1880 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	Tom Burns	13	1880	1892	22.4	1251	5198	4920	722	1307	236	69	39	683	162		270	454	.266	.305	.365	.670	May 1, 1880	23	CHC
2	Doc Bushong	13	1875	1890	3.6	672	2527	2397	287	514	58	13	2	184	39	0	124	125	.214	.255	.252	.507	Jul 19, 1875	23	WOR
3	Roger Connor HOF	18	1880	1897	84.3	1998	8847	7797	1620	2467	441	233	138	1323	244		1002	455	.316	.397	.486	.883	May 1, 1880	22	TRO
4	Larry Corcoran	8	1880	1887	-2.1	326	1341	1289	192	287	47	15	2	111	5		52	187	.223	.253	.287	.540	May 1, 1880	20	CHC
5	Fred Corey	7	1878	1885	1.7	432	1803	1738	239	427	70	43	7	124			60	70	.246	.273	.348	.620	May 1, 1878	25	WOR
6	Fred Dunlap	12	1880	1891	37.1	965	4264	3974	759	1159	224	53	41	366	85		283	263	.292	.340	.406	.745	May 1, 1880	21	CLV
7	Dude Esterbrook	11	1880	1891	8.7	701	2927	2837	387	741	120	34	6	210	55		70	141	.261	.284	.334	.618	May 1, 1880	23	BUF
8	Gid Gardner	7	1879	1888	1.4	199	836	765	113	178	33	18	4	30	7		69	16	.233	.298	.339	.636	Aug 23, 1879	21	CLV
9	Patrick Gillespie	8	1880	1887	8.9	714	3038	2927	450	809	108	45	10	351	54		106	218	.276	.303	.354	.657	May 1, 1880	28	TRO
10	Ned Hanlon HOF	13	1880	1892	18.1	1270	5577	5087	931	1318	159	79	30	518	329		472	357	.259	.324	.339	.663	May 1, 1880	22	CLV
11	Arthur Irwin	13	1880	1894	15.2	1010	4190	3871	552	934	141	45	5	396	93		309	378	.241	.299	.305	.604	May 1, 1880	22	WOR
12	Tim Keefe HOF	14	1880	1893	-2.3	618	2262	2083	248	390	60	38	12	134	13		175	411	.187	.252	.270	.521	Aug 6, 1880	23	TRO
13	Mike Moynahan	4	1880	1884	3.9	169	735	688	124	202	30	13	1	95			47	35	.294	.339	.379	.718	Aug 20, 1880	24	BUF
14	Tom Poorman	6	1880	1888	1.2	496	2161	2043	396	498	65	43	12	172	165		102	191	.244	.285	.335	.620	May 5, 1880	22	TOT
15	Phil Powers	7	1878	1885	-2.0	155	592	573	56	103	12	6	0	42			19	22	.180	.206	.222	.428	Aug 31, 1878	25	BSN
16	John Reilly	10	1880	1891	23.4	1142	4935	4684	898	1352	215	139	69	740	245		157	241	.289	.325	.438	.763	May 18, 1880	21	CIN
17	Lee Richmond	6	1879	1886	0.3	251	1064	1018	169	262	29	20	3	113	0		46	73	.257	.289	.334	.623	Sep 27, 1879	23	WOR
18	Jack Rowe	12	1879	1890	28.4	1044	4626	4386	764	1256	202	88	28	644	59		224	177	.286	.323	.392	.715	Sep 6, 1879	23	BUF
19	Pop Smith	12	1880	1891	13.3	1112	4623	4238	643	941	141	87	24	358	169		325	345	.222	.287	.313	.600	May 1, 1880	23	CIN
20	Dan Stearns	7	1880	1889	1.4	509	2210	2025	295	491	72	36	8	173	67		173	117	.242	.306	.325	.631	Aug 17, 1880	18	BUF
21	Harry Stovey	14	1880	1893	45.2	1489	6848	6153	1495	1775	348	176	122	912	509		664	452	.288	.361	.462	.822	May 1, 1880	23	WOR
22	Bill Tobin	1	1880	1880	-1.1	38	156	152	15	24	1	1	0	11			4	25	.158	.179	.178	.357	Jul 21, 1880	25	TOT
23	Sam Trott	8	1880	1888	4.7	360	1412	1354	166	338	73	22	3	123	9		54	63	.250	.280	.343	.623	May 29, 1880	23	BSN
