1993 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."
"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)
American League Debuts

1993

18 Damon Buford 1993 Baltimore Orioles 05-04-1993 22
88 Paul Carey 1993 Baltimore Orioles 05-25-1993 25
11 Jeffrey Hammonds 1993 Baltimore Orioles 06-25-1993 22
48 Kevin McGehee 1993 Baltimore Orioles 08-23-1993 24
46 John O'Donoghue 1993 Baltimore Orioles 06-27-1993 24
42 Sherman Obando 1993 Baltimore Orioles 04-10-1993 23
56 Mike Oquist 1993 Baltimore Orioles 08-14-1993 25
47 Brad Pennington 1993 Baltimore Orioles 04-17-1993 24
43 Cory Bailey 1993 Boston Red Sox 09-01-1993 22
47 Greg Blosser 1993 Boston Red Sox 09-05-1993 22
30 Jim Byrd 1993 Boston Red Sox 05-31-1993 24
58 Jeff McNeely 1993 Boston Red Sox 09-05-1993 23
57 Nate Minchey 1993 Boston Red Sox 09-12-1993 24
51 Luis Ortiz 1993 Boston Red Sox 08-31-1993 23
36 Aaron Sele 1993 Boston Red Sox 06-23-1993 22
56 Brian Anderson 1993 California Angels 09-10-1993 21
5 Rod Correia 1993 California Angels 06-20-1993 25
25 Jim Edmonds 1993 California Angels 09-09-1993 23
13 Larry Gonzales 1993 California Angels 06-13-1993 26
42 Mark Holzemer 1993 California Angels 08-21-1993 24
45, 21 Phil Leftwich 1993 California Angels 07-29-1993 24
45, 21 Eduardo Perez 1993 California Angels 07-27-1993 23
43 Darryl Scott 1993 California Angels 05-31-1993 24
20 Paul Swingle 1993 California Angels 09-07-1993 26
53 Chris Turner 1993 California Angels 08-27-1993 24
46 Ty Van Burkleo 1993 California Angels 07-28-1993 29
51 Jason Bere 1993 Chicago White Sox 05-27-1993 22
42 Rodney Bolton 1993 Chicago White Sox 04-10-1993 24
58 Chris Howard 1993 Chicago White Sox 09-21-1993 27
53 Norberto Martin 1993 Chicago White Sox 09-20-1993 26
45 Scott Ruffcorn 1993 Chicago White Sox 06-19-1993 23
49 Jeff Schwarz 1993 Chicago White Sox 04-24-1993 28
45 Jerry DiPoto 1993 Cleveland Indians 05-11-1993 24
59 Albie Lopez 1993 Cleveland Indians 07-06-1993 21
24 Manny Ramirez 1993 Cleveland Indians 09-02-1993 21
50 Julian Tavarez 1993 Cleveland Indians 08-07-1993 20
46 Bill Wertz 1993 Cleveland Indians 05-22-1993 26
29 Danny Bautista 1993 Detroit Tigers 09-15-1993 21
43 Sean Bergman 1993 Detroit Tigers 07-07-1993 23
41 John DeSilva 1993 Detroit Tigers 08-15-1993 25
34 Greg Gohr 1993 Detroit Tigers 04-07-1993 25
35 Chris Gomez 1993 Detroit Tigers 07-19-1993 22
29 Billy Brewer 1993 Kansas City Royals 04-08-1993 24
51 Enrique Burgos 1993 Kansas City Royals 07-15-1993 27
27 Jeff Granger 1993 Kansas City Royals 09-16-1993 21
48 Bob Hamelin 1993 Kansas City Royals 09-12-1993 25
25 Phil Hiatt 1993 Kansas City Royals 04-07-1993 23
43 Mark Kiefer 1993 Milwaukee Brewers 09-20-1993 24
27 Joe Kmak 1993 Milwaukee Brewers 04-06-1993 29
37 Graeme Lloyd 1993 Milwaukee Brewers 04-11-1993 26
30 Matt Mieske 1993 Milwaukee Brewers 05-03-1993 25
38 Angel Miranda 1993 Milwaukee Brewers 06-05-1993 23
33 Troy O'Leary 1993 Milwaukee Brewers 05-09-1993 23
25 Rich Becker 1993 Minnesota Twins 09-10-1993 21
