1937 MLB 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	Wayne Ambler	3	1937	1939	0	-3.5	271	890	782	60	175	39	2	0	73	4	1	83	64	.224	.298	.279	.577	Jun 4, 1937	21	PHA
2	Morrie Arnovich	7	1936	1946	1	6.8	590	2231	2013	234	577	104	12	22	261	17	22	185	139	.287	.350	.383	.733	Sep 14, 1936	26	PHI
3	Red Barkley	3	1937	1943	0	-0.4	63	186	163	16	43	9	0	0	21	2	0	19	26	.264	.341	.319	.660	Sep 2, 1937	24	SLB
4	Russ Bauers	8	1936	1950	0	1.1	129	221	207	13	50	4	2	0	13	0	0	8	41	.242	.270	.280	.550	Aug 20, 1936	23	PIT
5	Julio Bonetti	3	1937	1940	0	-0.4	46	61	55	4	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	.127	.186	.145	.332	Apr 22, 1937	25	SLB
6	Gibby Brack	3	1937	1939	0	2.2	315	1083	980	150	273	70	18	16	113	13	25	92	186	.279	.341	.436	.777	Apr 23, 1937	29	BRO
7	Jimmy Brown	8	1937	1946	1	9.9	890	3835	3512	465	980	146	42	9	319	39	38	231	110	.279	.326	.352	.678	Apr 23, 1937	27	STL
8	Lindsay Brown	1	1937	1937	0	-0.4	48	121	115	16	31	3	1	0	6	1	0	3	17	.270	.288	.313	.601	Jul 13, 1937	25	BRO
9	Earl Browne	4	1935	1938	0	0.1	143	504	461	59	131	26	5	6	69	4	4	29	64	.284	.332	.401	.733	Sep 12, 1935	26	PHI
10	Earle Brucker	5	1937	1943	0	3.6	241	811	707	87	205	53	8	12	105	2	4	97	65	.290	.376	.438	.815	Apr 19, 1937	36	PHA
11	Spud Chandler	11	1937	1947	4	1.4	211	606	548	53	110	18	2	9	45	0	1	20	154	.201	.234	.290	.524	May 6, 1937	29	NYY
12	Ken Chase	8	1936	1943	0	-1.3	190	449	419	28	69	9	2	1	27	0	0	12	97	.165	.190	.203	.393	Apr 23, 1936	23	WSH
13	Slick Coffman	4	1937	1940	0	-0.1	122	91	73	8	12	2	0	0	8	0	0	10	24	.164	.265	.192	.457	May 21, 1937	26	DET
14	Merv Connors	2	1937	1938	0	0.8	52	190	165	26	46	8	1	8	25	2	1	23	36	.279	.367	.485	.852	Sep 4, 1937	23	CHW
15	Dom Dallessandro	8	1937	1947	0	8.1	746	2270	1945	242	520	110	23	22	303	16	15	310	150	.267	.369	.381	.750	Apr 24, 1937	23	BOS
16	Johnny Dickshot	6	1936	1945	0	2.1	322	1110	990	142	273	35	19	7	116	23	9	101	97	.276	.345	.371	.715	Apr 16, 1936	27	PIT
17	Vince DiMaggio	10	1937	1946	2	17.3	1110	4313	3849	491	959	209	24	125	584	79	39	412	837	.249	.324	.413	.737	Apr 19, 1937	24	BSN
18	Bobby Doerr HOF	14	1937	1951	9	51.1	1865	8030	7093	1094	2042	381	89	223	1247	54	64	809	608	.288	.362	.461	.823	Apr 20, 1937	19	BOS
19	Harry Eisenstat	8	1935	1942	0	0.1	165	145	123	11	26	1	0	0	4	0	0	10	39	.211	.271	.220	.490	May 19, 1935	21	BRO
20	Charlie English	4	1932	1937	0	0.2	50	140	136	10	39	8	2	1	13	0	0	4	10	.287	.307	.397	.704	Jul 23, 1932	27	CIN
