2011 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."
"Baseball is the sport that cackles back at can't-miss kids. Baseball humbles every player sooner or later. Baseball confers greatness stingily, in its own sweet time. At least that's what the bow-tied essayists and sandlot scouts solemnly tell us." - Johnette Howard in Sports Illustrated
National League Debuts

2011

9 Brandon Belt 2011 San Francisco Giants 03-31-2011 23
18 Cedric Hunter 2011 San Diego Padres 03-31-2011 23
27 Pedro Beato 2011 New York Mets 04-01-2011 24
13 Ivan De Jesus 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers 04-01-2011 24
4 Brad Emaus 2011 New York Mets 04-01-2011 25
47 Joe Paterson 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks 04-02-2011 25
62 Aneury Rodriguez 2011 Houston Astros 04-02-2011 23
55 Brian Broderick 2011 Washington Nationals 04-03-2011 25
60 Michael Crotta 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-03-2011 27
19 Michael Martinez 2011 Philadelphia Phillies 04-03-2011 29
17 Matthew Young 2011 Atlanta Braves 04-03-2011 29
10 Josh Rodriguez 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-05-2011 26
52 Eduardo Sanchez 2011 St. Louis Cardinals 04-13-2011 22
55 Josh Collmenter 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks 04-17-2011 25
47 Alan Johnson 2011 Colorado Rockies 04-17-2011 28
60 Jose Valdez 2011 Houston Astros 04-17-2011 28
47 Jerry Sands 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers 04-18-2011 24
53 Cory Gearrin 2011 Atlanta Braves 04-25-2011 25
40 Michael Stutes 2011 Philadelphia Phillies 04-25-2011 25
55 Evan Scribner 2011 San Diego Padres 04-26-2011 26
57 Daniel Moskos 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-30-2011 25
33 DJ LeMahieu 2011 Chicago Cubs 05-03-2011 23
12 Logan Forsythe 2011 San Diego Padres 05-04-2011 24
43, 57 Julio Teheran 2011 Atlanta Braves 05-07-2011 20
65 Cole Kimball 2011 Washington Nationals 05-14-2011 26
54 Javy Guerra 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers 05-15-2011 25
41 Tony Campana 2011 Chicago Cubs 05-17-2011 25
47 Pete Kozma 2011 St. Louis Cardinals 05-18-2011 23
21 Todd Frazier 2011 Cincinnati Reds 05-23-2011 25
48 Tony Cruz 2011 St. Louis Cardinals 05-24-2011 25
50, 41 Rubby De La Rosa 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers 05-24-2011 22
15, 23 Blake Tekotte 2011 San Diego Padres 05-25-2011 24
41 Bruce Billings 2011 Colorado Rockies 05-27-2011 25
35 Brandon Crawford 2011 San Francisco Giants 05-27-2011 24
57 Jeremy Horst 2011 Cincinnati Reds 05-28-2011 26
44 Juan Nicasio 2011 Colorado Rockies 05-28-2011 25
62 Josh Harrison 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates 05-31-2011 24
41 Jordan Lyles 2011 Houston Astros 05-31-2011 20
52 Josh Lindblom 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers 06-01-2011 24
63 Maikel Cleto 2011 St. Louis Cardinals 06-02-2011 22
62 Lance Lynn 2011 St. Louis Cardinals 06-02-2011 24
19 Matt Carpenter 2011 St. Louis Cardinals 06-04-2011 25
49 Rex Brothers 2011 Colorado Rockies 06-06-2011 23
9 Dee Gordon 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers 06-06-2011 23
8 Charlie Blackmon 2011 Colorado Rockies 06-07-2011 25
52 Brad Hand 2011 Florida Marlins 06-07-2011 21
65 Tony Watson 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates 06-08-2011 26
27 Anthony Rizzo 2011 San Diego Padres 06-09-2011 22
37, 39 Bryan Shaw 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks 06-10-2011 23
64 Andrew Brown 2011 St. Louis Cardinals 06-12-2011 27
45 Anthony Bass 2011 San Diego Padres 06-13-2011 23
60, 37 Chris Carpenter 2011 Chicago Cubs 06-14-2011 25
52 Ryan Mattheus 2011 Washington Nationals 06-14-2011 27
37 Elih Villanueva 2011 Florida Marlins 06-15-2011 25
40 Randall Delgado 2011 Atlanta Braves 06-17-2011 21
12 Chase d'Arnaud 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates 06-24-2011 24
44 Josh Spence 2011 San Diego Padres 06-24-2011 23
69 Eric Fryer 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates 06-26-2011 26
67 David Carpenter 2011 Houston Astros 06-30-2011 26
