1887 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	Myron Allen	4	1883	1888	0.4	156	657	606	89	157	28	14	4	88	30	45	57	.259	.317	.371	.688	Jul 19, 1883	33	CLE
2	Tug Arundel	4	1882	1888	-1.8	76	277	260	21	45	4	1	0	16	9	16	22	.173	.224	.196	.420	May 23, 1882	25	IND
3	Mark Baldwin	7	1887	1893	-5.3	348	1238	1155	109	188	21	18	10	106	18	82	368	.163	.219	.238	.457	May 2, 1887	23	CHC
4	Ed Beecher	4	1887	1891	0.0	283	1276	1190	148	325	52	17	7	177	49	71	48	.273	.322	.363	.685	Jun 28, 1887	27	PIT
5	Jack Boyle	13	1886	1898	-0.4	1087	4663	4232	671	1070	139	54	23	570	126	326	339	.253	.315	.328	.643	Oct 8, 1886	20	STL
6	William Brown	7	1887	1894	1.1	418	1729	1589	236	415	70	17	6	252	39	123	124	.261	.319	.338	.657	May 10, 1887	21	NYG
7	John Carroll	3	1884	1887	-2.0	79	310	287	34	49	6	1	0	20	19	19	35	.171	.232	.199	.431	Sep 27, 1884	26	CLE
8	Ice Box Chamberlain	10	1886	1896	0.3	332	1146	1051	114	213	33	14	9	110	27	85	125	.203	.267	.286	.553	Sep 13, 1886	19	LOU
9	Lave Cross	21	1887	1907	46.5	2277	9745	9084	1338	2651	411	136	47	1378	303	466	217	.292	.329	.383	.711	Apr 23, 1887	21	LOU
10	Billy Crowell	2	1887	1888	-1.3	64	232	217	20	27	3	0	0	9	7	14	67	.124	.181	.138	.319	Apr 20, 1887	21	CLE
11	Tom Daly	17	1884	1903	26.7	1567	6506	5700	1025	1583	262	103	49	811	385	687	596	.278	.361	.386	.746	Jun 9, 1884	21	CHC
12	Law Daniels	2	1887	1888	-1.6	109	409	383	55	86	7	1	2	60	27	22	41	.225	.274	.264	.538	Apr 25, 1887	24	BAL
13	Dell Darling	6	1883	1891	0.3	175	723	628	109	151	24	13	7	83	29	91	96	.240	.340	.354	.694	Jul 3, 1883	25	CHC
14	Jocko Fields	6	1887	1892	3.2	344	1464	1329	214	361	66	32	12	178	51	127	140	.272	.339	.397	.735	May 31, 1887	22	PIT
15	Bill George	3	1887	1889	-0.6	30	126	124	15	26	1	0	1	14	5	2	12	.210	.222	.242	.464	May 11, 1887	22	NYG
16	Bob Gilks	5	1887	1893	-3.9	340	1449	1385	163	320	33	9	1	142	47	49	104	.231	.265	.270	.535	Aug 25, 1887	22	CLE
17	Mike Griffin	12	1887	1898	40.8	1513	6848	5923	1406	1755	314	108	42	720	473	809	284	.296	.388	.407	.795	Apr 16, 1887	22	BAL
18	Henry Gruber	5	1887	1891	-0.1	155	565	489	56	83	10	7	1	37	0	73	111	.170	.281	.225	.506	Jul 28, 1887	23	DTN
19	Mortimer Hogan	3	1884	1888	1.6	121	526	426	88	88	23	7	0	29	42	87	73	.207	.357	.293	.651	Sep 27, 1884	25	NYP
20	Silver King	10	1886	1897	0.3	419	1477	1305	182	259	32	23	4	135	24	166	279	.198	.290	.267	.558	Sep 28, 1886	19	STL
21	Doc Leitner	1	1887	1887	-0.3	8	27	27	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.148	.148	.148	.296	Aug 10, 1887	21	IND
22	Connie Mack HOF	11	1886	1896	6.9	724	2949	2698	392	659	79	28	5	265	127	170	127	.244	.305	.300	.604	Sep 11, 1886	24	WHS
