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1906 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."

"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

American League Debuts 1906
#	Name (sort)	Team (sort)	Debut (sort)	Age (sort)
n/a	Bill Carrigan	1906 Boston Americans	07-07-1906	22
n/a	Chet Chadbourne	1906 Boston Americans	09-17-1906	21
n/a	Ralph Glaze	1906 Boston Americans	06-01-1906	24
n/a	Charlie Graham	1906 Boston Americans	04-16-1906	27
n/a	Jack Hoey	1906 Boston Americans	06-27-1906	24
n/a	Rube Kroh	1906 Boston Americans	09-30-1906	20
n/a	Red Morgan	1906 Boston Americans	06-20-1906	22
n/a	Frank Oberlin	1906 Boston Americans	09-20-1906	30
n/a	Bob Peterson	1906 Boston Americans	04-18-1906	21
n/a	Lou Fiene	1906 Chicago White Sox	05-07-1906	21
n/a	Frank Hemphill	1906 Chicago White Sox	04-17-1906	27
n/a	Lee Quillin	1906 Chicago White Sox	09-30-1906	24
n/a	Babe Towne	1906 Chicago White Sox	08-01-1906	26
n/a	Joe Birmingham	1906 Cleveland Naps	09-12-1906	22
n/a	Ben Caffyn	1906 Cleveland Naps	08-21-1906	27
n/a	Harry Eells	1906 Cleveland Naps	04-22-1906	26
n/a	Glenn Liebhardt	1906 Cleveland Naps	10-02-1906	23
n/a	Bill Shipke	1906 Cleveland Naps	04-23-1906	23
n/a	Gus Hetling	1906 Detroit Tigers	10-06-1906	20
n/a	Fred Payne	1906 Detroit Tigers	04-21-1906	25
n/a	Jack Rowan	1906 Detroit Tigers	09-06-1906	20
n/a	Boss Schmidt	1906 Detroit Tigers	04-30-1906	25
n/a	Ed Willett	1906 Detroit Tigers	09-05-1906	22
n/a	Cy Barger	1906 New York Highlanders	08-30-1906	21
n/a	Slow Joe Doyle	1906 New York Highlanders	08-25-1906	24
n/a	Tom Hughes	1906 New York Highlanders	09-18-1906	22
n/a	Ira Thomas	1906 New York Highlanders	05-18-1906	25
n/a	Harry Armbruster	1906 Philadelphia Athletics	04-30-1906	24
n/a	Art Brouthers	1906 Philadelphia Athletics	04-14-1906	23
n/a	Jim Byrnes	1906 Philadelphia Athletics	04-19-1906	26
n/a	Eddie Collins	1906 Philadelphia Athletics	09-17-1906	19
n/a	Jack Coombs	1906 Philadelphia Athletics	07-05-1906	23
n/a	Mike Cunningham	1906 Philadelphia Athletics	08-31-1906	24
n/a	Willy Fetzer	1906 Philadelphia Athletics	09-04-1906	22
n/a	Jack Hannifin	1906 Philadelphia Athletics	04-19-1906	23
n/a	Jim Holmes	1906 Philadelphia Athletics	09-08-1906	24
n/a	Ed Lennox	1906 Philadelphia Athletics	08-08-1906	22
n/a	Hack Schumann	1906 Philadelphia Athletics	09-19-1906	22
n/a	Dave Shean	1906 Philadelphia Athletics	09-10-1906	23
n/a	Roy Hartzell	1906 St. Louis Browns	04-17-1906	24
n/a	Harry Niles	1906 St. Louis Browns	04-24-1906	25
n/a	Lou Nordyke	1906 St. Louis Browns	04-18-1906	29
n/a	Ed Smith	1906 St. Louis Browns	04-27-1906	27
n/a	Dave Altizer	1906 Washington Senators	05-29-1906	29
n/a	Pat Duff	1906 Washington Senators	04-16-1906	30
n/a	Bob Edmundson	1906 Washington Senators	09-15-1906	27
n/a	Clyde Goodwin	1906 Washington Senators	09-18-1906	19
n/a	Warren Shanabrook	1906 Washington Senators	08-13-1906	25
n/a	Con Starkel	1906 Washington Senators	04-19-1906	25
n/a	Willy Wilson	1906 Washington Senators	10-03-1906	22
#	Name (sort)	Team (sort)	Debut (sort)	Age (sort)
1906 American League Debuts

1906 N.L. Debuts

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the American League during the 1906 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."

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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