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1872 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	Andy Allison	1	1872	1872	-0.5	22	93	92	9	15	2	0	0	10	0	0	1	2	.163	.172	.185	.357	May 7, 1872	24	ECK
2	Tom Barlow	4	1872	1875	1.5	126	614	604	120	175	6	3	1	32	27	13	10	5	.290	.301	.315	.616	May 2, 1872	20	BRA
3	John Bass	3	1871	1877	0.5	25	103	100	19	29	2	10	3	19	0	1	3	4	.290	.311	.600	.911	May 4, 1871	24	BRA
4	Cy Bentley	1	1872	1872	-0.1	23	115	114	23	25	3	4	1	11	1	2	1	2	.219	.226	.342	.568	Apr 26, 1872	21	MAN
5	Eddie Booth	5	1872	1876	-1.0	242	1023	1016	128	243	26	13	1	76	4	8	7	11	.239	.244	.293	.538	Apr 26, 1872		TOT
6	Bill Boyd	4	1872	1875	2.0	146	676	666	94	192	30	9	3	91	6	3	10	13	.288	.299	.374	.673	Apr 22, 1872	19	NYU
7	Jim Britt	2	1872	1873	-0.6	91	408	395	55	88	10	0	0	24	1	2	13	19	.223	.248	.248	.496	May 2, 1872		BRA
8	Jack Burdock	18	1872	1891	15.0	1187	5065	4915	778	1231	164	50	18	501	59	15	140	367	.250	.273	.315	.588	May 2, 1872	20	BRA
9	Frank Buttery	1	1872	1872	-0.4	18	93	93	16	20	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	.215	.215	.215	.430	Apr 26, 1872	21	MAN
10	Tom Carey	9	1871	1879	8.6	536	2410	2394	405	646	77	14	5	270	27	7	16	61	.270	.275	.320	.595	May 4, 1871	25	BAL
11	John Clapp	11	1872	1883	19.1	588	2635	2523	459	713	92	35	7	279	17	11	112	51	.283	.313	.355	.668	Apr 26, 1872	20	MAN
12	Jim Clinton	10	1872	1886	-0.1	426	1822	1719	246	438	45	20	4	55	3	1	82	20	.255	.297	.311	.608	May 18, 1872	21	ECK
13	Candy Cummings HOF	6	1872	1877	-2.1	247	1084	1068	149	227	29	9	0	107	3	2	16	51	.213	.224	.257	.481	Apr 22, 1872	23	NYU
14	Herman Dehlman	6	1872	1877	3.0	307	1267	1219	226	262	34	5	0	85	34	11	48	67	.215	.245	.251	.496	May 2, 1872	20	BRA
15	Charles Fulmer	11	1871	1884	8.8	583	2482	2439	361	635	70	30	8	262	14	8	43	67	.260	.273	.323	.597	Jun 5, 1871	21	NYU
16	Count Gedney	4	1872	1875	2.0	202	845	832	139	209	25	8	5	99	8	7	13	26	.251	.263	.319	.581	Apr 27, 1872	23	TOT
17	Wally Goldsmith	4	1871	1875	-1.2	42	188	184	15	34	3	0	0	18	0	0	4	4	.185	.202	.201	.403	May 4, 1871	23	OLY
18	George Heubel	3	1871	1876	0.0	23	104	102	20	26	4	2	0	14	1	0	2	0	.255	.269	.333	.603	May 20, 1871	23	OLY
19	Nat Hicks	6	1872	1877	3.9	257	1167	1142	172	301	35	6	1	116	9	3	25	23	.264	.279	.307	.587	Apr 22, 1872	27	NYU
20	Jim Holdsworth	8	1872	1884	3.0	319	1492	1484	221	432	38	22	0	138	8	7	8	20	.291	.295	.346	.641	May 14, 1872	21	TOT
21	Bill Lennon	3	1871	1873	-0.4	28	122	121	18	26	4	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	.215	.221	.248	.469	May 4, 1871	27	NAT
22	Phonney Martin	2	1872	1873	-0.9	74	339	337	52	82	4	2	0	37	4	3	2	8	.243	.248	.267	.515	Apr 26, 1872	26	TOT
23	James McDermott	2	1871	1872	0.1	9	42	40	6	11	3	0	0	4	1	0	2	4	.275	.310	.350	.660	May 4, 1871	26	ECK
24	Tim Murnane	8	1872	1884	2.1	383	1692	1632	336	426	32	9	5	130	39	14	60	54	.261	.287	.301	.588	Apr 26, 1872	21	MAN
25	Candy Nelson	13	1872	1890	16.0	817	3673	3294	648	833	93	27	3	208	68	2	352	45	.253	.330	.300	.630	Jun 11, 1872	23	TOT
26	Jim O'Rourke HOF	23	1872	1904	52.1	1999	9052	8503	1729	2639	468	149	62	1208	229	12	513	362	.310	.352	.422	.775	Apr 26, 1872	21	MAN
