1915 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 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
National League Debuts

1915

n/a Jesse Barnes 1915 Boston Braves 07-30-1915 22
n/a Ed Fitzpatrick 1915 Boston Braves 04-17-1915 25
n/a Fletcher Low 1915 Boston Braves 10-07-1915 22
n/a Art Nehf 1915 Boston Braves 08-13-1915 23
n/a Joe Shannon 1915 Boston Braves 06-30-1915 18
n/a Red Shannon 1915 Boston Braves 10-07-1915 18
n/a Ed Appleton 1915 Brooklyn Robins 04-16-1915 23
n/a Leon Cadore 1915 Brooklyn Robins 04-28-1915 24
n/a John Karst 1915 Brooklyn Robins 10-06-1915 21
n/a Duster Mails 1915 Brooklyn Robins 09-28-1915 20
n/a Al Nixon 1915 Brooklyn Robins 09-04-1915 29
n/a Red Smyth 1915 Brooklyn Robins 08-11-1915 22
n/a Mack Wheat 1915 Brooklyn Robins 05-14-1915 21
n/a Bill Zimmerman 1915 Brooklyn Robins 04-14-1915 28
n/a John Fluhrer 1915 Chicago Cubs 09-05-1915 21
n/a Eddie Mulligan 1915 Chicago Cubs 09-23-1915 21
n/a Bob O'Farrell 1915 Chicago Cubs 09-05-1915 18
n/a Ed Schorr 1915 Chicago Cubs 04-26-1915 23
n/a Jack Wallace 1915 Chicago Cubs 09-27-1915 25
n/a Bob Wright 1915 Chicago Cubs 09-21-1915 23
n/a Ray Callahan 1915 Cincinnati Reds 09-12-1915 24
n/a Goat Cochran 1915 Cincinnati Reds 08-25-1915 25
n/a Harry McCluskey 1915 Cincinnati Reds 07-29-1915 23
n/a Limb McKenry 1915 Cincinnati Reds 07-24-1915 26
n/a Joe Wagner 1915 Cincinnati Reds 04-25-1915 26
n/a Ken Williams 1915 Cincinnati Reds 07-14-1915 25
n/a Charlie Babington 1915 New York Giants 07-20-1915 20
n/a Marty Becker 1915 New York Giants 09-08-1915 21
n/a Fred Herbert 1915 New York Giants 09-25-1915 28
n/a Merwin Jacobson 1915 New York Giants 09-08-1915 21
n/a George Kelly 1915 New York Giants 08-18-1915 19
n/a Emilio Palmero 1915 New York Giants 09-21-1915 20
n/a Lew Wendell 1915 New York Giants 06-10-1915 23
n/a Dave Bancroft 1915 Philadelphia Phillies 04-14-1915 23
n/a Bud Weiser 1915 Philadelphia Phillies 04-29-1915 24
n/a Doug Baird 1915 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-18-1915 23
n/a Harry Daubert 1915 Pittsburgh Pirates 09-04-1915 23
n/a Pat Duncan 1915 Pittsburgh Pirates 07-16-1915 21
n/a Carmen Hill 1915 Pittsburgh Pirates 08-24-1915 19
n/a Leo Murphy 1915 Pittsburgh Pirates 05-02-1915 26
n/a Phil Slattery 1915 Pittsburgh Pirates 09-16-1915 22
n/a Dazzy Vance 1915 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-16-1915 24
n/a Jim Brown 1915 St. Louis Cardinals 09-13-1915 24
n/a Harry Glenn 1915 St. Louis Cardinals 04-14-1915 24
n/a Rogers Hornsby 1915 St. Louis Cardinals 09-10-1915 19
n/a Lee Meadows 1915 St. Louis Cardinals 04-19-1915 20
n/a Jack Smith 1915 St. Louis Cardinals 09-30-1915 20
1915 National League Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the National League during the 1915 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

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.

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?
     

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