1947 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	Robert Abernathy	3	1945	1948	1	0.1	32	130	115	15	30	3	0	0	14	1		12		.261	.341	.287	.628		29	IC
2	Cliff Aberson	3	1947	1949	0	0.1	63	205	179	25	45	7	3	5	26	0	0	25	44	.251	.343	.408	.751	Jul 18, 1947	25	CHC
3	Jack Albright	1	1947	1947	0	0.0	41	112	99	9	23	4	0	2	5	1	3	10	11	.232	.303	.333	.636	May 19, 1947	26	PHI
4	Frank Baumholtz	10	1947	1957	0	8.1	1019	3810	3477	450	1010	165	51	25	272	30	38	258	258	.290	.342	.389	.730	Apr 15, 1947	28	CIN
5	Yogi Berra HOF	19	1946	1965	18	59.5	2120	8364	7555	1175	2150	321	49	358	1430	30	26	704	414	.285	.348	.482	.830	Sep 22, 1946	22	NYY
6	Doc Bracken	2	1946	1947	0	-0.1	8	17	17	2	2	1	0	0	3	0		0		.118	.118	.176	.294		32	CBE
7	Archie Brathwaite	3	1944	1948	0	0.9	111	447	397	66	109	21	6	4	65	9		40		.275	.347	.388	.735		29	PS
8	Bobby Brown	8	1946	1954	0	6.8	548	1863	1619	233	452	62	14	22	237	9	10	214	88	.279	.367	.376	.742	Sep 22, 1946	22	NYY
9	John Brown	5	1944	1948	1	0.2	15	27	21	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		5		.238	.385	.238	.623		28	CBE
10	Walter Brown	1	1947	1947	0	-0.1	19	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.154	.000	.154	May 16, 1947	32	SLB
11	Clarence Bruce	2	1947	1948	0	-0.8	72	258	240	24	52	9	2	1	16	4		12		.217	.254	.283	.537		22	HG
12	Earl Bumpus	4	1944	1948	0	-0.5	64	189	170	16	37	4	2	1	26	2		16		.218	.293	.282	.575		33	CAG
13	Tommy Byrne	13	1943	1957	1	4.7	377	655	601	73	143	26	8	14	98	1	0	38	126	.238	.286	.378	.663	Apr 27, 1943	27	NYY
14	Lorenzo Cabrera	2	1947	1948	0	1.4	75	335	306	53	94	18	6	6	56	9		24		.307	.363	.464	.827		27	NYC
15	Scott Cary	1	1947	1947	0	0.0	23	16	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.077	.200	.077	.277	May 1, 1947	24	WSH
16	Eli Chism	2	1946	1947	0	0.2	28	102	93	16	26	5	4	0	9	4		3		.280	.323	.419	.743		30	BBB
17	Vibert Clarke	4	1946	1955	3	0.5	28	67	62	7	19	2	0	0	6	1	0	3	1	.306	.338	.339	.677	Sep 4, 1955	19	CBE
18	Joe Coleman	10	1942	1955	1	0.3	223	407	363	20	66	16	0	4	26	1	0	22	133	.182	.229	.259	.488	Sep 19, 1942	24	PHA
19	Ray Coleman	5	1947	1952	0	-1.3	559	1902	1729	208	446	74	33	20	199	19	20	148	158	.258	.318	.374	.692	Apr 22, 1947	25	SLB
20	Jim Colzie	2	1946	1947	0	0.1	13	30	26	1	6	1	0	0	5	0		2		.231	.286	.269	.555		26	IC
21	Tom Cooper	2	1947	1948	0	0.5	85	328	273	55	77	8	3	2	39	8		40		.282	.378	.355	.733		28	KCM
22	Jeff Cross	4	1942	1948	0	-0.7	119	163	142	22	23	4	0	0	10	4	6	20	18	.162	.265	.190	.456	Sep 27, 1942	28	STL