24	George Weidman	9	1880	1888	-7.7	379	1446	1401	133	248	28	4	3	112	11		45	195	.177	.203	.209	.412	Aug 26, 1880	19	BUF
25	Mickey Welch HOF	13	1880	1892	-0.8	607	2286	2201	268	492	93	16	12	202	10		82	329	.224	.252	.297	.549	May 1, 1880	20	TRO
26	Art Whitney	11	1880	1891	3.3	978	4001	3681	475	820	89	32	6	349	67		302	173	.223	.285	.269	.554	May 1, 1880	22	WOR
27	George Wood	13	1880	1892	19.7	1280	5821	5371	965	1467	228	132	68	601	113		418	547	.273	.329	.403	.732	May 1, 1880	21	WOR
	Totals	270	1875	1897	330.2	20165	85726	79653	13362	20800	3323	1500	655	9077	2510	0	5654	6060	.261	.313	.365	.679

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	Tom Burns	13	1880	1892	-0.3	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	4	0	0	2	1		0	0	10	3.000	May 1, 1880	23	CHC
2	Larry Corcoran	8	1880	1887	27.4	177	89	.665	2.36	277	268	9	256	22	2	2392.1	2147	1235	626	68	496	1103	2	0	113	10001	1.105	May 1, 1880	20	CHC
3	Fred Corey	7	1878	1885	2.6	27	46	.370	3.32	93	74	17	59	3	2	656.1	764	456	242	19	98	168	0	0	47	2870	1.313	May 1, 1878	25	WOR
4	Fred Dunlap	12	1880	1891	-0.1	0	0		6.75	2	0	2	0	0	1	2.2	6	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	2.250	May 1, 1880	21	CLV
5	Gid Gardner	7	1879	1888	-2.0	2	12	.143	3.90	15	13	1	12	0	0	113.0	142	102	49	5	28	33	1	0	20	521	1.504	Aug 23, 1879	21	CLV
6	Arthur Irwin	13	1880	1894	-0.1	0	0		2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	19	1.750	May 1, 1880	22	WOR
7	Tim Keefe HOF	14	1880	1893	89.1	342	225	.603	2.63	600	594	7	554	39	2	5049.2	4438	2470	1474	75	1233	2564	98	0	240	20941	1.123	Aug 6, 1880	23	TRO
8	Tom Poorman	6	1880	1888	-2.3	3	9	.250	4.02	15	11	3	10	0	1	109.2	147	110	49	5	30	14	0	0	9	519	1.614	May 5, 1880	22	TOT
9	Lee Richmond	6	1879	1886	11.3	75	100	.429	3.06	191	179	13	161	8	3	1583.0	1763	1018	538	27	269	552	2	1	87	6821	1.284	Sep 27, 1879	23	WOR
10	Pop Smith	12	1880	1891	-0.3	0	0		6.35	3	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	10	7	4	0	0	0		0	0	28	1.765	May 1, 1880	23	CIN
11	Harry Stovey	14	1880	1893	-0.2	0	0		6.75	4	0	3	0	0	0	9.1	15	9	7	0	3	7	0	0	2	46	1.929	May 1, 1880	23	WOR
12	George Weidman	9	1880	1888	22.7	101	156	.393	3.61	279	269	10	249	13	2	2318.1	2594	1536	929	62	459	910	12	0	102	10144	1.317	Aug 26, 1880	19	BUF
13	Mickey Welch HOF	13	1880	1892	63.1	307	210	.594	2.71	565	549	16	525	41	4	4802.0	4588	2556	1447	106	1297	1850	52	1	274	20308	1.226	May 1, 1880	20	TRO
14	Art Whitney	11	1880	1891	-0.3	0	1	.000	4.76	5	2	3	1	0	0	28.1	39	24	15	1	15	16	0	0	1	135	1.906	May 1, 1880	22	WOR
15	George Wood	13	1880	1892	-0.5	0	0		5.25	5	0	5	0	0	2	12.0	18	16	7	0	5	3	0	0	3	58	1.917	May 1, 1880	21	WOR
	Totals	158	1878	1894	210.1	1034	848	.549	2.84	2057	1959	93	1827	126	19	17087.2	16679	9549	5390	368	3936	7223	167	2	898	72433	3.000

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