1917 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	Vic Aldridge	9	1917	1928	0.7	248	624	581	46	133	14	4	2	60	2	0	10	41	.229	.242	.277	.519	Apr 15, 1917	23	CHC
2	Lore Bader	3	1912	1918	0.0	22	25	22	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.182	.217	.182	.399	Sep 30, 1912	29	BOS
3	Fred Bailey	3	1916	1918	-0.5	60	139	124	10	23	2	1	1	6	3		9	29	.185	.257	.242	.499	Aug 19, 1916	21	BSN
4	Turner Barber	9	1915	1923	0.7	491	1713	1531	189	442	47	21	2	185	28	23	115	112	.289	.343	.351	.694	Aug 19, 1915	23	CHC
5	Ray Bates	2	1913	1917	1.2	154	565	515	51	120	20	9	2	70	15		24	48	.233	.277	.318	.595	May 31, 1913	27	PHA
6	Josh Billings	11	1913	1923	-1.7	243	548	488	45	106	12	5	0	29	5	0	23	73	.217	.268	.262	.530	Sep 9, 1913	25	CLE
7	Tony Boeckel	6	1917	1923	9.3	777	3201	2880	372	813	130	36	27	337	90	46	237	218	.282	.339	.381	.720	Jul 23, 1917	24	PIT
8	Leon Cadore	10	1915	1924	0.5	193	472	442	28	92	10	4	5	45	2	2	14	103	.208	.234	.283	.517	Apr 28, 1915	25	BRO
9	Hal Carlson	14	1917	1930	0.8	385	762	712	58	159	18	4	5	72	0	1	24	118	.223	.251	.281	.532	Apr 13, 1917	25	PIT
10	Sam Covington	3	1913	1918	-0.4	40	144	129	11	23	2	1	1	14	4		9	11	.178	.237	.233	.470	Aug 25, 1913	22	BSN
11	Sam Crane	7	1914	1922	-2.0	174	549	495	51	103	19	2	0	30	7	9	29	46	.208	.262	.255	.516	Oct 2, 1914	22	WSH
12	Manuel Cueto	4	1914	1919	0.0	151	452	379	36	86	10	1	1	31	13		50	33	.227	.323	.266	.590	Jun 25, 1914	25	CIN
13	Adam DeBus	1	1917	1917	-0.1	38	142	131	9	30	5	4	0	7	2		7	14	.229	.279	.328	.607	Jul 14, 1917	24	PIT
14	Pickles Dillhoefer	5	1917	1921	-1.3	247	655	600	59	134	16	10	0	48	12	2	35	30	.223	.266	.283	.549	Apr 16, 1917	23	CHC
15	Joe Dugan	14	1917	1931	10.1	1447	5883	5410	665	1516	277	46	42	567	37	32	250	419	.280	.317	.372	.689	Jul 5, 1917	20	PHA
16	Ben Dyer	6	1914	1919	0.2	105	234	207	27	49	10	1	0	8	4	0	15	47	.237	.291	.295	.586	May 23, 1914	24	DET
17	Hod Eller	5	1917	1921	0.5	163	326	308	24	68	6	3	1	29	5	1	6	60	.221	.238	.269	.508	Apr 16, 1917	22	CIN
18	Rowdy Elliott	5	1910	1920	1.0	157	441	402	36	97	15	5	1	44	5	0	19	23	.241	.281	.311	.592	Sep 24, 1910	26	CHC
19	Paul Fittery	2	1914	1917	-0.4	30	45	39	4	3	0	0	0	1	0		4	20	.077	.163	.077	.240	Sep 5, 1914	29	PHI
20	Marv Goodwin	7	1916	1925	0.1	103	153	129	13	24	0	1	0	3	0	0	11	22	.186	.250	.202	.452	Sep 7, 1916	26	STL
21	Roy Grover	3	1916	1919	-1.3	207	811	690	67	156	17	9	0	50	19		60	79	.226	.292	.277	.569	Sep 13, 1916	25	PHA
22	Lou Guisto	5	1916	1923	-2.0	156	513	449	35	88	19	3	0	59	5	1	46	44	.196	.277	.252	.528	Sep 10, 1916	22	CLE
23	George Harper	11	1916	1929	18.6	1073	3930	3398	505	1030	158	43	91	530	58	59	389	208	.303	.380	.455	.836	Apr 15, 1916	25	DET
24	Joe Harris	10	1914	1928	26.2	970	3588	3035	461	963	201	64	47	516	36	20	413	188	.317	.404	.472	.877	Jun 9, 1914	26	CLE
25	Jim Hickman	5	1915	1919	-1.8	253	788	727	84	158	26	13	8	70	27		37	128	.217	.259	.322	.581	Sep 17, 1915	25	BRO
26	Oscar Horstmann	3	1917	1919	0.1	50	58	52	1	10	2	0	0	2	0		3	16	.192	.236	.231	.467	Apr 18, 1917	26	STL
27	Charlie Jackson	2	1915	1917	-0.2	42	135	122	7	29	3	2	0	1	4	0	10	23	.238	.301	.295	.596	Aug 20, 1915	23	PIT
