2012 eligible Rookies
Rookie players
| Player | Team | Pos | G | AB | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | |
| Freeman | F | ATL | 1B | 157 | 571 | 0 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trumbo | M | LAA | 1B | 149 | 539 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Hosmer | E | KC | 1B | 128 | 523 | 0 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carp | M | SEA | 1B | 79 | 290 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Guzman | J | SD | 1B | 76 | 247 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Evans | N | NYM | 1B | 59 | 176 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Allen | B | OAK | 1B | 52 | 175 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miranda | J | ARI | 1B | 65 | 174 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt | P | ARI | 1B | 48 | 156 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rizzo | A | SD | 1B | 49 | 128 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Espinosa | D | WSH | 2B | 158 | 573 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barney | D | CHC | 2B | 143 | 529 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Turner | J | NYM | 2B | 117 | 435 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 36 | 1 | 0 |
| Weeks | J | OAK | 2B | 97 | 406 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ackley | D | SEA | 2B | 90 | 333 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hughes | L | MIN | 2B | 96 | 287 | 0 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Altuve | J | HOU | 2B | 57 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Downs | M | HOU | 2B | 106 | 199 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 3 |
| Nelson | C | COL | 2B | 63 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| Giavotella | J | KC | 2B | 46 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kipnis | J | CLE | 2B | 36 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morel | B | CWS | 3B | 126 | 413 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 0 |
| Moustakas | M | KC | 3B | 89 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 |
| Descalso | D | STL | 3B | 148 | 326 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 117 | 13 | 0 |
| Nunez | E | NYY | 3B | 112 | 309 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 40 | 50 | 4 |
| Chisenhall | L | CLE | 3B | 66 | 212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 1 |
| Martinez | M | PHI | 3B | 88 | 209 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 14 |
| Harrison | J | PIT | 3B | 65 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Seager | K | SEA | 3B | 53 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 10 | 0 |
| Paredes | J | HOU | 3B | 46 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| Forsythe | L | SD | 3B | 62 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| Lawrie | B | TOR | 3B | 43 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Arencibia | J | TOR | C | 129 | 443 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramos | W | WSH | C | 113 | 389 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McKenry | M | PIT | C | 58 | 180 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Conger | H | LAA | C | 59 | 177 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stewart | C | SF | C | 67 | 162 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corporan | C | HOU | C | 52 | 154 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perez | S | KC | C | 39 | 148 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hayes | B | FLA | C | 64 | 130 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Revere | B | MIN | OF | 117 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| Thames | E | TOR | OF | 95 | 362 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| Fuld | S | TB | OF | 105 | 308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
