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1975 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."

"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

National League Debuts 1975
#	Name (sort)	Team (sort)	Debut (sort)	Age (sort)
16	Bob Beall	1975 Atlanta Braves	05-12-1975	27
10	Rob Belloir	1975 Atlanta Braves	08-02-1975	27
24	Preston Hanna	1975 Atlanta Braves	09-13-1975	21
25	Frank LaCorte	1975 Atlanta Braves	09-08-1975	23
42	Biff Pocoroba	1975 Atlanta Braves	04-25-1975	21
39	Pablo Torrealba	1975 Atlanta Braves	04-09-1975	26
39	Ken Crosby	1975 Chicago Cubs	08-05-1975	27
49	Donnie Moore	1975 Chicago Cubs	09-14-1975	21
37	Willie Prall	1975 Chicago Cubs	09-03-1975	25
43	Paul Reuschel	1975 Chicago Cubs	07-25-1975	28
35	Buddy Schultz	1975 Chicago Cubs	09-03-1975	24
28	Joe Wallis	1975 Chicago Cubs	09-02-1975	23
23	Doug Flynn	1975 Cincinnati Reds	04-09-1975	23
55	Don Werner	1975 Cincinnati Reds	09-02-1975	22
11	Rob Andrews	1975 Houston Astros	04-07-1975	22
20	Jesus de la Rosa	1975 Houston Astros	08-03-1975	21
24	Art Gardner	1975 Houston Astros	09-02-1975	22
44, 60	Jose Sosa	1975 Houston Astros	07-22-1975	22
48	Mike Stanton	1975 Houston Astros	07-09-1975	22
37	Henry Cruz	1975 Los Angeles Dodgers	04-18-1975	23
35	Dennis Lewallyn	1975 Los Angeles Dodgers	09-21-1975	22
38	Joe Simpson	1975 Los Angeles Dodgers	09-02-1975	23
45	Stan Wall	1975 Los Angeles Dodgers	07-19-1975	24
33	Chip Lang	1975 Montreal Expos	09-08-1975	23
44	Bombo Rivera	1975 Montreal Expos	04-17-1975	22
54, 22, 17	Ellis Valentine	1975 Montreal Expos	09-03-1975	21
39	Dan Warthen	1975 Montreal Expos	05-18-1975	22
45	Rick Baldwin	1975 New York Mets	04-10-1975	21
2	Roy Staiger	1975 New York Mets	09-12-1975	25
48	Randy Tate	1975 New York Mets	04-14-1975	22
31	Mike Vail	1975 New York Mets	08-18-1975	23
44	Larry Fritz	1975 Philadelphia Phillies	05-30-1975	26
47	Randy Lerch	1975 Philadelphia Phillies	09-14-1975	20
45	John Candelaria	1975 Pittsburgh Pirates	06-08-1975	21
51	Odell Jones	1975 Pittsburgh Pirates	09-11-1975	22
24	Omar Moreno	1975 Pittsburgh Pirates	09-06-1975	22
18	Willie Randolph	1975 Pittsburgh Pirates	07-29-1975	21
12	Craig Reynolds	1975 Pittsburgh Pirates	08-01-1975	22
43	Glenn Adams	1975 San Francisco Giants	05-04-1975	27
58	Gary Alexander	1975 San Francisco Giants	09-12-1975	22
32	Jake Brown	1975 San Francisco Giants	05-17-1975	27
15	Jack Clark	1975 San Francisco Giants	09-12-1975	19
25	Rob Dressler	1975 San Francisco Giants	09-07-1975	21
56	Pete Falcone	1975 San Francisco Giants	04-13-1975	21
60	Dave Heaverlo	1975 San Francisco Giants	04-14-1975	24
10	Johnnie LeMaster	1975 San Francisco Giants	09-02-1975	21
41	Greg Minton	1975 San Francisco Giants	09-07-1975	24
38	Horace Speed	1975 San Francisco Giants	04-10-1975	23
40	Tommy Toms	1975 San Francisco Giants	05-04-1975	23
24, 27	Mike Barlow	1975 St. Louis Cardinals	06-18-1975	27
40	Ryan Kurosaki	1975 St. Louis Cardinals	05-20-1975	22
42	Eric Rasmussen	1975 St. Louis Cardinals	07-21-1975	23
35	Greg Terlecky	1975 St. Louis Cardinals	06-12-1975	23
#	Name (sort)	Team (sort)	Debut (sort)	Age (sort)
1975 National League Debuts

1975 A.L. Debuts

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the National League during the 1975 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

On the final day of the 1930 season, Dizzy Dean was called up and pitched a three-hitter. In Spring Training the following year, Dean had a fight with catcher Gabby Street and the franchise left him in the Minor Leagues all season long.

On April 13, 1954, Hank Aaron made his Major League debut and went 0-for-5. However, in his own autobiography Aaron wrote that he went 0-for-4.

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