393	1.288		32	CBR
48	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
49	Eugene Smith	6	1940	1948	0	1.6	23	29	.442	4.22	67	57	4	34	3	1	422.2	374	257	198	12	231	0	277	32	3	14	1456	1.431		24	SNS
50	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
51	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
52	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
53	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
54	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
55	Whitey Wietelmann	9	1939	1947	0	-0.6	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
56	Woody Williams	3	1937	1940	0	0.7	5	3	.625	4.98	21	10	7	2	0	3	68.2	77	44	38	5	34	0	45	1	0	0	314	1.617		21	BEG
	Totals	317	1931	1957	39	216.1	1268	1325	.489	3.93	4724	2713	1148	1277	179	198	23058.0	23605	11826	10065	1337	8467	523	10402	458	50	345	97028	1.350

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