1953 Major League Rookie Players

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NLB - denotes that the player previously exceeded major league rookie limits in the Negro Leagues, but 1953 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	Al Aber	6	1950	1957	0	-0.4	168	117	100	5	14	0	0	0	6	0	0	8	41	.140	.202	.140	.342	Sep 15, 1950	25	TOT
2	Loren Babe	2	1952	1953	0	-1.5	120	426	382	37	85	18	2	2	26	1	1	39	26	.223	.298	.296	.594	Aug 19, 1952	25	TOT
3	Fred Baczewski	3	1953	1955	0	-0.6	63	101	89	5	12	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	34	.135	.154	.169	.322	Apr 26, 1953	27	TOT
4	Wayne Belardi	6	1950	1956	0	0.1	263	680	592	71	143	13	5	28	74	1	0	66	97	.242	.330	.422	.752	Apr 18, 1950	22	BRO
5	Carlos Bernier	1	1953	1953	0	0.0	105	366	310	48	66	7	8	3	31	15	14	51	53	.213	.332	.316	.648	Apr 22, 1953	26	PIT
6	Charlie Bishop	4	1952	1955	0	-0.6	72	105	100	5	11	3	0	0	8	0	0	3	47	.110	.136	.140	.276	Aug 22, 1952	29	PHA
7	Mike Blyzka	2	1953	1954	0	-0.4	70	42	38	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	.053	.077	.053	.130	Apr 21, 1953	24	SLB
8	Milt Bolling	7	1952	1958	0	2.4	400	1330	1161	127	280	50	7	19	94	5	12	114	188	.241	.313	.345	.658	Sep 10, 1952	22	BOS
9	Don Bollweg	5	1950	1955	0	1.1	195	518	452	62	110	22	7	11	53	2	0	60	68	.243	.337	.396	.733	Sep 28, 1950	32	NYY
10	Roger Bowman	5	1949	1955	0	0.0	50	22	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.167	.250	.167	.417	Sep 22, 1949	25	PIT
11	Bob Boyd NLB	11	1947	1961	3	7.5	727	2307	2078	276	620	91	24	21	201	18	17	177	114	.298	.355	.396	.750	Sep 8, 1951	28	CHW
12	Bill Bruton	12	1953	1964	0	26.4	1610	6671	6056	937	1651	241	102	94	545	207	89	482	793	.273	.328	.393	.720	Apr 13, 1953	27	MLN
13	Johnny Bucha	3	1948	1953	0	-1.1	84	222	195	18	40	10	0	1	15	1	1	25	21	.205	.295	.272	.567	May 2, 1948	28	DET
14	Bob Buhl	15	1953	1967	2	-6.2	457	953	857	31	76	2	0	0	26	2	2	38	389	.089	.129	.091	.220	Apr 17, 1953	24	MLN
15	Sam Calderone	3	1950	1954	0	-0.3	91	150	141	16	41	5	0	1	25	0	0	7	13	.291	.322	.348	.670	Apr 19, 1950	27	NYG
16	Andy Carey	11	1952	1962	0	9.7	938	3221	2850	371	741	119	38	64	350	23	21	268	389	.260	.327	.396	.722	May 2, 1952	21	NYY
17	Mike Clark	2	1952	1953	0	-0.2	35	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jul 27, 1952	31	STL
18	Jackie Collum	9	1951	1962	0	0.7	171	144	118	15	29	5	0	1	13	0	0	13	9	.246	.321	.314	.634	Sep 21, 1951	26	TOT
19	Sonny Dixon	4	1953	1956	0	0.3	102	69	61	3	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	6	21	.180	.254	.230	.483	Apr 20, 1953	28	WSH
20	Roy Face	16	1953	1969	6	-0.5	853	215	194	9	31	3	0	0	7	0	0	2	47	.160	.168	.175	.344	Apr 16, 1953	25	PIT
