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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 George Adams        1879-1879    4    13    0    3   0   0   0    0    1    1  .231  .286  .231    0   0 Jun 14  0.000
 Jack Allen          1879-1879   27   108   14   16   3   2   0    7    2   14  .148  .164  .213    0   0 May  1 23.211
 Dan Brouthers       1879-1904 1673  6711 1523 2296 460 205 106 1296  840  238  .342  .423  .519  256   0 Jun 23 21.046
 Mike Burke          1879-1879   28   117   13   26   3   0   0    8    2    5  .222  .235  .248    0   0 May  1  0.000
 Hick Carpenter      1879-1892 1118  4637  720 1202 142  47  18  543  112   91  .259  .281  .322  158   0 May  1 23.258
 Ed Caskin           1879-1886  482  1871  229  427  50  10   2  163   82  170  .228  .261  .269    0   0 May  1 27.122
 Aaron Clapp         1879-1879   36   146   24   39   9   3   0   18    6   10  .267  .296  .370    0   0 May  1 22.000
 Ed Cogswell         1879-1882  109   496  102  146  16   4   1   32   25   21  .294  .328  .349    0   0 Jul 11 25.136
 Frank Decker        1879-1882    5    18    0    3   0   0   0    1    0    3  .167  .167  .167    0   0 Jun 25 23.119
 Tom Dolan           1879-1888  225   808   95  165  25   7   1   40   39   14  .204  .242  .256   11   0 Sep 30 24.263
 Jake Evans          1879-1885  472  1831  215  435  70  21   1  168   63  172  .238  .264  .300    0   0 May  1 22.221
 Jack Farrell        1879-1889  884  3613  584  877 148  55  23  370  197  205  .243  .283  .333   87   0 May  1 21.300
 Curry Foley         1879-1883  305  1305  192  373  57  12   6  128   34   83  .286  .304  .362    0   0 May 13 23.119
 Gid Gardner         1879-1888  199   765  113  178  33  18   4   30   69   16  .233  .298  .339    7   0 Aug 23 20.109
 Jack Glasscock      1879-1895 1736  7030 1163 2040 313  98  27  825  439  196  .290  .337  .374  372   0 May  1 21.283
 George Gore         1879-1892 1310  5357 1327 1612 262  94  46  618  717  332  .301  .386  .411  170   0 May  1 21.363
 Emil Gross          1879-1884  248   987  141  291  67  21   7  107   51   52  .295  .329  .427    0   0 Aug 13 21.163
 Fred Gunkle         1879-1879    1     3    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May 17  0.000
 Al Hall             1879-1880   70   314   31   80   7   3   0   14    3   13  .255  .262  .296    0   0 May  1  0.000
 Bill Hawes          1879-1884  117   504   99  128  10   7   4    9    7   13  .254  .264  .325    0   0 May  1 25.165
 Thorny Hawkes       1879-1884  102   401   40   94  10   3   0   20    8   14  .234  .249  .274    0   0 May  1 26.198
 William Hoffman     1879-1879    2     6    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May 10  0.000
 Joe Hornung         1879-1890 1123  4784  788 1230 172  90  31  564  120  498  .257  .277  .350  159   0 May  1 21.323
 Pete Hotaling       1879-1888  840  3492  590  931 148  63   9  371  224  161  .267  .314  .353   78   0 May  1 22.136
 Sadie Houck         1879-1887  641  2659  406  666 106  58   4  234   48   47  .250  .269  .338   31   0 May  1 23.000
 John Kelly          1879-1884  122   469   48  106  17   3   1    5   10   24  .226  .242  .281    0   0 Jun  7 20.096
 Kick Kelly          1879-1879   16    58    5    9   1   0   0    2    0    7  .155  .155  .172    0   0 May  1 22.182
 Rudy Kemmler        1879-1889  236   862   79  168  18   6   0   11   42    5  .195  .234  .230    0   0 Jul 26  0.000
 Doc Kennedy         1879-1883  160   615   67  160  25   4   1   53   15   37  .260  .278  .319    0   0 May  1 25.263
 Steve Libby         1879-1879    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May 10 25.153
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Jimmy Macullar      1879-1886  449  1541  246  319  47  19   7   91  155   27  .207  .285  .276   23   0 May  5 24.109
 John Magner         1879-1879    1     4    0    0   0   0   0    1    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 14  0.000
 Mike Mansell        1879-1884  371  1471  237  352  43  42   9   25   61   82  .239  .271  .344    0   0 May  1 21.106
 Tom Mansell         1879-1884  191   767  132  199  23  11   0   74   39    9  .259  .300  .318    0   0 May  1 24.120
 Harry McCormick     1879-1883  110   423   33   86   6   3   1   38    8   28  .203  .218  .239    0   0 May  1 23.188
 Bill McGunnigle     1879-1882   56   202   24   35   0   1   0    6    5   31  .173  .193  .183    0   0 May  2 24.121
 Pat McManus         1879-1879    2     8    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    2  .125  .125  .125    0   0 May 22 19.000
 Jack Neagle         1879-1884  100   369   37   65  11   1   0    6   14    0  .176  .208  .211    0   0 Jul  8 21.187
 Dan O'Leary         1879-1884   45   181   18   44   3   2   1    5   10   10  .243  .283  .298    0   0 Sep  3 22.316
 John O'Rourke       1879-1883  230   945  148  279  58  24  11   98   47   64  .295  .329  .442    0   0 May  1 29.251
 Charlie Osterhout   1879-1879    2     8    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun 23  0.000
 Bill Phillips       1879-1888 1038  4255  562 1130 214  98  17  534  178  215  .266  .299  .374   39   0 May  1 22.000
 Blondie Purcell     1879-1890 1097  4563  767 1217 177  60  13  495  284  155  .267  .314  .340  197   0 May  1 25.046
 Charlie Reilley     1879-1884  119   439   36   92   8   1   0   34    3   38  .210  .215  .232    0   0 May  1  0.000
 Hardy Richardson    1879-1892 1331  5642 1120 1688 303 126  70  822  377  445  .299  .344  .435  205   0 May  1 24.010
 Lee Richmond        1879-1886  251  1018  169  262  29  20   3  113   46   73  .257  .289  .334    0   0 Sep 27 22.145
 Jack Rowe           1879-1890 1044  4386  764 1256 202  88  28  644  224  177  .286  .323  .392   59   0 Sep  6 22.272
 Harry Salisbury     1879-1882   49   181   20   24   2   0   0    0    5    7  .133  .156  .144    0   0 Aug 28 24.105
 John Shoupe         1879-1884   14    55    7    7   0   0   0    1    0    3  .127  .127  .127    0   0 May  3 27.215
 John Stedronsky     1879-1879    4    12    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    3  .083  .083  .083    0   0 Sep 25 29.105
 Len Stockwell       1879-1890    6    22    2    3   1   0   0    0    0    5  .136  .136  .182    0   0 May 17 19.265
 George Strief       1879-1885  362  1360  145  281  50  14   5   64   64   23  .207  .242  .275    0   0 May  1 22.197
 Denny Sullivan      1879-1880    6    23    6    6   2   0   0    3    1    2  .261  .292  .348    0   0 Aug 25 21.060
 Sandy Taylor        1879-1879   24    97   10   21   4   0   0    8    1    8  .216  .224  .258    0   0 Aug 11  0.000
 Jim Tyng            1879-1888    4    15    2    5   1   0   0    0    0    1  .333  .333  .400    0   0 Sep 23 23.180
 Bill White          1879-1879    1     4    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   0 Jun 21  0.000
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+

