1895 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

1895

n/a Bill Childers 1895 Louisville Colonels 07-27-1895 0
n/a Fred Fagin 1895 St. Louis Browns 06-25-1895 0
n/a Oscar Purner 1895 Washington Senators 09-02-1895 0
n/a Phil Wisner 1895 Washington Senators 08-30-1895 0
n/a Larry Battam 1895 New York Giants 09-28-1895 19
n/a Ed Buckingham 1895 Washington Senators 08-30-1895 19
n/a Joe Corbett 1895 Washington Senators 08-23-1895 19
n/a Brownie Foreman 1895 Pittsburgh Pirates 07-18-1895 19
n/a Carlton Molesworth 1895 Washington Senators 09-14-1895 19
n/a Dave Wright 1895 Pittsburgh Pirates 07-22-1895 19
n/a Joe Connor 1895 St. Louis Browns 09-09-1895 20
n/a Dan Coogan 1895 Washington Senators 04-25-1895 20
n/a Fred Donovan 1895 Cleveland Spiders 06-23-1895 20
n/a Jim Gardner 1895 Pittsburgh Pirates 06-20-1895 20
n/a Barry McCormick 1895 Louisville Colonels 09-25-1895 20
n/a Tom McCreery 1895 Louisville Colonels 06-08-1895 20
n/a Walter Thornton 1895 Chicago Colts 07-01-1895 20
n/a Henry Adkinson 1895 St. Louis Browns 09-25-1895 21
n/a Andy Boswell 1895 New York Giants 05-10-1895 21
n/a Jack Cronin 1895 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 08-24-1895 21
n/a Ed Doheny 1895 New York Giants 09-16-1895 21
n/a Gussie Gannon 1895 Pittsburgh Pirates 06-15-1895 21
n/a Ed Gremminger 1895 Cleveland Spiders 04-21-1895 21
n/a Bill Kemmer 1895 Louisville Colonels 06-03-1895 21
n/a Billy Kinloch 1895 St. Louis Browns 08-01-1895 21
n/a Billy Lush 1895 Washington Senators 09-03-1895 21
n/a Sandy McDougal 1895 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 06-12-1895 21
n/a Dan McFarlan 1895 Louisville Colonels 09-02-1895 21
n/a Doc McJames 1895 Washington Senators 09-24-1895 21
n/a Ike Samuels 1895 St. Louis Browns 08-03-1895 21
n/a Bill Stuart 1895 Pittsburgh Pirates 08-15-1895 21
n/a Bill Yerrick 1895 Boston Beaneaters 09-27-1895 21
n/a Willie Clark 1895 New York Giants 06-20-1895 22
n/a Walter Coleman 1895 St. Louis Browns 09-25-1895 22
n/a John Corcoran 1895 Pittsburgh Pirates 09-17-1895 22
n/a Harry Davis 1895 New York Giants 09-21-1895 22
n/a Cozy Dolan 1895 Boston Beaneaters 04-26-1895 22
n/a Danny Friend 1895 Chicago Colts 09-10-1895 22
n/a Mike Kahoe 1895 Cincinnati Reds 09-22-1895 22
n/a Guy McFadden 1895 St. Louis Browns 08-24-1895 22
n/a Monte McFarland 1895 Chicago Colts 09-14-1895 22
n/a Eddie O'Meara 1895 Cleveland Spiders 09-29-1895 22
n/a Al Orth 1895 Philadelphia Phillies 08-15-1895 22
n/a Arlie Pond 1895 Baltimore Orioles 07-04-1895 22
n/a Frank Sexton 1895 Boston Beaneaters 06-21-1895 22
n/a John Warner 1895 Boston Beaneaters 04-23-1895 22
n/a Bill Kissinger 1895 Baltimore Orioles 05-30-1895 23
n/a Dewey McDougal 1895 St. Louis Browns 04-24-1895 23
n/a Deke White 1895 Philadelphia Phillies 09-14-1895 23
n/a King Bailey 1895 Cincinnati Reds 09-21-1895 24
n/a Scoops Carey 1895 Baltimore Orioles 04-26-1895 24
n/a Bill Hoffer 1895 Baltimore Orioles 04-26-1895 24
n/a Art Madison 1895 Philadelphia Phillies 09-09-1895 24
n/a Sam Moran 1895 Pittsburgh Pirates 08-28-1895 24
n/a Charlie Nyce 1895 Boston Beaneaters 05-28-1895 24
n/a John Otten 1895 St. Louis Browns 07-05-1895 24
n/a Jimmy Collins 1895 Boston Beaneaters 04-19-1895 25
n/a John Gilroy 1895 Washington Senators 08-30-1895 25
n/a Joe Harrington 1895 Boston Beaneaters 09-10-1895 25
n/a Jake Hewitt 1895 Pittsburgh Pirates 08-06-1895 25
n/a Bill McCauley 1895 Washington Senators 08-31-1895 25
n/a Pussy Tebeau 1895 Cleveland Spiders 07-22-1895 25
n/a Zeke Wilson 1895 Boston Beaneaters 04-23-1895 25
n/a Tom Bannon 1895 New York Giants 05-10-1895 26
n/a Frank Bowerman 1895 Baltimore Orioles 08-24-1895 26
n/a Bill Everitt 1895 Chicago Colts 04-18-1895 26
n/a George Hogriever 1895 Cincinnati Reds 04-24-1895 26
n/a Ducky Holmes 1895 Louisville Colonels 08-08-1895 26
n/a Tom Morrison 1895 Louisville Colonels 09-18-1895 26
n/a Ace Stewart 1895 Chicago Colts 04-18-1895 26
n/a Joe Wright 1895 Louisville Colonels 07-14-1895 26
n/a Hunkey Hines 1895 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 05-16-1895 27
n/a Ambrose McGann 1895 Louisville Colonels 05-02-1895 27
n/a Walt Preston 1895 Louisville Colonels 04-18-1895 27
n/a Mike Ryan 1895 St. Louis Browns 07-25-1895 27
n/a Biff Sheehan 1895 St. Louis Browns 07-22-1895 27
n/a Dan Sweeney 1895 Louisville Colonels 04-18-1895 27
n/a Harry Truby 1895 Chicago Colts 08-21-1895 27
n/a Ernie Beam 1895 Philadelphia Phillies 05-02-1895 28
n/a Bill Niles 1895 Pittsburgh Pirates 05-13-1895 28
n/a Harry Spies 1895 Cincinnati Reds 04-20-1895 28
n/a Dan Minnehan 1895 Louisville Colonels 09-20-1895 29
n/a Joe Woerlin 1895 Washington Senators 07-21-1895 30
n/a Mike McDermott 1895 Louisville Colonels 04-20-1895 32
n/a Frank Butler 1895 New York Giants 07-30-1895 35
1895 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 1895 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

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.

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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