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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Marty Bergen        1896-1899  344  1278  180  339  44  15  10  176   52   22  .265  .299  .347   24   0 Apr 17 24.175
 Cy Bowen            1896-1896    2     3    1    1   0   0   0    1    1    2  .333  .500  .333    0   0 Apr 28 25.071
 Eddie Boyle         1896-1896    5    14    0    0   0   0   0    0    2    3  .000  .125  .000    0   0 Apr 17 21.345
 Buttons Briggs      1896-1905  106   324   19   48   2   3   1   17   19   14  .148  .195  .182    1   0 Apr 23 20.290
 Sal Campfield       1896-1896    6    12    2    2   1   0   0    3    1    2  .167  .231  .250    0   0 May 15 28.086
 Pete Cassidy        1896-1899  101   382   39   98  15   1   3   48   17    7  .257  .307  .325   11   0 Apr 18 23.010
 Lou Criger          1896-1912 1012  3202  337  709  86  50  11  342  309    0  .221  .295  .290   58   0 Sep 21 24.231
 Wiley Davis         1896-1896    2     1    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .500  .000    0   0 Apr 18 20.261
 Charlie Dexter      1896-1903  771  2866  429  749  94  24  16  346  198   34  .261  .318  .328  183   0 Apr 17 19.307
 Joe Dolan           1896-1901  323  1152  140  247  38  11   6  122   72   12  .214  .270  .282   28   0 Aug 11 23.169
 Klondike Douglass   1896-1904  747  2797  368  766  85  29  10  275  227   15  .274  .337  .336   84   0 Apr 23 23.349
 Ben Ellis           1896-1896    4    16    0    1   0   0   0    0    3    6  .063  .211  .063    0   0 Jul 16  0.000
 Charlie Emig        1896-1896    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep  4 21.152
 Frank Eustace       1896-1896   25   100   18   17   2   2   1   11    6   14  .170  .217  .260    4   0 Apr 16 22.161
 George Flynn        1896-1896   29   106   15   27   1   2   0    4   11    9  .255  .336  .302   12   0 Apr 17 24.329
 Reddy Foster        1896-1896    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun  3 31.000
 Chick Fraser        1896-1909  458  1316  134  235  34  13   3   96   81   34  .179  .230  .231   19   0 Apr 19 22.237
 Lawrence Freund     1896-1896    2     5    1    1   0   0   0    0    1    1  .200  .333  .200    0   0 Aug  2 21.028
 William Gallagher   1896-1896   14    49    9   15   2   0   0    6   10    0  .306  .433  .347    0   0 Aug 19 22.197
 Ned Garvin          1896-1904  181   500   34   61   1   0   0   18   17    4  .122  .156  .124    1   0 Jul 13 22.194
 Dale Gear           1896-1901   69   238   25   57  11   3   0   25    8    1  .239  .267  .311    4   0 Aug 15 24.195
 Phil Geier          1896-1904  349  1315  197  327  30  12   2  102  154    7  .249  .332  .294   54   0 Aug 17 20.288
 Charlie Gettig      1896-1899  126   377   48   91  16   2   0   47   28    0  .241  .302  .294   12   0 Aug  5 25.000
 Jot Goar            1896-1898    4     6    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .167  .167  .167    0   0 Apr 18 26.078
 Art Herman          1896-1897   17    42    4    7   1   0   0    3    3   11  .167  .222  .190    0   0 Jun 29 25.049
 Bill Hill           1896-1899  124   348   31   58   1   2   0   18   17   23  .167  .210  .181    2   0 Apr 18 21.260
 Elmer Horton        1896-1898    3    11    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .091  .091  .091    0   0 Sep 24 27.020
 Billy Hulen         1896-1899  107   407   97  100  19   7   0   41   65   20  .246  .350  .327   28   0 May  2 26.051
 Abbie Johnson       1896-1897   73   248   26   59   8   2   0   37   17    6  .238  .289  .286    2   0 Sep  1 22.226
 Fielder Jones       1896-1915 1788  6747 1180 1920 206  75  21  631  817   15  .285  .368  .347  359   0 Apr 18 24.249
