1908 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	Frank Arellanes	3	1908	1910	0.0	77	152	142	8	24	1	2	1	6	3		3	21	.169	.186	.225	.412	Jul 17, 1908	26	BOS
2	Jake Atz	4	1902	1909	3.1	209	718	605	64	132	21	3	0	49	23		69	54	.218	.304	.263	.567	Sep 24, 1902	28	CHW
3	Neal Ball	7	1907	1913	0.9	502	1807	1613	163	404	56	17	4	151	92	5	99	323	.250	.295	.314	.609	Sep 11, 1907	27	NYY
4	Jack Barry	11	1908	1919	25.9	1223	4923	4146	532	1009	142	38	10	429	153	34	396	342	.243	.321	.303	.624	Jul 13, 1908	21	PHA
5	Beals Becker	8	1908	1915	8.0	876	3108	2764	368	763	114	43	45	296	129	31	241	347	.276	.335	.397	.732	Apr 19, 1908	21	TOT
6	Bob Bescher	11	1908	1918	21.2	1228	5280	4536	749	1171	190	74	28	345	428	54	619	549	.258	.353	.351	.704	Sep 5, 1908	24	CIN
7	Walter Blair	7	1907	1915	-0.9	442	1389	1255	80	272	42	11	3	106	18		86	176	.217	.272	.275	.547	Sep 17, 1907	24	NYY
8	Jack Bliss	5	1908	1912	-0.8	251	774	654	70	143	15	6	3	61	13		85	90	.219	.318	.274	.591	May 10, 1908	26	STL
9	King Brady	5	1905	1912	-0.2	8	19	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	Sep 21, 1905	27	BOS
10	Bill Burns	5	1908	1912	0.5	118	268	245	12	48	8	1	0	7	1	0	15	63	.196	.245	.237	.482	Apr 18, 1908	28	WSH
11	Billy Campbell	4	1905	1909	-0.6	70	151	130	4	15	1	2	0	5	1		4	21	.115	.148	.154	.302	Apr 17, 1905	34	CIN
12	Nick Carter	1	1908	1908	-0.2	14	20	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200	Apr 14, 1908	29	PHA
13	Eli Cates	1	1908	1908	0.3	40	71	59	5	11	1	1	0	3	0		6	14	.186	.273	.237	.510	Apr 20, 1908	31	WSH
14	Bill Chappelle	3	1908	1914	-0.3	35	61	56	2	5	1	0	1	3	0		2	10	.089	.121	.161	.281	Aug 20, 1908	27	BSN
15	Raymond Charles	3	1908	1910	-2.3	237	944	851	76	186	23	7	1	51	24		54	83	.219	.270	.266	.536	Apr 15, 1908	27	STL
16	Eddie Cicotte	14	1905	1920	1.1	504	1232	1062	97	198	24	3	0	59	6	0	88	212	.186	.251	.215	.465	Sep 3, 1905	24	BOS
17	Eddie Collins HOF	25	1906	1930	124.3	2826	12087	9949	1821	3315	438	187	47	1299	741	196	1499	467	.333	.424	.429	.853	Sep 17, 1906	21	PHA
18	Harry Coveleski	9	1907	1918	-0.3	198	461	418	30	79	8	4	0	27	0	3	15	134	.189	.219	.227	.446	Sep 10, 1907	22	PHI
19	Doc Crandall	10	1908	1918	8.0	500	1046	887	109	253	35	19	9	123	9	0	118	112	.285	.372	.398	.770	Apr 24, 1908	20	NYG
20	Gavy Cravath	11	1908	1920	32.9	1220	4663	3951	575	1134	232	83	119	719	89	20	561	578	.287	.380	.478	.858	Apr 18, 1908	27	BOS
21	Joe Delahanty	3	1907	1909	1.0	270	1043	932	68	222	30	15	4	100	24		74	93	.238	.301	.315	.617	Sep 30, 1907	32	STL
