1896 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	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Marty Bergen	4	1896	1899	0.9	344	1355	1278	180	339	44	15	10	176	24		52	103	.265	.299	.347	.646	Apr 17, 1896	24	BSN
2	Buttons Briggs	5	1896	1905	-1.9	106	360	324	19	48	2	3	1	17	1		19	66	.148	.195	.182	.377	Apr 23, 1896	20	CHC
3	Frank Burrell	4	1891	1897	-0.6	122	429	390	42	96	13	3	3	47	4		32	37	.246	.305	.318	.623	Aug 1, 1891	29	BRO
4	Pete Cassidy	2	1896	1899	-0.8	101	413	382	39	98	15	1	3	48	11		17	20	.257	.307	.325	.632	Apr 18, 1896	23	LOU
5	Willie Clark	5	1895	1899	6.0	350	1435	1280	188	366	54	35	2	199	38		114	75	.286	.358	.388	.745	Jun 20, 1895	25	NYG
6	Joe Corbett	4	1895	1904	-0.2	72	238	230	32	54	11	2	0	32	4		6	28	.235	.257	.300	.557	Aug 23, 1895	20	BLN
7	Harry Davis	22	1895	1917	38.3	1755	7390	6653	1001	1841	361	145	75	951	285	2	525	644	.277	.335	.408	.743	Sep 21, 1895	22	TOT
8	Gene DeMontreville	11	1894	1904	14.9	922	3934	3615	537	1096	130	35	17	497	228		174	231	.303	.340	.373	.712	Aug 20, 1894	23	WHS
9	Charlie Dexter	8	1896	1903	3.3	774	3201	2876	430	751	95	24	16	347	183		198	226	.261	.318	.328	.646	Apr 17, 1896	20	LOU
10	Ed Doheny	9	1895	1903	-0.6	187	601	564	70	111	11	4	3	49	13		28	101	.197	.240	.246	.486	Sep 16, 1895	22	NYG
11	Joe Dolan	5	1896	1901	-1.6	323	1262	1152	140	247	38	11	6	122	28		72	99	.214	.270	.282	.552	Aug 11, 1896	23	LOU
12	Red Donahue	13	1893	1906	-7.3	372	1240	1150	82	175	21	5	1	77	8		32	289	.152	.179	.182	.360	May 6, 1893	23	STL
13	Klondike Douglass	9	1896	1904	3.0	748	3136	2800	368	766	85	29	10	275	84		227	109	.274	.337	.335	.672	Apr 23, 1896	24	STL
14	Frank Eustace	1	1896	1896	-1.0	25	107	100	18	17	2	2	1	11	4		6	14	.170	.217	.260	.477	Apr 16, 1896	22	LOU
15	George Flynn	1	1896	1896	-0.1	29	122	106	15	27	1	2	0	4	12		11	9	.255	.336	.302	.638	Apr 17, 1896	25	CHC
16	Chick Fraser	14	1896	1909	-2.8	459	1447	1319	134	235	34	13	3	96	19		81	295	.178	.230	.230	.460	Apr 19, 1896	22	LOU
17	Danny Friend	4	1895	1898	0.1	69	253	238	28	61	9	3	1	20	3		9	11	.256	.283	.332	.615	Sep 10, 1895	23	CHC
18	Joe Harrington	2	1895	1896	-0.7	72	297	264	47	58	5	5	3	38	5		26	22	.220	.295	.311	.605	Sep 10, 1895	26	BSN
19	Art Herman	2	1896	1897	-0.3	17	45	42	4	7	1	0	0	3	0		3	11	.167	.222	.190	.413	Jun 29, 1896	25	LOU
20	Bill Hill	4	1896	1899	-2.1	124	373	348	31	58	1	2	0	18	2		17	65	.167	.210	.181	.391	Apr 18, 1896	21	LOU
21	Jim Hughey	7	1891	1900	-1.6	145	430	386	30	59	3	1	1	22	1		34	59	.153	.227	.174	.401	Sep 29, 1891	27	PIT
22	Billy Hulen	2	1896	1899	0.2	107	482	407	97	100	19	7	0	41	28		65	22	.246	.350	.327	.676	May 2, 1896	26	PHI
