1941 MLB Rookie Players

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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.

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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	Ace Adams	6	1941	1946	1	-0.5	302	113	99	9	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	14	.121	.171	.121	.293	Apr 15, 1941	31	NYG
2	Chuck Aleno	4	1941	1944	0	-0.7	118	358	320	34	67	11	3	2	34	3	4	31	35	.209	.281	.281	.563	May 15, 1941	24	CIN
3	Alf Anderson	3	1941	1946	0	-0.1	126	430	390	56	93	11	3	1	17	6	3	33	49	.238	.300	.290	.589	Apr 20, 1941	27	PIT
4	Red Anderson	3	1937	1941	0	0.3	36	43	39	1	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	12	.282	.317	.333	.650	Sep 19, 1937	29	WSH
5	George Archie	3	1938	1946	0	0.2	121	461	421	50	115	24	4	3	53	10	4	37	47	.273	.333	.371	.704	Sep 14, 1938	27	TOT
6	Bill Baker	7	1940	1949	0	0.1	263	666	588	45	145	25	5	2	68	6	1	68	30	.247	.328	.316	.644	May 4, 1940	30	TOT
7	Babe Barna	5	1937	1943	0	-0.1	207	743	664	88	154	22	9	12	96	9	7	76	98	.232	.311	.346	.657	Jun 16, 1937	26	NYG
8	Stan Benjamin	5	1939	1945	0	-2.5	241	817	770	77	176	32	11	5	41	23	8	32	115	.229	.260	.318	.578	Sep 16, 1939	27	PHI
9	Norm Branch	2	1941	1942	0	-0.1	37	14	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.077	.143	.077	.220	May 5, 1941	26	NYY
10	Roy Bruner	3	1939	1941	0	-0.1	19	19	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.118	.167	.118	.284	Sep 14, 1939	24	PHI
11	Soup Campbell	2	1940	1941	0	-0.3	139	433	390	44	96	11	4	3	37	1	9	38	33	.246	.315	.318	.633	Apr 21, 1940	26	CLE
12	Bob Carpenter	5	1940	1947	0	0.1	80	150	131	7	22	1	0	0	15	0	0	8	17	.168	.221	.176	.397	Sep 5, 1940	23	NYG
13	Eddie Collins	3	1939	1942	0	-0.7	132	299	274	41	66	9	3	0	16	4	1	24	29	.241	.302	.296	.598	Jul 4, 1939	24	PHA
14	Walker Cooper	18	1940	1957	8	27.2	1473	5082	4702	573	1341	240	40	173	812	18	11	309	357	.285	.332	.464	.796	Sep 25, 1940	26	STL
15	Creepy Crespi	5	1938	1942	0	2.5	264	1035	911	125	240	32	4	4	88	8	8	90	102	.263	.336	.321	.657	Sep 14, 1938	23	STL
16	Bill Crouch	3	1939	1945	0	-0.4	50	50	41	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	10	.073	.156	.073	.229	May 9, 1939	33	TOT
17	Crash Davis	3	1940	1942	0	-1.7	148	493	444	43	102	12	2	2	43	2	0	35	56	.230	.289	.279	.568	Jun 5, 1940	21	PHA
18	Dutch Dietz	4	1940	1943	0	0.1	110	81	73	8	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	18	.178	.231	.178	.409	Apr 26, 1940	29	PIT
19	Vallie Eaves	5	1935	1942	0	-0.4	24	37	35	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.114	.114	.114	.229	Sep 12, 1935	29	CHC
