1886 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	Al Bauer	2	1884	1886	-0.1	7	23	23	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.217	.217	.217	.435	Sep 22, 1884	26	SLM
2	Steve Behel	2	1884	1886	-0.2	68	283	257	37	54	6	2	0	17	16	25		.210	.283	.249	.532	Sep 27, 1884	25	NYP
3	Lou Bierbauer	13	1886	1898	13.9	1385	6034	5713	821	1524	209	95	34	839	206	268	160	.267	.301	.354	.656	Apr 17, 1886	20	PHA
4	Bob Clark	7	1886	1893	-0.8	288	1105	1011	145	233	25	11	1	107	71	85	48	.230	.296	.280	.576	Apr 17, 1886	23	BRO
5	Hub Collins	7	1886	1892	15.0	680	3130	2779	653	790	127	38	11	319	335	332	252	.284	.365	.369	.734	Sep 4, 1886	22	LOU
6	Dick Conway	3	1886	1888	-0.1	58	225	204	27	47	6	1	0	14	6	20	22	.230	.302	.270	.572	Jul 22, 1886	20	BAL
7	Paul Cook	7	1884	1891	-5.3	378	1452	1364	172	304	27	9	0	114	52	67	145	.223	.270	.256	.526	Sep 13, 1884	23	LOU
8	Jumbo Davis	7	1884	1891	5.2	453	1850	1723	266	468	69	37	14	270	151	108	124	.272	.322	.379	.701	Jul 27, 1884	24	BAL
9	Harry Decker	4	1884	1890	-0.9	156	611	570	72	138	20	4	5	49	13	41	56	.242	.293	.318	.611	Aug 23, 1884	21	TOT
10	Jim Donahue	5	1886	1891	-0.5	341	1386	1275	133	298	24	11	2	133	33	104	80	.234	.295	.275	.570	Apr 19, 1886	24	NYP
11	Bones Ely	14	1884	1902	8.8	1343	5589	5167	656	1333	149	68	24	657	165	257	292	.258	.295	.327	.622	Jun 19, 1884	23	LOU
12	Jocko Flynn	2	1886	1887	-0.7	58	223	205	40	41	6	2	4	19	9	18	45	.200	.265	.307	.572	May 1, 1886	22	CHC
13	Elmer Foster	5	1886	1891	-0.8	105	423	386	56	72	7	5	6	41	37	29	44	.187	.258	.277	.535	Apr 17, 1886	24	NYP
14	Frank Gilmore	3	1886	1888	-2.6	50	173	163	6	7	0	0	0	3	2	9	78	.043	.098	.043	.141	Sep 11, 1886	22	WHS
15	Walt Goldsby	3	1884	1888	-0.4	73	284	267	23	65	3	1	0	23	17	12	17	.243	.289	.262	.551	May 28, 1884	24	WHS
16	Frank Graves	1	1886	1886	-2.0	43	145	138	7	21	2	0	0	9	11	7	48	.152	.193	.167	.360	May 10, 1886	25	SLM
17	Jim Handiboe	1	1886	1886	-0.2	14	50	44	10	5	1	0	0	2	1	6		.114	.220	.136	.356	May 28, 1886	19	PIT
18	Bill Hart	8	1886	1901	-1.8	229	776	748	59	155	14	15	4	67	18	17	74	.207	.227	.282	.509	Jul 26, 1886	20	PHA
19	John Hofford	2	1885	1886	0.2	12	45	42	5	11	3	1	0	5	2	3		.262	.311	.381	.692	Sep 26, 1885	23	PIT
20	Nat Hudson	4	1886	1889	0.7	125	483	446	56	110	14	3	3	58	12	35	51	.247	.304	.312	.616	Apr 18, 1886	17	STL
21	Matt Kilroy	10	1886	1898	3.0	330	1189	1062	163	236	24	17	1	103	67	118	88	.222	.304	.280	.584	Apr 17, 1886	20	BAL
22	Denny Lyons	13	1885	1897	35.5	1123	5029	4300	933	1334	244	69	62	756	224	623	280	.310	.407	.442	.850	Sep 18, 1885	20	PHA
23	Reddy Mack	6	1885	1890	6.4	550	2373	2062	381	524	87	36	6	262	83	275	207	.254	.352	.340	.692	Sep 16, 1885	20	LOU
24	William Madigan	1	1886	1886	-0.6	14	49	48	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	20	.083	.102	.104	.206	Jul 10, 1886	17	WHS
25	Chippy McGarr	10	1884	1896	1.4	827	3482	3256	538	875	116	28	9	388	267	184	239	.269	.311	.330	.641	Jul 11, 1884	23	PHA
