1902 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	Harry Arndt	4	1902	1907	1.6	271	1096	985	118	244	26	20	6	99	27		85	82	.248	.312	.333	.645	Jul 2, 1902	23	TOT
2	George Barclay	4	1902	1905	-3.4	401	1645	1538	167	382	35	15	4	140	61		62	130	.248	.286	.298	.584	Apr 17, 1902	27	STL
3	Joe Bean	1	1902	1902	0.0	50	197	182	13	40	2	1	0	5	9		5	19	.220	.249	.242	.490	Apr 28, 1902	28	NYG
4	Harry Bemis	9	1902	1910	7.4	704	2415	2229	214	569	92	29	5	234	49		79	263	.255	.292	.329	.621	Apr 23, 1902	28	CLE
5	Roy Brashear	2	1902	1903	0.4	130	521	463	45	124	11	2	1	44	11		38	49	.268	.325	.307	.631	Apr 25, 1902	28	STL
6	George Browne	12	1901	1912	7.1	1102	4729	4300	614	1176	119	55	18	303	190		259	450	.273	.318	.339	.657	Sep 27, 1901	26	TOT
7	Ike Butler	1	1902	1902	-0.7	19	59	53	7	6	1	0	0	5	1		4	13	.113	.175	.132	.308	Aug 5, 1902	28	BLA
8	Pat Carney	4	1901	1904	-1.9	338	1378	1248	142	308	36	11	3	131	43		85	105	.247	.304	.300	.605	Sep 20, 1901	25	BSN
9	Lou Castro	1	1902	1902	-0.7	42	151	143	18	35	8	1	1	15	2		4	13	.245	.265	.336	.601	Apr 23, 1902	25	PHA
10	Bunk Congalton	4	1902	1907	5.5	309	1276	1172	117	342	27	13	6	131	32		57	65	.292	.328	.352	.680	Apr 17, 1902	27	CHC
11	Ernie Courtney	6	1902	1908	5.4	558	2185	1921	226	471	52	17	5	200	35		188	172	.245	.321	.298	.618	Apr 17, 1902	27	TOT
12	Clarence Currie	2	1902	1903	-0.4	55	140	129	5	20	2	1	0	9	1		6	42	.155	.199	.186	.385	Apr 25, 1902	23	TOT
13	Red Dooin	15	1902	1916	5.2	1290	4285	4004	333	961	139	31	10	344	133	6	155	328	.240	.272	.298	.570	Apr 18, 1902	23	PHI
14	Patsy Dougherty	10	1902	1911	17.8	1233	5130	4558	678	1294	138	78	17	413	261		378	460	.284	.346	.360	.705	Apr 19, 1902	25	BOS
15	Lew Drill	4	1902	1905	4.3	293	1057	896	87	231	41	10	2	100	21		114	114	.258	.353	.333	.686	Apr 23, 1902	25	TOT
16	Bob Ewing	11	1902	1912	0.3	311	955	872	77	170	27	7	3	58	5		33	143	.195	.233	.252	.485	Apr 19, 1902	29	CIN
17	Harry Felix	2	1901	1902	-0.3	17	45	38	3	5	0	0	0	2	0		4	10	.132	.214	.132	.346	Oct 5, 1901	26	PHI
18	Tom Fleming	3	1899	1904	-0.8	30	105	99	11	22	1	1	0	6	1		2	11	.222	.238	.253	.490	Sep 19, 1899	28	PHI
19	Tim Flood	3	1899	1903	-0.7	231	906	816	70	190	26	6	3	86	23		42	102	.233	.280	.290	.571	Sep 24, 1899	25	BRO
20	Harry Gleason	5	1901	1905	0.8	274	1032	944	88	206	24	11	3	90	31		48	83	.218	.263	.276	.540	Sep 27, 1901	27	BOS
21	John Gochnaur	3	1901	1903	-0.4	264	1038	908	94	170	32	8	0	87	18		87	79	.187	.258	.240	.498	Sep 29, 1901	26	CLE
22	Ed Gremminger	4	1895	1904	5.5	383	1549	1420	140	356	58	24	7	164	22		89	151	.251	.301	.340	.642	Apr 21, 1895	28	BSN
23	Ray Hale	1	1902	1902	-0.2	11	24	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		4	11	.000	.167	.000	.167	Apr 21, 1902	22	TOT
24	Hughie Hearne	3	1901	1903	1.1	94	326	293	31	83	13	2	0	35	5		19	27	.283	.335	.341	.677	Aug 29, 1901	29	BRO