| Duda | L | NYM | OF | 100 | 301 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Mayberry | J | PHI | OF | 104 | 267 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| Reddick | J | BOS | OF | 87 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Jennings | D | TB | OF | 63 | 247 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Paul | X | PIT | OF | 128 | 243 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
| Bourgeois | J | HOU | OF | 93 | 238 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| Dirks | A | DET | OF | 78 | 219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| Presley | A | PIT | OF | 52 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Wells | C | SEA | OF | 95 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| Martinez | J | HOU | OF | 53 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Pridie | J | NYM | OF | 101 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Carrera | E | CLE | OF | 68 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Sands | J | LAD | OF | 61 | 198 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Brown | D | PHI | OF | 56 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Tosoni | R | MIN | OF | 60 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Bogusevic | B | HOU | OF | 87 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Campana | T | CHC | OF | 95 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| Peguero | C | SEA | OF | 46 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Robinson | T | SEA | OF | 44 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Gentry | C | TEX | OF | 64 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Plouffe | T | MIN | SS | 81 | 286 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 45 | 13 |
| Gordon | D | LAD | SS | 56 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 |
| Nishioka | T | MIN | SS | 68 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| Crawford | B | SF | SS | 66 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 |
| Johnson | E | TB | SS | 70 | 160 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 52 | 2 |
| d’Arnaud | C | PIT | SS | 48 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 0 |
Rookie pitchers
| Player | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | IP | |
| Hellickson | J | TB | 13 | 10 | 2.95 | 29 | 29 | 189 |
| Pineda | M | SEA | 9 | 10 | 3.74 | 28 | 28 | 171 |
| Britton | Z | BAL | 11 | 11 | 4.61 | 28 | 28 | 154 1/3 |
| Nova | I | NYY | 16 | 4 | 3.70 | 28 | 27 | 165 1/3 |
| Gee | D | NYM | 13 | 6 | 4.43 | 30 | 27 | 160 2/3 |
| Humber | P | CWS | 9 | 9 | 3.75 | 28 | 26 | 163 |
| Chatwood | T | LAA | 6 | 11 | 4.75 | 27 | 25 | 142 |
| Beachy | B | ATL | 7 | 3 | 3.68 | 25 | 25 | 141 2/3 |
| Collmenter | J | ARI | 10 | 10 | 3.38 | 31 | 24 | 154 1/3 |
| Worley | V | PHI | 11 | 3 | 3.01 | 25 | 21 | 131 2/3 |
| Moscoso | G | OAK | 8 | 10 | 3.38 | 23 | 21 | 128 |
| Carrasco | C | CLE | 8 | 9 | 4.62 | 21 | 21 | 124 2/3 |
| Duffy | D | KC | 4 | 8 | 5.64 | 20 | 20 | 105 1/3 |
| Luebke | C | SD | 6 | 10 | 3.29 | 46 | 17 | 139 2/3 |
| Beavan | B | SEA | 5 | 6 | 4.27 | 15 | 15 | 97 |
| Lyles | J | HOU | 2 | 8 | 5.36 | 20 | 15 | 94 |
