1918 Major League Rookie Players

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Batting

Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	ASG	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Herman Bronkie	7	1910	1922	0	0.6	122	412	361	40	87	14	5	1	24	3	2	33	37	.241	.306	.316	.622	Sep 20, 1910	33	STL
2	Hugh Canavan	1	1918	1918	0	-0.1	16	24	21	2	2	1	0	0	1	0		3	4	.095	.208	.143	.351	Apr 23, 1918	21	BSN
3	Howdy Caton	4	1917	1920	0	1.6	231	923	814	85	184	18	16	0	53	18	9	83	52	.226	.301	.287	.588	Sep 17, 1917	23	PIT
4	Red Causey	5	1918	1922	0	-1.2	146	221	210	14	33	2	1	0	10	0	0	4	63	.157	.173	.176	.349	Apr 26, 1918	24	NYG
5	Dixie Davis	10	1912	1926	0	-0.9	240	501	441	32	87	10	1	0	30	0	1	27	42	.197	.244	.224	.468	Jul 11, 1912	27	PHI
6	Jimmy Dykes	22	1918	1939	2	34.8	2282	9353	8046	1108	2256	453	90	108	1069	70	57	958	850	.280	.365	.399	.764	May 6, 1918	21	PHA
7	Roy Ellam	2	1909	1918	0	0.1	36	134	98	13	14	1	2	1	6	3		24	22	.143	.323	.224	.547	Sep 18, 1909	32	PIT
8	Johnny Enzmann	4	1914	1920	0	-0.4	68	102	92	8	13	3	1	0	5	0	0	6	29	.141	.202	.196	.398	Jul 10, 1914	28	CLE
9	Eric Erickson	7	1914	1922	0	-0.9	145	311	279	16	50	8	0	1	21	0	0	13	92	.179	.216	.219	.434	Oct 6, 1914	26	DET
10	Dana Fillingim	8	1915	1925	0	0.8	203	404	368	21	77	4	0	2	26	0	1	24	69	.209	.261	.236	.498	Aug 2, 1915	24	BSN
11	Justin Fitzgerald	2	1911	1918	0	-0.5	82	199	170	27	49	9	0	0	12	7		17	10	.288	.356	.341	.698	Jun 20, 1911	27	PHI
12	Bob Geary	3	1918	1921	0	0.2	35	51	45	3	11	0	0	0	8	0	0	5	3	.244	.320	.244	.564	Apr 25, 1918	27	PHA
13	Charlie Grimm	20	1916	1936	0	12.4	2166	8750	7917	908	2299	394	108	79	1077	57	76	578	410	.290	.341	.397	.738	Jul 30, 1916	19	STL
14	George Hale	4	1914	1918	0	-0.1	60	118	103	5	18	3	1	0	9	0	0	11	21	.175	.261	.223	.484	Aug 24, 1914	23	SLB
15	Truck Hannah	3	1918	1920	0	2.3	244	865	736	62	173	25	4	5	66	7	0	97	79	.235	.331	.300	.631	Apr 15, 1918	29	NYY
16	Cliff Heathcote	15	1918	1932	0	11.1	1415	4972	4443	643	1222	206	55	42	448	191	108	367	325	.275	.333	.375	.708	Jun 4, 1918	20	STL
17	Ed Hemingway	3	1914	1918	0	0.1	43	156	138	10	31	5	2	0	14	7	0	10	11	.225	.282	.290	.572	Sep 17, 1914	25	PHI
18	Charlie Hollocher	7	1918	1924	0	23.4	760	3394	2936	411	894	145	35	14	241	99	80	277	94	.304	.370	.392	.762	Apr 16, 1918	22	CHC
19	Roy Johnson	1	1918	1918	0	-0.3	10	16	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	9	.067	.067	.067	.133	Aug 7, 1918	22	PHA
