1884 American Association 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
American Association Debuts

1884

n/a John Ake 1884 Baltimore Orioles 05-12-1884 22
n/a John Burns 1884 Baltimore Orioles 08-11-1884 23
n/a Jim McLaughlin 1884 Baltimore Orioles 05-30-1884 23
n/a Jim Roxburgh 1884 Baltimore Orioles 05-30-1884 26
n/a Ike Benners 1884 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 05-01-1884 27
n/a Jim Conway 1884 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 05-05-1884 25
n/a Jack Corcoran 1884 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 05-01-1884 25
n/a John Farrow 1884 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 04-28-1884 30
n/a Charlie Jones 1884 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 06-28-1884 22
n/a Sam Kimber 1884 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 05-01-1884 31
n/a Adonis Terry 1884 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 05-01-1884 19
n/a Tug Wilson 1884 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 05-09-1884 0
n/a Frank Berkelbach 1884 Cincinnati Red Stockings 07-04-1884 30
n/a Jimmy Peoples 1884 Cincinnati Red Stockings 05-29-1884 20
n/a Icicle Reeder 1884 Cincinnati Red Stockings 06-24-1884 0
n/a Gus Shallix 1884 Cincinnati Red Stockings 06-22-1884 26
n/a Buck West 1884 Cincinnati Red Stockings 08-24-1884 23
n/a Jimmy Woulfe 1884 Cincinnati Red Stockings 05-16-1884 24
n/a Al Bauer 1884 Columbus Colts 09-22-1884 25
n/a John Cahill 1884 Columbus Colts 05-31-1884 19
n/a Fred Carroll 1884 Columbus Colts 05-01-1884 19
n/a Ed Morris 1884 Columbus Colts 05-01-1884 21
n/a Tom Sullivan 1884 Columbus Colts 09-27-1884 24
n/a Jake Aydelott 1884 Indianapolis Blues 05-15-1884 22
n/a Bill Butler 1884 Indianapolis Blues 06-29-1884 0
n/a Pat Callaghan 1884 Indianapolis Blues 05-01-1884 17
n/a Harry Decker 1884 Indianapolis Blues 08-23-1884 19
n/a Jim Donnelly 1884 Indianapolis Blues 08-11-1884 19
n/a John Kerins 1884 Indianapolis Blues 05-01-1884 25
n/a Marshall Locke 1884 Indianapolis Blues 07-05-1884 27
n/a Mac MacArthur 1884 Indianapolis Blues 05-02-1884 22
n/a Al McCauley 1884 Indianapolis Blues 06-21-1884 21
n/a Larry McKeon 1884 Indianapolis Blues 05-01-1884 18
n/a Frank Monroe 1884 Indianapolis Blues 07-18-1884 0
n/a Jon Morrison 1884 Indianapolis Blues 08-01-1884 25
n/a George Mundinger 1884 Indianapolis Blues 05-09-1884 29
n/a John Peltz 1884 Indianapolis Blues 05-01-1884 23
n/a Marr Phillips 1884 Indianapolis Blues 05-01-1884 26
n/a Charlie Reising 1884 Indianapolis Blues 07-19-1884 22
n/a Charlie Robinson 1884 Indianapolis Blues 08-02-1884 28
n/a John Sneed 1884 Indianapolis Blues 05-01-1884 23
n/a Jim Tray 1884 Indianapolis Blues 09-06-1884 24
n/a Bill Watkins 1884 Indianapolis Blues 08-01-1884 26
n/a Joe Weber 1884 Indianapolis Blues 07-22-1884 22
n/a Wally Andrews 1884 Louisville Colonels 05-22-1884 24
n/a Bill Hunter 1884 Louisville Colonels 05-02-1884 29
n/a Buck Becannon 1884 New York Metropolitans 10-15-1884 25
n/a Tony Murphy 1884 New York Metropolitans 10-15-1884 25
n/a Al Atkinson 1884 Philadelphia Athletics 05-01-1884 23
n/a Robert Foster 1884 Philadelphia Athletics 06-18-1884 29
n/a Henry Larkin 1884 Philadelphia Athletics 05-01-1884 24
n/a Jocko Milligan 1884 Philadelphia Athletics 05-01-1884 22
n/a Frank Siffell 1884 Philadelphia Athletics 06-14-1884 0
n/a Phenomenal Smith 1884 Philadelphia Athletics 04-18-1884 19
n/a Gus Alberts 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 05-01-1884 23
n/a Frank Beck 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 05-02-1884 24
n/a Ed Colgan 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 05-03-1884 0
n/a Jim Dee 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 07-30-1884 0
n/a Jay Faatz 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 08-22-1884 24
n/a Jim Gray 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 10-09-1884 22
n/a Charlie Hautz 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 07-12-1884 32
n/a Jimmy Knowles 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 05-02-1884 27
