1958 Major League 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	Felipe Alou	17	1958	1974	3	42.2	2082	7908	7339	985	2101	359	49	206	852	107	67	423	706	.286	.328	.433	.761	Jun 8, 1958	23	SFG
2	Ossie Álvarez	2	1958	1959	0	-0.5	95	219	198	20	42	3	0	0	5	1	1	16	27	.212	.271	.227	.498	Apr 19, 1958	24	WSH
3	Bob Anderson	7	1957	1963	0	-0.5	247	274	246	18	33	2	1	2	12	0	0	10	107	.134	.174	.175	.349	Jul 31, 1957	22	CHC
4	Ken Aspromonte	7	1957	1963	0	2.0	475	1691	1483	171	369	69	3	19	124	7	5	179	149	.249	.330	.338	.668	Sep 2, 1957	26	TOT
5	Charlie Beamon	3	1956	1958	0	-0.1	28	19	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.000	.056	.000	.056	Sep 26, 1956	23	BAL
6	Gary Bell	12	1958	1969	4	1.8	521	661	569	46	105	13	2	1	41	1	0	25	152	.185	.222	.220	.441	Jun 1, 1958	21	CLE
7	Ron Blackburn	2	1958	1959	0	0.2	64	13	12	1	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.667	.917	Apr 15, 1958	23	PIT
8	Ted Bowsfield	7	1958	1964	0	-0.4	235	200	173	19	22	3	1	0	8	0	0	14	66	.127	.193	.156	.349	Jul 20, 1958	23	BOS
9	John Briggs	5	1956	1960	0	0.0	59	51	48	3	10	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	17	.208	.204	.271	.475	Apr 17, 1956	24	CHC
10	Pete Burnside	8	1955	1963	0	-1.0	196	156	132	6	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	54	.076	.129	.076	.204	Sep 20, 1955	27	SFG
11	Orlando Cepeda HOF	17	1958	1974	11	50.1	2124	8699	7927	1131	2351	417	27	379	1365	142	80	588	1169	.297	.350	.499	.849	Apr 15, 1958	20	SFG
12	Neil Chrisley	5	1957	1961	0	-1.8	302	685	619	60	130	22	8	16	64	3	3	55	62	.210	.275	.349	.624	Apr 15, 1957	26	WSH
13	Jim Constable	5	1956	1963	0	0.2	56	21	17	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.235	.350	.294	.644	Jun 24, 1956	25	TOT
14	Walt Craddock	3	1955	1958	0	-0.2	29	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Sep 3, 1955	26	KCA
15	Jim Davenport	13	1958	1970	2	18.2	1501	4982	4427	552	1142	177	37	77	456	16	25	382	673	.258	.318	.367	.684	Apr 15, 1958	24	SFG
16	Don Demeter	11	1956	1967	0	12.8	1109	3730	3443	467	912	147	17	163	563	22	25	180	658	.265	.307	.459	.766	Sep 18, 1956	23	LAD
17	Ryne Duren	10	1954	1965	4	-0.8	312	138	114	8	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	9	66	.061	.164	.070	.234	Sep 25, 1954	29	NYY
18	Chuck Essegian	6	1958	1963	0	1.7	404	1140	1018	139	260	45	4	47	150	0	0	97	233	.255	.323	.446	.769	Apr 15, 1958	26	PHI
19	Curt Flood	15	1956	1971	3	41.9	1759	6958	6357	851	1861	271	44	85	636	88	73	444	609	.293	.342	.389	.732	Sep 9, 1956	20	STL
20	Gary Geiger	12	1958	1970	0	8.7	954	2970	2569	388	633	91	29	77	283	62	29	341	466	.246	.337	.394	.731	Apr 15, 1958	21	CLE
21	Johnny Goryl	6	1957	1964	0	1.6	276	678	595	79	134	19	10	16	48	2	3	64	106	.225	.305	.371	.677	Sep 20, 1957	24	CHC
22	Mudcat Grant	14	1958	1971	2	1.8	667	853	759	80	135	25	2	6	65	2	1	37	214	.178	.216	.240	.456	Apr 17, 1958	22	CLE
