1949 Major League Rookie Players

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NLB - denotes that the player previously exceeded major league rookie limits in the Negro Leagues, but 1949 was considered to be their major league rookie season

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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	Herb Adams	3	1948	1950	0	-0.2	95	364	337	39	88	8	6	0	18	4	2	22	24	.261	.310	.320	.631	Sep 17, 1948	21	CHW
2	Dewey Adkins	3	1942	1949	0	0.1	38	23	22	2	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	10	.227	.227	.409	.636	Sep 19, 1942	31	CHC
3	Andy Anderson	2	1948	1949	0	-1.9	122	248	223	23	41	8	1	2	17	0	1	22	36	.184	.257	.256	.513	May 10, 1948	26	SLB
4	Johnny Antonelli	12	1948	1961	6	0.7	403	745	679	56	121	12	3	15	59	1	0	26	175	.178	.209	.271	.480	Jul 4, 1948	19	BSN
5	Joe Astroth	10	1945	1956	0	0.9	544	1791	1579	163	401	51	10	13	156	6	6	177	124	.254	.334	.324	.658	Aug 13, 1945	26	PHA
6	Jack Banta	4	1947	1950	0	-0.2	69	66	61	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	11	.115	.169	.131	.300	Sep 18, 1947	24	BRO
7	Monty Basgall	3	1948	1951	0	-1.6	200	569	512	52	110	15	3	4	41	1	4	46	51	.215	.282	.279	.561	Apr 19, 1948	27	PIT
8	Hank Bauer	14	1948	1961	3	27.1	1544	5778	5145	833	1424	229	57	164	703	50	33	521	638	.277	.346	.439	.785	Sep 6, 1948	26	NYY
9	Ted Beard	7	1948	1958	0	-0.4	194	562	474	80	94	11	6	6	35	16	6	78	107	.198	.315	.285	.600	Sep 5, 1948	28	PIT
10	Charlie Bicknell	2	1948	1949	0	0.0	30	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	Apr 22, 1948	20	PHI
11	Ray Boone	13	1948	1960	2	25.8	1373	5299	4589	644	1260	162	46	151	737	21	19	608	463	.275	.361	.429	.789	Sep 3, 1948	25	CLE
12	Pete Castiglione	8	1947	1954	0	0.6	545	1820	1670	205	426	62	11	24	150	10	16	103	126	.255	.300	.349	.648	Sep 10, 1947	28	PIT
13	Jerry Coleman	9	1949	1957	1	6.5	723	2416	2119	267	558	77	18	16	217	22	15	235	218	.263	.340	.339	.680	Apr 20, 1949	24	NYY
14	Merrill Combs	5	1947	1952	0	-0.1	140	427	361	45	73	6	1	2	25	0	1	57	43	.202	.314	.241	.555	Sep 12, 1947	29	BOS
15	Del Crandall	16	1949	1966	11	28.0	1573	5584	5026	585	1276	179	18	179	657	26	31	424	477	.254	.312	.404	.716	Jun 17, 1949	19	BSN
16	Chuck Diering	9	1947	1956	0	1.1	752	1921	1648	217	411	76	14	14	141	16	33	237	250	.249	.345	.338	.683	Apr 15, 1947	26	STL
17	Glenn Elliott	3	1947	1949	0	-0.1	34	25	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.095	.174	.095	.269	Apr 17, 1947	29	BSN
18	Nellie Fox HOF	19	1947	1965	15	49.4	2367	10351	9232	1279	2663	355	112	35	790	76	80	719	216	.288	.348	.363	.710	Jun 8, 1947	21	PHA