20	Bob Jones	9	1917	1925	0	6.6	853	3374	2990	400	791	120	38	7	310	49	30	208	156	.265	.314	.337	.651	Apr 11, 1917	28	DET
21	Rudy Kallio	3	1918	1925	0	-0.2	50	76	66	7	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	24	.167	.236	.167	.403	Apr 25, 1918	25	DET
22	Merlin Kopp	3	1915	1919	0	0.6	187	749	630	96	146	9	11	1	30	39	0	89	105	.232	.332	.286	.618	Aug 2, 1915	26	PHA
23	Bill Lamar	9	1917	1927	0	3.0	550	2203	2040	303	633	114	23	19	245	25	26	86	78	.310	.339	.417	.755	Sep 19, 1917	21	NYY
24	Dolf Luque	20	1914	1935	0	4.3	559	1192	1043	96	237	31	10	5	90	7	6	70	114	.227	.283	.291	.573	May 20, 1914	27	CIN
25	Speed Martin	6	1917	1922	0	0.0	127	196	180	10	35	7	1	1	12	2	0	6	44	.194	.220	.261	.482	Jul 5, 1917	24	CHC
26	Red Massey	1	1918	1918	0	1.1	66	231	203	20	59	6	2	0	18	1		23	20	.291	.363	.340	.703	Apr 16, 1918	27	BSN
27	Jakie May	14	1917	1932	0	-0.6	410	527	468	33	80	10	5	2	24	0	1	28	120	.171	.221	.226	.447	Jun 26, 1917	22	STL
28	Patsy McGaffigan	2	1917	1918	0	-1.0	73	285	252	22	49	4	2	1	14	4		16	30	.194	.245	.238	.483	Apr 16, 1917	29	PHI
29	Austin McHenry	5	1918	1922	0	10.1	543	2143	1959	262	592	105	39	34	286	35	33	117	229	.302	.343	.448	.791	Jun 22, 1918	22	STL
30	Irish Meusel	11	1914	1927	0	22.0	1289	5311	4900	701	1521	250	93	106	819	113	60	269	199	.310	.348	.464	.813	Oct 1, 1914	25	PHI
31	Bob O'Farrell	21	1915	1935	0	21.5	1492	4745	4101	517	1120	201	58	51	549	35	19	547	408	.273	.360	.388	.748	Sep 5, 1915	21	CHC
32	Harry Pearce	3	1917	1919	0	-1.8	135	457	424	42	88	9	5	0	29	11		17	62	.208	.247	.252	.499	Oct 2, 1917	28	PHI
33	Cy Perkins	17	1915	1934	0	11.8	1171	4026	3604	329	933	175	35	30	409	18	33	301	221	.259	.319	.352	.670	Sep 25, 1915	22	PHA
34	Scott Perry	7	1915	1921	0	-2.1	132	328	296	7	40	6	0	1	10	1	0	12	88	.135	.172	.166	.337	May 13, 1915	27	PHA
35	Dick Robertson	3	1913	1919	0	0.1	23	41	40	1	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	7	.225	.244	.250	.494	Sep 16, 1913	26	BRO
36	José Rodríguez	3	1916	1918	0	-0.7	58	165	145	17	24	0	3	0	18	8		14	4	.166	.244	.207	.451	Oct 5, 1916	24	NYG
37	Roy Sanders	2	1917	1918	0	-0.2	31	64	59	7	8	0	2	0	5	0		3	9	.136	.177	.203	.381	Apr 16, 1917	25	PIT
38	Ray Schmandt	6	1915	1922	0	-2.6	317	1133	1054	122	284	36	13	3	122	11	11	46	75	.269	.301	.337	.638	Jun 24, 1915	22	BRO
39	Red Shannon	7	1915	1926	0	3.1	310	1227	1070	124	277	38	22	0	96	21	7	109	178	.259	.334	.336	.670	Oct 7, 1915	21	PHA
40	Frank Shellenback	2	1918	1919	0	-0.3	37	81	65	4	8	1	0	0	1	0		10	30	.123	.240	.138	.378	May 8, 1918	19	CHW