23	Kid Madden	5	1887	1891	0.8	133	468	433	60	106	7	5	2	49	16	28	43	.245	.301	.298	.599	May 6, 1887	19	BSN
24	Mike Mattimore	4	1887	1890	-0.7	124	497	451	57	92	10	9	1	36	34	40	52	.204	.278	.273	.550	May 3, 1887	28	NYG
25	Al Maul	15	1884	1901	3.4	411	1582	1380	193	332	45	31	7	180	44	182	194	.241	.336	.333	.669	Jun 20, 1884	21	PHI
26	John McGlone	3	1886	1888	-1.2	80	325	297	38	58	3	4	1	33	41	23	35	.195	.265	.242	.507	Oct 7, 1886	26	CLE
27	Ed McKean	13	1887	1899	38.7	1655	7626	6894	1227	2084	272	158	67	1124	324	636	257	.302	.365	.417	.781	Apr 16, 1887	23	CLE
28	Hank Morrison	1	1887	1887	-0.2	7	28	26	4	3	0	0	0	3	2	2	4	.115	.179	.115	.294	May 28, 1887	21	IND
29	Mike Morrison	3	1887	1890	-0.1	83	306	287	42	61	6	6	1	24	8	17	36	.213	.261	.286	.547	Apr 19, 1887	20	CLE
30	Joe Neale	4	1886	1891	-1.0	33	114	105	13	9	0	1	1	10	2	9	12	.086	.158	.133	.291	Jun 21, 1886	21	LOU
31	Billy O'Brien	5	1884	1890	4.1	356	1491	1424	164	364	59	22	32	206	26	59	88	.256	.289	.395	.684	Sep 27, 1884	27	WHS
32	Darby O'Brien	6	1887	1892	13.3	709	3128	2856	577	805	147	47	20	394	321	231	327	.282	.344	.387	.732	Apr 16, 1887	23	NYP
33	Billy Otterson	1	1887	1887	-0.1	30	108	100	16	20	4	1	2	15	8	8	17	.200	.259	.320	.579	Sep 4, 1887	25	BRO
34	Charlie Parsons	3	1886	1890	0.2	8	28	27	3	9	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	.333	.357	.370	.728	May 29, 1886	23	NYP
35	Bob Pettit	3	1887	1891	-0.6	96	413	387	62	93	8	7	7	40	25	22	31	.240	.288	.351	.640	Sep 3, 1887	25	CHC
36	Ed Seward	6	1885	1891	-0.4	218	805	728	89	127	24	6	9	62	35	67	95	.174	.253	.261	.514	Sep 30, 1885	20	PHA
37	Billy Shindle	13	1886	1898	17.5	1424	6351	5815	993	1564	226	97	31	759	318	388	334	.269	.323	.357	.680	Oct 5, 1886	26	DTN
38	Lev Shreve	3	1887	1889	-0.2	59	204	195	20	38	4	1	0	8	8	9	17	.195	.230	.226	.456	May 2, 1887	21	TOT
39	Andy Sommers	4	1887	1890	-1.2	98	359	339	35	67	13	4	3	36	8	16	62	.198	.242	.286	.528	Apr 27, 1887	21	NYP
40	Marty Sullivan	5	1887	1891	3.6	398	1787	1618	280	441	56	32	26	220	99	162	168	.273	.341	.395	.736	Apr 30, 1887	24	CHC
41	George Tebeau	6	1887	1895	5.8	628	2676	2319	441	623	96	54	15	311	228	324	235	.269	.364	.376	.740	Apr 16, 1887	25	CIN
42	Mike Tiernan	13	1887	1899	42.3	1478	6732	5915	1316	1838	257	162	106	853	428	748	376	.311	.392	.463	.855	Apr 30, 1887	20	NYG
43	Ledell Titcomb	5	1886	1890	-2.1	64	231	224	12	22	1	1	0	13	6	7	45	.098	.126	.112	.237	May 5, 1886	20	TOT
44	George Townsend	4	1887	1891	-1.9	152	578	541	60	101	18	5	0	53	16	31	35	.187	.239	.238	.477	Jun 25, 1887	20	PHA
45	Jim Toy	2	1887	1890	-2.9	153	614	583	67	123	23	5	1	63	10	28	40	.211	.251	.273	.524	Apr 20, 1887	29	CLE