23	Dick Gray	3	1958	1960	0	1.0	124	347	305	43	73	7	6	12	41	4	1	33	52	.239	.321	.420	.740	Apr 15, 1958	26	LAD
24	Gene Green	7	1957	1963	0	1.7	408	1263	1151	130	307	49	7	46	160	2	3	89	185	.267	.318	.441	.760	Sep 10, 1957	25	STL
25	Lenny Green	12	1957	1968	0	8.2	1136	3398	2956	461	788	138	27	47	253	78	41	368	260	.267	.351	.379	.731	Aug 25, 1957	25	BAL
26	Bill Hall	3	1954	1958	0	0.2	57	141	126	15	33	6	0	1	15	0	0	15	14	.262	.340	.333	.674	Apr 18, 1954	29	PIT
27	Harry Hanebrink	4	1953	1959	0	0.2	177	345	317	32	71	7	2	6	25	1	1	22	31	.224	.279	.315	.594	May 3, 1953	30	MLN
28	Billy Harrell	4	1955	1961	0	0.8	173	370	342	54	79	7	1	8	26	17	3	23	54	.231	.283	.327	.610	Sep 2, 1955	29	CLE
29	Glen Hobbie	8	1957	1964	0	-0.9	284	434	398	25	52	6	0	4	16	0	1	21	172	.131	.176	.176	.352	Sep 20, 1957	22	CHC
30	Marty Keough	11	1956	1966	0	1.3	841	2008	1796	256	434	71	23	43	176	26	19	164	318	.242	.309	.379	.688	Apr 21, 1956	24	BOS
31	Fred Kipp	4	1957	1960	0	0.2	49	38	37	4	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.243	.263	.270	.533	Sep 10, 1957	26	LAD
32	Willie Kirkland	9	1958	1966	0	9.5	1149	3882	3494	443	837	134	29	148	509	52	19	323	648	.240	.304	.422	.726	Apr 15, 1958	24	SFG
33	Steve Korcheck	4	1954	1959	0	-1.3	58	155	145	12	23	6	1	0	7	0	0	6	36	.159	.196	.214	.410	Sep 6, 1954	25	WSH
34	Norm Larker	6	1958	1963	2	5.4	667	2230	1953	227	538	97	15	32	271	3	5	211	165	.275	.347	.390	.736	Apr 15, 1958	27	LAD
35	Barry Latman	11	1957	1967	1	0.0	344	373	332	24	48	6	2	2	25	0	0	18	90	.145	.190	.193	.383	Sep 10, 1957	22	CHW
36	Bob Mabe	3	1958	1960	0	-0.5	52	36	31	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	19	.032	.063	.032	.095	Apr 18, 1958	28	STL
37	Bobby Malkmus	6	1957	1962	0	0.8	268	625	572	69	123	15	5	8	46	3	5	38	90	.215	.265	.301	.565	Jun 1, 1957	26	WSH
38	Jim Marshall	5	1958	1962	0	0.6	410	963	852	111	206	24	7	29	106	5	4	101	139	.242	.320	.388	.709	Apr 15, 1958	27	TOT
39	Herb Moford	4	1955	1962	0	-0.6	50	48	44	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.045	.067	.045	.112	Apr 12, 1955	29	DET
40	Bill Monbouquette	11	1958	1968	4	-2.0	352	701	582	35	60	3	1	0	18	1	0	49	249	.103	.173	.112	.284	Jul 18, 1958	21	BOS
41	Zach Monroe	2	1958	1959	0	-0.1	24	17	17	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.118	.118	.176	.294	Jun 27, 1958	26	NYY
42	Billy Moran	7	1958	1965	2	3.2	634	2285	2076	242	545	88	10	28	202	10	8	133	218	.263	.308	.355	.663	Apr 15, 1958	24	CLE
43	Billy Muffett	6	1957	1962	0	0.4	125	103	92	11	20	2	0	1	7	0	0	7	32	.217	.273	.272	.544	Aug 3, 1957	27	STL
44	Jim Owens	12	1955	1967	0	-1.0	287	251	218	4	22	4	0	0	11	0	1	14	102	.101	.159	.119	.278	Apr 19, 1955	24	PHI
45	Milt Pappas	17	1957	1973	3	-2.5	527	1176	1073	72	132	13	3	20	67	1	0	36	510	.123	.157	.197	.354	Aug 10, 1957	19	BAL
