1951 Major League Rookie Players

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NLB - denotes that the player previously exceeded major league rookie limits in the Negro Leagues, but 1951 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	Cal Abrams	8	1949	1956	0	8.5	567	1943	1611	257	433	64	19	32	138	12	20	304	290	.269	.386	.392	.778	Apr 19, 1949	27	BRO
2	Bob Addis	4	1950	1953	0	0.9	208	576	534	70	150	22	2	2	47	8	6	37	47	.281	.327	.341	.668	Sep 1, 1950	25	BSN
3	Johnny Bero	2	1948	1951	0	-0.3	65	201	169	26	34	5	0	5	17	1	1	27	31	.201	.311	.320	.631	Sep 26, 1948	28	SLB
4	Steve Bilko	10	1949	1962	0	5.0	600	1995	1738	220	432	85	13	76	276	2	4	234	395	.249	.336	.444	.780	Sep 22, 1949	22	STL
5	Dick Bokelmann	3	1951	1953	0	-0.3	34	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	Aug 3, 1951	24	STL
6	Rocky Bridges	11	1951	1961	1	2.8	919	2538	2272	245	562	80	11	16	187	10	15	205	229	.247	.310	.313	.623	Apr 17, 1951	23	BRO
7	Smoky Burgess	18	1949	1967	9	33.4	1691	5014	4471	485	1318	230	33	126	673	13	14	477	270	.295	.362	.446	.807	Apr 19, 1949	24	CHC
8	Jim Busby	13	1950	1962	1	12.8	1352	4656	4250	541	1113	162	35	48	438	97	48	310	439	.262	.314	.350	.665	Apr 23, 1950	24	CHW
9	Bob Chakales	7	1951	1957	0	0.6	171	105	96	5	26	1	1	1	9	0	0	1	10	.271	.278	.333	.612	Apr 21, 1951	23	CLE
10	Dave Cole	6	1950	1955	0	0.4	85	64	61	3	14	1	1	3	11	0	0	2	15	.230	.254	.426	.680	Sep 9, 1950	20	BSN
11	Dick Cole	6	1951	1957	0	-0.7	456	1382	1215	106	303	50	10	2	107	2	3	132	124	.249	.322	.312	.634	Apr 27, 1951	25	TOT
12	Chuck Connors	2	1949	1951	0	-0.8	67	215	202	16	48	5	1	2	18	4	0	12	25	.238	.280	.302	.582	May 1, 1949	30	CHC
13	Al Corwin	5	1951	1955	0	-0.2	128	85	79	9	12	2	1	2	5	0	0	1	27	.152	.163	.278	.441	Jul 25, 1951	24	NYG
14	Jack Cusick	2	1951	1952	0	-1.3	114	269	242	21	42	4	2	2	22	2	2	23	38	.174	.245	.231	.477	Apr 24, 1951	23	CHC
15	George Estock	1	1951	1951	0	0.1	37	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.286	.375	.286	.661	Apr 21, 1951	26	BSN
16	Dee Fondy	8	1951	1958	0	5.7	967	3759	3502	437	1000	144	47	69	373	84	53	203	526	.286	.324	.413	.737	Apr 17, 1951	26	CHC
17	Bob Friend	16	1951	1966	4	-5.9	602	1299	1137	56	138	16	2	2	60	0	0	38	375	.121	.150	.144	.294	Apr 28, 1951	20	PIT
18	Fred Hatfield	9	1950	1958	0	4.8	722	2366	2039	260	493	67	10	25	165	15	14	248	247	.242	.332	.321	.654	Aug 31, 1950	26	BOS
19	Solly Hemus	11	1949	1959	0	25.9	961	3251	2694	459	736	137	41	51	263	21	18	456	247	.273	.390	.411	.801	Apr 27, 1949	28	STL
