1990 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

1990

42 Steve Avery 1990 Atlanta Braves 06-13-1990 20
11, 38 Mike Bell 1990 Atlanta Braves 05-02-1990 22
17 Jimmy Kremers 1990 Atlanta Braves 06-05-1990 24
34 Paul Marak 1990 Atlanta Braves 09-01-1990 25
8 Victor Rosario 1990 Atlanta Braves 09-06-1990 24
47 Shawn Boskie 1990 Chicago Cubs 05-20-1990 23
33 Lance Dickson 1990 Chicago Cubs 08-09-1990 20
27 Derrick May 1990 Chicago Cubs 09-06-1990 22
46 Dave Pavlas 1990 Chicago Cubs 08-21-1990 28
32 Hector Villanueva 1990 Chicago Cubs 06-01-1990 25
59 Kip Gross 1990 Cincinnati Reds 04-21-1990 25
45 Chris Hammond 1990 Cincinnati Reds 07-16-1990 24
43 Tim Layana 1990 Cincinnati Reds 04-09-1990 26
26 Terry Lee 1990 Cincinnati Reds 09-03-1990 28
33 Gino Minutelli 1990 Cincinnati Reds 09-18-1990 26
55 Glenn Sutko 1990 Cincinnati Reds 10-03-1990 22
17 Jeff Baldwin 1990 Houston Astros 05-22-1990 24
17 Andujar Cedeno 1990 Houston Astros 09-02-1990 21
26 Luis Gonzalez 1990 Houston Astros 09-04-1990 23
54 Randy Hennis 1990 Houston Astros 09-17-1990 24
29 Javier Ortiz 1990 Houston Astros 06-15-1990 27
52 Al Osuna 1990 Houston Astros 09-02-1990 25
4 Karl Rhodes 1990 Houston Astros 08-07-1990 21
6 Dave Rohde 1990 Houston Astros 04-09-1990 25
30 Mike Simms 1990 Houston Astros 09-05-1990 23
43 Dave Hansen 1990 Los Angeles Dodgers 09-16-1990 21
41 Carlos Hernandez 1990 Los Angeles Dodgers 04-20-1990 22
20 Darren Holmes 1990 Los Angeles Dodgers 09-01-1990 24
12 Luis Lopez 1990 Los Angeles Dodgers 09-14-1990 26
31 Jim Neidlinger 1990 Los Angeles Dodgers 08-01-1990 25
30 Jose Offerman 1990 Los Angeles Dodgers 08-19-1990 21
31, 54 Jim Poole 1990 Los Angeles Dodgers 06-15-1990 24
20 Brian Traxler 1990 Los Angeles Dodgers 04-24-1990 22
51 Dave Walsh 1990 Los Angeles Dodgers 08-13-1990 29
51 Terry Wells 1990 Los Angeles Dodgers 07-03-1990 26
47 Brian Barnes 1990 Montreal Expos 09-14-1990 23
4 Delino DeShields 1990 Montreal Expos 04-09-1990 21
49 Howard Farmer 1990 Montreal Expos 07-02-1990 23
19 Jerry Goff 1990 Montreal Expos 05-15-1990 26
43 Chris Nabholz 1990 Montreal Expos 06-11-1990 23
51 Mel Rojas 1990 Montreal Expos 08-01-1990 23
55 Bill Sampen 1990 Montreal Expos 04-10-1990 27
36 Kevin Baez 1990 New York Mets 09-03-1990 23
43 Kevin Brown 1990 New York Mets 07-27-1990 24
1, 7 Chuck Carr 1990 New York Mets 04-28-1990 22
49 Todd Hundley 1990 New York Mets 05-18-1990 20
46 Chris Jelic 1990 New York Mets 09-30-1990 26
36 Dave Liddell 1990 New York Mets 06-03-1990 23
6, 28 Darren Reed 1990 New York Mets 05-01-1990 24
34 Julio Valera 1990 New York Mets 09-01-1990 21
31 Wes Chamberlain 1990 Philadelphia Phillies 08-31-1990 24
15 Dave Hollins 1990 Philadelphia Phillies 04-12-1990 23
53 Chuck Malone 1990 Philadelphia Phillies 09-06-1990 25
12 Mickey Morandini 1990 Philadelphia Phillies 09-01-1990 24
31 Jim Vatcher 1990 Philadelphia Phillies 05-30-1990 24
52 Moises Alou 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates 07-26-1990 24
51 Carlos Garcia 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates 09-20-1990 22
54 Orlando Merced 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates 06-27-1990 23
56 Scott Ruskin 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-09-1990 26
29 Randy Tomlin 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates 08-06-1990 24
53 Mike York 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates 08-17-1990 25
53 Paul Faries 1990 San Diego Padres 09-06-1990 25
33 Thomas Howard 1990 San Diego Padres 07-03-1990 25
42 Rich Rodriguez 1990 San Diego Padres 06-30-1990 27
35 Rafael Valdez 1990 San Diego Padres 04-18-1990 22
47 Steve Decker 1990 San Francisco Giants 09-18-1990 24
14 Mark Dewey 1990 San Francisco Giants 08-24-1990 25
53 Eric Gunderson 1990 San Francisco Giants 04-11-1990 24
21 Mark Leonard 1990 San Francisco Giants 07-21-1990 25
28 Paul McClellan 1990 San Francisco Giants 09-02-1990 24
36 Rafael Novoa 1990 San Francisco Giants 07-31-1990 22
32 Rick Parker 1990 San Francisco Giants 05-04-1990 27
35 Andres Santana 1990 San Francisco Giants 09-16-1990 22
58 Rod Brewer 1990 St. Louis Cardinals 09-05-1990 24
23 Bernard Gilkey 1990 St. Louis Cardinals 09-04-1990 23
42 Howard Hilton 1990 St. Louis Cardinals 04-09-1990 26
16 Ray Lankford 1990 St. Louis Cardinals 08-21-1990 23
55 Omar Olivares 1990 St. Louis Cardinals 08-18-1990 23
60 Geronimo Pena 1990 St. Louis Cardinals 09-05-1990 23
63 Mike Perez 1990 St. Louis Cardinals 09-05-1990 25
56 Tim Sherrill 1990 St. Louis Cardinals 08-14-1990 24
54 Ray Stephens 1990 St. Louis Cardinals 09-20-1990 27
1990 National League Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the National League during the 1990 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?

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."
     

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