28	Bill Johnson	2	1916	1917	-0.8	52	140	124	8	23	3	2	1	9	4		8	18	.185	.241	.266	.507	Sep 22, 1916	24	PHA
29	Carroll Jones	3	1916	1918	-0.2	47	49	42	2	5	0	0	0	4	1		5	19	.119	.213	.119	.332	Sep 23, 1916	23	DET
30	Pete Kilduff	5	1917	1921	6.4	428	1590	1384	163	374	62	28	4	160	28	15	134	132	.270	.338	.364	.702	Apr 18, 1917	24	TOT
31	Lee King	7	1916	1922	-2.0	411	1309	1189	134	294	60	18	15	144	16	13	82	175	.247	.299	.366	.665	Sep 20, 1916	24	PIT
32	Ernie Krueger	8	1913	1925	1.9	318	913	836	87	220	33	14	11	93	12	5	64	85	.263	.319	.376	.695	Aug 4, 1913	26	TOT
33	Byrd Lynn	5	1916	1920	0.5	116	242	211	15	50	9	1	0	17	3	0	18	31	.237	.303	.289	.592	Apr 16, 1916	28	CHW
34	Mike Massey	1	1917	1917	-0.3	31	114	91	12	18	0	0	0	2	2		15	15	.198	.318	.198	.516	Apr 12, 1917	23	BSN
35	Horace Milan	2	1915	1917	0.8	42	116	100	14	32	4	2	0	16	6	0	12	16	.320	.404	.400	.804	Aug 29, 1915	23	WSH
36	Win Noyes	3	1913	1919	-0.4	49	82	74	3	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	36	.135	.200	.149	.349	May 19, 1913	28	PHA
37	Gene Paulette	6	1911	1920	2.1	500	1943	1780	160	478	66	19	2	165	43	8	108	69	.269	.314	.330	.644	Jun 16, 1911	26	TOT
38	Jake Pitler	2	1917	1918	-1.0	111	439	383	40	89	8	5	0	23	8		31	24	.232	.298	.279	.578	May 30, 1917	23	PIT
39	Ray Powell	9	1913	1924	7.9	875	3729	3324	467	890	117	67	35	276	51	56	321	461	.268	.336	.375	.711	Apr 16, 1913	28	BSN
40	Mike Regan	3	1917	1919	0.4	57	110	103	12	23	3	0	0	1	2		7	16	.223	.273	.252	.525	May 25, 1917	29	CIN
41	Jimmy Ring	12	1917	1928	-5.4	391	878	817	58	120	23	1	4	57	2	1	17	288	.147	.167	.192	.359	Apr 13, 1917	22	CIN
42	Swede Risberg	4	1917	1920	3.2	476	1838	1619	196	394	72	27	6	173	52	10	148	180	.243	.311	.332	.644	Apr 11, 1917	22	CHW
43	Tom Rogers	4	1917	1921	0.2	84	141	134	13	30	4	1	1	5	1	0	1	22	.224	.230	.291	.521	Apr 14, 1917	25	SLB
44	Dutch Ruether	11	1917	1927	5.7	488	1074	969	83	250	30	12	7	111	3	1	77	129	.258	.314	.335	.649	Apr 13, 1917	23	TOT
45	William Rumler	3	1914	1917	0.3	139	194	171	15	43	7	4	1	32	4	2	14	28	.251	.312	.357	.669	May 4, 1914	26	SLB
46	Socks Seibold	9	1915	1933	-0.2	207	439	395	27	76	7	1	1	27	1	0	25	43	.192	.242	.223	.465	Sep 18, 1915	21	PHA
47	Tod Sloan	3	1913	1919	0.2	143	460	402	43	94	8	5	2	33	9		41	46	.234	.319	.294	.612	Sep 22, 1913	26	SLB
48	Earl Smith	7	1916	1922	3.3	495	1738	1580	176	429	72	32	9	186	36	8	82	127	.272	.311	.375	.686	Sep 10, 1916	26	SLB
49	George Smith	8	1916	1923	-3.9	229	380	349	15	34	3	0	0	13	0	0	12	144	.097	.127	.106	.233	Aug 9, 1916	25	NYG
50	Red Smyth	4	1915	1918	-1.2	128	274	236	32	45	2	4	0	12	7	2	28	31	.191	.285	.233	.518	Aug 11, 1915	26	TOT
51	Allen Sothoron	11	1914	1926	-0.3	266	592	546	37	113	20	5	0	41	0	2	15	93	.207	.230	.262	.491	Sep 17, 1914	24	SLB
52	Buck Thrasher	2	1916	1917	-0.1	30	119	106	9	27	4	2	0	6	0		5	13	.255	.295	.330	.625	Sep 27, 1916	27	PHA
53	Walt Tragesser	7	1913	1920	-0.4	272	744	689	54	148	31	3	6	66	14	0	35	125	.215	.260	.295	.555	Jul 30, 1913	30	BSN
54	Bill Wagner	5	1914	1918	0.0	93	273	242	19	50	7	4	1	18	1	0	21	37	.207	.273	.281	.554	Jul 16, 1914	23	PIT
55	Chuck Ward	6	1917	1922	-1.7	236	874	769	52	175	20	6	0	72	7	1	51	67	.228	.286	.269	.555	Apr 11, 1917	22	PIT
