1875 Major League Rookie Players

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Players listed either lost their rookie status in this season or if you are looking at the 2024 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	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Joe Blong	3	1875	1877	-0.3	136	556	550	50	119	17	7	0	48	1	0	6	38	.216	.225	.273	.498	May 4, 1875	21	SLR
2	Joe Borden	2	1875	1876	-1.1	39	152	149	22	28	3	0	0	8	0	0	3	4	.188	.204	.208	.412	Jul 24, 1875	21	PHI
3	George Bradley	11	1875	1888	0.7	567	2298	2258	272	518	64	38	3	172	5	3	40	152	.229	.243	.295	.538	May 4, 1875	22	STL
4	John Cassidy	11	1875	1885	-1.2	634	2731	2642	353	650	87	33	5	191	0	1	84	132	.246	.271	.310	.580	Apr 24, 1875	20	TOT
5	John Dailey	1	1875	1875	-0.6	29	118	118	19	21	5	4	0	13	3	2	0	2	.178	.178	.288	.466	Apr 29, 1875	21	TOT
6	Herm Doscher	6	1872	1882	-0.2	109	438	436	36	98	14	0	0	40	1	1	2	33	.225	.228	.257	.485	Sep 5, 1872	22	WAS
7	Pud Galvin HOF	15	1875	1892	-9.8	731	2788	2748	278	552	87	31	5	220	23	0	38	631	.201	.212	.261	.473	May 22, 1875	18	STL
8	Billy Geer	6	1874	1885	2.2	232	950	893	128	191	36	11	0	33	2	2	55	22	.214	.261	.279	.540	Oct 15, 1874		NHV
9	Mike Golden	2	1875	1878	-1.9	107	420	415	38	90	9	3	0	35	3	2	5	48	.217	.226	.253	.479	May 4, 1875	23	TOT
10	Bill Hague	5	1875	1879	1.6	301	1295	1276	134	303	23	2	2	114	3	4	19	90	.237	.249	.263	.512	May 4, 1875	23	STL
11	Jimmy Hallinan	5	1871	1878	1.4	170	775	760	142	218	25	12	5	83	5	5	15	18	.287	.301	.371	.672	Jul 26, 1871	26	TOT
12	Bill Harbridge	9	1875	1884	2.1	378	1590	1510	200	373	47	16	2	114	2	4	80	69	.247	.285	.303	.588	May 15, 1875	20	HAR
13	Henry Kessler	5	1873	1877	-0.4	105	444	434	51	110	8	0	0	23	0	2	10	15	.253	.270	.272	.542	Aug 4, 1873	23	BRA
14	Lon Knight	8	1875	1885	0.8	545	2387	2288	391	555	93	37	3	198	2	0	97	71	.243	.274	.319	.593	Sep 4, 1875	22	ATH
15	Jake Knodell	3	1874	1878	-0.7	71	265	263	27	47	4	1	0	14	1	1	2	9	.179	.185	.202	.386	May 15, 1874	22	BRA
16	Jumbo Latham	5	1875	1884	1.6	334	1469	1431	209	353	35	17	0	101	6	0	35	12	.247	.266	.295	.561	Apr 19, 1875	22	TOT
17	Harry Luff	4	1875	1884	-0.6	106	457	450	42	111	18	7	2	27	3	3	7	5	.247	.258	.331	.589	Apr 19, 1875	22	NHV
18	Pat McGee	2	1874	1875	-1.1	59	226	225	11	38	6	1	0	20	0	0	1	17	.169	.173	.204	.377	Sep 24, 1874		TOT
19	Tim McGinley	2	1875	1876	0.2	54	223	223	23	54	3	2	0	17	1	1	0	12	.242	.242	.274	.516	Apr 21, 1875	21	TOT
20	John McKelvey	1	1875	1875	0.0	43	193	188	26	43	3	1	0	10	3	1	5	8	.229	.249	.255	.504	Apr 19, 1875	27	NHV
21	Joe Miller	2	1872	1875	-0.6	29	108	108	5	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.139	.139	.148	.287	Jun 26, 1872	24	TOT
22	Tom Miller	2	1874	1875	0.3	60	231	230	19	43	2	0	0	17	2	0	1	8	.187	.190	.196	.386	Oct 24, 1874	25	STL
23	Al Nichols	3	1875	1877	-0.8	95	364	362	25	62	6	1	0	18	0	0	2	11	.171	.176	.193	.369	Apr 24, 1875	23	BRA
24	Tricky Nichols	6	1875	1882	-1.7	125	472	460	40	78	7	4	0	16	5	0	12	27	.170	.191	.202	.393	Apr 19, 1875	24	NHV
25	Bill Parks	2	1875	1876	-0.7	30	122	121	13	21	0	0	0	6	1	1	1	2	.174	.180	.174	.354	Apr 26, 1875	26	TOT
26	Paddy Quinn	3	1871	1877	-0.3	42	154	148	26	36	1	0	0	9	4	4	6	6	.243	.273	.250	.523	Jul 26, 1871	25	TOT
27	Larry Ressler	1	1875	1875	-0.4	27	108	108	17	21	1	0	0	5	4	0	0	4	.194	.194	.204	.398	Apr 26, 1875	26	WAS
28	John Richmond	8	1875	1885	6.1	440	1833	1725	239	410	45	28	5	83	1	0	103	80	.238	.283	.305	.588	Apr 22, 1875	20	ATH
29	Lou Say	7	1873	1884	-1.2	298	1274	1239	181	287	44	8	5	52	0	0	35	39	.232	.253	.292	.545	Apr 14, 1873	21	WAS
30	George Seward	3	1875	1882	0.1	64	256	243	35	55	3	1	0	8	1	0	13	1	.226	.266	.247	.513	May 19, 1875	24	STL
31	Orator Shafer	13	1874	1890	19.4	871	3784	3552	601	1000	164	53	11	317	34	0	227	226	.282	.326	.367	.692	May 23, 1874	23	PHI
32	Ed Somerville	2	1875	1876	0.6	111	452	449	49	90	13	1	0	27	2	2	3	12	.200	.206	.234	.440	Apr 21, 1875	22	TOT
33	Charlie Waitt	4	1875	1883	-1.5	113	422	406	36	67	14	0	0	14	3	2	16	11	.165	.197	.200	.396	May 25, 1875	25	STL
34	Sam Wright	4	1875	1881	0.4	45	174	173	10	29	4	0	0	5	1	0	1	6	.168	.172	.191	.363	Apr 19, 1875	26	NHV
	Totals	166	1871	1892	12.4	7100	29529	28581	3748	6686	892	319	48	2059	122	41	924	1831	.234	.259	.293	.551