22	Jean Dubuc	9	1908	1919	3.2	367	709	652	57	150	23	10	4	58	2	1	30	97	.230	.266	.314	.580	Jun 25, 1908	19	CIN
23	Bill Foxen	4	1908	1911	-0.1	61	118	106	4	15	4	0	1	6	1		9	33	.142	.216	.208	.423	May 5, 1908	29	PHI
24	Jerry Freeman	2	1908	1909	-0.5	173	641	579	47	142	15	6	1	48	9		40	67	.245	.299	.297	.596	Apr 14, 1908	28	WSH
25	Wilbur Good	11	1905	1918	3.7	749	2654	2364	324	609	84	44	9	187	104	19	190	347	.258	.322	.342	.664	Sep 4, 1905	22	CLE
26	Peaches Graham	7	1902	1912	4.0	373	1174	999	99	265	34	6	1	85	21		114	67	.265	.347	.314	.661	Sep 14, 1902	31	BSN
27	Bill Grahame	3	1908	1910	-0.5	64	126	118	6	17	0	0	0	2	0		6	61	.144	.185	.144	.330	Apr 18, 1908	24	SLB
28	Buck Herzog	13	1908	1920	27.5	1493	6056	5284	705	1370	191	75	20	449	320	68	427	331	.259	.329	.335	.664	Apr 17, 1908	22	NYG
29	Dick Hoblitzell	11	1908	1918	19.6	1318	5375	4706	591	1310	194	88	27	593	173	38	407	321	.278	.341	.374	.715	Sep 5, 1908	19	CIN
30	Jim Holmes	2	1906	1908	0.0	16	18	18	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	Sep 8, 1906	26	BRO
31	Jim Kane	1	1908	1908	-0.1	55	166	145	16	35	3	3	0	22	5		12	16	.241	.299	.303	.603	Apr 21, 1908	26	PIT
32	Burt Keeley	2	1908	1909	-0.3	33	62	51	3	6	0	0	0	0	1		2	20	.118	.151	.118	.269	Apr 18, 1908	28	WSH
33	Rube Kroh	6	1906	1912	-0.1	36	79	72	6	13	0	0	0	1	2		5	24	.181	.234	.181	.414	Sep 30, 1906	21	CHC
34	Joe Lake	6	1908	1913	1.1	208	506	491	39	101	14	6	3	38	3	0	7	116	.206	.218	.277	.495	Apr 21, 1908	27	NYY
35	Harry Lord	9	1907	1915	16.4	972	4155	3691	509	1026	107	70	14	294	208	35	226	253	.278	.326	.356	.682	Sep 25, 1907	26	BOS
36	Bill Ludwig	1	1908	1908	-0.4	66	211	187	15	34	2	2	0	8	3		16	39	.182	.246	.214	.460	Apr 16, 1908	26	STL
37	Rube Manning	4	1907	1910	0.2	87	192	180	12	33	3	2	0	7	3		7	40	.183	.218	.222	.440	Sep 25, 1907	25	NYY
38	Moxie Manuel	2	1905	1908	-0.1	21	22	20	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.100	.143	.100	.243	Sep 25, 1905	26	CHW
39	Tom McCarthy	2	1908	1909	-0.1	28	68	57	5	8	1	0	0	3	0		3	9	.140	.197	.158	.355	May 10, 1908	24	TOT
40	Amby McConnell	4	1908	1911	7.4	409	1709	1506	202	398	30	22	3	119	72		107	132	.264	.324	.319	.644	Apr 17, 1908	25	BOS
41	Irish McIlveen	3	1906	1909	0.0	53	198	177	18	38	3	3	0	8	6		15	15	.215	.280	.266	.545	Jul 4, 1906	27	NYY
42	Tommy McMillan	4	1908	1912	-2.6	297	1118	991	73	207	21	4	0	54	45	10	81	86	.209	.273	.238	.512	Aug 19, 1908	20	BRO
43	George McQuillan	10	1907	1918	-2.2	273	547	469	23	55	6	1	0	20	2	0	34	133	.117	.182	.134	.316	May 8, 1907	23	PHI
