1889 Major League Rookie Players

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Batting

Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Billy Alvord	5	1885	1893	-1.0	265	1114	1069	129	270	31	30	3	109	27	44	83	.253	.283	.346	.629	Apr 30, 1885	25	KCC
2	George Bausewine	1	1889	1889	-0.2	7	25	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	8	.048	.200	.048	.248	Sep 14, 1889	20	PHA
3	Ollie Beard	3	1889	1891	8.0	331	1423	1307	195	353	34	34	4	173	73	112	61	.270	.330	.357	.687	Apr 17, 1889	27	CIN
4	Bill Bishop	3	1886	1889	-0.2	7	19	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.059	.158	.059	.217	Sep 13, 1886	24	CHC
5	Ned Bligh	4	1886	1890	-1.5	66	228	209	17	34	3	1	1	19	3	16	15	.163	.232	.201	.433	Jun 26, 1886	25	COL
6	Jim Burns	3	1888	1891	1.2	169	766	727	131	222	29	11	5	111	64	27	81	.305	.341	.396	.737	Sep 25, 1888		KCC
7	Fred Carl	1	1889	1889	-0.6	25	115	99	13	20	2	2	0	13	0	16	22	.202	.313	.263	.576	Jul 25, 1889	30	LOU
8	Jack Carney	3	1889	1891	1.1	252	1040	946	120	258	30	13	7	129	40	83	59	.273	.338	.354	.693	Apr 24, 1889	22	WHS
9	Spider Clark	2	1889	1890	0.3	107	434	405	64	106	18	3	5	47	16	26	34	.262	.311	.358	.669	May 2, 1889	21	WHS
10	Bill Daley	3	1889	1891	-0.9	68	211	198	24	33	3	1	2	18	2	12	30	.167	.218	.222	.440	Jul 17, 1889	21	BSN
11	Charlie Duffee	5	1889	1893	6.2	508	2134	1943	314	518	67	33	35	281	110	180	150	.267	.332	.389	.721	Apr 17, 1889	23	STL
12	Jesse Duryea	5	1889	1893	0.4	144	481	428	66	86	13	5	1	37	17	40	93	.201	.289	.262	.551	Apr 20, 1889	29	CIN
13	Frank Dwyer	12	1888	1899	-1.0	394	1339	1252	178	287	28	21	5	136	16	70	88	.229	.273	.297	.570	Sep 20, 1888	21	CHC
14	Billy Earle	5	1889	1894	3.0	142	538	465	102	133	20	12	6	74	41	63	36	.286	.378	.419	.798	Apr 27, 1889	21	CIN
15	Alex Ferson	3	1889	1892	-0.8	49	167	150	10	20	3	1	0	5	2	16	56	.133	.222	.167	.388	May 4, 1889	22	WHS
16	Ed Flanagan	2	1887	1889	-0.4	42	179	168	23	42	12	3	1	18	4	10	22	.250	.296	.375	.671	Apr 16, 1887	27	LOU
17	John Galligan	1	1889	1889	-1.2	31	127	120	6	20	0	2	0	7	1	6	17	.167	.213	.200	.413	Sep 2, 1889	24	LOU
18	Hank Gastright	7	1889	1896	-0.6	173	589	544	52	101	11	8	0	56	6	43	54	.186	.248	.235	.483	Apr 19, 1889	24	COL
19	George Haddock	7	1888	1894	1.4	227	829	736	114	167	27	6	6	83	14	89	157	.227	.314	.304	.618	Sep 27, 1888	22	WHS
20	Bill Hallman	14	1888	1903	7.2	1507	6643	6030	942	1641	236	82	21	772	200	426	403	.272	.326	.349	.675	Apr 24, 1901	22	PHI
