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 a certain amount of fascination to the big league debut of any athlete. Sometimes they are incredible successes. Sometimes they are frenetic failures." - Sportswriter Arthur Daley
National League Debuts

1877

n/a Will White 1877 Boston Red Stockings 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 24
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 Pat McKenna 1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings 07-14-1877 0
n/a T.E. Newell 1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings 08-08-1877 0
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!

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.

On the final day of the 1930 season, Dizzy Dean was called up and pitched a three-hitter. In Spring Training the following year, Dean had a fight with catcher Gabby Street and the franchise left him in the Minor Leagues all season long.
     

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