44	Danny Moeller	7	1907	1916	6.7	704	2924	2538	379	618	83	43	15	192	171	49	302	442	.243	.328	.328	.656	Sep 24, 1907	23	PIT
45	Jimmy O'Rourke	1	1908	1908	-0.2	34	117	108	5	25	1	0	0	3	4		4	16	.231	.259	.241	.500	Aug 15, 1908	24	NYY
46	Patsy O'Rourke	1	1908	1908	-0.7	53	187	164	8	32	4	2	0	16	2		14	24	.195	.263	.244	.506	Apr 16, 1908	27	STL
47	Dode Paskert	15	1907	1921	24.8	1716	7012	6017	868	1613	279	77	42	577	293	60	715	784	.268	.350	.361	.711	Sep 21, 1907	26	CIN
48	Harry Pattee	1	1908	1908	1.1	80	302	264	19	57	5	2	0	9	24		25	40	.216	.286	.250	.536	Apr 14, 1908	26	BRO
49	George Perring	5	1908	1915	7.3	513	1974	1764	198	438	75	34	9	183	34		152	152	.248	.310	.345	.655	Apr 25, 1908	23	CLE
50	Charlie Rhodes	3	1906	1909	0.2	26	53	48	5	10	3	0	0	1	0		2	19	.208	.240	.271	.511	Jul 26, 1906	23	TOT
51	Jack Rowan	7	1906	1914	-0.2	119	232	199	9	30	1	2	0	13	2	0	24	76	.151	.246	.176	.421	Sep 6, 1906	22	CIN
52	Slim Sallee	14	1908	1921	-1.1	476	1032	924	57	158	12	4	2	52	2	0	46	233	.171	.213	.199	.412	Apr 16, 1908	23	STL
53	Victor Schlitzer	3	1908	1914	0.1	44	82	78	2	16	1	1	0	2	1		1	22	.205	.215	.244	.459	Apr 17, 1908	23	PHA
54	Al Schweitzer	4	1908	1911	1.6	280	1031	874	97	208	28	8	3	87	47		104	169	.238	.327	.299	.626	Apr 30, 1908	25	SLB
55	Al Shaw	5	1907	1915	5.6	474	1763	1547	235	434	74	28	14	170	64		173	241	.281	.353	.392	.745	Sep 28, 1907	27	STL
56	Dave Shean	9	1906	1919	1.3	630	2443	2167	225	495	59	23	6	167	66		155	188	.228	.284	.285	.569	Sep 10, 1906	24	PHI
57	Syd Smith	5	1908	1915	1.9	146	435	397	24	98	21	1	2	40	2	0	22	29	.247	.291	.320	.611	Apr 14, 1908	24	TOT
58	Bob Spade	4	1907	1910	0.9	62	167	144	16	32	2	2	0	12	1		11	22	.222	.282	.264	.546	Sep 22, 1907	31	CIN
59	Tris Speaker HOF	22	1907	1928	135.0	2789	12020	10195	1882	3514	792	222	117	1531	436	158	1381	393	.345	.428	.500	.928	Sep 12, 1907	20	BOS
60	Elmer Steele	5	1907	1911	-0.8	75	155	142	13	18	2	0	0	7	3		6	47	.127	.173	.141	.314	Sep 12, 1907	24	BOS
61	Ed Summers	5	1908	1912	-1.1	138	376	352	19	57	6	0	2	18	1	0	8	101	.162	.181	.196	.377	Apr 16, 1908	23	DET
62	Tom Tuckey	2	1908	1909	-0.5	25	52	49	1	5	0	0	0	1	0		0	15	.102	.102	.102	.204	Aug 11, 1908	23	BSN
63	Owen Wilson	9	1908	1916	13.3	1280	5044	4624	520	1246	157	114	59	570	98	25	241	539	.269	.311	.391	.702	Apr 15, 1908	24	PIT
64	Harley Young	1	1908	1908	-0.1	14	25	22	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	12	.136	.174	.182	.356	Apr 21, 1908	24	TOT