23	Fielder Jones	15	1896	1915	43.4	1788	7924	6747	1180	1920	206	75	21	631	359		817	422	.285	.368	.347	.715	Apr 18, 1896	24	BRO
24	Harry Keener	1	1896	1896	0.2	16	52	51	6	16	4	0	0	7	3		1	6	.314	.327	.392	.719	Jun 27, 1896	27	PHI
25	Fred Klobedanz	5	1896	1902	1.1	108	356	329	48	91	12	6	7	47	1		10	58	.277	.312	.413	.726	Aug 20, 1896	25	BSN
26	Nap Lajoie HOF	21	1896	1916	106.9	2480	10471	9590	1504	3243	657	163	82	1599	380	26	516	347	.338	.380	.466	.846	Aug 12, 1896	21	PHI
27	Billy Lush	7	1895	1904	8.7	489	2102	1722	294	429	49	35	8	152	84		291	228	.249	.360	.332	.692	Sep 3, 1895	22	WHS
28	Pat McCauley	3	1893	1903	-0.8	37	130	119	14	23	3	0	3	12	3		7	12	.193	.244	.294	.538	Sep 5, 1893	26	WHS
29	Barry McCormick	10	1895	1904	3.0	989	4047	3645	433	867	110	42	15	417	130		280	439	.238	.297	.303	.600	Sep 25, 1895	21	CHC
30	Ed McFarland	14	1893	1908	20.8	894	3379	3007	398	826	146	49	13	383	65		254	174	.275	.335	.369	.704	Jul 7, 1893	22	STL
31	Herm McFarland	5	1896	1903	5.7	352	1499	1278	204	340	61	28	13	167	64		175	138	.266	.362	.388	.750	Apr 21, 1896	26	LOU
32	Dan McGann	12	1896	1908	34.0	1437	6057	5226	842	1482	181	100	42	727	282		429	334	.284	.364	.381	.744	Aug 8, 1896	24	BSN
33	James McJames	6	1895	1901	-3.5	178	558	537	42	87	13	4	0	39	5		17	92	.162	.188	.201	.389	Sep 24, 1895	21	WHS
34	Sam Mertes	10	1896	1906	23.3	1190	5015	4405	695	1227	188	108	40	721	396		422	378	.279	.346	.398	.744	Jun 30, 1896	23	PHI
35	Bert Myers	3	1896	1900	-0.4	160	660	592	66	150	14	12	0	52	11		56	42	.253	.321	.318	.639	Apr 25, 1896	22	STL
36	Dick Padden	9	1896	1905	9.0	874	3552	3157	423	814	113	46	11	334	132		224	164	.258	.326	.333	.660	Jul 15, 1896	25	PIT
37	Harley Payne	4	1896	1899	0.2	85	247	222	20	51	4	2	0	24	0		18	15	.230	.288	.266	.553	Apr 18, 1896	28	BRO
38	Ollie Pickering	8	1896	1908	8.5	886	3759	3352	500	910	96	39	9	287	194		287	339	.271	.334	.331	.665	Aug 9, 1896	26	LOU
39	Arlie Pond	4	1895	1898	0.2	71	214	184	28	45	5	1	0	14	3		21	32	.245	.325	.283	.608	Jul 4, 1895	23	BLN
40	Jim Rogers	2	1896	1897	-1.1	152	658	597	82	140	17	12	3	90	20		48	35	.235	.294	.318	.612	Apr 17, 1896	24	TOT
41	Cy Seymour	16	1896	1913	31.6	1529	6227	5686	737	1724	229	96	52	799	222	1	354	361	.303	.347	.405	.752	Apr 22, 1896	23	NYG
42	Frank Shannon	2	1892	1896	-1.4	32	137	119	14	19	1	1	1	17	3		13	17	.160	.248	.210	.458	Oct 1, 1892	22	LOU
43	Harvey Smith	1	1896	1896	0.5	36	149	131	21	36	7	2	0	17	9		12	7	.275	.345	.359	.704	Aug 19, 1896	24	WHS
44	Jud Smith	4	1893	1901	1.1	103	397	346	48	97	11	6	4	37	15		37	31	.280	.363	.382	.745	May 21, 1893	27	PIT
45	Walter Thornton	4	1895	1898	0.7	154	592	519	83	162	15	9	1	77	23		60	33	.312	.390	.382	.771	Jul 1, 1895	21	CHC