20	Bill Jennings	1	1951	1951	0	-1.6	64	224	195	20	35	10	2	0	13	1	0	26	42	.179	.276	.251	.527	Jul 19, 1951	25	SLB
21	Jackie Jensen	11	1950	1961	3	27.8	1438	6080	5236	810	1463	259	45	199	929	143	55	750	546	.279	.369	.460	.829	Apr 18, 1950	24	NYY
22	Bob Kelly	4	1951	1958	0	-0.3	123	98	90	3	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	.178	.196	.178	.373	May 4, 1951	23	CHC
23	Leo Kiely	7	1951	1960	0	-0.2	210	155	139	8	20	2	0	1	7	0	0	12	43	.144	.212	.180	.392	Jun 27, 1951	21	BOS
24	Johnny Kucab	3	1950	1952	0	-0.2	62	40	35	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	9	.086	.200	.086	.286	Sep 14, 1950	31	PHA
25	Clem Labine	13	1950	1962	2	-2.0	514	257	227	12	17	3	0	3	11	0	0	15	121	.075	.136	.128	.264	Apr 18, 1950	24	BRO
26	Paul LaPalme	7	1951	1957	0	-0.2	254	166	147	13	20	4	1	0	6	0	0	5	29	.136	.175	.177	.352	May 28, 1951	27	PIT
27	Lou Limmer	2	1951	1954	0	-1.4	209	603	530	66	107	19	4	19	62	3	3	63	77	.202	.285	.360	.646	Apr 22, 1951	26	PHA
28	Johnny Logan	13	1951	1963	4	33.2	1503	5893	5244	651	1407	216	41	93	547	19	13	451	472	.268	.330	.378	.708	Apr 17, 1951	25	BSN
29	Dale Long	10	1951	1963	1	10.2	1013	3431	3020	384	805	135	33	132	467	10	3	353	460	.267	.341	.464	.805	Apr 21, 1951	25	TOT
30	Turk Lown	11	1951	1962	0	-0.1	506	241	214	13	35	4	2	1	10	0	0	13	48	.164	.211	.215	.426	Apr 24, 1951	27	CHC
31	Jack Maguire	2	1950	1951	0	-0.6	94	214	192	25	46	5	2	2	21	1	0	18	36	.240	.305	.318	.622	Apr 18, 1950	26	TOT
32	Bob Mahoney	2	1951	1952	0	0.0	36	21	18	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	.222	.300	.222	.522	May 3, 1951	23	TOT
33	Mickey Mantle HOF	18	1951	1968	20	110.2	2401	9910	8102	1676	2415	344	72	536	1509	153	38	1733	1710	.298	.421	.557	.977	Apr 17, 1951	19	NYY
34	Luis Márquez NLB	5	1946	1954	4	3.9	243	764	683	122	194	33	6	9	71	48	4	62	24	.284	.352	.389	.742	Apr 18, 1951	20	BSN
35	Fred Marsh	7	1949	1956	0	-1.4	465	1378	1236	148	296	43	8	10	96	13	14	125	171	.239	.310	.311	.622	Apr 19, 1949	27	SLB
36	Billy Martin	11	1950	1961	1	3.0	1021	3719	3419	425	877	137	28	64	333	34	29	188	355	.257	.300	.369	.669	Apr 18, 1950	23	NYY
37	Morrie Martin	10	1949	1959	0	-0.6	250	178	165	15	28	2	0	0	7	0	0	4	45	.170	.189	.182	.371	Apr 25, 1949	28	PHA
38	Willie Mays HOF	23	1948	1973	24	156.2	3005	12545	10924	2068	3293	525	141	660	1909	339	103	1468	1526	.301	.384	.557	.940	May 25, 1951	20	NYG
39	Jim McDonald	9	1950	1958	0	0.7	139	153	128	14	23	5	1	0	10	0	0	18	48	.180	.281	.234	.515	Jul 27, 1950	24	SLB
40	Gil McDougald	10	1951	1960	6	40.7	1336	5398	4676	697	1291	187	51	112	576	45	44	559	623	.276	.356	.410	.766	Apr 20, 1951	23	NYY
