1883 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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Phil Baker	3	1883	1886	2.2	195	856	817	134	212	20	11	3	34	16	39	32	.259	.293	.322	.615	May 1, 1883	26	BAL
2	Jersey Bakley	6	1883	1891	-1.1	222	813	727	70	111	12	4	2	33	2	83	154	.153	.242	.188	.431	May 11, 1883	19	PHA
3	Bob Barr	5	1883	1891	-1.1	179	670	633	61	117	14	6	4	17	1	31	26	.185	.230	.245	.475	Jun 23, 1883	26	PIT
4	Charlie Buffinton	11	1882	1892	0.0	586	2309	2214	245	543	67	16	7	255	14	91	114	.245	.276	.299	.576	May 17, 1882	22	BSN
5	Dick Burns	3	1883	1885	-0.3	130	554	544	97	145	26	14	4	9		10	30	.267	.280	.388	.668	May 3, 1883	19	DTN
6	Cliff Carroll	11	1882	1893	8.6	991	4380	3972	729	995	125	47	31	423	197	361	290	.251	.320	.329	.649	Aug 3, 1882	23	PRO
7	John Coleman	8	1883	1890	3.3	629	2670	2508	332	645	88	56	7	279	71	152	154	.257	.302	.345	.648	May 1, 1883	20	PHI
8	John Corkhill	10	1883	1892	5.1	1086	4614	4404	650	1120	110	80	31	631	137	174	109	.254	.288	.337	.625	May 1, 1883	25	CIN
9	Sam Crane	7	1880	1890	-4.7	373	1420	1359	183	276	30	18	3	45	26	60	127	.203	.237	.258	.496	May 1, 1880	29	NYP
10	Ed Cushman	6	1883	1890	-1.1	147	535	489	47	78	7	4	0	30	6	43	27	.160	.232	.190	.422	Jul 6, 1883	31	BUF
11	Ren Deagle	2	1883	1884	-1.1	35	130	128	12	15	3	0	0	8		2		.117	.131	.141	.271	May 17, 1883	25	CIN
12	Ed Dundon	2	1883	1884	-0.8	52	188	179	14	27	3	2	0			8		.151	.191	.190	.381	Jun 2, 1883	23	COL
13	Bob Emslie	3	1883	1885	-1.1	95	363	355	42	66	8	6	0	4		8		.186	.204	.242	.446	Jul 25, 1883	24	BAL
14	Sid Farrar	8	1883	1890	10.7	943	3840	3573	497	905	157	53	18	412	92	233	269	.253	.305	.342	.647	May 1, 1883	23	PHI
15	Jim Field	5	1883	1898	2.3	331	1375	1270	180	292	38	21	10	50	9	77	1	.230	.289	.317	.605	Jun 2, 1883	20	COL
16	Bill Gallagher	2	1883	1884	-0.7	21	83	80	11	11	3	1	0	0		3	4	.138	.169	.200	.369	May 2, 1883	17	TOT
17	Mert Hackett	5	1883	1887	-0.6	256	957	939	87	203	42	15	8	83	5	16	225	.216	.231	.318	.549	May 2, 1883	23	BSN
18	Art Hagan	2	1883	1884	-0.8	22	79	79	6	10	1	1	0	4		0	24	.127	.127	.165	.291	Jun 30, 1883	20	TOT
19	Hardie Henderson	6	1883	1888	-0.3	218	854	808	87	165	22	12	2	48	1	44	9	.204	.247	.269	.516	May 2, 1883	20	TOT
20	Mike Hines	4	1883	1888	-2.2	120	467	451	69	91	20	3	0	26	0	16	67	.202	.229	.259	.489	May 1, 1883	20	BSN
21	John Humphries	2	1883	1884	-2.9	98	384	364	34	52	3	0	0	6		19	41	.143	.188	.151	.339	Jul 7, 1883	21	NYG
22	Jack Jones	1	1883	1883	-0.2	19	69	67	6	14	2	0	0	4		2	11	.209	.232	.239	.471	Jul 9, 1883	22	TOT
23	Ed Kennedy	4	1883	1886	-2.8	299	1157	1105	142	225	20	13	5	23	1	47		.204	.239	.259	.498	May 1, 1883	27	NYP
24	Bill Kuehne	10	1883	1892	7.1	1087	4432	4286	533	993	145	115	25	403	150	136	260	.232	.257	.337	.594	May 1, 1883	24	COL
25	Arlie Latham	17	1880	1909	30.5	1629	7524	6832	1481	1836	245	85	27	563	742	589	305	.269	.334	.341	.676	Jul 5, 1880	23	STL
26	Jim Lillie	4	1883	1886	-6.3	390	1541	1518	179	332	41	11	6	134	13	23	221	.219	.230	.272	.502	May 17, 1883	21	BUF