19	Mike Garcia	14	1948	1961	3	-0.4	428	792	696	41	127	23	1	2	62	0	2	31	151	.182	.218	.227	.445	Oct 3, 1948	25	CLE
20	Tommy Glaviano	5	1949	1953	0	7.1	389	1249	1008	191	259	55	6	24	108	11	6	208	173	.257	.395	.395	.789	Apr 19, 1949	25	STL
21	Gordon Goldsberry	4	1949	1952	0	0.2	217	599	510	78	123	20	7	6	56	2	4	80	66	.241	.344	.343	.687	Apr 20, 1949	21	CHW
22	Mike Goliat	4	1949	1952	0	0.9	249	919	825	87	186	21	10	20	99	3	4	83	127	.225	.300	.348	.648	Aug 2, 1949	27	PHI
23	Marv Grissom	10	1946	1959	1	-0.9	356	213	189	9	23	7	0	0	6	0	0	8	67	.122	.162	.159	.320	Sep 10, 1946	31	DET
24	Johnny Groth	15	1946	1960	0	5.8	1248	4302	3808	480	1064	197	31	60	486	19	42	419	329	.279	.352	.395	.746	Sep 5, 1946	22	DET
25	Warren Hacker	12	1948	1961	0	-0.4	316	422	401	23	78	5	3	0	24	1	1	5	51	.195	.204	.222	.426	Sep 24, 1948	24	CHC
26	Bob Hall	3	1949	1953	0	0.1	89	76	72	4	15	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	30	.208	.240	.278	.518	Apr 23, 1949	25	BSN
27	Lloyd Hittle	2	1949	1950	0	-0.2	47	45	41	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.122	.143	.122	.265	Jun 12, 1949	25	WSH
28	Stan Hollmig	3	1949	1951	0	-0.1	94	289	265	29	67	13	6	2	27	1	2	20	46	.253	.310	.370	.680	Apr 19, 1949	23	PHI
29	Eddie Kazak	5	1948	1952	1	1.9	218	668	605	69	165	22	6	11	71	0	2	52	45	.273	.332	.383	.716	Sep 29, 1948	28	STL
30	Alex Kellner	12	1948	1959	1	1.5	323	705	643	49	138	16	1	4	57	0	0	30	106	.215	.251	.261	.513	Apr 29, 1948	24	PHA
31	Chuck Kress	4	1947	1954	0	-0.4	175	535	466	57	116	20	7	1	52	6	9	49	59	.249	.320	.328	.649	Apr 16, 1947	27	TOT
32	Lou Kretlow	10	1946	1956	0	-1.5	200	269	237	7	27	2	0	0	12	0	0	16	118	.114	.170	.122	.292	Sep 26, 1946	28	DET
33	Dick Kryhoski	7	1949	1955	0	1.5	569	1946	1794	203	475	85	14	45	231	5	13	119	163	.265	.314	.403	.717	Apr 19, 1949	24	NYY
34	Bob Kuzava	10	1946	1957	0	-1.2	214	299	256	21	22	1	0	1	10	0	0	29	96	.086	.182	.102	.283	Sep 21, 1946	26	CHW
35	Stan Lopata	13	1948	1960	2	15.3	853	3035	2601	375	661	116	25	116	397	18	13	393	497	.254	.351	.452	.803	Sep 19, 1948	23	PHI
36	Eddie Malone	2	1949	1950	0	0.0	86	281	241	19	62	9	2	1	26	2	1	39	27	.257	.361	.324	.684	Jul 17, 1949	29	CHW
37	Cliff Mapes	5	1948	1952	0	1.4	459	1383	1193	199	289	55	13	38	172	8	9	168	213	.242	.338	.406	.743	Apr 20, 1948	27	NYY
38	Fred Martin	3	1946	1950	0	0.3	58	48	46	4	13	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	9	.283	.283	.326	.609	Apr 21, 1946	34	STL
39	Mickey McDermott	12	1948	1961	0	4.6	443	682	619	71	156	29	2	9	74	1	2	52	112	.252	.312	.349	.661	Apr 24, 1948	20	BOS