20	Paul Erickson	8	1941	1948	0	-0.6	207	277	258	12	38	9	1	3	11	0	0	7	89	.147	.170	.225	.395	Apr 17, 1941	25	CHC
21	Al Evans	12	1939	1951	0	3.4	704	2322	2053	188	514	70	23	13	211	14	9	243	206	.250	.332	.326	.658	Sep 13, 1939	24	WSH
22	Tom Ferrick	9	1941	1952	0	0.3	324	164	147	17	27	9	1	0	13	0	0	8	32	.184	.226	.259	.484	Apr 19, 1941	26	PHA
23	Floyd Giebell	3	1939	1941	0	-0.1	28	17	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	Apr 21, 1939	31	DET
24	Jack Hallett	6	1940	1948	0	0.5	73	87	80	4	19	3	1	1	3	0	0	4	18	.238	.274	.338	.611	Sep 13, 1940	26	CHW
25	Lum Harris	6	1941	1947	0	0.0	151	291	268	9	51	5	0	1	16	0	0	10	63	.190	.219	.220	.440	Apr 19, 1941	26	PHA
26	Lefty Hoerst	5	1940	1947	0	0.0	98	104	91	2	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	22	.154	.206	.165	.371	Apr 26, 1940	23	PHI
27	Tommy Hughes	5	1941	1948	0	-1.1	152	234	213	9	25	2	0	0	5	0	0	6	63	.117	.145	.127	.272	Apr 19, 1941	21	PHI
28	Tex Hughson	8	1941	1949	3	-1.9	225	535	447	29	53	5	0	0	21	0	0	38	134	.119	.189	.130	.319	Apr 16, 1941	25	BOS
29	Art Johnson	3	1940	1942	0	-0.2	50	63	57	4	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	.140	.140	.158	.298	Sep 22, 1940	21	BSN
30	Don Kolloway	12	1940	1953	0	2.2	1079	4247	3993	466	1081	180	30	29	393	76	54	189	251	.271	.305	.353	.658	Sep 16, 1940	22	CHW
31	Howie Krist	6	1937	1946	0	-0.5	129	161	149	17	25	3	0	0	7	0	1	4	41	.168	.190	.188	.377	Sep 12, 1937	25	STL
32	Eddie Lake	11	1939	1950	0	12.2	835	3201	2595	445	599	105	9	39	193	52	45	546	312	.231	.366	.323	.689	Sep 26, 1939	25	STL
33	Hank LaManna	3	1940	1942	0	0.2	62	40	39	8	10	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.256	.256	.333	.590	Apr 16, 1940	21	BSN
34	Mickey Livingston	10	1938	1951	0	2.2	561	1667	1490	128	354	56	9	19	153	7	7	144	141	.238	.310	.326	.636	Sep 17, 1938	26	PHI
35	Phil Marchildon	9	1940	1950	0	-0.9	185	471	405	21	58	7	1	1	26	0	1	27	110	.143	.199	.173	.371	Sep 22, 1940	27	PHA
36	Hal Marnie	3	1940	1942	0	-0.4	96	244	222	19	49	3	3	0	15	1	0	18	29	.221	.279	.261	.540	Sep 15, 1940	22	PHI
37	Clyde McCullough	15	1940	1956	2	9.5	1098	3461	3121	308	785	121	28	52	339	27	16	265	398	.252	.314	.358	.672	Apr 28, 1940	24	CHC
38	Rube Melton	6	1941	1947	0	-1.1	162	230	208	11	25	7	0	1	14	0	0	3	80	.120	.133	.168	.301	Apr 17, 1941	24	PHI
39	Steve Mesner	6	1938	1945	0	1.8	451	1743	1574	153	397	67	6	2	167	11	14	121	69	.252	.308	.306	.614	Sep 23, 1938	23	STL
40	Dutch Meyer	6	1937	1946	0	3.3	286	1085	994	113	262	49	12	10	93	5	7	82	75	.264	.322	.367	.689	Jun 23, 1937	25	DET
41	Pat Mullin	10	1940	1953	2	10.3	864	2849	2493	383	676	106	43	87	385	20	27	330	312	.271	.358	.453	.811	Sep 18, 1940	23	DET