46	Albie Pearson	9	1958	1966	1	13.2	988	3628	3077	485	831	130	24	28	214	77	33	477	195	.270	.369	.355	.724	Apr 14, 1958	23	WSH
47	Joe Pignatano	6	1957	1962	0	2.5	307	809	689	81	161	25	4	16	62	8	4	94	116	.234	.332	.351	.683	Apr 28, 1957	28	LAD
48	Vada Pinson	18	1958	1975	4	54.2	2469	10405	9645	1365	2757	485	127	256	1169	305	122	574	1196	.286	.327	.442	.769	Apr 15, 1958	19	CIN
49	John Powers	6	1955	1960	0	-0.2	151	242	215	26	42	7	2	6	14	0	0	22	48	.195	.281	.330	.611	Sep 24, 1955	28	PIT
50	Tom Qualters	3	1953	1958	0	0.1	34	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.500	.000	.500	Sep 13, 1953	23	TOT
51	Curt Raydon	1	1958	1958	0	-0.4	31	49	38	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	25	.026	.159	.026	.185	Apr 15, 1958	24	PIT
52	Mel Roach	8	1953	1962	0	-1.5	227	540	499	42	119	25	0	7	43	1	0	24	75	.238	.275	.331	.606	Jul 31, 1953	25	MLN
53	Humberto Robinson	5	1955	1960	0	0.0	102	44	38	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	16	.158	.233	.184	.417	Apr 20, 1955	28	MLN
54	Andre Rodgers	11	1957	1967	0	6.2	854	2872	2521	268	628	112	23	45	245	22	20	290	507	.249	.328	.365	.694	Apr 16, 1957	23	SFG
55	John Romonosky	3	1953	1959	0	0.2	49	27	26	7	6	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	7	.231	.231	.500	.731	Sep 6, 1953	28	WSH
56	John Roseboro	14	1957	1970	6	22.4	1585	5529	4847	512	1206	190	44	104	548	67	56	547	677	.249	.326	.371	.697	Jun 14, 1957	25	LAD
57	Bob Schmidt	7	1958	1965	1	2.2	454	1426	1305	133	317	55	4	39	150	0	6	100	199	.243	.297	.381	.678	Apr 16, 1958	25	SFG
58	Ray Semproch	4	1958	1961	0	-0.6	85	119	112	2	13	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	39	.116	.132	.125	.257	Apr 15, 1958	27	PHI
59	Bob Shaw	11	1957	1967	1	-0.7	433	599	519	21	69	2	1	0	18	2	0	37	142	.133	.191	.141	.332	Aug 11, 1957	25	TOT
60	Bob Smith	2	1958	1959	0	-0.2	30	28	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	.080	.148	.080	.228	Apr 22, 1958	30	BOS
61	Marcelino Solis	1	1958	1958	0	0.1	15	22	20	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.286	.300	.586	Jul 16, 1958	27	CHC
62	Dick Stuart	10	1958	1969	2	7.8	1112	4363	3997	506	1055	157	30	228	743	2	7	301	957	.264	.316	.489	.806	Jul 10, 1958	25	PIT
63	Sammy Taylor	6	1958	1963	0	2.2	473	1404	1263	127	309	47	9	33	147	3	2	122	181	.245	.313	.375	.688	Apr 20, 1958	25	CHC
64	Tony Taylor	19	1958	1976	2	23.2	2195	8501	7680	1005	2007	298	86	75	598	234	111	613	1083	.261	.321	.352	.673	Apr 15, 1958	22	CHC
65	Marv Throneberry	7	1955	1963	0	0.3	480	1331	1186	143	281	37	8	53	170	3	4	130	295	.237	.311	.416	.726	Sep 25, 1955	24	NYY
66	Coot Veal	6	1958	1963	0	0.0	247	702	611	75	141	26	3	1	51	2	9	56	69	.231	.298	.288	.586	Jul 30, 1958	25	DET
67	Leon Wagner	12	1958	1969	3	11.7	1352	4952	4426	636	1202	150	15	211	669	54	24	435	656	.272	.340	.455	.795	Jun 22, 1958	24	SFG
