1876 National League Debuts

Willie Mays played his first Major League game on May 25, 1951, and went 0-for-5 at the plate. He started his career 1-for-25 and told his manager, "I can't do it, Mr. Leo. You better bench me."

Casey Stengel played his first Major League game on July 27, 1912, and went 4-for-4 at the plate. He commented later in his life, "I broke in with four hits and the writers promptly decided they had seen the new Ty Cobb. It took me only a few days to correct that impression."

Both Mays and Stengel would continue their Major League careers down separate paths of greatness, but each still had to appear in that memorable first Major League game. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present what Cubs broadcaster Steve Stone once described as, "His first Major League debut."
"Baseball is the sport that cackles back at can't-miss kids. Baseball humbles every player sooner or later. Baseball confers greatness stingily, in its own sweet time. At least that's what the bow-tied essayists and sandlot scouts solemnly tell us." - Johnette Howard in Sports Illustrated
National League Debuts

1876

n/a Joe Borden 1876 Boston Red Caps 07-24-1876 22
n/a Foghorn Bradley 1876 Boston Red Caps 08-23-1876 21
n/a Lew Brown 1876 Boston Red Caps 06-17-1876 18
n/a Andy Leonard 1876 Boston Red Caps 04-22-1876 29
n/a Jack Manning 1876 Boston Red Caps 04-23-1876 22
n/a Dick McBride 1876 Boston Red Caps 05-20-1876 28
n/a Tim McGinley 1876 Boston Red Caps 04-22-1876 22
n/a John Morrill 1876 Boston Red Caps 04-24-1876 21
n/a Tim Murnane 1876 Boston Red Caps 04-26-1876 24
n/a Tricky Nichols 1876 Boston Red Caps 04-21-1876 25
n/a Jim O'Rourke 1876 Boston Red Caps 04-22-1876 25
n/a Bill Parks 1876 Boston Red Caps 04-22-1876 26
n/a Harry Schafer 1876 Boston Red Caps 05-05-1876 29
n/a Frank Whitney 1876 Boston Red Caps 05-17-1876 20
n/a George Wright 1876 Boston Red Caps 05-05-1876 29
n/a Harry Wright 1876 Boston Red Caps 05-05-1876 41
n/a Sam Wright 1876 Boston Red Caps 04-21-1876 27
n/a Bob Addy 1876 Chicago White Stockings 05-06-1876 31
n/a Fred Andrus 1876 Chicago White Stockings 07-25-1876 25
n/a Cap Anson 1876 Chicago White Stockings 05-06-1876 24
n/a Ross Barnes 1876 Chicago White Stockings 05-05-1876 25
n/a Oscar Bielaski 1876 Chicago White Stockings 04-24-1876 29
n/a John Glenn 1876 Chicago White Stockings 05-13-1876 26
n/a Paul Hines 1876 Chicago White Stockings 04-20-1876 21
n/a Cal McVey 1876 Chicago White Stockings 05-05-1876 26
n/a John Peters 1876 Chicago White Stockings 05-23-1876 26
n/a Al Spalding 1876 Chicago White Stockings 05-05-1876 25
n/a Deacon White 1876 Chicago White Stockings 05-04-1876 28
n/a Amos Booth 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings 04-25-1876 27
n/a Bobby Clack 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings 04-25-1876 25
n/a Dory Dean 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings 06-22-1876 23
n/a Sam Field 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings 05-19-1876 27
n/a Cherokee Fisher 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings 05-06-1876 32
n/a Will Foley 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings 08-23-1876 20
n/a Charlie Gould 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings 05-05-1876 28
n/a Charley Jones 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings 05-04-1876 26
n/a Henry Kessler 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings 08-04-1876 29
n/a Dave Pierson 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings 04-25-1876 20
n/a Redleg Snyder 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings 04-25-1876 21
n/a Charlie Sweasy 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings 05-19-1876 28
n/a Dale Williams 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings 08-12-1876 20
n/a Doug Allison 1876 Hartford Dark Blues 05-05-1876 29
n/a Tommy Bond 1876 Hartford Dark Blues 04-27-1876 20
n/a Jack Burdock 1876 Hartford Dark Blues 05-02-1876 24
n/a Tom Carey 1876 Hartford Dark Blues 05-04-1876 30
n/a John Cassidy 1876 Hartford Dark Blues 04-24-1876 0
n/a Candy Cummings 1876 Hartford Dark Blues 04-22-1876 27
n/a Bob Ferguson 1876 Hartford Dark Blues 05-18-1876 31
n/a Bill Harbridge 1876 Hartford Dark Blues 05-15-1876 21
n/a Dick Higham 1876 Hartford Dark Blues 06-01-1876 24
n/a Everett Mills 1876 Hartford Dark Blues 05-05-1876 31
n/a Jack Remsen 1876 Hartford Dark Blues 05-02-1876 0
n/a Tom York 1876 Hartford Dark Blues 05-09-1876 25
n/a Art Allison 1876 Louisville Grays 05-04-1876 27
n/a George Bechtel 1876 Louisville Grays 05-20-1876 27
n/a John Carbine 1876 Louisville Grays 05-08-1876 20
n/a Jack Chapman 1876 Louisville Grays 04-25-1876 32
n/a Jim Clinton 1876 Louisville Grays 05-18-1876 25
n/a Dan Collins 1876 Louisville Grays 06-08-1876 21
n/a Jim Devlin 1876 Louisville Grays 04-25-1876 26
