1882 American Association 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
American Association Debuts

1882

n/a Tom Brown 1882 Baltimore Orioles 07-06-1882 21
n/a Frank Burt 1882 Baltimore Orioles 05-02-1882 0
n/a Monk Cline 1882 Baltimore Orioles 07-04-1882 24
n/a Harry East 1882 Baltimore Orioles 06-17-1882 20
n/a Tom Evers 1882 Baltimore Orioles 05-25-1882 30
n/a Charlie Householder 1882 Baltimore Orioles 05-02-1882 28
n/a Harry Jacoby 1882 Baltimore Orioles 05-02-1882 0
n/a Bill Jones 1882 Baltimore Orioles 05-17-1882 0
n/a John Russ 1882 Baltimore Orioles 07-04-1882 24
n/a Nick Scharf 1882 Baltimore Orioles 05-18-1882 23
n/a John Shetzline 1882 Baltimore Orioles 05-02-1882 30
n/a Lewis Smith 1882 Baltimore Orioles 09-07-1882 0
n/a Ed Whiting 1882 Baltimore Orioles 05-02-1882 0
n/a Bill Wise 1882 Baltimore Orioles 05-02-1882 21
n/a Bid McPhee 1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings 05-02-1882 22
n/a Tug Thompson 1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings 08-31-1882 25
n/a Bill Tierney 1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings 05-02-1882 23
n/a Charlie Bohn 1882 Louisville Eclipse 06-20-1882 26
n/a Pete Browning 1882 Louisville Eclipse 05-02-1882 20
n/a Joe Crotty 1882 Louisville Eclipse 05-04-1882 21
n/a John Dyler 1882 Louisville Eclipse 07-22-1882 30
n/a Guy Hecker 1882 Louisville Eclipse 05-02-1882 26
n/a Harry Maskrey 1882 Louisville Eclipse 09-21-1882 20
n/a Leech Maskrey 1882 Louisville Eclipse 05-02-1882 28
n/a Harry McCaffery 1882 Louisville Eclipse 06-15-1882 23
n/a Ed Merrill 1882 Louisville Eclipse 05-05-1882 21
n/a Gracie Pierce 1882 Louisville Eclipse 05-02-1882 0
n/a John Reccius 1882 Louisville Eclipse 05-02-1882 22
n/a Phil Reccius 1882 Louisville Eclipse 09-25-1882 20
n/a Jimmy Say 1882 Louisville Eclipse 07-22-1882 0
n/a Bill Schenck 1882 Louisville Eclipse 05-29-1882 27
n/a Charlie Strick 1882 Louisville Eclipse 05-18-1882 23
n/a Dan Sullivan 1882 Louisville Eclipse 05-02-1882 24
n/a Jimmy Wolf 1882 Louisville Eclipse 05-02-1882 19
n/a Tug Arundel 1882 Philadelphia Athletics 05-23-1882 19
n/a Jud Birchall 1882 Philadelphia Athletics 05-02-1882 26
n/a Bob Blakiston 1882 Philadelphia Athletics 05-02-1882 26
n/a Bill Farrell 1882 Philadelphia Athletics 05-03-1882 0
n/a Bill Greenwood 1882 Philadelphia Athletics 09-16-1882 25
n/a Ed Halbriter 1882 Philadelphia Athletics 05-23-1882 22
n/a Bill Kienzle 1882 Philadelphia Athletics 09-15-1882 20
n/a Doc Landis 1882 Philadelphia Athletics 05-02-1882 27
n/a John Mansell 1882 Philadelphia Athletics 05-09-1882 23
n/a Jack O'Brien 1882 Philadelphia Athletics 05-02-1882 21
n/a Charlie Reynolds 1882 Philadelphia Athletics 05-18-1882 24
n/a George Snyder 1882 Philadelphia Athletics 09-30-1882 34
n/a Cub Stricker 1882 Philadelphia Athletics 05-02-1882 22
n/a Bill Sweeney 1882 Philadelphia Athletics 06-27-1882 0
n/a Harry Arundel 1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 07-19-1882 27
n/a Morrie Critchley 1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 05-08-1882 32
n/a Chappy Lane 1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 05-16-1882 0
n/a Bill Morgan 1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 05-04-1882 0
n/a Charlie Morton 1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 05-02-1882 27
n/a Jake Seymour 1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 09-23-1882 0
n/a Ren Wylie 1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 08-11-1882 20
n/a Ed Brown 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings 08-19-1882 0
n/a Charlie Comiskey 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings 05-02-1882 22
n/a Bert Dorr 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings 08-24-1882 20
n/a John Doyle 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings 07-26-1882 0
n/a Eddie Fusselback 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings 05-03-1882 25
n/a Bill Gleason 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings 05-02-1882 23
n/a Eddie Hogan 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings 07-05-1882 20
n/a Jumbo McGinnis 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings 05-02-1882 28
n/a John Schappert 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings 05-03-1882 0
n/a Bill Smiley 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings 05-02-1882 26
1882 American Association Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the American Association during the 1882 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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