1919 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	Walter Anderson	2	1917	1919	0	0.0	17	13	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.273	.333	.273	.606	May 14, 1917	21	PHA
2	Abraham Bailey	3	1919	1921	0	0.2	52	35	30	1	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	.267	.353	.300	.653	May 23, 1919	24	CHC
3	Al Baird	2	1917	1919	0	0.3	48	115	107	9	27	1	0	0	9	5		7	11	.252	.298	.262	.560	Sep 10, 1917	24	NYG
4	Dick Burrus	6	1919	1928	0	1.1	560	1954	1760	206	513	87	12	11	211	18	31	138	95	.291	.347	.373	.720	Jun 23, 1919	21	PHA
5	Leo Callahan	2	1913	1919	0	-0.3	114	316	276	32	61	17	5	1	12	5	0	33	24	.221	.306	.330	.636	Apr 9, 1913	28	PHI
6	Verne Clemons	7	1916	1924	0	6.5	474	1415	1271	78	364	56	11	5	140	6	1	119	62	.286	.348	.360	.708	Apr 22, 1916	27	STL
7	Molly Craft	4	1916	1919	0	-0.3	30	28	26	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	9	.115	.148	.115	.264	Aug 8, 1916	23	WSH
8	Pat Duncan	7	1915	1924	0	9.5	727	3008	2695	361	827	137	50	23	374	55	84	184	164	.307	.355	.420	.775	Jul 16, 1915	25	CIN
9	Frank Ellerbe	6	1919	1924	0	0.5	420	1634	1453	179	389	58	22	4	152	12	13	72	136	.268	.306	.346	.652	Aug 28, 1919	23	WSH
10	Babe Ellison	5	1916	1920	0	-0.9	135	395	348	32	75	13	4	1	42	9	1	30	55	.216	.282	.284	.566	Sep 18, 1916	22	DET
11	Chick Fewster	11	1917	1927	0	-2.3	644	2309	1963	282	506	91	12	6	167	57	58	240	264	.258	.346	.326	.672	Sep 19, 1917	22	NYY
12	Ira Flagstead	13	1917	1930	0	18.6	1218	4798	4139	644	1202	262	50	40	456	71	63	467	288	.290	.370	.407	.776	Jul 20, 1917	25	DET
13	Frankie Frisch HOF	19	1919	1937	3	71.8	2311	10101	9112	1532	2880	466	138	105	1244	419	176	728	272	.316	.369	.432	.801	Jun 17, 1919	21	NYG
14	Waite Hoyt HOF	21	1918	1938	0	-1.8	674	1423	1287	96	255	26	11	0	100	0	1	40	161	.198	.223	.235	.458	Jul 24, 1918	19	BOS
15	Dickey Kerr	4	1919	1925	0	0.9	143	324	275	40	60	8	5	0	21	4	2	28	26	.218	.295	.284	.579	Apr 25, 1919	25	CHW
16	Walt Kinney	4	1918	1923	0	1.1	82	139	125	17	35	7	0	2	18	0	0	12	18	.280	.343	.384	.727	Jul 26, 1918	25	PHA
17	Cliff Lee	8	1919	1926	0	2.6	521	1720	1583	216	475	87	28	38	216	14	11	104	186	.300	.344	.462	.806	May 15, 1919	22	PIT
18	Bill McCabe	3	1918	1920	0	-1.7	106	220	199	28	32	3	2	0	13	6	2	15	28	.161	.227	.196	.423	Apr 16, 1918	26	CHC
19	Bob McGraw	9	1917	1929	0	-0.9	168	199	174	12	24	3	4	1	14	1	0	6	70	.138	.171	.218	.390	Sep 25, 1917	24	TOT
20	Hugh McQuillan	10	1918	1927	0	-0.1	301	577	527	45	103	18	6	2	37	1	1	15	134	.195	.223	.264	.487	Jul 26, 1918	23	BSN
21	Buzz Murphy	2	1918	1919	0	1.0	88	323	284	25	78	9	7	1	37	5		22	37	.275	.338	.366	.704	Jul 14, 1918	24	WSH
22	Rollie Naylor	7	1917	1924	0	-1.3	183	354	328	25	58	6	1	1	13	0	0	15	120	.177	.217	.210	.428	Sep 14, 1917	27	PHA
23	Jake Northrop	2	1918	1919	0	0.3	18	26	21	3	6	2	0	0	1	0		2	6	.286	.348	.381	.729	Jul 29, 1918	31	BSN
24	Tom Phillips	4	1915	1922	0	-0.1	45	48	43	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.186	.222	.186	.408	Sep 13, 1915	30	CLE
25	Elmer Ponder	4	1917	1921	0	-1.3	69	131	124	2	13	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	50	.105	.119	.121	.240	Sep 18, 1917	26	PIT
26	Muddy Ruel	19	1915	1934	0	20.9	1468	5299	4514	494	1242	187	29	4	536	61	65	606	238	.275	.365	.332	.697	May 29, 1915	23	NYY
27	Jack Scott	12	1916	1929	0	5.2	408	738	680	67	187	31	4	5	73	1	3	39	76	.275	.319	.354	.673	Sep 6, 1916	27	BSN
28	Harry Thompson	1	1919	1919	0	0.0	23	43	38	0	8	2	0	0	4	1		3	2	.211	.268	.263	.531	Apr 24, 1919	29	TOT