41	Roy McMillan	16	1951	1966	2	25.8	2093	7656	6752	739	1639	253	35	68	594	41	36	665	711	.243	.314	.321	.635	Apr 16, 1951	21	CIN
42	Minnie Miñoso HOF NLB	20	1946	1980	13	53.3	1948	8233	7059	1228	2113	365	95	195	1089	216	130	848	584	.299	.387	.461	.848	Apr 19, 1949	22	TOT
43	Julio Moreno	4	1950	1953	0	-0.5	73	114	106	5	14	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	17	.132	.156	.160	.316	Sep 8, 1950	30	WSH
44	Tom Morgan	12	1951	1963	0	0.0	443	268	247	21	46	4	1	5	12	0	0	5	73	.186	.202	.271	.474	Apr 20, 1951	21	NYY
45	Chet Nichols	9	1951	1964	0	-0.9	189	188	173	8	22	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	50	.127	.142	.133	.275	Apr 19, 1951	20	BSN
46	Ray Noble NLB	7	1945	1953	0	1.4	201	577	519	62	123	22	7	14	75	7	0	47	41	.237	.306	.387	.694	Apr 18, 1951	28	NYG
47	Tom Poholsky	6	1950	1957	0	-0.5	159	255	228	20	39	7	0	0	14	1	0	5	41	.171	.188	.202	.390	Apr 20, 1950	21	STL
48	Joe Presko	6	1951	1958	0	-0.7	130	170	156	9	27	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	26	.173	.209	.186	.394	May 3, 1951	22	STL
49	Earl Rapp	3	1949	1952	0	0.1	135	306	279	27	73	16	4	2	39	2	1	25	41	.262	.325	.369	.694	Apr 28, 1949	30	TOT
50	Marv Rotblatt	3	1948	1951	0	-0.3	35	18	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.063	.000	.063	Jul 4, 1948	23	CHW
51	Pete Runnels	14	1951	1964	5	29.9	1799	7329	6373	876	1854	282	64	49	630	37	51	844	627	.291	.375	.378	.753	Jul 1, 1951	23	WSH
52	Art Schallock	5	1951	1955	0	0.2	58	54	45	4	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	17	.200	.265	.200	.465	Jul 16, 1951	27	NYY
53	Bob Schultz	4	1951	1955	0	-0.2	65	55	52	5	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	17	.154	.170	.173	.343	Apr 20, 1951	27	CHC
54	Harry Simpson NLB	11	1946	1959	1	5.5	1012	3594	3239	414	870	120	45	76	434	23	18	312	429	.269	.334	.404	.738	Apr 21, 1951	20	CLE
55	Lou Sleater	7	1950	1958	0	0.6	145	110	103	8	21	0	1	4	12	0	0	4	11	.204	.234	.340	.573	Apr 25, 1950	24	SLB
56	George Spencer	8	1950	1960	0	-0.4	122	56	50	4	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	21	.120	.170	.120	.290	Aug 17, 1950	24	NYG
57	Ebba St. Claire	4	1951	1954	0	0.7	164	488	450	39	112	23	2	7	40	2	1	35	52	.249	.306	.356	.662	Apr 17, 1951	29	BSN
58	George Strickland	10	1950	1960	0	6.9	971	3268	2824	305	633	84	27	36	284	12	10	361	453	.224	.313	.311	.624	May 7, 1950	25	PIT
59	Jim Suchecki	3	1950	1952	0	-0.1	38	27	22	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	.091	.200	.091	.291	May 20, 1950	23	SLB