65	Heinie Zimmerman	13	1907	1919	33.6	1456	5744	5304	695	1566	275	105	58	799	175	52	242	432	.295	.331	.419	.750	Sep 8, 1907	21	CHC
	Totals	407	1902	1930	526.4	29134	109291	95077	12869	25899	3998	1526	687	10292	4160	858	9402	9907	.272	.343	.368	.712

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	Frank Arellanes	3	1908	1910	4.8	24	22	.522	2.28	74	49	23	25	2	8	409.2	358	147	104	5	85	148	11	0	8	1602	1.081	Jul 17, 1908	26	BOS
2	King Brady	5	1905	1912	0.6	3	2	.600	3.08	8	5	2	4	1	0	49.2	64	21	17	0	10	20	0	0	0	219	1.490	Sep 21, 1905	27	BOS
3	Bill Burns	5	1908	1912	3.4	30	52	.366	2.72	117	85	21	45	10	2	717.2	705	331	217	14	147	233	38	7	11	2846	1.187	Apr 18, 1908	28	WSH
4	Billy Campbell	4	1905	1909	0.7	23	25	.479	2.80	70	44	24	31	2	4	407.2	411	186	127	3	93	116	19	1	5	1654	1.236	Apr 17, 1905	34	CIN
5	Nick Carter	1	1908	1908	0.6	2	5	.286	2.97	14	4	6	2	0	0	60.2	58	26	20	1	17	17	2	0	2	234	1.236	Apr 14, 1908	29	PHA
6	Eli Cates	1	1908	1908	0.5	4	8	.333	2.53	19	10	8	7	0	0	113.2	112	46	32	3	32	33	1	0	5	462	1.267	Apr 20, 1908	31	WSH
7	Bill Chappelle	3	1908	1914	-0.3	7	7	.500	2.38	35	15	14	9	1	1	177.2	167	86	47	1	59	62	9	0	7	732	1.272	Aug 20, 1908	27	BSN
8	Eddie Cicotte	14	1905	1920	58.0	209	148	.585	2.38	502	361	107	249	35	24	3226.0	2897	1161	853	32	827	1374	52	5	57	12752	1.154	Sep 3, 1905	24	BOS
9	Harry Coveleski	9	1907	1918	17.3	81	55	.596	2.39	198	151	31	83	13	9	1248.0	1070	486	332	13	376	511	57	2	20	4997	1.159	Sep 10, 1907	22	PHI
10	Doc Crandall	10	1908	1918	12.8	102	62	.622	2.92	302	134	146	91	9	25	1546.2	1538	669	502	52	379	606	39	1	8	6369	1.239	Apr 24, 1908	20	NYG
11	Jean Dubuc	9	1908	1919	8.2	85	76	.528	3.04	256	150	88	101	12	12	1444.1	1290	672	488	19	577	438	47	1	56	5941	1.293	Jun 25, 1908	19	CIN
12	Bill Foxen	4	1908	1911	2.8	16	20	.444	2.56	61	33	23	20	3	0	326.1	283	126	93	4	140	130	15	3	18	1325	1.296	May 5, 1908	29	PHI
13	Wilbur Good	11	1905	1918	-0.5	0	2	.000	4.74	5	2	3	0	0	0	19.0	18	17	10	1	14	13	0	0	2	86	1.684	Sep 4, 1905	22	CLE
14	Peaches Graham	7	1902	1912	-0.2	0	1	.000	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	9	6	3	0	3	4	1	0	0	25	2.400	Sep 14, 1902	31	BSN
15	Bill Grahame	3	1908	1910	1.3	14	29	.326	2.90	64	40	18	21	3	1	347.2	321	155	112	5	105	141	21	0	11	1382	1.225	Apr 18, 1908	24	SLB
16	Jim Holmes	2	1906	1908	-0.6	1	4	.200	3.49	16	2	10	1	0	0	49.0	47	30	19	0	28	11	4	0	3	208	1.531	Sep 8, 1906	26	BRO
17	Burt Keeley	2	1908	1909	-2.1	6	11	.353	3.32	30	15	13	12	1	1	176.0	185	100	65	3	49	68	5	0	6	755	1.330	Apr 18, 1908	28	WSH
