1916 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	Jim Bagby	9	1912	1923	1.2	325	727	660	69	144	35	6	2	60	3	0	32	91	.218	.256	.298	.555	Apr 22, 1912	26	CLE
2	Carson Bigbee	11	1916	1926	11.6	1147	4670	4192	629	1205	139	75	17	324	182	70	344	161	.287	.345	.369	.713	Aug 24, 1916	21	PIT
3	Earl Blackburn	5	1912	1917	0.7	71	164	145	13	38	4	4	0	10	4	1	14	27	.262	.327	.345	.672	Sep 17, 1912	23	BSN
4	Stan Coveleski HOF	14	1912	1928	-5.0	451	1196	1058	70	168	26	10	1	81	0	1	53	309	.159	.202	.205	.407	Sep 10, 1912	26	CLE
5	George Cunningham	5	1916	1921	1.0	162	254	210	27	47	6	3	1	15	2	0	36	67	.224	.337	.295	.633	Apr 14, 1916	21	DET
6	George Dumont	5	1915	1919	-0.7	77	113	94	4	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	11	44	.064	.178	.096	.273	Sep 14, 1915	20	WSH
7	Bill Evans	3	1916	1919	-0.3	28	43	40	1	4	0	1	0	0	0		1	12	.100	.122	.150	.272	Aug 13, 1916	23	PIT
8	Jack Farmer	2	1916	1918	0.0	62	191	175	11	47	6	4	0	15	3		7	27	.269	.308	.349	.657	Jul 8, 1916	23	PIT
9	Joe Gedeon	7	1913	1920	1.2	584	2456	2109	259	515	82	20	1	171	34	3	180	181	.244	.311	.303	.615	May 13, 1913	22	NYY
10	Patsy Gharrity	10	1916	1930	8.1	676	2248	1961	237	513	92	26	20	249	32	13	188	231	.262	.331	.366	.696	May 16, 1916	24	WSH
11	Al Gould	2	1916	1917	-0.2	57	60	53	2	8	2	0	0	4	0		3	20	.151	.196	.189	.385	Jul 11, 1916	23	CLE
12	Burleigh Grimes HOF	19	1916	1934	6.2	632	1687	1535	157	380	62	11	2	168	15	6	69	241	.248	.282	.306	.588	Sep 10, 1916	22	PIT
13	Raymond Haley	3	1915	1917	1.1	81	230	214	17	53	8	1	0	15	2	0	11	32	.248	.291	.294	.585	Apr 21, 1915	25	TOT
14	Thomas Healy	2	1915	1916	0.1	29	113	100	15	23	2	1	0	7	1	4	7	6	.230	.313	.270	.583	Jul 13, 1915	20	PHA
15	Walter Holke	11	1914	1925	0.1	1212	4834	4456	464	1278	153	58	24	486	81	50	191	304	.287	.318	.363	.682	Oct 6, 1914	23	NYG
16	Rogers Hornsby HOF	23	1915	1937	127.0	2259	9481	8173	1579	2930	541	169	301	1584	135	81	1038	679	.358	.434	.577	1.010	Sep 10, 1915	20	STL
17	Charlie Jamieson	18	1915	1932	24.0	1779	7510	6560	1062	1990	322	80	18	550	131	110	748	345	.303	.378	.385	.763	Sep 20, 1915	23	WSH
18	Jing Johnson	5	1916	1928	0.4	102	201	174	9	32	6	1	2	11	0	0	15	39	.184	.249	.264	.513	Jun 27, 1916	21	PHA
19	Joe Judge	20	1915	1934	47.9	2171	9188	7898	1184	2352	433	159	71	1034	213	97	965	478	.298	.378	.420	.798	Sep 20, 1915	22	WSH
20	George Kelly HOF	16	1915	1932	25.6	1622	6570	5993	819	1778	337	76	148	1020	65	64	386	694	.297	.342	.452	.794	Aug 18, 1915	20	NYG
21	Lee King	2	1916	1919	-1.4	44	158	145	13	27	1	2	0	8	4		7	15	.186	.229	.221	.449	Jun 24, 1916	22	PHA
22	Brad Kocher	3	1912	1916	-1.9	67	146	139	9	25	5	2	0	12	0	1	4	20	.180	.203	.245	.447	Apr 24, 1912	28	NYG
23	Otis Lambeth	3	1916	1918	-0.2	44	65	60	5	10	2	1	0	2	0		1	17	.167	.180	.233	.414	Jul 16, 1916	26	CLE