60	Ben Taylor	3	1951	1955	0	-0.6	52	134	121	16	28	2	1	3	6	1	1	11	31	.231	.306	.339	.645	Jul 29, 1951	23	SLB
61	Frank Thomas	16	1951	1966	3	18.8	1766	6917	6285	792	1671	262	31	286	962	15	22	484	894	.266	.320	.454	.774	Aug 17, 1951	22	PIT
62	Don Thompson	4	1949	1954	0	-1.7	217	343	307	52	67	8	0	1	19	4	11	31	32	.218	.296	.254	.550	Apr 24, 1949	27	BRO
63	Chris Van Cuyk	3	1950	1952	0	0.2	44	57	51	4	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	9	.216	.245	.235	.481	Jul 16, 1950	24	BRO
64	Gene Verble	2	1951	1953	0	-0.7	81	219	198	20	40	3	2	0	17	1	1	20	11	.202	.275	.237	.513	Apr 17, 1951	23	WSH
65	Davey Williams	6	1949	1955	1	5.5	517	1994	1785	235	450	61	10	32	163	6	12	164	144	.252	.320	.351	.672	Sep 16, 1949	23	NYG
66	Bobby Young	8	1948	1958	0	-2.1	687	2719	2447	244	609	68	28	15	137	18	19	208	212	.249	.308	.318	.626	Aug 30, 1948	26	SLB
67	Sal Yvars	8	1947	1954	0	1.1	210	467	418	41	102	12	0	10	42	1	1	37	41	.244	.315	.344	.659	Sep 27, 1947	27	NYG
	Totals	523	1945	1980	105	610	37986	126827	111257	15570	29840	4608	1019	3108	13993	1467	818	12715	14356	.268	.345	.412	.757

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	Dick Bokelmann	3	1951	1953	0	-0.9	3	4	.429	4.90	34	1	16	0	0	3	68.0	73	49	37	2	38	4	27	1	0	5	313	1.632	Aug 3, 1951	24	STL
2	Bob Chakales	7	1951	1957	0	-0.4	15	25	.375	4.54	171	23	88	3	1	11	420.1	445	246	212	31	225	25	187	7	2	12	1883	1.594	Apr 21, 1951	23	CLE
3	Dave Cole	6	1950	1955	0	-0.6	6	18	.250	4.93	84	27	31	3	1	0	237.1	221	151	130	16	199	6	119	7	1	12	1101	1.770	Sep 9, 1950	20	BSN
4	Al Corwin	5	1951	1955	0	2.9	18	10	.643	3.98	117	22	33	6	2	5	289.1	289	145	128	36	156	14	142	3	1	2	1281	1.538	Jul 25, 1951	24	NYG
5	George Estock	1	1951	1951	0	0.1	0	1	.000	4.33	37	1	16	0	0	3	60.1	56	33	29	2	37	0	11	0	0	2	263	1.541	Apr 21, 1951	26	BSN
6	Bob Friend	16	1951	1966	4	46.8	197	230	.461	3.58	602	497	56	163	36	10	3611.0	3772	1652	1438	286	894	128	1734	46	13	50	15214	1.292	Apr 28, 1951	20	PIT
7	Bob Kelly	4	1951	1958	0	1.8	12	18	.400	4.50	123	35	39	7	2	2	362.0	374	206	181	28	152	12	146	6	0	18	1576	1.453	May 4, 1951	23	CHC
8	Leo Kiely	7	1951	1960	0	7.8	26	27	.491	3.37	209	39	99	8	1	29	523.0	562	239	196	39	189	20	212	9	2	5	2269	1.436	Jun 27, 1951	21	BOS
9	Johnny Kucab	3	1950	1952	0	0.1	5	5	.500	4.44	59	3	35	2	0	5	152.0	169	84	75	18	51	4	48	2	0	2	658	1.447	Sep 14, 1950	31	PHA
10	Clem Labine	13	1950	1962	2	14.3	77	56	.579	3.63	513	38	288	7	2	94	1079.2	1043	492	435	81	396	67	551	11	0	27	4577	1.333	Apr 18, 1950	24	BRO
11	Paul LaPalme	7	1951	1957	0	5.0	24	45	.348	4.42	253	51	94	10	2	13	616.1	645	353	303	71	272	21	277	4	3	33	2724	1.488	May 28, 1951	27	PIT
