1897 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	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Doc Amole	2	1897	1898	-0.4	18	52	48	5	5	0	0	0	5	0		2	7	.104	.173	.104	.277	Aug 19, 1897	23	BLN
2	Frank Bowerman	15	1895	1909	9.6	1037	3660	3410	345	853	102	38	13	393	81		130	242	.250	.287	.314	.601	Aug 24, 1895	28	BLN
3	Jimmy Callahan	13	1894	1913	9.2	923	3616	3295	442	901	135	46	11	394	186	11	159	285	.273	.311	.352	.663	May 12, 1894	23	CHC
4	Percy Coleman	2	1897	1898	-0.1	14	37	34	2	7	0	0	0	4	0		1	5	.206	.270	.206	.476	Jul 2, 1897	20	STL
5	Jim Connor	4	1892	1899	0.6	293	1180	1058	117	247	26	15	3	129	27		85	74	.233	.296	.295	.591	Jul 11, 1892	34	CHC
6	Lou Criger	16	1896	1912	16.1	1012	3637	3202	337	709	86	50	11	342	58	0	309	225	.221	.295	.290	.584	Sep 21, 1896	25	CLV
7	Bill Dammann	3	1897	1899	-0.2	60	149	131	18	22	0	6	0	15	0		16	31	.168	.264	.260	.523	Apr 24, 1897	24	CIN
8	Roger Denzer	2	1897	1901	-0.5	23	65	61	4	8	2	0	0	2	0		3	18	.131	.185	.164	.349	Apr 24, 1897	25	CHC
9	Davy Dunkle	5	1897	1904	-0.5	62	169	164	8	31	2	0	0	10	0		4	36	.189	.208	.201	.410	Aug 28, 1897	24	PHI
10	Jack Dunn	8	1897	1904	-1.0	490	1778	1622	197	397	54	10	1	164	55		83	122	.245	.287	.292	.580	May 6, 1897	24	BRO
11	Roy Evans	5	1897	1903	-0.6	84	235	201	11	32	4	0	0	13	2		21	99	.159	.246	.179	.425	May 15, 1897	23	TOT
12	Jack Fifield	3	1897	1899	0.0	69	220	196	18	38	5	1	2	14	1		19	24	.194	.265	.260	.525	Apr 28, 1897	25	PHI
13	Phil Geier	5	1896	1904	0.0	349	1499	1315	197	327	30	12	2	102	54		154	110	.249	.332	.294	.626	Aug 17, 1896	20	PHI
14	Jake Gettman	3	1897	1899	0.2	197	833	772	108	215	24	8	8	78	44		40	83	.278	.322	.361	.683	Aug 20, 1897	21	WHS
15	Sam Gillen	2	1893	1897	0.4	78	325	276	32	70	10	3	0	27	2		35	24	.254	.346	.312	.658	Aug 19, 1893	29	PHI
16	Dick Harley	7	1897	1903	-0.5	741	3257	2882	389	755	59	27	10	236	139		223	250	.262	.332	.312	.644	Jun 2, 1897	24	STL
17	Jesse Hoffmeister	1	1897	1897	0.3	48	197	188	33	58	6	9	3	36	6		8	25	.309	.337	.484	.821	Jul 24, 1897	20	PIT
18	John Houseman	2	1894	1897	-0.2	84	338	293	39	74	9	7	0	25	18		33	27	.253	.344	.331	.675	Sep 11, 1894	27	STL
19	Abbie Johnson	2	1896	1897	-1.0	74	273	252	26	60	8	2	0	37	2		17	18	.238	.289	.286	.575	Sep 1, 1896	26	LOU
20	Fred Lake	5	1891	1910	-0.1	48	149	125	12	29	6	0	1	16	4		17	18	.232	.342	.304	.646	May 7, 1891	30	BSN
21	Tom Leahy	4	1897	1905	0.7	131	476	410	54	105	15	9	0	42	18		44	50	.256	.348	.337	.685	May 18, 1897	28	TOT
22	Ted Lewis	6	1896	1901	-0.4	184	607	552	66	123	10	3	0	52	4		38	66	.223	.273	.252	.525	Jul 6, 1896	24	BSN
23	Bill Magee	5	1897	1902	-1.6	107	304	284	19	48	4	2	0	27	2		9	66	.169	.197	.197	.394	May 18, 1897	21	LOU