23	Charley Davidson	4	1940	1948	0	-0.5	21	43	40	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		2		.025	.071	.025	.096		30	NBY
24	Butch Davis	2	1942	1947	0	2.2	69	292	269	51	91	12	12	3	52	25		16		.338	.384	.506	.890		31	BEG
25	Satchel Davis	4	1939	1947	0	-0.2	12	19	18	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		1		.056	.105	.056	.161		28	CBE
26	Sam Dente	9	1947	1955	0	-3.3	745	2535	2320	205	585	78	16	4	214	9	9	167	96	.252	.303	.305	.608	Jul 10, 1947	25	BOS
27	Lino Donoso	3	1947	1956	0	-0.1	43	63	59	8	12	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	8	.203	.203	.254	.458	Jun 18, 1955	24	NYC
28	Fritz Dorish	10	1947	1956	0	-0.7	324	225	204	16	32	7	0	0	4	1	0	8	43	.157	.189	.191	.380	Apr 15, 1947	25	BOS
29	Karl Drews	8	1946	1954	0	-1.7	218	292	254	11	21	2	0	0	5	1	0	28	95	.083	.173	.091	.264	Sep 8, 1946	27	NYY
30	Luke Easter	8	1947	1954	2	12.4	594	2356	2092	325	577	74	21	104	413	5	8	226	293	.276	.356	.480	.836	Aug 11, 1949	31	HG
31	Eddie Erautt	6	1947	1953	0	-0.4	164	89	75	2	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	8	19	.120	.205	.147	.351	Apr 16, 1947	22	CIN
32	Ferris Fain	9	1947	1955	5	27.4	1151	4905	3930	595	1139	213	30	48	570	46	28	904	261	.290	.424	.396	.820	Apr 15, 1947	26	PHA
33	Lloyd Gearhart	1	1947	1947	0	0.2	73	198	179	26	44	9	0	6	17	1	1	17	30	.246	.315	.397	.711	Apr 18, 1947	23	NYG
34	Pete Gebrian	1	1947	1947	0	-0.2	27	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	May 6, 1947	23	CHW
35	Bob Gillespie	4	1944	1950	0	-0.6	58	56	51	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	24	.039	.109	.039	.148	May 11, 1944	27	CHW
36	Jim Gilliam	17	1946	1966	4	44.8	2094	8887	7600	1255	2021	325	80	65	624	219	111	1102	416	.266	.360	.355	.715	Apr 14, 1953	18	BEG
37	Stanley Glenn	6	1943	1948	0	-0.4	89	263	233	27	54	7	2	1	29	0		24		.232	.304	.292	.595		20	PS
38	Manuel Godínez	3	1946	1948	0	0.0	15	27	25	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		1		.200	.231	.200	.431		25	IC
39	Clint Hartung	6	1947	1952	0	1.6	196	403	378	42	90	10	6	14	43	0	1	25	112	.238	.285	.407	.693	Apr 15, 1947	24	NYG
40	Jim Hearn	13	1947	1959	1	-1.3	403	618	548	44	77	7	2	9	36	1	0	33	214	.141	.190	.210	.400	Apr 17, 1947	26	STL
41	Sam Hill	3	1946	1948	2	0.1	44	194	173	39	51	10	0	2	19	3		13		.295	.358	.387	.745		21	CAG
42	Ralph Houk	8	1947	1954	0	0.1	91	171	158	12	43	6	1	0	20	0	0	12	10	.272	.327	.323	.650	Apr 26, 1947	27	NYY
43	Art Houtteman	12	1945	1957	1	0.2	330	567	513	37	99	12	1	2	37	2	1	14	77	.193	.214	.232	.446	Apr 29, 1945	19	DET