40	Lloyd Merriman	5	1949	1955	0	1.0	455	1348	1202	140	291	64	12	12	117	20	13	126	124	.242	.316	.345	.661	Apr 24, 1949	24	CIN
41	Don Mueller	12	1948	1959	2	4.2	1245	4595	4364	499	1292	139	37	65	520	11	9	167	146	.296	.322	.390	.712	Aug 2, 1948	22	NYG
42	Rocky Nelson	9	1949	1961	0	1.9	620	1555	1394	186	347	61	14	31	173	7	7	130	94	.249	.317	.379	.696	Apr 27, 1949	24	STL
43	Don Newcombe NLB	12	1944	1960	4	8.6	471	1033	917	99	246	34	3	15	109	2	1	90	147	.268	.336	.361	.697	May 20, 1949	19	BRO
44	Al Papai	4	1948	1955	0	-0.3	89	73	62	9	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	26	.097	.211	.097	.308	Apr 24, 1948	32	SLB
45	Jack Phillips	9	1947	1957	0	1.0	343	990	892	111	252	42	16	9	101	5	8	85	86	.283	.344	.396	.740	Aug 22, 1947	27	TOT
46	Herman Reich	1	1949	1949	0	0.2	111	412	390	43	109	18	2	3	34	4	2	14	33	.279	.306	.359	.665	May 3, 1949	31	TOT
47	Dino Restelli	2	1949	1951	0	1.3	93	314	270	42	65	12	0	13	43	3	3	37	30	.241	.341	.430	.770	Jun 14, 1949	24	PIT
48	Bobby Rhawn	3	1947	1949	0	0.7	90	237	198	38	47	9	2	2	18	4	4	35	17	.237	.352	.333	.685	Sep 17, 1947	30	TOT
49	Tom Saffell	4	1949	1955	0	-2.0	271	680	602	91	143	15	1	6	40	9	8	59	108	.238	.307	.296	.602	Jul 1, 1949	27	PIT
50	Jerry Scala	3	1948	1950	0	-0.4	80	222	193	26	43	9	2	1	19	3	3	27	32	.223	.321	.306	.627	Apr 22, 1948	24	CHW
51	Bobby Shantz	16	1949	1964	3	2.5	578	646	548	60	107	20	2	1	46	3	2	47	96	.195	.265	.245	.509	May 1, 1949	23	PHA
52	Ray Shore	3	1946	1949	0	-0.3	31	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	Sep 21, 1946	28	SLB
53	Roy Sievers	17	1949	1965	5	25.4	1887	7349	6387	945	1703	292	42	318	1147	14	19	841	920	.267	.354	.475	.829	Apr 21, 1949	22	SLB
54	Charlie Silvera	10	1948	1957	0	1.1	227	542	482	34	136	15	2	1	52	2	6	53	32	.282	.356	.328	.683	Sep 29, 1948	24	NYY
55	John Simmons	1	1949	1949	0	-0.9	62	107	93	12	20	0	0	0	5	0	0	11	6	.215	.298	.215	.513	Apr 22, 1949	24	WSH
56	Dick Starr	5	1947	1951	0	-0.2	94	113	97	11	15	4	0	0	2	0	1	10	36	.155	.234	.196	.430	Sep 5, 1947	28	SLB
57	Chuck Stobbs	15	1947	1961	0	0.6	460	684	578	53	102	15	0	0	53	1	1	52	125	.176	.246	.202	.448	Sep 15, 1947	19	BOS
58	Max Surkont	9	1949	1957	0	0.7	236	425	357	28	63	13	1	1	28	0	0	31	90	.176	.244	.227	.470	Apr 19, 1949	27	CHW
59	Wayne Terwilliger	9	1949	1960	0	7.0	666	2396	2091	271	501	93	10	22	162	31	28	247	296	.240	.323	.325	.648	Aug 6, 1949	24	CHC
60	Hank Thompson NLB	12	1943	1956	0	30.7	1087	4217	3572	625	983	133	49	144	568	57	24	557	337	.275	.376	.461	.837	Jul 17, 1947	17	NYG
61	Joe Tipton	7	1948	1954	0	5.1	417	1325	1117	116	264	36	5	29	125	3	3	186	142	.236	.351	.355	.706	May 2, 1948	27	CHW
