1904 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	Red Ames	17	1903	1919	-4.3	533	1126	1014	52	143	10	7	3	62	5	1	61	374	.141	.190	.174	.363	Sep 14, 1903	21	NYG
2	Emil Batch	4	1904	1907	1.5	348	1361	1253	134	315	38	22	7	98	37		65	120	.251	.290	.334	.624	Sep 13, 1904	24	BRO
3	Lou Bruce	1	1904	1904	-0.1	30	112	101	9	27	3	0	0	8	2		5	7	.267	.302	.297	.599	Jun 22, 1904	27	PHA
4	Howie Camnitz	11	1904	1915	-3.7	326	777	677	42	92	6	1	1	33	1	0	37	204	.136	.183	.152	.335	Apr 22, 1904	22	PIT
5	Wirt Cannell	2	1904	1905	-1.7	254	1014	913	84	221	19	5	0	54	27		74	92	.242	.302	.274	.576	Apr 14, 1904	24	BSN
6	Fred Carisch	8	1903	1923	2.6	226	718	655	43	149	17	9	1	57	16	3	46	63	.227	.280	.285	.566	Aug 31, 1903	22	PIT
7	Charlie Case	4	1901	1906	-0.3	54	151	133	8	18	1	1	0	5	0		13	46	.135	.233	.158	.391	Jul 5, 1901	24	PIT
8	Joe Cassidy	2	1904	1905	1.8	303	1242	1157	130	264	28	23	2	76	40		40	160	.228	.258	.297	.555	Apr 18, 1904	21	WSH
9	Walter Clarkson	5	1904	1908	-0.4	78	139	132	9	20	2	4	0	12	0		1	27	.152	.158	.227	.385	Jul 2, 1904	25	NYY
10	Frank Corridon	6	1904	1910	-0.2	188	485	445	28	80	5	2	1	22	3		25	102	.180	.230	.207	.437	Apr 15, 1904	23	TOT
11	Jim Delahanty	13	1901	1915	19.1	1186	4721	4091	520	1159	191	59	19	489	151	7	378	369	.283	.357	.373	.730	Apr 19, 1901	25	BSN
12	Art Devlin	10	1904	1913	36.1	1313	5250	4412	603	1185	164	57	10	508	285	8	576	345	.269	.364	.338	.702	Apr 14, 1904	24	NYG
13	She Donahue	1	1904	1904	-1.5	62	224	215	22	47	4	0	0	16	10		3	19	.219	.229	.237	.467	Apr 19, 1904	27	TOT
14	Gus Dundon	3	1904	1906	1.8	247	933	833	77	168	17	6	0	62	37		64	80	.202	.265	.236	.502	Apr 14, 1904	29	CHW
15	Claude Elliott	2	1904	1905	0.1	22	46	45	6	9	0	1	1	2	1		1	10	.200	.217	.311	.529	Apr 16, 1904	27	TOT
16	Tom Fisher	1	1904	1904	0.1	39	106	99	8	21	1	0	2	8	0		7	22	.212	.264	.283	.547	Apr 17, 1904	23	BSN
17	Jack Gilbert	2	1898	1904	-0.2	28	114	96	13	23	0	0	0	4	5		13	4	.240	.354	.240	.594	Sep 11, 1898	28	PIT
18	Fred Glade	6	1902	1908	-0.5	132	409	381	21	57	11	3	0	21	1		18	128	.150	.194	.194	.388	May 27, 1902	28	SLB
19	Bob Hall	2	1904	1905	-1.8	103	404	369	33	75	8	1	2	32	13		25	70	.203	.256	.247	.502	Apr 18, 1904	25	PHI
20	Otto Hess	10	1902	1915	-0.1	280	767	714	63	154	21	9	5	56	4	0	27	212	.216	.248	.291	.540	Aug 3, 1902	25	CLE
21	Hugh Hill	2	1903	1904	0.0	24	98	94	13	21	2	1	3	4	3		2	20	.223	.240	.362	.601	May 1, 1903	24	STL
22	Frank Huelsman	3	1897	1905	2.8	235	917	824	76	213	52	13	5	97	18		62	144	.258	.322	.371	.693	Oct 3, 1897	30	TOT
23	Miller Huggins HOF	13	1904	1916	35.4	1586	6825	5558	948	1474	146	50	9	318	324	31	1003	556	.265	.382	.314	.696	Apr 15, 1904	26	CIN
24	Pat Hynes	2	1903	1904	-1.2	67	267	257	23	60	7	3	0	15	3		3	42	.233	.245	.284	.529	Sep 27, 1903	20	SLB
25	Beany Jacobson	4	1904	1907	-1.0	88	226	205	13	24	4	0	0	4	2		14	73	.117	.177	.137	.314	Apr 30, 1904	23	WSH
