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1900 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 1900
#	Name (sort)	Team (sort)	Debut (sort)	Age (sort)
n/a	Rome Chambers	1900 Boston Beaneaters	05-07-1900	24
n/a	Togie Pittinger	1900 Boston Beaneaters	04-26-1900	28
n/a	Mal Eason	1900 Chicago Orphans	10-01-1900	21
n/a	Zaza Harvey	1900 Chicago Orphans	05-03-1900	21
n/a	Tom Hughes	1900 Chicago Orphans	09-07-1900	21
n/a	Johnny Kling	1900 Chicago Orphans	09-11-1900	24
n/a	Doc Newton	1900 Cincinnati Reds	04-27-1900	22
n/a	Ed Scott	1900 Cincinnati Reds	04-19-1900	29
n/a	Archie Stimmel	1900 Cincinnati Reds	07-03-1900	27
n/a	Curt Bernard	1900 New York Giants	09-17-1900	22
n/a	Christy Mathewson	1900 New York Giants	07-17-1900	19
n/a	Danny Murphy	1900 New York Giants	09-17-1900	24
n/a	Tommy Sheehan	1900 New York Giants	08-02-1900	22
n/a	Dummy Taylor	1900 New York Giants	08-27-1900	25
n/a	Fred Jacklitsch	1900 Philadelphia Phillies	06-06-1900	24
n/a	Warren McLaughlin	1900 Philadelphia Phillies	07-07-1900	24
n/a	Jiggs Donahue	1900 Pittsburgh Pirates	09-10-1900	21
n/a	Bert Husting	1900 Pittsburgh Pirates	08-16-1900	22
n/a	Ed Poole	1900 Pittsburgh Pirates	10-06-1900	26
n/a	Pat Dillard	1900 St. Louis Cardinals	04-21-1900	26
n/a	Harry Stanton	1900 St. Louis Cardinals	10-14-1900	0
#	Name (sort)	Team (sort)	Debut (sort)	Age (sort)
1900 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 1900 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

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.

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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