1906 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."
"Baseball is the sport that cackles back at can't-miss kids. Baseball humbles every player sooner or later. Baseball confers greatness stingily, in its own sweet time. At least that's what the bow-tied essayists and sandlot scouts solemnly tell us." - Johnette Howard in Sports Illustrated
National League Debuts

1906

n/a Henry Mathewson 1906 New York Giants 09-28-1906 19
n/a Bert Maxwell 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates 09-12-1906 19
n/a Roy Witherup 1906 Boston Beaneaters 05-14-1906 19
n/a Jack Cameron 1906 Boston Beaneaters 09-13-1906 21
n/a Charley Hall 1906 Cincinnati Reds 07-12-1906 21
n/a Frank Jude 1906 Cincinnati Reds 07-09-1906 21
n/a Joe Nealon 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-12-1906 21
n/a Charlie Rhodes 1906 St. Louis Cardinals 07-26-1906 21
n/a Alan Storke 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates 09-24-1906 21
n/a Eddie Tiemeyer 1906 Cincinnati Reds 08-19-1906 21
n/a Tom Walsh 1906 Chicago Cubs 08-15-1906 21
n/a Joe Ward 1906 Philadelphia Phillies 04-24-1906 21
n/a Al Burch 1906 St. Louis Cardinals 06-19-1906 22
n/a Cecil Ferguson 1906 New York Giants 04-19-1906 22
n/a Leo Hafford 1906 Cincinnati Reds 04-15-1906 22
n/a Ducky Holmes 1906 St. Louis Cardinals 04-18-1906 22
n/a Harry Huston 1906 Philadelphia Phillies 09-03-1906 22
n/a Ed Karger 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-15-1906 22
n/a Hub Knolls 1906 Brooklyn Superbas 05-01-1906 22
n/a Lou Manske 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates 08-31-1906 22
n/a Jim Moroney 1906 Boston Beaneaters 04-24-1906 22
n/a Red Murray 1906 St. Louis Cardinals 06-16-1906 22
n/a Lew Richie 1906 Philadelphia Phillies 05-08-1906 22
n/a Charlie Roy 1906 Philadelphia Phillies 06-27-1906 22
n/a Bill Abstein 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates 09-25-1906 23
n/a Babe Adams 1906 St. Louis Cardinals 04-18-1906 23
n/a Johnny Bates 1906 Boston Beaneaters 04-12-1906 23
n/a Carl Druhot 1906 Cincinnati Reds 04-18-1906 23
n/a Art Fromme 1906 St. Louis Cardinals 09-14-1906 23
n/a Gene Good 1906 Boston Beaneaters 04-12-1906 23
n/a Tommy Madden 1906 Boston Beaneaters 09-10-1906 23
n/a John McCloskey 1906 Philadelphia Phillies 05-03-1906 23
n/a Chet Spencer 1906 Boston Beaneaters 08-22-1906 23
n/a Oscar Stanage 1906 Cincinnati Reds 05-19-1906 23
n/a Eddie Zimmerman 1906 St. Louis Cardinals 09-29-1906 23
n/a Ches Crist 1906 Philadelphia Phillies 05-18-1906 24
n/a Bill Essick 1906 Cincinnati Reds 09-12-1906 24
n/a Irv Higginbotham 1906 St. Louis Cardinals 08-11-1906 24
n/a Bill McCarthy 1906 Boston Beaneaters 04-21-1906 24
n/a Jim Pastorius 1906 Brooklyn Superbas 04-15-1906 24
n/a Jack Schulte 1906 Boston Beaneaters 08-19-1906 24
n/a Forrest Crawford 1906 St. Louis Cardinals 07-30-1906 25
n/a Irish McIlveen 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates 07-04-1906 25
n/a Walter Moser 1906 Philadelphia Phillies 09-03-1906 25
n/a Phil Reardon 1906 Brooklyn Superbas 09-19-1906 25
n/a Whitey Alperman 1906 Brooklyn Superbas 04-13-1906 26
n/a Fred Beebe 1906 Chicago Cubs 04-17-1906 26
n/a Frank Burke 1906 New York Giants 09-14-1906 26
n/a Matty Fitzgerald 1906 New York Giants 09-15-1906 26
n/a Tom O'Hara 1906 St. Louis Cardinals 09-19-1906 26
n/a Paul Sentell 1906 Philadelphia Phillies 04-12-1906 26
n/a Sam Brown 1906 Boston Beaneaters 04-21-1906 27
n/a Snake Deal 1906 Cincinnati Reds 07-09-1906 27
n/a Ed Holly 1906 St. Louis Cardinals 07-18-1906 27
n/a Dutch Meier 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates 05-12-1906 27
n/a Vive Lindaman 1906 Boston Beaneaters 04-14-1906 28
n/a Jerry Donovan 1906 Philadelphia Phillies 04-12-1906 29
n/a Pug Bennett 1906 St. Louis Cardinals 04-12-1906 32
n/a Stoney McGlynn 1906 St. Louis Cardinals 09-20-1906 34
1906 National League Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the National League during the 1906 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.

Ted Cox made his Major League debut in 1977 with the Boston Red Sox and over two games on September 18 and 19, Cox went six for six before he made an out.
     

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