n/a Chick Fulmer 1876 Louisville Grays 08-23-1876 25
n/a Joe Gerhardt 1876 Louisville Grays 09-01-1876 21
n/a Bill Hague 1876 Louisville Grays 05-04-1876 24
n/a Scott Hastings 1876 Louisville Grays 05-06-1876 28
n/a Bill Holbert 1876 Louisville Grays 09-05-1876 21
n/a Frank Pearce 1876 Louisville Grays 10-04-1876 16
n/a Johnny Ryan 1876 Louisville Grays 08-19-1876 22
n/a Pop Snyder 1876 Louisville Grays 06-16-1876 21
n/a Ed Somerville 1876 Louisville Grays 04-25-1876 23
n/a Eddie Booth 1876 New York Mutuals 04-26-1876 0
n/a Bill Craver 1876 New York Mutuals 05-09-1876 31
n/a George Fair 1876 New York Mutuals 07-29-1876 20
n/a Jimmy Hallinan 1876 New York Mutuals 07-26-1876 27
n/a John Hatfield 1876 New York Mutuals 05-05-1876 28
n/a John Hayes 1876 New York Mutuals 09-09-1876 21
n/a George Heubel 1876 New York Mutuals 05-20-1876 27
n/a Nat Hicks 1876 New York Mutuals 04-22-1876 31
n/a Jim Holdsworth 1876 New York Mutuals 05-14-1876 25
n/a Terry Larkin 1876 New York Mutuals 05-20-1876 0
n/a John Maloney 1876 New York Mutuals 09-15-1876 0
n/a Bobby Mathews 1876 New York Mutuals 05-04-1876 24
n/a John McGuinness 1876 New York Mutuals 05-06-1876 19
n/a Al Nichols 1876 New York Mutuals 04-24-1876 24
n/a Nealy Phelps 1876 New York Mutuals 07-01-1876 35
n/a George Seward 1876 New York Mutuals 05-19-1876 25
n/a Jim Shanley 1876 New York Mutuals 05-03-1876 21
n/a Joe Start 1876 New York Mutuals 05-18-1876 33
n/a Fred Treacey 1876 New York Mutuals 05-16-1876 29
n/a Pete Treacey 1876 New York Mutuals 08-05-1876 24
n/a Bob Valentine 1876 New York Mutuals 05-20-1876 0
n/a Billy West 1876 New York Mutuals 09-09-1876 23
n/a John Bergh 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 08-05-1876 18
n/a Doc Bushong 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 07-19-1876 19
n/a William Coon 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 09-04-1876 21
n/a John Curren 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 09-12-1876 24
n/a Dave Eggler 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 05-18-1876 27
n/a Wes Fisler 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 05-20-1876 31
n/a Davy Force 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 05-05-1876 26
n/a Bill Fouser 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 04-22-1876 20
n/a George Hall 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 05-05-1876 27
n/a Lon Knight 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 09-04-1876 23
n/a Flip Lafferty 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 09-15-1876 22
n/a Fergy Malone 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 06-03-1876 31
n/a Levi Meyerle 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 05-20-1876 26
n/a John Mullen 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 09-09-1876 0
n/a Lou Paul 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 09-05-1876 0
n/a Whitey Ritterson 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 05-02-1876 21
n/a Ezra Sutton 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 05-04-1876 26
n/a Jim Ward 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 08-03-1876 21
n/a Fred Warner 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 04-30-1876 0
n/a George Zettlein 1876 Philadelphia Athletics 05-08-1876 31
n/a Joe Battin 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings 08-11-1876 23
n/a Joe Blong 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings 05-04-1876 22
n/a George Bradley 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings 05-04-1876 23
n/a John Clapp 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings 04-26-1876 24
n/a Ned Cuthbert 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings 05-20-1876 30
n/a Herman Dehlman 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings 05-02-1876 24
n/a Denny Mack 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings 05-06-1876 0
n/a Mike McGeary 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings 05-09-1876 24
n/a Dickey Pearce 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings 05-18-1876 40
n/a Lip Pike 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings 05-09-1876 30
1876 National League Debuts


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Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the National League during the 1876 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

Did you know that Future hall of famer Addie Joss made his Major League pitching debut on April 26, 1902 and tossed a one hitter?

Ray Jansen (four for five in his first game), Aubrey Epps (three for four in his first game) and Ed Irvin (two for three in his first game) all finished their career with lifetime batting averages which were greater than their career fielding percentages.
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