21	Lou Fette	5	1937	1945	1	0.1	110	255	236	10	44	3	2	0	15	0	0	5	29	.186	.203	.216	.419	Apr 26, 1937	30	BSN
22	Fabian Gaffke	6	1936	1942	0	-1.5	129	359	321	43	73	14	4	7	42	2	2	30	47	.227	.297	.361	.659	Sep 9, 1936	23	BOS
23	George Gill	3	1937	1939	0	-1.3	85	144	135	12	17	2	1	0	4	0	0	1	34	.126	.132	.156	.288	May 4, 1937	28	DET
24	Lee Handley	10	1936	1947	0	5.9	968	3699	3356	418	902	122	45	15	297	68	54	267	204	.269	.323	.345	.669	Apr 15, 1936	23	PIT
25	Ray Harrell	6	1935	1945	0	-0.6	119	80	72	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	26	.069	.130	.097	.227	Apr 16, 1935	25	STL
26	Gene Hasson	2	1937	1938	0	0.5	47	193	167	22	49	12	5	4	26	0	0	25	21	.293	.385	.497	.882	Sep 9, 1937	21	PHA
27	Jeff Heath	14	1936	1949	2	37.6	1383	5561	4937	777	1447	279	102	194	887	56	48	593	670	.293	.370	.509	.879	Sep 13, 1936	22	CLE
28	Tommy Henrich	11	1937	1950	5	39.2	1284	5411	4603	901	1297	269	73	183	795	37	19	712	383	.282	.382	.491	.873	May 11, 1937	24	NYY
29	Ben Huffman	1	1937	1937	0	-0.3	76	189	176	18	48	9	0	1	24	1	0	10	7	.273	.323	.341	.664	Apr 23, 1937	22	SLB
30	Ira Hutchinson	8	1933	1945	0	-0.9	209	183	171	12	24	1	0	0	7	0	0	3	52	.140	.155	.146	.301	Sep 24, 1933	26	BSN
31	Chet Laabs	11	1937	1947	1	10.5	950	3539	3102	467	813	151	44	117	509	32	22	389	595	.262	.346	.452	.798	May 5, 1937	25	DET
32	Wayne LaMaster	2	1937	1938	0	0.3	74	115	107	11	25	4	0	0	9	0	0	3	33	.234	.255	.271	.526	Apr 19, 1937	30	PHI
33	Nig Lipscomb	1	1937	1937	0	0.1	36	110	96	11	31	9	1	0	8	0	0	11	10	.323	.398	.438	.836	Apr 23, 1937	26	SLB
34	Frank Makosky	1	1937	1937	0	0.1	26	18	16	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.313	.353	.313	.665	Apr 30, 1937	27	NYY
35	Hersh Martin	6	1937	1945	1	9.2	607	2547	2257	331	643	135	29	28	215	33	28	253	207	.285	.359	.408	.766	Apr 23, 1937	27	PHI
36	Joe Marty	5	1937	1941	0	2.1	538	2023	1832	223	478	78	22	44	222	14	17	142	187	.261	.318	.400	.717	Apr 22, 1937	23	CHC
37	Frank McCormick	13	1934	1948	9	31.8	1534	6207	5723	722	1711	334	26	128	954	27	22	399	189	.299	.348	.434	.781	Sep 11, 1934	26	CIN
38	Archie McKain	6	1937	1943	0	0.2	167	164	142	19	25	8	1	2	9	0	0	15	48	.176	.264	.289	.553	Apr 25, 1937	26	BOS
39	Cliff Melton	8	1937	1944	1	-0.9	272	541	469	28	77	4	2	0	32	0	1	20	108	.164	.198	.181	.380	Apr 25, 1937	25	NYG
40	Jake Mooty	7	1936	1944	0	0.0	116	143	132	11	27	1	0	0	5	0	2	3	14	.205	.222	.212	.434	Sep 9, 1936	25	CIN
