Ross Barnes has the highest wRC+ by a rookie, with 197 wRC+ in 1876.

Interpreted as:

highest wrc+ with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a rookie in MLB history

	NAME	WRC+	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	BRAA
1	Ross Barnes R. Barnes	197	1876	CWS	66	322	126	138	21	14	1	59	20		8			342	190	36					.429		.590		105	53.2	.478	50.5
2	Pete Browning P. Browning	187	1882	LOU	69	288	67	109	17	3	5		26					314	147	25					.378		.510		80	36.1	.425	37.7
3	Joe Jackson J. Jackson	184	1911	CLE	147	571	126	233	45	19	7	83	56	8	43	41		641	337	71	6				.408	.468	.590	1.058	151	75.1	.494	68.6
4	Aaron Judge A. Judge	174	2017	NYY	155	542	128	154	24	3	52	114	127	5	208	9	4	678	340	79	0	4	11	15	.284	.422	.627	1.049	145	62.5	.430	61.5
5	José Abreu J. Abreu	167	2014	CWS	145	556	80	176	35	2	36	107	51	11	131	3	1	622	323	73	0	4	15	14	.317	.383	.581	.964	115	48.3	.411	46.1
6	Mike Trout M. Trout	167	2012	LAA	139	559	129	182	27	8	30	83	67	6	139	49	5	639	315	65	0	7	4	7	.326	.399	.564	.963	121	48.2	.409	50
7	Benny Kauff B. Kauff	167	1914	IND	154	571	120	211	44	13	8	95	72	8	55	75		667	305	65	16				.370	.447	.534	.981	136	66	.465	52.6
8	Rico Carty R. Carty	166	1964	MIL	133	455	72	150	28	4	22	88	43	3	78	1	2	505	252	54	0	4	4	16	.330	.388	.554	.942	93	39.3	.410	37.3
9	George Hall G. Hall	165	1876	PHI	60	268	51	98	7	13	5	45	8		4			276	146	25					.366		.545		72	30.3	.419	27.3
10	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	165	1972	BOS	131	457	74	134	28	9	22	61	52	4	83	5	2	514	246	59	1	0	6	11	.293	.370	.538	.909	88	37.6	.407	33.4
11	Dave Orr D. Orr	163	1884	NYM	110	458	82	162	32	13	9	112	5	1				464	247	54					.354	.362	.539	.901	112	44.3	.402	43.9
12	Ed Swartwood E. Swartwood	163	1882	PIT	77	329	87	109	18	11	4		21					350	161	33					.331		.489		79	29.6	.386	30.4
13	Dick Allen D. Allen	162	1964	PHI	162	632	125	201	38	13	29	91	67	0	138	3	4	708	352	80	6	3	13	8	.318	.382	.557	.939	128	52.3	.405	49.5
14	Fred Lynn F. Lynn	161	1975	BOS	145	528	103	175	47	7	21	105	62	3	90	10	5	605	299	75	6	6	10	11	.331	.401	.566	.967	114	48.1	.427	41.5
15	John O'Rourke J. O'Rourke	161	1879	BOS	72	317	69	108	17	11	6	62	8		32			325	165	34					.341		.521		74	29.3	.389	28.4
16	Cupid Childs C. Childs	161	1890	SYR	126	493	109	170	33	14	2	89	72	6		56		571	237	49					.345	.434	.481	.915	135	47.8	.438	52.9
17	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	159	2001	STL	161	590	112	194	47	4	37	130	69	9	93	1	3	676	360	88	1	7	6	21	.329	.403	.610	1.013	139	54.7	.423	51.9
18	Mitchell Page M. Page	157	1977	OAK	145	501	85	154	28	8	21	75	78	6	95	42	5	592	261	57	4	3	6	7	.307	.405	.521	.926	107	38.1	.404	39.7
19	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	157	1987	OAK	151	557	97	161	28	4	49	118	71	5	131	1	1	641	344	81	0	8	8	6	.289	.370	.618	.987	124	45.2	.411	46.2
20	Ted Williams T. Williams	156	1939	BSA	149	565	131	185	44	11	31	145	107	2	64	2	1	677	344	86	3			10	.327	.436	.609	1.045	150	66.1	.464	53.1
21	Stan Musial S. Musial	155	1942	SLN	140	467	87	147	32	10	10	72	62	2	25	6		536	229	52	5			3	.315	.397	.490	.888	92	35.4	.416	32.6
22	John Cassidy J. Cassidy	155	1877	HAR	60	251	43	95	10	5	0	27	3		3			254	115	15					.378		.458		56	19.5	.387	21.1
23	Lip Pike L. Pike	153	1876	STL	63	282	55	91	19	10	1	50	8		9			290	133	30					.323		.472		64	20.6	.369	23.5
24	Frank Fennelly F. Fennelly	153	1884	TOT	90	379	94	118	22	15	4		31	2				412	182	41					.311	.367	.480	.847	93	32.9	.382	32.7
25	Fred Snodgrass F. Snodgrass	152	1910	NYG	123	396	69	127	22	8	2	44	71	13	52	33		493	171	32	13				.321	.440	.432	.871	87	36.2	.427	29.6