62	Junior Walsh	5	1946	1951	0	-0.2	89	37	31	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	6	22	.065	.216	.097	.313	Sep 14, 1946	30	PIT
63	Red Webb	2	1948	1949	0	0.2	25	21	19	3	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	.316	.316	.421	.737	Sep 15, 1948	24	NYG
64	Dick Weik	5	1948	1954	0	0.1	78	57	53	6	12	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	16	.226	.241	.302	.543	Sep 8, 1948	21	WSH
65	Bill Werle	6	1949	1954	0	0.1	185	219	199	13	35	6	1	0	8	0	0	15	50	.176	.234	.216	.450	Apr 22, 1949	28	PIT
66	Don Wheeler	1	1949	1949	0	0.4	67	220	192	17	46	9	2	1	22	2	0	27	19	.240	.333	.323	.656	Apr 23, 1949	26	CHW
67	Adrián Zabala	2	1945	1949	0	0.0	26	29	26	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.154	.241	.154	.395	Aug 11, 1945	32	NYG
68	Gus Zernial	11	1949	1959	1	8.4	1234	4562	4131	572	1093	159	22	237	776	15	7	383	755	.265	.329	.486	.815	Apr 19, 1949	26	CHW
	Totals	497	1942	1966	61	268.1	29094	91176	80691	10568	20964	3154	667	1878	9908	522	507	8337	9269	.260	.332	.385	.717

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	Dewey Adkins	3	1942	1949	0	-0.4	2	4	.333	5.64	38	6	19	1	0	0	99.0	114	69	62	11	50	1	47	0	0	3	451	1.657	Sep 19, 1942	31	CHC
2	Johnny Antonelli	12	1948	1961	6	31.2	126	110	.534	3.34	377	268	61	102	25	21	1992.1	1870	860	739	186	687	64	1162	38	1	27	8424	1.283	Jul 4, 1948	19	BSN
3	Jack Banta	4	1947	1950	0	2.5	14	12	.538	3.78	69	19	24	3	1	5	204.2	176	97	86	15	113	9	116	10	0	9	895	1.412	Sep 18, 1947	24	BRO
4	Charlie Bicknell	2	1948	1949	0	-0.4	0	1	.000	6.83	30	1	19	0	0	0	54.0	61	44	41	8	34	0	9	2	1	6	252	1.759	Apr 22, 1948	20	PHI
5	Glenn Elliott	3	1947	1949	0	0.9	4	5	.444	4.08	34	7	8	1	0	1	90.1	93	46	41	12	39	2	25	0	0	2	386	1.461	Apr 17, 1947	29	BSN
6	Mike Garcia	14	1948	1961	3	30.7	142	97	.594	3.27	428	281	77	111	27	24	2174.2	2148	888	789	122	719	59	1117	33	2	30	9237	1.318	Oct 3, 1948	25	CLE
7	Marv Grissom	10	1946	1959	1	13.7	47	45	.511	3.41	356	52	176	12	3	57	810.0	771	358	307	65	343	47	459	28	1	23	3484	1.375	Sep 10, 1946	31	DET
8	Warren Hacker	12	1948	1961	0	14.3	62	89	.411	4.21	306	157	76	47	6	17	1283.1	1297	680	601	181	320	45	557	21	1	10	5438	1.260	Sep 24, 1948	24	CHC
9	Bob Hall	3	1949	1953	0	0.2	9	18	.333	5.40	89	27	26	8	1	1	276.2	307	182	166	32	146	2	133	4	3	10	1254	1.637	Apr 23, 1949	25	BSN
10	Lloyd Hittle	2	1949	1950	0	0.9	7	11	.389	4.43	47	13	15	4	2	0	152.1	183	89	75	3	74	6	41	0	0	3	705	1.687	Jun 12, 1949	25	WSH
11	Alex Kellner	12	1948	1959	1	12.5	101	112	.474	4.41	321	250	37	99	9	6	1849.1	1925	1015	906	184	747	45	816	37	3	53	8023	1.445	Apr 29, 1948	24	PHA