| Minor | M | ATL | 5 | 3 | 4.14 | 15 | 15 | 82 2/3 |
| Drabek | K | TOR | 4 | 5 | 6.06 | 18 | 14 | 78 2/3 |
| Nicasio | J | COL | 4 | 4 | 4.14 | 13 | 13 | 71 2/3 |
| Furbush | C | SEA | 4 | 10 | 5.48 | 28 | 12 | 85 1/3 |
| Hand | B | FLA | 1 | 8 | 4.20 | 12 | 12 | 60 |
| Swarzak | A | MIN | 4 | 7 | 4.32 | 27 | 11 | 102 |
| Stewart | Z | CWS | 2 | 6 | 5.88 | 13 | 11 | 67 1/3 |
| Alvarez | H | TOR | 1 | 3 | 3.53 | 10 | 10 | 63 2/3 |
| De La Rosa | R | LAD | 4 | 5 | 3.71 | 13 | 10 | 60 2/3 |
| Sosa | H | HOU | 3 | 5 | 5.23 | 10 | 10 | 53 1/3 |
| Cobb | A | TB | 3 | 2 | 3.42 | 9 | 9 | 52 2/3 |
| Rodriguez | A | HOU | 1 | 6 | 5.27 | 43 | 8 | 85 1/3 |
| Estrada | M | MIL | 4 | 8 | 4.08 | 43 | 7 | 92 2/3 |
| LeCure | S | CIN | 2 | 1 | 3.71 | 43 | 4 | 77 2/3 |
| Perez | L | TOR | 3 | 3 | 5.12 | 37 | 4 | 65 |
| Adcock | N | KC | 1 | 1 | 4.62 | 24 | 3 | 60 1/3 |
| Bass | A | SD | 2 | 0 | 1.68 | 27 | 3 | 48 1/3 |
| Teaford | E | KC | 2 | 1 | 3.27 | 26 | 3 | 44 |
| Noesi | H | NYY | 2 | 2 | 4.47 | 30 | 2 | 56 1/3 |
| Martinez | C | ATL | 1 | 3 | 3.36 | 46 | 0 | 77 2/3 |
| Melancon | M | HOU | 8 | 4 | 2.78 | 71 | 0 | 74 1/3 |
| Resop | C | PIT | 5 | 4 | 4.39 | 76 | 0 | 69 2/3 |
| Collins | T | KC | 4 | 4 | 3.63 | 68 | 0 | 67 |
| Beato | P | NYM | 2 | 1 | 4.30 | 60 | 0 | 67 |
| Dunn | M | FLA | 5 | 6 | 3.43 | 72 | 0 | 63 |
| Pestano | V | CLE | 1 | 2 | 2.32 | 67 | 0 | 62 |
| Crow | A | KC | 4 | 4 | 2.76 | 57 | 0 | 62 |
| Stutes | M | PHI | 6 | 2 | 3.63 | 57 | 0 | 62 |
| Walden | J | LAA | 5 | 5 | 2.98 | 62 | 0 | 60 1/3 |
| Holland | G | KC | 5 | 1 | 1.80 | 46 | 0 | 60 |
| Coleman | L | KC | 1 | 4 | 2.87 | 48 | 0 | 59 2/3 |
| Cishek | S | FLA | 2 | 1 | 2.63 | 45 | 0 | 54 2/3 |
| Thompson | R | LAA | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 44 | 0 | 54 |
| Jansen | K | LAD | 2 | 1 | 2.85 | 51 | 0 | 53 2/3 |
| Del Rosario | E | HOU | 0 | 3 | 4.58 | 54 | 0 | 53 |
| Rodriguez | F | HOU | 2 | 3 | 3.96 | 47 | 0 | 52 1/3 |
| Reynolds | M | COL | 1 | 2 | 4.09 | 73 | 0 | 50 2/3 |
| Chapman | A | CIN | 4 | 1 | 3.60 | 54 | 0 | 50 |
| Guerra | J | LAD | 2 | 2 | 2.31 | 47 | 0 | 46 2/3 |
| Tateyama | Y | TEX | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | 39 | 0 | 44 |
| Ramos | C | TB | 0 | 1 | 3.92 | 59 | 0 | 43 2/3 |
| Alburquerque | A | DET | 6 | 1 | 1.87 | 41 | 0 | 43 1/3 |
| Watson | T | PIT | 2 | 2 | 3.95 | 43 | 0 | 41 |
| Brothers | R | COL | 1 | 2 | 2.88 | 48 | 0 | 40 2/3 |
| Cassevah | B | LAA | 1 | 1 | 2.72 | 30 | 0 | 39 2/3 |
| Gomes | B | TB | 2 | 1 | 2.92 | 40 | 0 | 37 |
| Paterson | J | ARI | 0 | 3 | 2.91 | 62 | 0 | 34 |
| Elbert | S | LAD | 0 | 1 | 2.43 | 47 | 0 | 33 1/3 |
| De Los Santos | F | OAK | 3 | 2 | 4.32 | 34 | 0 | 33 1/3 |
| Lueke | J | SEA | 1 | 1 | 6.06 | 25 | 0 | 32 2/3 |
| Wilhelmsen | T | SEA | 2 | 0 | 3.31 | 25 | 0 | 32 2/3 |
| Mattheus | R | WSH | 2 | 2 | 2.81 | 35 | 0 | 32 |
| Sanchez | E | STL | 3 | 1 | 1.80 | 26 | 0 | 30 |
| Lindblom | J | LAD | 1 | 0 | 2.73 | 27 | 0 | 29 2/3 |
| Spence | J | SD | 0 | 2 | 2.73 | 40 | 0 | 29 2/3 |
| Dillard | T | MIL | 1 | 1 | 4.08 | 24 | 0 | 28 2/3 |
| Shaw | B | ARI | 1 | 0 | 2.54 | 33 | 0 | 28 1/3 |
| McGee | J | TB | 5 | 2 | 4.50 | 37 | 0 | 28 |
| Carpenter | D | HOU | 1 | 3 | 2.93 | 34 | 0 | 27 2/3 |
| Escalona | S | HOU | 2 | 1 | 2.93 | 49 | 0 | 27 2/3 |
| Moskos | D | PIT | 1 | 1 | 2.96 | 31 | 0 | 24 1/3 |
| Mateo | M | CHC | 1 | 2 | 4.30 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Strop | P | BAL | 2 | 1 | 2.05 | 23 | 0 | 22 |
| Abad | F | HOU | 1 | 4 | 7.32 | 29 | 0 | 19 2/3 |