1911 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

1911

n/a Mack Allison 1911 St. Louis Browns 09-13-1911 24
n/a Howard Armstrong 1911 Philadelphia Athletics 09-30-1911 21
n/a Bill Bailey 1911 New York Highlanders 04-21-1911 29
n/a Jesse Baker 1911 Chicago White Sox 04-23-1911 22
n/a Tracy Baker 1911 Boston Red Sox 06-19-1911 19
n/a Jim Baskette 1911 Cleveland Naps 09-22-1911 23
n/a Paddy Baumann 1911 Detroit Tigers 08-10-1911 25
n/a Charlie Becker 1911 Washington Senators 08-02-1911 20
n/a Joe Benz 1911 Chicago White Sox 08-16-1911 25
n/a Marty Berghammer 1911 Chicago White Sox 09-08-1911 23
n/a John Black 1911 St. Louis Browns 06-20-1911 21
n/a Ping Bodie 1911 Chicago White Sox 04-22-1911 23
n/a Boardwalk Brown 1911 Philadelphia Athletics 09-27-1911 22
n/a Curly Brown 1911 St. Louis Browns 09-08-1911 22
n/a Elmer Brown 1911 St. Louis Browns 09-16-1911 28
n/a Hank Butcher 1911 Cleveland Naps 07-08-1911 24
n/a Swede Carlstrom 1911 Boston Red Sox 09-13-1911 24
n/a Carl Cashion 1911 Washington Senators 08-04-1911 20
n/a Pug Cavet 1911 Detroit Tigers 04-25-1911 21
n/a Al Clancy 1911 St. Louis Browns 06-20-1911 22
n/a Allan Collamore 1911 Philadelphia Athletics 04-15-1911 23
n/a Pete Compton 1911 St. Louis Browns 09-06-1911 21
n/a Charlie Conway 1911 Washington Senators 04-15-1911 24
n/a Roy Corhan 1911 Chicago White Sox 04-20-1911 23
n/a Tex Covington 1911 Detroit Tigers 04-25-1911 24
n/a George Curry 1911 St. Louis Browns 07-16-1911 22
n/a Dave Danforth 1911 Philadelphia Athletics 08-01-1911 21
n/a Delos Drake 1911 Detroit Tigers 04-30-1911 24
n/a Jim Duggan 1911 St. Louis Browns 06-29-1911 26
n/a Gene Elliott 1911 New York Highlanders 04-13-1911 22
n/a Chester Emerson 1911 Philadelphia Athletics 09-27-1911 21
n/a Gus Fisher 1911 Cleveland Naps 04-18-1911 25
n/a Justin Fitzgerald 1911 New York Highlanders 06-20-1911 19
n/a Lefty George 1911 St. Louis Browns 04-14-1911 24
n/a Joe Giannini 1911 Boston Red Sox 08-07-1911 22
n/a Vean Gregg 1911 Cleveland Naps 04-12-1911 25
n/a Howie Gregory 1911 St. Louis Browns 04-16-1911 24
n/a Hy Gunning 1911 Boston Red Sox 08-08-1911 23
n/a Ernie Gust 1911 St. Louis Browns 08-17-1911 23
n/a Casey Hageman 1911 Boston Red Sox 09-18-1911 24
n/a Ed Hallinan 1911 St. Louis Browns 05-13-1911 22
n/a Earl Hamilton 1911 St. Louis Browns 04-14-1911 19
n/a Mike Handiboe 1911 New York Highlanders 09-08-1911 24
n/a Bill Harper 1911 St. Louis Browns 06-10-1911 21
n/a Ed Hawk 1911 St. Louis Browns 09-07-1911 23
n/a Tim Hendryx 1911 Cleveland Naps 09-04-1911 20
n/a Olaf Henriksen 1911 Boston Red Sox 08-11-1911 23
n/a Walt Herrell 1911 Washington Senators 06-10-1911 22
n/a Chet Hoff 1911 New York Highlanders 09-06-1911 20
n/a Willie Hogan 1911 Philadelphia Athletics 04-12-1911 26
n/a Bill James 1911 Cleveland Naps 06-12-1911 24
n/a Hal Janvrin 1911 Boston Red Sox 07-09-1911 18
n/a Otis Johnson 1911 New York Highlanders 04-12-1911 27
n/a Jimmy Johnston 1911 Chicago White Sox 05-03-1911 21
n/a Tex Jones 1911 Chicago White Sox 04-13-1911 25