41	Ted Olson	3	1936	1938	0	0.0	18	18	18	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.389	.611	Jun 21, 1936	24	BOS
42	Jimmy Outlaw	10	1937	1949	0	-0.6	650	2191	1974	257	529	79	17	6	184	24	29	188	176	.268	.333	.334	.668	Apr 20, 1937	24	CIN
43	Mickey Owen	13	1937	1954	4	5.0	1209	4074	3649	338	929	163	21	14	378	36	18	326	181	.255	.318	.322	.640	May 2, 1937	21	STL
44	Don Padgett	8	1937	1948	0	4.1	699	2148	1991	247	573	111	16	37	338	6	6	141	130	.288	.336	.415	.752	Apr 23, 1937	25	STL
45	Ace Parker	2	1937	1938	0	-1.9	94	228	207	20	37	5	1	2	25	1	2	14	33	.179	.231	.242	.472	Apr 24, 1937	25	PHA
46	Bill Phebus	3	1936	1938	0	0.1	13	18	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	5	.000	.412	.000	.412	Sep 6, 1936	27	WSH
47	Boots Poffenberger	3	1937	1939	0	-0.3	57	101	96	5	19	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	18	.198	.214	.229	.443	Jun 11, 1937	21	DET
48	Johnny Rigney	8	1937	1947	0	-1.0	198	449	401	25	71	11	1	0	27	1	1	17	113	.177	.211	.209	.420	Apr 21, 1937	22	CHW
49	George Scharein	4	1937	1940	0	-4.8	388	1419	1317	126	316	53	6	2	119	28	19	65	123	.240	.277	.294	.571	Apr 19, 1937	22	PHI
50	Clyde Shoun	14	1935	1949	0	0.1	454	392	362	24	73	6	2	0	25	0	0	7	45	.202	.219	.229	.448	Aug 7, 1935	25	CHC
51	Eddie Smith	10	1936	1947	2	0.6	284	598	531	36	100	18	2	1	29	2	0	37	105	.188	.241	.235	.477	Sep 20, 1936	23	PHA
52	Birdie Tebbetts	14	1936	1952	4	3.8	1162	4153	3704	357	1000	169	22	38	469	29	23	389	261	.270	.341	.358	.700	Sep 16, 1936	24	DET
53	Bud Thomas	7	1932	1941	0	-1.2	143	176	150	7	18	3	0	1	10	0	0	9	67	.120	.170	.160	.330	Sep 13, 1932	26	PHA
54	Jim Tobin	9	1937	1945	1	6.6	396	885	796	81	183	35	3	17	102	1	1	80	162	.230	.303	.345	.648	Apr 30, 1937	24	PIT
55	Bill Trotter	7	1937	1944	0	-1.1	163	142	109	6	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	63	.055	.195	.064	.260	Apr 23, 1937	28	SLB
56	Jim Turner	9	1937	1945	1	1.9	238	428	399	32	87	16	1	1	22	0	1	8	39	.218	.241	.271	.512	Apr 30, 1937	33	BSN
57	Joe Vance	3	1935	1938	0	-0.1	16	20	20	3	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.350	.600	Apr 18, 1935	31	NYY
58	Johnny Vander Meer	13	1937	1951	4	-1.1	382	786	685	58	104	12	2	1	26	1	0	41	201	.152	.200	.180	.379	Apr 22, 1937	22	CIN
59	Jimmy Wasdell	11	1937	1947	0	2.7	888	3167	2866	339	782	109	34	29	341	29	30	243	165	.273	.332	.365	.697	Sep 3, 1937	23	WSH
60	Kemp Wicker	4	1936	1941	0	-0.3	40	52	46	4	6	1	0	0	8	0	0	2	8	.130	.167	.152	.319	Aug 14, 1936	30	NYY
