1950 Major League Rookie Players

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NLB - denotes that the player previously exceeded major league rookie limits in the Negro Leagues, but 1950 was considered to be their major league rookie season

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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	Joe Adcock	17	1950	1966	2	33.5	1959	7305	6606	823	1832	295	35	336	1122	20	31	594	1059	.277	.337	.485	.822	Apr 23, 1950	22	CIN
2	Luis Alomá	4	1950	1953	0	-0.2	116	51	48	2	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	17	.167	.184	.188	.371	Apr 19, 1950	27	CHW
3	Bobby Ávila	11	1949	1959	3	28.4	1300	5344	4620	725	1296	185	35	80	467	78	52	561	399	.281	.359	.388	.747	Apr 30, 1949	26	CLE
4	Dan Bankhead NLB	9	1940	1951	4	0.7	104	152	135	16	31	2	1	1	13	1	0	9	7	.230	.293	.281	.574	Aug 26, 1947	20	BRO
5	Gus Bell	15	1950	1964	4	15.7	1741	7073	6478	865	1823	311	66	206	942	30	35	470	636	.281	.330	.445	.775	May 30, 1950	21	PIT
6	Bob Borkowski	6	1950	1955	0	-2.8	470	1262	1170	126	294	43	10	16	112	2	9	76	166	.251	.298	.346	.644	Apr 22, 1950	24	CHC
7	Cloyd Boyer	5	1949	1955	0	-0.1	113	132	120	12	20	5	1	0	8	0	0	6	36	.167	.206	.225	.431	Apr 23, 1949	22	STL
8	Jack Bruner	2	1949	1950	0	-0.1	26	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.154	.000	.154	Sep 16, 1949	25	TOT
9	Bob Cain	6	1949	1954	0	0.4	150	238	214	28	42	8	1	0	14	0	0	14	45	.196	.246	.243	.489	Sep 18, 1949	25	CHW
10	Chico Carrasquel	10	1950	1959	4	21.4	1325	5264	4644	568	1199	172	25	55	474	31	28	491	467	.258	.333	.342	.674	Apr 18, 1950	24	CHW
11	Bubba Church	6	1950	1955	0	0.8	162	252	235	21	53	9	0	3	13	0	0	4	42	.226	.242	.302	.544	Apr 30, 1950	25	PHI
12	Joe Collins	10	1948	1957	0	12.0	908	2704	2329	404	596	79	24	86	329	27	21	338	263	.256	.350	.421	.771	Sep 25, 1948	27	NYY
13	Sandy Consuegra	8	1950	1957	1	-0.4	251	250	218	15	37	2	0	0	18	0	0	10	53	.170	.206	.179	.385	Jun 10, 1950	29	WSH
14	Dale Coogan	1	1950	1950	0	-0.2	53	148	129	19	31	6	1	1	13	0	3	17	24	.240	.338	.326	.663	Apr 22, 1950	19	PIT
15	Jim Delsing	10	1948	1960	0	1.4	822	2803	2461	322	627	112	21	40	286	15	23	299	251	.255	.339	.366	.705	Apr 21, 1948	24	TOT
16	Billy DeMars	3	1948	1951	0	-1.5	80	244	211	29	50	5	1	0	14	0	1	28	16	.237	.326	.270	.597	May 18, 1948	24	SLB
17	Walt Dropo	13	1949	1961	1	3.3	1288	4522	4124	478	1113	168	22	152	704	5	6	328	582	.270	.326	.432	.757	Apr 19, 1949	27	BOS
18	Luke Easter NLB	8	1947	1954	2	12.5	594	2355	2092	325	578	74	21	104	413	5	8	225	293	.276	.356	.481	.837	Aug 11, 1949	31	CLE
