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1981 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	Luis Aguayo	10	1980	1989	0	2.7	568	1244	1104	142	260	43	10	37	109	7	5	94	220	.236	.304	.393	.697	Apr 19, 1980	22	PHI
2	Brian Allard	3	1979	1981	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Aug 8, 1979	23	SEA
3	Larry Andersen	17	1975	1994	0	0.0	581	45	38	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	.132	.195	.132	.327	Sep 5, 1975	28	SEA
4	Bob Babcock	3	1979	1981	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Jul 22, 1979	31	TEX
5	Shooty Babitt	1	1981	1981	0	0.3	54	171	156	10	40	1	3	0	14	5	4	13	13	.256	.314	.301	.615	Apr 9, 1981	22	OAK
6	Chuck Baker	3	1978	1981	0	-0.2	93	158	146	14	27	2	3	0	9	0	0	3	27	.185	.201	.240	.441	Apr 7, 1978	28	MIN
7	Randy Bass	6	1977	1982	0	-1.1	130	366	325	24	69	6	2	9	42	0	1	30	51	.212	.284	.326	.610	Sep 3, 1977	27	SDP
8	George Bell	12	1981	1993	3	20.0	1587	6592	6123	814	1702	308	34	265	1002	67	36	331	771	.278	.316	.469	.785	Apr 9, 1981	21	TOR
9	Bruce Berenyi	7	1980	1986	0	0.9	142	278	234	14	46	10	1	0	13	0	0	2	70	.197	.201	.248	.449	Jul 5, 1980	26	CIN
10	Juan Bonilla	6	1981	1987	0	2.4	429	1616	1462	145	375	50	9	7	101	7	10	116	108	.256	.314	.317	.631	Apr 9, 1981	25	SDP
11	Danny Boone	3	1981	1990	0	0.1	57	11	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	Apr 11, 1981	27	SDP
12	Fred Breining	5	1980	1984	0	0.1	140	130	108	5	16	1	0	0	4	0	0	11	53	.148	.227	.157	.384	Sep 4, 1980	25	SFG
13	Hubie Brooks	15	1980	1994	2	12.9	1645	6476	5974	656	1608	290	31	149	824	64	56	387	1005	.269	.315	.403	.717	Sep 4, 1980	24	NYM
14	Mark Brouhard	6	1980	1985	0	-0.2	304	985	909	108	235	40	7	25	104	2	11	53	183	.259	.305	.400	.705	Apr 12, 1980	25	MIL
15	Terry Bulling	4	1977	1983	0	0.2	138	397	345	34	77	11	0	3	28	2	1	45	41	.223	.315	.281	.596	Jul 3, 1977	28	SEA
16	John Butcher	7	1980	1986	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Sep 8, 1980	24	TEX
17	Sal Butera	9	1980	1988	0	-1.3	359	911	801	63	182	24	3	8	76	0	0	86	85	.227	.302	.295	.597	Apr 10, 1980	28	MIN
18	Marty Bystrom	6	1980	1985	0	0.0	69	125	112	6	18	3	0	0	5	0	1	4	52	.161	.188	.188	.376	Sep 7, 1980	22	PHI
19	Bryan Clark	8	1981	1990	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Apr 11, 1981	24	SEA
20	Don Cooper	4	1981	1985	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Apr 9, 1981	25	MIN
21	Steve Crawford	10	1980	1991	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Sep 2, 1980	23	BOS
22	Jody Davis	10	1981	1990	2	15.8	1082	3984	3585	364	877	164	11	127	490	7	16	333	712	.245	.307	.403	.710	Apr 21, 1981	24	CHC
23	Keith Drumright	2	1978	1981	0	-0.3	48	151	141	13	34	1	1	0	13	0	1	7	8	.241	.275	.262	.538	Sep 1, 1978	26	OAK