24	Sport McAllister	7	1896	1903	-3.3	418	1571	1450	157	358	38	18	5	164	32		67	76	.247	.287	.308	.595	Aug 7, 1896	22	CLV
25	William Nance	3	1897	1901	2.1	189	777	657	110	182	34	8	7	99	14		83	53	.277	.362	.385	.747	Aug 19, 1897	20	LOU
26	Jerry Nops	6	1896	1901	-0.5	137	421	385	32	85	5	4	0	32	0		26	97	.221	.274	.255	.528	Sep 7, 1896	22	BLN
27	Effie Norton	2	1896	1897	0.0	15	37	37	2	9	2	2	0	2	0		0	3	.243	.243	.405	.649	Aug 8, 1896	23	WHS
28	Tom O'Brien	4	1897	1900	2.7	428	1757	1573	249	437	60	24	10	229	55		120	87	.278	.341	.366	.707	May 10, 1897	24	BLN
29	Jack Powell	16	1897	1912	0.7	585	1764	1610	133	309	38	14	8	124	3	0	87	299	.192	.237	.248	.484	Jun 23, 1897	22	CLV
30	Claude Ritchey	13	1897	1909	34.7	1672	6858	5923	709	1619	216	68	18	675	155		607	290	.273	.348	.342	.690	Apr 22, 1897	23	CIN
31	Jack Rothfuss	1	1897	1897	0.4	35	123	115	20	36	3	1	2	18	3		5	10	.313	.352	.409	.761	Aug 2, 1897	25	PIT
32	Aleck Smith	9	1897	1906	-2.1	287	1012	955	107	252	30	11	1	130	37		26	65	.264	.288	.321	.609	Apr 23, 1897	26	BRO
33	Louis Sockalexis	3	1897	1899	0.8	94	395	367	54	115	12	8	3	55	16		20	48	.313	.355	.414	.770	Apr 22, 1897	25	CLV
34	Chick Stahl	10	1897	1906	31.7	1304	5718	5069	858	1546	219	118	36	622	189		470	270	.305	.369	.416	.785	Apr 19, 1897	24	BSN
35	Willie Sudhoff	10	1897	1906	-1.2	303	930	836	77	149	16	9	1	57	13		59	180	.178	.238	.222	.460	Aug 20, 1897	22	STL
36	Cy Swaim	2	1897	1898	-0.6	42	108	106	9	21	1	0	0	13	3		1	16	.198	.206	.208	.413	May 3, 1897	23	WHS
37	Jesse Tannehill	15	1894	1911	6.6	507	1561	1414	190	361	55	23	5	142	19		105	166	.255	.310	.337	.648	Jun 17, 1894	22	PIT
38	Honus Wagner HOF	21	1897	1917	131.0	2794	11766	10439	1739	3420	643	252	101	1732	723	26	963	735	.328	.391	.467	.858	Jul 19, 1897	23	LOU
39	George Wheeler	4	1896	1899	-0.2	50	161	148	19	29	9	0	1	6	3		8	14	.196	.237	.277	.514	Sep 18, 1896	27	PHI
40	Zeke Wrigley	4	1896	1899	-0.8	239	929	861	121	222	25	20	5	117	18		46	55	.258	.296	.351	.647	Aug 31, 1896	23	WHS
41	George Yeager	6	1896	1902	0.0	218	773	705	90	168	25	6	5	73	7		45	61	.238	.290	.312	.602	Sep 25, 1896	24	BSN
	Totals	256	1891	1917	232	15443	59717	53421	7155	14432	2028	834	273	6453	1993	37	4188	4430	.270	.330	.355	.685

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	Doc Amole	2	1897	1898	0.2	4	10	.286	4.75	18	12	5	10	0	0	119.1	150	91	63	0	39	30	12	0	4	544	1.584	Aug 19, 1897	23	BLN
2	Frank Bowerman	15	1895	1909	-0.3	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	4.000	Aug 24, 1895	28	BLN
3	Jimmy Callahan	13	1894	1913	15.6	99	73	.576	3.39	195	177	15	169	11	2	1603.0	1748	918	603	33	437	445	90	4	42	6855	1.363	May 12, 1894	23	CHC