56	Harry Weaver	5	1915	1919	0.0	19	22	22	0	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	7	.227	.227	.273	.500	Sep 18, 1915	25	CHC
	Totals	322	1910	1933	73.3	14712	47712	42684	4841	10998	1716	555	342	4581	697	320	3232	4633	.258	.315	.348	.662

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	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Vic Aldridge	9	1917	1928	16.6	97	80	.548	3.76	248	205	28	102	8	6	1600.2	1671	785	668	87	512	0	526	39	0	24	6852	1.364	Apr 15, 1917	23	CHC
2	Lore Bader	3	1912	1918	0.4	5	3	.625	2.51	22	6	13	3	1	1	75.1	83	30	21	2	36		27	5	0	2	338	1.580	Sep 30, 1912	29	BOS
3	Leon Cadore	10	1915	1924	18.8	68	72	.486	3.14	192	147	36	83	10	3	1257.1	1273	525	438	44	289		445	26	1	14	5206	1.242	Apr 28, 1915	25	BRO
4	Hal Carlson	14	1917	1930	25.2	114	120	.487	3.97	377	236	96	121	17	19	2002.0	2256	1013	883	92	498	3	590	36	2	18	8522	1.376	Apr 13, 1917	25	PIT
5	Ben Dyer	6	1914	1919	0.1	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	5	0.000	May 23, 1914	24	DET
6	Hod Eller	5	1917	1921	9.2	60	40	.600	2.62	160	89	58	52	9	5	863.0	806	313	251	19	213		381	18	1	5	3523	1.181	Apr 16, 1917	22	CIN
7	Paul Fittery	2	1914	1917	-0.6	1	3	.250	3.90	25	6	19	3	0	0	99.1	110	56	43	1	39		34	6	4	3	439	1.500	Sep 5, 1914	29	PHI
8	Marv Goodwin	7	1916	1925	-0.3	21	25	.457	3.30	102	48	24	19	3	2	447.1	467	218	164	8	100		121	15	2	8	1898	1.268	Sep 7, 1916	26	STL
9	Oscar Horstmann	3	1917	1919	-1.8	9	7	.563	3.67	50	15	17	4	1	1	176.2	154	91	72	5	80		61	4	1	4	735	1.325	Apr 18, 1917	26	STL
10	Carroll Jones	3	1916	1918	0.3	7	6	.538	2.98	46	10	18	3	0	0	151.0	136	72	50	0	69		45	7	0	3	623	1.358	Sep 23, 1916	23	DET
11	Win Noyes	3	1913	1919	0.9	11	15	.423	3.76	49	29	15	14	1	1	246.2	254	131	103	7	98		93	9	0	2	1014	1.427	May 19, 1913	28	PHA
12	Gene Paulette	6	1911	1920	0.0	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	3.000	Jun 16, 1911	26	TOT
13	Mike Regan	3	1917	1919	-1.0	16	15	.516	2.84	55	32	13	20	4	2	298.1	306	145	94	4	70		66	4	0	2	1253	1.260	May 25, 1917	29	CIN
14	Jimmy Ring	12	1917	1928	17.9	118	149	.442	4.13	389	294	56	154	9	11	2357.1	2551	1329	1082	105	953	1	833	30	7	88	10330	1.486	Apr 13, 1917	22	CIN
15	Tom Rogers	4	1917	1921	0.0	15	30	.333	3.95	83	42	31	21	1	3	414.2	431	221	182	15	162		94	10	1	5	1725	1.430	Apr 14, 1917	25	SLB
16	Dutch Ruether	11	1917	1927	23.4	137	95	.591	3.50	309	272	31	154	18	8	2124.2	2244	989	826	54	739		708	66	2	26	9162	1.404	Apr 13, 1917	23	TOT
17	Socks Seibold	9	1915	1933	5.0	48	85	.361	4.43	191	135	35	64	8	5	1063.2	1179	617	523	60	405	14	296	16	3	15	4651	1.489	Sep 18, 1915	21	PHA
18	George Smith	8	1916	1923	4.9	39	81	.325	3.89	229	115	79	53	5	4	1143.1	1321	643	494	54	255		263	26	3	23	4874	1.378	Aug 9, 1916	25	NYG
19	Allen Sothoron	11	1914	1926	13.5	91	99	.479	3.31	265	193	58	102	17	10	1582.1	1583	786	582	34	597		576	54	2	35	6774	1.378	Sep 17, 1914	24	SLB
20	Harry Weaver	5	1915	1919	-0.7	3	6	.333	3.64	19	8	8	4	2	1	81.2	82	50	33	2	31		21	2	1	1	342	1.384	Sep 18, 1915	25	CHC
	Totals	134	1911	1933	131.8	860	931	.480	3.66	2814	1882	638	976	114	82	15987.1	16908	8014	6509	593	5146	18	5180	373	30	278	68268	1.500

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