44	Dixie Howell	8	1947	1956	0	-1.3	340	1013	910	98	224	39	4	12	93	1	6	87	140	.246	.314	.337	.651	May 6, 1947	27	PIT
45	Hooks Iott	2	1941	1947	0	0.0	26	29	23	1	3	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	9	.130	.259	.217	.477	Sep 6, 1941	27	TOT
46	Larry Jansen	9	1947	1956	2	-1.5	291	691	600	37	90	12	1	1	48	0	0	39	157	.150	.202	.178	.380	Apr 17, 1947	26	NYG
47	Don Johnson	7	1947	1958	0	-2.0	198	185	155	1	9	1	0	0	7	0	0	5	47	.058	.087	.065	.151	Apr 20, 1947	20	NYY
48	Sheldon Jones	8	1946	1953	0	-1.4	260	292	257	12	35	4	3	0	13	0	1	7	71	.136	.159	.175	.334	Sep 9, 1946	25	NYG
49	Spider Jorgensen	5	1947	1951	0	3.5	267	875	755	97	201	40	11	9	107	5	6	106	75	.266	.359	.384	.743	Apr 15, 1947	27	BRO
50	Cecil Kaiser	2	1946	1947	0	0.1	18	28	27	4	7	1	0	0	4	0		1		.259	.286	.296	.582		27	HG
51	Leon Kellman	3	1946	1948	2	1.1	50	204	163	32	48	6	2	1	27	6		29		.294	.425	.374	.799		28	CBE
52	Doyle Lade	5	1946	1950	0	0.9	127	188	164	15	36	4	0	0	11	2	0	14	42	.220	.281	.244	.525	Sep 18, 1946	26	CHC
53	Joe Lafata	3	1947	1949	0	-0.8	127	263	236	31	54	3	2	5	34	2	3	24	42	.229	.303	.322	.625	Apr 17, 1947	25	NYG
54	Walt Lanfranconi	2	1941	1947	0	-0.2	39	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	Sep 12, 1941	30	BSN
55	Ralph LaPointe	2	1947	1948	0	0.5	143	475	433	60	115	10	0	1	30	9	13	35	34	.266	.322	.296	.618	Apr 15, 1947	25	PHI
56	Paul Lehner	7	1946	1952	0	-3.8	540	1935	1768	175	455	80	21	22	197	6	11	127	118	.257	.309	.364	.672	Sep 10, 1946	26	SLB
57	Buddy Lively	3	1947	1949	0	0.1	79	69	60	4	10	4	1	0	3	0	0	5	9	.167	.231	.267	.497	Apr 17, 1947	22	CIN
58	Clarence Locke	5	1944	1948	0	-0.4	23	44	43	2	6	1	1	0	2	0		1		.140	.159	.209	.368		36	CAG
59	Jack Lohrke	7	1947	1953	0	2.2	354	1046	914	125	221	38	9	22	96	9	9	111	86	.242	.327	.375	.702	Apr 18, 1947	23	NYG
60	Sherm Lollar	18	1946	1963	9	30.1	1752	6221	5351	623	1415	244	14	155	808	20	10	671	453	.264	.357	.402	.759	Apr 20, 1946	22	NYY
61	Bernell Longest	3	1946	1948	0	0.5	47	211	191	28	56	8	2	0	25	5		16		.293	.360	.356	.716		28	CAG
62	Ziggy Marcell	6	1939	1948	0	-1.0	73	196	169	23	30	1	2	0	12	3		21		.178	.268	.207	.476		30	BEG
63	Bill McCahan	4	1946	1949	0	0.3	57	105	96	12	20	3	0	0	9	0	0	6	11	.208	.255	.240	.494	Sep 15, 1946	26	PHA
64	Jim McCurine	3	1946	1948	0	-0.2	43	161	144	13	32	5	2	1	18	0		12		.222	.282	.306	.588		26	CAG
65	John McHale	5	1943	1948	0	-0.8	64	125	114	10	22	1	0	3	12	1	1	9	29	.193	.258	.281	.539	May 28, 1943	25	DET