25	Crese Heismann	2	1901	1902	0.1	11	28	26	1	6	0	1	0	0	0		0	9	.231	.286	.308	.593	Sep 25, 1901	22	TOT
26	Rudy Hulswitt	7	1899	1910	1.5	644	2426	2230	208	564	64	32	3	203	49		136	172	.253	.299	.314	.613	Jun 16, 1899	25	PHI
27	Ham Iburg	1	1902	1902	-0.6	31	90	87	4	12	1	0	0	5	1		3	38	.138	.167	.149	.316	Apr 17, 1902	28	PHI
28	Davy Jones	15	1901	1918	16.6	1090	4405	3774	643	1020	98	40	9	288	207	7	478	311	.270	.356	.325	.680	Sep 15, 1901	22	TOT
29	Tom Jones	8	1902	1910	10.6	1058	4306	3847	340	964	122	34	4	336	149		193	204	.251	.294	.303	.597	Aug 25, 1902	28	BLA
30	Addie Joss HOF	9	1902	1910	-2.3	296	919	817	46	118	21	6	1	51	10		54	297	.144	.198	.188	.387	Apr 26, 1902	22	CLE
31	Henry Krug	1	1902	1902	-1.0	53	216	198	20	45	3	3	0	14	2		7	16	.227	.261	.273	.534	Jul 25, 1902	25	PHI
32	Pete LePine	1	1902	1902	-0.5	30	108	96	8	20	3	2	1	19	1		8	12	.208	.276	.313	.589	Jul 21, 1902	25	DET
33	Carl Lundgren	8	1902	1909	-1.1	183	537	460	32	72	8	3	0	26	4		36	133	.157	.219	.187	.406	Jun 19, 1902	22	CHC
34	Jimmy Mathison	1	1902	1902	-0.1	29	113	91	12	24	2	1	0	7	2		9	10	.264	.368	.308	.676	Aug 26, 1902	23	BLA
35	Gene McCann	2	1901	1902	-0.2	9	26	22	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	6	.045	.160	.045	.205	Apr 19, 1901	27	BRO
36	Arch McCarthy	1	1902	1902	-0.3	10	30	28	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	7	.071	.133	.071	.205	Aug 14, 1902	21	DET
37	Dusty Miller	1	1902	1902	0.1	51	208	187	17	46	4	1	0	13	10		7	25	.246	.299	.278	.577	Apr 17, 1902	25	CHC
38	George Mullin	14	1902	1915	12.8	615	1701	1531	163	401	70	23	3	139	18	0	122	226	.262	.319	.344	.663	May 4, 1902	21	DET
39	Hal O'Hagan	2	1892	1902	-0.1	63	239	216	19	40	5	4	0	19	14		13	29	.185	.238	.245	.483	Sep 24, 1892	32	TOT
40	Jack O'Neill	5	1902	1906	0.4	303	1049	945	74	185	24	5	1	74	20		52	155	.196	.258	.235	.493	Apr 21, 1902	29	STL
41	Mike O'Neill	5	1901	1907	2.5	137	419	380	50	97	14	9	2	41	4		20	63	.255	.306	.355	.662	Sep 20, 1901	24	STL
42	Alex Pearson	2	1902	1903	0.1	15	47	46	3	10	0	0	0	2	0		0	8	.217	.234	.217	.451	Aug 1, 1902	25	STL
43	Bill Popp	1	1902	1902	-0.3	9	25	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.048	.048	.048	.095	Apr 19, 1902	25	STL
44	George Prentiss	2	1901	1902	0.1	11	26	23	1	6	0	0	0	3	0		2	5	.261	.320	.261	.581	Sep 23, 1901	26	TOT
45	Bob Rhoads	8	1902	1909	0.0	231	699	642	37	121	11	8	2	48	7		21	202	.188	.214	.240	.454	Apr 19, 1902	22	CHC
46	Germany Schaefer	15	1901	1918	8.9	1150	4341	3784	495	972	117	48	9	309	201	7	333	499	.257	.319	.320	.639	Oct 5, 1901	26	CHC
47	Charlie Shields	2	1902	1907	0.0	31	72	63	5	14	2	0	0	3	0		6	10	.222	.290	.254	.544	Apr 23, 1902	22	TOT
48	Harry Smith	10	1901	1910	0.7	343	1106	1004	83	214	22	7	2	89	23		55	103	.213	.262	.255	.517	Jul 11, 1901	27	PIT