21	Frank Fanovich	2	1949	1953	0	-0.1	55	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.133	.188	.133	.321	Apr 25, 1949	30	PHA
22	Ben Flowers	4	1951	1956	0	-0.2	76	38	36	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	.111	.135	.167	.302	Sep 29, 1951	26	BOS
23	Mike Fornieles	12	1952	1963	1	-0.8	440	332	308	25	52	7	1	1	16	1	0	3	63	.169	.177	.208	.385	Sep 2, 1952	21	CHW
24	Hersh Freeman	6	1952	1958	0	0.0	205	68	63	4	9	3	0	1	5	0	0	5	12	.143	.206	.238	.444	Sep 10, 1952	24	BOS
25	Marion Fricano	4	1952	1955	0	-0.5	100	128	113	9	16	1	0	0	1	1	1	5	42	.142	.178	.150	.328	Sep 6, 1952	29	PHA
26	Jim Gilliam NLB	17	1946	1966	4	44.7	2094	8887	7599	1255	2021	325	80	65	625	219	111	1102	416	.266	.360	.355	.716	Apr 14, 1953	18	BRO
27	Rubén Gómez	10	1953	1967	0	-0.2	381	521	477	58	95	11	1	3	22	2	2	14	61	.199	.224	.245	.469	Apr 17, 1953	25	NYG
28	Jim Greengrass	5	1952	1956	0	4.7	504	1977	1793	243	482	82	16	69	282	6	9	165	271	.269	.330	.448	.778	Sep 9, 1952	25	CIN
29	Harvey Haddix	14	1952	1965	3	3.4	531	871	798	95	169	37	9	4	64	4	0	46	162	.212	.255	.296	.551	Aug 20, 1952	27	STL
30	Dick Hall	19	1952	1971	0	-1.0	669	821	714	79	150	15	4	4	56	6	2	61	147	.210	.271	.259	.530	Apr 15, 1952	22	PIT
31	Ray Herbert	14	1950	1966	1	2.6	408	654	569	46	109	21	1	7	51	0	0	42	133	.192	.248	.269	.517	Aug 27, 1950	23	DET
32	Bobo Holloman	1	1953	1953	0	-0.1	22	22	19	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.105	.105	.105	.211	Apr 18, 1953	30	SLB
33	Dave Hoskins NLB	7	1942	1954	0	1.8	200	643	586	93	166	22	11	4	88	3	0	41	14	.283	.333	.379	.712	Apr 18, 1953	26	CLE
34	Jim Hughes	6	1952	1957	0	-0.3	172	56	53	6	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.170	.170	.189	.358	Sep 13, 1952	30	BRO
35	Billy Hunter	6	1953	1958	1	-1.9	630	2052	1875	166	410	58	18	16	144	23	12	111	192	.219	.264	.294	.559	Apr 14, 1953	25	SLB
36	Ray Jablonski	8	1953	1960	1	2.9	812	2807	2562	297	687	126	11	83	438	16	13	196	330	.268	.320	.423	.743	Apr 14, 1953	26	STL
37	Vic Janowicz	2	1953	1954	0	-1.3	83	215	196	20	42	6	1	2	10	0	1	12	54	.214	.267	.286	.552	May 31, 1953	23	PIT
38	Connie Johnson NLB	11	1940	1958	1	-0.4	189	369	336	35	55	6	1	0	25	4	0	13	48	.164	.194	.188	.381	Apr 17, 1953	18	CHW
39	Ted Kazanski	6	1953	1958	0	-5.9	417	1443	1329	118	288	49	9	14	116	4	8	90	163	.217	.269	.299	.568	Jun 25, 1953	19	PHI
40	Bob Keegan	6	1953	1958	1	-0.3	136	236	196	14	32	2	1	0	19	0	0	14	31	.163	.218	.184	.401	May 24, 1953	32	CHW
41	Thornton Kipper	3	1953	1955	0	-0.2	55	18	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.125	.125	.125	.250	Jun 7, 1953	24	PHI
42	Harvey Kuenn	15	1952	1966	10	26.0	1833	7618	6913	950	2092	356	56	87	671	68	56	594	404	.303	.357	.408	.765	Sep 6, 1952	22	DET
43	Hobie Landrith	14	1950	1963	0	2.9	772	2228	1929	179	450	69	5	34	203	5	12	253	188	.233	.320	.327	.647	Jul 30, 1950	23	CIN