19	Tommy Fine	2	1947	1950	0	0.4	25	25	21	5	7	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	.333	.391	.429	.820	Apr 26, 1947	35	SLB
20	Whitey Ford HOF	16	1950	1967	10	3.5	500	1208	1023	91	177	19	0	3	69	3	2	113	224	.173	.256	.200	.457	Jul 1, 1950	21	NYY
21	Owen Friend	5	1949	1956	0	-2.7	208	670	598	69	136	24	2	13	76	2	2	55	109	.227	.295	.339	.634	Oct 2, 1949	23	SLB
22	Tookie Gilbert	2	1950	1953	0	-1.5	183	554	482	52	98	15	2	7	48	4	2	65	57	.203	.299	.286	.586	May 5, 1950	21	NYG
23	Joe Ginsberg	13	1948	1962	0	0.0	695	1986	1716	168	414	59	8	20	182	7	5	226	135	.241	.332	.320	.652	Sep 15, 1948	23	DET
24	Mickey Grasso	7	1946	1955	0	-3.7	322	1051	957	78	216	23	1	5	87	2	1	81	108	.226	.291	.268	.558	Sep 18, 1946	30	WSH
25	Roy Hartsfield	3	1950	1952	0	1.8	265	1063	976	138	266	30	7	13	59	14	6	73	146	.273	.324	.358	.682	Apr 28, 1950	24	BSN
26	Bob Hooper	6	1950	1955	0	-0.2	194	202	187	15	31	6	0	4	19	0	0	3	51	.166	.188	.262	.450	Apr 19, 1950	28	PHA
27	Bill Howerton	4	1949	1952	0	3.1	247	747	650	95	178	39	12	22	106	1	3	92	125	.274	.364	.472	.836	Sep 11, 1949	28	STL
28	Monte Irvin HOF NLB	18	1938	1956	7	32.1	1044	4062	3523	580	1076	155	43	139	684	52	9	474	220	.305	.391	.492	.883	Jul 8, 1949	20	NYG
29	Randy Jackson	10	1950	1959	2	12.4	955	3549	3203	412	835	115	44	103	415	36	16	281	382	.261	.320	.421	.741	May 2, 1950	24	CHC
30	Sam Jethroe NLB	12	1938	1954	7	14.9	604	2671	2395	418	658	128	41	58	273	136	23	225	293	.275	.345	.435	.780	Apr 18, 1950	25	BSN
31	Johnny Klippstein	18	1950	1967	0	-2.6	713	554	502	28	63	8	1	5	29	0	0	14	190	.125	.152	.175	.328	May 3, 1950	22	CHC
32	Vern Law	16	1950	1967	2	6.3	516	1003	883	96	191	35	7	11	90	1	0	41	179	.216	.254	.309	.563	Jun 11, 1950	20	PIT
33	Don Lenhardt	5	1950	1954	0	4.2	481	1720	1481	192	401	64	9	61	239	6	7	214	235	.271	.365	.450	.815	Apr 18, 1950	27	SLB
34	Bill Macdonald	2	1950	1953	0	-0.3	36	55	49	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	18	.122	.189	.143	.332	May 6, 1950	21	PIT
35	Woody Main	4	1948	1953	0	-0.5	79	48	44	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	.091	.091	.091	.182	Apr 21, 1948	28	PIT
36	Connie Marrero	5	1950	1954	1	-1.2	118	273	236	17	27	1	0	0	9	0	0	23	53	.114	.193	.119	.312	Apr 21, 1950	39	WSH
37	Carmen Mauro	4	1948	1953	0	-1.6	167	456	416	40	96	9	8	2	33	6	6	37	65	.231	.298	.305	.604	Oct 1, 1948	23	CHC
38	Jackie Mayo	6	1948	1953	0	-1.1	139	268	240	25	51	10	1	1	12	2	6	25	35	.213	.292	.275	.567	Sep 19, 1948	24	PHI