26	Charlie Jaeger	1	1904	1904	-0.2	8	18	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	10	.059	.111	.059	.170	Sep 9, 1904	29	DET
27	Red Kleinow	8	1904	1911	4.8	584	1884	1665	146	354	45	20	3	135	42		153	214	.213	.282	.269	.551	May 3, 1904	26	NYY
28	Harry Lumley	7	1904	1910	14.7	730	2967	2653	300	728	109	66	38	305	110		204	394	.274	.328	.408	.737	Apr 14, 1904	23	BRO
29	Johnny Lush	7	1904	1910	3.0	377	1090	993	107	252	40	11	2	94	28		69	127	.254	.307	.322	.630	Apr 16, 1904	18	PHI
30	Mike Lynch	4	1904	1907	0.3	98	268	246	23	50	7	3	0	18	0		12	59	.203	.240	.256	.496	Jun 21, 1904	24	PIT
31	Sherry Magee	16	1904	1919	59.4	2087	8560	7441	1112	2169	425	166	83	1176	441	20	736	624	.291	.364	.427	.790	Jun 29, 1904	19	PHI
32	Harry McCormick	5	1904	1913	3.9	429	1383	1247	165	356	62	26	6	132	30	0	92	160	.285	.340	.391	.732	Apr 14, 1904	23	TOT
33	Mike McCormick	1	1904	1904	-0.4	105	400	347	28	64	5	4	0	27	22		43	49	.184	.278	.222	.500	Apr 14, 1904	21	BRO
34	Larry McLean	13	1901	1915	12.8	862	2840	2647	183	694	90	26	6	298	20	0	136	127	.262	.301	.323	.623	Apr 26, 1901	22	STL
35	Ed McNichol	1	1904	1904	-0.5	17	45	43	3	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	12	.093	.093	.093	.186	Jul 9, 1904	25	BSN
36	John McPherson	2	1901	1904	-0.5	16	51	48	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	14	.063	.100	.063	.163	Jul 12, 1901	35	PHI
37	Billy Milligan	2	1901	1904	0.3	12	28	24	7	6	1	1	1	3	0		3	4	.250	.333	.500	.833	Apr 30, 1901	25	NYG
38	Cy Morgan	10	1903	1913	-3.5	210	535	489	26	61	7	1	0	37	2	0	11	198	.125	.146	.143	.289	Sep 18, 1903	25	SLB
39	Jim Mullen	2	1904	1905	-1.0	118	406	375	37	74	10	8	1	26	12		14	65	.197	.236	.275	.511	Jun 1, 1904	27	TOT
40	Tom Needham	11	1904	1914	2.5	523	1662	1491	114	311	50	10	8	119	20	0	109	187	.209	.274	.272	.546	May 12, 1904	25	BSN
41	Pete Noonan	3	1904	1907	-1.1	162	517	479	40	98	11	7	4	38	5		21	81	.205	.238	.282	.520	Jun 20, 1904	22	PHA
42	Charley O'Leary	11	1904	1934	0.3	955	3607	3232	317	731	104	18	3	220	74	12	164	247	.226	.270	.272	.543	Apr 14, 1904	28	DET
43	John O'Neill	2	1904	1906	-1.5	206	817	746	77	181	15	2	2	42	41		46	84	.243	.293	.276	.569	May 7, 1904	24	TOT
44	Fred Odwell	4	1904	1907	4.2	411	1589	1412	198	365	42	30	10	168	72		89	187	.258	.313	.352	.665	Apr 16, 1904	31	CIN
45	Champ Osteen	4	1903	1909	-0.2	83	323	304	27	60	6	6	2	31	1		10	31	.197	.233	.276	.509	Sep 18, 1903	27	NYY
46	Ambrose Puttmann	4	1903	1906	0.6	34	66	63	5	18	3	3	0	4	0		1	15	.286	.297	.429	.725	Sep 4, 1903	23	NYY
47	Doc Reisling	4	1904	1910	0.4	52	120	98	5	18	6	0	0	11	0		7	21	.184	.252	.245	.497	Sep 10, 1904	29	BRO
48	Chick Robitaille	2	1904	1905	-0.6	26	72	66	2	8	0	0	0	3	1		0	11	.121	.121	.121	.242	Sep 2, 1904	25	PIT
49	War Sanders	2	1903	1904	-0.3	12	22	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.048	.048	.048	.095	Apr 18, 1903	26	STL
