1933 MLB Rookie Players

World Series Champion: New York Giants

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Players listed either lost their rookie status as considered by modern standards (< 130 AB, 50 IP or 45 pre-Sept 1 days of service to start season) in this season or if you are looking at the 2021 rookies page then they have not lost their rookie status and are still active professionals.

Note that there are special cases with regards to rookie status, so please let us know if you find a listing you believe to be in error.

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	Elden Auker	10	1933	1942	0	-0.2	356	784	700	73	131	15	9	6	72	2	0	41	232	.187	.234	.260	.494	Aug 10, 1933	22	DET
2	Dick Barrett	5	1933	1945	0	0.3	141	257	222	22	40	4	1	0	15	0	0	17	23	.180	.242	.207	.449	Jun 27, 1933	26	PHA
3	Ralph Birkofer	5	1933	1937	0	0.8	134	214	207	18	50	7	1	0	22	0	0	3	39	.242	.256	.285	.541	Apr 25, 1933	24	PIT
4	Otto Bluege	2	1932	1933	0	-0.7	109	324	291	18	62	6	2	0	18	0	1	26	29	.213	.278	.247	.525	Apr 12, 1932	23	CIN
5	Bob Boken	2	1933	1934	0	-1.5	147	493	457	54	113	15	4	6	72	4	1	27	49	.247	.291	.337	.628	Apr 25, 1933	25	WSH
6	Harley Boss	4	1928	1933	0	-0.9	155	556	519	64	139	19	8	1	61	2	5	30	34	.268	.309	.341	.650	Jul 19, 1928	24	CLE
7	Buzz Boyle	5	1929	1935	0	5.4	366	1474	1343	185	389	58	24	12	125	24	21	116	125	.290	.347	.395	.743	Sep 11, 1929	25	BRO
8	Don Brennan	5	1933	1937	0	-0.3	141	123	110	7	17	2	0	0	6	0	0	6	45	.155	.205	.173	.378	Apr 16, 1933	29	NYY
9	Sugar Cain	7	1932	1938	0	-1.8	180	376	344	18	56	4	0	0	21	0	0	13	83	.163	.196	.174	.370	Apr 15, 1932	26	PHA
10	Ed Cihocki	2	1932	1933	0	-1.0	34	107	98	6	14	2	3	0	9	0	0	7	16	.143	.200	.224	.424	May 29, 1932	26	PHA
11	Ed Coleman	5	1932	1936	0	3.0	439	1467	1337	193	381	67	23	40	246	1	3	117	152	.285	.345	.459	.804	Apr 15, 1932	31	PHA
12	Frank Demaree	12	1932	1944	2	16.5	1155	4618	4144	578	1241	190	36	72	591	33	45	359	269	.299	.357	.415	.772	Jul 22, 1932	23	CHC
13	Charlie Devens	3	1932	1934	0	0.0	16	33	25	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	9	.120	.290	.120	.410	Sep 24, 1932	23	NYY
14	Ed Fallenstein	2	1931	1933	0	0.2	35	15	13	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.308	.357	.385	.742	Apr 16, 1931	24	BSN
15	Hal Finney	5	1931	1936	0	-1.6	123	242	227	39	46	8	1	1	27	1	0	6	32	.203	.233	.260	.493	Jun 24, 1931	27	PIT
16	Lou Finney	15	1931	1947	1	3.0	1270	5034	4631	643	1329	203	85	31	494	39	45	329	186	.287	.336	.388	.723	Sep 12, 1931	22	PHA
17	Pete Fox	13	1933	1945	1	15.3	1461	6169	5636	895	1678	314	75	65	693	158	81	392	471	.298	.347	.415	.762	Apr 12, 1933	24	DET
18	Lonny Frey	14	1933	1948	3	44.0	1535	6402	5517	848	1482	263	69	61	549	105	57	752	525	.269	.359	.374	.734	Aug 29, 1933	22	BRO
19	Milt Galatzer	5	1933	1939	0	-0.9	251	827	717	105	192	25	7	1	57	10	12	92	46	.268	.354	.326	.681	Jun 25, 1933	26	CLE
20	Reggie Grabowski	3	1932	1934	0	-0.4	51	44	40	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.075	.119	.075	.194	Apr 15, 1932	25	PHI
21	Hank Greenberg HOF	13	1930	1947	5	55.7	1394	6098	5193	1046	1628	379	71	331	1274	58	30	852	844	.313	.412	.605	1.017	Sep 14, 1930	22	DET
22	Dick Gyselman	2	1933	1934	0	-0.4	82	204	191	17	43	7	3	0	16	0	3	9	32	.225	.260	.293	.553	Apr 20, 1933	25	BSN