4	Percy Coleman	2	1897	1898	-1.3	1	3	.250	6.69	14	6	7	4	0	0	75.1	121	83	56	0	36	12	9	0	4	382	2.084	Jul 2, 1897	20	STL
5	Bill Dammann	3	1897	1899	3.2	24	15	.615	4.06	60	38	22	26	4	3	367.2	473	227	166	5	115	74	13	1	11	1655	1.599	Apr 24, 1897	24	CIN
6	Roger Denzer	2	1897	1901	0.3	4	14	.222	4.43	23	19	4	11	1	0	156.1	194	121	77	6	39	39	4	0	6	686	1.490	Apr 24, 1897	25	CHC
7	Davy Dunkle	5	1897	1904	-3.5	17	30	.362	5.02	61	47	13	36	0	1	421.0	503	319	235	10	162	139	21	0	18	1887	1.580	Aug 28, 1897	24	PHI
8	Jack Dunn	8	1897	1904	7.6	64	59	.520	4.11	142	118	21	103	3	3	1076.2	1217	664	492	30	334	171	54	0	15	4687	1.441	May 6, 1897	24	BRO
9	Roy Evans	5	1897	1903	1.5	29	43	.403	3.66	84	68	15	57	2	0	614.1	673	368	250	10	233	211	36	0	19	2665	1.475	May 15, 1897	23	TOT
10	Jack Fifield	3	1897	1899	1.8	21	39	.350	4.59	68	64	4	54	3	1	521.2	616	362	266	11	193	89	33	1	16	2336	1.551	Apr 28, 1897	25	PHI
11	Ted Lewis	6	1896	1901	19.0	94	64	.595	3.53	183	153	28	136	7	4	1405.0	1379	753	551	57	511	378	39	1	39	5956	1.345	Jul 6, 1896	24	BSN
12	Bill Magee	5	1897	1902	0.3	29	51	.363	4.94	107	90	17	69	5	0	743.2	838	523	408	23	352	161	59	2	18	3376	1.600	May 18, 1897	21	LOU
13	Sport McAllister	7	1896	1903	-0.5	4	7	.364	5.32	17	11	5	10	0	0	113.1	140	88	67	5	44	21	7	0	3	515	1.624	Aug 7, 1896	22	CLV
14	Jerry Nops	6	1896	1901	10.9	72	41	.637	3.70	136	122	11	99	7	1	988.1	1083	581	406	17	281	294	51	0	24	4247	1.380	Sep 7, 1896	22	BLN
15	Effie Norton	2	1896	1897	0.7	5	2	.714	4.13	12	7	4	3	0	0	61.0	80	43	28	2	25	16	6	0	2	286	1.721	Aug 8, 1896	23	WHS
16	Jack Powell	16	1897	1912	54.6	245	255	.490	2.97	578	516	57	422	46	15	4389.0	4319	1991	1450	110	1021	1621	120	2	67	17896	1.217	Jun 23, 1897	22	CLV
17	Chick Stahl	10	1897	1906	-0.1	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	11	2.500	Apr 19, 1897	24	BSN
18	Willie Sudhoff	10	1897	1906	13.4	102	135	.430	3.60	278	239	38	199	10	3	2075.1	2173	1141	830	62	603	516	125	0	30	8810	1.338	Aug 20, 1897	22	STL
19	Cy Swaim	2	1897	1898	1.1	12	22	.353	4.48	42	32	9	23	0	1	285.1	338	206	142	9	87	82	14	0	8	1258	1.489	May 3, 1897	23	WHS
20	Jesse Tannehill	15	1894	1911	40.4	197	117	.627	2.80	359	321	37	264	34	7	2759.1	2794	1199	858	40	478	944	130	1	28	11236	1.186	Jun 17, 1894	22	PIT
21	Honus Wagner HOF	21	1897	1917	0.0	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	7	5	0	0	6	6	0	0	3	37	1.560	Jul 19, 1897	23	LOU
22	George Wheeler	4	1896	1899	1.6	21	20	.512	4.24	50	39	10	32	0	0	358.2	446	249	169	5	116	60	14	0	8	1604	1.567	Sep 18, 1896	27	PHI
	Totals	162	1894	1917	166.5	1044	1000	.511	3.53	2431	2079	326	1727	133	41	18145.2	19297	9938	7120	435	5116	5309	837	12	365	76937	1.721

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