66	Clyde McNeal	4	1945	1948	0	0.0	60	223	205	27	49	5	5	1	18	2		16		.239	.297	.327	.624		18	CAG
67	Russ Meers	3	1941	1947	0	0.0	43	18	17	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.176	.176	.176	.353	Sep 28, 1941	28	CHC
68	Sam Mele	10	1947	1956	0	1.2	1046	3798	3437	406	916	168	39	80	544	15	14	311	342	.267	.328	.408	.736	Apr 15, 1947	25	BOS
69	Russ Meyer	13	1946	1959	0	-3.4	319	569	484	26	55	6	2	1	25	0	0	22	146	.114	.154	.140	.294	Sep 13, 1946	23	CHC
70	John Miles	3	1946	1948	0	-0.1	45	178	161	22	39	7	2	4	22	1		15		.242	.311	.385	.696		24	CAG
71	Dale Mitchell	11	1946	1956	2	19.5	1127	4358	3984	555	1244	169	61	41	403	45	47	346	119	.312	.368	.416	.784	Sep 15, 1946	25	CLE
72	Les Moss	13	1946	1958	0	1.5	824	2550	2234	210	552	75	4	63	276	1	5	282	316	.247	.333	.369	.702	Sep 10, 1946	22	SLB
73	Glen Moulder	3	1946	1948	0	0.3	66	43	37	4	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	.270	.289	.324	.614	Apr 28, 1946	29	SLB
74	Eudie Napier	5	1939	1948	0	1.7	96	315	278	36	79	10	5	3	39	5		28		.284	.360	.388	.749		34	HG
75	Ray Noble	7	1945	1953	0	1.4	201	577	519	62	123	22	7	14	75	7	0	47	41	.237	.306	.387	.694	Apr 18, 1951	28	NYC
76	Pedro Pagés	2	1939	1947	0	0.1	54	238	204	28	48	8	4	1	26	4		27		.235	.325	.328	.653		33	NYC
77	Mel Parnell	10	1947	1956	2	0.3	293	729	668	52	132	17	2	1	50	2	0	29	94	.198	.233	.234	.467	Apr 20, 1947	25	BOS
78	Gabe Patterson	3	1941	1948	0	-0.6	48	179	166	28	37	3	5	3	22	8		11		.223	.275	.355	.631		27	TOT
79	Warren Peace	3	1945	1947	0	-0.1	16	18	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2		.063	.167	.063	.229		25	NE
80	Eddie Pellagrini	8	1946	1954	0	-2.8	563	1587	1423	167	321	42	13	20	133	13	7	128	201	.226	.295	.316	.611	Apr 22, 1946	29	BOS
81	Alonzo Perry	3	1946	1948	0	0.5	33	70	63	6	18	1	0	2	11	0		6		.286	.348	.397	.745		25	BBB
82	Kent Peterson	8	1944	1953	0	-1.1	147	121	110	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	31	.091	.107	.091	.198	Jul 15, 1944	21	CIN
83	Dave Philley	18	1941	1962	0	7.9	1904	7004	6296	789	1700	276	72	84	729	101	63	594	551	.270	.334	.377	.710	Sep 6, 1941	27	CHW
84	Willie Pope	1	1947	1947	0	-0.1	16	34	30	1	5	1	0	0	1	0		1		.167	.194	.200	.394		28	HG
85	Vic Raschi	10	1946	1955	4	0.4	269	719	608	45	112	15	1	1	50	0	0	47	145	.184	.243	.217	.460	Sep 23, 1946	28	NYY
86	Culley Rikard	3	1941	1947	0	0.4	153	456	396	64	107	19	5	4	37	1	8	58	48	.270	.365	.374	.739	Sep 20, 1941	33	PIT