12	Lou Kretlow	10	1946	1956	0	-0.3	27	47	.365	4.87	199	104	43	22	3	1	785.1	781	479	425	62	522	17	450	10	0	25	3586	1.659	Sep 26, 1946	28	DET
13	Bob Kuzava	10	1946	1957	0	5.3	49	44	.527	4.05	213	99	58	34	7	13	862.0	849	427	388	54	415	20	446	8	1	18	3748	1.466	Sep 21, 1946	26	CHW
14	Fred Martin	3	1946	1950	0	1.8	12	3	.800	3.78	57	10	26	5	0	0	162.0	181	80	68	7	58	6	68	1	0	4	713	1.475	Apr 21, 1946	34	STL
15	Mickey McDermott	12	1948	1961	0	13.5	69	69	.500	3.91	291	156	86	54	11	14	1316.2	1161	655	572	86	838	21	757	28	7	39	5801	1.518	Apr 24, 1948	20	BOS
16	Don Newcombe NLB	12	1944	1960	4	30.1	153	96	.614	3.57	360	305	37	145	24	7	2251.2	2188	1007	893	255	530	39	1187	35	3	25	9320	1.207	May 20, 1949	19	BRO
17	Al Papai	4	1948	1955	0	0.0	9	14	.391	5.37	88	18	34	8	0	4	239.2	281	171	143	17	138	10	70	1	0	5	1121	1.748	Apr 24, 1948	32	SLB
18	Jack Phillips	9	1947	1957	0	0.0	0	0		7.20	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	7	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	22	1.600	Aug 22, 1947	27	TOT
19	Bobby Shantz	16	1949	1964	3	32.2	119	99	.546	3.38	537	171	192	78	15	48	1935.2	1795	817	726	151	643	75	1072	41	6	29	8045	1.260	May 1, 1949	23	PHA
20	Ray Shore	3	1946	1949	0	-1.4	1	3	.250	8.23	31	4	11	0	0	0	62.1	70	62	57	5	67	0	26	6	0	9	322	2.198	Sep 21, 1946	28	SLB
21	Dick Starr	5	1947	1951	0	1.2	12	24	.333	5.25	93	45	23	7	2	2	344.2	390	230	201	40	198	7	120	10	5	7	1582	1.706	Sep 5, 1947	28	SLB
22	Chuck Stobbs	15	1947	1961	0	14.2	107	130	.451	4.29	459	238	105	65	7	19	1920.1	2003	1030	916	184	735	45	897	35	3	30	8378	1.426	Sep 15, 1947	19	BOS
23	Max Surkont	9	1949	1957	0	8.0	61	76	.445	4.38	236	149	47	53	7	8	1194.1	1209	650	581	134	481	34	571	22	2	28	5207	1.415	Apr 19, 1949	27	CHW
24	Junior Walsh	5	1946	1951	0	-1.4	4	10	.286	5.88	89	12	30	1	1	2	193.0	201	140	126	21	111	7	91	3	2	4	876	1.617	Sep 14, 1946	30	PIT
25	Red Webb	2	1948	1949	0	0.7	3	2	.600	3.72	25	3	12	2	0	0	72.2	68	35	30	5	31	2	18	1	0	0	314	1.362	Sep 15, 1948	24	NYG
26	Dick Weik	5	1948	1954	0	-1.9	6	22	.214	5.90	76	26	22	3	2	1	213.2	203	157	140	15	237	4	123	2	1	19	1039	2.059	Sep 8, 1948	21	WSH
27	Bill Werle	6	1949	1954	0	3.8	29	39	.426	4.69	185	60	60	18	2	15	665.1	770	390	347	81	194	25	283	23	3	10	2906	1.449	Apr 22, 1949	28	PIT
28	Adrián Zabala	2	1945	1949	0	-0.3	4	7	.364	5.02	26	9	8	3	1	1	84.1	90	53	47	7	30	4	27	1	3	0	359	1.423	Aug 11, 1945	32	NYG
	Totals	205	1942	1964	18	211.6	1179	1189	.498	4.01	5061	2490	1333	886	156	267	21295.1	21192	10715	9477	1943	8501	596	10690	400	48	430	91888	1.657

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