18 Eddie Guardado 1993 Minnesota Twins 06-13-1993 22
7 Denny Hocking 1993 Minnesota Twins 09-10-1993 23
52 Derek Lee 1993 Minnesota Twins 06-27-1993 26
8 David McCarty 1993 Minnesota Twins 05-17-1993 23
2 Pat Meares 1993 Minnesota Twins 05-05-1993 24
47 Brett Merriman 1993 Minnesota Twins 04-08-1993 26
37 Scott Stahoviak 1993 Minnesota Twins 09-10-1993 23
22 George Tsamis 1993 Minnesota Twins 04-26-1993 25
34 Andy Cook 1993 New York Yankees 05-09-1993 25
53 Mark Hutton 1993 New York Yankees 07-23-1993 23
42 Domingo Jean 1993 New York Yankees 08-08-1993 24
54 Bobby Munoz 1993 New York Yankees 05-29-1993 25
11 Kurt Abbott 1993 Oakland Athletics 09-08-1993 24
38 Marcos Armas 1993 Oakland Athletics 05-25-1993 23
13 Brent Gates 1993 Oakland Athletics 05-05-1993 23
48 Eric Helfand 1993 Oakland Athletics 09-04-1993 24
47 Miguel Jimenez 1993 Oakland Athletics 09-12-1993 24
50 Steve Karsay 1993 Oakland Athletics 08-17-1993 21
49 Scott Lydy 1993 Oakland Athletics 05-18-1993 24
58 Mike Mohler 1993 Oakland Athletics 04-07-1993 24
3 Craig Paquette 1993 Oakland Athletics 06-01-1993 24
51 Roger Smithberg 1993 Oakland Athletics 09-01-1993 27
41 Jim Converse 1993 Seattle Mariners 05-22-1993 21
47 John Cummings 1993 Seattle Mariners 04-10-1993 23
46 Mike Hampton 1993 Seattle Mariners 04-17-1993 20
38 Brad Holman 1993 Seattle Mariners 07-04-1993 25
50 Kevin King 1993 Seattle Mariners 09-02-1993 24
28 Marc Newfield 1993 Seattle Mariners 07-06-1993 20
20 Greg Pirkl 1993 Seattle Mariners 08-13-1993 23
34 Erik Plantenberg 1993 Seattle Mariners 07-31-1993 24
42 Roger Salkeld 1993 Seattle Mariners 09-08-1993 22
40 Zak Shinall 1993 Seattle Mariners 05-12-1993 24
27 Lee Tinsley 1993 Seattle Mariners 04-06-1993 24
1 Brian Turang 1993 Seattle Mariners 08-13-1993 26
6 Fernando Vina 1993 Seattle Mariners 04-10-1993 23
51 Jeff Bronkey 1993 Texas Rangers 05-02-1993 27
24 Steve Dreyer 1993 Texas Rangers 08-08-1993 23
22, 23 Benji Gil 1993 Texas Rangers 04-05-1993 20
31 Robb Nen 1993 Texas Rangers 04-10-1993 23
28 Darren Oliver 1993 Texas Rangers 09-01-1993 22
10 Jon Shave 1993 Texas Rangers 05-15-1993 25
44 Scott Brow 1993 Toronto Blue Jays 04-28-1993 24
2 Rob Butler 1993 Toronto Blue Jays 06-12-1993 23
21 Willie Canate 1993 Toronto Blue Jays 04-16-1993 21
70 Domingo Cedeno 1993 Toronto Blue Jays 05-19-1993 24
6 Carlos Delgado 1993 Toronto Blue Jays 10-01-1993 21
32 Huck Flener 1993 Toronto Blue Jays 09-14-1993 24
56 Shawn Green 1993 Toronto Blue Jays 09-28-1993 20
54 Woody Williams 1993 Toronto Blue Jays 05-14-1993 26
1993 American League Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the American League during the 1993 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."

Ray Jansen (four for five in his first game), Aubrey Epps (three for four in his first game) and Ed Irvin (two for three in his first game) all finished their career with lifetime batting averages which were greater than their career fielding percentages.
     

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