1906 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	Whitey Alpermann	4	1906	1909	2.1	450	1759	1632	134	387	60	36	7	141	27		30	183	.237	.268	.331	.599	Apr 13, 1906	26	BRO
2	Dave Altizer	6	1906	1911	7.6	514	1998	1734	204	433	36	21	4	116	119		140	120	.250	.318	.302	.619	May 29, 1906	29	WSH
3	Harry Armbruster	1	1906	1906	1.2	91	330	265	40	63	6	3	2	24	13		43	39	.238	.353	.306	.658	Apr 30, 1906	24	PHA
4	William Barbeau	4	1905	1910	0.9	199	828	712	96	160	25	8	0	46	39		78	94	.225	.311	.282	.593	Sep 27, 1905	24	CLE
5	Ed Barry	3	1905	1907	-0.2	12	29	23	3	2	1	0	0	2	0		2	9	.087	.160	.130	.290	Aug 27, 1905	23	BOS
6	Johnny Bates	9	1906	1914	20.8	1154	4610	3913	565	1087	167	73	25	417	187	9	503	428	.278	.367	.377	.744	Apr 12, 1906	22	BSN
7	Fred Beebe	7	1906	1916	-1.2	205	481	457	24	72	7	6	0	30	1		8	93	.158	.172	.199	.371	Apr 17, 1906	26	TOT
8	Pug Bennett	2	1906	1907	1.6	240	1035	919	86	228	24	9	1	55	27		77	105	.248	.312	.297	.609	Apr 12, 1906	32	STL
9	Art Brouthers	1	1906	1906	-0.5	37	160	144	18	30	5	1	0	14	4		5	17	.208	.240	.257	.497	Apr 14, 1906	23	PHA
10	Sam Brown	2	1906	1907	0.2	141	490	439	29	88	12	1	0	34	4		25	43	.200	.256	.232	.489	Apr 21, 1906	29	BSN
11	Al Burch	6	1906	1911	2.3	611	2431	2185	254	554	48	20	4	103	96		186	286	.254	.312	.299	.612	Jun 19, 1906	22	STL
12	Ben Caffyn	1	1906	1906	-0.4	30	118	103	16	20	4	0	0	3	2		12	11	.194	.291	.233	.524	Aug 21, 1906	27	CLE
13	Bill Carrigan	10	1906	1916	13.2	709	2300	1970	194	506	67	14	6	235	37	14	206	187	.257	.334	.314	.648	Jul 7, 1906	22	BOS
14	Jack Coombs	14	1906	1920	3.6	460	1204	1110	123	261	34	10	4	100	21	4	59	191	.235	.278	.295	.573	Jul 5, 1906	23	PHA
15	Forrest Crawford	2	1906	1907	0.2	52	185	167	8	35	3	1	0	14	1		9	29	.210	.254	.240	.494	Jul 30, 1906	25	STL
16	Snake Deal	1	1906	1906	-0.8	65	246	231	13	48	4	3	0	21	15		6	28	.208	.228	.251	.479	Jul 9, 1906	27	CIN
17	Frank Delahanty	6	1905	1915	-1.5	287	1100	986	109	223	22	22	5	94	50		66	78	.226	.280	.308	.588	Aug 23, 1905	23	NYY
18	Jerry Donovan	1	1906	1906	-1.0	61	179	166	11	33	4	0	0	15	2		6	14	.199	.236	.223	.459	Apr 12, 1906	29	PHI
19	Slow Joe Doyle	5	1906	1910	0.1	75	160	135	12	22	2	0	0	6	0		11	29	.163	.242	.178	.419	Aug 25, 1906	24	NYY
20	Carl Druhot	2	1906	1907	0.2	20	67	65	8	15	1	0	0	2	0		1	7	.231	.242	.246	.489	Apr 18, 1906	24	TOT
21	Jimmy Dygert	6	1905	1910	-1.3	175	365	338	25	47	5	2	1	17	1		11	90	.139	.166	.175	.341	Sep 8, 1905	21	PHA
22	Harry Eells	1	1906	1906	0.1	14	35	32	2	6	2	0	0	1	0		2	17	.188	.257	.250	.507	Apr 22, 1906	26	CLE