50	Doc Scanlan	8	1903	1911	0.8	181	469	416	23	78	11	2	0	23	4		34	81	.188	.251	.224	.474	Sep 24, 1903	23	TOT
51	Admiral Schlei	8	1904	1911	9.3	636	2187	1918	195	455	52	21	6	209	38		172	178	.237	.307	.296	.603	Apr 24, 1904	26	CIN
52	Spike Shannon	5	1904	1908	5.5	694	3021	2613	383	677	49	15	3	183	145		286	288	.259	.337	.293	.630	Apr 15, 1904	29	STL
53	Danny Shay	4	1901	1907	2.4	231	889	775	89	186	26	5	2	62	52		88	54	.240	.325	.294	.620	Apr 30, 1901	27	STL
54	Frank Smith	11	1904	1915	4.7	369	901	766	81	156	41	9	2	85	3		64	217	.204	.276	.289	.565	Apr 22, 1904	24	CHW
55	George Stovall	12	1904	1915	13.2	1414	5625	5222	547	1382	231	56	15	564	142	17	174	406	.265	.293	.339	.632	Jul 4, 1904	26	CLE
56	Terry Turner	17	1901	1919	37.7	1659	6666	5921	699	1499	207	77	8	528	256	31	435	492	.253	.308	.318	.626	Aug 25, 1901	23	CLE
57	Tom Walker	3	1902	1905	-0.9	48	147	132	15	17	0	1	0	1	2		7	27	.129	.179	.144	.323	Sep 27, 1902	22	CIN
58	Ed Walsh HOF	14	1904	1917	2.1	459	1173	1085	92	210	38	10	3	68	14	1	46	282	.194	.231	.255	.486	May 7, 1904	23	CHW
59	Hooks Wiltse	12	1904	1915	2.2	375	835	743	81	156	19	4	2	79	14	0	50	67	.210	.266	.254	.521	Apr 21, 1904	24	NYG
60	Sam Woodruff	2	1904	1910	-1.3	108	409	367	26	67	15	3	0	22	11		26	34	.183	.242	.240	.482	Apr 14, 1904	27	CIN
61	Dave Zearfoss	5	1896	1905	-0.4	72	225	202	15	42	3	3	0	17	2		19	17	.208	.279	.252	.532	Apr 17, 1896	36	STL
	Totals	361	1896	1934	257	22115	80249	70980	8147	17551	2487	891	281	6792	2592	131	5887	8360	.247	.311	.319	.630

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	Red Ames	17	1903	1919	28.6	183	167	.523	2.63	533	371	118	209	27	36	3198.0	2896	1313	934	41	1034	1702	64	1	156	13069	1.229	Sep 14, 1903	21	NYG
2	Lou Bruce	1	1904	1904	-0.1	0	0		4.91	2	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	11	7	6	1	2	2	0	0	0	44	1.182	Jun 22, 1904	27	PHA
3	Howie Camnitz	11	1904	1915	19.4	133	106	.556	2.75	326	237	74	137	20	15	2085.1	1852	857	637	41	656	915	65	1	37	8432	1.203	Apr 22, 1904	22	PIT
4	Charlie Case	4	1901	1906	3.3	23	19	.548	2.93	54	46	8	36	6	1	396.0	373	167	129	2	108	114	20	1	11	1627	1.215	Jul 5, 1901	24	PIT
5	Walter Clarkson	5	1904	1908	0.5	18	16	.529	3.17	78	37	31	23	4	2	374.2	340	183	132	12	132	178	24	0	10	1549	1.260	Jul 2, 1904	25	NYY
6	Frank Corridon	6	1904	1910	8.1	70	67	.511	2.80	180	140	34	99	10	7	1216.0	1100	510	378	7	375	458	61	1	34	4916	1.213	Apr 15, 1904	23	TOT
7	Jim Delahanty	13	1901	1915	-0.2	0	0		1.69	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.1	10	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	25	2.063	Apr 19, 1901	25	BSN
8	Claude Elliott	2	1904	1905	-0.3	3	3	.500	3.33	22	9	13	7	1	6	110.2	115	59	41	6	38	47	5	0	4	478	1.383	Apr 16, 1904	27	TOT
9	Tom Fisher	1	1904	1904	-3.9	6	16	.273	4.25	31	21	9	19	2	0	214.0	257	165	101	5	82	84	10	1	9	950	1.584	Apr 17, 1904	23	BSN
