1948 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	Hank Arft	5	1948	1952	0	0.1	300	1056	906	116	229	46	13	13	118	8	10	137	133	.253	.352	.375	.727	Jul 27, 1948	26	SLB
2	Richie Ashburn HOF	15	1948	1962	6	64.2	2189	9737	8365	1322	2574	317	109	29	586	234	117	1198	571	.308	.396	.382	.778	Apr 20, 1948	21	PHI
3	Earl Ashby	3	1945	1948	0	0.1	37	117	102	9	20	7	1	0	14	1	0	14		.196	.293	.284	.577		27	TOT
4	Gene Baker	9	1948	1961	1	7.2	676	2691	2411	304	635	118	28	42	255	26	17	199	219	.263	.320	.388	.707	Sep 20, 1953	23	KCM
5	Pedro Ballester	1	1948	1948	0	0.2	36	137	128	23	33	9	1	2	14	1		5		.258	.286	.391	.676		23	NYC
6	Matt Batts	10	1947	1956	0	1.9	546	1772	1605	163	432	95	11	26	219	6	4	143	163	.269	.329	.391	.720	Sep 10, 1947	26	BOS
7	Gene Bearden	7	1947	1953	0	1.4	212	312	288	35	68	10	1	4	32	0	0	14	42	.236	.272	.319	.591	May 10, 1947	27	CLE
8	Neil Berry	7	1948	1954	0	-1.8	442	1230	1087	148	265	28	9	0	74	11	12	113	105	.244	.317	.286	.603	Apr 20, 1948	26	DET
9	Vern Bickford	7	1948	1954	1	-1.3	182	412	365	23	57	4	0	0	28	0	0	10	85	.156	.179	.167	.346	Apr 24, 1948	27	BSN
10	Johnny Blatnik	3	1948	1950	0	0.4	138	495	447	59	113	27	8	6	46	3	3	40	83	.253	.317	.389	.706	Apr 21, 1948	27	PHI
11	Eddie Bockman	4	1946	1949	0	0.6	199	525	474	54	109	16	4	11	56	5	4	46	87	.230	.299	.350	.650	Sep 11, 1946	27	PIT
12	Bob Boyd	11	1947	1961	3	7.5	727	2307	2078	276	620	91	24	21	201	18	17	177	114	.298	.355	.396	.750	Sep 8, 1951	28	MRS
13	Lou Brissie	7	1947	1953	1	0.5	234	319	295	17	67	5	1	0	26	0	0	7	23	.227	.245	.251	.496	Sep 28, 1947	24	PHA
14	John Brown	5	1944	1948	1	0.0	13	21	16	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4		.188	.350	.188	.538		29	CBE
15	Ernest Burke	3	1946	1948	0	0.2	18	49	40	3	7	2	0	0	5	0		2		.175	.298	.225	.523		24	BEG
16	Putsy Caballero	8	1944	1952	0	-2.8	322	708	658	81	150	21	3	1	40	10	6	41	34	.228	.273	.274	.547	Sep 14, 1944	20	PHI
17	Rafael Cabrera	2	1944	1948	0	-0.1	30	110	98	12	21	1	2	1	8	3		9		.214	.280	.296	.576		23	IC
18	Roy Campanella HOF NLB	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	BRO
19	Paul Campbell	6	1941	1950	0	-0.9	204	417	380	61	97	17	5	4	41	4	3	28	54	.255	.308	.358	.666	Apr 15, 1941	30	DET
20	Willie Cathey	1	1948	1948	0	-0.2	10	25	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2		.045	.125	.045	.170			IC
21	Cliff Chambers	6	1948	1953	0	1.5	189	324	294	24	69	9	2	3	25	0	0	16	56	.235	.274	.310	.584	Apr 24, 1948	26	CHC