46	Tommy Tucker	13	1887	1899	25.4	1688	7273	6482	1084	1882	240	85	42	932	352	481	394	.290	.364	.373	.737	Apr 16, 1887	23	BAL
47	Larry Twitchell	9	1886	1894	-1.3	639	2767	2571	362	676	103	40	19	384	84	168	231	.263	.313	.356	.669	Apr 30, 1886	23	DTN
48	George Van Haltren	17	1887	1903	39.9	1990	9020	8043	1642	2544	286	161	69	1015	583	871	498	.316	.386	.418	.803	Jun 27, 1887	21	CHC
49	Gus Weyhing	14	1887	1901	-9.9	554	1980	1855	164	308	40	16	3	133	32	101	477	.166	.210	.210	.420	May 2, 1887	20	PHA
50	Bobby Wheelock	3	1887	1891	4.4	236	974	854	138	201	25	4	3	70	106	118	70	.235	.330	.285	.614	May 19, 1887	22	BSN
51	Charles Zimmer	19	1884	1903	29.4	1280	5078	4546	617	1225	222	76	26	625	151	390	511	.269	.339	.369	.708	Jul 18, 1884	26	CLE
	Totals	358	1882	1907	315.8	25409	107885	97383	16264	26331	3814	1643	724	12853	5154	8697	7954	.270	.337	.366	.703

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	Myron Allen	4	1883	1888	1.1	1	3	.250	1.77	5	3	1	3	0	0	35.2	34	16	7	0	7	3	3	0	2	147	1.150	Jul 19, 1883	33	CLE
2	Mark Baldwin	7	1887	1893	24.6	154	165	.483	3.37	346	328	19	295	14	5	2802.1	2695	1816	1050	81	1307	1349	123	0	221	12470	1.428	May 2, 1887	23	CHC
3	Ed Beecher	4	1887	1891	-0.2	0	0		12.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	10	8	8	0	3	0	0	1	0	31	2.167	Jun 28, 1887	27	PIT
4	Ice Box Chamberlain	10	1886	1896	30.4	157	120	.567	3.57	321	301	19	264	16	1	2521.2	2446	1560	999	63	1065	1133	113	0	149	11097	1.392	Sep 13, 1886	19	LOU
5	Billy Crowell	2	1887	1888	-2.6	19	45	.297	5.15	64	64	0	62	1	0	549.0	765	512	314	18	205	138	30	0	43	2590	1.767	Apr 20, 1887	21	CLE
6	Jocko Fields	6	1887	1892	-0.2	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	7	2.000	May 31, 1887	22	PIT
7	Bill George	3	1887	1889	-1.5	5	10	.333	4.51	19	16	3	14	1	1	149.2	155	134	75	2	103	78	15	0	26	705	1.724	May 11, 1887	22	NYG
8	Bob Gilks	5	1887	1893	2.6	9	9	.500	3.98	21	18	3	17	1	1	160.2	164	106	71	2	59	36	14	0	7	714	1.388	Aug 25, 1887	22	CLE
9	Henry Gruber	5	1887	1891	4.9	61	78	.439	3.67	151	139	12	129	5	1	1239.1	1328	885	505	42	479	346	34	1	90	5548	1.458	Jul 28, 1887	23	DTN
10	Silver King	10	1886	1897	50.1	203	152	.572	3.18	397	370	25	328	19	6	3180.2	3098	1803	1124	69	967	1222	146	0	152	13671	1.278	Sep 28, 1886	19	STL
11	Doc Leitner	1	1887	1887	-0.8	2	6	.250	5.68	8	8	0	8	0	0	65.0	69	66	41	6	41	27	0	1	12	307	1.692	Aug 10, 1887	21	IND
12	Kid Madden	5	1887	1891	5.6	54	50	.519	3.92	122	109	13	97	7	3	958.0	987	645	417	40	336	284	86	0	40	4238	1.381	May 6, 1887	19	BSN
13	Mike Mattimore	4	1887	1890	-2.5	26	27	.491	3.83	58	51	7	50	5	1	490.2	514	364	209	12	184	132	31	0	45	2186	1.423	May 3, 1887	28	NYG
