1877 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac

1877 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."

"There is no Major League record held by a rookie. It's revealing to see just how far the rookie marks are below the single season marks. This is a testament to how difficult the game is to learn and play." - Luke Salisbury in The Answer is Baseball (1989)

National League Debuts 1877
#	Name (sort)	Team (sort)	Debut (sort)	Age (sort)
n/a	Will White	1877 Boston Red Caps	07-20-1877	22
n/a	Charlie Eden	1877 Chicago White Stockings	08-17-1877	22
n/a	Paddy Quinn	1877 Chicago White Stockings	06-02-1877	27
n/a	Laurie Reis	1877 Chicago White Stockings	10-01-1877	18
n/a	Dave Rowe	1877 Chicago White Stockings	05-30-1877	22
n/a	Harry Smith	1877 Chicago White Stockings	05-08-1877	21
n/a	George Miller	1877 Cincinnati Red Stockings	09-06-1877	24
n/a	Bobby Mitchell	1877 Cincinnati Red Stockings	09-06-1877	21
n/a	Chub Sullivan	1877 Cincinnati Red Stockings	09-24-1877	21
n/a	John Bass	1877 Hartford Dark Blues	05-08-1877	29
n/a	Josh Bunce	1877 Hartford Dark Blues	08-27-1877	30
n/a	Jay Pike	1877 Hartford Dark Blues	08-27-1877	0
n/a	Live Oak Taylor	1877 Hartford Dark Blues	08-21-1877	26
n/a	John Haldeman	1877 Louisville Grays	07-03-1877	21
n/a	Juice Latham	1877 Louisville Grays	05-10-1877	24
n/a	Orator Shafer	1877 Louisville Grays	05-10-1877	25
n/a	Mike Dorgan	1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings	05-08-1877	23
n/a	Jack Gleason	1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings	10-02-1877	23
n/a	Leonidas Lee	1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings	07-17-1877	16
n/a	Harry Little	1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings	07-16-1877	26
n/a	Tom Loftus	1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings	08-17-1877	20
n/a	Ed McKenna	1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings	10-06-1877	0
n/a	T.E. Newell	1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings	08-08-1877	0
#	Name (sort)	Team (sort)	Debut (sort)	Age (sort)
1877 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 1877 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

Rich Amaral spent nine seasons in the Minor Leagues and upon his callup he commented, "I've been to every baseball park in America, except those in the American and National League."

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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