22	Bob Chesnes	3	1948	1950	0	1.3	90	185	172	28	44	6	3	2	15	0	0	13	18	.256	.308	.360	.669	May 6, 1948	27	PIT
23	Allie Clark	7	1947	1953	0	-0.3	358	1107	1021	131	267	48	4	32	149	2	5	72	70	.262	.312	.410	.722	Aug 5, 1947	25	CLE
24	Jim Cohen	1	1948	1948	1	-0.1	8	21	19	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		2		.158	.238	.158	.396		30	IC
25	José Colás	2	1947	1948	3	0.6	27	117	107	24	35	9	4	1	20	2		7		.327	.374	.514	.888		24	MRS
26	Gene Collins	2	1947	1948	0	0.2	20	35	31	5	8	3	0	0	1	0		3		.258	.343	.355	.698		23	KCM
27	Clint Conatser	2	1948	1949	0	0.7	143	426	376	40	102	15	3	6	39	0	2	46	46	.271	.352	.375	.727	Apr 21, 1948	26	BSN
28	Walker Cress	2	1948	1949	0	0.2	34	10	8	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.556	.500	1.056	Apr 27, 1948	31	CIN
29	George Crowe	11	1947	1961	2	7.8	748	2084	1878	243	516	76	18	86	332	4	2	174	246	.275	.337	.472	.809	Apr 16, 1952	27	TOT
30	Al Dark	14	1946	1960	3	44.0	1828	7833	7219	1064	2089	358	72	126	757	59	37	430	534	.289	.333	.411	.744	Jul 14, 1946	26	BSN
31	Jess Dobernic	3	1939	1949	0	0.0	76	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.154	.214	.154	.368	Jul 2, 1939	30	CHC
32	Larry Doby HOF NLB	17	1942	1959	9	56.8	1674	6920	5883	1080	1697	276	72	273	1099	64	36	945	1011	.288	.389	.499	.888	Jul 5, 1947	19	CLE
33	Carl Erskine	12	1948	1959	1	-2.6	360	636	588	51	92	11	0	1	31	0	0	12	120	.156	.175	.180	.355	Jul 25, 1948	21	BRO
34	Coco Ferrer	3	1946	1948	0	-0.6	44	191	172	23	39	2	1	0	13	5		14		.227	.289	.250	.539		33	IC
35	Ed Finney	2	1947	1948	0	1.0	56	206	180	29	50	4	3	1	18	10		20		.278	.350	.350	.700		23	BEG
36	Ed FitzGerald	12	1948	1959	0	1.4	807	2312	2086	199	542	82	10	19	217	9	11	185	235	.260	.323	.336	.659	Apr 19, 1948	24	PIT
37	Ned Garver	14	1948	1961	1	4.3	458	962	827	87	180	27	3	7	72	1	1	76	109	.218	.283	.283	.566	Apr 28, 1948	22	SLB
38	Clyde Golden	1	1948	1948	0	-0.2	15	25	22	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.091	.091	.091	.182		19	NE
39	Billy Goodman	16	1947	1962	2	27.2	1623	6448	5644	807	1691	299	44	19	591	37	30	669	329	.300	.376	.378	.754	Apr 19, 1947	22	BOS
40	Ted Gray	9	1946	1955	1	-0.9	228	419	370	22	59	4	1	0	16	0	0	26	123	.159	.217	.176	.392	May 15, 1946	23	DET
41	Bill Greason	2	1948	1954	0	0.2	12	20	15	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	.267	.421	.333	.754	May 31, 1954	23	BBB
42	Bubba Harris	3	1948	1951	0	-0.3	87	56	48	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	10	.125	.176	.125	.301	Apr 29, 1948	22	PHA
