1957 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	Joe Altobelli	3	1955	1961	0	-0.9	166	290	257	27	54	8	3	5	28	3	3	23	42	.210	.277	.323	.600	Apr 14, 1955	25	CLE
2	Harry Anderson	5	1957	1961	0	5.2	484	1786	1586	199	419	82	16	60	242	3	6	159	291	.264	.334	.450	.784	Apr 18, 1957	25	PHI
3	Curt Barclay	3	1957	1959	0	0.2	44	67	64	6	15	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	18	.234	.258	.281	.539	Apr 21, 1957	25	NYG
4	Earl Battey	13	1955	1967	5	18.8	1141	4105	3586	393	969	150	17	104	449	13	12	421	470	.270	.349	.409	.757	Sep 10, 1955	22	CHW
5	Julio Becquer	7	1955	1963	0	-2.7	488	1029	974	100	238	37	16	12	114	8	11	41	120	.244	.276	.352	.628	Sep 13, 1955	25	WSH
6	Ed Bouchee	7	1956	1962	0	8.4	670	2594	2199	298	583	114	21	61	290	5	8	340	401	.265	.368	.419	.787	Sep 19, 1956	24	PHI
7	Bob Bowman	5	1955	1959	0	0.3	256	584	519	71	129	19	5	17	54	0	1	48	109	.249	.317	.403	.719	Apr 16, 1955	26	PHI
8	Dick Brown	9	1957	1965	0	2.9	636	2031	1866	175	455	62	3	62	223	7	6	119	356	.244	.291	.380	.671	Jun 20, 1957	22	CLE
9	Joe Caffie	2	1956	1957	0	0.1	44	139	127	21	37	2	1	3	11	3	3	8	19	.291	.343	.394	.737	Sep 13, 1956	26	CLE
10	Don Cardwell	14	1957	1970	0	-0.1	416	767	698	44	94	10	1	15	53	2	1	25	340	.135	.171	.216	.387	Apr 21, 1957	21	PHI
11	Al Cicotte	5	1957	1962	0	0.1	104	73	71	3	15	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	.211	.222	.239	.462	Apr 22, 1957	27	NYY
12	Gino Cimoli	10	1956	1965	1	1.3	969	3358	3054	370	808	133	48	44	321	21	6	221	474	.265	.315	.383	.698	Apr 19, 1956	27	BRO
13	Bud Daley	10	1955	1964	4	0.7	248	330	291	23	56	5	0	0	22	0	0	16	35	.192	.242	.210	.452	Sep 10, 1955	24	CLE
14	Whammy Douglas	1	1957	1957	0	-0.3	11	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.063	.063	.063	.125	Jul 29, 1957	22	PIT
15	Dick Drott	7	1957	1963	0	-0.4	176	213	202	12	34	0	1	0	7	0	0	6	66	.168	.192	.178	.371	Apr 16, 1957	20	CHC
16	Joe Durham	3	1954	1959	0	-1.3	93	226	202	25	38	2	0	5	20	1	1	20	50	.188	.260	.272	.532	Sep 10, 1954	25	BAL
17	Don Elston	9	1953	1964	2	-0.6	450	139	124	6	19	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	30	.153	.160	.153	.313	Sep 17, 1953	28	TOT
18	Jim Fanning	4	1954	1957	0	-1.0	64	149	141	5	24	2	0	0	5	0	0	6	26	.170	.209	.184	.394	Sep 11, 1954	29	CHC
19	Turk Farrell	14	1956	1969	5	-0.6	590	469	436	19	59	7	0	4	18	0	0	11	165	.135	.158	.179	.337	Sep 21, 1956	23	PHI
20	Chico Fernández	8	1956	1963	0	-2.4	856	3079	2778	270	666	91	19	40	258	68	28	213	338	.240	.292	.329	.622	Jul 14, 1956	25	PHI
21	Bill Fischer	9	1956	1964	0	-0.1	281	236	199	8	27	3	0	1	12	0	0	12	46	.136	.191	.166	.357	Apr 21, 1956	26	CHW
22	Milt Graff	2	1957	1958	0	0.3	61	177	156	16	28	4	3	0	10	2	5	15	10	.179	.259	.244	.502	Apr 16, 1957	26	KCA
23	Bob Hazle	3	1955	1958	0	1.5	110	297	261	37	81	14	0	9	37	1	3	32	35	.310	.390	.467	.857	Sep 8, 1955	26	MLN
24	Woodie Held	14	1954	1969	0	22.0	1390	4647	4019	524	963	150	22	179	559	14	11	508	944	.240	.331	.421	.753	Sep 5, 1954	25	TOT
25	Evelio Hernández	2	1956	1957	0	-0.1	18	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.118	.167	.118	.284	Sep 12, 1956	26	WSH
26	Dick Hyde	6	1955	1961	0	-0.4	169	50	43	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	16	.093	.152	.093	.245	Apr 23, 1955	28	WSH
27	Eddie Kasko	10	1957	1966	2	11.1	1077	3881	3546	411	935	146	13	22	261	31	31	265	353	.264	.317	.331	.648	Apr 18, 1957	26	STL
28	Jerry Kindall	9	1956	1965	0	-3.0	742	2263	2057	211	439	83	9	44	198	17	11	145	535	.213	.266	.327	.593	Jul 1, 1956	22	CHC
29	Danny Kravitz	5	1956	1960	0	-1.2	215	592	552	52	130	22	7	10	54	1	2	35	64	.236	.280	.355	.635	Apr 17, 1956	26	PIT
30	Tony Kubek	9	1957	1965	4	18.4	1092	4494	4167	522	1109	178	30	57	373	29	23	217	441	.266	.303	.364	.667	Apr 20, 1957	21	NYY
31	Jim Landis	11	1957	1967	2	20.6	1346	5025	4288	625	1061	169	50	93	467	139	51	588	767	.247	.344	.375	.719	Apr 16, 1957	23	CHW
32	Joe Lonnett	4	1956	1959	0	-1.5	143	377	325	22	54	8	0	6	27	0	1	40	74	.166	.259	.246	.505	Apr 22, 1956	30	PHI
33	Jerry Lumpe	12	1956	1967	1	15.4	1371	5441	4912	620	1314	190	52	47	454	20	15	428	411	.268	.325	.356	.681	Apr 17, 1956	24	NYY
34	Frank Malzone	12	1955	1966	8	16.4	1441	5869	5428	647	1486	239	21	133	728	14	14	337	434	.274	.315	.399	.714	Sep 17, 1955	27	BOS
35	Félix Mantilla	11	1956	1966	1	6.5	969	3029	2707	360	707	97	10	89	330	27	10	256	352	.261	.329	.403	.732	Jun 21, 1956	22	MLN
36	Roger Maris	12	1957	1968	7	38.3	1463	5847	5101	826	1325	195	42	275	850	21	9	652	733	.260	.345	.476	.822	Apr 16, 1957	22	CLE
37	Bob Martyn	3	1957	1959	0	0.3	154	399	358	35	94	12	11	3	35	2	7	37	56	.263	.330	.383	.713	Jun 18, 1957	26	KCA
38	Mike McCormick	16	1956	1971	4	1.3	487	841	738	54	115	12	1	7	39	0	2	40	275	.156	.199	.203	.402	Sep 3, 1956	18	NYG
39	Von McDaniel	2	1957	1958	0	-0.5	19	28	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jun 13, 1957	18	STL
40	Danny McDevitt	6	1957	1962	0	-0.5	155	139	123	12	17	2	0	0	7	0	0	6	52	.138	.183	.154	.338	Jun 17, 1957	24	BRO
41	Don McMahon	18	1957	1974	1	-0.1	874	185	168	8	23	4	0	0	9	0	0	10	87	.137	.185	.161	.346	Jun 30, 1957	27	MLN
42	Lloyd Merritt	1	1957	1957	0	0.0	44	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.222	.000	.222	Apr 22, 1957	24	STL
43	Seth Morehead	5	1957	1961	0	-0.1	132	69	62	3	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	26	.145	.185	.177	.362	Apr 27, 1957	22	PHI
44	Red Murff	2	1956	1957	0	-0.1	26	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.091	.091	.182	Apr 21, 1956	36	MLN
45	Cal Neeman	7	1957	1963	0	1.2	376	1100	1002	93	224	35	4	30	97	1	0	79	221	.224	.284	.356	.641	Apr 16, 1957	28	CHC
46	Russ Nixon	12	1957	1968	0	-1.7	906	2715	2504	215	670	115	19	27	266	0	7	154	279	.268	.310	.361	.671	Apr 20, 1957	22	CLE
47	Billy O'Dell	13	1954	1967	2	-0.8	530	604	528	43	66	6	0	2	19	5	5	38	171	.125	.183	.148	.331	Jun 20, 1954	24	BAL
48	Hardy Peterson	4	1955	1959	0	0.8	66	185	161	17	44	8	1	3	21	0	1	17	17	.273	.344	.391	.736	May 5, 1955	27	PIT
49	Jim Pisoni	5	1953	1960	0	0.3	103	212	189	26	40	3	3	6	20	0	0	16	47	.212	.278	.354	.632	Sep 25, 1953	27	KCA
50	Stan Pitula	1	1957	1957	0	0.0	24	16	15	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.200	.250	.200	.450	Apr 24, 1957	26	CLE
51	Juan Pizarro	18	1957	1974	2	3.4	496	727	658	72	133	18	2	8	66	1	1	32	191	.202	.237	.272	.509	May 4, 1957	20	MLN
52	Larry Raines	2	1957	1958	0	0.0	103	276	253	40	64	14	0	2	16	5	3	19	45	.253	.308	.332	.640	Apr 16, 1957	27	CLE
53	Dick Rand	3	1953	1957	0	-0.1	72	167	146	11	35	3	1	2	13	0	1	14	31	.240	.302	.315	.618	Sep 16, 1953	26	PIT
54	Bobby Richardson	12	1955	1966	8	8.0	1412	5783	5386	643	1432	196	37	34	390	73	48	262	243	.266	.299	.335	.634	Aug 5, 1955	21	NYY
55	Brooks Robinson HOF	23	1955	1977	18	78.5	2896	11782	10654	1232	2848	482	68	268	1357	28	22	860	990	.267	.322	.401	.723	Sep 17, 1955	20	BAL
56	Ron Samford	4	1954	1959	0	-0.8	158	360	334	31	73	14	2	5	27	2	1	17	46	.219	.261	.317	.579	Apr 15, 1954	27	DET
57	Raúl Sánchez	3	1952	1960	0	0.1	49	15	14	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.214	.214	.286	.500	Apr 17, 1952	26	CIN
58	Jack Sanford	12	1956	1967	1	0.8	393	760	665	51	105	19	2	3	37	0	1	45	240	.158	.212	.206	.418	Sep 16, 1956	28	PHI
59	Dick Schofield	19	1953	1971	0	8.5	1321	3545	3083	394	699	113	20	21	211	12	29	390	526	.227	.317	.297	.614	Jul 3, 1953	22	STL
60	Art Schult	5	1953	1960	0	-0.2	164	455	421	58	111	24	0	6	56	0	1	23	50	.264	.306	.363	.669	May 17, 1953	29	TOT
61	Bob Smith	4	1955	1959	0	-0.4	91	31	29	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	.069	.067	.069	.136	Apr 29, 1955	27	TOT
62	Bobby Smith	7	1957	1965	0	-0.8	476	1034	962	101	234	35	5	13	96	5	9	55	154	.243	.284	.331	.615	Apr 16, 1957	23	STL
63	Red Swanson	3	1955	1957	0	-0.2	43	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.071	.000	.071	Sep 10, 1955	20	PIT
64	Joe Taylor	4	1954	1959	0	-0.1	119	329	297	34	74	16	1	9	31	0	2	28	61	.249	.313	.401	.714	Aug 26, 1954	31	CIN
65	Ralph Terry	12	1956	1967	2	-1.3	339	672	593	22	95	8	0	1	26	0	0	19	151	.160	.190	.179	.368	Aug 6, 1956	21	TOT
66	Valmy Thomas	5	1957	1961	0	0.8	252	683	626	56	144	20	3	12	60	2	1	45	79	.230	.283	.329	.612	Apr 16, 1957	31	NYG
67	Dick Tomanek	5	1953	1959	0	0.2	108	53	50	5	9	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	11	.180	.212	.300	.512	Sep 25, 1953	26	CLE
68	Jack Urban	3	1957	1959	0	0.2	76	90	86	3	18	1	0	0	7	2	0	2	22	.209	.236	.221	.457	Jun 13, 1957	28	KCA
69	Ozzie Virgil	9	1956	1969	0	-0.4	324	798	753	75	174	19	7	14	73	6	5	34	91	.231	.263	.331	.594	Sep 23, 1956	25	NYG
70	Bob Will	6	1957	1963	0	-0.5	410	925	819	87	202	35	9	9	87	2	6	83	119	.247	.314	.344	.659	Apr 16, 1957	25	CHC
71	Casey Wise	4	1957	1960	0	-1.9	126	352	321	37	56	6	3	3	17	2	1	29	36	.174	.243	.240	.483	Apr 16, 1957	24	CHC
	Totals	528	1952	1977	80	265.8	33118	99052	89024	10416	22195	3453	609	1886	9576	599	425	7574	12961	.249	.310	.365	.675

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	Curt Barclay	3	1957	1959	0	3.1	10	9	.526	3.48	44	29	4	5	2	1	199.1	214	95	77	24	55	7	73	5	0	1	855	1.349	Apr 21, 1957	25	NYG
2	Julio Becquer	7	1955	1963	0	-0.1	0	0		15.43	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	2.571	Sep 13, 1955	25	WSH
3	Bob Bowman	5	1955	1959	0	-0.1	0	1	.000	6.00	5	0	4	0	0	0	6.0	5	5	4	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	27	1.667	Apr 16, 1955	26	PHI
4	Don Cardwell	14	1957	1970	0	16.9	102	138	.425	3.92	410	301	44	72	17	7	2123.0	2009	1044	924	225	671	80	1211	98	8	69	8949	1.262	Apr 21, 1957	21	PHI
5	Al Cicotte	5	1957	1962	0	0.2	10	13	.435	4.36	102	16	42	0	0	5	260.0	280	142	126	30	119	7	149	5	0	11	1138	1.535	Apr 22, 1957	27	NYY
6	Bud Daley	10	1955	1964	4	5.9	60	64	.484	4.03	248	116	48	36	3	10	967.1	998	502	433	99	351	20	549	60	2	29	4233	1.395	Sep 10, 1955	24	CLE
7	Whammy Douglas	1	1957	1957	0	0.2	3	3	.500	3.26	11	8	1	0	0	0	47.0	48	23	17	5	30	2	28	3	0	0	213	1.660	Jul 29, 1957	22	PIT
8	Dick Drott	7	1957	1963	0	-0.6	27	46	.370	4.78	176	101	32	14	5	0	687.2	626	420	365	84	405	11	460	23	4	38	3078	1.499	Apr 16, 1957	20	CHC
9	Don Elston	9	1953	1964	2	10.0	49	54	.476	3.69	450	15	240	2	0	64	755.2	702	354	310	80	327	63	519	25	2	13	3232	1.362	Sep 17, 1953	28	TOT
10	Turk Farrell	14	1956	1969	5	27.8	106	111	.488	3.45	590	134	301	41	5	83	1704.2	1628	737	653	152	468	82	1177	27	4	45	7099	1.230	Sep 21, 1956	23	PHI
11	Bill Fischer	9	1956	1964	0	3.8	45	58	.437	4.34	281	78	95	16	2	13	831.1	936	439	401	85	210	29	313	12	2	20	3563	1.379	Apr 21, 1956	26	CHW
12	Evelio Hernández	2	1956	1957	0	0.8	1	1	.500	4.45	18	6	6	1	0	0	58.2	62	30	29	4	28	1	24	0	0	1	261	1.534	Sep 12, 1956	26	WSH
13	Dick Hyde	6	1955	1961	0	6.1	17	14	.548	3.56	169	2	101	0	0	25	298.1	273	133	118	13	137	22	144	13	1	6	1289	1.374	Apr 23, 1955	28	WSH
14	Mike McCormick	16	1956	1971	4	17.4	134	128	.511	3.73	484	333	69	91	23	12	2380.1	2281	1100	986	256	795	101	1321	24	6	75	10058	1.292	Sep 3, 1956	18	NYG
15	Von McDaniel	2	1957	1958	0	1.1	7	5	.583	3.45	19	14	2	4	2	0	88.2	76	40	34	7	36	3	45	1	1	4	372	1.263	Jun 13, 1957	18	STL
16	Danny McDevitt	6	1957	1962	0	1.0	21	27	.438	4.40	155	60	37	13	4	7	456.0	461	266	223	42	264	12	303	32	2	34	2075	1.590	Jun 17, 1957	24	BRO
17	Don McMahon	18	1957	1974	1	22.6	90	68	.570	2.96	874	2	505	0	0	152	1310.2	1054	482	431	104	579	84	1003	34	5	75	5503	1.246	Jun 30, 1957	27	MLN
18	Lloyd Merritt	1	1957	1957	0	0.8	1	2	.333	3.31	44	0	18	0	0	7	65.1	60	29	24	7	28	5	35	4	0	0	280	1.347	Apr 22, 1957	24	STL
19	Seth Morehead	5	1957	1961	0	-0.2	5	19	.208	4.81	132	24	38	3	0	5	318.1	357	190	170	34	110	15	184	7	5	7	1407	1.467	Apr 27, 1957	22	PHI
20	Red Murff	2	1956	1957	0	-0.2	2	2	.500	4.65	26	2	12	0	0	3	50.1	56	28	26	6	18	1	31	0	0	0	218	1.470	Apr 21, 1956	36	MLN
21	Billy O'Dell	13	1954	1967	2	22.6	105	100	.512	3.29	479	199	137	63	13	50	1817.0	1697	758	665	137	556	66	1133	42	5	30	7643	1.240	Jun 20, 1954	24	BAL
22	Stan Pitula	1	1957	1957	0	-0.2	2	2	.500	4.98	23	5	7	1	0	0	59.2	67	37	33	8	32	4	17	2	0	1	266	1.659	Apr 24, 1957	26	CLE
23	Juan Pizarro	18	1957	1974	2	16.2	131	105	.555	3.43	488	245	119	79	17	28	2034.1	1807	890	776	201	888	67	1522	41	2	65	8690	1.325	May 4, 1957	20	MLN
24	Raúl Sánchez	3	1952	1960	0	0.0	5	3	.625	4.62	49	2	15	1	1	5	89.2	86	51	46	8	43	4	48	7	0	2	395	1.439	Apr 17, 1952	26	CIN
25	Jack Sanford	12	1956	1967	1	17.8	137	101	.576	3.69	388	293	42	76	14	11	2049.1	1907	952	840	174	737	59	1182	46	21	59	8659	1.290	Sep 16, 1956	28	PHI
26	Bob Smith	4	1955	1959	0	-1.2	4	9	.308	4.05	91	8	28	2	0	3	166.2	174	102	75	15	83	12	93	4	0	5	753	1.542	Apr 29, 1955	27	TOT
27	Red Swanson	3	1955	1957	0	0.0	3	3	.500	4.90	42	8	10	1	0	0	86.1	91	52	47	11	42	4	34	1	0	2	382	1.541	Sep 10, 1955	20	PIT
28	Ralph Terry	12	1956	1967	2	13.2	107	99	.519	3.62	338	257	37	75	20	12	1849.1	1748	844	744	216	446	28	1000	24	1	18	7598	1.186	Aug 6, 1956	21	TOT
29	Dick Tomanek	5	1953	1959	0	-0.6	10	10	.500	4.95	106	11	53	4	0	7	231.0	231	141	127	34	112	9	166	6	1	19	1021	1.485	Sep 25, 1953	26	CLE
30	Jack Urban	3	1957	1959	0	0.0	15	15	.500	4.83	69	37	15	8	1	1	272.0	279	158	146	25	103	8	113	3	2	9	1172	1.404	Jun 13, 1957	28	KCA
	Totals	216	1952	1974	23	184.3	1209	1210	.500	3.75	6313	2306	2064	608	129	511	21266.1	20218	10048	8854	2088	7679	806	12877	549	74	639	90442	1.660

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