24	Dave Edler	4	1980	1983	0	-2.0	126	382	334	34	72	7	3	6	36	12	11	35	53	.216	.291	.308	.599	Sep 4, 1980	24	SEA
25	Dave Engle	9	1981	1989	1	3.8	594	1784	1643	201	431	88	13	31	181	5	5	120	190	.262	.311	.388	.700	Apr 14, 1981	24	MIN
26	Mike Fischlin	10	1977	1987	0	-1.4	517	1082	941	109	207	29	6	3	68	24	13	92	142	.220	.291	.273	.565	Sep 3, 1977	25	CLE
27	Rich Gedman	13	1980	1992	2	9.6	1033	3468	3159	331	795	176	12	88	382	3	4	236	509	.252	.304	.399	.703	Sep 7, 1980	21	BOS
28	Dave Geisel	7	1978	1985	0	-0.1	37	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	Jun 13, 1978	26	CHC
29	Jerry Don Gleaton	12	1979	1992	0	0.0	23	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	Jul 11, 1979	23	SEA
30	Greg Harris	15	1981	1995	0	0.7	242	71	68	7	15	3	2	0	4	0	0	1	29	.221	.232	.324	.555	May 20, 1981	25	NYM
31	Brad Havens	8	1981	1989	0	0.0	40	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jun 5, 1981	21	MIN
32	Danny Heep	13	1979	1991	0	0.4	883	2222	1961	208	503	96	6	30	229	12	14	220	242	.257	.330	.357	.687	Aug 31, 1979	23	HOU
33	Bruce Hurst	15	1980	1994	1	-0.4	135	331	274	11	31	5	0	0	8	0	0	20	141	.113	.173	.131	.305	Apr 12, 1980	23	BOS
34	Jeff Jones	5	1980	1984	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Apr 10, 1980	24	OAK
35	Mike Jones	4	1980	1985	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Sep 6, 1980	21	KCR
36	Rickey Keeton	2	1980	1981	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					May 27, 1980	24	MIL
37	Tito Landrum	9	1980	1988	0	1.8	607	1107	995	120	248	40	12	13	111	17	18	85	196	.249	.309	.353	.661	Jul 23, 1980	26	STL
38	Vance Law	11	1980	1991	1	10.5	1212	4298	3802	453	972	193	26	71	442	34	26	408	602	.256	.326	.376	.703	Jun 1, 1980	24	PIT
39	Rufino Linares	4	1981	1985	0	2.0	207	577	545	66	147	21	3	11	63	15	6	24	74	.270	.299	.380	.679	Apr 10, 1981	30	ATL
40	Tim Lollar	7	1980	1986	0	3.0	124	255	231	27	54	3	3	8	38	0	0	18	64	.234	.286	.377	.662	Jun 28, 1980	25	SDP
41	Ed Lynch	8	1980	1987	0	-0.9	248	280	237	7	27	2	0	0	6	0	0	11	112	.114	.153	.122	.275	Aug 31, 1980	25	NYM
42	Rick Mahler	13	1979	1991	0	0.6	394	671	581	40	104	17	0	1	37	0	1	20	117	.179	.208	.213	.422	Apr 20, 1979	27	ATL
43	John Martin	4	1980	1983	0	0.2	78	89	73	4	15	3	1	0	13	0	0	4	22	.205	.244	.274	.518	Aug 27, 1980	25	STL
44	Randy Martz	4	1980	1983	0	0.3	68	97	79	6	13	2	0	0	8	0	0	9	35	.165	.250	.190	.440	Sep 6, 1980	25	CHC
45	Mike O'Berry	7	1979	1985	0	0.6	197	433	376	38	72	10	1	3	27	1	0	43	77	.191	.274	.247	.522	Apr 8, 1979	27	CIN
46	Bob Ojeda	15	1980	1994	0	-0.4	203	389	347	14	44	2	1	1	9	0	0	11	102	.127	.153	.147	.300	Jul 13, 1980	23	BOS
