1919 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac

1919 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 1919
#	Name (sort)	Team (sort)	Debut (sort)	Age (sort)
n/a	Dixie Carroll	1919 Boston Braves	09-12-1919	28
n/a	Lloyd Christenbury	1919 Boston Braves	09-20-1919	25
n/a	Hod Ford	1919 Boston Braves	09-08-1919	22
n/a	Dizzy Nutter	1919 Boston Braves	09-07-1919	26
n/a	Mickey O'Neil	1919 Boston Braves	09-12-1919	19
n/a	Sam White	1919 Boston Braves	09-08-1919	26
n/a	Horace Allen	1919 Brooklyn Robins	06-15-1919	20
n/a	Tom Fitzsimmons	1919 Brooklyn Robins	06-12-1919	29
n/a	Lafayette Henion	1919 Brooklyn Robins	09-10-1919	20
n/a	Sweetbreads Bailey	1919 Chicago Cubs	05-23-1919	24
n/a	Bernie Friberg	1919 Chicago Cubs	08-20-1919	20
n/a	Joel Newkirk	1919 Chicago Cubs	08-20-1919	23
n/a	Hal Reilly	1919 Chicago Cubs	06-19-1919	25
n/a	Ed Gerner	1919 Cincinnati Reds	05-14-1919	21
n/a	Charlie See	1919 Cincinnati Reds	08-06-1919	22
n/a	Virgil Barnes	1919 New York Giants	09-25-1919	22
n/a	Chick Bowen	1919 New York Giants	09-15-1919	22
n/a	Frankie Frisch	1919 New York Giants	06-17-1919	20
n/a	Bill Hubbell	1919 New York Giants	09-24-1919	22
n/a	Johnny Jones	1919 New York Giants	04-24-1919	26
n/a	Bob Kinsella	1919 New York Giants	09-20-1919	20
n/a	Rosy Ryan	1919 New York Giants	09-07-1919	21
n/a	Earl Smith	1919 New York Giants	04-24-1919	22
n/a	Colonel Snover	1919 New York Giants	09-18-1919	24
n/a	Jigger Statz	1919 New York Giants	07-30-1919	21
n/a	Jesse Winters	1919 New York Giants	05-03-1919	25
n/a	John Cavanaugh	1919 Philadelphia Phillies	07-07-1919	19
n/a	Rags Faircloth	1919 Philadelphia Phillies	05-06-1919	26
n/a	Bevo LeBourveau	1919 Philadelphia Phillies	09-09-1919	23
n/a	Pat Murray	1919 Philadelphia Phillies	07-01-1919	21
n/a	Mike Pasquella	1919 Philadelphia Phillies	07-09-1919	20
n/a	Lou Raymond	1919 Philadelphia Phillies	05-02-1919	24
n/a	Doc Wallace	1919 Philadelphia Phillies	05-02-1919	25
n/a	Lefty Weinert	1919 Philadelphia Phillies	09-24-1919	17
n/a	Bert Yeabsley	1919 Philadelphia Phillies	05-28-1919	25
n/a	Cliff Lee	1919 Pittsburgh Pirates	05-15-1919	22
n/a	Jack Wisner	1919 Pittsburgh Pirates	09-12-1919	19
n/a	Billy Zitzmann	1919 Pittsburgh Pirates	04-17-1919	23
n/a	Bill Bolden	1919 St. Louis Cardinals	06-27-1919	26
n/a	Sam Fishburn	1919 St. Louis Cardinals	09-30-1919	26
n/a	Wally Kimmick	1919 St. Louis Cardinals	09-13-1919	22
n/a	Will Koenigsmark	1919 St. Louis Cardinals	09-10-1919	23
n/a	Roy Parker	1919 St. Louis Cardinals	09-10-1919	23
n/a	Art Reinhart	1919 St. Louis Cardinals	04-26-1919	19
#	Name (sort)	Team (sort)	Debut (sort)	Age (sort)
1919 National League Debuts

1919 A.L. Debuts

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the National League during the 1919 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

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.

Ray Jansen (four for five in his first game), Aubrey Epps (three for four in his first game) and Ed Irvin (two for three in his first game) all finished their career with lifetime batting averages which were greater than their career fielding percentages.

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