most sacrifice hits by a rookie since 1977

Since 1977, Ozzie Smith has the most sacrifice hits by a rookie, with 28 sacrifice hits in 1978.

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Data note: Sacrifice Hits: player season data complete from 1894

	NAME	SH	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	28	1978	SDP	159	590	69	152	17	6	1	46	47	0	43	40	12	668	184	24	3	0	11	.258	.311	.312	.623	58	-14.8	.288	84	-11.8
2	Alvaro Espinoza A. Espinoza	23	1989	NYY	146	503	51	142	23	1	0	41	14	1	60	3	3	544	167	24	3	1	14	.282	.301	.332	.633	48	-11	.287	79	-13.3
3	John Castino J. Castino	22	1979	MIN	148	393	49	112	13	8	5	52	27	1	72	5	2	445	156	26	2	0	9	.285	.331	.397	.728	53	0.9	.326	94	-3.1
4	Bill Almon B. Almon	20	1977	SDP	155	613	75	160	18	11	2	43	37	0	114	20	9	670	206	31	0	1	14	.261	.303	.336	.639	59	-19.1	.288	78	-17.8
5	Luis Sojo L. Sojo	19	1991	CAL	113	364	38	94	14	1	3	20	14	5	26	4	2	402	119	18	0	0	12	.258	.295	.327	.622	35	-10.5	.284	73	-12.7
6	Robby Thompson R. Thompson	18	1986	SFG	149	549	73	149	27	3	7	47	42	5	112	12	15	615	203	37	1	0	11	.271	.328	.370	.698	69	-2.3	.316	100	0
7	Nelson Norman N. Norman	18	1979	TEX	147	343	36	76	9	3	0	21	19	0	41	4	1	383	91	12	3	0	5	.222	.260	.265	.526	20	-25.2	.241	44	-26.3
8	Jack Wilson J. Wilson	17	2001	PIT	108	390	44	87	17	1	3	25	16	1	70	1	3	425	115	21	1	2	4	.223	.255	.295	.550	22	-31.1	.241	39	-33.9
9	David Eckstein D. Eckstein	16	2001	ANA	153	582	82	166	26	2	4	41	43	21	60	29	4	664	208	32	2	0	11	.285	.355	.357	.712	79	-3.6	.321	95	-4.1
10	Roberto Alomar R. Alomar	16	1988	SDP	143	545	84	145	24	6	9	41	47	3	83	24	6	611	208	39	0	5	15	.266	.328	.382	.709	70	3.3	.319	106	4.3
11	Alfredo Griffin A. Griffin	16	1979	TOR	153	624	81	179	22	10	2	31	40	5	59	21	16	689	227	34	4	0	10	.287	.333	.364	.697	76	-4.6	.316	86	-11.6
12	Ronny Cedeno R. Cedeno	15	2006	CHC	151	534	51	131	18	7	6	41	17	3	109	8	8	572	181	31	3	4	10	.245	.271	.339	.610	38	-33.5	.263	47	-39.4
13	Terry Jones T. Jones	15	1998	MON	60	212	30	46	7	2	1	15	21	0	46	16	4	248	60	10	0	1	2	.217	.288	.283	.571	16	-14.6	.261	51	-15.3
14	Mark McLemore M. McLemore	15	1987	CAL	138	433	61	102	13	3	3	41	48	0	72	25	8	499	130	19	3	0	7	.236	.310	.300	.610	42	-19.1	.280	68	-20.1
15	Craig Reynolds C. Reynolds	15	1977	SEA	135	420	41	104	12	3	4	28	15	3	23	6	6	455	134	19	2	1	8	.248	.277	.319	.596	33	-20.4	.267	58	-22.3
16	Dexter Fowler D. Fowler	14	2009	COL	135	433	73	115	29	10	4	34	67	1	116	27	10	518	176	43	3	1	4	.266	.363	.406	.770	68	5.9	.342	97	-2
17	Peter Bergeron P. Bergeron	14	2000	MON	148	518	80	127	25	7	5	31	58	0	100	11	13	592	181	37	2	0	4	.245	.320	.349	.669	58	-19.9	.302	72	-22.8
18	Deivi Cruz D. Cruz	14	1997	DET	147	436	35	105	26	0	2	40	14	0	55	3	6	467	137	28	3	0	9	.241	.263	.314	.577	28	-29.6	.256	46	-32.3
19	Juan Castillo J. Castillo	14	1987	MIL	116	321	44	72	11	4	3	28	33	3	76	15	7	372	100	18	1	0	2	.224	.302	.312	.613	31	-14.3	.279	64	-16.9
20	Devon White D. White	14	1987	CAL	159	639	103	168	33	5	24	87	39	2	135	32	11	696	283	62	2	2	8	.263	.306	.443	.749	84	-1.2	.324	97	-2.6
21	Bob Meacham B. Meacham	14	1984	NYY	99	360	62	91	13	4	2	25	32	3	70	9	5	418	118	19	9	0	2	.253	.312	.328	.640	38	-8.2	.292	81	-9.1
22	Jerry Dybzinski J. Dybzinski	14	1980	CLE	114	248	32	57	11	1	1	23	13	2	35	4	1	278	73	13	1	0	5	.230	.273	.294	.567	18	-12.8	.261	56	-14.4
23	Mike Edwards M. Edwards	14	1978	OAK	142	414	48	113	16	2	1	23	16	2	32	27	21	446	136	19	0	0	7	.273	.303	.329	.632	39	-9.5	.290	82	-9.1
24	Rob Picciolo R. Picciolo	14	1977	OAK	148	419	35	84	12	3	2	22	9	1	55	1	4	446	108	17	3	0	8	.200	.218	.258	.475	13	-39.4	.213	28	-38.2
25	Francisco Lindor F. Lindor	13	2015	CLE	99	390	50	122	22	4	12	51	27	1	69	12	2	438	188	38	7	0	12	.313	.353	.482	.835	65	15.6	.358	126	13.2

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