43	Tommy Harris	3	1946	1948	0	-0.5	40	134	124	16	23	5	1	3	22	0		7		.185	.241	.315	.555		24	CBE
44	Frank Hiller	7	1946	1953	0	-0.2	139	169	148	10	26	1	0	0	9	1	1	7	26	.176	.213	.182	.395	May 25, 1946	27	NYY
45	Gil Hodges HOF	18	1943	1963	8	43.8	2071	8104	7030	1105	1921	295	48	370	1274	63	42	943	1137	.273	.359	.487	.846	Oct 3, 1943	24	BRO
46	Bobby Hogue	5	1948	1952	0	0.3	172	88	73	8	17	2	0	0	6	0	0	4	14	.233	.273	.260	.533	Apr 24, 1948	27	BSN
47	Wally Holborow	3	1944	1948	0	0.1	21	10	6	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	.333	.429	.500	.929	Sep 27, 1944	34	PHA
48	Hal Jeffcoat	12	1948	1959	0	1.6	918	2132	1963	249	487	95	18	26	188	49	19	114	289	.248	.291	.355	.645	Apr 20, 1948	23	CHC
49	Pee Wee Jenkins	4	1944	1948	0	-0.2	24	20	17	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		1		.059	.111	.059	.170		25	NYC
50	Ken Johnson	6	1947	1952	0	0.0	111	92	89	17	19	3	0	0	8	1	0	2	23	.213	.231	.247	.478	Sep 18, 1947	25	STL
51	Leonard Johnson	2	1947	1948	0	-0.2	13	25	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.045	.125	.045	.170		28	KCM
52	Nippy Jones	8	1946	1957	0	-1.2	412	1471	1381	146	369	60	12	25	209	4	3	71	102	.267	.304	.382	.687	Jun 9, 1946	23	STL
53	Willie Jones	15	1947	1961	2	24.7	1691	6718	5826	786	1502	252	33	190	812	40	22	755	541	.258	.343	.410	.753	Sep 10, 1947	22	PHI
54	Howie Judson	7	1948	1954	0	-1.0	208	180	150	7	14	3	0	0	7	0	0	13	61	.093	.171	.113	.284	Apr 22, 1948	23	CHW
55	Bill Kennedy	8	1948	1957	0	0.0	172	137	120	9	25	1	0	0	6	0	0	8	31	.208	.258	.217	.474	Apr 26, 1948	27	TOT
56	Ted Kluszewski	15	1947	1961	4	31.4	1718	6470	5929	848	1766	290	29	279	1028	20	16	492	365	.298	.353	.498	.850	Apr 18, 1947	23	CIN
57	Dick Kokos	5	1948	1954	0	3.7	475	1816	1558	239	410	82	9	59	223	15	21	242	252	.263	.365	.441	.806	Jul 8, 1948	20	SLB
58	Al Kozar	3	1948	1950	0	-0.6	285	1101	992	118	252	41	10	6	94	6	3	96	86	.254	.321	.334	.655	Apr 19, 1948	26	WSH
59	Don Lang	2	1938	1948	0	1.8	138	431	373	35	100	17	2	5	42	2	0	49	45	.268	.355	.365	.719	Jul 4, 1938	33	STL
60	Pete Layden	1	1948	1948	0	-0.7	41	111	104	11	26	2	1	0	4	4	2	6	10	.250	.297	.288	.586	Apr 20, 1948	28	SLB
61	Les Layton	1	1948	1948	0	0.2	63	98	91	14	21	4	4	2	12	1	0	6	21	.231	.286	.429	.714	Apr 24, 1948	26	NYG
62	Raúl López	1	1948	1948	0	0.2	13	24	19	5	3	0	0	0	1	0		5		.158	.333	.158	.491		19	NYC
63	Don Lund	7	1945	1954	0	-1.6	281	836	753	91	181	36	8	15	86	5	4	65	113	.240	.305	.369	.674	Jul 1, 1945	25	TOT
