Comparing the 2011 Freshman Class by League

Here's a quick numerical look at the 2011 freshman class.


Number of players who debuted in 2011 -- NL 125, AL 123.
-- Hitters: NL 58, AL 49.
-- Pitchers: AL 74, NL 67.

Individuals with at least 1.0 WAR -- AL 16, NL 7.
-- Hitters: AL 8, NL 1.
-- Pitchers: AL 8, NL 6.

Aggregate WAR from leader tables below -- AL 33.4, NL 25.7.
-- Hitters: AL 17.1, NL 8.7.
-- Pitchers: NL 17.0, AL 16.3.

Aggregate WAR from all first-years -- AL 18.6, NL 11.6.
-- Hitters: AL 7.5, NL 0.5.
-- Pitchers: NL 11.9, AL 11.1.

Notes:
-- For the first time since 1998, no NL freshman hitter produced at least 1.5 WAR.
-- 3 first-year pitchers had at least 2.0 WAR in 2011. In 2010, none reached that mark. Six did it in each of the 4 years before that.

2011 First-Year Hitters with at least 0.2 WAR:

Rk	Player	WAR/pos	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	OPS	Pos
1	Brett Lawrie	2.8	21	TOR	AL	43	171	26	44	8	4	9	25	.293	.373	.953	*5
2	Dustin Ackley	2.5	23	SEA	AL	90	376	39	91	16	7	6	36	.273	.348	.766	*4/D3
3	Jemile Weeks	1.6	24	OAK	AL	97	437	50	123	26	8	2	36	.303	.340	.761	*4
4	Tony Campana	1.4	25	CHC	NL	95	155	24	37	3	0	1	6	.259	.303	.603	78/9
5	Eric Hosmer	1.3	21	KCR	AL	128	563	66	153	27	3	19	78	.293	.334	.799	*3
6	Chris Parmelee	1.2	23	MIN	AL	21	88	8	27	6	0	4	14	.355	.443	1.035	*3
7	Salvador Perez	1.1	21	KCR	AL	39	158	20	49	8	2	3	21	.331	.361	.834	*2
8	Lonnie Chisenhall	1.0	22	CLE	AL	66	223	27	54	13	0	7	22	.255	.284	.699	*5/D7
9	Jason Kipnis	1.0	24	CLE	AL	36	150	24	37	9	1	7	19	.272	.333	.841	*4
10	Josh Harrison	0.9	23	PIT	NL	65	204	21	53	13	2	1	16	.272	.281	.656	*5/4
11	Kyle Seager	0.9	23	SEA	AL	53	201	22	47	13	0	3	13	.258	.312	.691	*56/4
12	Jose Constanza	0.9	27	ATL	NL	42	119	21	33	1	1	2	10	.303	.339	.724	79/8
13	Mike Trout	0.9	19	LAA	AL	40	135	20	27	6	0	5	16	.220	.281	.672	897
14	Eric Thames	0.8	24	TOR	AL	95	394	58	95	24	5	12	37	.262	.313	.769	*79D
15	Brett Pill	0.7	26	SFG	NL	15	53	7	15	3	2	2	9	.300	.321	.881	*3
16	Zack Cozart	0.7	25	CIN	NL	11	38	6	12	0	0	2	3	.324	.324	.811	*6
17	J.D. Martinez	0.6	23	HOU	NL	53	226	29	57	13	0	6	35	.274	.319	.742	*7/9
18	Justin Sellers	0.6	25	LAD	NL	36	139	20	25	9	0	1	13	.203	.283	.583	*64/5
19	Andy Parrino	0.6	25	SDP	NL	24	55	3	8	1	0	0	4	.182	.327	.532	5/6947
20	Mike Moustakas	0.5	22	KCR	AL	89	365	26	89	18	1	5	30	.263	.309	.675	*5
21	Dee Gordon	0.5	23	LAD	NL	56	233	34	68	9	2	0	11	.304	.325	.686	*6
22	Jesus Montero	0.5	21	NYY	AL	18	69	9	20	4	0	4	12	.328	.406	.996	*D/2
23	Luis Martinez	0.4	26	SDP	NL	22	68	7	12	1	1	1	10	.203	.309	.614	*2
24	Todd Frazier	0.4	25	CIN	NL	41	121	17	26	5	0	6	15	.232	.289	.727	*5/7643
25	Brandon Guyer	0.3	25	TBR	AL	15	43	7	8	1	0	2	3	.195	.214	.580	*9/7D
26	Jimmy Paredes	0.3	22	HOU	NL	46	179	16	48	8	2	2	18	.286	.320	.713	*5
27	Ryan Lavarnway	0.3	23	BOS	AL	17	43	5	9	2	0	2	8	.231	.302	.738	/D2
28	Jose Altuve	0.3	21	HOU	NL	57	234	26	61	10	1	2	12	.276	.297	.654	*4
29	Alex Liddi	0.2	22	SEA	AL	15	44	7	9	3	0	3	6	.225	.295	.820	*5
30	Logan Forsythe	0.2	24	SDP	NL	62	169	12	32	9	1	0	12	.213	.281	.568	54/6
31	Matt Angle	0.2	25	BAL	AL	31	95	12	14	4	0	1	7	.177	.293	.559	*87/9
32	Thomas Field	0.2	24	COL	NL	16	51	4	13	0	0	0	3	.271	.314	.585	*6/9

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 12/30/2011.