21	Will Holland	1	1889	1889	-0.8	40	154	143	13	27	1	2	0	16	4	9	28	.189	.247	.224	.471	Jul 10, 1889	27	BAL
22	Bug Holliday	10	1889	1898	18.4	930	4051	3658	735	1141	162	72	65	621	252	360	226	.312	.377	.449	.826	Apr 17, 1889	22	CIN
23	Charlie Hoover	2	1888	1889	-0.1	74	299	268	44	67	2	5	1	26	9	29	39	.250	.328	.306	.634	Oct 9, 1888	23	KCC
24	Bill Hutchison	9	1884	1897	-2.2	384	1425	1350	150	291	35	17	12	133	26	72	291	.216	.256	.293	.549	Jun 10, 1884	29	CHC
25	Spud Johnson	3	1889	1891	4.5	331	1463	1324	246	400	45	31	4	238	93	109	70	.302	.368	.392	.760	Apr 18, 1889	32	COL
26	Herman Long	16	1889	1904	37.0	1875	8512	7678	1456	2129	342	97	91	1055	537	612	462	.277	.335	.383	.718	Apr 19, 1901	23	KCC
27	Lefty Marr	4	1886	1891	6.6	363	1626	1445	244	417	54	35	2	186	92	166	80	.289	.368	.379	.746	Oct 3, 1886	26	COL
28	Jimmy McAleer	13	1889	1907	1.5	1021	4423	3981	620	1008	114	40	11	469	262	365	329	.253	.322	.310	.632	Jul 13, 1901	24	CLV
29	John McCarty	1	1889	1889	-0.2	20	81	79	12	18	0	1	0	12	3	1	9	.228	.247	.253	.500	Apr 18, 1889	22	KCC
30	Michael McDermott	1	1889	1889	0.0	9	35	33	7	6	2	0	0	3	0	2	3	.182	.229	.242	.471	Sep 2, 1889	25	LOU
31	Sadie McMahon	9	1889	1897	-2.8	325	1191	1128	126	230	21	9	3	115	17	45	118	.204	.240	.246	.487	Jul 5, 1889	21	PHA
32	John Pickett	3	1889	1892	-2.1	189	813	749	115	189	16	12	5	88	21	58	48	.252	.311	.326	.637	Jun 6, 1889	23	KCC
33	Tom Quinn	3	1886	1890	-1.2	116	464	422	43	78	6	4	2	30	8	38	31	.185	.259	.232	.491	Sep 2, 1886	25	BAL
34	Amos Rusie HOF	10	1889	1901	0.6	487	1765	1730	209	429	42	29	8	176	25	27	186	.248	.262	.320	.582	May 8, 1901	18	IND
35	Dan Shannon	3	1889	1891	-1.4	242	1042	964	171	225	36	21	8	111	54	77	107	.233	.291	.339	.630	Apr 17, 1889	24	LOU
36	John Sowders	3	1887	1890	-0.7	69	237	221	25	44	6	0	1	26	1	14	33	.199	.253	.240	.493	Jun 28, 1887	22	KCC
37	Jack Stivetts	11	1889	1899	8.2	601	2148	1992	348	593	84	46	35	357	31	133	158	.298	.344	.439	.783	Jun 26, 1889	21	STL
38	Park Swartzel	1	1889	1889	-0.6	51	198	174	19	25	4	0	0	20	7	18	33	.144	.247	.167	.414	Apr 17, 1889	23	KCC
39	Pete Sweeney	3	1888	1890	-3.4	134	572	521	53	109	14	7	1	47	19	37	35	.209	.280	.269	.548	Sep 28, 1888	25	TOT
40	Patsy Tebeau	13	1887	1900	10.1	1167	5021	4618	671	1290	196	57	27	735	164	319	255	.279	.332	.364	.696	Sep 20, 1887	24	CLV
41	Joe Visner	4	1885	1891	3.0	238	1072	935	187	245	30	36	12	151	33	124	90	.262	.356	.410	.766	Jul 4, 1885	29	BRO
	Totals	212	1884	1907	94.8	13180	54993	50247	7995	13274	1779	789	390	6703	2296	3900	4103	.264	.322	.354	.677