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Charlie Jordan      1896-1896    2     2    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0   0 Jul 31 24.301
 Harry Keener        1896-1896   16    51    6   16   4   0   0    7    1    6  .314  .327  .392    3   0 Jun 27 26.000
 Bill Keister        1896-1903  621  2433  400  758 133  63  18  400   90    5  .312  .349  .440  131   0 May 20 24.277
 Fred Klobedanz      1896-1902  108   329   48   91  12   6   7   47   10   11  .277  .312  .413    1   0 Aug 20 25.068
 Joe Kostal          1896-1896    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jul 14 20.043
 Nap Lajoie          1896-1916 2480  9589 1504 3242 657 163  83 1599  516   85  .338  .380  .467  380  21 Aug 12 21.342
 Dan Leahy           1896-1896    2     6    0    2   1   0   0    1    1    2  .333  .429  .500    0   0 Sep  2 26.025
 Ted Lewis           1896-1901  184   552   66  123  10   3   0   52   38    1  .223  .273  .252    4   0 Jul  6 23.194
 Abel Lizotte        1896-1896    7    29    3    3   0   0   0    3    2    2  .103  .161  .103    1   0 Sep 17 26.157
 Sport McAllister    1896-1903  418  1450  157  358  38  18   5  164   67    2  .247  .287  .308   32   0 Aug  7 22.015
 Algie McBride       1896-1901  403  1589  258  464  60  26  12  179  132    3  .292  .356  .385   36   0 May 12 26.355
 Herm McFarland      1896-1903  352  1278  204  340  61  28  13  167  175   14  .266  .362  .388   64   0 Apr 21 26.041
 Dan McGann          1896-1908 1436  5222  842 1482 181 100  42  727  429   10  .284  .364  .381  282   0 Aug  8 25.024
 Sam Mertes          1896-1906 1190  4405  695 1227 188 108  40  721  422   10  .279  .346  .398  396   0 Jun 30 23.329
 Bert Myers          1896-1900  160   592   66  150  14  12   0   52   56   32  .253  .321  .318   11   0 Apr 25 22.017
 Tom Niland          1896-1896   18    68    3   12   0   1   0    3    5    4  .176  .243  .206    0   0 Apr 19 26.005
 Jerry Nops          1896-1901  137   385   32   85   5   4   0   32   26    5  .221  .274  .255    0   0 Sep  7 21.076
 Effie Norton        1896-1897   15    37    2    9   2   2   0    2    0    2  .243  .243  .405    0   0 Aug  8 22.357
 Dick Padden         1896-1905  874  3157  423  814 113  46  11  334  224    9  .258  .326  .333  132   0 Jul 15 25.302
 Harley Payne        1896-1899   85   222   20   51   4   2   0   24   18    3  .230  .288  .266    0   0 Apr 18 28.100
 Ollie Pickering     1896-1908  885  3349  500  910  96  39   9  286  286   11  .272  .334  .332  194   0 Aug  9 26.122
 Bill Reidy          1896-1904   86   245   19   39   0   1   0   13   15    0  .159  .214  .167    4   0 Jul 21 22.286
 Josh Reilly         1896-1896    9    42    6    9   1   0   0    2    1    1  .214  .233  .238    2   0 May  2  0.000
 Jim Rogers          1896-1897  151   594   82  140  17  12   3   90   47   23  .236  .294  .320   20   0 Apr 17 24.008
 Cy Seymour          1896-1913 1528  5682  737 1723 229  96  52  799  354   32  .303  .347  .405  222   0 Apr 22 23.135
 Harvey Smith        1896-1896   36   131   21   36   7   2   0   17   12    7  .275  .345  .359    9   0 Aug 19 25.026
 Sammy Strang        1896-1908  903  2933  479  790 112  28  16  253  464    6  .269  .377  .343  216   0 Jul 10 19.207
 George Wheeler      1896-1899   50   148   19   29   9   0   1    6    8    0  .196  .237  .277    3   0 Sep 18 27.046
 John Wood           1896-1896    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 May  9 23.357
 Zeke Wrigley        1896-1899  239   861  121  222  25  20   5  117   46    1  .258  .296  .351   18   0 Aug 31 22.226
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 George Yeager       1896-1902  217   705   90  168  25   6   5   73   45    1  .238  .290  .312    7   0 Sep 25 22.112