2011 First-Year Pitchers with at least 0.5 WAR:

Rk	Player	WAR	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	GF	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	ERA+
1	Michael Pineda	2.8	22	SEA	AL	28	28	0	9	10	0	171.0	133	55	173	3.74	103
2	Josh Collmenter	2.4	25	ARI	NL	31	24	3	10	10	0	154.1	137	28	100	3.38	117
3	Aaron Crow	2.1	24	KCR	AL	57	0	19	4	4	0	62.0	55	31	65	2.76	149
4	Louis Coleman	1.6	25	KCR	AL	48	0	11	1	4	1	59.2	44	26	64	2.87	143
5	Al Alburquerque	1.6	25	DET	AL	41	0	11	6	1	0	43.1	21	29	67	1.87	220
6	Juan Nicasio	1.5	24	COL	NL	13	13	0	4	4	0	71.2	73	18	58	4.14	108
7	Anthony Bass	1.4	23	SDP	NL	27	3	6	2	0	0	48.1	41	21	24	1.68	214
8	Javy Guerra	1.4	25	LAD	NL	47	0	38	2	2	21	46.2	37	18	38	2.31	162
9	Henderson Alvarez	1.3	21	TOR	AL	10	10	0	1	3	0	63.2	64	8	40	3.53	121
10	Zach Britton	1.3	23	BAL	AL	28	28	0	11	11	0	154.1	162	62	97	4.61	90
11	Blake Beavan	1.3	22	SEA	AL	15	15	0	5	6	0	97.0	106	15	42	4.27	90
12	Eduardo Sanchez	1.2	22	STL	NL	26	0	11	3	1	5	30.0	14	16	35	1.80	204
13	Tim Collins	1.1	21	KCR	AL	68	0	18	4	4	0	67.0	52	48	60	3.63	113
14	Rex Brothers	1.1	23	COL	NL	48	0	6	1	2	1	40.2	33	20	59	2.88	157
15	Randall Delgado	0.9	21	ATL	NL	7	7	0	1	1	0	35.0	29	14	18	2.83	135
16	Rubby De La Rosa	0.9	22	LAD	NL	13	10	2	4	5	0	60.2	54	31	60	3.71	101
17	Everett Teaford	0.8	27	KCR	AL	26	3	7	2	1	1	44.0	36	14	28	3.27	126
18	Alex Cobb	0.8	23	TBR	AL	9	9	0	3	2	0	52.2	49	21	37	3.42	110
19	Nathan Eovaldi	0.7	21	LAD	NL	10	6	1	1	2	0	34.2	28	20	23	3.63	103
20	Brad Peacock	0.7	23	WSN	NL	3	2	0	2	0	0	12.0	7	6	4	0.75	531
21	Lance Lynn	0.7	24	STL	NL	18	2	2	1	1	1	34.2	25	11	40	3.12	118
22	Joe Paterson	0.7	25	ARI	NL	62	0	17	0	3	1	34.0	28	15	28	2.91	137
23	Michael Stutes	0.6	24	PHI	NL	57	0	11	6	2	0	62.0	49	28	58	3.63	107
24	Josh Spence	0.6	23	SDP	NL	40	0	8	0	2	0	29.2	14	19	31	2.73	132
25	Dylan Axelrod	0.6	25	CHW	AL	4	3	1	1	0	0	18.2	18	9	19	2.89	148
26	David Carpenter	0.6	25	HOU	NL	34	0	12	1	3	1	27.2	28	13	29	2.93	131
27	Josh Lindblom	0.6	24	LAD	NL	27	0	8	1	0	0	29.2	21	10	28	2.73	138
28	Bryan Shaw	0.5	23	ARI	NL	33	0	8	1	0	0	28.1	30	8	24	2.54	157
29	Danny Duffy	0.5	22	KCR	AL	20	20	0	4	8	0	105.1	119	51	87	5.64	73
30	Joel Carreno	0.5	24	TOR	AL	11	0	3	1	0	0	15.2	11	4	14	1.15	378
31	Ryan Mattheus	0.5	27	WSN	NL	35	0	12	2	2	0	32.0	26	15	12	2.81	139

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 12/30/2011.