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1891 Major League Rookie Players

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Players listed either lost their rookie status as considered by modern standards (< 130 AB, 50 IP or 45 pre-Sept 1 days of service to start season) in this season or if you are looking at the 2021 rookies page then they have not lost their rookie status and are still active professionals.

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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	Charlie Bell	2	1889	1891	-0.2	13	46	38	5	4	1	0	0	4	0		8	10	.105	.261	.132	.392	Oct 13, 1889	22	TOT
2	Tom Cahill	1	1891	1891	1.2	119	477	430	68	109	17	7	3	44	38		41	51	.253	.327	.347	.674	Apr 9, 1891	22	LOU
3	Jim Canavan	5	1891	1897	-1.3	541	2320	2072	326	464	63	49	30	291	114		232	165	.224	.305	.345	.650	Apr 8, 1891	24	TOT
4	Kid Carsey	10	1891	1901	-1.3	329	1162	1042	132	223	17	11	2	101	17		92	137	.214	.282	.257	.539	Apr 8, 1891	18	WAS
5	Ed Cassian	1	1891	1891	0.1	13	43	43	4	11	1	1	0	5	0		0	8	.256	.256	.326	.581	Jun 26, 1891	23	TOT
6	Jim Curtiss	1	1891	1891	-0.1	56	236	211	28	55	6	5	1	25	5		22	35	.261	.339	.351	.690	Jul 15, 1891	29	TOT
7	Bill Dahlen	21	1891	1911	75.2	2444	10429	9036	1590	2461	413	163	84	1234	548		1064	759	.272	.358	.382	.740	Apr 22, 1891	21	CHC
8	George Davies	3	1891	1893	-0.2	46	157	142	13	27	4	0	0	11	1		15	26	.190	.268	.218	.486	Aug 18, 1891	23	MIL
9	John Dolan	5	1890	1895	-0.6	40	121	109	8	12	3	0	2	13	1		11	42	.110	.198	.193	.391	Sep 5, 1890	23	COL
10	John Doran	1	1891	1891	-0.2	15	54	53	5	10	2	0	0	0	0		1	14	.189	.204	.226	.430	Apr 11, 1891	29	LOU
11	Tommy Dowd	10	1891	1901	-1.7	1321	5973	5514	903	1493	163	88	24	501	368		370	274	.271	.319	.345	.664	Apr 8, 1891	22	TOT
12	Bill Eagan	3	1891	1898	1.8	107	444	377	66	90	13	7	4	50	26		57	66	.239	.352	.342	.694	Apr 8, 1891	22	STL
13	Ed Eiteljorge	2	1890	1891	-0.1	9	28	27	3	5	1	0	0	4	0		1	7	.185	.214	.222	.437	May 2, 1890	19	WAS
14	Warren Fitzgerald	2	1891	1892	-0.1	37	139	123	16	21	3	2	1	11	3		14	45	.171	.266	.252	.518	Jun 4, 1891	23	LOU
15	Clark Griffith HOF	21	1891	1914	3.8	485	1590	1380	202	321	49	17	8	166	22	1	166	126	.233	.318	.310	.628	Apr 11, 1891	21	TOT
16	Jerry Hurley	3	1889	1891	-0.7	33	106	92	15	20	4	2	0	8	2		14	18	.217	.321	.304	.625	May 1, 1889	28	CKK
17	Bert Inks	5	1891	1896	1.0	90	271	250	36	75	10	0	0	18	2		17	22	.300	.349	.340	.689	Sep 2, 1891	20	BRO
18	Hughie Jennings HOF	18	1891	1918	42.3	1284	5648	4895	992	1526	232	88	18	840	359	0	347	234	.312	.391	.406	.797	Jun 1, 1891	22	LOU
19	Frank Killen	10	1891	1900	3.9	335	1148	998	151	241	28	17	11	127	9		131	216	.241	.335	.337	.672	Aug 27, 1891	20	MIL
20	Bill Kling	3	1891	1895	0.2	16	44	36	4	7	0	1	0	3	0		8	5	.194	.341	.250	.591	Aug 13, 1891	24	PHI
21	Dan Lally	2	1891	1897	-0.5	129	544	502	81	134	22	7	3	59	12		25	43	.267	.316	.357	.673	Aug 19, 1891	23	PIT
22	Pete Lohman	1	1891	1891	-0.3	32	126	109	18	21	1	4	1	11	1		16	17	.193	.302	.303	.604	May 11, 1891	26	WAS
23	Willard Mains	3	1888	1896	0.3	45	130	124	17	32	4	2	1	15	2		6	14	.258	.292	.347	.639	Aug 3, 1888	22	TOT
24	John McGraw HOF	17	1891	1907	45.7	1100	4946	3924	1024	1309	121	70	13	462	436		836	155	.334	.466	.410	.876	Aug 26, 1891	18	BAL
25	Jouett Meekin	10	1891	1900	2.2	339	1172	1099	163	267	30	24	15	131	16		70	118	.243	.289	.355	.644	Jun 13, 1891	24	LOU
26	Larry Murphy	1	1891	1891	0.9	101	468	400	73	106	15	3	1	35	29		63	27	.265	.372	.325	.697	May 30, 1891	34	WAS
27	John O'Brien	6	1891	1899	0.0	501	2141	1910	246	486	47	17	12	229	45		154	81	.254	.322	.316	.637	Jul 25, 1891	24	BRO
28	George Rettger	2	1891	1892	-0.4	23	75	65	6	6	1	0	1	5	1		9	14	.092	.213	.154	.367	Aug 13, 1891	22	STL
29	John Shearon	2	1891	1896	-1.8	46	193	188	16	41	1	2	0	16	9		5	21	.218	.238	.245	.483	Jul 28, 1891	20	CLV
30	John Thornton	3	1889	1892	-1.1	46	145	143	8	22	3	0	0	9	1		2	13	.154	.166	.175	.340	Aug 14, 1889	22	PHI
31	Joe Walsh	1	1891	1891	-0.7	26	106	100	14	21	0	1	1	10	4		6	18	.210	.255	.260	.515	Sep 3, 1891	26	BAL