44	Jerry Lane	3	1953	1955	0	0.0	31	17	13	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.077	.250	.154	.404	Jul 7, 1953	27	WSH
45	Don Larsen	14	1953	1967	0	5.9	480	653	596	65	144	25	5	14	72	0	3	43	138	.242	.291	.371	.662	Apr 18, 1953	23	SLB
46	Don Liddle	4	1953	1956	0	0.1	119	143	112	9	17	0	0	0	5	0	0	18	29	.152	.273	.152	.425	Apr 17, 1953	28	MLN
47	Dick Marlowe	6	1951	1956	0	-0.1	98	60	57	2	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	26	.175	.203	.193	.396	Sep 19, 1951	24	DET
48	Ed McGhee	4	1950	1955	0	-0.3	196	570	505	59	124	14	5	3	43	11	5	54	61	.246	.321	.311	.632	Sep 20, 1950	28	PHA
49	Bob Milliken	2	1953	1954	0	-0.2	61	54	51	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	12	.137	.154	.176	.330	Apr 22, 1953	26	BRO
50	Eddie O'Brien	5	1953	1958	0	-2.1	231	605	554	64	131	10	4	0	25	11	7	37	45	.236	.288	.269	.557	Apr 25, 1953	22	PIT
51	Johnny O'Brien	6	1953	1959	0	0.4	339	906	815	90	204	35	5	4	59	2	2	59	82	.250	.306	.320	.626	Apr 19, 1953	22	PIT
52	Jim Pendleton	9	1948	1962	0	-0.8	457	1065	994	129	257	32	9	20	105	12	6	46	151	.259	.294	.369	.663	Apr 17, 1953	29	MLN
53	Johnny Podres	15	1953	1969	4	1.6	462	852	762	61	145	19	1	2	50	1	2	32	108	.190	.224	.226	.449	Apr 17, 1953	20	BRO
54	Bill Renna	6	1953	1959	0	0.3	370	1035	918	123	219	36	10	28	119	2	7	99	166	.239	.315	.391	.707	Apr 14, 1953	28	NYY
55	Rip Repulski	9	1953	1961	1	5.2	928	3379	3088	407	830	153	23	106	416	25	29	207	433	.269	.319	.436	.755	Apr 14, 1953	24	STL
56	Willard Schmidt	7	1952	1959	0	-0.2	194	172	153	10	25	2	0	0	7	0	0	4	52	.163	.205	.176	.381	Apr 19, 1952	25	STL
57	Al Smith NLB	15	1946	1964	3	20.9	1556	6331	5499	866	1500	263	51	168	701	70	43	687	768	.273	.358	.431	.789	Jul 10, 1953	20	CLE
58	Paul Smith	3	1953	1958	0	-0.3	223	623	562	54	152	16	7	7	56	3	2	42	44	.270	.326	.361	.687	Apr 14, 1953	22	PIT
59	Jerry Snyder	7	1952	1958	0	-0.2	266	691	630	60	145	18	2	3	47	7	3	46	59	.230	.283	.279	.562	May 8, 1952	23	WSH
60	Daryl Spencer	10	1952	1963	0	13.6	1098	4208	3689	457	901	145	20	105	428	13	7	449	516	.244	.327	.380	.707	Sep 17, 1952	24	NYG
61	Gene Stephens	12	1952	1964	0	4.5	964	2197	1913	283	460	78	15	37	207	27	20	233	322	.240	.325	.355	.680	Apr 16, 1952	20	BOS
62	Russ Sullivan	3	1951	1953	0	0.1	45	172	150	16	40	8	2	5	12	1	0	18	11	.267	.357	.447	.803	Sep 8, 1951	30	DET
63	Bob Turley	12	1951	1963	3	-0.8	310	623	547	44	69	10	0	4	32	1	1	31	191	.126	.177	.166	.343	Sep 29, 1951	22	SLB
64	Tom Umphlett	3	1953	1955	0	-0.2	361	1252	1160	108	285	45	8	6	111	7	5	75	107	.246	.292	.314	.606	Apr 16, 1953	22	BOS
65	Red Wilson	10	1951	1960	0	4.6	602	2038	1765	206	455	84	8	24	189	25	12	215	163	.258	.338	.355	.694	Sep 22, 1951	24	CHW