42	Bob Muncrief	12	1937	1951	1	-1.4	289	498	438	27	68	5	4	0	25	1	1	21	107	.155	.194	.185	.379	Sep 30, 1937	25	SLB
43	Danny Murtaugh	9	1941	1951	0	6.4	767	2942	2599	263	661	97	21	8	219	49	46	287	215	.254	.331	.317	.648	Jul 3, 1941	23	PHI
44	Sam Nahem	4	1938	1948	0	-0.2	90	69	61	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	.164	.177	.164	.341	Oct 2, 1938	25	STL
45	Dick Newsome	3	1941	1943	0	0.3	87	203	181	8	39	5	0	0	15	0	0	8	43	.215	.249	.243	.492	Apr 25, 1941	31	BOS
46	Lou Novikoff	5	1941	1946	0	1.0	356	1159	1081	107	305	45	10	15	138	4	5	64	71	.282	.325	.384	.709	Apr 15, 1941	25	CHC
47	Steve Peek	1	1941	1941	0	-0.4	17	30	28	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	15	.036	.069	.036	.105	Apr 16, 1941	26	NYY
48	Johnny Podgajny	5	1940	1946	0	-0.1	123	169	161	10	27	2	1	0	11	0	0	1	37	.168	.178	.193	.370	Sep 15, 1940	21	PHI
49	Howie Pollet	14	1941	1956	3	0.5	407	790	698	54	129	17	2	0	48	0	0	55	159	.185	.244	.215	.459	Aug 20, 1941	20	STL
50	Jerry Priddy	11	1941	1953	0	18.5	1296	5428	4720	612	1252	232	46	61	541	44	44	624	639	.265	.353	.373	.725	Apr 17, 1941	21	NYY
51	Elmer Riddle	10	1939	1949	1	0.9	191	383	339	30	69	10	0	1	28	1	1	19	69	.204	.246	.242	.488	Oct 1, 1939	26	CIN
52	Phil Rizzuto HOF	13	1941	1956	5	41.9	1661	6719	5816	877	1588	239	62	38	563	149	58	651	398	.273	.351	.355	.706	Apr 14, 1941	23	NYY
53	Skippy Roberge	3	1941	1946	0	-0.6	177	551	508	35	112	19	2	3	47	2	4	25	49	.220	.261	.283	.545	Jul 18, 1941	24	BSN
54	Bob Scheffing	8	1941	1951	0	2.6	517	1474	1357	105	357	53	9	20	187	6	6	103	127	.263	.316	.360	.676	Apr 26, 1941	27	CHC
55	Stan Spence	9	1940	1949	4	22.5	1112	4446	3871	541	1090	196	60	95	575	21	23	520	248	.282	.369	.437	.806	Jun 8, 1940	26	BOS
56	Charley Stanceu	2	1941	1946	0	-0.4	39	34	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	.000	.061	.000	.061	Apr 16, 1941	25	NYY
57	Bud Stewart	9	1941	1954	0	5.8	773	2336	2041	288	547	96	32	32	260	29	28	252	157	.268	.351	.393	.744	Apr 19, 1941	25	PIT
58	Lou Stringer	6	1941	1950	0	3.7	409	1347	1196	148	290	49	10	19	122	7	9	121	192	.242	.313	.348	.660	Apr 15, 1941	24	CHC
59	Bobby Sturgeon	6	1940	1948	0	1.3	420	1279	1220	106	313	48	12	1	80	7	3	34	79	.257	.277	.318	.595	Apr 16, 1940	21	CHC
60	Johnny Sturm	1	1941	1941	0	-1.9	124	568	524	58	125	17	3	3	36	3	5	37	50	.239	.293	.300	.592	Apr 14, 1941	25	NYY
61	Pete Suder	13	1941	1955	0	-1.9	1421	5475	5085	469	1268	210	44	49	541	19	28	288	456	.249	.290	.337	.627	Apr 15, 1941	25	PHA
62	Coaker Triplett	6	1938	1945	0	1.1	470	1435	1307	148	334	47	14	27	173	10	7	123	114	.256	.320	.375	.694	Apr 19, 1938	29	STL