23	John Eubank	3	1905	1907	0.0	50	111	108	10	22	1	3	0	3	1		0	25	.204	.211	.269	.480	Sep 19, 1905	33	DET
24	Cecil Ferguson	6	1906	1911	0.5	143	242	218	14	41	6	1	1	13	1		16	53	.188	.244	.239	.482	Apr 19, 1906	22	NYG
25	Ralph Glaze	3	1906	1908	-0.1	64	137	129	8	22	6	0	1	13	0		5	39	.171	.201	.240	.442	May 24, 1906	25	BOS
26	John Godwin	2	1905	1906	-1.1	81	263	236	15	50	3	1	0	25	9		9	47	.212	.253	.233	.486	Aug 14, 1905	29	BOS
27	Gene Good	1	1906	1906	-1.3	34	135	119	4	18	0	0	0	0	2		13	29	.151	.246	.151	.398	Apr 12, 1906	23	BSN
28	Charley Hall	9	1906	1918	0.6	211	419	371	32	73	10	9	2	40	1	2	17	93	.197	.242	.288	.530	Jul 12, 1906	21	CIN
29	Joe Harris	3	1905	1907	-0.3	45	116	111	3	18	2	0	0	8	0		4	32	.162	.191	.180	.371	Sep 22, 1905	24	BOS
30	Roy Hartzell	11	1906	1916	13.5	1290	5234	4548	503	1146	112	55	12	397	182	56	455	382	.252	.327	.309	.635	Apr 17, 1906	24	SLB
31	Irv Higginbotham	3	1906	1909	-0.1	48	92	85	6	15	0	0	0	0	0		1	12	.176	.205	.176	.381	Aug 11, 1906	24	STL
32	Jack Himes	2	1905	1906	-0.1	52	212	196	13	48	5	2	0	14	4		8	30	.245	.278	.291	.569	Sep 18, 1905	27	STL
33	Bill Hinchman	10	1905	1920	13.7	908	3499	3043	364	793	128	69	20	369	85	17	298	438	.261	.336	.368	.704	Sep 24, 1905	23	CIN
34	Art Hoelskoetter	4	1905	1908	0.1	299	1025	952	59	225	21	8	2	53	9		40	103	.236	.271	.282	.552	Sep 10, 1905	23	STL
35	Jack Hoey	3	1906	1908	-2.1	146	534	500	39	116	10	5	0	35	13		15	67	.232	.256	.272	.528	Jun 27, 1906	24	BOS
36	Tim Jordan	7	1901	1910	11.2	540	2131	1813	220	474	74	24	32	232	48		254	265	.261	.355	.382	.737	Aug 10, 1901	27	BRO
37	Frank Jude	1	1906	1906	-1.7	80	336	308	31	64	6	4	1	31	7		16	35	.208	.261	.263	.524	Jul 9, 1906	21	CIN
38	Ed Karger	6	1906	1911	2.3	167	434	400	31	88	14	2	6	35	1		12	63	.220	.261	.310	.571	Apr 15, 1906	23	TOT
39	Frank LaPorte	11	1905	1915	17.6	1194	4686	4212	501	1185	198	78	16	560	101	10	288	369	.281	.331	.377	.708	Sep 29, 1905	26	NYY
40	Louis LeRoy	3	1905	1910	-0.1	15	26	23	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.130	.167	.130	.297	Sep 22, 1905	27	NYY
41	Vive Lindaman	4	1906	1909	-0.5	131	352	303	27	46	4	1	0	11	1		22	75	.152	.209	.172	.381	Apr 14, 1906	28	BSN
42	Paddy Livingston	7	1901	1917	3.5	206	665	574	48	120	17	12	0	45	9	1	41	60	.209	.287	.280	.568	Sep 2, 1901	26	CIN
43	Hans Lobert	14	1903	1917	23.1	1317	5232	4563	640	1252	159	82	32	481	316	36	395	302	.274	.337	.366	.703	Sep 21, 1903	24	CIN
44	Doc Marshall	5	1904	1909	0.8	261	807	756	51	159	23	8	2	54	15		34	113	.210	.251	.270	.521	Apr 15, 1904	30	TOT