64	Clarence Maddern	4	1946	1951	0	0.1	104	258	238	17	59	12	1	5	29	0	1	12	26	.248	.301	.370	.671	Sep 17, 1946	26	CHC
65	Gene Mauch	9	1944	1957	0	-0.1	304	854	737	93	176	25	7	5	62	6	8	104	82	.239	.333	.312	.645	Apr 18, 1944	22	TOT
66	Dutch McCall	1	1948	1948	0	0.1	30	59	53	3	9	2	0	0	6	0	0	4	8	.170	.228	.208	.436	Apr 27, 1948	27	CHC
67	Andrés Mesa	1	1948	1948	0	-0.5	25	106	98	11	26	1	2	0	4	0		7		.265	.314	.316	.631		29	IC
68	Paul Minner	10	1946	1956	0	2.6	265	494	447	46	98	19	4	6	43	0	1	33	101	.219	.271	.320	.591	Sep 12, 1946	24	BRO
69	George Minor	4	1944	1948	0	0.5	44	127	117	21	36	3	5	0	7	6		8		.308	.352	.419	.771		29	CBE
70	Sack Morgan	2	1945	1948	0	0.1	14	24	22	4	5	0	0	0	2	2		1		.227	.292	.227	.519			MRS
71	Gus Niarhos	9	1946	1955	0	3.4	315	858	691	114	174	26	5	1	59	6	7	153	56	.252	.390	.308	.699	Jun 9, 1946	27	NYY
72	Joe Ostrowski	5	1948	1952	0	0.5	150	148	118	11	19	5	0	0	11	0	0	24	31	.161	.303	.203	.506	Jul 8, 1948	31	SLB
73	Satchel Paige HOF NLB	22	1927	1965	8	0.0	422	708	672	51	137	6	8	1	49	7	0	14	32	.204	.221	.241	.462	Jul 9, 1948	20	CLE
74	Erv Palica	10	1945	1956	0	0.6	262	267	243	22	48	8	1	1	17	2	0	13	63	.198	.238	.251	.489	Apr 21, 1945	20	BRO
75	Billy Pierce	18	1945	1964	7	0.0	616	1255	1102	94	203	13	4	0	69	1	2	65	232	.184	.232	.203	.435	Jun 1, 1945	21	DET
76	Bob Porterfield	12	1948	1959	1	0.5	322	570	516	34	95	15	1	6	43	1	0	20	123	.184	.218	.252	.470	Aug 8, 1948	24	NYY
77	Bill Powell	3	1946	1948	1	0.3	13	38	33	8	9	1	0	0	4	0		4		.273	.351	.303	.654		29	BBB
78	Marv Rackley	4	1947	1950	0	1.9	185	519	477	87	151	20	6	1	35	10	10	36	36	.317	.365	.390	.754	Apr 15, 1947	26	BRO
79	Willie Ramsdell	5	1947	1952	0	-0.4	111	161	141	5	22	2	0	0	4	0	0	8	35	.156	.201	.170	.372	Sep 24, 1947	32	BRO
80	Gene Richardson	2	1947	1948	0	-0.2	11	31	29	2	3	1	0	0	1	0		1		.103	.133	.138	.271		20	KCM
81	Hank Riebe	4	1942	1949	0	-1.5	61	140	137	2	29	4	0	0	11	1	1	3	18	.212	.229	.241	.469	Aug 26, 1942	26	DET
82	Curt Roberts	5	1947	1956	0	0.9	236	926	826	91	197	36	13	3	73	12	3	80	62	.238	.306	.324	.631	Apr 13, 1954	18	KCM
83	Robin Roberts HOF	19	1948	1966	7	3.1	688	1784	1525	107	255	55	10	5	103	3	1	135	372	.167	.238	.226	.464	Jun 18, 1948	21	PHI
84	Bob Rush	13	1948	1960	2	-0.5	420	872	807	50	140	21	3	4	49	1	1	31	298	.173	.204	.222	.426	Apr 22, 1948	22	CHC
85	Hank Schenz	6	1946	1951	0	-0.2	207	578	538	70	133	22	3	2	24	6	8	27	25	.247	.291	.310	.601	Sep 18, 1946	29	CHC
