1910 American 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
American League Debuts

1910

n/a Hugh Bradley 1910 Boston Red Sox 04-25-1910 24
n/a Ed Hearne 1910 Boston Red Sox 06-09-1910 22
n/a Ben Hunt 1910 Boston Red Sox 08-24-1910 21
n/a Dutch Lerchen 1910 Boston Red Sox 08-14-1910 21
n/a Duffy Lewis 1910 Boston Red Sox 04-16-1910 21
n/a Chris Mahoney 1910 Boston Red Sox 07-12-1910 25
n/a Marty McHale 1910 Boston Red Sox 09-28-1910 23
n/a Doc Moskiman 1910 Boston Red Sox 08-23-1910 31
n/a Hap Myers 1910 Boston Red Sox 04-16-1910 23
n/a Ralph Pond 1910 Boston Red Sox 06-08-1910 20
n/a Lena Blackburne 1910 Chicago White Sox 04-14-1910 23
n/a Red Bowser 1910 Chicago White Sox 09-13-1910 28
n/a Felix Chouinard 1910 Chicago White Sox 09-11-1910 22
n/a Chief Chouneau 1910 Chicago White Sox 10-09-1910 22
n/a Shano Collins 1910 Chicago White Sox 04-21-1910 24
n/a Chick Gandil 1910 Chicago White Sox 04-14-1910 22
n/a Red Kelly 1910 Chicago White Sox 06-18-1910 25
n/a Frank Lange 1910 Chicago White Sox 05-16-1910 26
n/a Paul Meloan 1910 Chicago White Sox 08-02-1910 21
n/a Charlie Mullen 1910 Chicago White Sox 05-18-1910 21
n/a Rollie Zeider 1910 Chicago White Sox 04-14-1910 26
n/a Dutch Zwilling 1910 Chicago White Sox 08-14-1910 21
n/a Bert Adams 1910 Cleveland Naps 08-30-1910 19
n/a Fred Blanding 1910 Cleveland Naps 09-15-1910 24
n/a Herman Bronkie 1910 Cleveland Naps 09-20-1910 26
n/a Dave Callahan 1910 Cleveland Naps 09-14-1910 22
n/a Ben DeMott 1910 Cleveland Naps 08-12-1910 21
n/a Harry Fanwell 1910 Cleveland Naps 07-23-1910 23
n/a Spec Harkness 1910 Cleveland Naps 06-13-1910 22
n/a Eddie Hohnhorst 1910 Cleveland Naps 09-10-1910 25
n/a George Kahler 1910 Cleveland Naps 08-13-1910 20
n/a Harry Kirsch 1910 Cleveland Naps 04-16-1910 22
n/a Cotton Knaupp 1910 Cleveland Naps 08-30-1910 21
n/a Elmer Koestner 1910 Cleveland Naps 04-23-1910 24
n/a Fred Link 1910 Cleveland Naps 04-15-1910 24
n/a Roger Peckinpaugh 1910 Cleveland Naps 09-15-1910 19
n/a Jim Rutherford 1910 Cleveland Naps 07-12-1910 23
n/a Art Thomason 1910 Cleveland Naps 08-10-1910 21
n/a Frank Browning 1910 Detroit Tigers 04-16-1910 27
n/a Jay Kirke 1910 Detroit Tigers 09-28-1910 22
n/a Chick Lathers 1910 Detroit Tigers 05-01-1910 21
n/a Art Loudell 1910 Detroit Tigers 08-13-1910 28
n/a Marv Peasley 1910 Detroit Tigers 09-27-1910 21
n/a Hub Pernoll 1910 Detroit Tigers 04-25-1910 22
n/a Hack Simmons 1910 Detroit Tigers 04-15-1910 25
n/a Dave Skeels 1910 Detroit Tigers 09-14-1910 18
n/a Sailor Stroud 1910 Detroit Tigers 04-29-1910 24
n/a Ray Caldwell 1910 New York Highlanders 09-09-1910 22
n/a Les Channell 1910 New York Highlanders 05-11-1910 24
n/a Bert Daniels 1910 New York Highlanders 06-25-1910 27
n/a Ray Fisher 1910 New York Highlanders 07-02-1910 22
n/a Eddie Foster 1910 New York Highlanders 04-14-1910 23
n/a John Frill 1910 New York Highlanders 04-16-1910 31
n/a Larry McClure 1910 New York Highlanders 07-26-1910 25
n/a Roxey Roach 1910 New York Highlanders 05-02-1910 27
n/a Joe Walsh 1910 New York Highlanders 10-08-1910 23
n/a Claud Derrick 1910 Philadelphia Athletics 09-08-1910 24
n/a Ben Houser 1910 Philadelphia Athletics 05-02-1910 26
n/a Earle Mack 1910 Philadelphia Athletics 10-05-1910 20
n/a Lefty Russell 1910 Philadelphia Athletics 10-01-1910 20
n/a Sled Allen 1910 St. Louis Browns 05-04-1910 23
n/a Ray Boyd 1910 St. Louis Browns 09-24-1910 23
n/a Red Corriden 1910 St. Louis Browns 09-08-1910 23
n/a Joe Crisp 1910 St. Louis Browns 09-02-1910 25
n/a Bill Crouch 1910 St. Louis Browns 07-12-1910 23
n/a Red Fisher 1910 St. Louis Browns 04-25-1910 22
n/a Bert Graham 1910 St. Louis Browns 09-09-1910 24
n/a Marc Hall 1910 St. Louis Browns 08-20-1910 23
n/a Ray Jansen 1910 St. Louis Browns 09-30-1910 21
n/a Alex Malloy 1910 St. Louis Browns 09-10-1910 23
n/a Joe McDonald 1910 St. Louis Browns 09-06-1910 22
n/a Tommy Mee 1910 St. Louis Browns 06-14-1910 20
n/a Roy Mitchell 1910 St. Louis Browns 09-10-1910 25
n/a Red Nelson 1910 St. Louis Browns 09-09-1910 24
n/a Pat Newnam 1910 St. Louis Browns 05-29-1910 29
n/a Hub Northen 1910 St. Louis Browns 09-10-1910 23
n/a Farmer Ray 1910 St. Louis Browns 06-13-1910 23
n/a Frank Truesdale 1910 St. Louis Browns 04-27-1910 26
n/a Eddie Ainsmith 1910 Washington Senators 08-09-1910 20
n/a Bill Cunningham 1910 Washington Senators 09-12-1910 24
n/a John Henry 1910 Washington Senators 07-08-1910 20
n/a Dutch Hinrichs 1910 Washington Senators 06-25-1910 21
n/a Ed Moyer 1910 Washington Senators 07-20-1910 24
n/a Doc Ralston 1910 Washington Senators 09-08-1910 25
n/a Jock Somerlott 1910 Washington Senators 09-19-1910 27
1910 American League Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the American League during the 1910 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

When Christy Mathewson made his Major League debut the newspaper wrote, "The untried semi-professional possessed great speed and plenty of confidence in himself, but could not control his curves."

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?
     

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