26	Jack McGeachey	6	1886	1891	-5.0	608	2530	2464	345	604	106	18	9	276	164	57	148	.245	.265	.314	.579	Jun 17, 1886	22	TOT
27	John Meister	2	1886	1887	-0.4	84	366	344	59	79	13	5	3	42	10	20	12	.230	.276	.323	.599	Aug 24, 1886	23	NYP
28	Joe Murphy	2	1886	1887	-0.5	11	41	41	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	8	.098	.098	.122	.220	Apr 28, 1886	19	TOT
29	Pat O'Connell	1	1886	1886	-1.0	42	178	166	20	30	3	2	0	8	10	11		.181	.236	.223	.459	Jul 22, 1886	25	BAL
30	Dave Oldfield	3	1883	1886	-0.4	46	166	155	11	31	4	0	0	9	1	10	15	.200	.253	.226	.479	Jun 28, 1883	21	TOT
31	Wilbert Robinson HOF	17	1886	1902	6.7	1371	5433	5075	637	1388	212	51	18	722	196	286	323	.273	.316	.346	.662	Apr 19, 1886	22	PHA
32	Jimmy Ryan	18	1885	1903	43.6	2014	9127	8172	1643	2513	451	157	118	1093	419	804	491	.308	.375	.444	.820	Oct 8, 1885	23	CHC
33	Otto Schomberg	3	1886	1888	4.3	214	912	777	155	220	29	23	7	122	34	123	44	.283	.389	.407	.796	Jul 7, 1886	21	PIT
34	John Shaffer	2	1886	1887	-0.1	21	78	73	7	14	1	1	0	4	1	5	13	.192	.244	.233	.476	Sep 13, 1886	22	NYP
35	George Shoch	11	1886	1897	9.8	707	2924	2540	414	671	89	28	10	323	138	298	129	.264	.354	.333	.687	Sep 10, 1886	27	WHS
36	Billy Smith	1	1886	1886	-0.2	10	39	38	2	7	2	0	0	4	0	1	14	.184	.205	.237	.442	Jul 6, 1886	25	DTN
37	Elmer Smith	14	1886	1901	30.2	1237	5422	4693	913	1456	197	136	37	665	233	639	258	.310	.398	.434	.831	Sep 10, 1886	18	CIN
38	Phenomenal Smith	8	1884	1891	2.6	148	530	472	80	118	16	10	2	47	17	54	32	.250	.332	.339	.671	Aug 14, 1884	21	DTN
39	Bill Stemmyer	4	1885	1888	1.2	61	230	212	32	60	5	4	1	32	3	16	27	.283	.339	.358	.698	Oct 3, 1885	21	BSN
40	Joe Strauss	3	1884	1886	-2.0	101	410	399	46	86	9	7	1	36	29	10		.216	.237	.281	.517	Jul 27, 1884	27	TOT
41	Tom Sullivan	4	1884	1889	-0.8	51	184	163	20	19	2	0	0	6	7	19	42	.117	.217	.129	.346	Sep 27, 1884	26	LOU
42	Edward Tate	6	1885	1890	-0.5	227	880	822	101	179	22	9	2	71	17	41	73	.218	.269	.274	.543	Sep 26, 1885	25	BSN
43	Steve Toole	4	1886	1890	0.7	59	234	228	34	60	15	2	1	31	9	5	20	.263	.282	.360	.642	Apr 20, 1886	27	BRO
44	Joe Werrick	4	1884	1888	1.9	392	1644	1534	217	383	53	34	10	212	83	102	98	.250	.300	.348	.648	Sep 27, 1884	24	LOU
	Totals	253	1883	1903	163.2	16114	67740	61621	10002	16576	2414	940	405	7961	3170	5145	4121	.269	.331	.358	.689

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	Al Bauer	2	1884	1886	-1.0	1	6	.143	5.37	7	7	0	6	0	0	53.2	53	48	32	2	41	26	0	0	15	255	1.752	Sep 22, 1884	26	SLM
2	Lou Bierbauer	13	1886	1898	0.0	0	0		3.07	4	0	4	0	0	1	14.2	13	10	5	0	5	5	0	0	2	67	1.227	Apr 17, 1886	20	PHA
3	Dick Conway	3	1886	1888	-1.1	15	24	.385	4.78	41	41	0	39	0	0	352.0	404	283	187	18	137	121	14	0	31	1598	1.537	Jul 22, 1886	20	BAL
4	Bones Ely	14	1884	1902	-1.6	0	5	.000	6.75	9	5	4	4	0	1	52.0	77	67	39	1	34	32	0	0	9	273	2.135	Jun 19, 1884	23	LOU
5	Jocko Flynn	2	1886	1887	5.0	23	6	.793	2.24	32	29	3	28	2	1	257.0	207	127	64	9	63	146		0	28	1049	1.051	May 1, 1886	22	CHC