24	Otis Lawry	2	1916	1917	-1.3	71	196	178	17	34	1	0	0	5	5		11	30	.191	.242	.197	.439	Jun 28, 1916	22	PHA
25	Slim Love	6	1913	1920	-0.1	119	168	156	11	30	6	2	0	7	0	0	5	45	.192	.217	.256	.474	Sep 8, 1913	25	NYY
26	Cliff Markle	5	1915	1924	-0.6	56	76	69	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	22	.087	.149	.116	.265	Sep 18, 1915	22	NYY
27	Tim McCabe	4	1915	1918	-0.1	22	23	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.053	.217	.053	.270	Aug 16, 1915	21	SLB
28	Lee McElwee	1	1916	1916	-0.1	54	168	155	9	41	3	0	0	10	0		8	17	.265	.301	.284	.584	Jul 3, 1916	22	PHA
29	Fred McMullin	6	1914	1920	2.8	304	1082	914	120	234	21	9	1	72	31	1	91	105	.256	.333	.302	.635	Aug 27, 1914	24	CHW
30	Mike McNally	10	1915	1925	0.1	492	1250	1078	169	257	16	6	1	80	40	19	92	97	.238	.299	.267	.567	Apr 21, 1915	22	BOS
31	Billy Meyer	3	1913	1917	0.5	113	325	301	15	71	7	3	1	21	3		15	25	.236	.274	.289	.563	Sep 6, 1913	23	PHA
32	Frank Miller	7	1913	1923	-2.5	164	365	325	11	38	6	1	0	13	0	0	7	70	.117	.138	.142	.280	Jul 12, 1913	30	PIT
33	Clarence Mitchell	18	1911	1932	3.3	650	1395	1287	138	324	41	10	7	133	9	1	72	93	.252	.293	.315	.609	Jun 2, 1911	25	CIN
34	Eddie Mulligan	5	1915	1928	-3.2	350	1390	1235	143	287	41	24	1	88	23	27	70	120	.232	.278	.307	.585	Sep 23, 1915	21	CHC
35	Elmer Myers	8	1915	1922	0.7	194	436	412	37	93	12	4	0	37	4	1	13	65	.226	.249	.274	.524	Oct 6, 1915	22	PHA
36	Greasy Neale	8	1916	1924	6.0	768	2990	2661	319	688	71	50	8	200	139	24	201	281	.259	.319	.332	.651	Apr 12, 1916	24	CIN
37	Jack Ness	2	1911	1916	-0.1	87	327	297	38	75	7	5	1	36	4		11	43	.253	.295	.320	.615	May 9, 1911	30	CHW
38	Jim Park	3	1915	1917	-0.1	42	33	32	2	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	11	.188	.188	.219	.406	Sep 7, 1915	23	SLB
39	Charlie Pechous	3	1915	1917	-0.9	53	178	161	11	29	4	1	0	9	3		9	45	.180	.228	.217	.445	Sep 14, 1915	19	CHC
40	Val Picinich	18	1916	1933	2.4	1037	3318	2877	298	743	166	26	26	298	31	23	314	382	.258	.334	.361	.695	Jul 25, 1916	19	PHA
41	Charlie Pick	6	1914	1920	4.5	367	1446	1278	115	333	39	17	3	86	64	34	102	60	.261	.323	.325	.648	Sep 20, 1914	28	PHA
42	Sam Rice HOF	20	1915	1934	54.3	2404	10260	9269	1514	2987	498	184	34	1077	351	147	708	275	.322	.374	.427	.801	Aug 7, 1915	26	WSH
43	Allen Russell	11	1915	1925	-1.4	357	484	415	29	65	8	0	0	11	0	1	40	163	.157	.234	.176	.410	Sep 13, 1915	22	NYY
44	Walter Schmidt	10	1916	1925	5.6	766	2635	2411	216	619	63	20	3	234	57	16	137	105	.257	.301	.303	.604	Apr 13, 1916	29	PIT
45	Urban Shocker	13	1916	1928	3.9	412	1050	798	89	167	23	3	1	70	1	3	139	211	.209	.334	.249	.584	Apr 24, 1916	25	NYY
46	Chick Shorten	8	1915	1924	0.8	527	1521	1345	159	370	51	20	3	138	12	8	110	68	.275	.330	.349	.680	Sep 22, 1915	24	BOS
47	Jack Smith	15	1915	1929	13.7	1406	5032	4532	783	1301	182	71	40	382	228	76	334	348	.287	.339	.385	.724	Sep 30, 1915	21	STL