61	Al Williams	2	1937	1938	0	-0.7	46	56	49	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	22	.061	.115	.061	.177	Apr 19, 1937	23	PHA
62	Rudy York	13	1934	1948	7	31.3	1603	6723	5891	876	1621	291	52	277	1149	38	26	792	867	.275	.362	.483	.845	Aug 22, 1934	23	DET
63	Del Young	4	1937	1940	0	-3.9	309	1028	950	87	213	31	7	3	76	7	6	48	115	.224	.264	.281	.545	Apr 19, 1937	25	PHI

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	Russ Bauers	8	1936	1950	0	6.4	31	30	.508	3.53	129	71	30	27	4	6	599.0	562	282	235	17	271	9	300	15	0	17	2581	1.391	Aug 20, 1936	23	PIT
2	Julio Bonetti	3	1937	1940	0	0.7	6	14	.300	6.03	46	16	19	7	0	1	173.0	234	127	116	14	77	10	50	2	0	6	805	1.798	Apr 22, 1937	25	SLB
3	Spud Chandler	11	1937	1947	4	22.9	109	43	.717	2.84	211	184	14	109	26	6	1485.0	1327	549	468	64	463	23	614	19	5	20	6102	1.205	May 6, 1937	29	NYY
4	Ken Chase	8	1936	1943	0	7.1	53	84	.387	4.27	188	160	18	62	4	1	1165.0	1188	647	553	55	694	20	582	15	3	53	5283	1.615	Apr 23, 1936	23	WSH
5	Slick Coffman	4	1937	1940	0	-0.4	15	12	.556	5.60	121	16	50	3	0	3	313.2	400	229	195	23	132	6	89	4	2	4	1454	1.696	May 21, 1937	26	DET
6	Harry Eisenstat	8	1935	1942	0	6.8	25	27	.481	3.84	165	33	88	11	1	14	478.2	550	242	204	30	114	13	157	4	2	6	2059	1.387	May 19, 1935	21	BRO
7	Lou Fette	5	1937	1945	1	7.8	41	40	.506	3.15	109	97	9	51	14	1	691.0	658	283	242	24	248	12	194	11	1	7	2905	1.311	Apr 26, 1937	30	BSN
8	George Gill	3	1937	1939	0	3.8	24	26	.480	5.05	85	45	30	22	2	1	395.1	494	253	222	37	129	8	95	6	0	3	1778	1.576	May 4, 1937	28	DET
9	Ray Harrell	6	1935	1945	0	-4.5	9	20	.310	5.70	119	31	34	6	1	2	330.0	385	256	209	26	177	11	136	10	1	15	1542	1.703	Apr 16, 1935	25	STL
10	Ira Hutchinson	8	1933	1945	0	4.6	34	33	.507	3.76	209	32	96	7	2	13	610.2	628	289	255	33	249	19	179	12	1	10	2648	1.436	Sep 24, 1933	26	BSN
11	Wayne LaMaster	2	1937	1938	0	-0.6	19	27	.413	5.82	71	42	17	11	2	4	295.1	352	203	191	32	116	8	173	5	0	1	1329	1.585	Apr 19, 1937	30	PHI
12	Nig Lipscomb	1	1937	1937	0	0.0	0	0		6.52	3	0	3	0	0	0	9.2	13	9	7	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	45	1.862	Apr 23, 1937	26	SLB
13	Frank Makosky	1	1937	1937	0	-0.5	5	2	.714	4.97	26	1	15	1	0	3	58.0	64	42	32	6	24	3	27	0	0	1	265	1.517	Apr 30, 1937	27	NYY
14	Joe Marty	5	1937	1941	0	0.0	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	17	1.250	Apr 22, 1937	23	CHC
15	Archie McKain	6	1937	1943	0	7.4	26	21	.553	4.26	165	34	70	8	1	16	486.1	529	270	230	26	208	18	188	3	0	6	2175	1.515	Apr 25, 1937	26	BOS