6	Frank Gilmore	3	1886	1888	1.3	12	33	.267	4.26	49	47	2	46	2	0	405.1	435	308	192	14	143	212	20	1	24	1796	1.426	Sep 11, 1886	22	WHS
7	Frank Graves	1	1886	1886	-0.3	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	10	10	7	0	1	2		0	0	32	1.571	May 10, 1886	25	SLM
8	Jim Handiboe	1	1886	1886	0.9	7	7	.500	3.32	14	14	0	12	1	0	114.0	82	65	42	1	33	83	12	0	6	465	1.009	May 28, 1886	19	PIT
9	Bill Hart	8	1886	1901	2.1	66	120	.355	4.65	206	190	16	162	5	3	1582.0	1819	1214	817	43	704	431	78	3	80	7243	1.595	Jul 26, 1886	20	PHA
10	John Hofford	2	1885	1886	-0.9	3	9	.250	4.16	12	12	0	12	0	0	106.0	116	82	49	2	49	46	2	1	14	490	1.557	Sep 26, 1885	23	PIT
11	Nat Hudson	4	1886	1889	6.2	48	26	.649	3.08	86	78	8	72	5	1	694.1	669	381	238	15	156	258	25	0	28	2925	1.188	Apr 18, 1886	17	STL
12	Matt Kilroy	10	1886	1898	23.2	141	133	.515	3.47	303	292	12	264	19	1	2435.2	2445	1539	939	53	754	1170	131	7	203	10604	1.313	Apr 17, 1886	20	BAL
13	William Madigan	1	1886	1886	-1.8	1	13	.071	4.87	14	13	1	12	0	0	114.2	154	110	62	3	44	29		0	9	541	1.727	Jul 10, 1886	17	WHS
14	Jack McGeachey	6	1886	1891	-0.9	0	1	.000	10.13	5	0	3	0	0	0	16.0	25	31	18	5	13	6	0	0	2	92	2.375	Jun 17, 1886	22	TOT
15	Joe Murphy	2	1886	1887	-1.2	4	7	.364	5.97	11	11	0	10	0	0	95.0	113	87	63	3	44	30	1	0	18	450	1.653	Apr 28, 1886	19	TOT
16	Pat O'Connell	1	1886	1886	-0.1	0	0		6.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	14	2.000	Jul 22, 1886	25	BAL
17	Jimmy Ryan	18	1885	1903	0.2	6	1	.857	3.62	24	5	16	3	0	2	117.0	133	85	47	8	44	43	6	1	6	501	1.513	Oct 8, 1885	23	CHC
18	John Shaffer	2	1886	1887	0.5	7	14	.333	4.57	21	21	0	21	1	0	181.0	188	148	92	3	82	58	12	0	18	816	1.492	Sep 13, 1886	22	NYP
19	George Shoch	11	1886	1897	0.2	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	1.000	Sep 10, 1886	27	WHS
20	Billy Smith	1	1886	1886	0.1	5	4	.556	4.09	9	9	0	9	0	0	77.0	81	47	35	0	30	36		0	9	343	1.442	Jul 6, 1886	25	DTN
21	Elmer Smith	14	1886	1901	12.4	75	57	.568	3.35	149	136	11	122	9	0	1210.1	1167	714	450	20	422	525	40	1	84	5237	1.313	Sep 10, 1886	18	CIN
22	Phenomenal Smith	8	1884	1891	5.1	54	74	.422	3.89	140	129	11	123	2	0	1169.1	1177	802	506	20	479	519	53	0	62	5219	1.416	Aug 14, 1884	21	DTN
23	Bill Stemmyer	4	1885	1888	0.1	29	29	.500	3.67	60	59	1	59	1	1	495.0	482	374	202	15	205	295	3	0	79	2209	1.388	Oct 3, 1885	21	BSN
24	Joe Strauss	3	1884	1886	-0.1	0	0		4.50	2	0	2	0	0	1	4.0	6	4	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	29	2.250	Jul 27, 1884	27	TOT
25	Tom Sullivan	4	1884	1889	-1.5	14	33	.298	4.04	47	47	0	46	0	0	408.0	474	326	183	12	152	147	33	0	48	1863	1.534	Sep 27, 1884	26	LOU
26	Steve Toole	4	1886	1890	-0.7	27	26	.509	4.79	55	52	3	49	1	0	443.0	457	356	236	5	259	141	29	1	41	2030	1.616	Apr 20, 1886	27	BRO
	Totals	142	1884	1903	46.1	538	628	.461	3.90	1303	1197	100	1099	48	12	10410.0	10793	7221	4509	252	3900	4362	459	15	819	46154	1.752

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