1913 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 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)
American League Debuts

1913

n/a Merito Acosta 1913 Washington Senators 06-15-1913 17
n/a Harry Hanson 1913 New York Yankees 07-14-1913 17
n/a George Tomer 1913 St. Louis Browns 09-17-1913 17
n/a Johnny Bassler 1913 Cleveland Naps 07-11-1913 18
n/a Jack Bentley 1913 Washington Senators 09-06-1913 18
n/a Jack Calvo 1913 Washington Senators 05-09-1913 18
n/a Sam Covington 1913 St. Louis Browns 08-25-1913 18
n/a Harry Harper 1913 Washington Senators 06-27-1913 18
n/a Wickey McAvoy 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 09-29-1913 18
n/a George Brickley 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 09-26-1913 19
n/a Joe Gedeon 1913 Washington Senators 05-13-1913 19
n/a Les Hennessey 1913 Detroit Tigers 06-04-1913 19
n/a Don Rader 1913 Chicago White Sox 07-25-1913 19
n/a Joe Smith 1913 New York Yankees 07-07-1913 19
n/a Josh Billings 1913 Cleveland Naps 09-09-1913 20
n/a Charlie Boardman 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 09-26-1913 20
n/a Luke Glavenich 1913 Cleveland Naps 04-12-1913 20
n/a Dutch Leonard 1913 Boston Red Sox 04-12-1913 20
n/a Lefty Lorenzen 1913 Detroit Tigers 09-12-1913 20
n/a Billy Meyer 1913 Chicago White Sox 09-06-1913 20
n/a Wally Pipp 1913 Detroit Tigers 06-29-1913 20
n/a Edd Roush 1913 Chicago White Sox 08-20-1913 20
n/a Jim Shaw 1913 Washington Senators 09-15-1913 20
n/a Pop-Boy Smith 1913 Chicago White Sox 04-19-1913 20
n/a Billy Southworth 1913 Cleveland Naps 08-04-1913 20
n/a Lefty Williams 1913 Detroit Tigers 09-17-1913 20
n/a Doc Ayers 1913 Washington Senators 09-09-1913 21
n/a George Clark 1913 New York Yankees 05-16-1913 21
n/a Al Clauss 1913 Detroit Tigers 04-22-1913 21
n/a Dan Costello 1913 New York Yankees 07-02-1913 21
n/a Tom Daly 1913 Chicago White Sox 09-23-1913 21
n/a Charlie Flanagan 1913 St. Louis Browns 07-09-1913 21
n/a Joe Giebel 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 09-30-1913 21
n/a Bill Lathrop 1913 Chicago White Sox 07-29-1913 21
n/a Nemo Leibold 1913 Cleveland Naps 04-12-1913 21
n/a George Maisel 1913 St. Louis Browns 05-01-1913 21
n/a Paul Maloy 1913 Boston Red Sox 07-11-1913 21
n/a Steve Partenheimer 1913 Detroit Tigers 06-28-1913 21
n/a Monte Peffer 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 09-29-1913 21
n/a Pepper Peploski 1913 Detroit Tigers 06-24-1913 21
n/a Jack Powell 1913 St. Louis Browns 06-14-1913 21
n/a Erwin Renfer 1913 Detroit Tigers 09-18-1913 21
n/a Mutt Williams 1913 Washington Senators 10-04-1913 21
n/a Pat Bohen 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 10-01-1913 22
n/a Jim Breton 1913 Chicago White Sox 08-25-1913 22
n/a Esty Chaney 1913 Boston Red Sox 08-02-1913 22
n/a Ralph Comstock 1913 Detroit Tigers 08-26-1913 22
n/a Heinie Elder 1913 Detroit Tigers 07-07-1913 22
n/a Harry Fritz 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 09-29-1913 22
n/a Frank Gibson 1913 Detroit Tigers 04-22-1913 22
n/a Dick Gossett 1913 New York Yankees 04-30-1913 22
n/a Dave Gregg 1913 Cleveland Naps 06-15-1913 22
n/a Charlie Harding 1913 Detroit Tigers 09-18-1913 22
n/a Fred House 1913 Detroit Tigers 04-22-1913 22
n/a Larry Kopf 1913 Cleveland Naps 09-02-1913 22
n/a Ernie Krueger 1913 Cleveland Naps 08-04-1913 22
n/a Doc Lavan 1913 St. Louis Browns 06-22-1913 22
n/a Red McKee 1913 Detroit Tigers 04-19-1913 22
n/a Walt Meinert 1913 St. Louis Browns 09-06-1913 22
n/a Lou North 1913 Detroit Tigers 08-22-1913 22
n/a Billy Orr 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 05-03-1913 22