23	Pinky Higgins	14	1930	1946	3	25.5	1802	7558	6636	931	1941	374	51	140	1075	61	59	800	590	.292	.370	.428	.798	Jun 25, 1930	24	PHA
24	Joe Hutcheson	1	1933	1933	0	0.2	55	202	184	19	43	4	1	6	21	1	2	15	13	.234	.295	.364	.659	Jul 8, 1933	28	BRO
25	John Jackson	1	1933	1933	0	-0.1	10	21	21	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.143	.143	.190	.333	Jun 20, 1933	23	PHI
26	Bob Johnson	13	1933	1945	8	55.3	1863	8051	6920	1239	2051	396	95	288	1283	96	64	1075	851	.296	.393	.506	.899	Apr 12, 1933	27	PHA
27	Jimmy Jordan	4	1933	1936	0	-1.8	376	1328	1273	102	327	51	4	2	118	8	12	37	76	.257	.279	.308	.587	Apr 20, 1933	25	BRO
28	Bill Knickerbocker	10	1933	1942	0	4.5	907	3756	3418	423	943	198	27	28	368	25	46	244	238	.276	.326	.374	.700	Apr 12, 1933	21	CLE
29	Jack Knott	11	1933	1946	0	-4.5	325	560	482	32	58	3	0	0	23	0	0	27	212	.120	.169	.127	.295	Apr 13, 1933	26	SLB
30	Ed Madjeski	4	1932	1937	0	-2.1	166	508	481	58	116	19	2	5	56	2	0	21	61	.241	.274	.320	.595	May 2, 1932	24	PHA
31	Jim McLeod	3	1930	1933	0	-2.0	92	289	266	24	54	7	1	0	16	2	4	14	30	.203	.248	.237	.485	May 22, 1930	24	PHI
32	Joe Mowry	3	1933	1935	0	-0.9	192	512	464	51	108	19	6	2	37	1	1	29	48	.233	.284	.313	.596	May 13, 1933	25	BSN
33	Chink Outen	1	1933	1933	0	0.7	93	173	153	20	38	10	0	4	17	1	1	20	15	.248	.335	.392	.727	Apr 16, 1933	28	BRO
34	Frank Pearce	3	1933	1935	0	0.1	32	38	33	4	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.273	.294	.273	.567	Apr 20, 1933	27	PHI
35	Monte Pearson	10	1932	1941	2	1.7	225	587	513	58	117	24	1	2	62	2	0	39	59	.228	.283	.290	.573	Apr 22, 1932	24	CLE
36	Jim Peterson	3	1931	1937	0	-0.1	41	34	29	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	12	.172	.273	.207	.480	Jul 9, 1931	24	PHA
37	Frankie Pytlak	12	1932	1946	0	9.2	795	2718	2399	316	677	100	36	7	272	56	29	247	97	.282	.355	.363	.718	Apr 22, 1932	24	CLE
38	Frank Ragland	2	1932	1933	0	0.1	23	22	21	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.238	.273	.286	.558	Apr 17, 1932	29	PHI
39	Paul Richards	8	1932	1946	0	2.3	523	1602	1417	140	321	51	5	15	155	15	3	157	149	.227	.305	.301	.606	Apr 17, 1932	24	NYG
40	Schoolboy Rowe	15	1933	1949	3	8.0	491	1023	909	114	239	36	9	18	153	3	1	86	157	.263	.328	.382	.710	Apr 15, 1933	23	DET
41	Blondy Ryan	6	1930	1938	0	0.6	386	1412	1330	127	318	36	13	8	133	6	3	57	184	.239	.271	.304	.575	Jul 13, 1930	27	NYG
42	Hal Smith	4	1932	1935	0	-0.6	51	72	67	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	25	.104	.130	.119	.250	Sep 14, 1932	31	PIT
43	Ray Starr	7	1932	1945	1	-1.2	138	251	212	12	26	4	0	0	12	0	0	13	81	.123	.173	.142	.315	Sep 11, 1932	27	TOT
44	Tommy Thompson	6	1933	1939	0	2.1	397	1251	1107	142	294	34	4	9	119	7	4	108	63	.266	.335	.328	.663	Sep 3, 1933	23	BSN
45	Al Todd	11	1932	1943	0	4.7	863	2940	2785	286	768	119	29	35	366	18	17	104	243	.276	.307	.377	.684	Apr 25, 1932	31	PHI
46	Russ Van Atta	7	1933	1939	0	0.5	208	227	206	24	47	8	1	2	17	1	0	5	34	.228	.246	.306	.552	Apr 25, 1933	27	NYY
47	Dixie Walker	18	1931	1949	5	44.2	1905	7669	6740	1038	2064	376	96	105	1023	59	41	817	325	.306	.383	.437	.820	Apr 28, 1931	22	NYY
48	Billy Werber	11	1930	1942	0	25.4	1295	5845	5024	875	1363	271	50	78	539	215	95	701	363	.271	.364	.392	.756	Jun 25, 1930	25	TOT