10	Fred Glade	6	1902	1908	12.2	52	68	.433	2.62	132	126	6	107	14	2	1072.2	950	411	312	11	237	464	48	0	14	4243	1.107	May 27, 1902	28	SLB
11	Otto Hess	10	1902	1915	8.0	70	90	.438	2.98	198	165	30	127	18	5	1418.0	1355	663	469	26	448	580	80	5	38	5880	1.272	Aug 3, 1902	25	CLE
12	Pat Hynes	2	1903	1904	-0.8	1	1	.500	5.66	6	3	3	2	0	0	35.0	45	27	22	1	13	7	0	0	0	156	1.657	Sep 27, 1903	20	SLB
13	Beany Jacobson	4	1904	1907	-0.8	22	46	.324	3.19	88	70	17	53	1	0	612.1	618	317	217	11	148	195	12	0	19	2504	1.251	Apr 30, 1904	23	WSH
14	Charlie Jaeger	1	1904	1904	-0.6	3	3	.500	2.57	8	6	2	5	0	0	49.0	49	29	14	0	15	13	6	0	2	209	1.306	Sep 9, 1904	29	DET
15	Johnny Lush	7	1904	1910	6.6	66	85	.437	2.68	182	155	21	105	16	2	1239.1	1169	571	369	17	413	490	63	2	37	5140	1.276	Apr 16, 1904	18	PHI
16	Mike Lynch	4	1904	1907	2.5	43	32	.573	3.05	97	72	23	53	1	3	656.0	597	296	222	9	281	292	29	0	16	2731	1.338	Jun 21, 1904	24	PIT
17	Ed McNichol	1	1904	1904	0.2	2	12	.143	4.28	17	15	2	12	1	0	122.0	120	70	58	3	74	39	5	0	12	548	1.590	Jul 9, 1904	25	BSN
18	John McPherson	2	1901	1904	-0.9	1	13	.071	3.89	16	13	3	11	1	0	132.0	137	87	57	1	50	32	7	2	3	582	1.417	Jul 12, 1901	35	PHI
19	Billy Milligan	2	1901	1904	-0.9	0	4	.000	4.81	11	4	6	3	0	2	58.0	79	46	31	3	18	11	3	0	2	271	1.672	Apr 30, 1901	25	NYG
20	Cy Morgan	10	1903	1913	12.2	78	78	.500	2.51	210	172	31	107	15	3	1445.1	1180	586	403	18	578	667	95	5	59	5818	1.216	Sep 18, 1903	25	SLB
21	Ambrose Puttmann	4	1903	1906	-0.2	8	9	.471	3.58	33	18	14	8	2	1	173.1	158	93	69	4	67	85	8	0	11	722	1.298	Sep 4, 1903	23	NYY
22	Doc Reisling	4	1904	1910	3.1	15	19	.441	2.45	49	33	16	25	4	1	311.2	303	123	85	3	75	100	14	0	7	1253	1.213	Sep 10, 1904	29	BRO
23	Chick Robitaille	2	1904	1905	1.9	12	8	.600	2.56	26	20	5	18	0	0	186.1	178	76	53	2	41	66	4	0	6	755	1.175	Sep 2, 1904	25	PIT
24	War Sanders	2	1903	1904	-1.2	2	8	.200	5.64	12	9	3	4	0	0	59.0	73	52	37	1	22	20	3	0	1	276	1.610	Apr 18, 1903	26	STL
25	Doc Scanlan	8	1903	1911	11.4	65	71	.478	3.00	181	149	26	102	15	5	1252.0	1061	557	417	15	608	584	36	1	20	5165	1.333	Sep 24, 1903	23	TOT
26	Frank Smith	11	1904	1915	17.2	139	111	.556	2.59	354	255	78	184	27	6	2274.0	1975	891	655	27	676	1051	41	4	69	9064	1.166	Apr 22, 1904	24	CHW
27	Tom Walker	3	1902	1905	5.6	24	16	.600	2.70	48	44	4	35	3	0	369.2	377	154	111	5	97	94	25	1	3	1551	1.282	Sep 27, 1902	22	CIN
28	Ed Walsh HOF	14	1904	1917	64.4	195	126	.607	1.82	430	315	105	250	57	35	2964.1	2346	873	598	23	617	1736	52	9	76	11411	1.000	May 7, 1904	23	CHW
29	Hooks Wiltse	12	1904	1915	28.0	139	90	.607	2.47	357	225	109	152	27	33	2112.1	1892	787	580	54	498	965	40	0	41	8431	1.131	Apr 21, 1904	24	NYG
	Totals	169	1901	1919	223.3	1373	1284	.517	2.66	3683	2731	794	1893	272	165	24153.1	21616	9975	7138	350	7404	10991	820	34	697	97800	1.182

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