48	Pop-boy Smith	3	1913	1917	-0.1	26	14	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.154	.154	.154	.308	Apr 19, 1913	24	CLE
49	Bob Steele	4	1916	1919	0.4	97	183	178	12	40	2	3	0	7	4		3	31	.225	.238	.270	.507	Apr 17, 1916	22	STL
50	Zeb Terry	7	1916	1922	7.7	640	2667	2327	254	605	90	24	2	216	32	40	179	133	.260	.318	.322	.640	Apr 12, 1916	25	CHW
51	Roxy Walters	11	1915	1925	0.3	498	1606	1426	119	317	41	6	0	117	13	5	97	151	.222	.281	.259	.541	Sep 16, 1915	23	NYY
52	Hooks Warner	4	1916	1921	-0.8	67	234	219	16	50	2	1	2	19	7	1	11	22	.228	.268	.274	.542	Aug 21, 1916	22	PIT
53	Milt Watson	4	1916	1919	-1.2	90	142	139	5	16	1	0	0	3	0		0	37	.115	.121	.122	.244	Jul 26, 1916	26	STL
54	Joe Wilhoit	4	1916	1919	1.3	283	887	782	93	201	23	9	3	74	28		75	82	.257	.323	.321	.644	Apr 12, 1916	30	BSN
55	Lefty Williams	7	1913	1920	-0.9	190	449	384	30	61	6	5	0	29	0	0	33	112	.159	.227	.201	.428	Sep 17, 1913	23	CHW
56	Marsh Williams	1	1916	1916	-0.1	10	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	6	.105	.150	.105	.255	Jul 7, 1916	23	PHA
57	Steamboat Williams	2	1914	1916	0.2	41	28	25	3	5	1	0	0	2	0		3	7	.200	.286	.240	.526	Jul 12, 1914	24	STL
58	Whitey Witt	10	1916	1926	13.1	1139	4780	4171	632	1195	144	62	18	300	78	43	489	309	.287	.362	.364	.726	Apr 12, 1916	20	PHA
59	Chuck Wortman	3	1916	1918	-2.1	161	494	441	45	82	8	3	3	28	13		37	47	.186	.249	.238	.487	Jul 20, 1916	24	CHC
	Totals	450	1911	1937	352.5	27739	99957	88473	12111	24948	3852	1280	766	9637	2088	971	7737	7666	.282	.343	.380	.724

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	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Jim Bagby	9	1912	1923	29.6	127	89	.588	3.11	316	208	94	133	16	29	1821.2	1884	769	630	47	458		450	33	0	19	7482	1.286	Apr 22, 1912	26	CLE
2	Stan Coveleski HOF	14	1912	1928	67.0	215	142	.602	2.89	450	385	52	223	38	21	3082.0	3055	1227	990	66	802	0	981	30	1	35	12729	1.251	Sep 10, 1912	26	CLE
3	George Cunningham	5	1916	1921	-0.6	16	25	.390	3.13	123	36	66	19	0	8	477.0	444	247	166	2	178		167	17	0	15	1955	1.304	Apr 14, 1916	21	DET
4	George Dumont	5	1915	1919	2.2	10	23	.303	2.85	77	35	22	14	4	3	347.0	294	151	110	4	130		128	10	2	15	1421	1.222	Sep 14, 1915	20	WSH
5	Bill Evans	3	1916	1919	-0.4	2	13	.133	3.85	28	12	10	6	0	0	126.1	122	66	54	3	48		41	4	0	2	542	1.346	Aug 13, 1916	23	PIT
6	Joe Gedeon	7	1913	1920	0.0	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0.000	May 13, 1913	22	NYY
7	Al Gould	2	1916	1917	2.0	9	10	.474	3.05	57	16	27	7	1	1	200.2	196	81	68	1	92		65	6	0	1	831	1.435	Jul 11, 1916	23	CLE
8	Burleigh Grimes HOF	19	1916	1934	46.7	270	212	.560	3.53	616	497	95	314	35	18	4180.0	4412	2050	1638	148	1295	25	1512	101	12	92	17974	1.365	Sep 10, 1916	22	PIT
9	Walter Holke	11	1914	1925	0.0	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	3.000	Oct 6, 1914	23	NYG