27	Tim Manning	4	1882	1885	-0.5	200	796	730	99	138	28	6	2	24		56	24	.189	.256	.252	.508	May 1, 1882	29	BAL
28	Jerry McCormick	2	1883	1884	0.3	202	848	841	104	220	36	10	0			7		.262	.268	.328	.596	May 1, 1883	21	BAL
29	Frank McLaughlin	3	1882	1884	-0.9	107	444	426	60	97	21	4	5	4		18	11	.228	.259	.331	.590	Aug 9, 1882	26	PIT
30	Tom McLaughlin	5	1883	1891	0.9	340	1270	1183	142	227	28	19	2	81	16	75	6	.192	.247	.253	.500	Jul 17, 1883	23	LOU
31	Bill Morgan	3	1882	1884	-1.6	94	362	342	30	63	5	3	0			19		.184	.229	.216	.446	Aug 17, 1882	27	PIT
32	Jack Neagle	3	1879	1884	-2.0	100	384	369	37	65	11	1	0	6		14	9	.176	.208	.211	.420	Jul 8, 1879	25	TOT
33	Tom O'Brien	6	1882	1890	-1.4	270	1165	1111	158	257	50	20	4	61	16	52	24	.231	.267	.323	.590	Jun 14, 1882	23	BAL
34	Tip O'Neill	10	1883	1892	27.6	1052	4712	4248	879	1385	222	92	52	757	161	420	194	.326	.392	.458	.851	May 5, 1883	23	NYG
35	Paul Radford	12	1883	1894	14.3	1361	5822	4979	945	1206	176	57	13	462	346	790	449	.242	.351	.308	.660	May 1, 1883	21	BSN
36	Billy Reid	2	1883	1884	-0.2	43	176	167	25	44	5	0	0			8		.263	.301	.293	.595	May 1, 1883	26	BAL
37	Charlie Reipschlager	5	1883	1887	-0.5	296	1148	1109	99	246	40	14	0	63	9	34	7	.222	.248	.283	.531	May 2, 1883	27	NYP
38	Frank Ringo	4	1883	1886	-2.9	139	521	506	49	97	24	3	0	32	0	15	70	.192	.215	.251	.466	May 1, 1883	22	PHI
39	Will Sawyer	1	1883	1883	-0.8	17	50	47	3	1	0	0	0	0		3	19	.021	.080	.021	.101	Jul 21, 1883	18	CLV
40	Dupee Shaw	6	1883	1888	-3.8	236	861	823	79	140	21	1	1	31	1	38	156	.170	.207	.202	.408	Jun 18, 1883	24	DTN
41	Edgar Smith	1	1883	1883	0.0	30	120	115	10	25	5	3	0	16		5	11	.217	.250	.313	.563	Jun 20, 1883	22	BSN
42	Joe Straub	3	1880	1883	-1.0	38	150	144	7	22	2	0	0	4		6	3	.153	.187	.167	.353	Jun 24, 1880	25	COL
43	Charlie Sweeney	6	1882	1887	0.8	233	953	894	117	224	39	7	2	84	11	59	87	.251	.297	.317	.614	May 11, 1882	20	PRO
44	Rooney Sweeney	3	1883	1885	-1.0	76	317	298	51	64	12	3	0	0		19	4	.215	.262	.275	.537	Jul 25, 1883	24	BAL
45	Bill Traffley	5	1878	1886	-2.7	179	701	663	85	116	13	12	1	36	8	34	1	.175	.220	.235	.455	Jul 27, 1878	23	CIN
46	John Valentine	1	1883	1883	0.3	16	62	60	9	17	4	0	0			2		.283	.306	.350	.656	May 3, 1883	27	COL
	Totals	232	1878	1909	66.6	15182	63126	58756	8916	14133	1994	849	275	5185	2051	3941	3575	.241	.293	.317	.610

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	Jersey Bakley	6	1883	1891	2.1	76	125	.378	3.66	215	204	11	191	7	0	1782.2	1909	1321	725	43	564	669	37	0	152	7887	1.387	May 11, 1883	19	PHA
2	Bob Barr	5	1883	1891	-0.2	49	98	.333	3.85	159	152	7	141	6	1	1328.1	1460	938	568	31	363	588	35	0	107	5914	1.372	Jun 23, 1883	26	PIT
3	Charlie Buffinton	11	1882	1892	60.7	233	152	.605	2.96	414	396	17	351	30	3	3404.0	3344	1824	1120	87	856	1700	31	2	174	14465	1.234	May 17, 1882	22	BSN
4	Dick Burns	3	1883	1885	0.9	25	27	.481	3.07	58	53	5	47	1	0	460.1	473	304	157	15	80	199		0	24	1987	1.201	May 3, 1883	19	DTN
5	John Coleman	8	1883	1890	-4.4	23	72	.242	4.68	107	93	13	84	4	0	842.2	1182	772	438	30	102	224	6	0	27	3913	1.524	May 1, 1883	20	PHI
6	John Corkhill	10	1883	1892	-0.4	3	4	.429	4.62	17	1	15	0	0	2	62.1	68	48	32	3	17	21	1	0	3	276	1.364	May 1, 1883	25	CIN
7	Ed Cushman	6	1883	1890	3.4	62	81	.434	3.86	147	145	3	137	4	1	1225.2	1264	847	525	23	359	607	26	3	79	5352	1.324	Jul 6, 1883	31	BUF
8	Ren Deagle	2	1883	1884	1.4	17	15	.531	2.74	34	34	0	29	2	0	269.1	255	147	82	0	56	83	8	0	20	1116	1.155	May 17, 1883	25	CIN
9	Ed Dundon	2	1883	1884	-3.6	9	20	.310	4.25	31	28	3	23	0	0	247.2	298	208	117	16	53	68	0	0	17	1124	1.417	Jun 2, 1883	23	COL
10	Bob Emslie	3	1883	1885	6.7	44	44	.500	3.19	91	90	1	85	5	0	792.1	775	507	281	9	165	362	19	1	71	3432	1.186	Jul 25, 1883	24	BAL
11	Jim Field	5	1883	1898	0.2	1	0	1.000	2.79	2	1	1	1	0	1	9.2	7	4	3	0	4	2	1	1	0	41	1.138	Jun 2, 1883	20	COL
12	Bill Gallagher	2	1883	1884	-1.8	1	7	.125	4.70	10	8	2	7	0	0	76.2	111	86	40	3	10	31		0	5	359	1.578	May 2, 1883	17	TOT
13	Art Hagan	2	1883	1884	-3.0	2	18	.100	5.36	22	21	1	19	0	0	178.0	277	201	106	3	43	50		0	25	850	1.798	Jun 30, 1883	20	TOT
14	Hardie Henderson	6	1883	1888	10.2	81	121	.401	3.50	210	206	4	197	4	0	1788.1	1800	1230	696	25	522	930	51	1	178	7852	1.298	May 2, 1883	20	TOT
15	Jack Jones	1	1883	1883	1.5	11	7	.611	3.14	19	19	0	16	1	0	157.2	161	101	55	1	25	61		0	7	682	1.180	Jul 9, 1883	22	TOT
16	Jim Lillie	4	1883	1886	-0.9	0	2	.000	4.65	6	1	6	0	0	0	31.0	46	41	16	0	8	8		0	3	152	1.742	May 17, 1883	21	BUF
17	Jerry McCormick	2	1883	1884	-0.2	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	4	2	1	0	3		0	0	11	2.500	May 1, 1883	21	BAL
18	Frank McLaughlin	3	1882	1884	-1.1	0	0		9.00	4	1	3	0	0	0	19.0	29	33	19	0	5	4		0	2	93	1.789	Aug 9, 1882	26	PIT
19	Jack Neagle	3	1879	1884	-4.0	16	50	.242	4.59	70	68	2	60	2	0	560.1	659	479	286	17	141	152	18	0	62	2579	1.428	Jul 8, 1879	25	TOT
20	Tom O'Brien	6	1882	1890	-0.1	0	0		7.36	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	4	5	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	24	2.455	Jun 14, 1882	23	BAL
21	Tip O'Neill	10	1883	1892	-2.2	16	16	.500	3.39	36	33	3	29	0	0	289.0	307	224	109	8	115	91	4	0	47	1319	1.460	May 5, 1883	23	NYG
22	Paul Radford	12	1883	1894	-2.2	0	4	.000	8.52	10	4	3	3	0	0	43.1	85	69	41	5	17	13	0	0	3	223	2.354	May 1, 1883	21	BSN
23	Will Sawyer	1	1883	1883	1.9	4	10	.286	2.36	17	15	2	15	0	0	141.0	119	79	37	1	47	76		0	13	596	1.177	Jul 21, 1883	18	CLV
24	Dupee Shaw	6	1883	1888	18.8	83	121	.407	3.10	211	207	4	196	13	0	1762.0	1710	1050	607	41	396	950	3	0	85	7555	1.195	Jun 18, 1883	24	DTN
25	Charlie Sweeney	6	1882	1887	8.0	64	52	.552	2.87	129	123	6	113	8	1	1030.2	928	560	329	24	172	505	0	0	67	4234	1.067	May 11, 1882	20	PRO
26	John Valentine	1	1883	1883	-0.9	2	10	.167	3.53	13	12	1	11	0	0	102.0	130	80	40	0	17	13		0	1	463	1.441	May 3, 1883	27	COL
	Totals	126	1879	1898	90.8	822	1056	.438	3.49	2034	1915	114	1755	87	9	16609.2	17406	11162	6434	386	4142	7410	240	8	1172	72499	1.180

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