47	Jesse Orosco	24	1979	2003	2	0.3	571	76	59	3	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	25	.169	.261	.169	.430	Apr 5, 1979	24	NYM
48	Tony Peña	18	1980	1997	5	24.7	1988	7073	6489	667	1687	298	27	107	708	80	63	455	846	.260	.309	.364	.673	Sep 1, 1980	24	PIT
49	Pascual Pérez	11	1980	1991	1	-0.2	211	405	342	26	41	6	2	0	15	1	1	20	139	.120	.173	.149	.322	May 7, 1980	24	PIT
50	Joe Pittman	3	1981	1984	0	0.5	139	312	285	29	75	7	2	0	16	13	8	20	37	.263	.309	.302	.611	Apr 25, 1981	28	HOU
51	Tim Raines HOF	23	1979	2002	7	69.4	2502	10359	8872	1571	2605	430	113	170	980	808	146	1330	966	.294	.385	.425	.810	Sep 11, 1979	21	MON
52	Dave Righetti	16	1979	1995	2	0.0	171	16	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.182	.182	.182	.364	Sep 16, 1979	22	NYY
53	Andy Rincon	3	1980	1982	0	0.3	20	41	35	4	7	1	0	0	7	0	0	2	17	.200	.243	.229	.472	Sep 15, 1980	22	STL
54	Dewey Robinson	3	1979	1981	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Apr 6, 1979	26	CHW
55	Ed Romero	12	1977	1990	0	-5.2	730	2111	1912	218	473	79	1	8	155	9	10	140	159	.247	.298	.302	.600	Jul 16, 1977	23	MIL
56	Rod Scurry	8	1980	1988	0	0.0	257	58	55	3	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	26	.164	.193	.200	.393	Apr 17, 1980	25	PIT
57	Lee Smith HOF	18	1980	1997	7	-0.5	770	71	64	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	42	.047	.090	.094	.183	Sep 1, 1980	23	CHC
58	Jim Tracy	2	1980	1981	0	-0.6	87	213	185	18	46	5	4	3	14	3	2	25	51	.249	.336	.368	.704	Jul 20, 1980	25	CHC
59	Fernando Valenzuela	17	1980	1997	6	4.1	439	1044	936	56	187	26	1	10	84	0	2	8	145	.200	.205	.262	.467	Sep 15, 1980	20	LAD
60	Tim Wallach	17	1980	1996	5	38.5	2212	8908	8099	908	2085	432	36	260	1125	51	66	649	1307	.257	.316	.416	.732	Sep 6, 1980	23	MON
61	Gary Ward	12	1979	1990	2	17.6	1287	4892	4479	594	1236	196	41	130	597	83	30	351	775	.276	.328	.425	.753	Sep 3, 1979	27	MIN
62	Chris Welsh	5	1981	1986	0	0.5	97	163	143	11	26	6	0	1	18	1	1	8	51	.182	.225	.245	.470	Apr 12, 1981	26	SDP
63	Mookie Wilson	12	1980	1991	0	22.4	1403	5442	5094	731	1397	227	71	67	438	327	98	282	866	.274	.314	.386	.700	Sep 2, 1980	25	NYM
64	Mike Witt	12	1981	1993	2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Apr 11, 1981	20	CAL
65	Jim Wright	2	1981	1982	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					Apr 22, 1981	26	KCR
	Totals	574	1975	2003	51	252.4	27281	82375	74291	8933	19213	3365	503	1653	8661	1660	667	6180	11586	.259	.316	.384	.700

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	Brian Allard	3	1979	1981	0	0.9	4	6	.400	4.23	19	13	3	3	0	0	95.2	97	52	45	9	31	3	44	1	0	1	399	1.338	Aug 8, 1979	23	SEA
2	Larry Andersen	17	1975	1994	0	13.9	40	39	.506	3.15	699	1	267	0	0	49	995.1	932	402	348	58	311	64	758	17	7	21	4171	1.249	Sep 5, 1975	28	SEA