41	Bill Sherdel	15	1918	1932	0	3.5	549	1071	960	96	214	35	5	9	86	2	1	63	96	.223	.271	.298	.569	Apr 22, 1918	21	STL
42	Ed Sicking	5	1916	1927	0	-1.1	203	654	597	51	135	13	2	0	59	14	6	39	43	.226	.277	.255	.532	Aug 26, 1916	21	NYG
43	Cy Slapnicka	2	1911	1918	0	-0.1	10	27	23	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		1	8	.130	.200	.130	.330	Sep 26, 1911	32	PIT
44	Fred Thomas	3	1918	1920	0	-0.1	247	990	859	88	193	19	14	4	45	24	5	84	90	.225	.297	.293	.591	Apr 22, 1918	25	BOS
45	Herb Thormahlen	6	1917	1925	0	-0.7	104	201	173	11	29	6	3	0	18	1	0	8	62	.168	.209	.237	.446	Sep 29, 1917	21	NYY
46	Frank Walker	5	1917	1925	0	-1.6	139	451	407	39	87	16	5	3	41	5	3	29	66	.214	.273	.300	.572	Sep 6, 1917	23	DET
47	Mule Watson	7	1918	1924	0	-1.2	178	343	322	23	53	7	4	2	21	0	0	6	108	.165	.182	.230	.412	Jul 4, 1918	21	PHA
48	Mack Wheat	7	1915	1921	0	-2.2	225	642	602	34	123	23	5	4	35	7	1	19	102	.204	.241	.279	.520	May 14, 1915	25	BRO
49	George Whiteman	3	1907	1918	0	0.8	86	301	258	32	70	17	1	1	31	11		27	15	.271	.345	.357	.702	Sep 13, 1907	35	BOS
50	Rasty Wright	5	1917	1923	0	0.2	109	160	133	15	26	2	1	0	5	0	0	16	36	.195	.282	.226	.507	Jun 22, 1917	22	SLB
51	Archie Yelle	3	1917	1919	0	-0.6	87	219	199	13	32	4	0	0	8	2		15	19	.161	.223	.181	.404	May 12, 1917	26	DET
52	Ross Youngs HOF	10	1917	1926	0	32.7	1211	5337	4627	812	1491	236	93	42	592	153	93	550	390	.322	.399	.441	.839	Sep 25, 1917	21	NYG
	Totals	353	1907	1939	2	187.3	19865	69856	61982	7743	16902	2802	816	579	7157	1061	669	5372	5458	.273	.334	.372	.707

Pitching

Pitching
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	ASG	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	Hugh Canavan	1	1918	1918	0	-1.6	0	4	.000	6.36	11	3	8	3	0	0	46.2	70	42	33	0	15		18	5	0	2	220	1.821	Apr 23, 1918	21	BSN
2	Red Causey	5	1918	1922	0	1.3	39	35	.527	3.59	131	80	42	35	3	6	649.2	666	321	259	18	230		139	16	0	10	2771	1.379	Apr 26, 1918	24	NYG
3	Dixie Davis	10	1912	1926	0	14.7	75	71	.514	3.97	239	164	46	77	10	1	1318.2	1311	722	581	62	688		460	45	2	22	5799	1.516	Jul 11, 1912	27	PHI
4	Jimmy Dykes	22	1918	1939	2	0.0	0	0		4.50	2	0	2	0	0	1	2.0	2	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	8	1.500	May 6, 1918	21	PHA
5	Johnny Enzmann	4	1914	1920	0	2.3	11	12	.478	2.84	67	21	34	11	0	2	269.2	297	129	85	4	61		91	15	0	8	1124	1.328	Jul 10, 1914	28	CLE
