1925 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 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
American League Debuts

1925

n/a Bob Adams 1925 Boston Red Sox 09-22-1925 24
n/a Bud Connolly 1925 Boston Red Sox 05-03-1925 23
n/a Turkey Gross 1925 Boston Red Sox 04-14-1925 29
n/a Mike Herrera 1925 Boston Red Sox 09-22-1925 27
n/a Tom Jenkins 1925 Boston Red Sox 09-15-1925 27
n/a Hal Neubauer 1925 Boston Red Sox 07-12-1925 23
n/a Billy Rogell 1925 Boston Red Sox 04-14-1925 20
n/a Sy Rosenthal 1925 Boston Red Sox 09-08-1925 21
n/a Jack Rothrock 1925 Boston Red Sox 07-28-1925 20
n/a Al Stokes 1925 Boston Red Sox 05-10-1925 25
n/a Tex Vache 1925 Boston Red Sox 04-16-1925 35
n/a Herb Welch 1925 Boston Red Sox 09-15-1925 24
n/a Ken Ash 1925 Chicago White Sox 04-17-1925 23
n/a John Bischoff 1925 Chicago White Sox 04-18-1925 30
n/a Jake Freeze 1925 Chicago White Sox 07-01-1925 25
n/a Spencer Harris 1925 Chicago White Sox 04-14-1925 24
n/a John Kane 1925 Chicago White Sox 09-03-1925 25
n/a Jule Mallonee 1925 Chicago White Sox 08-04-1925 25
n/a Leo Tankersley 1925 Chicago White Sox 07-02-1925 24
n/a Gene Bedford 1925 Cleveland Indians 06-25-1925 28
n/a Ray Benge 1925 Cleveland Indians 09-26-1925 23
n/a Ike Eichrodt 1925 Cleveland Indians 09-07-1925 22
n/a Johnny Hodapp 1925 Cleveland Indians 08-19-1925 19
n/a Frank McCrea 1925 Cleveland Indians 09-26-1925 29
n/a Chick Tolson 1925 Cleveland Indians 07-03-1925 26
n/a Dutch Ussat 1925 Cleveland Indians 09-13-1925 21
n/a Ownie Carroll 1925 Detroit Tigers 06-20-1925 22
n/a Jess Doyle 1925 Detroit Tigers 04-14-1925 27
n/a Andy Harrington 1925 Detroit Tigers 04-18-1925 22
n/a Bill Moore 1925 Detroit Tigers 04-15-1925 22
n/a Johnny Neun 1925 Detroit Tigers 04-14-1925 24
n/a Jack Warner 1925 Detroit Tigers 09-24-1925 22
n/a Charlie Caldwell 1925 New York Yankees 07-07-1925 23
n/a Leo Durocher 1925 New York Yankees 10-02-1925 20
n/a Hank Johnson 1925 New York Yankees 04-17-1925 18
n/a Mark Koenig 1925 New York Yankees 09-08-1925 21
n/a Roy Luebbe 1925 New York Yankees 08-22-1925 24
n/a Jim Marquis 1925 New York Yankees 08-08-1925 24
n/a Heinie Odom 1925 New York Yankees 04-22-1925 24
n/a Pee-Wee Wanninger 1925 New York Yankees 04-22-1925 22
n/a Elbert Andrews 1925 Philadelphia Athletics 05-01-1925 23
n/a Charlie Berry 1925 Philadelphia Athletics 06-15-1925 22
n/a Mickey Cochrane 1925 Philadelphia Athletics 04-14-1925 22
n/a Charlie Engle 1925 Philadelphia Athletics 09-14-1925 22
n/a Jimmie Foxx 1925 Philadelphia Athletics 05-01-1925 17
n/a Doc Gautreau 1925 Philadelphia Athletics 06-22-1925 23
n/a Tom Glass 1925 Philadelphia Athletics 06-12-1925 27
n/a Lefty Grove 1925 Philadelphia Athletics 04-14-1925 25
n/a Red Holt 1925 Philadelphia Athletics 09-05-1925 31
n/a Carl Husta 1925 Philadelphia Athletics 09-24-1925 23
n/a Jim Keesey 1925 Philadelphia Athletics 09-06-1925 22
n/a Jim Poole 1925 Philadelphia Athletics 04-14-1925 29
n/a Red Smith 1925 Philadelphia Athletics 04-14-1925 24
n/a Art Stokes 1925 Philadelphia Athletics 05-05-1925 28
n/a Lefty Willis 1925 Philadelphia Athletics 10-03-1925 19
n/a George Blaeholder 1925 St. Louis Browns 04-20-1925 21
n/a Leo Dixon 1925 St. Louis Browns 04-14-1925 30
n/a Chet Falk 1925 St. Louis Browns 04-20-1925 19
n/a Joe Giard 1925 St. Louis Browns 04-18-1925 26
n/a Brad Springer 1925 St. Louis Browns 05-01-1925 20
n/a Win Ballou 1925 Washington Senators 08-24-1925 27
n/a Roy Carlyle 1925 Washington Senators 04-16-1925 24
n/a Harry Kelley 1925 Washington Senators 04-16-1925 19
n/a Jim Lyle 1925 Washington Senators 10-02-1925 25
n/a Frank McGee 1925 Washington Senators 09-19-1925 26
n/a Buddy Myer 1925 Washington Senators 09-26-1925 21
n/a Spencer Pumpelly 1925 Washington Senators 07-11-1925 32
n/a Lefty Thomas 1925 Washington Senators 09-26-1925 21
1925 American League Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the American League during the 1925 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.

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.
     

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