27	Jack Remsen	10	1872	1884	4.3	578	2424	2353	366	573	69	39	9	201	14	7	71	131	.244	.266	.317	.583	May 2, 1872	22	BRA
28	Fraley Rogers	2	1872	1873	0.4	47	216	215	41	60	8	1	1	31	2	0	1	6	.279	.282	.340	.622	Apr 30, 1872	22	BOS
29	Frank Sellman	5	1871	1875	-0.5	37	171	167	27	43	8	2	1	18	3	2	4	3	.257	.275	.347	.622	May 4, 1871	21	OLY
30	Jim Snyder	1	1872	1872	0.4	25	103	103	16	30	2	3	0	11	0	2	0	1	.291	.291	.369	.660	May 7, 1872	24	ECK
31	Bill Stearns	5	1871	1875	-2.0	99	411	397	56	76	2	0	0	31	1	1	14	25	.191	.219	.196	.415	Jun 26, 1871	19	NAT
32	Jim Tipper	3	1872	1875	-0.8	110	468	466	70	114	13	0	0	41	1	1	2	14	.245	.248	.273	.520	Apr 26, 1872	23	MAN
33	George Wright HOF	12	1871	1882	23.2	591	2941	2873	665	866	124	60	11	326	47	20	68	119	.301	.318	.398	.715	May 5, 1871	25	BOS
	Totals	206	1871	1904	155.4	10207	45340	43602	7685	11720	1525	532	149	4473	632	165	1644	1587	.269	.297	.338	.635

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	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Cy Bentley	1	1872	1872	-3.3	2	15	.118	6.06	18	17	1	14	0	0	144.0	259	253	97	4	12	5	0	6	794	1.882	Apr 26, 1872	21	MAN
2	Eddie Booth	5	1872	1876	-0.3	0	0		10.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	16	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	34	3.200	Apr 26, 1872		TOT
3	Bill Boyd	4	1872	1875	-0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	2.400	Apr 22, 1872	19	NYU
4	Jim Britt	2	1872	1873	0.3	26	64	.289	4.26	91	91	0	88	1	0	816.2	1264	992	387	12	62	29	1	45	4115	1.624	May 2, 1872		BRA
5	Frank Buttery	1	1872	1872	-0.2	3	2	.600	4.27	8	5	3	5	0	0	59.0	94	78	28	1	3	5	0	0	295	1.644	Apr 26, 1872	21	MAN
6	Jim Clinton	10	1872	1886	-0.5	1	15	.063	2.94	19	16	3	11	0	0	141.0	178	151	46	1	6	9	0	19	655	1.305	May 18, 1872	21	ECK
7	Candy Cummings HOF	6	1872	1877	38.2	145	94	.607	2.42	242	241	2	233	19	0	2149.2	2526	1450	579	12	113	259	0	67	9583	1.228	Apr 22, 1872	23	NYU
8	Charles Fulmer	11	1871	1884	0.1	0	0		3.60	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	7	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	24	1.600	Jun 5, 1871	21	NYU
9	Count Gedney	4	1872	1875	0.5	1	0	1.000	0.82	2	1	1	1	0	0	11.0	7	4	1	0	1	2	0	2	43	0.727	Apr 27, 1872	23	TOT
10	Phonney Martin	2	1872	1873	-1.0	3	10	.231	4.03	24	13	10	10	0	0	156.1	263	202	70	1	17	6	0	10	827	1.791	Apr 26, 1872	26	TOT
11	James McDermott	2	1871	1872	-2.2	0	7	.000	8.14	7	7	0	7	0	0	63.0	143	144	57	3	14	1	0	17	394	2.492	May 4, 1871	26	ECK
12	Jim O'Rourke HOF	23	1872	1904	0.1	0	1	.000	4.12	6	0	3	0	0	2	19.2	17	14	9	0	2	4	0	1	70	0.966	Apr 26, 1872	21	MAN
13	Frank Sellman	5	1871	1875	-0.4	0	1	.000	8.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	21	26	8	0	0	0	0	0	60	2.333	May 4, 1871	21	OLY
14	Bill Stearns	5	1871	1875	-7.5	13	64	.169	4.28	84	79	4	73	0	0	699.2	1167	1001	333	13	46	24	0	21	3668	1.734	Jun 26, 1871	19	NAT
15	George Wright HOF	12	1871	1882	0.0	0	1	.000	5.40	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	21	1.200	May 5, 1871	25	BOS
	Totals	93	1871	1904	23.7	194	274	.415	3.41	509	471	33	443	20	2	4285.2	5972	4335	1626	47	277	345	1	190	20592	1.734

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