 Dave Zearfoss       1896-1905   72   202   15   42   3   3   0   17   19    5  .208  .279  .252    2   0 Apr 17 28.107
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+

62 Players

Pitchers Debuting in 1896

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 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Cy Bowen            1896-1896   0   1  .000  6.00    2   1   1   0   0   12.0   12    8   0    9    3 Apr 28 25.071
 Buttons Briggs      1896-1905  44  47  .484  3.41  106  97  84   8   4  855.7  879  324  16  332  338 Apr 23 20.290
 Sal Campfield       1896-1896   1   1  .500  4.00    6   2   2   0   0   27.0   31   12   1    6    6 May 15 28.086
 Wiley Davis         1896-1896   1   1  .500  8.31    2   0   0   0   0    4.3    8    4   0    2    1 Apr 18 20.261
 Charlie Emig        1896-1896   0   1  .000  7.88    1   1   1   0   0    8.0   12    7   1    7    1 Sep 04 21.152
 Chick Fraser        1896-1909 175 212  .452  3.68  433 389 342  22   6 3356.0 3460 1371  69 1332 1098 Apr 19 22.237
 Ned Garvin          1896-1904  57  97  .370  2.72  181 158 134  13   4 1400.7 1320  423  20  413  612 Jul 13 22.194
 Dale Gear           1896-1901   4  13  .235  4.21   27  18  16   1   1  186.0  234   87  10   28   41 Aug 15 24.195
 Charlie Gettig      1896-1899  15  12  .556  4.50   42  26  22   0   1  276.0  345  138   4  110   51 Aug 05 25.000
 Jot Goar            1896-1898   0   1  .000 15.85    4   0   0   0   0   15.3   40   27   1    9    3 Apr 18 26.078
 Art Herman          1896-1897   4   7  .364  5.37   17  14  10   0   0  112.3  145   67   5   41   17 Jun 29 25.049
 Bill Hill           1896-1899  36  69  .343  4.16  124 115  92   3   3  925.0  994  428  24  406  280 Apr 18 21.260
 Elmer Horton        1896-1898   0   3  .000  9.75    3   3   3   0   0   24.0   38   26   0   15    3 Sep 24 27.020
 Charlie Jordan      1896-1896   0   0        7.71    2   0   0   0   0    4.7    9    4   0    2    3 Jul 31 24.301
 Harry Keener        1896-1896   3  11  .214  5.88   16  13  11   0   0  113.3  144   74   5   39   28 Jun 27 26.000
 Fred Klobedanz      1896-1902  53  25  .679  4.12   89  85  69   2   0  702.0  742  321  33  266  181 Aug 20 25.068
 Joe Kostal          1896-1896   0   0        0.00    2   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    0   0    0    0 Jul 14 20.043
 Ted Lewis           1896-1901  94  64  .595  3.53  183 153 136   7   4 1405.0 1379  551  57  511  378 Jul 06 23.194
 Sport McAllister    1896-1903   4   7  .364  5.32   17  11  10   0   0  113.3  140   67   5   44   21 Aug 07 22.015
 Sam Mertes          1896-1906   1   0 1.000  1.13    1   0   0   0   0    8.0    6    1   0    0    0 Jun 30 23.329
 Jerry Nops          1896-1901  72  41  .637  3.70  136 122  99   7   1  988.3 1083  406  17  281  294 Sep 07 21.076
 Effie Norton        1896-1897   5   2  .714  4.13   12   7   3   0   0   61.0   80   28   2   25   16 Aug 08 22.357
 Harley Payne        1896-1899  30  36  .455  4.04   80  72  57   3   0  557.0  678  250  14  136  148 Apr 18 28.100
 Bill Reidy          1896-1904  27  41  .397  4.17   79  66  55   3   2  601.7  740  279  15  106  109 Jul 21 22.286
 Cy Seymour          1896-1913  61  56  .521  3.76  140 123 104   6   1 1029.0  951  430  25  655  584 Apr 22 23.135
 George Wheeler      1896-1899  21  20  .512  4.24   50  39  32   0   0  358.7  446  169   5  116   60 Sep 18 27.046
 John Wood           1896-1896   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    0.0    1    0   0    2    0 May 09 23.357
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+

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