Gammons Daily 2014 Rookie Peformances

The top 2014 rookies performers this season

May 16, 2014 by Bill Chuck Leave a Comment

Masahiro Tanaka

Don’t look for the Oakland A’s on this listing of pleayers who are regarded as rookies that have appeared in games this season.

 Rookies pitchers who have appeared in at least one game

Rk	Tm	#
1	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	7	Jose Alvarez / Yoslan Herrera / Nick Maronde / Mike Morin Cory Rasmus / Matt Shoemaker / Josh Wall
2	Chicago White Sox	6	Scott Carroll / Maikel Cleto / Erik Johnson / Charles Leesman Jake Petricka / Daniel Webb
3	New York Yankees	6	Dean Anna / Bruce Billings / Shane Greene / Vidal Nuno Masahiro Tanaka / Chase Whitley
4	Arizona Diamondbacks	4	Chase Anderson / Mike Bolsinger / Evan Marshall / Bo Schultz
5	Kansas City Royals	4	Aaron Brooks / Michael Mariot / Justin Marks / Yordano Ventura
6	Atlanta Braves	3	David Hale / Gus Schlosser / Ian Thomas
7	Colorado Rockies	3	Chad Bettis / Tommy Kahnle / Chris Martin
8	Detroit Tigers	3	Justin Miller / Jose Ortega / Robbie Ray
9	Minnesota Twins	3	Logan Darnell / Kris Johnson / Michael Tonkin
10	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Brandon Cumpton / Stolmy Pimentel / Casey Sadler
11	Seattle Mariners	3	Roenis Elias / Dominic Leone / James Paxton
12	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Keith Butler / Eric Fornataro / Carlos Martinez
13	Tampa Bay Rays	3	Jeff Beliveau / Jake Odorizzi / C.J. Riefenhauser
14	Texas Rangers	3	Nick Martinez / Aaron Poreda / Seth Rosin
15	Baltimore Orioles	2	Kevin Gausman / Preston Guilmet
16	Chicago Cubs	2	Neil Ramirez / Zac Rosscup
17	Cleveland Indians	2	Trevor Bauer / C.C. Lee
18	Miami Marlins	2	Arquimedes Caminero / Anthony DeSclafani
19	Houston Astros	2	Kevin Chapman / Josh Zeid
20	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Pedro Baez / Red Patterson
21	Milwaukee Brewers	2	Wei-Chung Wang / Rob Wooten
22	New York Mets	2	Jacob deGrom / Rafael Montero
23	San Diego Padres	2	Kevin Quackenbush / Donn Roach
24	Washington Nationals	2	Aaron Barrett / Blake Treinen
25	Cincinnati Reds	1	Nick Christiani
26	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Mario Hollands
27	San Francisco Giants	1	Jake Dunning
28	Toronto Blue Jays	1	Marcus Stroman

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Nine to Know: Rookie pitchers by best ERA

(minimum 20 IP)

Rk	Player	ERA	IP	WHIP	Tm	G	GS	CG	SHO	W	L	W-L%	SV	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1	David Hale	1.65	32.2	1.163	ATL	10	4	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	24	8	6	14	19
2	Tommy Kahnle	1.71	21.0	1.048	COL	15	0	0	0	2	1	.667	0	12	6	4	10	15
3	Jake Petricka	1.99	22.2	1.191	CHW	15	0	0	0	0	0		0	16	5	5	11	16
4	Masahiro Tanaka	2.17	58.0	0.914	NYY	8	8	1	1	6	0	1.000	0	46	15	14	7	66
5	Nick Martinez	2.38	22.2	1.412	TEX	7	2	0	0	0	1	.000	0	21	8	6	11	13
6	Yordano Ventura	2.40	48.2	1.130	KCR	8	8	0	0	2	3	.400	0	39	14	13	16	53
7	Donn Roach	2.57	21.0	1.524	SDP	12	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	24	7	6	8	13
8	Daniel Webb	3.00	21.0	1.524	CHW	15	0	0	0	3	0	1.000	0	17	7	7	15	16
9	Roenis Elias	3.69	46.1	1.381	SEA	8	8	0	0	3	2	.600	0	44	23	19	20	42