87	Eddie Robinson	13	1942	1957	4	14.8	1315	4893	4282	546	1146	172	24	172	723	10	12	521	359	.268	.353	.440	.793	Sep 9, 1942	26	CLE
88	Frazier Robinson	6	1940	1948	0	-1.6	129	389	362	35	69	7	5	2	35	5		17		.191	.229	.254	.483		37	BEG
89	Jackie Robinson HOF NLB	11	1945	1956	7	64.1	1419	5955	5010	975	1568	287	55	141	765	203	76	757	291	.313	.410	.477	.887	Apr 15, 1947	26	BRO
90	Stan Rojek	8	1942	1952	0	5.4	522	1960	1764	225	470	67	13	4	122	32	32	152	100	.266	.327	.326	.653	Sep 22, 1942	28	BRO
91	Bob Romby	3	1946	1948	2	0.1	78	139	126	19	23	4	0	2	13	3		9		.183	.248	.262	.510		28	BEG
92	Fred Sanford	7	1943	1951	0	-0.3	165	255	229	22	39	9	0	1	10	0	1	12	67	.170	.212	.223	.434	May 5, 1943	27	SLB
93	Pepper Sharpe	4	1943	1948	0	0.4	34	68	60	11	19	2	1	0	5	0		6		.317	.379	.383	.762		28	MRS
94	Spec Shea	8	1947	1955	1	1.2	195	338	298	29	58	8	4	1	33	0	0	19	63	.195	.245	.258	.504	Apr 19, 1947	26	NYY
95	Bryan Stephens	2	1947	1948	0	-0.3	74	68	59	5	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	17	.119	.200	.136	.336	May 15, 1947	26	CLE
96	Riley Stewart	3	1946	1948	0	0.1	21	41	38	5	9	0	1	0	1	0		3		.237	.293	.289	.582		28	CAG
97	Earl Taborn	3	1946	1948	0	1.7	104	373	327	41	91	22	0	1	45	3		37		.278	.360	.355	.715		24	KCM
98	Tommy Tatum	2	1941	1947	0	0.3	81	213	194	20	50	6	2	1	17	7	3	17	20	.258	.318	.325	.642	Aug 1, 1941	27	TOT
99	Harry Taylor	6	1946	1952	0	-0.2	90	132	124	12	20	4	1	0	13	0	0	2	26	.161	.181	.210	.391	Sep 22, 1946	28	BRO
100	Bobby Thomson	15	1946	1960	3	33.8	1779	6961	6305	903	1705	267	74	264	1026	38	33	559	804	.270	.332	.462	.794	Sep 9, 1946	23	NYG
101	Earl Torgeson	15	1947	1961	0	33.1	1668	6046	4969	848	1318	215	46	149	740	133	58	980	653	.265	.385	.417	.802	Apr 15, 1947	23	BSN
102	Luis Villodas	2	1946	1947	0	-0.1	59	176	161	19	34	5	3	1	22	0		12		.211	.270	.298	.568		29	BEG
103	Clyde Vollmer	10	1942	1954	0	1.9	685	2288	2021	283	508	77	10	69	339	7	7	243	328	.251	.335	.402	.737	May 31, 1942	25	CIN
104	Amos Watson	3	1945	1947	0	-0.7	25	53	51	3	2	0	0	0	1	0		1		.039	.058	.039	.097		21	BEG
105	Vic Wertz	17	1947	1963	4	26.9	1862	7028	6099	867	1692	289	42	266	1178	9	19	828	842	.277	.364	.469	.833	Apr 15, 1947	22	DET
106	Wally Westlake	10	1947	1956	1	14.7	958	3496	3117	474	848	107	33	127	539	19	30	317	453	.272	.345	.450	.795	Apr 15, 1947	26	PIT
107	Bill Wight	12	1946	1958	0	-2.9	347	546	480	19	55	6	0	0	24	0	1	24	169	.115	.160	.127	.287	Apr 17, 1946	25	NYY
108	Del Wilber	8	1946	1954	0	0.0	299	773	720	67	174	35	7	19	115	1	1	44	96	.242	.286	.389	.675	Apr 21, 1946	28	STL