18	Rube Kroh	6	1906	1912	3.4	14	9	.609	2.29	36	25	9	13	3	0	216.1	182	65	55	3	67	92	5	2	2	858	1.151	Sep 30, 1906	21	CHC
19	Joe Lake	6	1908	1913	5.1	62	90	.408	2.85	199	139	55	95	8	5	1318.0	1329	671	417	19	332	594	20	1	33	5459	1.260	Apr 21, 1908	27	NYY
20	Rube Manning	4	1907	1910	3.2	22	32	.407	3.14	84	57	26	35	4	2	502.0	483	236	175	10	162	212	32	0	9	2030	1.285	Sep 25, 1907	25	NYY
21	Moxie Manuel	2	1905	1908	-0.6	3	4	.429	3.58	21	7	8	4	0	1	70.1	61	34	28	0	28	28	3	0	2	282	1.265	Sep 25, 1905	26	CHW
22	Tom McCarthy	2	1908	1909	1.8	7	9	.438	2.34	25	20	4	10	2	0	150.0	133	58	39	3	65	42	3	2	4	610	1.320	May 10, 1908	24	TOT
23	Irish McIlveen	3	1906	1909	-0.3	0	1	.000	7.71	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	10	6	6	1	2	3	0	0	0	30	1.714	Jul 4, 1906	27	NYY
24	George McQuillan	10	1907	1918	20.2	85	89	.489	2.38	273	173	76	105	17	14	1576.1	1382	578	417	23	401	590	30	1	16	6279	1.131	May 8, 1907	23	PHI
25	George Perring	5	1908	1915	-0.1	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4.500	Apr 25, 1908	23	CLE
26	Charlie Rhodes	3	1906	1909	-0.1	7	11	.389	3.46	26	20	5	10	0	0	143.0	116	73	55	2	67	76	10	0	5	587	1.280	Jul 26, 1906	23	TOT
27	Jack Rowan	7	1906	1914	2.5	31	40	.437	3.07	119	74	35	44	5	3	670.2	623	313	229	8	272	267	15	2	13	2746	1.334	Sep 6, 1906	22	CIN
28	Slim Sallee	14	1908	1921	35.4	174	143	.549	2.56	476	306	123	189	25	36	2821.2	2729	1092	804	68	573	836	43	5	12	11461	1.170	Apr 16, 1908	23	STL
29	Victor Schlitzer	3	1908	1914	-0.3	10	15	.400	3.60	44	29	9	16	2	1	217.1	198	107	87	4	71	87	6	1	9	907	1.238	Apr 17, 1908	23	PHA
30	Bob Spade	4	1907	1910	0.9	25	24	.510	2.96	62	52	9	36	4	1	426.1	411	197	140	4	159	121	12	0	6	1789	1.337	Sep 22, 1907	31	CIN
31	Tris Speaker HOF	22	1907	1928	-0.1	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2.000	Sep 12, 1907	20	BOS
32	Elmer Steele	5	1907	1911	5.3	18	24	.429	2.41	75	43	24	20	3	3	418.0	367	162	112	7	68	147	8	4	2	1596	1.041	Sep 12, 1907	24	BOS
33	Ed Summers	5	1908	1912	11.6	68	45	.602	2.42	138	112	22	79	9	3	999.0	930	404	269	19	221	362	46	2	15	4040	1.152	Apr 16, 1908	23	DET
34	Tom Tuckey	2	1908	1909	-0.3	3	12	.200	3.49	25	18	5	7	1	0	162.2	164	80	63	3	42	42	7	0	2	628	1.266	Aug 11, 1908	23	BSN
35	Harley Young	1	1908	1908	-1.0	0	3	.000	2.62	14	5	7	1	0	0	75.2	69	40	22	0	14	29	8	0	1	304	1.097	Apr 21, 1908	24	TOT
	Totals	197	1902	1928	193.9	1136	1080	.513	2.67	3393	2182	957	1365	175	156	20100.2	18724	8383	5961	330	5486	7453	569	40	350	81202	2.400

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