49	Homer Smoot	5	1902	1906	11.1	680	2894	2635	308	763	102	45	15	269	84		149	300	.290	.336	.380	.715	Apr 17, 1902	24	STL
50	Jim St. Vrain	1	1902	1902	-0.2	12	35	31	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	.097	.176	.097	.273	Apr 20, 1902	31	CHC
51	Oscar Streit	2	1899	1902	-0.1	10	29	26	1	4	2	0	0	2	0		2	4	.154	.214	.231	.445	Apr 21, 1899	28	CLE
52	Henry Thielman	2	1902	1903	-0.6	43	137	123	9	18	1	2	1	6	1		12	30	.146	.222	.211	.434	Apr 17, 1902	21	TOT
53	Jack Thoney	6	1902	1911	-0.2	264	972	912	112	216	23	12	3	73	42		36	138	.237	.269	.298	.567	Apr 26, 1902	22	TOT
54	Joe Tinker HOF	15	1902	1916	53.2	1806	7167	6441	774	1690	263	114	31	785	336	12	416	526	.262	.308	.353	.661	Apr 17, 1902	21	CHC
55	Cy Vorhees	1	1902	1902	0.4	11	26	23	3	9	0	0	0	3	0		3	3	.391	.462	.391	.853	Apr 17, 1902	27	TOT
56	Ed Wheeler	1	1902	1902	-1.5	30	104	96	4	12	0	0	0	5	1		3	14	.125	.152	.125	.277	May 10, 1902	24	BRO
57	Bob Wicker	6	1901	1906	0.1	172	524	477	54	98	9	4	0	27	10		22	64	.205	.247	.241	.488	Jul 22, 1901	25	STL
58	Art Williams	1	1902	1902	-0.2	49	191	167	20	38	3	0	0	14	9		17	32	.228	.310	.246	.556	May 7, 1902	24	CHC
59	Pop Williams	3	1898	1903	0.8	59	199	179	21	40	3	2	0	18	0		11	14	.223	.287	.263	.550	Sep 14, 1898	28	CHC
60	Howard Wilson	4	1899	1904	0.4	49	148	132	10	26	6	3	0	6	1		9	18	.197	.254	.288	.541	Sep 13, 1899	23	PHA
61	Gene Wright	4	1901	1904	-0.3	48	144	138	17	23	2	5	1	9	0		1	40	.167	.179	.275	.454	Oct 5, 1901	23	CLE
62	Stan Yerkes	3	1901	1903	-0.4	45	121	108	5	14	2	0	0	2	0		10	35	.130	.203	.148	.352	May 3, 1901	27	STL
	Totals	291	1892	1918	163.3	18091	68071	61237	6904	15314	1917	757	182	5612	2187	32	4099	6694	.250	.303	.315	.618

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	Ike Butler	1	1902	1902	-1.0	1	10	.091	5.34	16	14	2	12	0	0	116.1	168	103	69	1	45	13	2	0	0	545	1.831	Aug 5, 1902	28	BLA
2	Pat Carney	4	1901	1904	-1.0	4	10	.286	4.69	16	13	3	10	0	0	109.1	139	84	57	4	46	37	4	0	4	509	1.692	Sep 20, 1901	25	BSN
3	Clarence Currie	2	1902	1903	1.1	15	23	.395	3.39	53	38	12	31	4	2	371.1	385	209	140	9	121	111	21	0	7	1567	1.363	Apr 25, 1902	23	TOT
4	Bob Ewing	11	1902	1912	29.6	124	118	.512	2.49	291	264	27	205	19	4	2301.0	2097	940	637	31	614	998	55	2	45	9192	1.178	Apr 19, 1902	29	CIN
5	Harry Felix	2	1901	1902	-1.0	1	3	.250	5.36	10	5	5	3	0	0	47.0	64	37	28	1	11	10	0	0	0	209	1.596	Oct 5, 1901	26	PHI
6	Ray Hale	1	1902	1902	-1.8	1	4	.200	5.67	11	7	4	4	0	0	54.0	78	52	34	1	22	17	2	0	0	256	1.852	Apr 21, 1902	22	TOT
7	Crese Heismann	2	1901	1902	-0.3	2	5	.286	4.74	11	8	3	5	0	0	62.2	71	44	33	3	28	23	10	0	1	287	1.580	Sep 25, 1901	22	TOT
8	Ham Iburg	1	1902	1902	-0.1	11	18	.379	3.89	30	29	1	20	1	0	236.0	286	141	102	1	62	106	11	0	4	1030	1.475	Apr 17, 1902	28	PHI
9	Addie Joss HOF	9	1902	1910	47.7	160	97	.623	1.89	286	260	22	234	45	5	2327.0	1888	730	488	19	364	920	58	1	28	8891	0.968	Apr 26, 1902	22	CLE
