1936 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

1936

- Bill Ford 1936 Boston Bees 09-27-1936 20
25 Gene Ford 1936 Boston Bees 06-17-1936 23
17 Johnny Lanning 1936 Boston Bees 04-17-1936 25
20 Swede Larsen 1936 Boston Bees 06-17-1936 22
40 Jim McCloskey 1936 Boston Bees 04-21-1936 25
26 Amby Murray 1936 Boston Bees 07-05-1936 23
19 Andy Pilney 1936 Boston Bees 06-12-1936 23
28 Ken Weafer 1936 Boston Bees 05-29-1936 23
9 Roy Weir 1936 Boston Bees 06-25-1936 25
30 Max Butcher 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers 04-20-1936 25
21 Sid Gautreaux 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers 04-15-1936 23
5 Ben Geraghty 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers 04-17-1936 23
6 Buddy Hassett 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers 04-14-1936 24
7 Johnny Hudson 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers 06-20-1936 23
23 George Jeffcoat 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers 04-20-1936 22
5 Jack Radtke 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers 08-01-1936 23
31 Eddie Wilson 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers 06-21-1936 26
3 Gene Lillard 1936 Chicago Cubs 05-08-1936 22
32 Peaches Davis 1936 Cincinnati Reds 07-11-1936 31
15 Lee Handley 1936 Cincinnati Reds 04-15-1936 22
17 Eddie Joost 1936 Cincinnati Reds 09-11-1936 20
11 George McQuinn 1936 Cincinnati Reds 04-14-1936 25
13 Eddie Miller 1936 Cincinnati Reds 09-09-1936 19
27 Dee Moore 1936 Cincinnati Reds 09-12-1936 22
35 Whitey Moore 1936 Cincinnati Reds 09-27-1936 24
39 Jake Mooty 1936 Cincinnati Reds 09-09-1936 23
20 Joe Martin 1936 New York Giants 04-21-1936 24
20 Eddie Mayo 1936 New York Giants 05-22-1936 26
23 Jimmy Ripple 1936 New York Giants 04-20-1936 26
- Jim Sheehan 1936 New York Giants 09-26-1936 23
- Babe Young 1936 New York Giants 09-26-1936 21
34 Morrie Arnovich 1936 Philadelphia Phillies 09-14-1936 25
11 Bill Atwood 1936 Philadelphia Phillies 04-15-1936 24
30 Walt Bashore 1936 Philadelphia Phillies 07-14-1936 26
- Lefty Bertrand 1936 Philadelphia Phillies 04-15-1936 27
- Elmer Burkart 1936 Philadelphia Phillies 09-14-1936 19
32 Gene Corbett 1936 Philadelphia Phillies 09-19-1936 22
43 Herb Harris 1936 Philadelphia Phillies 07-21-1936 23
21 Leo Norris 1936 Philadelphia Phillies 04-14-1936 27
20 Chuck Sheerin 1936 Philadelphia Phillies 04-21-1936 27
41 Pete Sivess 1936 Philadelphia Phillies 06-13-1936 22
20 Stan Sperry 1936 Philadelphia Phillies 07-28-1936 22
37 Ernie Sulik 1936 Philadelphia Phillies 04-15-1936 25
27 Russ Bauers 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates 08-20-1936 22
- Johnny Dickshot 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-16-1936 26
44 Jack Tising 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-24-1936 32
21 Walter Alston 1936 St. Louis Cardinals 09-27-1936 24
29 Pat Ankenman 1936 St. Louis Cardinals 04-16-1936 23
22 Bill Cox 1936 St. Louis Cardinals 06-06-1936 22
30 Art Garibaldi 1936 St. Louis Cardinals 06-20-1936 28
22 Don Gutteridge 1936 St. Louis Cardinals 09-07-1936 24
6 Stu Martin 1936 St. Louis Cardinals 04-14-1936 23
10 Johnny Mize 1936 St. Louis Cardinals 04-16-1936 23
30 Eddie Morgan 1936 St. Louis Cardinals 04-14-1936 21
9 Bruce Ogrodowski 1936 St. Louis Cardinals 04-14-1936 24
20 Cotton Pippen 1936 St. Louis Cardinals 08-28-1936 25
20 Nels Potter 1936 St. Louis Cardinals 04-25-1936 24
31 Lou Scoffic 1936 St. Louis Cardinals 04-16-1936 22
1936 National League Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the National League during the 1936 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

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.

Rich Amaral spent nine seasons in the Minor Leagues and upon his callup he commented, "I've been to every baseball park in America, except those in the American and National League."
     

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