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	Charlie Bell	2	1889	1891	0.1	4	6	.400	3.88	12	11	1	10	0	0	95.0	99	72	41	4	26	20	10	0	2	418	1.316	Oct 13, 1889	22	TOT
2	Kid Carsey	10	1891	1901	8.5	116	138	.457	4.95	296	257	38	218	4	3	2233.1	2794	1728	1229	80	800	486	125	0	92	10251	1.609	Apr 8, 1891	18	WAS
3	Ed Cassian	1	1891	1891	-0.5	3	7	.300	4.45	13	9	4	8	0	0	91.0	113	83	45	4	51	24	8	0	14	444	1.802	Jun 26, 1891	23	TOT
4	George Davies	3	1891	1893	5.2	18	24	.429	3.32	46	42	4	37	1	0	369.0	364	216	136	8	127	166	9	0	17	1602	1.331	Aug 18, 1891	23	MIL
5	John Dolan	5	1890	1895	-0.1	15	16	.484	4.30	39	33	6	26	0	1	286.2	314	204	137	13	122	87	4	0	9	1292	1.521	Sep 5, 1890	23	COL
6	John Doran	1	1891	1891	-1.3	5	10	.333	5.43	15	14	1	12	1	0	126.0	160	111	76	3	75	55	13	0	9	623	1.865	Apr 11, 1891	29	LOU
7	Ed Eiteljorge	2	1890	1891	-1.4	1	6	.143	6.68	9	8	1	6	0	0	63.1	84	74	47	3	42	24	9	0	2	323	1.989	May 2, 1890	19	WAS
8	Warren Fitzgerald	2	1891	1892	3.1	15	20	.429	3.44	36	35	1	32	3	0	301.0	310	184	115	7	100	113	13	0	10	1319	1.362	Jun 4, 1891	23	LOU
9	Clark Griffith HOF	21	1891	1914	59.9	237	146	.619	3.31	453	372	78	337	22	8	3385.2	3670	1852	1246	76	774	955	171	3	66	14333	1.313	Apr 11, 1891	21	TOT
10	Bert Inks	5	1891	1896	-0.5	27	46	.370	5.52	89	77	11	59	2	1	603.2	780	532	370	12	266	167	41	0	19	2849	1.733	Sep 2, 1891	20	BRO
11	Frank Killen	10	1891	1900	30.5	164	131	.556	3.78	321	300	17	253	13	0	2511.1	2730	1571	1054	55	822	725	85	3	64	10951	1.414	Aug 27, 1891	20	MIL
12	Bill Kling	3	1891	1895	-0.8	4	4	.500	5.17	15	9	6	4	0	0	87.0	108	77	50	3	40	33	4	0	8	412	1.701	Aug 13, 1891	24	PHI
13	Willard Mains	3	1888	1896	2.0	16	17	.485	3.53	42	32	9	24	0	1	267.2	261	191	105	5	154	96	15	0	17	1219	1.550	Aug 3, 1888	22	TOT
14	Jouett Meekin	10	1891	1900	25.6	152	133	.533	4.07	324	308	16	270	9	2	2605.1	2837	1706	1177	67	1056	901	89	0	121	11543	1.494	Jun 13, 1891	24	LOU
15	George Rettger	2	1891	1892	0.4	9	6	.600	3.67	21	18	3	14	1	1	139.2	125	95	57	6	92	62	10	0	11	644	1.554	Aug 13, 1891	22	STL
16	John Shearon	2	1891	1896	-0.3	1	3	.250	3.52	6	5	1	4	0	0	46.0	57	39	18	2	24	19	1	0	1	220	1.761	Jul 28, 1891	20	CLV
17	John Thornton	3	1889	1892	2.3	15	19	.441	4.10	41	35	6	25	1	2	290.0	292	191	132	4	139	57	10	2	10	1308	1.486	Aug 14, 1889	22	PHI
	Totals	85	1888	1914	132.7	802	732	.523	4.02	1778	1565	203	1339	57	19	13501.2	15098	8926	6035	352	4710	3990	617	8	472	59751	1.550

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