45	Joe Marshall	2	1903	1906	-0.8	43	125	118	4	21	2	4	0	9	0		6	22	.178	.224	.263	.487	Sep 7, 1903	30	STL
46	Stoney McGlynn	3	1906	1908	0.0	68	186	168	8	28	5	0	0	10	0		11	28	.167	.218	.196	.414	Sep 20, 1906	34	STL
47	Dutch Meier	1	1906	1906	0.0	82	296	273	32	70	11	4	0	16	4		13	21	.256	.298	.326	.624	Apr 19, 1906	27	PIT
48	Red Morgan	1	1906	1906	-1.3	88	340	307	20	66	6	3	1	21	7		16	54	.215	.270	.264	.534	Jun 20, 1906	22	BOS
49	George Moriarty	13	1903	1916	14.1	1075	4149	3671	372	920	147	32	5	376	251	25	234	362	.251	.303	.312	.616	Sep 27, 1903	20	NYY
50	Red Murray	11	1906	1917	15.9	1264	4797	4334	554	1170	168	96	37	575	321	33	299	381	.270	.323	.379	.702	Jun 16, 1906	22	STL
51	Joe Nealon	2	1906	1907	2.7	259	1056	937	111	240	31	20	3	130	26		76	96	.256	.317	.342	.658	Apr 12, 1906	21	PIT
52	Harry Niles	5	1906	1910	5.8	608	2531	2270	279	561	58	24	12	152	107		163	202	.247	.306	.310	.616	Apr 24, 1906	25	SLB
53	Pete O'Brien	3	1901	1907	0.7	249	959	857	60	191	18	7	3	78	30		63	96	.223	.279	.271	.550	Sep 17, 1901	29	SLB
54	Rube Oldring	13	1905	1918	15.0	1239	5108	4690	616	1268	205	76	27	471	197	36	206	407	.270	.307	.364	.671	Oct 2, 1905	22	PHA
55	Jim Pastorius	4	1906	1909	0.0	98	272	231	17	35	2	2	0	10	0		20	61	.152	.222	.177	.400	Apr 15, 1906	24	BRO
56	Fred Payne	6	1906	1911	1.0	334	1018	903	83	194	16	12	1	88	21		47	68	.215	.265	.262	.528	Apr 21, 1906	25	DET
57	Bob Peterson	2	1906	1907	-0.6	43	144	131	11	25	1	1	1	9	1		11	25	.191	.259	.237	.495	Apr 18, 1906	22	BOS
58	Jack Pfiester	8	1903	1911	-2.9	149	394	349	18	36	3	1	0	14	2		20	137	.103	.154	.117	.272	Sep 8, 1903	28	CHC
59	Tommy Raub	2	1903	1906	0.3	60	175	162	15	41	5	6	0	9	5		9	16	.253	.301	.358	.659	Jun 3, 1903	35	STL
60	Lew Richie	8	1906	1913	-1.2	241	484	443	27	65	9	6	0	21	2	0	25	96	.147	.192	.194	.386	May 8, 1906	22	PHI
61	Branch Rickey HOF	4	1905	1914	0.6	120	381	343	38	82	8	6	3	39	8	0	27	54	.239	.304	.324	.628	Jun 16, 1905	24	SLB
62	Claude Rossman	5	1904	1909	5.8	511	2026	1848	175	523	80	26	3	238	49		90	165	.283	.318	.359	.677	Sep 16, 1904	25	CLE
63	Larry Schlafly	4	1902	1914	2.8	208	800	658	91	158	20	12	5	58	41		90	98	.240	.349	.330	.679	Sep 18, 1902	27	WSH
64	Boss Schmidt	6	1906	1911	7.3	477	1611	1480	137	360	41	22	3	124	23		36	109	.243	.270	.307	.577	Apr 30, 1906	25	DET
65	Paul Sentell	2	1906	1907	0.2	66	227	195	19	44	5	1	1	14	15		15	19	.226	.291	.277	.568	Apr 12, 1906	26	PHI