109	Joe Wiley	1	1947	1947	0	0.1	43	160	132	15	28	6	1	0	13	2		15		.212	.302	.273	.575		28	BEG
110	Cotton Williams	3	1946	1948	0	0.5	50	105	97	15	25	3	2	0	12	0		6		.258	.308	.330	.638		22	NE
111	Leroy Williams	2	1947	1948	0	-0.8	99	372	317	42	58	6	3	1	15	4		39		.183	.275	.230	.505		19	NE
112	Bob Wilson	3	1947	1958	0	1.3	94	334	304	30	91	10	1	3	40	8	0	25	1	.299	.355	.368	.723	May 17, 1958	22	NE
113	Jerry Witte	2	1946	1947	0	-1.9	52	184	172	11	28	4	1	4	16	0	0	11	40	.163	.213	.267	.481	Sep 10, 1946	31	SLB
114	Eddie Yost	18	1944	1962	1	35.1	2109	9177	7346	1215	1863	337	56	139	682	72	66	1614	920	.254	.394	.371	.765	Aug 16, 1944	20	WSH
	Totals	698	1939	1966	84	439.1	39000	132332	115724	15867	30418	4832	1040	2645	15211	1276	805	13784	11584	.263	.344	.391	.736

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	Doc Bracken	2	1946	1947	0	-0.2	4	3	.571	5.52	8	6	2	2	0	0	45.2	47	36	28	3	34		37	2	0	0	219	1.774		32	CBE
2	John Brown	5	1944	1948	1	1.6	3	2	.600	2.59	12	5	6	4	0	0	59.0	40	22	17	4	32		31	5	0	1	250	1.220		28	CBE
3	Walter Brown	1	1947	1947	0	0.2	1	0	1.000	4.89	19	0	13	0	0	0	46.0	50	27	25	3	28	1	10	0	0	1	202	1.696	May 16, 1947	32	SLB
4	Earl Bumpus	4	1944	1948	0	-0.2	3	7	.300	5.56	19	10	6	6	0	2	89.0	111	65	55	1	50		44	2	0	2	424	1.809		33	CAG
5	Tommy Byrne	13	1943	1957	1	6.3	85	69	.552	4.11	281	170	72	65	12	12	1362.0	1138	688	622	98	1037	17	766	85	4	28	6181	1.597	Apr 27, 1943	27	NYY
6	Scott Cary	1	1947	1947	0	-0.6	3	1	.750	5.93	23	3	16	1	0	0	54.2	73	38	36	5	20	0	25	1	0	0	259	1.701	May 1, 1947	24	WSH
7	Vibert Clarke	4	1946	1955	3	2.0	11	6	.647	3.76	26	19	7	11	1	0	155.2	158	91	65	6	64	0	75	7	2	0	700	1.426	Sep 4, 1955	19	CBE
8	Joe Coleman	10	1942	1955	1	5.9	52	76	.406	4.38	223	140	55	60	11	5	1134.0	1172	616	552	92	566	20	444	13	2	19	4993	1.533	Sep 19, 1942	24	PHA
9	Jim Colzie	2	1946	1947	0	-0.3	3	4	.429	5.43	13	7	4	4	0	1	66.1	87	52	40	2	30		33	0	0	1	314	1.764		26	IC
10	Charley Davidson	4	1940	1948	0	-0.6	2	9	.182	5.96	20	10	3	3	0	0	99.2	134	80	66	4	36		23	3	1	1	468	1.706		30	NBY
11	Satchel Davis	4	1939	1947	0	-0.5	3	4	.429	6.48	12	9	3	3	0	2	50.0	64	48	36	3	19		32	3	0	0	237	1.660		28	CBE
12	Lino Donoso	3	1947	1956	0	2.8	9	8	.529	3.96	41	18	14	7	1	2	175.0	169	86	77	20	61	3	103	1	0	2	743	1.314	Jun 18, 1955	24	NYC
13	Fritz Dorish	10	1947	1956	0	8.7	45	43	.511	3.83	323	40	165	13	2	48	834.1	850	406	355	58	301	36	332	19	5	26	3578	1.380	Apr 15, 1947	25	BOS