63	Dick West	6	1938	1943	0	-1.1	119	316	299	30	66	10	2	3	35	6	3	12	42	.221	.253	.298	.551	Sep 28, 1938	25	CIN
64	Ernie White	7	1940	1948	0	0.4	121	181	163	19	34	2	1	0	13	1	1	8	16	.209	.246	.233	.479	May 9, 1940	24	STL
65	Lefty Wilkie	3	1941	1946	0	0.5	69	63	62	7	17	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	7	.274	.286	.306	.592	Apr 22, 1941	26	PIT
66	Early Wynn HOF	23	1939	1963	9	9.5	796	1904	1704	136	365	59	5	17	173	1	0	141	330	.214	.274	.285	.559	Sep 13, 1939	21	WSH

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	Ace Adams	6	1941	1946	1	7.1	41	33	.554	3.47	302	7	217	2	0	49	552.2	541	247	213	26	224	39	171	8	0	15	2379	1.384	Apr 15, 1941	31	NYG
2	Red Anderson	3	1937	1941	0	0.4	5	8	.385	4.35	36	9	16	3	0	0	136.2	150	84	66	7	69	3	40	4	0	4	606	1.602	Sep 19, 1937	29	WSH
3	Norm Branch	2	1941	1942	0	0.2	5	2	.714	3.73	37	0	28	0	0	4	62.2	55	31	26	5	42	1	41	0	0	3	275	1.548	May 5, 1941	26	NYY
4	Roy Bruner	3	1939	1941	0	-0.3	0	7	.000	5.74	19	5	8	2	0	0	62.2	80	43	40	6	44	2	28	0	1	0	297	1.979	Sep 14, 1939	24	PHI
5	Bob Carpenter	5	1940	1947	0	2.5	25	20	.556	3.60	80	54	12	23	4	2	399.2	411	187	160	38	132	5	134	3	0	7	1717	1.359	Sep 5, 1940	23	NYG
6	Bill Crouch	3	1939	1945	0	2.4	8	5	.615	3.47	50	12	21	4	0	7	155.2	159	66	60	10	52	6	55	1	1	3	654	1.355	May 9, 1939	33	TOT
7	Dutch Dietz	4	1940	1943	0	2.1	14	16	.467	3.87	106	21	46	7	1	6	295.0	303	141	127	18	113	14	79	4	1	6	1278	1.410	Apr 26, 1940	29	PIT
8	Vallie Eaves	5	1935	1942	0	0.3	4	8	.333	4.58	24	14	3	6	0	0	106.0	105	62	54	7	70	2	46	6	0	4	482	1.651	Sep 12, 1935	29	CHC
9	Paul Erickson	8	1941	1948	0	6.7	37	48	.435	3.86	207	86	57	27	5	6	814.1	774	393	349	42	425	18	432	19	0	19	3606	1.472	Apr 17, 1941	25	CHC
10	Tom Ferrick	9	1941	1952	0	12.1	40	40	.500	3.47	323	7	210	4	1	56	674.0	654	306	260	44	227	23	245	1	2	9	2834	1.307	Apr 19, 1941	26	PHA
11	Floyd Giebell	3	1939	1941	0	1.0	3	1	.750	3.99	28	4	13	2	1	0	67.2	78	38	30	6	42	2	30	0	0	5	319	1.773	Apr 21, 1939	31	DET
12	Jack Hallett	6	1940	1948	0	2.0	12	16	.429	4.05	73	24	25	11	2	0	277.2	280	141	125	8	106	10	128	5	0	9	1203	1.390	Sep 13, 1940	26	CHW
13	Lum Harris	6	1941	1947	0	4.3	35	63	.357	4.16	151	91	38	46	4	3	820.0	874	429	379	66	265	6	232	6	2	22	3530	1.389	Apr 19, 1941	26	PHA
14	Lefty Hoerst	5	1940	1947	0	-2.3	10	33	.233	5.17	98	41	31	8	0	1	348.0	381	230	200	24	175	6	105	3	0	7	1572	1.598	Apr 26, 1940	23	PHI
15	Tommy Hughes	5	1941	1948	0	5.3	31	56	.356	3.92	144	87	23	31	5	3	688.0	698	355	300	33	308	32	221	5	3	7	2991	1.462	Apr 19, 1941	21	PHI