14	Al Maul	15	1884	1901	11.3	84	80	.512	4.45	188	168	20	144	4	1	1440.2	1680	1088	713	60	519	352	67	4	53	6485	1.526	Jun 20, 1884	21	PHI
15	Hank Morrison	1	1887	1887	-1.5	3	4	.429	7.58	7	7	0	5	0	0	57.0	79	73	48	2	27	13	1	0	7	285	1.860	May 28, 1887	21	IND
16	Mike Morrison	3	1887	1890	-5.9	20	39	.339	5.14	65	62	4	55	1	0	504.2	571	508	288	20	325	254	38	1	94	2415	1.775	Apr 19, 1887	20	CLE
17	Joe Neale	4	1886	1891	0.9	12	12	.500	4.59	31	25	6	21	1	3	227.2	233	172	116	12	73	58	14	0	31	993	1.344	Jun 21, 1886	21	LOU
18	Billy O'Brien	5	1884	1890	-0.1	1	0	1.000	1.80	2	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	8	5	2	0	3	7		0	1	42	1.100	Sep 27, 1884	27	WHS
19	Darby O'Brien	6	1887	1892	0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2.000	Apr 16, 1887	23	NYP
20	Charlie Parsons	3	1886	1890	-0.9	1	4	.200	4.58	8	7	1	6	0	0	59.0	83	60	30	0	16	12	5	0	0	285	1.678	May 29, 1886	23	NYP
21	Bob Pettit	3	1887	1891	-0.4	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	3	8	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	10	5.000	Sep 3, 1887	25	CHC
22	Ed Seward	6	1885	1891	20.9	89	72	.553	3.40	176	169	6	159	13	0	1485.2	1369	823	561	23	451	589	66	0	136	6286	1.225	Sep 30, 1885	20	PHA
23	Lev Shreve	3	1887	1889	-1.7	19	37	.339	4.89	57	57	0	53	3	0	473.1	551	361	257	31	189	141	14	0	40	2150	1.563	May 2, 1887	21	TOT
24	Marty Sullivan	5	1887	1891	0.0	0	0		7.71	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	3.000	Apr 30, 1887	24	CHC
25	George Tebeau	6	1887	1895	-0.6	0	1	.000	11.77	2	1	1	1	0	0	13.0	30	24	17	0	8	1	1	0	1	76	2.923	Apr 16, 1887	25	CIN
26	Mike Tiernan	13	1887	1899	-0.8	1	2	.333	8.69	5	0	4	0	0	1	19.2	33	25	19	2	7	3	1	0	1	91	2.034	Apr 30, 1887	20	NYG
27	Ledell Titcomb	5	1886	1890	-1.3	30	29	.508	3.47	63	62	2	61	5	0	528.2	486	365	204	16	239	283	22	1	37	2346	1.371	May 5, 1886	20	TOT
28	Tommy Tucker	13	1887	1899	-0.1	0	0		5.40	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.1	7	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	17	2.100	Apr 16, 1887	23	BAL
29	Larry Twitchell	9	1886	1894	1.5	17	11	.607	4.62	42	29	11	26	0	2	280.2	307	200	144	10	135	70	28	1	20	1293	1.575	Apr 30, 1886	23	DTN
30	George Van Haltren	17	1887	1903	1.4	40	31	.563	4.05	93	68	23	65	5	4	689.1	809	527	310	34	244	281	57	1	46	3141	1.528	Jun 27, 1887	21	CHC
31	Gus Weyhing	14	1887	1901	47.7	264	232	.532	3.88	540	505	34	449	28	4	4337.0	4576	2796	1872	120	1570	1667	277	4	240	19188	1.417	May 2, 1887	20	PHA
	Totals	197	1883	1903	182	1272	1219	.511	3.80	2798	2567	220	2312	129	35	22293.2	23097	14958	9405	666	8568	8482	1186	15	1499	98831	1.100

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