3	Bob Babcock	3	1979	1981	0	0.3	2	3	.400	3.92	39	0	16	0	0	0	57.1	48	27	25	6	31	2	39	3	0	2	246	1.378	Jul 22, 1979	31	TEX
4	Bruce Berenyi	7	1980	1986	0	5.3	44	55	.444	4.03	142	131	4	13	5	0	781.2	730	392	350	32	425	12	607	7	5	52	3409	1.478	Jul 5, 1980	26	CIN
5	Danny Boone	3	1981	1990	0	0.6	2	1	.667	3.36	61	1	16	0	0	4	101.2	103	42	38	6	31	8	57	2	5	3	421	1.318	Apr 11, 1981	27	SDP
6	Fred Breining	5	1980	1984	0	4.9	27	20	.574	3.34	140	42	32	8	0	1	437.0	426	191	162	25	159	30	260	9	5	8	1864	1.339	Sep 4, 1980	25	SFG
7	John Butcher	7	1980	1986	0	4.5	36	49	.424	4.42	164	113	23	23	6	6	833.2	931	444	409	79	229	19	363	17	1	19	3577	1.391	Sep 8, 1980	24	TEX
8	Sal Butera	9	1980	1988	0	0.1	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0.500	Apr 10, 1980	28	MIN
9	Marty Bystrom	6	1980	1985	0	1.9	29	26	.527	4.26	84	79	1	4	2	0	435.0	454	236	206	28	158	9	258	15	7	7	1898	1.407	Sep 7, 1980	22	PHI
10	Bryan Clark	8	1981	1990	0	3.8	20	23	.465	4.15	186	37	41	4	1	4	516.1	536	273	238	38	261	16	259	5	3	36	2276	1.544	Apr 11, 1981	24	SEA
11	Don Cooper	4	1981	1985	0	-0.3	1	6	.143	5.27	44	3	16	0	0	0	85.1	95	55	50	14	46	6	47	1	2	3	386	1.652	Apr 9, 1981	25	MIN
12	Steve Crawford	10	1980	1991	0	2.9	30	23	.566	4.17	277	16	110	2	0	19	562.2	643	298	261	54	186	35	320	13	0	19	2455	1.473	Sep 2, 1980	23	BOS
13	Dave Geisel	7	1978	1985	0	2.4	5	5	.500	4.01	131	8	43	0	0	8	208.2	209	102	93	15	97	19	144	7	3	3	918	1.466	Jun 13, 1978	26	CHC
14	Jerry Don Gleaton	12	1979	1992	0	2.2	15	23	.395	4.25	307	16	123	1	0	26	447.1	433	232	211	40	199	22	265	11	4	21	1910	1.413	Jul 11, 1979	23	SEA
15	Greg Harris	15	1981	1995	0	19.2	74	90	.451	3.69	703	98	266	4	0	54	1467.0	1329	689	601	129	652	86	1141	54	13	72	6293	1.350	May 20, 1981	25	NYM
16	Brad Havens	8	1981	1989	0	1.2	24	37	.393	4.81	205	61	63	6	2	3	590.2	624	336	316	76	246	31	370	5	7	21	2580	1.473	Jun 5, 1981	21	MIN
17	Danny Heep	13	1979	1991	0	-0.1	0	0		9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	2.000	Aug 31, 1979	23	HOU
18	Bruce Hurst	15	1980	1994	1	34.5	145	113	.562	3.92	379	359	5	83	23	0	2417.1	2463	1143	1052	258	740	42	1689	28	19	56	10204	1.325	Apr 12, 1980	23	BOS
19	Jeff Jones	5	1980	1984	0	-1.7	9	9	.500	3.95	112	3	45	0	0	8	205.0	201	110	90	26	112	12	128	7	0	11	915	1.527	Apr 10, 1980	24	OAK
20	Mike Jones	4	1980	1985	0	-0.1	11	10	.524	4.43	71	25	25	0	0	0	225.1	228	125	111	23	108	6	106	3	0	4	996	1.491	Sep 6, 1980	21	KCR
21	Rickey Keeton	2	1980	1981	0	-0.2	3	2	.600	4.95	22	5	8	0	0	0	63.2	82	36	35	8	20	4	17	0	0	1	285	1.602	May 27, 1980	24	MIL
22	Vance Law	11	1980	1991	1	0.1	0	0		3.38	7	0	7	0	0	0	8.0	9	4	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	35	1.500	Jun 1, 1980	24	PIT