86	Pepper Sharpe	4	1943	1948	0	0.5	31	63	54	11	19	2	1	0	5	0		6		.352	.417	.426	.843		29	MRS
87	George Shuba	7	1948	1955	0	2.9	355	949	814	106	211	45	4	24	125	5	6	120	122	.259	.358	.413	.771	Jul 2, 1948	23	BRO
88	Curt Simmons	20	1947	1967	3	0.6	609	1257	1135	93	194	19	3	1	76	2	1	59	283	.171	.213	.196	.408	Sep 28, 1947	19	PHI
89	Roy Smalley	11	1948	1958	0	2.4	872	2949	2644	277	601	103	33	61	305	4	6	257	541	.227	.300	.360	.660	Apr 20, 1948	22	CHC
90	Al Smith	15	1946	1964	3	20.9	1556	6331	5499	866	1500	263	51	168	701	70	43	687	768	.273	.358	.431	.789	Jul 10, 1953	20	CBE
91	Duke Snider HOF	18	1947	1964	8	65.9	2143	8237	7161	1259	2116	358	85	407	1333	99	73	971	1237	.295	.380	.540	.919	Apr 17, 1947	21	BRO
92	Bud Souchock	8	1946	1955	0	1.3	473	1326	1227	163	313	58	20	50	186	15	9	88	164	.255	.307	.457	.764	May 25, 1946	29	NYY
93	Gerry Staley	15	1947	1961	4	-2.6	640	618	525	35	66	4	0	1	19	0	2	38	116	.126	.186	.139	.325	Apr 20, 1947	27	STL
94	Virgil Stallcup	7	1947	1953	0	-2.9	587	2131	2059	171	497	99	13	22	214	9	13	51	181	.241	.260	.334	.595	Apr 18, 1947	26	CIN
95	Forrest Thompson	2	1948	1949	0	0.6	56	44	40	6	13	3	1	0	4	0	0	4	4	.325	.386	.450	.836	Apr 26, 1948	30	WSH
96	Sam Vico	2	1948	1949	0	-1.0	211	755	663	65	166	28	11	12	76	2	2	60	56	.250	.323	.380	.703	Apr 20, 1948	24	DET
97	Rube Walker	11	1948	1958	0	-2.4	608	1758	1585	114	360	69	3	35	192	3	5	150	213	.227	.294	.341	.635	Apr 20, 1948	22	CHC
98	Preston Ward	9	1948	1959	0	0.2	744	2349	2067	219	522	83	15	50	262	7	9	231	315	.253	.326	.380	.706	Apr 20, 1948	20	BRO
99	Herm Wehmeier	13	1945	1958	0	-0.3	413	677	633	67	124	13	3	3	40	0	0	16	166	.196	.217	.240	.457	Sep 7, 1945	21	CIN
100	Ralph Weigel	3	1946	1949	0	-0.7	106	259	235	12	54	9	3	0	30	2	3	21	26	.230	.296	.294	.589	Sep 18, 1946	26	CHW
101	Dick Welteroth	3	1948	1950	0	-0.2	90	31	27	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.074	.167	.111	.278	May 16, 1948	20	WSH
102	Wes Westrum	11	1947	1957	2	12.6	919	2850	2322	302	503	59	8	96	315	10	7	489	514	.217	.356	.373	.729	Sep 17, 1947	25	NYG
103	Don White	2	1948	1949	0	-2.0	143	469	422	41	98	20	2	1	38	2	1	33	28	.232	.291	.296	.587	Apr 19, 1948	29	PHA
104	Al Widmar	5	1947	1952	0	-0.4	114	122	107	4	18	4	0	0	7	0	0	7	37	.168	.219	.206	.425	Apr 25, 1947	23	SLB
105	Curley Williams	1	1948	1948	0	0.7	54	230	195	27	45	7	4	0	14	1		24		.231	.321	.308	.629		23	NE
106	Al Wilmore	2	1947	1948	0	-0.1	14	22	21	1	2	0	0	0	1	1		1		.095	.136	.095	.232		23	BEG