n/a Jack Killilay 1911 Boston Red Sox 05-13-1911 23
n/a Ed Klepfer 1911 New York Highlanders 07-04-1911 23
n/a Gene Krapp 1911 Cleveland Naps 04-14-1911 23
n/a Ralph Kreitz 1911 Chicago White Sox 08-01-1911 25
n/a Paul Krichell 1911 St. Louis Browns 05-12-1911 28
n/a Joe Kutina 1911 St. Louis Browns 09-06-1911 26
n/a Elmer Leonard 1911 Philadelphia Athletics 06-22-1911 22
n/a Jack Lewis 1911 Boston Red Sox 09-16-1911 27
n/a Bill Lindsay 1911 Cleveland Naps 06-21-1911 30
n/a Jack Lively 1911 Detroit Tigers 04-16-1911 25
n/a Walter Lonergan 1911 Boston Red Sox 08-17-1911 25
n/a Lep Long 1911 Philadelphia Athletics 06-29-1911 22
n/a Tom Long 1911 Washington Senators 09-11-1911 21
n/a Stubby Magner 1911 New York Highlanders 07-12-1911 23
n/a Wally Mayer 1911 Chicago White Sox 09-28-1911 21
n/a Jack Mills 1911 Cleveland Naps 07-01-1911 21
n/a Clarence Mitchell 1911 Detroit Tigers 06-02-1911 20
n/a George Mogridge 1911 Chicago White Sox 08-17-1911 22
n/a Ray Morgan 1911 Washington Senators 08-07-1911 22
n/a Allie Moulton 1911 St. Louis Browns 09-25-1911 25
n/a Jack Ness 1911 Detroit Tigers 05-09-1911 26
n/a Les Nunamaker 1911 Boston Red Sox 04-28-1911 22
n/a Buck O'Brien 1911 Boston Red Sox 09-09-1911 29
n/a Steve O'Neill 1911 Cleveland Naps 09-18-1911 20
n/a Ivy Olson 1911 Cleveland Naps 04-12-1911 25
n/a Pat Paige 1911 Cleveland Naps 05-20-1911 29
n/a Jeff Pfeffer 1911 St. Louis Browns 04-16-1911 23
n/a Johnny Priest 1911 New York Highlanders 05-30-1911 19
n/a Bugs Reisigl 1911 Cleveland Naps 09-20-1911 23
n/a Joe Riggert 1911 Boston Red Sox 05-12-1911 24
n/a Dave Rowan 1911 St. Louis Browns 05-27-1911 29
n/a Biff Schaller 1911 Detroit Tigers 04-30-1911 21
n/a Fred Sherry 1911 Washington Senators 04-25-1911 21
n/a Clyde Southwick 1911 St. Louis Browns 08-22-1911 24
n/a Josh Swindell 1911 Cleveland Naps 09-16-1911 28
n/a Wiley Taylor 1911 Detroit Tigers 09-06-1911 23
n/a Blaine Thomas 1911 Boston Red Sox 08-25-1911 0
n/a Tony Tonneman 1911 Boston Red Sox 09-19-1911 30
n/a Guy Tutwiler 1911 Detroit Tigers 08-29-1911 22
n/a Tilly Walker 1911 Washington Senators 04-12-1911 23
n/a Ed Wilkinson 1911 New York Highlanders 07-04-1911 21
n/a Bob Williams 1911 New York Highlanders 07-03-1911 27
n/a Gus Williams 1911 St. Louis Browns 04-12-1911 22
n/a Rip Williams 1911 Boston Red Sox 04-12-1911 29
n/a Joe Willis 1911 St. Louis Browns 05-03-1911 21
n/a Les Wilson 1911 Boston Red Sox 07-15-1911 25
n/a Squanto Wilson 1911 Detroit Tigers 10-02-1911 22
n/a Earl Yingling 1911 Cleveland Naps 04-12-1911 22
n/a Guy Zinn 1911 New York Highlanders 09-11-1911 24
1911 American League Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the American League during the 1911 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

Did you know that Future hall of famer Addie Joss made his Major League pitching debut on April 26, 1902 and tossed a one hitter?

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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