66	Tommy Sheehan	4	1900	1908	3.7	317	1173	1011	96	238	26	8	1	88	32		94	49	.235	.305	.280	.585	Aug 2, 1900	28	PIT
67	Johnny Siegle	2	1905	1906	-0.3	39	148	124	13	25	3	4	1	15	0		10	33	.202	.277	.315	.592	Sep 15, 1905	31	CIN
68	Charlie Smith	10	1902	1914	-1.2	218	493	447	22	67	5	1	1	22	0	0	11	85	.150	.179	.172	.352	Aug 6, 1902	26	WSH
69	Ed Smith	1	1906	1906	0.3	19	64	54	6	11	0	1	0	7	0		6	19	.204	.295	.241	.536	Apr 27, 1906	27	SLB
70	Allie Strobel	2	1905	1906	-1.0	105	381	336	29	66	10	3	1	26	2		29	77	.196	.264	.253	.517	Aug 29, 1905	22	BSN
71	Len Swormstedt	3	1901	1906	-0.3	8	23	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	6	.043	.043	.043	.087	Sep 29, 1901	27	BOS
72	Ira Thomas	10	1906	1915	8.2	484	1502	1352	124	327	46	17	3	155	20	1	82	141	.242	.296	.308	.604	May 18, 1906	25	NYY
73	Gus Thompson	2	1903	1906	0.0	22	52	50	1	10	0	0	0	5	0		0	8	.200	.231	.200	.431	Aug 31, 1903	29	STL
74	Howard Wakefield	3	1905	1907	-0.1	113	288	274	24	68	11	2	1	25	6		10	36	.248	.277	.314	.591	Sep 18, 1905	22	WSH
75	Joe Ward	3	1906	1910	-0.6	166	509	465	47	110	18	9	0	47	12		18	47	.237	.271	.314	.585	Apr 24, 1906	21	PHI
76	Roy Witherup	3	1906	1909	-0.4	26	54	52	1	6	0	0	0	2	0		0	13	.115	.115	.115	.231	May 14, 1906	19	BSN
	Totals	360	1900	1920	200.4	21683	78564	69850	7644	17325	2298	1000	299	6765	2633	244	5167	7765	.248	.307	.322	.629

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	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Debut	Age	Tm
1	Ed Barry	3	1905	1907	-0.2	1	6	.143	3.53	12	10	1	6	0	0	79.0	74	47	31	5	25	34	8	2	5	330	1.253	Aug 27, 1905	23	BOS
2	Fred Beebe	7	1906	1916	5.7	62	83	.428	2.86	202	153	36	93	9	4	1294.1	1090	587	412	17	534	634	46	1	44	5323	1.255	Apr 17, 1906	26	TOT
3	Jack Coombs	14	1906	1920	23.1	158	110	.590	2.78	354	268	69	187	35	8	2320.0	2034	925	717	38	841	1052	88	1	54	9464	1.239	Jul 5, 1906	23	PHA
4	Slow Joe Doyle	5	1906	1910	4.8	22	21	.512	2.85	75	50	21	29	7	1	436.1	383	206	138	7	147	209	12	0	8	1757	1.215	Aug 25, 1906	24	NYY
5	Carl Druhot	2	1906	1907	0.5	8	10	.444	3.08	20	17	3	13	1	0	157.2	147	77	54	1	57	60	8	0	3	630	1.294	Apr 18, 1906	24	TOT
6	Jimmy Dygert	6	1905	1910	8.7	57	49	.538	2.65	175	105	49	62	16	2	986.0	798	405	290	9	383	583	55	3	33	3957	1.198	Sep 8, 1905	21	PHA
7	Harry Eells	1	1906	1906	-0.2	4	5	.444	2.61	14	8	5	6	1	0	86.1	77	39	25	1	48	35	3	0	11	369	1.448	Apr 22, 1906	26	CLE
8	John Eubank	3	1905	1907	0.4	8	13	.381	3.12	42	22	19	11	2	2	233.1	248	121	81	0	58	56	9	0	6	969	1.311	Sep 19, 1905	33	DET