16	Tex Hughson	8	1941	1949	3	26.1	96	54	.640	2.94	225	156	51	99	19	17	1375.2	1270	504	450	77	372	28	693	11	2	5	5663	1.194	Apr 16, 1941	25	BOS
17	Art Johnson	3	1940	1942	0	0.8	7	16	.304	3.68	49	19	15	6	0	1	195.2	203	100	80	7	79	7	71	7	0	2	853	1.441	Sep 22, 1940	21	BSN
18	Howie Krist	6	1937	1946	0	4.4	37	11	.771	3.32	128	37	51	15	2	6	444.1	408	176	164	20	158	18	150	8	1	5	1863	1.274	Sep 12, 1937	25	STL
19	Eddie Lake	11	1939	1950	0	-0.2	0	0		4.19	6	0	5	0	0	0	19.1	20	13	9	2	11	0	7	3	0	1	87	1.603	Sep 26, 1939	25	STL
20	Hank LaManna	3	1940	1942	0	-1.5	6	5	.545	5.24	45	5	20	1	0	1	92.2	95	64	54	7	67	2	28	1	0	5	426	1.748	Apr 16, 1940	21	BSN
21	Phil Marchildon	9	1940	1950	0	10.6	68	75	.476	3.93	185	162	18	82	6	2	1214.1	1084	605	530	81	684	24	481	23	5	45	5309	1.456	Sep 22, 1940	27	PHA
22	Rube Melton	6	1941	1947	0	7.0	30	50	.375	3.62	162	87	46	25	6	5	704.0	624	331	283	22	395	32	363	13	1	22	3061	1.447	Apr 17, 1941	24	PHI
23	Bob Muncrief	12	1937	1951	1	15.7	80	82	.494	3.80	288	165	72	67	11	9	1401.1	1503	669	592	106	392	42	525	15	1	20	5968	1.352	Sep 30, 1937	25	SLB
24	Sam Nahem	4	1938	1948	0	-0.6	10	8	.556	4.69	90	12	42	3	0	1	224.1	222	138	117	8	127	5	101	7	3	9	1016	1.556	Oct 2, 1938	25	STL
25	Dick Newsome	3	1941	1943	0	-1.4	35	33	.515	4.50	85	74	5	36	4	0	526.0	575	296	263	32	214	11	138	12	0	13	2334	1.500	Apr 25, 1941	31	BOS
26	Steve Peek	1	1941	1941	0	-0.5	4	2	.667	5.06	17	8	2	2	0	0	80.0	85	48	45	6	39	0	18	0	0	1	350	1.550	Apr 16, 1941	26	NYY
27	Johnny Podgajny	5	1940	1946	0	2.0	20	37	.351	4.20	115	61	35	20	0	0	510.1	542	273	238	22	165	12	129	16	4	8	2206	1.385	Sep 15, 1940	21	PHI
28	Howie Pollet	14	1941	1956	3	33.8	131	116	.530	3.51	403	277	54	116	25	18	2107.1	2096	957	821	146	745	70	934	23	1	34	8981	1.348	Aug 20, 1941	20	STL
29	Elmer Riddle	10	1939	1949	1	11.9	65	52	.556	3.40	190	124	40	57	13	8	1023.0	974	438	387	56	458	27	342	19	1	14	4406	1.400	Oct 1, 1939	26	CIN
30	Charley Stanceu	2	1941	1946	0	-0.8	5	7	.417	4.93	39	13	12	1	0	0	122.1	135	80	67	7	79	6	47	1	0	6	572	1.749	Apr 16, 1941	25	NYY
31	Ernie White	7	1940	1948	0	7.3	30	21	.588	2.78	108	57	31	24	5	6	489.1	425	198	151	28	188	21	244	10	0	6	2067	1.253	May 9, 1940	24	STL
32	Lefty Wilkie	3	1941	1946	0	1.0	8	11	.421	4.59	68	12	35	5	1	3	194.0	215	104	99	5	80	8	37	2	2	5	867	1.521	Apr 22, 1941	26	PIT
33	Early Wynn HOF	23	1939	1963	9	51.6	300	244	.551	3.54	691	611	67	289	49	16	4564.0	4291	2037	1796	338	1775	100	2334	64	2	51	19408	1.329	Sep 13, 1939	21	WSH
	Totals	203	1935	1963	18	211	1202	1180	.505	3.70	4572	2342	1349	1024	164	230	20748.2	20310	9784	8535	1310	8322	582	8629	300	33	372	89180	1.384

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