23	Tim Lollar	7	1980	1986	0	2.8	47	52	.475	4.27	199	131	20	9	4	4	906.0	841	459	430	93	480	21	600	17	12	47	3941	1.458	Jun 28, 1980	25	SDP
24	Ed Lynch	8	1980	1987	0	7.5	47	54	.465	4.00	248	119	49	8	2	8	940.1	1050	470	418	89	229	33	396	14	6	10	4003	1.360	Aug 31, 1980	25	NYM
25	Rick Mahler	13	1979	1991	0	19.6	96	111	.464	3.99	392	271	32	43	9	6	1951.1	2069	972	866	165	606	70	952	35	23	41	8306	1.371	Apr 20, 1979	27	ATL
26	John Martin	4	1980	1983	0	0.7	17	14	.548	3.94	91	32	18	5	0	1	290.1	255	138	127	25	95	9	120	4	1	5	1192	1.206	Aug 27, 1980	25	STL
27	Randy Martz	4	1980	1983	0	3.5	17	19	.472	3.78	68	45	12	2	0	7	290.2	292	145	122	24	100	6	78	4	0	4	1246	1.349	Sep 6, 1980	25	CHC
28	Bob Ojeda	15	1980	1994	0	24.4	115	98	.540	3.65	351	291	26	41	16	1	1884.1	1833	856	764	145	676	48	1128	24	19	30	7977	1.332	Jul 13, 1980	23	BOS
29	Jesse Orosco	24	1979	2003	2	22.9	87	80	.521	3.16	1252	4	501	0	0	144	1295.1	1055	512	455	113	581	86	1179	34	11	40	5460	1.263	Apr 5, 1979	24	NYM
30	Pascual Pérez	11	1980	1991	1	19.1	67	68	.496	3.44	207	193	6	21	4	0	1244.1	1167	541	475	107	344	53	822	25	23	36	5146	1.214	May 7, 1980	24	PIT
31	Dave Righetti	16	1979	1995	2	21.3	82	79	.509	3.46	718	89	474	13	2	252	1403.2	1287	602	540	95	591	48	1112	21	19	40	5988	1.338	Sep 16, 1979	22	NYY
32	Andy Rincon	3	1980	1982	0	1.7	8	5	.615	3.12	20	15	2	3	1	0	106.2	85	39	37	2	37	2	46	2	5	4	421	1.144	Sep 15, 1980	22	STL
33	Dewey Robinson	3	1979	1981	0	0.4	2	2	.500	4.05	30	0	13	0	0	0	53.1	42	27	24	4	28	3	35	0	0	0	220	1.313	Apr 6, 1979	26	CHW
34	Rod Scurry	8	1980	1988	0	5.6	19	32	.373	3.24	332	7	145	0	0	39	460.2	384	190	166	31	274	29	431	19	14	41	2023	1.428	Apr 17, 1980	25	PIT
35	Lee Smith HOF	18	1980	1997	7	29.3	71	92	.436	3.03	1022	6	802	0	0	478	1289.1	1133	475	434	89	486	100	1251	10	4	47	5388	1.256	Sep 1, 1980	23	CHC
36	Fernando Valenzuela	17	1980	1997	6	37.4	173	153	.531	3.54	453	424	10	113	31	2	2930.0	2718	1303	1154	226	1151	65	2074	25	11	119	12398	1.320	Sep 15, 1980	20	LAD
37	Tim Wallach	17	1980	1996	5	0.0	0	0		4.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	1.500	Sep 6, 1980	23	MON
38	Chris Welsh	5	1981	1986	0	-0.9	22	31	.415	4.45	122	75	19	8	3	0	537.2	591	297	266	52	189	14	192	15	2	18	2333	1.451	Apr 12, 1981	26	SDP
39	Mike Witt	12	1981	1993	2	21.6	117	116	.502	3.83	341	299	22	72	11	6	2108.1	2066	1012	898	183	713	40	1373	55	5	73	8927	1.318	Apr 11, 1981	20	CAL
40	Jim Wright	2	1981	1982	0	0.2	2	3	.400	4.04	24	4	10	0	0	0	75.2	89	39	34	8	27	7	36	2	1	0	338	1.533	Apr 22, 1981	26	KCR
	Totals	361	1975	2003	27	313.4	1510	1549	.494	3.77	9668	3016	3281	489	122	1130	28309.2	27539	13270	11858	2376	10653	1060	18700	511	238	918	120574	1.338

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