12	Turk Lown	11	1951	1962	0	10.6	55	61	.474	4.12	504	49	255	10	1	73	1032.0	978	525	472	105	590	58	574	10	1	33	4574	1.519	Apr 24, 1951	27	CHC
13	Bob Mahoney	2	1951	1952	0	0.3	2	5	.286	4.96	36	4	19	0	0	0	90.2	99	57	50	8	50	1	34	0	0	3	410	1.643	May 3, 1951	23	TOT
14	Morrie Martin	10	1949	1959	0	4.5	38	34	.528	4.29	250	42	101	8	1	15	604.2	607	320	288	56	249	12	245	27	2	15	2637	1.416	Apr 25, 1949	28	PHA
15	Jim McDonald	9	1950	1958	0	-0.9	24	27	.471	4.27	136	55	30	15	3	1	468.0	489	262	222	24	231	8	158	8	0	7	2064	1.538	Jul 27, 1950	24	SLB
16	Julio Moreno	4	1950	1953	0	1.1	18	22	.450	4.25	73	45	15	14	0	2	336.2	349	181	159	31	157	6	119	7	1	3	1483	1.503	Sep 8, 1950	30	WSH
17	Tom Morgan	12	1951	1963	0	7.5	67	47	.588	3.61	443	61	204	18	7	66	1023.1	1040	467	410	95	300	42	364	40	3	12	4293	1.309	Apr 20, 1951	21	NYY
18	Chet Nichols	9	1951	1964	0	5.5	34	36	.486	3.64	189	71	53	23	4	10	603.1	600	286	244	45	280	16	266	6	2	19	2622	1.459	Apr 19, 1951	20	BSN
19	Tom Poholsky	6	1950	1957	0	6.8	31	52	.373	3.93	159	104	30	30	5	1	753.2	791	381	329	90	192	26	316	13	1	16	3184	1.304	Apr 20, 1950	21	STL
20	Joe Presko	6	1951	1958	0	1.6	25	37	.403	4.61	128	61	29	15	2	5	490.1	511	268	251	58	188	10	202	14	0	11	2140	1.426	May 3, 1951	22	STL
21	Marv Rotblatt	3	1948	1951	0	0.1	4	3	.571	4.82	35	4	20	0	0	1	74.2	74	44	40	6	51	1	30	2	0	1	338	1.674	Jul 4, 1948	23	CHW
22	Art Schallock	5	1951	1955	0	-0.3	6	7	.462	4.02	58	14	19	3	0	1	170.1	199	98	76	11	91	3	77	5	1	3	781	1.703	Jul 16, 1951	27	NYY
23	Bob Schultz	4	1951	1955	0	0.0	9	13	.409	5.16	65	19	23	3	0	0	183.0	179	117	105	17	125	6	67	7	0	7	845	1.661	Apr 20, 1951	27	CHC
24	Harry Simpson NLB	11	1946	1959	1	-0.1	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6.000	Apr 21, 1951	20	CLE
25	Lou Sleater	7	1950	1958	0	-0.5	12	18	.400	4.70	131	21	54	7	1	4	300.2	306	181	157	32	172	18	152	8	1	3	1367	1.590	Apr 25, 1950	24	SLB
26	George Spencer	8	1950	1960	0	1.7	16	10	.615	4.05	122	9	47	3	0	9	251.1	228	123	113	40	106	14	82	4	0	3	1059	1.329	Aug 17, 1950	24	NYG
27	Jim Suchecki	3	1950	1952	0	-0.2	0	6	.000	5.38	38	6	17	0	0	0	103.2	130	73	62	9	50	1	56	2	0	1	495	1.736	May 20, 1950	23	SLB
28	Chris Van Cuyk	3	1950	1952	0	-1.3	7	11	.389	5.16	44	26	7	5	0	1	160.1	170	99	92	19	63	5	103	10	1	2	704	1.453	Jul 16, 1950	24	BRO
	Totals	185	1946	1966	7	113.3	731	828	.469	3.99	4614	1328	1718	363	71	364	14066.1	14401	7133	6235	1256	5504	528	6299	259	35	307	60858	6.000

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