10	Charlie Jamieson	18	1915	1932	-0.8	2	1	.667	6.19	13	3	8	1	0	0	48.0	55	41	33	0	30		7	2	1	2	226	1.771	Sep 20, 1915	23	WSH
11	Jing Johnson	5	1916	1928	5.7	24	38	.387	3.35	100	63	24	35	0	0	539.2	551	256	201	17	178	1	166	12	2	7	2201	1.351	Jun 27, 1916	21	PHA
12	George Kelly HOF	16	1915	1932	0.3	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	20	1.000	Aug 18, 1915	20	NYG
13	Otis Lambeth	3	1916	1918	0.0	11	10	.524	3.18	43	19	10	5	0	3	178.1	176	86	63	3	74		58	14	0	8	739	1.402	Jul 16, 1916	26	CLE
14	Slim Love	6	1913	1920	4.1	28	21	.571	3.04	119	48	49	19	1	4	517.1	480	220	175	8	246		251	17	1	10	2139	1.403	Sep 8, 1913	25	NYY
15	Cliff Markle	5	1915	1924	0.6	12	17	.414	4.10	56	21	23	12	2	0	234.2	235	132	107	9	110		90	4	1	7	1009	1.470	Sep 18, 1915	22	NYY
16	Tim McCabe	4	1915	1918	0.0	5	1	.833	2.92	22	4	7	4	1	0	71.0	60	39	23	2	21		26	3	0	2	285	1.141	Aug 16, 1915	21	SLB
17	Frank Miller	7	1913	1923	11.8	52	66	.441	3.01	163	127	28	68	14	4	1010.0	944	423	338	21	254		359	29	0	17	4154	1.186	Jul 12, 1913	30	PIT
18	Clarence Mitchell	18	1911	1932	20.5	125	139	.473	4.12	390	277	77	145	12	9	2217.0	2613	1215	1016	115	624	3	543	52	4	38	9686	1.460	Jun 2, 1911	25	CIN
19	Elmer Myers	8	1915	1922	-0.6	55	72	.433	4.06	185	127	39	78	8	7	1102.0	1148	625	497	30	440		428	51	2	33	4703	1.441	Oct 6, 1915	22	PHA
20	Jim Park	3	1915	1917	0.6	4	5	.444	3.02	42	9	18	2	0	0	122.0	114	56	41	4	46		40	1	0	2	495	1.311	Sep 7, 1915	23	SLB
21	Sam Rice HOF	20	1915	1934	0.1	1	1	.500	2.52	9	3	4	1	0	0	39.1	31	18	11	0	19		12	0	0	1	156	1.271	Aug 7, 1915	26	WSH
22	Allen Russell	11	1915	1925	9.0	70	76	.479	3.52	345	112	154	54	5	42	1394.1	1382	693	545	58	610		603	44	0	28	5939	1.429	Sep 13, 1915	22	NYY
23	Urban Shocker	13	1916	1928	55.1	187	117	.615	3.17	412	317	72	200	28	25	2681.2	2709	1131	945	130	657	0	983	37	3	20	11137	1.255	Apr 24, 1916	25	NYY
24	Pop-boy Smith	3	1913	1917	-0.8	1	4	.200	4.21	26	5	16	0	0	1	66.1	70	41	31	1	26		20	5	0	0	295	1.447	Apr 19, 1913	24	CLE
25	Bob Steele	4	1916	1919	1.6	16	38	.296	3.05	91	57	22	28	4	3	487.2	450	219	165	10	144		217	13	3	13	2033	1.218	Apr 17, 1916	22	STL
26	Milt Watson	4	1916	1919	-0.6	21	30	.412	3.57	90	48	24	19	5	0	424.0	435	206	168	9	139		113	17	1	8	1803	1.354	Jul 26, 1916	26	STL
27	Lefty Williams	7	1913	1920	13.1	82	48	.631	3.13	189	152	27	80	10	5	1186.0	1121	497	413	30	347		515	46	1	14	4794	1.238	Sep 17, 1913	23	CHW
28	Marsh Williams	1	1916	1916	-2.0	0	6	.000	7.89	10	4	4	3	0	0	51.1	71	53	45	4	31		17	0	2	2	234	1.987	Jul 7, 1916	23	PHA
29	Steamboat Williams	2	1914	1916	-1.8	6	8	.429	4.42	41	9	25	5	0	1	116.0	134	71	57	7	33		27	1	1	1	511	1.440	Jul 12, 1914	24	STL
	Totals	233	1911	1934	262.4	1352	1212	.527	3.38	4016	2594	1000	1475	184	185	22727.0	23191	10613	8530	729	7033	29	7821	549	37	392	95496	0.000

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