n/a Chuck Lauer 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 07-17-1884 0
n/a Doggie Miller 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 05-01-1884 19
n/a Bill Nelson 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 09-03-1884 20
n/a Frank Smith 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 08-06-1884 26
n/a Fleury Sullivan 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 05-03-1884 0
n/a Wes Curry 1884 Richmond Virginias 08-06-1884 24
n/a Bill Dugan 1884 Richmond Virginias 08-05-1884 0
n/a Ed Dugan 1884 Richmond Virginias 08-05-1884 0
n/a John Firth 1884 Richmond Virginias 08-15-1884 29
n/a Ed Ford 1884 Richmond Virginias 10-09-1884 22
n/a Ed Glenn 1884 Richmond Virginias 08-05-1884 23
n/a Dick Johnston 1884 Richmond Virginias 08-12-1884 21
n/a Pete Meegan 1884 Richmond Virginias 08-12-1884 21
n/a Billy Nash 1884 Richmond Virginias 08-05-1884 19
n/a Jim Powell 1884 Richmond Virginias 08-05-1884 24
n/a Marshall Quinton 1884 Richmond Virginias 08-07-1884 32
n/a Wash Williams 1884 Richmond Virginias 08-05-1884 0
n/a Bob Caruthers 1884 St. Louis Browns 09-07-1884 20
n/a Daisy Davis 1884 St. Louis Browns 05-06-1884 25
n/a Dave Foutz 1884 St. Louis Browns 07-29-1884 27
n/a Walt Goldsby 1884 St. Louis Browns 05-29-1884 22
n/a Charlie Krehmeyer 1884 St. Louis Browns 07-08-1884 21
n/a Johnny Lavin 1884 St. Louis Browns 09-10-1884 0
n/a Jim McCauley 1884 St. Louis Browns 09-17-1884 21
n/a Al Strueve 1884 St. Louis Browns 06-22-1884 23
n/a Sam Barkley 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings 05-01-1884 25
n/a Sim Bullas 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings 05-02-1884 23
n/a Ed Kent 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings 08-14-1884 25
n/a Deacon McGuire 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings 06-21-1884 20
n/a Trick McSorley 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings 06-23-1884 31
n/a George Meister 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings 08-15-1884 30
n/a Ed Miller 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings 07-18-1884 0
n/a Joe Miller 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings 05-01-1884 23
n/a Joe Moffet 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings 05-06-1884 0
n/a Hank O'Day 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings 05-02-1884 24
n/a Fleet Walker 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings 05-01-1884 27
n/a Welday Walker 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings 07-15-1884 0
n/a Curt Welch 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings 05-01-1884 22
n/a Jack Beach 1884 Washington Nationals 05-01-1884 0
n/a Lyman Drake 1884 Washington Nationals 06-29-1884 32
n/a Tom Farley 1884 Washington Nationals 06-24-1884 27
n/a Frank Fennelly 1884 Washington Nationals 05-01-1884 24
n/a Alex Gardner 1884 Washington Nationals 05-10-1884 23
n/a John Hamill 1884 Washington Nationals 05-01-1884 23
n/a John Hanna 1884 Washington Nationals 05-23-1884 20
n/a Unknown Jones 1884 Washington Nationals 07-14-1884 0
n/a John Kiley 1884 Washington Nationals 05-01-1884 24
n/a Sam King 1884 Washington Nationals 05-01-1884 31
n/a Henry Mullin 1884 Washington Nationals 06-04-1884 22
n/a Frank Olin 1884 Washington Nationals 07-04-1884 24
n/a Andy Swan 1884 Washington Nationals 07-23-1884 25
n/a Ed Trumbull 1884 Washington Nationals 05-10-1884 23
n/a Unknown Wills 1884 Washington Nationals 05-14-1884 0
n/a Ed Yewell 1884 Washington Nationals 05-12-1884 21
1884 American Association Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the American Association during the 1884 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

Did you know that on September 27, 1963 the Houston Colt .45s fielded an all-rookie lineup that included future stars Joe Morgan, Jerry Grote, and Rusty Staub?

On April 13, 1954, Hank Aaron made his Major League debut and went 0-for-5. However, in his own autobiography Aaron wrote that he went 0-for-4.
     

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