107	Junior Wooten	2	1947	1948	0	-0.8	94	315	282	34	68	8	3	1	24	3	1	24	25	.241	.305	.301	.607	Sep 16, 1947	24	WSH
	Totals	748	1927	1967	107	469.4	41492	133205	117820	15898	31106	5018	1002	2948	14892	1071	694	12528	14644	.264	.337	.399	.735

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	Gene Bearden	7	1947	1953	0	4.9	45	38	.542	3.96	193	84	43	29	7	1	788.1	791	398	347	48	435	28	259	9	2	40	3471	1.555	May 10, 1947	27	CLE
2	Vern Bickford	7	1948	1954	1	12.9	66	57	.537	3.71	182	149	23	73	9	2	1076.1	1040	500	444	76	467	21	450	25	3	14	4641	1.400	Apr 24, 1948	27	BSN
3	Lou Brissie	7	1947	1953	1	8.2	44	48	.478	4.07	234	93	83	45	2	29	897.2	867	451	406	61	451	26	436	14	1	31	3948	1.468	Sep 28, 1947	24	PHA
4	John Brown	5	1944	1948	1	1.8	2	2	.500	1.72	10	3	6	3	0	0	47.0	32	13	9	0	25	1	27	5	0	1	198	1.213		29	CBE
5	Ernest Burke	3	1946	1948	0	-0.4	4	4	.500	3.74	15	8	6	6	1	0	89.0	113	52	37	0	20	0	26	2	0	2	394	1.494		24	BEG
6	Roy Campanella HOF NLB	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	BRO
7	Willie Cathey	1	1948	1948	0	0.6	1	4	.200	5.01	10	5	5	2	0	0	55.2	61	39	31	3	15	0	40	2	0	0	245	1.365			IC
8	Cliff Chambers	6	1948	1953	0	6.8	48	53	.475	4.29	189	113	31	37	7	1	897.1	924	482	428	70	361	23	374	21	3	13	3919	1.432	Apr 24, 1948	26	CHC
9	Bob Chesnes	3	1948	1950	0	1.3	24	22	.522	4.66	61	55	1	25	1	1	378.2	377	222	196	36	189	10	130	12	2	12	1650	1.495	May 6, 1948	27	PIT
10	Jim Cohen	1	1948	1948	1	1.0	1	4	.200	3.47	7	6	1	5	0	0	49.1	47	29	19	1	15	0	17	0	0	1	211	1.257		30	IC
11	Gene Collins	2	1947	1948	0	-0.5	5	5	.500	5.57	15	10	3	5	1	1	76.0	54	65	47	1	85	0	85	7	0	3	384	1.829		23	KCM
12	Walker Cress	2	1948	1949	0	0.7	0	1	.000	4.35	33	2	15	1	0	0	62.0	62	32	30	2	45	3	33	1	0	0	276	1.726	Apr 27, 1948	31	CIN
13	Al Dark	14	1946	1960	3	-0.1	0	0		18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.000	Jul 14, 1946	26	BSN
14	Jess Dobernic	3	1939	1949	0	0.2	7	3	.700	5.21	76	0	36	0	0	1	112.1	107	70	65	18	66	7	55	2	0	2	512	1.540	Jul 2, 1939	30	CHC
15	Carl Erskine	12	1948	1959	1	16.4	122	78	.610	4.00	335	216	61	71	14	13	1718.2	1637	830	763	199	646	38	981	16	1	38	7270	1.328	Jul 25, 1948	21	BRO
16	Ned Garver	14	1948	1961	1	38.9	129	157	.451	3.73	402	330	40	153	18	12	2477.1	2471	1184	1027	213	881	58	881	41	7	49	10584	1.353	Apr 28, 1948	22	SLB
17	Clyde Golden	1	1948	1948	0	0.1	3	4	.429	3.94	15	7	6	3	2	2	64.0	56	36	28	3	31		37	1		0	281	1.359		19	NE