6	Eric Erickson	7	1914	1922	0	3.9	34	57	.374	3.85	145	93	33	42	6	4	822.0	805	458	352	37	379		367	35	4	18	3530	1.440	Oct 6, 1914	26	DET
7	Dana Fillingim	8	1915	1925	0	5.2	47	73	.392	3.56	200	114	57	59	10	5	1076.1	1170	533	426	32	313		270	15	1	10	4565	1.378	Aug 2, 1915	24	BSN
8	Bob Geary	3	1918	1921	0	0.5	3	9	.250	3.46	35	10	18	7	2	4	148.1	164	76	57	2	51		41	3	1	1	631	1.449	Apr 25, 1918	27	PHA
9	Roy Johnson	1	1918	1918	0	-0.9	1	5	.167	3.42	10	8	2	3	0	0	50.0	47	32	19	0	34		12	2	0	1	232	1.620	Aug 7, 1918	22	PHA
10	Rudy Kallio	3	1918	1925	0	-0.8	9	17	.346	4.17	49	27	17	10	2	1	222.1	234	124	103	0	93		75	3	0	10	970	1.471	Apr 25, 1918	25	DET
11	Dolf Luque	20	1914	1935	0	43.8	194	179	.520	3.24	550	367	128	206	26	29	3220.1	3231	1412	1161	113	918	24	1130	26	5	50	13470	1.288	May 20, 1914	27	CIN
12	Speed Martin	6	1917	1922	0	0.8	29	42	.408	3.78	126	63	41	30	4	6	592.1	645	306	249	16	191		207	8	0	17	2533	1.411	Jul 5, 1917	24	CHC
13	Jakie May	14	1917	1932	0	8.5	72	95	.431	3.88	410	159	150	70	7	19	1562.1	1645	808	673	35	617	13	765	88	4	31	6831	1.448	Jun 26, 1917	22	STL
14	Scott Perry	7	1915	1921	0	15.0	40	68	.370	3.07	132	104	24	69	5	5	893.1	927	403	305	23	284		231	14	2	13	3706	1.356	May 13, 1915	27	PHA
15	Dick Robertson	3	1913	1919	0	1.1	3	8	.273	2.89	22	14	7	8	1	0	124.2	125	54	40	1	46		26	0	0	0	509	1.372	Sep 16, 1913	26	BRO
16	Roy Sanders	2	1917	1918	0	0.9	7	10	.412	2.75	30	16	14	7	1	1	170.0	147	66	52	1	68		58	3	1	5	709	1.265	Apr 16, 1917	25	PIT
17	Frank Shellenback	2	1918	1919	0	1.1	10	15	.400	3.06	36	25	10	12	2	2	217.2	220	101	74	2	90		57	4	0	0	927	1.424	May 8, 1918	19	CHW
18	Bill Sherdel	15	1918	1932	0	27.6	165	146	.531	3.72	514	273	164	160	11	26	2709.1	3018	1326	1120	150	661	9	839	54	3	26	11604	1.358	Apr 22, 1918	21	STL
19	Cy Slapnicka	2	1911	1918	0	-1.2	1	6	.143	4.30	10	8	2	5	0	1	73.1	71	46	35	2	29		13	8	0	1	319	1.364	Sep 26, 1911	32	PIT
20	Herb Thormahlen	6	1917	1925	0	5.3	29	28	.509	3.33	104	64	23	27	4	3	565.0	550	267	209	19	203		148	21	0	7	2352	1.333	Sep 29, 1917	21	NYY
21	Mule Watson	7	1918	1924	0	1.7	50	53	.485	4.03	178	124	31	53	8	4	941.2	1062	520	422	43	256		208	17	2	8	4004	1.400	Jul 4, 1918	21	PHA
22	Rasty Wright	5	1917	1923	0	1.9	24	19	.558	4.05	109	43	43	16	1	5	451.0	481	242	203	15	132		114	20	0	12	1917	1.359	Jun 22, 1917	22	SLB
	Totals	153	1911	1939	2	131.1	843	952	.470	3.60	3110	1780	896	910	103	125	16126.2	16888	7989	6459	575	5360	46	5269	402	25	252	68731	1.821

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