1934 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."
"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
American League Debuts

1934

22 Reese Diggs 1934 Washington Senators 09-15-1934 18
36 Mark Mauldin 1934 Chicago White Sox 09-10-1934 19
14 Joe Mulligan 1934 Boston Red Sox 06-28-1934 20
27 Lee Stine 1934 Chicago White Sox 04-17-1934 20
26 Kit Carson 1934 Cleveland Indians 07-21-1934 21
7 Harlond Clift 1934 St. Louis Browns 04-17-1934 21
19 Ed Lagger 1934 Philadelphia Athletics 06-15-1934 21
18, 26 Whitey Wilshere 1934 Philadelphia Athletics 06-24-1934 21
19 Icehouse Wilson 1934 Detroit Tigers 05-31-1934 21
19 Rudy York 1934 Detroit Tigers 08-22-1934 21
- Dutch Fehring 1934 Chicago White Sox 06-25-1934 22
- Marc Filley 1934 Washington Senators 04-19-1934 22
15 Mort Flohr 1934 Philadelphia Athletics 06-08-1934 22
24 Denny Galehouse 1934 Cleveland Indians 04-30-1934 22
10 Jerry McQuaig 1934 Philadelphia Athletics 08-25-1934 22
24 Monty Stratton 1934 Chicago White Sox 06-02-1934 22
34 Charlie Uhlir 1934 Chicago White Sox 08-03-1934 22
16 Roy Vaughn 1934 Philadelphia Athletics 07-01-1934 22
- Jack Wilson 1934 Philadelphia Athletics 09-09-1934 22
21 Al Benton 1934 Philadelphia Athletics 04-18-1934 23
12 Joe Chamberlain 1934 Chicago White Sox 04-17-1934 23
9 Bob Garbark 1934 Cleveland Indians 09-03-1934 23
10 Don Heffner 1934 New York Yankees 04-17-1934 23
17 Harry Kinzy 1934 Chicago White Sox 06-08-1934 23
19 Steve Larkin 1934 Detroit Tigers 05-06-1934 23
10 Charlie Moss 1934 Philadelphia Athletics 05-19-1934 23
- Al Niemiec 1934 Boston Red Sox 09-19-1934 23
22, 24 Vito Tamulis 1934 New York Yankees 09-25-1934 23
36 Frenchy Uhalt 1934 Chicago White Sox 04-17-1934 23
34 Frenchy Bordagaray 1934 Chicago White Sox 04-17-1934 24
21, 22, 26 Johnny Broaca 1934 New York Yankees 06-02-1934 24
- George Caithamer 1934 Chicago White Sox 09-17-1934 24
8 Red Kellett 1934 Boston Red Sox 07-02-1934 24
19 Harry Matuzak 1934 Philadelphia Athletics 04-19-1934 24
- Spike Merena 1934 Boston Red Sox 09-16-1934 24
25 Lefty Mills 1934 St. Louis Browns 06-10-1934 24
- Bill Perrin 1934 Cleveland Indians 09-30-1934 24
6 Fred Sington 1934 Washington Senators 09-23-1934 24
14 Jim Walkup 1934 St. Louis Browns 09-22-1934 24
3 Zeke Bonura 1934 Chicago White Sox 04-17-1934 25
24 Flea Clifton 1934 Detroit Tigers 04-29-1934 25
14 Skinny Graham 1934 Boston Red Sox 09-14-1934 25
19 Hugo Klaerner 1934 Chicago White Sox 09-10-1934 25
19 Red Phillips 1934 Detroit Tigers 07-24-1934 25
29 Orville Armbrust 1934 Washington Senators 09-18-1934 26
22 Ollie Bejma 1934 St. Louis Browns 04-24-1934 26
20 Joe Cascarella 1934 Philadelphia Athletics 04-17-1934 26
- George Hockette 1934 Boston Red Sox 09-17-1934 26
20 Floyd Newkirk 1934 New York Yankees 08-21-1934 26
19 Fritz Ostermueller 1934 Boston Red Sox 04-21-1934 26
1 George Selkirk 1934 New York Yankees 08-12-1934 26
- George Caster 1934 Philadelphia Athletics 09-10-1934 27
24 Vern Kennedy 1934 Chicago White Sox 09-18-1934 27
21 Elmer Klumpp 1934 Washington Senators 04-17-1934 27
1 Alan Strange 1934 St. Louis Browns 04-17-1934 27
12 Syd Cohen 1934 Washington Senators 09-20-1934 28
24, 28 John Pomorski 1934 Chicago White Sox 04-17-1934 28
9 Rip Radcliff 1934 Chicago White Sox 09-17-1934 28
22 Moose Solters 1934 Boston Red Sox 04-17-1934 28
10 Allen Benson 1934 Washington Senators 08-19-1934 29
9 Gordie Hinkle 1934 Boston Red Sox 04-19-1934 29
19, 22 Pete Susko 1934 Washington Senators 08-01-1934 30
8 Jocko Conlan 1934 Chicago White Sox 07-06-1934 34
1934 American League Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the American League during the 1934 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

When Christy Mathewson made his Major League debut the newspaper wrote, "The untried semi-professional possessed great speed and plenty of confidence in himself, but could not control his curves."

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?
     

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