18	Ted Gray	9	1946	1955	1	7.6	59	74	.444	4.37	222	162	32	50	7	4	1134.0	1072	624	550	114	595	32	687	28	2	28	4987	1.470	May 15, 1946	23	DET
19	Bill Greason	2	1948	1954	0	0.2	3	3	.500	5.15	11	7	3	4	1	1	50.2	61	37	29	4	26	0	36	1	0	1	240	1.717	May 31, 1954	23	BBB
20	Bubba Harris	3	1948	1951	0	-0.1	6	3	.667	4.84	87	0	38	0	0	8	186.0	190	114	100	14	86	1	53	3	1	2	813	1.484	Apr 29, 1948	22	PHA
21	Frank Hiller	7	1946	1953	0	3.9	30	32	.484	4.42	138	60	34	22	5	4	533.2	553	288	262	56	158	18	197	24	6	6	2281	1.332	May 25, 1946	27	NYY
22	Bobby Hogue	5	1948	1952	0	3.0	18	16	.529	3.97	172	3	78	0	0	17	326.2	336	154	144	25	142	18	108	9	0	4	1418	1.463	Apr 24, 1948	27	BSN
23	Wally Holborow	3	1944	1948	0	0.7	2	3	.400	3.31	21	2	12	2	1	0	51.2	52	21	19	1	25	2	18	0	0	0	223	1.490	Sep 27, 1944	34	PHA
24	Hal Jeffcoat	12	1948	1959	0	6.6	39	37	.513	4.22	245	51	105	13	1	25	697.0	772	365	327	73	257	41	239	22	0	13	3053	1.476	Apr 20, 1948	23	CHC
25	Pee Wee Jenkins	4	1944	1948	0	-0.9	3	3	.500	5.59	24	6	8	2	0	0	67.2	81	54	42	2	33	0	51	3	0	3	322	1.685		25	NYC
26	Ken Johnson	6	1947	1952	0	0.4	12	14	.462	4.58	74	35	19	8	4	0	269.1	251	156	137	14	195	8	147	9	1	16	1217	1.656	Sep 18, 1947	25	STL
27	Leonard Johnson	2	1947	1948	0	-1.5	1	8	.111	9.18	12	8	1	2	0	0	51.0	81	64	52	5	25	0	21	3	0	0	256	2.078		28	KCM
28	Howie Judson	7	1948	1954	0	4.0	17	37	.315	4.29	207	48	72	8	0	14	615.0	619	337	293	60	319	19	204	11	3	11	2715	1.525	Apr 22, 1948	23	CHW
29	Bill Kennedy	8	1948	1957	0	2.9	15	28	.349	4.73	172	45	61	6	0	11	464.2	497	284	244	34	289	14	256	12	0	13	2145	1.692	Apr 26, 1948	27	TOT
30	Raúl López	1	1948	1948	0	0.0	2	5	.286	4.30	13	6	5	1	0	0	58.2	68	37	28	3	32		35	3		1	277	1.705		19	NYC
31	Dutch McCall	1	1948	1948	0	-0.6	4	13	.235	4.82	30	20	2	5	0	0	151.1	158	93	81	14	85	7	89	1	0	4	684	1.606	Apr 27, 1948	27	CHC
32	Paul Minner	10	1946	1956	0	16.6	69	84	.451	3.94	253	169	44	64	9	10	1310.1	1428	656	574	122	393	38	481	10	5	17	5617	1.390	Sep 12, 1946	24	BRO
33	Sack Morgan	2	1945	1948	0	-1.4	3	3	.500	6.75	11	5	2	1	0	0	48.0	63	50	36	3	38	0	22	0	0	3	249	2.104			MRS
34	Joe Ostrowski	5	1948	1952	0	2.0	23	25	.479	4.54	150	37	60	12	0	16	455.2	559	271	230	44	98	15	131	2	1	2	1989	1.442	Jul 8, 1948	31	SLB
35	Satchel Paige HOF NLB	22	1927	1965	8	46.9	124	82	.602	2.73	403	198	114	96	22	44	1751.2	1466	661	531	44	463	33	1501	27	5	24	5353	1.101	Jul 9, 1948	20	CLE
36	Erv Palica	10	1945	1956	0	6.8	41	55	.427	4.22	246	80	76	20	3	12	839.1	806	432	394	72	399	33	423	11	0	24	3640	1.436	Apr 21, 1945	20	BRO