56 Players

Pitchers Debuting in 1879

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 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Dan Brouthers       1879-1904   0   2  .000  7.83    4   2   2   0   0   23.0   44   20   0   11    8 Jun 23 21.046
 Tom Dolan           1879-1888   0   0        4.50    1   0   0   0   0    4.0    4    2   0    0    0 Sep 30 24.263
 Jake Evans          1879-1885   0   1  .000  6.60    3   1   1   0   0   15.0   24   11   1    0    3 May 01 22.221
 Curry Foley         1879-1883  27  27  .500  3.54   69  50  39   2   0  442.7  511  174   3   64  127 May 13 23.119
 Gid Gardner         1879-1888   2  12  .143  3.90   15  13  12   0   0  113.0  142   49   5   28   33 Aug 23 20.109
 Jack Glasscock      1879-1895   0   0        6.43    5   0   0   0   0    7.0   12    5   0    7    3 May 01 21.283
 Joe Hornung         1879-1890   0   0        6.00    1   0   0   0   0    3.0    2    2   0    1    0 May 01 21.323
 Jimmy Macullar      1879-1886   0   0        6.00    2   0   0   0   0    3.0    4    2   0    0    1 May 05 24.109
 Tom Mansell         1879-1884   0   0       18.90    1   0   0   0   0    6.7   21   14   2    5    3 May 01 24.120
 Harry McCormick     1879-1883  41  58  .414  2.66  103 103  96  10   0  884.0  922  261   9  115  157 May 01 23.188
 Bill McGunnigle     1879-1882  11   8  .579  2.81   19  18  17   3   0  157.0  156   49   0   24   65 May 02 24.121
 Pat McManus         1879-1879   0   2  .000  3.00    2   2   2   0   0   21.0   24    7   1    1    6 May 22 19.000
 Jack Neagle         1879-1884  16  50  .242  4.59   70  68  60   2   0  560.3  659  286  16  141  152 Jul 08 21.187
 Blondie Purcell     1879-1890  15  43  .259  3.73   79  57  52   0   0  581.3  746  241   7   84  138 May 01 25.046
 Hardy Richardson    1879-1892   3   0 1.000  3.94    5   0   0   0   0   16.0   16    7   1   13    6 May 01 24.010
 Lee Richmond        1879-1886  75 100  .429  3.06  191 179 161   8   3 1583.0 1763  538  27  269  552 Sep 27 22.145
 Harry Salisbury     1879-1882  24  24  .500  2.55   48  48  47   1   0  424.0  418  120   1   48  166 Aug 28 24.105
 Jim Tyng            1879-1888   1   2  .333  4.94    4   3   3   0   1   31.0   43   17   0    8    9 Sep 23 23.180
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+

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