39	Sammy Meeks	4	1948	1951	0	-0.3	102	209	199	25	50	8	0	3	18	3	0	9	36	.251	.284	.337	.620	Apr 29, 1948	27	CIN
40	Bob Miller	10	1949	1958	0	-0.2	261	242	223	21	41	4	0	2	15	0	0	7	64	.184	.208	.229	.436	Sep 16, 1949	24	PHI
41	Bobby Morgan	8	1950	1958	0	9.5	671	2459	2088	286	487	96	11	53	217	18	12	327	381	.233	.338	.366	.704	Apr 18, 1950	24	BRO
42	Ray Murray	6	1948	1954	0	0.3	250	795	731	69	184	37	6	8	80	1	0	55	67	.252	.305	.352	.657	Apr 25, 1948	32	CLE
43	Steve Nagy	2	1947	1950	0	0.2	21	30	26	5	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	7	.231	.310	.385	.695	Apr 20, 1947	31	WSH
44	Willard Nixon	9	1950	1958	0	2.8	239	515	459	42	111	17	1	2	41	0	0	42	97	.242	.305	.296	.601	Jul 7, 1950	22	BOS
45	Irv Noren	11	1950	1960	1	15.1	1093	3508	3119	443	857	157	35	65	453	34	24	335	350	.275	.348	.410	.758	Apr 18, 1950	25	WSH
46	Danny O'Connell	10	1950	1962	0	17.2	1143	4597	4035	527	1049	181	35	39	320	48	27	431	396	.260	.333	.351	.684	Jul 14, 1950	21	PIT
47	Jim Pearce	5	1949	1955	0	-0.2	30	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.105	.105	.105	.211	Sep 8, 1949	25	WSH
48	Harry Perkowski	8	1947	1955	0	-0.1	197	254	239	19	43	7	1	1	13	0	1	6	71	.180	.206	.230	.436	Sep 13, 1947	27	CIN
49	Duane Pillette	8	1949	1956	0	-0.4	202	321	271	21	38	5	0	1	15	0	0	25	70	.140	.215	.170	.385	Jul 19, 1949	27	TOT
50	Bud Podbielan	9	1949	1959	0	-0.3	173	208	188	7	29	1	0	0	9	0	0	11	32	.154	.201	.160	.361	Apr 25, 1949	26	BRO
51	Johnny Pramesa	4	1949	1952	0	-0.5	185	563	526	29	141	17	3	13	59	0	0	31	41	.268	.310	.386	.696	Apr 24, 1949	24	CIN
52	Hal Rice	7	1948	1954	0	-0.5	424	1283	1183	129	307	52	12	19	162	1	10	94	133	.260	.314	.372	.686	Sep 25, 1948	26	STL
53	Saul Rogovin	8	1949	1957	0	0.6	154	332	300	29	54	10	0	3	24	3	2	19	64	.180	.234	.243	.477	Apr 28, 1949	28	DET
54	Al Rosen	10	1947	1956	4	32.4	1044	4374	3725	603	1063	165	20	192	717	39	33	587	385	.285	.384	.495	.879	Sep 10, 1947	26	CLE
55	Normie Roy	1	1950	1950	0	0.0	19	21	18	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.167	.250	.167	.417	Apr 23, 1950	21	BSN
56	Carl Sawatski	11	1948	1963	0	4.2	633	1661	1449	133	351	46	5	58	213	2	0	191	251	.242	.330	.401	.731	Sep 29, 1948	22	CHC
57	Bill Serena	6	1949	1954	0	5.7	408	1431	1239	154	311	57	16	48	198	2	5	177	235	.251	.348	.439	.787	Sep 16, 1949	25	CHC
58	Al Sima	4	1950	1954	0	-0.6	100	93	82	5	9	1	0	1	3	0	1	3	44	.110	.141	.159	.300	Jun 28, 1950	28	WSH
59	Frank Smith	7	1950	1956	0	-0.4	271	98	87	5	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	39	.115	.154	.149	.303	Apr 18, 1950	22	CIN