37	Billy Pierce	18	1945	1964	7	53.2	211	169	.555	3.27	585	433	85	193	38	33	3306.2	2989	1325	1201	284	1178	74	1999	30	10	48	13853	1.260	Jun 1, 1945	21	DET
38	Bob Porterfield	12	1948	1959	1	17.1	87	97	.473	3.79	318	193	45	92	23	8	1567.2	1571	732	660	113	552	43	572	14	3	21	6646	1.354	Aug 8, 1948	24	NYY
39	Bill Powell	3	1946	1948	1	3.1	10	2	.833	3.26	13	13	0	9	2	0	94.0	94	39	34	5	34	0	71	3	0	1	408	1.362		29	BBB
40	Willie Ramsdell	5	1947	1952	0	5.4	24	39	.381	3.83	111	58	30	18	2	5	479.2	455	246	204	46	215	13	240	20	1	19	2085	1.397	Sep 24, 1947	32	BRO
41	Gene Richardson	2	1947	1948	0	1.7	5	3	.625	2.64	11	8	3	4	0	0	71.2	66	35	21	1	30	0	66	3	0	0	315	1.340		20	KCM
42	Robin Roberts HOF	19	1948	1966	7	83.0	286	245	.539	3.41	676	609	49	305	45	25	4688.2	4582	1962	1774	505	902	109	2357	54	3	33	19174	1.170	Jun 18, 1948	21	PHI
43	Bob Rush	13	1948	1960	2	36.5	127	152	.455	3.65	417	321	44	118	16	8	2410.2	2327	1128	977	176	789	79	1244	34	1	50	10219	1.293	Apr 22, 1948	22	CHC
44	Pepper Sharpe	4	1943	1948	0	-0.4	2	4	.333	5.86	11	6	2	3	0	0	50.2	63	42	33	3	21	0	21	2	0	2	239	1.658		29	MRS
45	Curt Simmons	20	1947	1967	3	42.7	193	183	.513	3.54	569	462	54	163	36	5	3348.1	3313	1551	1318	255	1063	86	1697	53	4	39	14144	1.307	Sep 28, 1947	19	PHI
46	Gerry Staley	15	1947	1961	4	21.5	134	111	.547	3.70	640	186	246	58	9	61	1981.2	2070	946	814	186	529	78	727	63	2	27	8398	1.312	Apr 20, 1947	27	STL
47	Forrest Thompson	2	1948	1949	0	1.6	7	13	.350	3.90	55	8	26	1	0	4	147.2	156	82	64	10	63	6	48	2	0	1	662	1.483	Apr 26, 1948	30	WSH
48	Herm Wehmeier	13	1945	1958	0	6.4	92	108	.460	4.80	361	240	48	79	9	9	1803.0	1806	1044	961	210	852	83	794	31	3	48	7925	1.474	Sep 7, 1945	21	CIN
49	Dick Welteroth	3	1948	1950	0	-1.6	4	6	.400	6.48	90	4	42	0	0	3	166.2	185	131	120	12	145	6	55	2	0	7	804	1.980	May 16, 1948	20	WSH
50	Al Widmar	5	1947	1952	0	3.7	13	30	.302	5.21	114	42	36	12	1	6	388.1	461	244	225	41	176	10	143	5	1	9	1770	1.640	Apr 25, 1947	23	SLB
51	Al Wilmore	2	1947	1948	0	-1.8	2	5	.286	7.98	12	6	3	1	0	1	53.0	68	56	47	3	31	0	30	0	0	4	258	1.868		23	BEG
52	Junior Wooten	2	1947	1948	0	-0.1	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	10	2.000	Sep 16, 1947	24	WSH
	Totals	363	1927	1967	54	461.7	2170	2172	.500	3.84	8255	4615	1840	1831	296	397	38428.2	37974	18680	16416	3287	13979	1081	18611	654	71	687	162445	1.239

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