9	Cecil Ferguson	6	1906	1911	3.2	29	46	.387	3.34	142	74	58	47	8	8	698.0	659	332	259	12	281	298	34	2	15	2862	1.347	Apr 19, 1906	22	NYG
10	Ralph Glaze	3	1906	1908	1.2	15	21	.417	2.89	61	34	21	20	1	0	340.0	303	157	109	9	85	137	9	0	5	1380	1.141	May 24, 1906	25	BOS
11	Charley Hall	9	1906	1918	5.0	54	47	.535	3.09	188	80	89	49	3	12	909.2	821	438	312	16	391	427	38	1	10	3745	1.332	Jul 12, 1906	21	CIN
12	Joe Harris	3	1905	1907	0.4	3	30	.091	3.35	45	32	12	26	1	2	317.0	284	164	118	5	88	137	8	0	12	1268	1.174	Sep 22, 1905	24	BOS
13	Irv Higginbotham	3	1906	1909	0.9	10	14	.417	2.81	48	24	16	16	1	1	243.2	232	109	76	1	66	86	7	1	8	1013	1.223	Aug 11, 1906	24	STL
14	Art Hoelskoetter	4	1905	1908	-1.7	1	5	.167	4.54	15	4	11	3	0	0	75.1	68	59	38	2	49	32	3	0	0	322	1.553	Sep 10, 1905	23	STL
15	Ed Karger	6	1906	1911	10.2	48	67	.417	2.79	165	123	36	81	9	3	1091.2	1012	471	338	12	314	415	35	0	28	4428	1.215	Apr 15, 1906	23	TOT
16	Louis LeRoy	3	1905	1910	0.5	3	1	.750	3.22	15	5	6	3	0	1	72.2	66	42	26	3	15	39	3	0	4	288	1.115	Sep 22, 1905	27	NYY
17	Vive Lindaman	4	1906	1909	2.6	36	60	.375	2.92	131	100	27	83	7	2	904.0	876	418	293	22	296	286	37	1	21	3688	1.296	Apr 14, 1906	28	BSN
18	Stoney McGlynn	3	1906	1908	2.0	17	33	.340	2.95	67	51	15	43	3	2	476.0	448	215	156	6	144	157	7	2	13	1926	1.244	Sep 20, 1906	34	STL
19	Jim Pastorius	4	1906	1909	1.9	31	55	.360	3.12	97	84	13	57	10	0	727.0	705	338	252	15	278	205	17	0	14	2981	1.352	Apr 15, 1906	24	BRO
20	Jack Pfiester	8	1903	1911	11.0	71	44	.617	2.02	149	128	12	75	17	0	1067.1	869	365	240	6	293	503	39	3	16	4241	1.089	Sep 8, 1903	28	CHC
21	Lew Richie	8	1906	1913	14.8	74	65	.532	2.54	241	137	77	87	20	9	1359.1	1190	544	383	21	495	438	32	1	26	5420	1.240	May 8, 1906	22	PHI
22	Charlie Smith	10	1902	1914	9.5	66	87	.431	2.81	212	148	50	87	10	3	1349.1	1309	587	422	22	353	570	29	2	32	5479	1.232	Aug 6, 1902	26	WSH
23	Ed Smith	1	1906	1906	-1.5	8	11	.421	3.72	19	18	1	13	0	0	154.2	153	90	64	3	53	45	8	1	5	647	1.332	Apr 27, 1906	27	SLB
24	Len Swormstedt	3	1901	1906	1.6	3	4	.429	2.22	8	7	1	7	0	0	65.0	58	25	16	3	10	22	3	0	0	256	1.046	Sep 29, 1901	27	BOS
25	Gus Thompson	2	1903	1906	-1.5	4	13	.235	4.07	22	16	5	11	0	0	146.0	163	91	66	3	41	58	6	0	6	607	1.397	Aug 31, 1903	29	STL
26	Roy Witherup	3	1906	1909	-2.1	3	12	.200	4.44	26	17	6	12	0	0	162.1	189	99	80	3	47	71	2	0	3	679	1.454	May 14, 1906	19	BSN
	Totals	124	1901	1920	100.8	796	912	.466	2.85	2545	1715	659	1127	161	60	15752.0	14256	6951	4996	242	5392	6589	546	21	382	64029	1.448

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