60	Bill Sommers	1	1950	1950	0	-0.2	65	170	137	24	35	5	1	0	14	0	1	25	14	.255	.370	.307	.677	Apr 25, 1950	27	SLB
61	Marlin Stuart	6	1949	1954	0	0.1	197	137	125	14	22	3	1	1	7	0	0	6	32	.176	.220	.240	.460	Apr 26, 1949	31	DET
62	Leo Thomas	2	1950	1952	0	-0.8	95	328	269	32	57	11	1	1	27	2	1	43	25	.212	.325	.271	.596	Apr 29, 1950	26	SLB
63	Jocko Thompson	4	1948	1951	0	-0.2	43	57	53	5	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	3	16	.113	.161	.170	.331	Sep 21, 1948	33	PHI
64	Tom Upton	3	1950	1952	0	-2.8	181	605	525	60	118	9	9	2	42	8	3	65	67	.225	.313	.288	.600	Apr 19, 1950	23	SLB
65	Ken Wood	6	1948	1953	0	-3.4	342	1110	995	110	223	52	7	34	143	1	7	102	141	.224	.298	.393	.691	Apr 28, 1948	25	SLB
66	Tom Wright	9	1948	1956	0	0.5	341	774	685	75	175	28	11	6	99	2	1	76	123	.255	.336	.355	.690	Sep 15, 1948	26	BOS
	Totals	481	1938	1967	55	265.8	27837	88472	78422	10174	20343	3194	626	2100	10277	651	433	8199	10196	.259	.332	.396	.728

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	Luis Alomá	4	1950	1953	0	4.7	18	3	.857	3.44	116	1	55	1	1	15	235.1	212	98	90	21	111	20	115	4	2	5	1001	1.373	Apr 19, 1950	27	CHW
2	Dan Bankhead NLB	9	1940	1951	4	2.8	26	10	.722	4.56	86	35	29	16	5	4	361.1	321	204	183	24	187	9	258	14	3	7	1471	1.406	Aug 26, 1947	20	BRO
3	Cloyd Boyer	5	1949	1955	0	0.8	20	23	.465	4.73	111	48	27	13	3	2	395.2	393	235	208	56	218	15	198	17	1	14	1759	1.544	Apr 23, 1949	22	STL
4	Jack Bruner	2	1949	1950	0	0.3	2	4	.333	4.91	26	3	13	0	0	1	55.0	53	34	30	4	45	0	28	3	0	1	253	1.782	Sep 16, 1949	25	TOT
5	Bob Cain	6	1949	1954	0	4.8	37	44	.457	4.50	140	89	28	27	3	8	628.0	618	338	314	51	316	16	249	22	2	10	2761	1.487	Sep 18, 1949	25	CHW
6	Bubba Church	6	1950	1955	0	6.9	36	37	.493	4.10	147	96	16	32	7	4	713.1	738	367	325	84	277	16	274	9	0	10	3030	1.423	Apr 30, 1950	25	PHI
7	Sandy Consuegra	8	1950	1957	1	12.2	51	32	.614	3.37	248	71	91	24	5	28	809.1	811	346	303	43	246	28	193	6	2	8	3401	1.306	Jun 10, 1950	29	WSH
8	Tommy Fine	2	1947	1950	0	-0.9	1	3	.250	6.81	23	7	3	1	0	0	72.2	94	62	55	6	44	2	16	1	0	1	349	1.899	Apr 26, 1947	35	SLB
9	Whitey Ford HOF	16	1950	1967	10	53.6	236	106	.690	2.75	498	438	35	156	45	11	3170.1	2766	1107	967	228	1086	49	1956	28	5	75	13036	1.215	Jul 1, 1950	21	NYY
10	Bob Hooper	6	1950	1955	0	-2.0	40	41	.494	4.80	194	57	86	16	0	25	620.2	640	377	331	50	280	15	196	11	2	12	2710	1.482	Apr 19, 1950	28	PHA
11	Johnny Klippstein	18	1950	1967	0	13.7	101	118	.461	4.24	711	161	275	37	6	65	1967.2	1915	1059	927	203	978	93	1158	70	6	97	8656	1.470	May 3, 1950	22	CHC