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	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Joe Blong	3	1875	1877	-0.1	13	21	.382	2.84	41	36	6	29	1	0	320.1	374	242	101	0	41	65		1	41	1424	1.296	May 4, 1875	21	SLR
2	Joe Borden	2	1875	1876	1.8	13	16	.448	2.56	36	31	6	23	4	1	284.1	304	185	81	4	58	43		0	22	1249	1.273	Jul 24, 1875	21	PHI
3	George Bradley	11	1875	1888	21.6	172	151	.533	2.43	347	325	23	302	33	2	2940.0	3009	1696	795	45	196	671		0	189	12377	1.090	May 4, 1875	22	STL
4	John Cassidy	11	1875	1885	-4.0	2	22	.083	3.19	32	24	8	20	0	0	231.2	308	253	82	3	12	11		0	20	1111	1.381	Apr 24, 1875	20	TOT
5	Pud Galvin HOF	15	1875	1892	83.3	365	310	.541	2.85	705	688	19	646	57	2	6003.1	6405	3352	1903	121	745	1807	61	2	221	25415	1.191	May 22, 1875	18	STL
6	Billy Geer	6	1874	1885	-0.6	0	0		12.60	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	14	12	7	0	3	1	0	0	0	26	3.400	Oct 15, 1874		NHV
7	Mike Golden	2	1875	1878	-2.6	10	32	.238	2.79	49	45	4	40	1	0	393.0	457	354	122	1	53	86		0	49	1806	1.298	May 4, 1875	23	TOT
8	Lon Knight	8	1875	1885	-3.2	16	28	.364	2.77	51	46	4	40	0	0	412.0	529	385	127	1	56	31	1	0	36	1893	1.420	Sep 4, 1875	22	ATH
9	Harry Luff	4	1875	1884	-2.2	1	6	.143	3.28	10	7	2	5	0	0	68.2	98	91	25	2	3	5		2	5	335	1.471	Apr 19, 1875	22	NHV
10	Tricky Nichols	6	1875	1882	-2.1	28	73	.277	3.04	106	98	9	90	1	0	881.0	1045	672	298	6	91	174		1	66	3941	1.289	Apr 19, 1875	24	NHV
11	Bill Parks	2	1875	1876	-1.5	4	8	.333	3.54	16	11	4	9	0	0	112.0	157	131	44	3	6	3		0	9	552	1.455	Apr 26, 1875	26	TOT
	Totals	70	1874	1892	90.4	624	667	.483	2.77	1395	1311	87	1204	97	5	11651.1	12700	7373	3585	186	1264	2897	62	6	658	50129	1.471

More 1875 Major League Pages

1875 Major League Season

Fielding

Batting

Standard Batting
Value
Advanced Batting
Sabermetric Batting
Win Probability
Spring Training
Batting Ratios
Baserunning/Misc
PH/HR/Situ Hitting
Pitches Batting
Cumulative Batting
Neutralized Batting
Team Positional Comparisons
League Splits
Minors Batting

Pitching

Standard Pitching
Value
Advanced Pitching
Win Probability
Spring Training
Pitching Ratios
Baserunning/Situ
Starting Pitching
Relief Pitching
Pitching Pitches
Batting Against
Cumulative Pitching
Neutralized Pitching
League Splits
Minors Pitching

Leaders & Awards

Other

Attendance & Misc.
New Debuts
Rookie Players
Retirements
Born this Year
Died this Year
Uniform Numbers
Transactions
Amateur Draft
Free Agents
Last N Days Leaders
Opening Day Lineups
Team Starting Lineups
Team Pitching Staffs
Marcel Projections
Playoff Odds

1875 Major League Rookie Players

Batting

Pitching

More 1875 Major League Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks