1885 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	Norm Baker	3	1883	1890	-0.4	31	110	106	16	18	2	0	0	6	0	2		.170	.200	.189	.389	May 21, 1883	22	LOU
2	Lady Baldwin	6	1884	1890	0.8	134	535	494	68	114	16	7	0	55	7	40	77	.231	.290	.291	.581	Sep 30, 1884	26	DTN
3	Charley Bassett	9	1884	1892	10.4	917	3759	3493	392	806	114	49	15	402	116	239	312	.231	.285	.304	.590	Jul 22, 1884	22	PRO
4	Buck Becannon	3	1884	1887	0.1	12	43	41	3	10	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	.244	.279	.244	.523	Oct 15, 1884	25	NYP
5	Cal Broughton	4	1883	1888	-0.4	40	147	143	10	27	6	0	0	3	0	4	2	.189	.211	.231	.442	May 2, 1883	24	TOT
6	Dan Casey	7	1884	1890	-3.6	202	736	710	63	115	16	5	1	51	6	25	112	.162	.192	.203	.394	Aug 18, 1884	22	DTN
7	Pete Conway	5	1885	1889	-0.3	164	624	599	85	134	23	5	9	60	5	22	107	.224	.255	.324	.579	Aug 10, 1885	18	BUF
8	Amos Cross	3	1885	1887	1.4	117	488	441	62	118	16	7	1	56	13	45	0	.268	.338	.342	.681	Apr 22, 1885	25	LOU
9	Doug Crothers	2	1884	1885	0.0	22	75	66	13	10	0	0	0	0		8		.152	.253	.152	.405	Aug 3, 1884	25	NYP
10	Andy Cusick	4	1884	1887	-2.3	95	341	332	27	64	7	1	0	15	1	8	42	.193	.214	.220	.434	Aug 21, 1884	27	PHI
11	Con Daily	12	1885	1896	4.0	629	2454	2215	280	541	74	22	2	262	94	208	208	.244	.315	.300	.615	May 6, 1885	20	PRO
12	Ed Daily	7	1885	1891	-2.3	640	2703	2573	396	616	92	35	19	288	235	125	222	.239	.276	.325	.601	May 4, 1885	22	PHI
13	Pat Dealy	5	1884	1890	1.0	131	491	469	71	113	14	4	2	34	45	19	26	.241	.275	.301	.576	Sep 30, 1884	23	BSN
14	Frank Foreman	11	1884	1902	1.5	243	833	754	104	169	23	15	9	73	18	62	116	.224	.291	.330	.621	May 15, 1884	22	BAL
15	Charlie Ganzel	14	1884	1897	8.0	787	3184	2987	421	774	91	45	10	412	60	162	124	.259	.301	.330	.631	Sep 27, 1884	23	PHI
16	Ed Greer	3	1885	1887	-2.3	232	904	851	117	183	26	5	3	93	51	43	34	.215	.261	.268	.529	Jun 24, 1885	21	BAL
17	Tom Gunning	6	1884	1889	-1.2	146	558	537	79	110	12	4	2	46	38	16	84	.205	.235	.253	.488	Jul 26, 1884	23	BSN
18	Egyptian Healy	8	1885	1892	-2.0	229	804	757	81	132	30	7	6	54	20	33	203	.174	.223	.256	.479	Sep 11, 1885	18	SLM
19	John Henry	4	1884	1890	-0.4	60	227	218	28	53	9	0	0	19	12	8	27	.243	.273	.284	.558	Aug 13, 1884	21	BAL
20	Ted Kennedy	2	1885	1886	-1.5	33	122	117	7	7	1	0	0	1	0	4	10	.060	.098	.068	.167	Jun 12, 1885	20	CHC
21	John Kirby	5	1884	1888	-2.7	76	261	256	17	27	4	2	0	7	0	4	81	.105	.123	.137	.259	Aug 1, 1884	20	SLM
22	Ed Knouff	5	1885	1889	-0.7	53	199	187	16	35	3	2	0	14	4	9	41	.187	.236	.225	.461	Jul 1, 1885	18	PHA
23	Charlie Krehmeyer	2	1884	1885	-0.8	29	107	104	7	23	1	2	0	10		3	2	.221	.243	.269	.512	Jul 8, 1884	21	TOT
24	Tom Lovett	6	1885	1894	-1.6	166	607	574	75	106	8	6	4	69	12	29	88	.185	.229	.240	.469	Jun 4, 1885	21	PHA
25	Al Mays	6	1885	1890	-1.3	160	574	537	50	86	21	7	3	46	12	33	49	.160	.214	.242	.456	May 10, 1885	20	LOU
26	Jim McCauley	3	1884	1886	-0.2	39	146	122	10	23	3	1	0	10	2	24	15	.189	.322	.230	.551	Sep 17, 1884	22	TOT
27	Jim McTamany	7	1885	1891	13.6	813	3682	3102	693	794	135	58	19	334	255	535	264	.256	.373	.355	.728	Aug 15, 1885	21	BRO
28	Gene Moriarty	3	1884	1892	-2.4	72	276	269	26	41	5	3	3	23	7	4	55	.152	.174	.227	.401	Jun 18, 1884	22	DTN
29	Al Myers	8	1884	1891	7.8	833	3548	3222	429	788	135	34	13	359	111	294	263	.245	.314	.320	.634	Sep 27, 1884	21	PHI
30	George Pechiney	3	1885	1887	-0.3	62	228	220	23	45	6	3	1	24	1	8	6	.205	.232	.273	.505	Aug 4, 1885	23	CIN
31	Toad Ramsey	6	1885	1890	-1.2	250	905	858	84	175	26	2	0	82	4	41	38	.204	.245	.239	.484	Sep 5, 1885	20	LOU