14	Karl Drews	8	1946	1954	0	1.3	44	53	.454	4.76	218	107	45	26	7	7	826.2	913	493	437	72	332	25	322	35	3	17	3652	1.506	Sep 8, 1946	27	NYY
15	Eddie Erautt	6	1947	1953	0	1.3	15	23	.395	4.86	164	22	63	4	0	2	379.2	434	240	205	34	179	27	157	16	4	13	1703	1.615	Apr 16, 1947	22	CIN
16	Pete Gebrian	1	1947	1947	0	-0.4	2	3	.400	4.48	27	4	10	0	0	5	66.1	61	40	33	7	33	3	17	2	0	6	288	1.417	May 6, 1947	23	CHW
17	Bob Gillespie	4	1944	1950	0	-1.3	5	13	.278	5.07	58	23	14	2	0	0	202.1	223	127	114	8	102	7	59	2	0	11	906	1.606	May 11, 1944	27	CHW
18	Manuel Godínez	3	1946	1948	0	0.3	2	6	.250	4.85	14	7	6	4	0	0	68.2	83	48	37	6	11		37	3	0	0	304	1.369		25	IC
19	Clint Hartung	6	1947	1952	0	-1.1	29	29	.500	5.02	112	72	23	23	3	1	511.1	529	319	285	57	271	20	167	13	0	8	2271	1.565	Apr 15, 1947	24	NYG
20	Jim Hearn	13	1947	1959	1	17.1	109	89	.551	3.81	396	229	73	63	10	8	1703.2	1661	847	721	158	655	55	669	25	1	34	7294	1.359	Apr 17, 1947	26	STL
21	Art Houtteman	12	1945	1957	1	11.3	87	91	.489	4.14	325	181	91	78	14	20	1555.0	1646	810	715	136	516	33	639	40	1	15	6713	1.390	Apr 29, 1945	19	DET
22	Hooks Iott	2	1941	1947	0	-1.5	3	9	.250	7.05	26	9	12	2	1	0	81.2	84	68	64	7	67	7	53	1	0	3	391	1.849	Sep 6, 1941	27	TOT
23	Larry Jansen	9	1947	1956	2	23.1	122	89	.578	3.58	291	237	30	107	17	11	1765.2	1751	804	703	190	410	54	842	20	1	10	7291	1.224	Apr 17, 1947	26	NYG
24	Don Johnson	7	1947	1958	0	0.8	27	38	.415	4.78	198	70	62	17	5	12	631.0	712	371	335	55	285	14	262	11	3	10	2814	1.580	Apr 20, 1947	20	NYY
25	Sheldon Jones	8	1946	1953	0	6.2	54	57	.486	3.96	260	101	76	33	4	12	920.0	909	479	405	88	413	39	413	37	1	28	4024	1.437	Sep 9, 1946	25	NYG
26	Cecil Kaiser	2	1946	1947	0	0.3	3	1	.750	4.21	15	6	5	2	0	1	57.2	70	36	27	2	12		29	1	0	0	250	1.422		27	HG
27	Doyle Lade	5	1946	1950	0	3.6	25	29	.463	4.39	126	64	27	20	2	3	537.1	583	298	262	46	221	23	178	7	2	13	2376	1.496	Sep 18, 1946	26	CHC
28	Walt Lanfranconi	2	1941	1947	0	1.5	4	5	.444	2.96	38	5	13	1	0	1	70.0	72	26	23	2	29	4	19	0	0	0	298	1.443	Sep 12, 1941	30	BSN
29	Buddy Lively	3	1947	1949	0	3.0	8	13	.381	4.16	79	27	17	6	2	1	249.0	230	129	115	27	127	24	94	1	1	3	1075	1.434	Apr 17, 1947	22	CIN
30	Clarence Locke	5	1944	1948	0	-0.3	4	5	.444	5.40	13	9	3	6	0	0	63.1	88	54	38	2	22		30	3	0	0	305	1.737		36	CAG
31	Bill McCahan	4	1946	1949	0	1.8	16	14	.533	3.84	57	40	9	17	2	0	290.2	297	142	124	15	145	1	76	0	0	8	1288	1.521	Sep 15, 1946	26	PHA
32	Russ Meers	3	1941	1947	0	0.9	3	3	.500	3.98	43	4	18	0	0	0	83.2	76	42	37	5	48	4	35	3	0	8	361	1.482	Sep 28, 1941	28	CHC
