1878 Major League Rookie Players

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Batting

Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Charlie Bennett	15	1878	1893	38.8	1062	4310	3821	549	978	203	67	55	533	42		478	572	.256	.340	.387	.728	May 1, 1878	23	MLG
2	George Creamer	7	1878	1884	-0.4	500	1935	1862	234	400	55	28	1	99			71	89	.215	.244	.276	.520	May 1, 1878	23	MLG
3	Abner Dalrymple	12	1878	1891	18.5	951	4384	4172	813	1202	217	81	43	407	58		204	359	.288	.323	.410	.732	May 1, 1878	20	MLG
4	Buttercup Dickerson	7	1878	1885	7.1	408	1812	1762	302	500	84	34	4	127			48	51	.284	.304	.377	.680	Jul 15, 1878	19	CIN
5	Silver Flint	13	1875	1889	7.8	760	2968	2913	380	687	129	34	21	295	12	0	54	471	.236	.250	.325	.575	May 4, 1875	22	IND
6	Jake Goodman	2	1878	1882	0.5	70	302	293	33	75	6	5	1	27			9	33	.256	.278	.321	.599	May 2, 1878	24	MLG
7	Frank Hankinson	10	1878	1888	5.4	849	3443	3272	410	747	122	39	13	344	31		170	266	.228	.267	.301	.568	May 1, 1878	22	CHC
8	Tom Healey	1	1878	1878	-0.4	15	54	54	2	10	2	0	0	6			0	18	.185	.185	.222	.407	Jun 13, 1878	25	TOT
9	Bill Holbert	12	1876	1888	1.8	623	2396	2335	182	486	41	7	0	144	16		58	122	.208	.228	.232	.460	Sep 5, 1876	23	MLG
10	King Kelly HOF	16	1878	1893	47.0	1456	6457	5896	1357	1813	359	102	69	950	368		549	418	.307	.368	.438	.806	May 1, 1878	20	CIN
11	Bill McClellan	8	1878	1888	4.7	792	3486	3197	533	773	129	33	6	304	132		274	185	.242	.305	.308	.613	May 20, 1878	22	CHC
12	Jim McCormick	10	1878	1887	0.2	534	2104	2082	246	491	66	22	4	178	10		22	127	.236	.244	.294	.538	May 20, 1878	21	IND
13	Russ McKelvy	2	1878	1882	0.2	64	262	257	33	57	4	3	2	36			5	38	.222	.237	.284	.521	May 1, 1878	23	IND
14	Pidgey Morgan	2	1875	1878	-0.4	33	133	125	13	29	4	0	0	6	2	1	8	13	.232	.278	.264	.542	May 4, 1875	25	MLG
15	The Only Nolan	5	1878	1885	0.9	102	417	405	33	97	17	2	0	35			12	31	.240	.261	.291	.553	May 1, 1878	22	IND
16	Joe Quest	10	1871	1886	3.1	596	2402	2295	300	499	78	17	1	161	5	0	104	161	.217	.252	.268	.520	Aug 30, 1871	25	IND
17	Laurie Reis	2	1877	1878	-0.3	9	37	36	5	5	0	0	0	1			1	6	.139	.162	.139	.301	Oct 1, 1877	19	CHC
18	Chub Sullivan	3	1877	1880	2.9	112	449	442	55	114	10	5	0	24			7	15	.258	.269	.303	.573	Sep 24, 1877	22	CIN
19	John Ward HOF	17	1878	1894	34.3	1827	8114	7656	1410	2107	231	96	26	869	540		421	326	.275	.314	.341	.655	Jul 15, 1878	18	PRO
20	Fred Warner	6	1875	1884	-0.2	257	1062	1034	115	242	29	5	1	47	0	0	27	58	.234	.254	.275	.529	Apr 21, 1875	23	IND
21	Sam Weaver	6	1875	1886	-0.1	167	650	613	65	127	16	2	0	12	0	0	37	14	.207	.252	.240	.492	Oct 25, 1875	22	MLG
22	Harry Wheeler	6	1878	1884	-2.3	257	1145	1122	152	256	29	21	2	32			23	32	.228	.244	.297	.540	Jun 19, 1878	20	PRO
23	Will White	10	1877	1886	-4.6	403	1537	1478	167	271	28	7	1	111	0		56	128	.183	.215	.214	.429	Jul 20, 1877	23	CIN
24	Ed Williamson	13	1878	1890	36.1	1201	5082	4553	809	1159	228	85	64	667	88		506	532	.255	.332	.384	.716	May 1, 1878	20	IND
	Totals	195	1871	1894	200.6	13048	54941	51675	8198	13125	2087	695	314	5415	1304	1	3144	4065	.254	.298	.340	.638

