1913 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 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)
National League Debuts

1913

n/a Drummond Brown 1913 Boston Braves 04-25-1913 28
n/a Art Bues 1913 Boston Braves 04-17-1913 25
n/a Bill Calhoun 1913 Boston Braves 04-24-1913 22
n/a Gene Cocreham 1913 Boston Braves 09-25-1913 28
n/a Wilson Collins 1913 Boston Braves 05-12-1913 24
n/a Joe Connolly 1913 Boston Braves 04-10-1913 29
n/a Rex DeVogt 1913 Boston Braves 04-17-1913 25
n/a Oscar Dugey 1913 Boston Braves 09-13-1913 25
n/a Lefty Gervais 1913 Boston Braves 04-17-1913 22
n/a Tommy Griffith 1913 Boston Braves 08-25-1913 23
n/a Bill James 1913 Boston Braves 04-17-1913 21
n/a Les Mann 1913 Boston Braves 04-30-1913 20
n/a Jeff McCleskey 1913 Boston Braves 09-08-1913 21
n/a Win Noyes 1913 Boston Braves 05-19-1913 23
n/a Fred Smith 1913 Boston Braves 04-17-1913 26
n/a Paul Strand 1913 Boston Braves 05-15-1913 19
n/a Walt Tragesser 1913 Boston Braves 07-30-1913 26
n/a Bert Whaling 1913 Boston Braves 04-22-1913 24
n/a Leo Callahan 1913 Brooklyn Dodgers 04-09-1913 22
n/a William Fischer 1913 Brooklyn Dodgers 06-09-1913 22
n/a Bill Hall 1913 Brooklyn Dodgers 07-04-1913 19
n/a Lew McCarty 1913 Brooklyn Dodgers 08-30-1913 24
n/a Benny Meyer 1913 Brooklyn Dodgers 04-09-1913 28
n/a Ray Mowe 1913 Brooklyn Dodgers 09-25-1913 24
n/a Al Scheer 1913 Brooklyn Dodgers 08-02-1913 24
n/a Bull Wagner 1913 Brooklyn Dodgers 06-02-1913 25
n/a Milo Allison 1913 Chicago Cubs 09-26-1913 22
n/a Bubbles Hargrave 1913 Chicago Cubs 09-18-1913 21
n/a Chick Keating 1913 Chicago Cubs 09-26-1913 22
n/a Fritz Mollwitz 1913 Chicago Cubs 09-26-1913 23
n/a Tuffy Stewart 1913 Chicago Cubs 08-08-1913 30
n/a Doc Watson 1913 Chicago Cubs 09-03-1913 27
n/a Zip Zabel 1913 Chicago Cubs 10-05-1913 22
n/a Andy Harrington 1913 Cincinnati Reds 09-08-1913 24
n/a Ernie Herbert 1913 Cincinnati Reds 07-27-1913 26
n/a Bill Hobbs 1913 Cincinnati Reds 08-09-1913 20
n/a Chief Johnson 1913 Cincinnati Reds 04-16-1913 27
n/a Joe McManus 1913 Cincinnati Reds 04-12-1913 25
n/a Karl Meister 1913 Cincinnati Reds 08-10-1913 22
n/a Bert Niehoff 1913 Cincinnati Reds 10-04-1913 29
n/a Dick Robertson 1913 Cincinnati Reds 09-16-1913 22
n/a Chick Smith 1913 Cincinnati Reds 04-12-1913 20
n/a Mark Stewart 1913 Cincinnati Reds 10-04-1913 23
n/a Al Wickland 1913 Cincinnati Reds 08-21-1913 25
n/a Claude Cooper 1913 New York Giants 04-14-1913 21
n/a Joe Evers 1913 New York Giants 04-24-1913 21
n/a John Merritt 1913 New York Giants 09-27-1913 18
n/a Rube Schauer 1913 New York Giants 08-27-1913 22
n/a Ferdie Schupp 1913 New York Giants 08-19-1913 22
n/a Milt Stock 1913 New York Giants 09-29-1913 20
n/a Jim Thorpe 1913 New York Giants 04-14-1913 25
n/a Vern Duncan 1913 Philadelphia Phillies 09-11-1913 23
n/a Jim Haislip 1913 Philadelphia Phillies 08-27-1913 22
n/a Ray Hartranft 1913 Philadelphia Phillies 06-16-1913 22
n/a Dan Howley 1913 Philadelphia Phillies 05-15-1913 27
n/a Doc Imlay 1913 Philadelphia Phillies 07-07-1913 24
n/a Everett Booe 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-13-1913 21
n/a Gil Britton 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates 09-20-1913 21
n/a Bob Coleman 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates 06-13-1913 22
n/a Joe Conzelman 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates 05-01-1913 23
n/a Bernie Duffy 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates 09-20-1913 20
n/a Eddie Eayrs 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates 06-30-1913 22
n/a Jake Kafora 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates 10-05-1913 24
n/a Fred Kommers 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates 06-25-1913 27
n/a Wild Bill Luhrsen 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates 08-23-1913 29
n/a Al Mamaux 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates 09-23-1913 19
n/a John Scheneberg 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates 09-23-1913 25
n/a Roy Wood 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates 06-16-1913 20
n/a Zinn Beck 1913 St. Louis Cardinals 09-14-1913 27
n/a Al Cabrera 1913 St. Louis Cardinals 05-16-1913 32
n/a Wesley Callahan 1913 St. Louis Cardinals 09-07-1913 25
n/a Palmer Hildebrand 1913 St. Louis Cardinals 05-14-1913 28
n/a Bill Hopper 1913 St. Louis Cardinals 09-11-1913 22
n/a Walt Marbet 1913 St. Louis Cardinals 06-17-1913 22
n/a Chuck Miller 1913 St. Louis Cardinals 09-19-1913 24
n/a Dick Niehaus 1913 St. Louis Cardinals 09-09-1913 20
n/a Finners Quinlan 1913 St. Louis Cardinals 09-06-1913 25
n/a Skipper Roberts 1913 St. Louis Cardinals 06-12-1913 25
n/a Harry Trekell 1913 St. Louis Cardinals 08-16-1913 20
n/a John Vann 1913 St. Louis Cardinals 06-11-1913 23
n/a Jimmy Whelan 1913 St. Louis Cardinals 04-24-1913 22
1913 National League Debuts


 

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