29	Oscar Tuero	3	1918	1920	0	0.2	59	57	51	6	11	1	0	0	6	0	0	4	10	.216	.273	.235	.508	May 30, 1918	25	STL
30	George Uhle	17	1919	1936	0	10.6	722	1513	1360	172	393	60	21	9	190	6	8	98	112	.289	.339	.384	.722	Apr 30, 1919	20	CLE
31	Sammy Vick	5	1917	1921	0	-0.1	213	706	641	90	159	28	11	2	50	12	2	51	91	.248	.305	.335	.641	Sep 20, 1917	24	NYY
32	Aaron Ward	12	1917	1928	0	13.9	1059	4146	3611	457	966	158	54	50	446	36	38	339	457	.268	.335	.383	.717	Aug 14, 1917	22	NYY
33	Frank Woodward	5	1918	1923	0	0.0	42	67	57	6	9	0	1	0	3	2	0	5	10	.158	.226	.193	.419	Apr 17, 1918	25	TOT
34	Tom Zachary	19	1918	1936	0	2.5	546	1236	1122	79	254	28	12	6	112	0	2	62	261	.226	.268	.289	.557	Jul 11, 1918	23	WSH
	Totals	258	1913	1938	3	156.6	13688	45410	40235	5239	11234	1855	500	317	4705	807	562	3493	3501	.279	.340	.374	.714

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	Walter Anderson	2	1917	1919	0.4	1	0	1.000	3.25	17	2	12	0	0	0	52.2	45	24	19	0	29		20	2	0	1	214	1.405	May 14, 1917	21	PHA
2	Abraham Bailey	3	1919	1921	-1.3	4	7	.364	4.59	52	6	28	0	0	0	137.1	171	85	70	4	40		35	7	0	3	598	1.536	May 23, 1919	24	CHC
3	Molly Craft	4	1916	1919	-0.1	0	4	.000	3.57	29	3	18	1	0	2	80.2	93	44	32	2	33		33	2	0	6	342	1.562	Aug 8, 1916	23	WSH
4	Waite Hoyt HOF	21	1918	1938	54.1	237	182	.566	3.59	674	425	172	226	26	53	3762.1	4037	1780	1500	154	1003	24	1206	49	5	39	16031	1.340	Jul 24, 1918	19	BOS
5	Dickey Kerr	4	1919	1925	9.2	53	34	.609	3.84	140	83	45	54	7	6	811.1	876	399	346	24	250		235	18	5	10	3431	1.388	Apr 25, 1919	25	CHW
6	Walt Kinney	4	1918	1923	1.9	11	20	.355	3.59	63	30	30	18	1	2	290.2	274	164	116	10	136		129	11	2	4	1229	1.411	Jul 26, 1918	25	PHA
7	Bob McGraw	9	1917	1929	-1.9	26	38	.406	5.00	168	47	77	17	1	6	579.1	675	393	322	31	265	7	164	11	2	14	2606	1.623	Sep 25, 1917	24	TOT
8	Hugh McQuillan	10	1918	1927	8.5	88	94	.484	3.83	279	204	55	95	10	17	1561.2	1703	784	665	67	489		446	18	2	19	6697	1.404	Jul 26, 1918	23	BSN
9	Rollie Naylor	7	1917	1924	8.6	42	83	.336	3.94	181	136	28	66	2	0	1010.1	1174	584	442	34	346		282	17	2	22	4362	1.504	Sep 14, 1917	27	PHA
10	Jake Northrop	2	1918	1919	0.7	6	6	.500	2.91	18	7	9	6	1	0	77.1	69	31	25	2	13		13	1	0	1	310	1.060	Jul 29, 1918	31	BSN
11	Tom Phillips	4	1915	1922	0.7	8	12	.400	3.74	45	15	17	5	1	0	161.1	164	85	67	4	71		44	9	0	7	686	1.457	Sep 13, 1915	30	CLE
12	Elmer Ponder	4	1917	1921	4.0	17	27	.386	3.21	69	42	18	21	3	0	378.2	395	173	135	11	72		113	9	0	13	1582	1.233	Sep 18, 1917	26	PIT
13	Jack Scott	12	1916	1929	11.7	103	109	.486	3.85	356	195	124	115	11	19	1814.2	1969	904	776	95	493	1	657	43	1	25	7758	1.357	Sep 6, 1916	27	BSN
14	Harry Thompson	1	1919	1919	0.2	0	4	.000	4.23	15	2	11	0	0	1	55.1	64	30	26	4	11		11	2	0	1	226	1.355	Apr 24, 1919	29	TOT
15	Oscar Tuero	3	1918	1920	0.3	6	9	.400	2.88	58	19	28	6	0	4	199.2	174	87	64	4	53		58	13	1	6	812	1.137	May 30, 1918	25	STL
16	George Uhle	17	1919	1936	45.0	200	166	.546	3.99	513	368	115	232	21	27	3119.2	3417	1635	1384	119	966	9	1135	113	5	55	13597	1.405	Apr 30, 1919	20	CLE
17	Frank Woodward	5	1918	1923	-0.3	9	15	.375	4.23	42	21	10	8	0	1	193.2	199	107	91	6	74		55	6	0	12	833	1.410	Apr 17, 1918	25	TOT
18	Tom Zachary	19	1918	1936	37.5	186	191	.493	3.73	533	408	83	185	24	23	3126.1	3580	1551	1295	118	914	25	720	41	15	38	13478	1.437	Jul 11, 1918	23	WSH
	Totals	131	1915	1938	179.2	997	1001	.499	3.81	3252	2013	880	1055	108	161	17413.0	19079	8860	7375	689	5258	66	5356	372	40	276	74792	1.405

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