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."
"You never forget your first hit in the Major Leagues. It was in my third at bat. That was kind of a relief. You could start off 0-for-34." - Ralph Kiner
National League Debuts

1913

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


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the National League during the 1913 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

Five-for-five debuts? Believe it or not it has happened twice: On June 30, 1894 Fred Clarke of the Louisville Colonels and on May 16, 1933, Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators made their Major League debuts and both went five-for-five at the plate.

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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