16	Cliff Melton	8	1937	1944	1	16.1	86	80	.518	3.42	272	179	54	65	13	16	1453.2	1446	672	552	79	431	56	660	22	1	17	6159	1.291	Apr 25, 1937	25	NYG
17	Jake Mooty	7	1936	1944	0	1.4	16	23	.410	4.03	111	38	44	14	1	8	433.2	434	227	194	32	194	12	145	4	2	20	1886	1.448	Sep 9, 1936	25	CIN
18	Ted Olson	3	1936	1938	0	-0.4	1	1	.500	7.18	18	3	9	1	0	0	57.2	75	49	46	7	25	2	18	0	0	3	268	1.734	Jun 21, 1936	24	BOS
19	Bill Phebus	3	1936	1938	0	0.7	3	2	.600	3.31	13	6	5	4	1	2	54.1	46	28	20	4	35	1	18	3	0	2	247	1.491	Sep 6, 1936	27	WSH
20	Boots Poffenberger	3	1937	1939	0	2.7	16	12	.571	4.75	57	32	17	13	1	4	267.1	301	160	141	17	149	4	65	6	0	4	1220	1.683	Jun 11, 1937	21	DET
21	Johnny Rigney	8	1937	1947	0	21.0	63	64	.496	3.59	197	132	45	66	10	4	1186.1	1101	550	473	90	450	40	605	14	1	27	5054	1.307	Apr 21, 1937	22	CHW
22	Clyde Shoun	14	1935	1949	0	8.1	73	59	.553	3.91	454	85	212	34	3	31	1287.0	1325	631	559	81	404	44	483	10	2	15	5466	1.343	Aug 7, 1935	25	CHC
23	Eddie Smith	10	1936	1947	2	16.7	73	113	.392	3.82	282	197	60	91	8	12	1595.2	1554	816	678	108	739	46	694	33	1	34	6973	1.437	Sep 20, 1936	23	PHA
24	Bud Thomas	7	1932	1941	0	4.3	25	34	.424	4.96	143	58	50	13	2	3	526.0	625	344	290	53	166	7	135	4	3	14	2347	1.504	Sep 13, 1932	26	PHA
25	Jim Tobin	9	1937	1945	1	19.3	105	112	.484	3.44	287	227	47	156	12	5	1900.0	1929	861	726	107	557	42	498	29	3	28	8074	1.308	Apr 30, 1937	24	PIT
26	Bill Trotter	7	1937	1944	0	0.3	22	34	.393	5.40	163	31	81	9	0	3	483.1	619	354	290	46	174	16	158	15	1	1	2208	1.641	Apr 23, 1937	28	SLB
27	Jim Turner	9	1937	1945	1	10.3	69	60	.535	3.22	231	119	86	69	8	20	1132.0	1123	482	405	67	283	46	329	10	0	6	4697	1.242	Apr 30, 1937	33	BSN
28	Joe Vance	3	1935	1938	0	0.1	3	2	.600	5.81	15	3	9	0	0	0	57.1	67	40	37	5	34	3	17	0	0	3	264	1.762	Apr 18, 1935	31	NYY
29	Johnny Vander Meer	13	1937	1951	4	26.7	119	121	.496	3.44	346	286	28	131	29	2	2104.2	1799	915	805	100	1132	37	1294	21	3	37	9034	1.393	Apr 22, 1937	22	CIN
30	Kemp Wicker	4	1936	1941	0	0.3	10	7	.588	4.66	40	12	17	6	1	1	141.0	168	84	73	13	52	2	27	0	1	1	634	1.560	Aug 14, 1936	30	NYY
31	Al Williams	2	1937	1938	0	-1.5	4	8	.333	6.24	46	16	12	3	0	1	168.2	216	144	117	6	103	2	52	2	1	7	805	1.891	Apr 19, 1937	23	PHA
	Totals	189	1932	1951	14	187.6	1085	1111	.494	3.87	4323	2186	1270	1000	146	183	19943.1	20214	10040	8567	1205	7838	520	7984	279	34	368	86324	1.391

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