32	Charlie Robinson	2	1884	1885	0.5	31	126	120	16	29	4	1	0	4		6		.242	.278	.292	.569	Aug 2, 1884	28	BRO
33	Elmer Sutcliffe	7	1884	1892	3.1	344	1417	1322	177	381	43	24	6	174	41	92	87	.288	.336	.371	.707	Oct 2, 1884	23	TOT
34	Sam Thompson HOF	15	1885	1906	44.4	1410	6526	5998	1261	1988	343	161	126	1308	232	452	234	.331	.384	.505	.890	Jul 2, 1885	25	DTN
35	Guerdon Whiteley	2	1884	1885	-1.3	41	171	169	18	30	2	2	1	7		2	33	.178	.187	.231	.418	Aug 7, 1884	25	BSN
36	Pete Wood	2	1885	1889	-0.4	31	112	112	10	23	3	1	0	7	0	0	19	.205	.205	.250	.455	Jul 15, 1885	18	BUF
	Totals	200	1883	1906	67	9274	38023	35075	5235	8708	1314	520	255	4410	1402	2610	2983	.248	.306	.337	.643

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	Norm Baker	3	1883	1890	0.9	14	15	.483	3.39	30	29	1	27	1	0	252.0	248	166	95	3	86	94	10	1	22	1113	1.325	May 21, 1883	22	LOU
2	Lady Baldwin	6	1884	1890	14.1	73	41	.640	2.85	118	116	3	112	9	1	1017.0	921	547	322	30	233	582	9	0	44	4220	1.135	Sep 30, 1884	26	DTN
3	Buck Becannon	3	1884	1887	-2.0	3	8	.273	5.93	11	11	0	11	0	0	91.0	110	86	60	5	26	15	5	1	17	418	1.495	Oct 15, 1884	25	NYP
4	Dan Casey	7	1884	1890	22.9	96	90	.516	3.18	201	198	5	182	14	0	1680.1	1664	943	593	43	543	743	41	0	74	7272	1.313	Aug 18, 1884	22	DTN
5	Pete Conway	5	1885	1889	4.1	61	61	.500	3.59	126	123	3	117	5	0	1040.0	1058	694	415	32	250	428	18	0	67	4497	1.258	Aug 10, 1885	18	BUF
6	Doug Crothers	2	1884	1885	-2.8	8	13	.381	4.63	21	21	0	21	1	0	179.0	218	150	92	4	55	51	2	1	17	816	1.525	Aug 3, 1884	25	NYP
7	Ed Daily	7	1885	1891	7.6	66	69	.489	3.39	151	139	10	132	6	1	1237.2	1217	780	466	39	380	407	37	0	102	5364	1.290	May 4, 1885	22	PHI
8	Frank Foreman	11	1884	1902	15.6	96	93	.508	3.97	229	205	23	169	7	4	1721.2	1857	1186	760	47	659	586	142	0	82	7726	1.461	May 15, 1884	22	BAL
9	Egyptian Healy	8	1885	1892	8.9	78	136	.364	3.84	227	222	5	208	9	0	1875.0	1920	1270	799	63	599	822	70	3	159	8148	1.343	Sep 11, 1885	18	SLM
10	John Henry	4	1884	1890	-1.3	4	14	.222	4.09	18	18	0	18	1	0	140.2	152	121	64	3	54	73	2	2	11	646	1.464	Aug 13, 1884	21	BAL
11	Ted Kennedy	2	1885	1886	-2.7	12	21	.364	4.32	33	32	1	31	0	0	283.1	341	240	136	10	109	118	9	0	22	1308	1.588	Jun 12, 1885	20	CHC
12	John Kirby	5	1884	1888	-0.5	18	50	.265	4.09	75	75	0	68	1	0	611.1	640	451	278	13	258	200	5	2	75	2720	1.469	Aug 1, 1884	20	SLM
13	Ed Knouff	5	1885	1889	-0.5	20	20	.500	4.17	44	43	2	37	1	0	343.0	335	258	159	2	175	128	38	2	44	1595	1.487	Jul 1, 1885	18	PHA
14	Tom Lovett	6	1885	1894	10.3	88	59	.599	3.94	162	149	12	132	9	1	1305.1	1341	840	571	48	444	439	59	4	68	5725	1.367	Jun 4, 1885	21	PHA
15	Al Mays	6	1885	1890	3.6	53	89	.373	3.91	150	147	3	137	3	0	1251.0	1341	905	543	26	415	469	58	0	116	5533	1.404	May 10, 1885	20	LOU
16	Gene Moriarty	3	1884	1892	-0.4	0	2	.000	5.74	3	2	1	2	0	0	15.2	19	16	10	0	8	5	1	0	2	79	1.723	Jun 18, 1884	22	DTN
17	George Pechiney	3	1885	1887	-0.2	23	34	.404	4.23	61	61	0	56	3	0	514.1	568	399	242	13	207	183	23	0	42	2339	1.507	Aug 4, 1885	23	CIN
18	Toad Ramsey	6	1885	1890	21.0	113	124	.477	3.29	248	241	7	225	5	0	2100.2	1941	1373	769	40	671	1515	51	0	179	9018	1.243	Sep 5, 1885	20	LOU
19	Pete Wood	2	1885	1889	-1.0	9	16	.360	4.51	27	24	3	23	0	0	217.2	263	185	109	8	69	46	0	0	21	993	1.525	Jul 15, 1885	18	BUF
	Totals	94	1883	1902	97.6	835	955	.466	3.68	1935	1856	79	1708	75	7	15876.2	16154	10610	6483	429	5241	6904	580	16	1164	69530	1.495

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