66	Al Worthington	14	1953	1969	0	-1.0	602	293	255	22	35	7	0	1	15	0	0	8	85	.137	.165	.176	.341	Jul 6, 1953	24	NYG
	Totals	498	1940	1971	45	163.2	27351	77629	69086	8871	17466	2795	593	1177	7027	855	538	6542	8723	.253	.319	.362	.681

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	Al Aber	6	1950	1957	0	1.0	24	25	.490	4.18	168	30	76	7	0	14	389.1	398	205	181	29	160	13	169	6	0	8	1698	1.433	Sep 15, 1950	25	TOT
2	Fred Baczewski	3	1953	1955	0	2.9	17	10	.630	4.45	63	40	8	14	2	1	279.1	306	149	138	38	111	1	104	3	0	2	1220	1.493	Apr 26, 1953	27	TOT
3	Charlie Bishop	4	1952	1955	0	-0.3	10	22	.313	5.33	69	37	18	6	1	3	294.0	307	186	174	28	168	10	121	13	0	6	1331	1.616	Aug 22, 1952	29	PHA
4	Mike Blyzka	2	1953	1954	0	-1.2	3	11	.214	5.58	70	9	25	2	0	1	180.2	193	126	112	8	107	4	58	0	0	8	826	1.661	Apr 21, 1953	24	SLB
5	Roger Bowman	5	1949	1955	0	-0.7	2	11	.154	5.81	50	12	18	0	0	0	117.2	137	85	76	14	71	7	75	4	1	8	564	1.768	Sep 22, 1949	25	PIT
6	Bob Buhl	15	1953	1967	2	28.0	166	132	.557	3.55	457	369	38	111	20	6	2587.0	2446	1162	1019	238	1105	64	1268	37	7	68	11045	1.373	Apr 17, 1953	24	MLN
7	Mike Clark	2	1952	1953	0	-0.1	3	0	1.000	5.31	35	6	13	0	0	1	61.0	78	39	36	4	35	4	27	2	0	2	292	1.852	Jul 27, 1952	31	STL
8	Jackie Collum	9	1951	1962	0	3.3	32	28	.533	4.15	171	37	63	11	2	12	464.0	480	247	214	44	173	17	171	16	0	8	1977	1.407	Sep 21, 1951	26	TOT
9	Sonny Dixon	4	1953	1956	0	0.4	11	18	.379	4.17	102	12	52	4	0	9	263.0	296	141	122	25	75	9	90	5	1	2	1146	1.411	Apr 20, 1953	28	WSH
10	Roy Face	16	1953	1969	6	21.1	104	95	.523	3.48	848	27	574	6	0	191	1375.0	1347	591	531	141	362	110	877	14	2	32	5691	1.243	Apr 16, 1953	25	PIT
11	Frank Fanovich	2	1949	1953	0	0.1	0	5	.000	5.49	55	4	22	0	0	0	105.0	106	72	64	7	65	1	64	8	1	8	485	1.629	Apr 25, 1949	30	PHA
12	Ben Flowers	4	1951	1956	0	0.5	3	7	.300	4.49	76	13	31	1	1	3	168.1	190	93	84	18	54	4	86	2	0	4	735	1.450	Sep 29, 1951	26	BOS
13	Mike Fornieles	12	1952	1963	1	8.0	63	64	.496	3.96	432	76	195	20	4	55	1156.2	1165	567	509	98	421	40	576	32	2	34	4983	1.371	Sep 2, 1952	21	CHW
14	Hersh Freeman	6	1952	1958	0	4.4	30	16	.652	3.74	204	3	111	1	0	36	359.0	387	176	149	25	109	23	158	7	4	9	1539	1.382	Sep 10, 1952	24	BOS
15	Marion Fricano	4	1952	1955	0	3.0	15	23	.395	4.32	88	43	26	14	0	2	387.2	393	213	186	40	164	8	115	10	2	8	1688	1.437	Sep 6, 1952	29	PHA
16	Rubén Gómez	10	1953	1967	0	13.9	76	86	.469	4.09	289	205	34	63	15	6	1454.0	1436	734	660	154	574	61	677	43	3	24	6278	1.382	Apr 17, 1953	25	NYG
17	Harvey Haddix	14	1952	1965	3	29.9	136	113	.546	3.63	453	286	84	99	20	20	2235.0	2154	1012	901	240	601	83	1575	43	3	58	9330	1.233	Aug 20, 1952	27	STL
18	Dick Hall	19	1952	1971	0	16.9	93	75	.554	3.32	495	74	237	20	3	71	1259.2	1152	512	464	130	236	70	741	18	0	1	5085	1.102	Apr 15, 1952	22	PIT