Pitching

Pitching
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	WHIP	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Frank Hankinson	10	1878	1888	1.6	16	12	.571	2.50	32	28	3	28	2	1	266.2	281	154	74	1	31	81	0	5	1144	1.170	May 1, 1878	22	CHC
2	Tom Healey	1	1878	1878	0.0	6	7	.462	2.39	14	13	1	12	0	1	113.0	125	67	30	2	20	20		8	480	1.283	Jun 13, 1878	25	TOT
3	King Kelly HOF	16	1878	1893	-1.0	2	2	.500	4.14	12	0	9	0	0	0	45.2	63	49	21	5	30	4	4	8	236	2.036	May 1, 1878	20	CIN
4	Jim McCormick	10	1878	1887	76.0	265	214	.553	2.43	492	485	7	466	33	1	4275.2	4092	2095	1155	82	749	1704	12	160	17702	1.132	May 20, 1878	21	IND
5	Russ McKelvy	2	1878	1882	-0.6	0	2	.000	2.16	4	1	3	1	0	0	25.0	38	23	6	1	3	3		3	121	1.640	May 1, 1878	23	IND
6	Pidgey Morgan	2	1875	1878	-0.4	1	3	.250	1.29	7	4	2	4	1	0	42.0	40	40	6	0	1	7		2	190	0.976	May 4, 1875	25	MLG
7	The Only Nolan	5	1878	1885	-0.5	23	52	.307	2.98	79	78	1	74	1	0	676.0	720	434	224	6	135	274		55	2913	1.265	May 1, 1878	22	IND
8	Laurie Reis	2	1877	1878	1.2	4	4	.500	2.00	8	8	0	8	1	0	72.0	84	42	16	1	10	19		3	310	1.306	Oct 1, 1877	19	CHC
9	John Ward HOF	17	1878	1894	28.1	164	103	.614	2.10	293	262	32	245	24	3	2469.2	2324	1185	576	26	253	920		144	10164	1.043	Jul 15, 1878	18	PRO
10	Sam Weaver	6	1875	1886	13.1	68	80	.459	3.21	153	150	3	141	7	0	1307.2	1438	834	467	14	106	348	1	56	5622	1.181	Oct 25, 1875	22	MLG
11	Harry Wheeler	6	1878	1884	-1.4	7	6	.538	4.70	14	10	4	8	0	0	97.2	117	80	51	1	43	41		17	456	1.638	Jun 19, 1878	20	PRO
12	Will White	10	1877	1886	39.5	229	166	.580	2.28	403	402	1	394	36	0	3542.2	3440	1844	896	65	496	1041	68	221	14951	1.111	Jul 20, 1877	23	CIN
13	Ed Williamson	13	1878	1890	-0.4	1	1	.500	3.34	12	1	9	1	0	3	35.0	38	31	13	1	5	7	0	2	160	1.229	May 1, 1878	20	IND
	Totals	100	1875	1894	155.2	786	652	.547	2.45	1523	1442	75	1382	105	9	12968.2	12800	6878	3535	205	1882	4469	85	684	54449	0.976

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