10	Carl Lundgren	8	1902	1909	13.3	91	55	.623	2.42	179	149	28	125	19	6	1322.0	1129	496	355	16	476	535	35	4	26	5322	1.214	Jun 19, 1902	22	CHC
11	Gene McCann	2	1901	1902	-0.7	3	5	.375	2.95	9	8	1	6	0	0	64.0	66	43	21	1	28	18	4	0	1	280	1.469	Apr 19, 1901	27	BRO
12	Arch McCarthy	1	1902	1902	-0.6	2	7	.222	6.13	10	8	2	8	0	0	72.0	90	57	49	2	31	10	4	0	4	329	1.681	Aug 14, 1902	21	DET
13	George Mullin	14	1902	1915	34.5	228	196	.538	2.82	487	428	51	353	35	8	3686.2	3518	1636	1156	42	1238	1482	130	1	85	15169	1.290	May 4, 1902	21	DET
14	Mike O'Neill	5	1901	1907	3.9	32	44	.421	2.73	85	77	8	68	4	2	694.1	739	358	211	8	169	228	26	0	3	2941	1.308	Sep 20, 1901	24	STL
15	Alex Pearson	2	1902	1903	-0.2	3	8	.273	3.85	15	13	2	10	0	0	112.1	124	62	48	1	25	36	4	0	1	473	1.326	Aug 1, 1902	25	STL
16	Bill Popp	1	1902	1902	-1.9	2	6	.250	4.92	9	7	2	5	0	0	60.1	87	60	33	2	26	20	5	0	3	289	1.873	Apr 19, 1902	25	STL
17	George Prentiss	2	1901	1902	-0.8	3	3	.500	5.31	11	7	4	4	0	0	57.2	76	45	34	1	21	10	0	0	2	261	1.682	Sep 23, 1901	26	TOT
18	Bob Rhoads	8	1902	1909	11.5	97	82	.542	2.61	218	185	30	154	21	2	1691.2	1604	701	491	19	494	522	58	1	39	6820	1.240	Apr 19, 1902	22	CHC
19	Germany Schaefer	15	1901	1918	0.0	0	0		18.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	3.000	Oct 5, 1901	26	CHC
20	Charlie Shields	2	1902	1907	-0.1	7	13	.350	4.27	30	21	9	13	1	1	179.0	250	129	85	8	46	35	4	0	3	803	1.654	Apr 23, 1902	22	TOT
21	Jim St. Vrain	1	1902	1902	1.2	4	6	.400	2.08	12	11	1	10	1	0	95.0	88	36	22	0	25	51	5	0	3	388	1.189	Apr 20, 1902	31	CHC
22	Oscar Streit	2	1899	1902	-2.0	1	7	.125	5.56	10	8	1	5	0	0	66.1	87	71	41	4	40	10	5	0	3	320	1.915	Apr 21, 1899	28	CLE
23	Henry Thielman	2	1902	1903	-1.2	9	19	.321	3.37	31	28	3	25	0	1	246.0	240	141	92	5	98	64	21	0	7	1039	1.374	Apr 17, 1902	21	TOT
24	Cy Vorhees	1	1902	1902	-0.5	3	4	.429	3.94	11	6	4	4	1	0	61.2	73	39	27	1	22	25	1	1	4	272	1.541	Apr 17, 1902	27	TOT
25	Bob Wicker	6	1901	1906	9.6	64	52	.552	2.73	138	117	20	97	10	1	1036.2	963	443	314	16	293	472	10	2	22	4198	1.212	Jul 22, 1901	25	STL
26	Pop Williams	3	1898	1903	0.8	16	25	.390	3.17	47	47	0	41	2	0	386.1	426	204	136	4	113	132	20	1	6	1650	1.395	Sep 14, 1898	28	CHC
27	Howard Wilson	4	1899	1904	4.5	14	26	.350	3.29	47	42	5	37	1	0	371.2	417	192	136	8	71	86	21	1	3	1567	1.313	Sep 13, 1899	23	PHA
28	Gene Wright	4	1901	1904	-3.0	14	26	.350	4.50	46	40	5	31	2	1	323.2	361	225	162	9	152	140	16	0	17	1450	1.585	Oct 5, 1901	23	CLE
29	Stan Yerkes	3	1901	1903	-1.2	15	24	.385	3.66	45	43	2	32	1	0	319.2	396	189	130	3	87	103	3	0	2	1397	1.511	May 3, 1901	27	STL
	Totals	119	1898	1918	140.3	927	896	.509	2.80	2166	1883	258	1552	167	33	16472.2	15913	7469	5133	221	4768	6214	535	14	323	67460	1.831

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