19	Ray Herbert	14	1950	1966	1	16.3	104	107	.493	4.01	407	236	74	68	13	15	1881.1	2000	927	839	167	571	53	864	24	2	38	8010	1.367	Aug 27, 1950	23	DET
20	Bobo Holloman	1	1953	1953	0	0.1	3	7	.300	5.23	22	10	1	1	1	0	65.1	69	41	38	2	50	1	25	1	1	2	305	1.821	Apr 18, 1953	30	SLB
21	Dave Hoskins NLB	7	1942	1954	0	-0.2	16	11	.593	4.34	61	21	20	12	1	1	257.1	276	150	124	14	82	1	131	12	1	2	1100	1.391	Apr 18, 1953	26	CLE
22	Jim Hughes	6	1952	1957	0	3.3	15	13	.536	3.83	172	1	90	0	0	39	296.0	278	143	126	30	152	21	165	5	1	11	1289	1.453	Sep 13, 1952	30	BRO
23	Connie Johnson NLB	11	1940	1958	1	8.7	60	50	.545	3.76	176	127	26	51	9	5	974.2	925	479	407	65	386	8	676	19	1	24	4058	1.345	Apr 17, 1953	18	CHW
24	Bob Keegan	6	1953	1958	1	3.5	40	36	.526	3.66	135	87	18	29	6	5	644.2	668	300	262	70	233	19	198	8	1	3	2768	1.398	May 24, 1953	32	CHW
25	Thornton Kipper	3	1953	1955	0	0.0	3	4	.429	5.27	55	3	29	0	0	0	99.0	128	62	58	12	46	9	35	2	1	3	456	1.758	Jun 7, 1953	24	PHI
26	Jerry Lane	3	1953	1955	0	0.3	2	6	.250	4.48	31	2	18	0	0	1	78.1	84	41	39	5	25	3	33	1	0	1	335	1.391	Jul 7, 1953	27	WSH
27	Don Larsen	14	1953	1967	0	12.5	81	91	.471	3.78	412	171	132	44	11	23	1548.0	1442	728	650	130	725	55	849	26	0	39	6708	1.400	Apr 18, 1953	23	SLB
28	Don Liddle	4	1953	1956	0	4.8	28	18	.609	3.75	117	54	30	13	3	4	427.2	397	203	178	42	203	25	198	10	0	9	1837	1.403	Apr 17, 1953	28	MLN
29	Dick Marlowe	6	1951	1956	0	0.1	13	15	.464	4.99	98	17	35	3	0	3	243.1	280	148	135	28	101	8	108	2	0	6	1081	1.566	Sep 19, 1951	24	DET
30	Bob Milliken	2	1953	1954	0	2.2	13	6	.684	3.59	61	13	18	3	0	4	180.1	152	83	72	25	60	3	90	2	0	5	746	1.176	Apr 22, 1953	26	BRO
31	Eddie O'Brien	5	1953	1958	0	0.4	1	0	1.000	3.31	5	1	2	1	0	0	16.1	16	6	6	3	4	0	11	1	0	0	68	1.224	Apr 25, 1953	22	PIT
32	Johnny O'Brien	6	1953	1959	0	-0.4	1	3	.250	5.61	25	1	10	0	0	0	61.0	61	43	38	9	35	2	30	3	0	3	276	1.574	Apr 19, 1953	22	PIT
33	Johnny Podres	15	1953	1969	4	28.2	148	116	.561	3.68	440	340	46	77	24	10	2265.0	2239	1026	925	242	743	79	1435	28	8	66	9571	1.317	Apr 17, 1953	20	BRO
34	Willard Schmidt	7	1952	1959	0	6.9	31	29	.517	3.93	194	55	50	11	1	2	586.1	563	281	256	57	278	33	323	11	0	20	2534	1.434	Apr 19, 1952	25	STL
35	Bob Turley	12	1951	1963	3	14.0	101	85	.543	3.64	310	237	38	78	24	13	1712.2	1366	753	693	140	1068	29	1265	56	3	39	7447	1.421	Sep 29, 1951	22	SLB
36	Al Worthington	14	1953	1969	0	17.2	75	82	.478	3.39	602	69	314	11	3	111	1246.2	1130	546	469	105	527	71	834	27	2	44	5331	1.329	Jul 6, 1953	24	NYG
	Totals	273	1940	1971	22	249	1523	1420	.517	3.83	7448	2728	2576	781	164	667	25720.1	25045	12270	10935	2427	9880	949	14222	501	47	605	109833	1.852

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