12	Vern Law	16	1950	1967	2	26.0	162	147	.524	3.77	483	364	78	119	28	13	2672.0	2833	1274	1118	268	597	82	1092	40	3	39	11231	1.284	Jun 11, 1950	20	PIT
13	Bill Macdonald	2	1950	1953	0	1.1	8	11	.421	4.66	36	21	9	6	2	1	160.1	150	98	83	17	96	8	64	2	0	4	703	1.534	May 6, 1950	21	PIT
14	Woody Main	4	1948	1953	0	0.7	4	13	.235	5.14	79	11	30	2	0	3	204.2	210	122	117	21	84	10	107	1	2	2	896	1.436	Apr 21, 1948	28	PIT
15	Connie Marrero	5	1950	1954	1	9.8	39	40	.494	3.67	118	94	15	51	7	3	735.1	736	332	300	60	249	22	297	16	5	11	3142	1.340	Apr 21, 1950	39	WSH
16	Bob Miller	10	1949	1958	0	9.4	42	42	.500	3.96	261	68	80	23	6	15	822.0	889	406	362	72	247	41	263	16	4	20	3547	1.382	Sep 16, 1949	24	PHI
17	Steve Nagy	2	1947	1950	0	-1.2	3	8	.273	6.42	15	10	1	2	0	0	67.1	87	60	48	6	38	2	21	0	0	2	326	1.856	Apr 20, 1947	31	WSH
18	Willard Nixon	9	1950	1958	0	6.4	69	72	.489	4.39	225	177	21	51	9	3	1234.0	1277	674	602	89	530	21	616	41	1	29	5391	1.464	Jul 7, 1950	22	BOS
19	Jim Pearce	5	1949	1955	0	-0.9	3	4	.429	5.78	30	7	6	2	0	0	85.2	97	66	55	6	53	0	22	2	1	3	392	1.751	Sep 8, 1949	25	WSH
20	Harry Perkowski	8	1947	1955	0	5.0	33	40	.452	4.37	184	76	46	24	4	5	697.2	719	381	339	65	324	19	296	7	0	13	3055	1.495	Sep 13, 1947	27	CIN
21	Duane Pillette	8	1949	1956	0	7.3	38	66	.365	4.40	188	119	25	34	4	3	904.0	985	498	442	67	391	18	305	17	1	15	4014	1.522	Jul 19, 1949	27	TOT
22	Bud Podbielan	9	1949	1959	0	2.6	25	42	.373	4.49	172	76	35	20	2	2	641.0	693	362	320	79	245	14	242	17	0	12	2792	1.463	Apr 25, 1949	26	BRO
23	Saul Rogovin	8	1949	1957	0	6.9	48	48	.500	4.06	150	121	14	43	9	3	883.2	888	435	399	83	308	15	388	10	4	14	3764	1.353	Apr 28, 1949	28	DET
24	Normie Roy	1	1950	1950	0	-0.2	4	3	.571	5.13	19	6	4	2	0	1	59.2	72	38	34	6	39	0	25	2	1	0	279	1.860	Apr 23, 1950	21	BSN
25	Al Sima	4	1950	1954	0	0.5	11	21	.344	4.61	100	30	30	4	0	4	308.2	343	187	158	31	132	6	111	4	0	4	1376	1.539	Jun 28, 1950	28	WSH
26	Frank Smith	7	1950	1956	0	8.1	35	33	.515	3.81	271	7	173	1	0	44	495.2	426	247	210	67	181	20	277	30	2	9	2093	1.225	Apr 18, 1950	22	CIN
27	Marlin Stuart	6	1949	1954	0	-0.4	23	17	.575	4.65	196	31	89	7	0	12	485.2	544	300	251	37	256	9	185	14	2	13	2201	1.647	Apr 26, 1949	31	DET
28	Jocko Thompson	4	1948	1951	0	1.4	6	11	.353	4.24	41	21	5	5	2	1	167.2	151	84	79	18	83	4	81	2	0	4	710	1.396	Sep 21, 1948	33	PHI
	Totals	190	1940	1967	18	179.4	1121	1039	.519	3.96	4868	2245	1319	719	148	276	19654.1	19661	9791	8650	1762	7641	554	9033	406	49	434	84339	1.782

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