1932 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

1932

- Bill DeLancey 1932 St. Louis Cardinals 09-11-1932 20
28 Joe Medwick 1932 St. Louis Cardinals 09-02-1932 20
28 Dick Siebert 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers 09-07-1932 20
21 Arky Vaughan 1932 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-17-1932 20
25 Bill Brubaker 1932 Pittsburgh Pirates 09-08-1932 21
17 Otto Bluege 1932 Cincinnati Reds 04-12-1932 22
- Bill Brenzel 1932 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-13-1932 22
51 Frank Demaree 1932 Chicago Cubs 07-22-1932 22
31 Stan Hack 1932 Chicago Cubs 04-12-1932 22
1 Skeeter Webb 1932 St. Louis Cardinals 07-20-1932 22
- Jim Winford 1932 St. Louis Cardinals 09-10-1932 22
28 Art McLarney 1932 New York Giants 08-23-1932 23
31 Tom Padden 1932 Pittsburgh Pirates 05-29-1932 23
- Paul Richards 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers 04-17-1932 23
45 Bill Swift 1932 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-12-1932 23
28 Reggie Grabowski 1932 Philadelphia Phillies 04-15-1932 24
19 Harry Taylor 1932 Chicago Cubs 04-14-1932 24
18 Tex Carleton 1932 St. Louis Cardinals 04-17-1932 25
23 Leroy Herrmann 1932 Chicago Cubs 07-30-1932 26
24 Art Jones 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers 04-23-1932 26
29 Ray Pepper 1932 St. Louis Cardinals 04-15-1932 26
- Ray Starr 1932 St. Louis Cardinals 09-11-1932 26
31 Dick Terwilliger 1932 St. Louis Cardinals 08-18-1932 26
21 Bud Tinning 1932 Chicago Cubs 04-20-1932 26
30 Johnny Tobin 1932 New York Giants 09-22-1932 26
28 Dutch Holland 1932 Boston Braves 08-16-1932 28
7 Fritz Knothe 1932 Boston Braves 04-12-1932 28
31 Len Koenecke 1932 New York Giants 04-12-1932 28
24 Jo-Jo Morrissey 1932 Cincinnati Reds 04-12-1932 28
24 Ed Pipgras 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers 08-25-1932 28
- Ox Eckhardt 1932 Boston Braves 04-16-1932 30
- Hal Smith 1932 Pittsburgh Pirates 09-14-1932 30
9 Al Todd 1932 Philadelphia Phillies 04-25-1932 30
23 George Knothe 1932 Philadelphia Phillies 04-25-1932 34
1932 National League Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the National League during the 1932 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

Did you know that on September 27, 1963 the Houston Colt .45s fielded an all-rookie lineup that included future stars Joe Morgan, Jerry Grote, and Rusty Staub?

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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