33	Russ Meyer	13	1946	1959	0	12.7	94	73	.563	3.99	319	219	47	65	13	5	1531.1	1606	761	679	135	541	35	672	15	5	36	6570	1.402	Sep 13, 1946	23	CHC
34	Glen Moulder	3	1946	1948	0	-0.3	7	8	.467	5.21	66	11	37	0	0	4	160.2	188	105	93	13	98	11	50	1	1	5	745	1.780	Apr 28, 1946	29	SLB
35	Mel Parnell	10	1947	1956	2	27.4	123	75	.621	3.50	289	232	36	113	20	10	1752.2	1715	797	682	104	758	45	732	28	3	41	7548	1.411	Apr 20, 1947	25	BOS
36	Warren Peace	3	1945	1947	0	0.2	4	2	.667	5.06	14	7	5	4	1	1	53.1	63	37	30	2	28		26	2	0	1	252	1.706		25	NE
37	Alonzo Perry	3	1946	1948	0	0.6	8	7	.533	5.10	24	14	6	6	1	0	127.0	143	87	72	7	60		57	6	1	2	595	1.598		25	BBB
38	Kent Peterson	8	1944	1953	0	1.6	13	38	.255	4.95	147	43	41	7	1	5	420.1	434	258	231	33	215	21	208	15	1	11	1885	1.544	Jul 15, 1944	21	CIN
39	Willie Pope	1	1947	1947	0	1.2	3	8	.273	4.04	16	13	2	5	0	0	89.0	93	49	40	3	34		57	1	0	1	395	1.427		28	HG
40	Vic Raschi	10	1946	1955	4	16.2	132	66	.667	3.72	269	255	5	106	26	3	1819.0	1666	828	752	138	727	20	944	26	8	44	7675	1.316	Sep 23, 1946	28	NYY
41	Bob Romby	3	1946	1948	2	4.6	17	9	.654	2.90	44	27	14	16	4	6	229.1	168	91	74	2	110		183	2	0	5	955	1.212		28	BEG
42	Fred Sanford	7	1943	1951	0	5.3	37	55	.402	4.45	164	98	27	26	3	6	744.0	768	405	368	67	391	15	285	3	1	10	3306	1.558	May 5, 1943	27	SLB
43	Pepper Sharpe	4	1943	1948	0	-0.1	2	5	.286	5.08	13	8	3	4	0	0	62.0	70	46	35	3	25		26	2	0	2	282	1.532		28	MRS
44	Spec Shea	8	1947	1955	1	5.8	56	46	.549	3.80	195	118	50	48	12	5	943.2	849	453	398	66	497	9	361	19	2	15	4076	1.426	Apr 19, 1947	26	NYY
45	Bryan Stephens	2	1947	1948	0	-1.2	8	16	.333	5.16	74	17	22	3	0	4	214.2	220	140	123	20	106	11	69	6	0	11	962	1.519	May 15, 1947	26	CLE
46	Riley Stewart	3	1946	1948	0	0.2	3	4	.429	5.87	18	8	8	5	0	1	89.0	105	73	58	3	38		43	6	0	7	416	1.607		28	CAG
47	Harry Taylor	6	1946	1952	0	3.6	19	21	.475	4.10	90	44	22	16	3	4	357.2	344	184	163	25	201	14	127	10	2	11	1566	1.524	Sep 22, 1946	28	BRO
48	Amos Watson	3	1945	1947	0	2.1	10	5	.667	3.17	24	15	5	9	1	0	127.2	120	60	45	2	63		68	8	0	4	560	1.433		21	BEG
49	Bill Wight	12	1946	1958	0	13.6	77	99	.438	3.95	347	198	60	66	15	8	1563.0	1656	791	686	74	714	29	574	14	7	45	6851	1.516	Apr 17, 1946	25	NYY
50	Cotton Williams	3	1946	1948	0	-0.5	5	9	.357	4.92	31	14	15	3	0	1	150.0	179	100	82	2	53		76	5	0	4	682	1.547		22	NE
	Totals	268	1939	1959	19	186	1404	1348	.510	4.11	5624	2995	1368	1092	194	219	24669.1	24902	12893	11265	1915	10815	627	10611	530	62	523	107493	1.774

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