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Jose Abreu

Rookie players who have appeared in at least one game

Rk	Tm	#
1	Arizona Diamondbacks	8	Mike Bolsinger / Tuffy Gosewisch / Ender Inciarte / Roger Kieschnick Evan Marshall / Alfredo Marte / Chris Owings / Bo Schultz
2	Chicago White Sox	7	Jose Abreu / Maikel Cleto / Erik Johnson / Adrian Nieto / Jake Petricka Marcus Semien / Daniel Webb
3	St. Louis Cardinals	7	Joey Butler / Keith Butler / Eric Fornataro / Greg Garcia Randal Grichuk / Carlos Martinez / Kolten Wong
4	New York Mets	6	Eric Campbell / Juan Centeno / Travis d’Arnaud / Jacob deGrom Wilmer Flores / Rafael Montero
5	Texas Rangers	6	Jim Adduci / Michael Choice / Rougned Odor / Aaron Poreda Dan Robertson / Luis Sardinas
6	New York Yankees	5	Dean Anna / J.R. Murphy / Yangervis Solarte / Masahiro Tanaka Chase Whitley
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Brandon Cumpton / Jaff Decker / Stolmy Pimentel / Casey Sadler Tony Sanchez
8	Seattle Mariners	5	Abraham Almonte / Roenis Elias / James Jones / Dominic Leone Stefen Romero
9	Washington Nationals	5	Aaron Barrett / Sandy Leon / Steven Souza / Blake Treinen Zach Walters
10	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	4	C.J. Cron / Luis Jimenez / Efren Navarro / Matt Shoemaker
11	Cincinnati Reds	4	Tucker Barnhart / Nick Christiani / Billy Hamilton / Neftali Soto
12	Colorado Rockies	4	Chad Bettis / Charlie Culberson / Tommy Kahnle / Chris Martin
13	San Diego Padres	4	Tommy Medica / Jace Peterson / Kevin Quackenbush / Donn Roach
14	Toronto Blue Jays	4	Jonathan Diaz / Ryan Goins / Kevin Pillar / Marcus Stroman
15	Atlanta Braves	3	David Hale / Gus Schlosser / Ian Thomas
16	Chicago Cubs	3	Mike Olt / Neil Ramirez / Zac Rosscup
17	Cleveland Indians	3	Jesus Aguilar / C.C. Lee / Jose Ramirez
18	San Francisco Giants	3	Ehire Adrianza / Jake Dunning / Juan Perez
19	Baltimore Orioles	2	Caleb Joseph / Jonathan Schoop
20	Boston Red Sox	2	Xander Bogaerts / Jackie Bradley
21	Detroit Tigers	2	Nick Castellanos / Tyler Collins
22	Miami Marlins	2	Arquimedes Caminero / Anthony DeSclafani
23	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Pedro Baez / Alex Guerrero
24	Milwaukee Brewers	2	Wei-Chung Wang / Rob Wooten
25	Minnesota Twins	2	Josmil Pinto / Danny Santana
26	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Cesar Hernandez / Mario Hollands
27	Tampa Bay Rays	2	Jeff Beliveau / Kevin Kiermaier
28	Houston Astros	1	George Springer
29	Kansas City Royals	1	Yordano Ventura

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Nine to Know: Leading rookie batters

(minimum 25 games)

Rk	Player	BA	Tm	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG
1	Yangervis Solarte	.325	NYY	123	17	40	4	23	17	17	0	0	.403	.504
2	Jose Abreu	.271	CHW	166	28	45	15	41	10	48	0	0	.320	.620
3	Chris Owings	.270	ARI	122	10	33	1	4	8	27	4	0	.315	.377
4	Billy Hamilton	.259	CIN	112	17	29	1	6	6	19	14	5	.300	.375
5	Xander Bogaerts	.257	BOS	136	16	35	1	5	19	37	1	2	.361	.353
6	Josmil Pinto	.240	MIN	100	17	24	5	11	18	26	0	0	.358	.420
7	George Springer	.231	HOU	104	7	24	3	11	9	42	1	2	.298	.356
8	Nick Castellanos	.230	DET	113	11	26	4	19	4	30	0	0	.256	.389
9	Jonathan Schoop	.224	BAL	116	12	26	3	14	3	34	0	0	.268	.362

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