68	Murray Wall	4	1950	1959	0	-0.3	91	53	46	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	.109	.109	.109	.217	Jul 4, 1950	31	BOS
69	Carl Willey	8	1958	1965	0	-1.4	199	294	263	9	26	5	1	2	9	0	0	7	143	.099	.122	.148	.271	Apr 30, 1958	27	MLN
70	Stan Williams	14	1958	1972	2	-1.6	483	560	502	28	59	6	1	5	31	0	0	27	275	.118	.166	.163	.329	May 17, 1958	21	LAD
71	Red Witt	6	1957	1962	0	-0.3	66	75	69	6	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	27	.130	.143	.145	.288	Sep 21, 1957	26	PIT
72	Hal Woodeshick	11	1956	1967	1	-1.1	428	195	174	5	16	1	0	0	4	0	0	10	85	.092	.141	.098	.239	Sep 14, 1956	25	CLE
	Totals	558	1950	1976	64	340.5	36631	112017	100775	12790	25942	4115	758	2640	11570	1436	821	8434	16018	.257	.317	.392	.709

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	Bob Anderson	7	1957	1963	0	4.4	36	46	.439	4.26	246	93	62	15	1	13	840.2	858	450	398	80	319	31	502	27	4	30	3634	1.400	Jul 31, 1957	22	CHC
2	Charlie Beamon	3	1956	1958	0	0.6	3	3	.500	3.91	27	5	11	1	1	0	71.1	64	35	31	4	36	1	45	7	1	5	307	1.402	Sep 26, 1956	23	BAL
3	Gary Bell	12	1958	1969	4	14.4	121	117	.508	3.68	519	233	163	71	9	50	2015.0	1794	932	825	207	842	64	1378	54	2	70	8561	1.308	Jun 1, 1958	21	CLE
4	Ron Blackburn	2	1958	1959	0	0.6	3	2	.600	3.50	64	2	24	0	0	4	108.0	111	54	42	12	42	9	50	5	0	1	477	1.417	Apr 15, 1958	23	PIT
5	Ted Bowsfield	7	1958	1964	0	2.7	37	39	.487	4.35	215	86	51	12	4	6	662.1	699	369	320	63	259	14	326	12	1	14	2920	1.446	Jul 20, 1958	23	BOS
6	John Briggs	5	1956	1960	0	-0.4	9	11	.450	5.00	59	21	13	3	1	1	165.2	174	101	92	23	82	2	80	5	2	3	734	1.545	Apr 17, 1956	24	CHC
7	Pete Burnside	8	1955	1963	0	-0.5	19	36	.345	4.81	196	64	53	14	3	7	567.1	607	337	303	73	230	8	303	13	6	11	2511	1.475	Sep 20, 1955	27	SFG
8	Jim Constable	5	1956	1963	0	0.7	3	4	.429	4.87	56	6	10	1	1	2	98.0	109	56	53	9	41	0	59	7	1	3	432	1.531	Jun 24, 1956	25	TOT
9	Walt Craddock	3	1955	1958	0	-0.9	0	7	.000	6.49	29	5	14	0	0	0	61.0	68	46	44	8	40	0	39	1	0	2	286	1.770	Sep 3, 1955	26	KCA
10	Ryne Duren	10	1954	1965	4	5.7	27	44	.380	3.83	311	32	144	2	1	55	589.1	443	284	251	40	392	15	630	41	3	38	2601	1.417	Sep 25, 1954	29	NYY
11	Gary Geiger	12	1958	1970	0	-0.1	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	9	1.500	Apr 15, 1958	21	CLE
12	Mudcat Grant	14	1958	1971	2	19.3	145	119	.549	3.63	571	293	160	89	18	54	2442.0	2292	1105	985	292	849	59	1267	33	3	60	10293	1.286	Apr 17, 1958	22	CLE
13	Glen Hobbie	8	1957	1964	0	6.7	62	81	.434	4.20	284	170	55	45	11	6	1263.0	1283	677	590	124	495	35	682	39	1	43	5490	1.408	Sep 20, 1957	22	CHC
14	Fred Kipp	4	1957	1960	0	0.3	6	7	.462	5.08	47	9	11	0	0	1	113.1	119	67	64	18	48	8	64	1	0	4	491	1.474	Sep 10, 1957	26	LAD
15	Barry Latman	11	1957	1967	1	3.8	59	68	.465	3.91	344	134	77	28	10	16	1219.0	1130	605	529	142	489	35	829	48	5	36	5220	1.328	Sep 10, 1957	22	CHW
16	Bob Mabe	3	1958	1960	0	-1.3	7	11	.389	4.82	51	14	13	4	0	3	142.0	146	100	76	17	61	8	82	4	0	7	629	1.458	Apr 18, 1958	28	STL