	Totals	304	1891	1917	336.8	21263	86732	77465	11214	21309	3097	1183	481	9740	3389	29	6097	6240	.275	.336	.364	.700

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	Buttons Briggs	5	1896	1905	7.5	44	47	.484	3.41	106	97	8	84	8	4	855.2	879	477	324	16	332	338	39	0	17	3667	1.415	Apr 23, 1896	20	CHC
2	Joe Corbett	4	1895	1904	4.2	32	18	.640	3.42	62	57	5	52	1	1	481.2	497	287	183	7	192	248	36	0	17	2127	1.430	Aug 23, 1895	20	BLN
3	Ed Doheny	9	1895	1903	-2.3	75	83	.475	3.73	184	169	15	141	6	2	1405.0	1421	936	583	13	667	572	141	4	87	6229	1.486	Sep 16, 1895	22	NYG
4	Red Donahue	13	1893	1906	30.1	164	175	.484	3.61	367	340	23	312	25	3	2966.1	3377	1638	1191	61	689	787	113	1	27	12629	1.371	May 6, 1893	23	STL
5	Chick Fraser	14	1896	1909	17.2	175	212	.452	3.67	434	388	43	342	22	6	3364.0	3462	2000	1373	69	1338	1098	219	3	146	14586	1.427	Apr 19, 1896	22	LOU
6	Danny Friend	4	1895	1898	6.3	32	29	.525	4.71	67	64	3	58	1	0	551.2	612	382	289	22	249	158	60	0	11	2506	1.561	Sep 10, 1895	23	CHC
7	Art Herman	2	1896	1897	0.6	4	7	.364	5.37	17	14	3	10	0	0	112.1	145	87	67	5	41	17	2	0	2	511	1.656	Jun 29, 1896	25	LOU
8	Bill Hill	4	1896	1899	9.0	36	69	.343	4.16	124	115	8	92	3	3	925.0	994	607	428	24	406	280	59	2	23	4111	1.514	Apr 18, 1896	21	LOU
9	Jim Hughey	7	1891	1900	3.2	29	80	.266	4.87	145	113	28	100	0	1	1007.2	1271	748	545	21	317	250	54	0	37	4528	1.576	Sep 29, 1891	27	PIT
10	Harry Keener	1	1896	1896	-0.7	3	11	.214	5.88	16	13	2	11	0	0	113.1	144	102	74	5	39	28	9	0	2	517	1.615	Jun 27, 1896	27	PHI
11	Fred Klobedanz	5	1896	1902	5.1	53	25	.679	4.12	89	85	4	69	2	0	702.0	742	430	321	33	266	181	45	3	12	3067	1.436	Aug 20, 1896	25	BSN
12	James McJames	6	1895	1901	15.0	79	80	.497	3.43	178	162	15	137	6	4	1361.1	1414	816	519	19	563	593	56	1	79	5933	1.452	Sep 24, 1895	21	WHS
13	Sam Mertes	10	1896	1906	0.2	1	0	1.000	1.93	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.2	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	1.286	Jun 30, 1896	23	PHI
14	Harley Payne	4	1896	1899	4.1	30	36	.455	4.04	80	72	8	57	3	0	557.0	678	371	250	14	136	148	27	2	8	2440	1.461	Apr 18, 1896	28	BRO
15	Arlie Pond	4	1895	1898	7.5	35	19	.648	3.45	69	57	11	46	3	2	496.0	517	281	190	8	150	156	24	0	14	2115	1.345	Jul 4, 1895	23	BLN
16	Cy Seymour	16	1896	1913	8.9	61	56	.521	3.73	141	124	15	105	6	1	1038.0	954	632	430	25	659	591	86	8	60	4670	1.554	Apr 22, 1896	23	NYG
17	Walter Thornton	4	1895	1898	2.3	23	18	.561	4.18	56	48	8	40	2	1	409.1	478	283	190	12	151	134	29	0	9	1834	1.537	Jul 1, 1895	21	CHC
	Totals	112	1891	1913	118.2	876	965	.476	3.83	2136	1919	200	1656	88	28	16351.0	17591	10079	6958	354	6195	5579	999	24	551	71489	1.615

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