65 Brandon Dickson 2011 St. Louis Cardinals 07-02-2011 26
41 Cole Garner 2011 Colorado Rockies 07-04-2011 26
2 Zack Cozart 2011 Cincinnati Reds 07-07-2011 26
29 Luis Martinez 2011 San Diego Padres 07-15-2011 26
29 Hector Sanchez 2011 San Francisco Giants 07-15-2011 21
27 Jose Altuve 2011 Houston Astros 07-20-2011 21
48 Ryan Cook 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks 07-20-2011 24
4 Collin Cowgill 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks 07-26-2011 25
33 Eric Farris 2011 Milwaukee Brewers 07-28-2011 25
17 Jose Constanza 2011 Atlanta Braves 07-29-2011 28
14 J.D. Martinez 2011 Houston Astros 07-30-2011 24
44 Paul Goldschmidt 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks 08-01-2011 24
40 Erik Hamren 2011 San Diego Padres 08-01-2011 25
38 Jimmy Paredes 2011 Houston Astros 08-01-2011 22
8 J.B. Shuck 2011 Houston Astros 08-05-2011 24
50 Nathan Eovaldi 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers 08-06-2011 21
17 Dave Sappelt 2011 Cincinnati Reds 08-07-2011 24
22 James Darnell 2011 San Diego Padres 08-09-2011 24
65 Henry Sosa 2011 Houston Astros 08-10-2011 26
59 Arodys Vizcaino 2011 Atlanta Braves 08-10-2011 20
12 Justin Sellers 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers 08-12-2011 25
36 Wade Miley 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks 08-20-2011 24
61, 65 Steven Edlefsen 2011 San Francisco Giants 08-21-2011 26
39 Michael Schwimer 2011 Philadelphia Phillies 08-21-2011 25
60 Aaron Thompson 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates 08-24-2011 24
3 Andy Parrino 2011 San Diego Padres 08-26-2011 25
14 Christopher Marrero 2011 Washington Nationals 08-27-2011 23
47 Eric Surkamp 2011 San Francisco Giants 08-27-2011 24
68 Juan Abreu 2011 Houston Astros 08-29-2011 26
58 Brad Brach 2011 San Diego Padres 08-31-2011 25
5 Taylor Green 2011 Milwaukee Brewers 08-31-2011 24
22 Logan Schafer 2011 Milwaukee Brewers 09-02-2011 25
64 Josh Stinson 2011 New York Mets 09-02-2011 23
12 Martin Maldonado 2011 Milwaukee Brewers 09-03-2011 25
39 Devin Mesoraco 2011 Cincinnati Reds 09-03-2011 23
46 Tommy Milone 2011 Washington Nationals 09-03-2011 24
4 Antoan Richardson 2011 Atlanta Braves 09-04-2011 28
3 Josh Satin 2011 New York Mets 09-04-2011 26
10 Corey Brown 2011 Washington Nationals 09-06-2011 25
56 Adron Chambers 2011 St. Louis Cardinals 09-06-2011 25
54 Matt Dominguez 2011 Florida Marlins 09-06-2011 22
1 Steve Lombardozzi 2011 Washington Nationals 09-06-2011 23
58 Jordan Pacheco 2011 Colorado Rockies 09-06-2011 25
41 Brad Peacock 2011 Washington Nationals 09-06-2011 23
6 Brett Pill 2011 San Francisco Giants 09-06-2011 27
12 Wilin Rosario 2011 Colorado Rockies 09-06-2011 22
59 Atahualpa Severino 2011 Washington Nationals 09-06-2011 26
70 Jared Hughes 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates 09-07-2011 26
63 Chris Schwinden 2011 New York Mets 09-08-2011 25
61 Jeff Locke 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates 09-10-2011 23
31 Tim Federowicz 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers 09-11-2011 24
6 Tommy Field 2011 Colorado Rockies 09-11-2011 24
47 Drew Pomeranz 2011 Colorado Rockies 09-11-2011 22
54 John Gaub 2011 Chicago Cubs 09-12-2011 26
64 Michael Fiers 2011 Milwaukee Brewers 09-14-2011 26
63 Xavier Cedeno 2011 Houston Astros 09-16-2011 25
22 Hector Gomez 2011 Colorado Rockies 09-16-2011 23
37 Justin De Fratus 2011 Philadelphia Phillies 09-18-2011 23
55 Joe Savery 2011 Philadelphia Phillies 09-20-2011 25
51 Steve Clevenger 2011 Chicago Cubs 09-26-2011 25
66 Rafael Dolis 2011 Chicago Cubs 09-26-2011 23
56 Jarrod Parker 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks 09-27-2011 22
2011 National League Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the National League during the 2011 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?

Ted Cox made his Major League debut in 1977 with the Boston Red Sox and over two games on September 18 and 19, Cox went six for six before he made an out.
     

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