17	Herb Moford	4	1955	1962	0	-0.2	5	13	.278	5.03	50	14	10	6	0	3	157.1	143	94	88	21	64	9	78	10	0	7	674	1.316	Apr 12, 1955	29	DET
18	Bill Monbouquette	11	1958	1968	4	22.7	114	112	.504	3.68	343	263	27	78	18	3	1961.1	1995	910	803	211	462	44	1122	20	5	20	8207	1.253	Jul 18, 1958	21	BOS
19	Zach Monroe	2	1958	1959	0	-0.2	4	2	.667	3.38	24	6	13	1	0	1	61.1	60	31	23	10	29	1	19	0	0	0	265	1.451	Jun 27, 1958	26	NYY
20	Billy Muffett	6	1957	1962	0	2.6	16	23	.410	4.33	125	32	52	7	1	15	376.1	407	213	181	38	132	18	188	12	0	7	1653	1.432	Aug 3, 1957	27	STL
21	Jim Owens	12	1955	1967	0	5.3	42	68	.382	4.31	286	103	96	21	1	21	885.1	932	483	424	84	340	46	516	8	6	44	3854	1.437	Apr 19, 1955	24	PHI
22	Milt Pappas	17	1957	1973	3	46.2	209	164	.560	3.40	520	465	33	129	43	4	3186.0	3046	1331	1203	298	858	89	1728	72	6	97	13198	1.225	Aug 10, 1957	19	BAL
23	Tom Qualters	3	1953	1958	0	-0.2	0	0		5.64	34	0	12	0	0	0	52.2	63	35	33	2	26	5	20	1	0	5	236	1.690	Sep 13, 1953	23	TOT
24	Curt Raydon	1	1958	1958	0	0.9	8	4	.667	3.62	31	20	5	2	1	1	134.1	118	64	54	18	61	4	85	5	1	3	573	1.333	Apr 15, 1958	24	PIT
25	Humberto Robinson	5	1955	1960	0	3.3	8	13	.381	3.25	102	7	47	2	0	3	213.0	189	92	77	17	90	16	114	6	3	5	901	1.310	Apr 20, 1955	28	MLN
26	John Romonosky	3	1953	1959	0	0.0	3	4	.429	5.15	32	9	10	1	0	0	101.1	97	63	58	11	51	4	63	4	1	3	450	1.461	Sep 6, 1953	28	WSH
27	Ray Semproch	4	1958	1961	0	1.8	19	21	.475	4.42	85	48	18	14	2	3	344.0	360	200	169	39	136	2	156	9	0	10	1507	1.442	Apr 15, 1958	27	PHI
28	Bob Shaw	11	1957	1967	1	19.1	108	98	.524	3.52	430	223	101	55	14	32	1778.0	1837	791	696	150	511	68	880	56	12	51	7587	1.321	Aug 11, 1957	25	TOT
29	Bob Smith	2	1958	1959	0	-0.2	4	4	.500	4.75	30	10	7	1	0	0	96.2	97	57	51	6	59	3	60	0	0	7	435	1.614	Apr 22, 1958	30	BOS
30	Marcelino Solis	1	1958	1958	0	-1.2	3	3	.500	6.06	15	4	3	0	0	0	52.0	74	41	35	5	20	1	15	4	0	2	244	1.808	Jul 16, 1958	27	CHC
31	Murray Wall	4	1950	1959	0	1.1	13	14	.481	4.20	91	1	54	0	0	13	193.0	196	100	90	25	63	11	82	6	1	2	825	1.342	Jul 4, 1950	31	BOS
32	Carl Willey	8	1958	1965	0	7.8	38	58	.396	3.76	199	117	30	28	11	1	875.2	830	408	366	105	326	30	493	21	2	37	3731	1.320	Apr 30, 1958	27	MLN
33	Stan Williams	14	1958	1972	2	23.8	109	94	.537	3.48	482	208	140	42	11	42	1764.1	1527	785	682	160	748	62	1305	71	9	57	7521	1.289	May 17, 1958	21	LAD
34	Red Witt	6	1957	1962	0	1.3	11	16	.407	4.32	66	38	8	5	3	0	229.0	225	127	110	24	127	5	156	4	1	5	1006	1.537	Sep 21, 1957	26	PIT
35	Hal Woodeshick	11	1956	1967	1	10.7	44	62	.415	3.56	427	62	196	7	1	61	847.1	816	400	335	40	389	61	484	35	5	55	3717	1.422	Sep 14, 1956	25	CLE
	Totals	239	1950	1973	22	200.6	1295	1368	.486	3.83	6392	2797	1724	684	166	421	23669.0	22911	11445	10083	2376	8718	768	13902	641	81	745	101179	1.402

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