n/a Pete Schmidt 1913 St. Louis Browns 07-14-1913 22
n/a Jim Scoggins 1913 Chicago White Sox 08-26-1913 22
n/a Bob Shawkey 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 07-16-1913 22
n/a Tod Sloan 1913 St. Louis Browns 09-22-1913 22
n/a Bob Smith 1913 Chicago White Sox 04-19-1913 22
n/a John Taff 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 05-11-1913 22
n/a Ernie Walker 1913 St. Louis Browns 04-13-1913 22
n/a John Wilson 1913 Washington Senators 06-11-1913 22
n/a Weldon Wyckoff 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 04-19-1913 22
n/a Ray Bates 1913 Cleveland Naps 05-31-1913 23
n/a Lute Boone 1913 New York Yankees 09-09-1913 23
n/a Lynn Brenton 1913 Cleveland Naps 08-10-1913 23
n/a Larry Chappell 1913 Chicago White Sox 07-18-1913 23
n/a Press Cruthers 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 09-29-1913 23
n/a Eddie Edmonson 1913 Cleveland Naps 10-04-1913 23
n/a Fred Graf 1913 St. Louis Browns 05-14-1913 23
n/a Charlie Grover 1913 Detroit Tigers 09-09-1913 23
n/a Johnny Johnston 1913 St. Louis Browns 04-10-1913 23
n/a Slim Love 1913 Washington Senators 09-08-1913 23
n/a Fritz Maisel 1913 New York Yankees 08-11-1913 23
n/a Bill McAllester 1913 St. Louis Browns 05-02-1913 23
n/a Bill Morley 1913 Washington Senators 09-08-1913 23
n/a Al Platte 1913 Detroit Tigers 09-01-1913 23
n/a Wally Schang 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 05-09-1913 23
n/a Hal Schwenk 1913 St. Louis Browns 09-04-1913 23
n/a Ben Spencer 1913 Washington Senators 09-08-1913 23
n/a Dee Walsh 1913 St. Louis Browns 04-10-1913 23
n/a Harry Williams 1913 New York Yankees 08-07-1913 23
n/a George Young 1913 Cleveland Naps 08-10-1913 23
n/a Carl Zamloch 1913 Detroit Tigers 05-07-1913 23
n/a Bill Holden 1913 New York Yankees 09-11-1913 24
n/a Walt Leverenz 1913 St. Louis Browns 04-13-1913 24
n/a Dave Morey 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 07-04-1913 24
n/a Bill Mundy 1913 Boston Red Sox 08-17-1913 24
n/a Ray Powell 1913 Detroit Tigers 04-16-1913 24
n/a Reb Russell 1913 Chicago White Sox 04-18-1913 24
n/a Wally Snell 1913 Boston Red Sox 08-01-1913 24
n/a Ralph Young 1913 New York Yankees 04-10-1913 24
n/a Sam Agnew 1913 St. Louis Browns 04-10-1913 25
n/a Luther Bonin 1913 St. Louis Browns 04-13-1913 25
n/a Nick Cullop 1913 Cleveland Naps 05-20-1913 25
n/a Rex Dawson 1913 Washington Senators 10-03-1913 25
n/a Tom Drohan 1913 Washington Senators 05-01-1913 25
n/a George Dunlop 1913 Cleveland Naps 09-09-1913 25
n/a Rube Foster 1913 Boston Red Sox 04-10-1913 25
n/a Harry Hedgpeth 1913 Washington Senators 10-03-1913 25
n/a Hugh High 1913 Detroit Tigers 04-11-1913 25
n/a Earl Moseley 1913 Boston Red Sox 06-17-1913 25
n/a Henri Rondeau 1913 Detroit Tigers 04-11-1913 25
n/a Joe Berger 1913 Chicago White Sox 04-11-1913 26
n/a Lee Dashner 1913 Cleveland Naps 08-04-1913 26
n/a Cy Pieh 1913 New York Yankees 09-06-1913 26
n/a Dwight Stone 1913 St. Louis Browns 04-13-1913 26
n/a Doc Cook 1913 New York Yankees 08-07-1913 27
n/a Jim Hanley 1913 New York Yankees 07-03-1913 27
n/a Frank Miller 1913 Chicago White Sox 07-12-1913 27
n/a Buzzy Wares 1913 St. Louis Browns 09-15-1913 27
n/a Bill Reynolds 1913 New York Yankees 09-15-1913 29
n/a Johnny Beall 1913 Cleveland Naps 04-17-1913 31
1913 American League Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the American League during the 1913 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.

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."
     

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