Pitching

Pitching
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Debut	Age	Tm
1	George Bausewine	1	1889	1889	-0.5	1	4	.200	3.90	7	6	1	6	0	0	55.1	64	46	24	1	33	18	9	0	5	270	1.753	Sep 14, 1889	20	PHA
2	Bill Bishop	3	1886	1889	-1.8	0	4	.000	9.96	7	5	2	5	0	2	47.0	68	73	52	2	39	9	3	0	11	261	2.277	Sep 13, 1886	24	CHC
3	Spider Clark	2	1889	1890	0.0	0	0		6.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	8	4	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	22	2.500	May 2, 1889	21	WHS
4	Bill Daley	3	1889	1891	2.8	29	16	.644	3.37	64	45	18	35	2	4	427.2	406	292	160	14	302	223	20	1	34	2010	1.655	Jul 17, 1889	21	BSN
5	Jesse Duryea	5	1889	1893	13.6	59	67	.468	3.45	143	130	13	104	5	3	1088.0	1101	669	417	41	349	416	56	0	65	4740	1.333	Apr 20, 1889	29	CIN
6	Frank Dwyer	12	1888	1899	42.1	177	151	.540	3.84	366	318	48	271	12	6	2819.0	3312	1782	1204	108	764	565	101	0	69	12429	1.446	Sep 20, 1888	21	CHC
7	Alex Ferson	3	1889	1892	2.1	18	25	.419	4.37	48	45	2	36	1	0	368.1	424	278	179	15	151	106	13	0	11	1681	1.561	May 4, 1889	22	WHS
8	Hank Gastright	7	1889	1896	3.2	72	63	.533	4.20	171	143	26	121	6	2	1301.1	1337	891	607	39	584	514	55	0	101	5830	1.476	Apr 19, 1889	24	COL
9	George Haddock	7	1888	1894	8.4	95	87	.522	4.07	204	189	15	160	8	2	1580.0	1650	1111	715	56	714	599	61	0	101	7134	1.496	Sep 27, 1888	22	WHS
10	Bill Hallman	14	1888	1903	-0.2	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	12	3.000	Apr 24, 1901	22	PHI
11	Bug Holliday	10	1889	1898	-0.3	0	0		9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	17	8	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	36	4.000	Apr 17, 1889	22	CIN
12	Bill Hutchison	9	1884	1897	41.2	182	163	.528	3.59	376	346	29	321	21	4	3079.1	3124	1913	1228	104	1132	1235	86	0	123	13458	1.382	Jun 10, 1884	29	CHC
13	Jimmy McAleer	13	1889	1907	-0.2	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	2	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	6	15.000	Jul 13, 1901	24	CLV
14	John McCarty	1	1889	1889	-0.4	8	6	.571	3.91	15	14	1	13	0	0	119.2	147	108	52	4	61	36	6	0	2	569	1.738	Apr 18, 1889	22	KCC
15	Michael McDermott	1	1889	1889	0.5	1	8	.111	4.16	9	9	0	9	0	0	84.1	108	65	39	4	34	22	2	0	4	394	1.684	Sep 2, 1889	25	LOU
16	Sadie McMahon	9	1889	1897	43.6	173	127	.577	3.51	321	305	16	279	14	4	2634.0	2726	1592	1026	52	945	967	94	0	98	11534	1.394	Jul 5, 1889	21	PHA
17	Amos Rusie HOF	10	1889	1901	65.2	246	174	.586	3.07	463	427	35	393	30	5	3778.2	3389	2068	1288	75	1707	1950	112	1	153	16313	1.349	May 8, 1901	18	IND
18	John Sowders	3	1887	1890	1.2	25	32	.439	4.29	65	60	5	48	1	1	497.0	573	427	237	12	271	195	18	1	37	2352	1.698	Jun 28, 1887	22	KCC
19	Jack Stivetts	11	1889	1899	40.3	203	132	.606	3.74	388	333	52	278	14	5	2887.2	2905	1836	1199	130	1155	1223	99	0	120	12636	1.406	Jun 26, 1889	21	STL
20	Park Swartzel	1	1889	1889	1.3	19	27	.413	4.32	48	47	1	45	0	1	410.1	481	334	197	21	117	147	23	0	37	1837	1.457	Apr 17, 1889	23	KCC
21	Patsy Tebeau	13	1887	1900	0.0	0	0			1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		Sep 20, 1887	24	CLV
	Totals	138	1884	1907	262.1	1308	1086	.546	3.67	2701	2422	269	2124	114	39	21189.0	21847	13504	8636	678	8368	8227	759	3	975	93525	1.382

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