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	Elden Auker	10	1933	1942	0	15.8	130	101	.563	4.42	333	261	40	126	14	2	1963.1	2230	1106	964	129	706	46	594	36	3	8	8686	1.495	Aug 10, 1933	22	DET
2	Dick Barrett	5	1933	1945	0	3.9	35	58	.376	4.28	141	92	27	32	3	2	729.0	753	398	347	29	320	15	271	14	3	26	3218	1.472	Jun 27, 1933	26	PHA
3	Ralph Birkofer	5	1933	1937	0	2.7	31	28	.525	4.19	132	63	45	24	2	2	544.0	618	316	253	24	175	6	224	17	0	8	2420	1.458	Apr 25, 1933	24	PIT
4	Don Brennan	5	1933	1937	0	0.7	21	12	.636	4.19	141	26	65	7	1	19	397.0	436	232	185	14	180	12	172	7	3	7	1773	1.552	Apr 16, 1933	29	NYY
5	Sugar Cain	7	1932	1938	0	7.5	53	60	.469	4.83	178	137	14	58	2	1	987.1	1119	611	530	67	569	19	279	15	0	12	4556	1.710	Apr 15, 1932	26	PHA
6	Charlie Devens	3	1932	1934	0	0.8	5	3	.625	3.73	16	10	6	4	0	0	82.0	74	44	34	1	62	1	31	0	0	4	375	1.659	Sep 24, 1932	23	NYY
7	Ed Fallenstein	2	1931	1933	0	-1.3	2	1	.667	5.52	33	4	16	1	1	0	76.2	99	60	47	3	39	0	20	1	0	0	358	1.800	Apr 16, 1931	24	BSN
8	Milt Galatzer	5	1933	1939	0	0.1	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	7	3	3	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	29	2.000	Jun 25, 1933	26	CLE
9	Reggie Grabowski	3	1932	1934	0	-0.1	4	8	.333	5.73	51	12	15	4	1	0	147.2	190	103	94	19	55	4	37	6	1	5	679	1.659	Apr 15, 1932	25	PHI
10	John Jackson	1	1933	1933	0	-0.8	2	2	.500	6.00	10	7	1	1	0	0	54.0	74	42	36	3	35	0	11	5	2	1	267	2.019	Jun 20, 1933	23	PHI
11	Jack Knott	11	1933	1946	0	12.0	82	103	.443	4.97	325	192	78	62	4	19	1557.0	1787	991	860	140	642	41	484	20	7	42	7007	1.560	Apr 13, 1933	26	SLB
12	Frank Pearce	3	1933	1935	0	0.3	5	6	.455	4.77	32	8	12	3	1	0	115.0	125	72	61	9	40	1	29	0	0	1	505	1.435	Apr 20, 1933	27	PHI
13	Monte Pearson	10	1932	1941	2	18.8	100	61	.621	4.00	224	191	24	94	5	4	1429.2	1392	721	635	82	740	30	703	6	1	43	6259	1.491	Apr 22, 1932	24	CLE
14	Jim Peterson	3	1931	1937	0	-0.3	2	6	.250	5.27	41	6	17	1	0	0	109.1	140	79	64	9	42	0	29	0	1	4	508	1.665	Jul 9, 1931	24	PHA
15	Frank Ragland	2	1932	1933	0	-1.3	1	4	.200	7.11	23	6	8	0	0	0	76.0	105	65	60	6	31	0	15	4	0	2	358	1.789	Apr 17, 1932	29	PHI
16	Schoolboy Rowe	15	1933	1949	3	34.3	158	101	.610	3.87	382	278	74	137	22	12	2219.1	2332	1075	955	131	558	48	913	27	5	22	9398	1.302	Apr 15, 1933	23	DET
17	Hal Smith	4	1932	1935	0	0.6	12	11	.522	3.77	51	25	14	10	3	1	210.0	232	112	88	8	52	2	59	9	1	1	910	1.352	Sep 14, 1932	31	PIT
18	Ray Starr	7	1932	1945	1	5.6	37	35	.514	3.53	138	88	23	35	9	4	699.0	670	302	274	33	279	22	189	13	1	4	2974	1.358	Sep 11, 1932	27	TOT
19	Russ Van Atta	7	1933	1939	0	2.0	33	41	.446	5.60	207	76	66	17	3	6	712.1	838	498	443	39	368	26	339	10	2	16	3291	1.693	Apr 25, 1933	27	NYY
	Totals	108	1931	1949	6	101.3	713	641	.527	4.41	2459	1482	546	616	71	72	12114.2	13221	6830	5933	746	4898	273	4402	190	30	206	53571	1.495

More 1933 MLB Pages

Fielding

Batting

Pitching

Leaders & Awards

Other

1933 MLB Rookie Players

Batting

Pitching

More 1933 MLB Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks