1959 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	Bob Allison	13	1958	1970	3	34.1	1541	5924	5032	811	1281	216	53	256	796	84	50	795	1033	.255	.358	.471	.829	Sep 16, 1958	24	WSH
2	George Altman	9	1959	1967	3	13.0	991	3420	3091	409	832	132	34	101	403	52	22	268	572	.269	.329	.432	.761	Apr 11, 1959	26	CHC
3	Sparky Anderson HOF	1	1959	1959	0	-1.2	152	527	477	42	104	9	3	0	34	6	9	42	53	.218	.282	.249	.531	Apr 10, 1959	25	PHI
4	Jim Baxes	1	1959	1959	0	1.0	88	308	280	39	69	12	0	17	39	1	1	25	54	.246	.310	.471	.782	Apr 11, 1959	30	TOT
5	Zeke Bella	2	1957	1959	0	-0.7	52	104	92	10	18	2	1	1	9	0	0	10	16	.196	.282	.272	.553	Sep 11, 1957	28	KCA
6	Bob Blaylock	2	1956	1959	0	-0.1	17	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.083	.083	.083	.167	Jul 22, 1956	24	STL
7	Gary Blaylock	1	1959	1959	0	0.0	46	37	36	5	5	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	18	.139	.139	.333	.472	Apr 10, 1959	27	TOT
8	Marshall Bridges	7	1959	1965	0	0.0	206	68	59	6	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	3	20	.119	.175	.220	.395	Jun 17, 1959	28	STL
9	Ernie Broglio	8	1959	1966	0	-0.1	259	490	431	29	68	10	0	0	24	0	0	24	121	.158	.201	.181	.382	Apr 11, 1959	23	STL
10	John Buzhardt	11	1958	1968	0	-0.6	332	499	445	22	60	6	2	0	18	0	0	17	196	.135	.170	.157	.327	Sep 10, 1958	22	CHC
11	Johnny Callison	16	1958	1973	4	38.4	1886	7437	6652	926	1757	321	89	226	840	74	51	650	1064	.264	.331	.441	.773	Sep 9, 1958	20	CHW
12	Jerry Casale	5	1958	1962	0	1.0	96	130	116	13	25	7	0	4	15	0	0	10	41	.216	.278	.379	.657	Sep 14, 1958	25	BOS
13	Norm Cash	17	1958	1974	5	52.0	2089	7914	6705	1045	1820	241	41	377	1104	43	30	1043	1091	.271	.374	.488	.862	Jun 18, 1958	25	CHW
14	Nelson Chittum	3	1958	1960	0	0.0	40	11	10	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.300	.500	Aug 17, 1958	26	BOS
15	Chuck Churn	3	1957	1959	0	0.0	25	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.286	.429	Apr 18, 1957	29	LAD
16	Jim Coates	9	1956	1967	2	-0.2	247	186	160	14	21	5	0	0	7	0	0	5	93	.131	.168	.163	.330	Sep 21, 1956	26	NYY
17	Bennie Daniels	9	1957	1965	0	0.8	233	348	300	25	51	4	1	5	26	1	0	26	134	.170	.238	.240	.478	Sep 24, 1957	27	PIT
18	Dutch Dotterer	5	1957	1961	0	0.7	107	340	299	27	74	15	0	5	33	0	1	35	44	.247	.323	.348	.671	Sep 25, 1957	27	CIN
19	Ron Fairly	21	1958	1978	2	34.9	2442	8437	7184	931	1913	307	33	215	1044	35	33	1052	877	.266	.360	.408	.768	Sep 9, 1958	20	LAD
20	Jack Fisher	11	1959	1969	0	-0.9	401	682	594	32	74	11	0	1	31	1	1	38	201	.125	.181	.148	.329	Apr 14, 1959	20	BAL
21	Bob Gibson HOF	17	1959	1975	9	7.5	596	1489	1328	132	274	44	5	24	144	13	10	63	415	.206	.243	.301	.545	Apr 15, 1959	23	STL
22	Eli Grba	5	1959	1963	0	1.3	143	191	160	15	35	5	0	4	19	0	0	14	42	.219	.284	.325	.609	Jul 10, 1959	24	NYY
23	Pumpsie Green	5	1959	1963	0	3.0	344	954	796	119	196	31	12	13	74	12	10	138	132	.246	.357	.364	.721	Jul 21, 1959	25	BOS
24	Kent Hadley	3	1958	1960	0	-0.3	171	399	363	49	88	13	1	14	50	1	2	30	97	.242	.300	.399	.699	Sep 14, 1958	24	KCA
25	Carroll Hardy	8	1958	1967	0	-1.5	433	1260	1117	172	251	47	10	17	113	13	14	120	222	.225	.302	.330	.633	Apr 15, 1958	26	CLE
26	Jay Hook	8	1957	1964	0	0.2	166	260	225	16	34	1	0	0	10	0	0	18	77	.151	.213	.156	.369	Sep 3, 1957	22	CIN
27	Joe Koppe	8	1958	1965	0	2.7	578	1857	1606	202	379	61	12	19	141	16	13	209	345	.236	.324	.324	.649	Aug 9, 1958	28	PHI
28	Bob Lillis	10	1958	1967	0	-3.6	817	2492	2328	198	549	68	9	3	137	23	25	99	116	.236	.270	.277	.546	Aug 17, 1958	29	LAD
29	Bobby Locke	9	1959	1968	0	0.9	168	113	98	12	25	2	0	1	12	0	0	9	22	.255	.318	.306	.624	Jun 18, 1959	25	CLE
30	Lee Maye	13	1959	1971	0	15.8	1288	4383	4048	533	1109	190	39	94	419	59	34	282	481	.274	.323	.410	.733	Jul 17, 1959	24	MLN
31	Jim McAnany	5	1958	1962	0	0.3	93	264	241	23	61	10	3	0	27	2	1	21	38	.253	.316	.320	.635	Sep 19, 1958	22	CHW
32	Willie McCovey HOF	22	1959	1980	6	64.4	2588	9692	8197	1229	2211	353	46	521	1555	26	22	1345	1550	.270	.374	.515	.889	Jul 30, 1959	21	SFG
33	Bob Miller	17	1957	1974	0	-1.3	685	340	299	8	33	1	2	0	8	0	0	14	125	.110	.152	.127	.279	Jun 26, 1957	20	STL
34	Jim O'Toole	10	1958	1967	1	-2.3	271	595	538	25	67	2	1	0	21	1	0	20	202	.125	.159	.132	.291	Sep 26, 1958	22	CIN
35	Gene Oliver	10	1959	1969	0	6.5	786	2467	2216	268	546	111	5	93	320	24	21	215	420	.246	.315	.427	.742	Jun 6, 1959	24	STL
36	Bobo Osborne	6	1957	1963	0	-0.5	359	882	763	93	157	30	2	17	86	2	0	104	171	.206	.304	.317	.621	Jun 27, 1957	23	DET
37	Orlando Peña	14	1958	1975	0	-0.5	407	309	264	12	36	2	0	2	22	0	0	19	127	.136	.193	.167	.360	Aug 24, 1958	25	CIN
38	Jim Perry	17	1959	1975	3	3.2	542	980	889	73	177	22	3	5	59	0	1	32	179	.199	.228	.247	.476	Apr 23, 1959	23	CLE
39	Dick Ricketts	1	1959	1959	0	-0.2	12	20	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.056	.056	.056	.111	Jun 14, 1959	25	STL
40	John Romano	10	1958	1967	4	20.9	905	3256	2767	355	706	112	10	129	417	7	9	414	485	.255	.354	.443	.797	Sep 12, 1958	24	CHW
41	Al Schroll	4	1958	1961	0	0.5	35	39	33	3	9	3	0	1	6	1	0	4	9	.273	.351	.455	.806	Apr 20, 1958	27	TOT
42	Barney Schultz	7	1955	1965	0	-0.2	227	40	33	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.121	.147	.121	.268	Apr 12, 1955	32	DET
43	Wally Shannon	2	1959	1960	0	-0.4	65	123	118	7	31	5	0	0	6	0	0	3	18	.263	.293	.305	.598	Jul 9, 1959	26	STL
44	Larry Sherry	11	1958	1968	0	0.2	416	164	148	7	25	1	3	3	9	0	0	7	37	.169	.212	.277	.489	Apr 17, 1958	23	LAD
45	Russ Snyder	12	1959	1970	0	5.2	1365	4014	3631	488	984	150	29	42	319	58	32	294	438	.271	.325	.363	.688	Apr 18, 1959	25	KCA
46	R C Stevens	4	1958	1961	0	0.1	104	176	162	21	34	4	1	8	21	1	0	12	41	.210	.273	.395	.668	Apr 15, 1958	24	PIT
47	Willie Tasby	6	1958	1963	0	-0.4	583	2112	1868	246	467	61	10	46	174	12	20	201	327	.250	.327	.367	.694	Sep 9, 1958	26	BAL
48	John Tsitouris	11	1957	1968	0	-1.1	149	221	198	9	22	2	0	0	7	0	0	6	64	.111	.140	.121	.261	Jun 13, 1957	23	KCA
49	Jerry Walker	8	1957	1964	1	1.4	211	268	252	24	58	6	0	4	21	1	0	7	51	.230	.253	.302	.554	Jul 6, 1957	20	BAL
50	Maury Wills	14	1959	1972	7	39.6	1942	8306	7588	1067	2134	177	71	20	458	586	208	552	684	.281	.330	.331	.661	Jun 6, 1959	26	LAD
51	Ted Wills	5	1959	1965	0	0.3	84	49	44	4	11	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	14	.250	.298	.318	.616	May 24, 1959	25	BOS
	Totals	436	1955	1980	50	333.8	27783	84596	74318	9799	18897	2819	532	2291	9093	1155	620	8299	12587	.254	.331	.399	.730

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	Bob Blaylock	2	1956	1959	0	-0.7	1	7	.125	5.94	17	7	3	0	0	0	50.0	53	37	33	8	27	1	42	0	0	0	227	1.600	Jul 22, 1956	24	STL
2	Gary Blaylock	1	1959	1959	0	0.4	4	6	.400	4.80	41	13	8	3	0	0	125.2	147	74	67	14	58	3	81	3	1	4	567	1.631	Apr 10, 1959	27	TOT
3	Marshall Bridges	7	1959	1965	0	2.8	23	15	.605	3.75	206	5	103	1	0	25	345.1	315	171	144	29	191	23	302	3	1	11	1523	1.465	Jun 17, 1959	28	STL
4	Ernie Broglio	8	1959	1966	0	18.0	77	74	.510	3.74	259	184	38	52	18	2	1337.1	1216	628	556	143	587	49	849	10	4	44	5698	1.348	Apr 11, 1959	23	STL
5	John Buzhardt	11	1958	1968	0	11.8	71	96	.425	3.66	326	200	47	44	15	7	1490.2	1425	675	607	130	457	67	678	43	4	35	6239	1.263	Sep 10, 1958	22	CHC
6	Jerry Casale	5	1958	1962	0	-0.1	17	24	.415	5.08	96	49	13	10	3	1	370.1	376	228	209	51	204	9	207	7	1	22	1674	1.566	Sep 14, 1958	25	BOS
7	Nelson Chittum	3	1958	1960	0	0.7	3	1	.750	3.84	40	2	17	0	0	0	68.0	68	34	29	5	24	3	30	1	2	2	291	1.353	Aug 17, 1958	26	BOS
8	Chuck Churn	3	1957	1959	0	0.0	3	2	.600	5.10	25	0	11	0	0	1	47.2	49	28	27	4	19	5	32	1	1	1	200	1.427	Apr 18, 1957	29	LAD
9	Jim Coates	9	1956	1967	2	-0.2	43	22	.662	4.00	247	46	89	13	4	17	683.1	650	336	304	65	286	25	396	25	3	19	2947	1.370	Sep 21, 1956	26	NYY
10	Bennie Daniels	9	1957	1965	0	2.2	45	76	.372	4.44	230	139	33	26	5	5	997.0	1004	553	492	99	383	45	471	9	2	30	4288	1.391	Sep 24, 1957	27	PIT
11	Jack Fisher	11	1959	1969	0	5.3	86	139	.382	4.06	400	265	65	62	9	9	1975.2	2061	1024	891	193	605	39	1017	52	4	56	8452	1.349	Apr 14, 1959	20	BAL
12	Bob Gibson HOF	17	1959	1975	9	81.7	251	174	.591	2.91	528	482	21	255	56	6	3884.1	3279	1420	1258	257	1336	118	3117	102	13	108	16068	1.188	Apr 15, 1959	23	STL
13	Eli Grba	5	1959	1963	0	-0.8	28	33	.459	4.48	135	75	26	10	0	4	536.1	513	318	267	62	284	19	255	12	3	15	2387	1.486	Jul 10, 1959	24	NYY
14	Jay Hook	8	1957	1964	0	-1.1	29	62	.319	5.23	160	112	21	30	2	1	752.2	808	482	437	111	275	16	394	30	0	22	3291	1.439	Sep 3, 1957	22	CIN
15	Bobby Locke	9	1959	1968	0	0.4	16	15	.516	4.02	165	23	60	2	2	10	416.2	432	209	186	40	165	21	194	9	2	14	1817	1.433	Jun 18, 1959	25	CLE
16	Bob Miller	17	1957	1974	0	17.9	69	81	.460	3.37	694	99	290	7	0	52	1551.1	1487	679	581	101	608	111	895	32	3	62	6623	1.350	Jun 26, 1957	20	STL
17	Jim O'Toole	10	1958	1967	1	21.2	98	84	.538	3.57	270	238	12	58	18	4	1615.1	1545	730	640	119	546	40	1039	26	11	42	6824	1.294	Sep 26, 1958	22	CIN
18	Orlando Peña	14	1958	1975	0	13.3	56	77	.421	3.71	427	93	155	21	4	40	1202.0	1175	549	495	151	352	42	818	28	5	31	5085	1.270	Aug 24, 1958	25	CIN
19	Jim Perry	17	1959	1975	3	38.4	215	174	.553	3.45	630	447	64	109	32	10	3285.2	3127	1407	1258	308	998	93	1576	80	3	55	13732	1.255	Apr 23, 1959	23	CLE
20	Dick Ricketts	1	1959	1959	0	-0.4	1	6	.143	5.82	12	9	2	0	0	0	55.2	68	42	36	7	30	4	25	0	0	1	259	1.760	Jun 14, 1959	25	STL
21	Al Schroll	4	1958	1961	0	-0.9	6	9	.400	5.34	35	13	8	3	0	0	118.0	121	82	70	11	64	2	63	3	0	6	528	1.568	Apr 20, 1958	27	TOT
22	Barney Schultz	7	1955	1965	0	4.0	20	20	.500	3.63	227	0	121	0	0	35	346.2	303	169	140	39	116	24	264	15	3	15	1448	1.209	Apr 12, 1955	32	DET
23	Larry Sherry	11	1958	1968	0	5.6	53	44	.546	3.67	416	16	245	2	1	82	799.1	747	377	326	78	374	55	606	32	2	45	3480	1.402	Apr 17, 1958	23	LAD
24	John Tsitouris	11	1957	1968	0	2.2	34	38	.472	4.13	149	84	20	18	5	3	663.0	653	348	304	71	260	12	432	40	7	47	2902	1.377	Jun 13, 1957	23	KCA
25	Jerry Walker	8	1957	1964	1	4.3	37	44	.457	4.36	190	90	49	16	4	13	747.0	734	397	362	97	341	22	326	25	1	18	3263	1.439	Jul 6, 1957	20	BAL
26	Ted Wills	5	1959	1965	0	-1.6	8	11	.421	5.51	83	13	24	2	0	5	186.1	210	123	114	29	97	5	133	10	0	17	847	1.648	May 24, 1959	25	BOS
	Totals	213	1955	1975	16	224.4	1294	1334	.492	3.74	6008	2704	1545	744	178	332	23651.1	22566	11120	9833	2222	8687	853	14242	598	76	722	100660	1.600

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