1915 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 a certain amount of fascination to the big league debut of any athlete. Sometimes they are incredible successes. Sometimes they are frenetic failures." - Sportswriter Arthur Daley
American League Debuts

1915

n/a Ray Haley 1915 Boston Red Sox 04-21-1915 24
n/a Carl Mays 1915 Boston Red Sox 04-15-1915 23
n/a Mike McNally 1915 Boston Red Sox 04-21-1915 21
n/a Chick Shorten 1915 Boston Red Sox 09-22-1915 23
n/a Happy Felsch 1915 Chicago White Sox 04-14-1915 23
n/a Charlie Jackson 1915 Chicago White Sox 08-20-1915 21
n/a Pete Johns 1915 Chicago White Sox 08-25-1915 27
n/a Jim Eschen 1915 Cleveland Indians 07-10-1915 23
n/a Joe Evans 1915 Cleveland Indians 07-03-1915 20
n/a Clarence Garrett 1915 Cleveland Indians 09-13-1915 24
n/a Lee Gooch 1915 Cleveland Indians 08-17-1915 25
n/a Jack Hammond 1915 Cleveland Indians 04-15-1915 24
n/a Oscar Harstad 1915 Cleveland Indians 04-23-1915 22
n/a Howie Haworth 1915 Cleveland Indians 08-14-1915 21
n/a Herbert Hill 1915 Cleveland Indians 07-17-1915 23
n/a Tex Hoffman 1915 Cleveland Indians 07-11-1915 21
n/a Ben Paschal 1915 Cleveland Indians 08-16-1915 19
n/a Bill Rodgers 1915 Cleveland Indians 04-15-1915 27
n/a Pete Shields 1915 Cleveland Indians 04-14-1915 23
n/a Bernie Boland 1915 Detroit Tigers 04-14-1915 23
n/a Frank Fuller 1915 Detroit Tigers 04-14-1915 22
n/a Baby Doll Jacobson 1915 Detroit Tigers 04-14-1915 24
n/a Razor Ledbetter 1915 Detroit Tigers 04-16-1915 20
n/a John Peters 1915 Detroit Tigers 05-01-1915 21
n/a Ed Barney 1915 New York Yankees 07-22-1915 25
n/a Neal Brady 1915 New York Yankees 09-25-1915 18
n/a Gene Layden 1915 New York Yankees 07-29-1915 21
n/a Cliff Markle 1915 New York Yankees 09-18-1915 21
n/a Allen Russell 1915 New York Yankees 09-13-1915 22
n/a Skeeter Shelton 1915 New York Yankees 08-25-1915 27
n/a Dan Tipple 1915 New York Yankees 09-18-1915 25
n/a Roxy Walters 1915 New York Yankees 09-16-1915 22
n/a Walter Ancker 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 09-03-1915 22
n/a Everett Bankston 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 08-05-1915 22
n/a Henry Bostick 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 05-18-1915 20
n/a Bob Cone 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 07-25-1915 21
n/a Owen Conway 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 06-21-1915 24
n/a Art Corcoran 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 09-09-1915 20
n/a Cap Crowell 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 06-23-1915 22
n/a Harry Damrau 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 09-17-1915 25
n/a Buck Danner 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 09-17-1915 24
n/a Bud Davis 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 04-19-1915 19
n/a Harry Eccles 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 09-13-1915 22
n/a Ralph Edwards 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 09-17-1915 32
n/a Dana Fillingim 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 08-02-1915 21
n/a Bruno Haas 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 06-23-1915 24
n/a Bill Haeffner 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 06-29-1915 20
n/a Jack Harper 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 04-17-1915 21
n/a Thomas Healy 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 07-13-1915 19
n/a Tom Knowlson 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 07-03-1915 20
n/a Fred Lear 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 06-07-1915 21
n/a Lew Malone 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 05-31-1915 18
n/a Sam McConnell 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 04-19-1915 19
n/a Bill Meehan 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 09-17-1915 26
n/a Bill Morrisette 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 09-18-1915 20
n/a Elmer Myers 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 10-06-1915 21
n/a Jack Nabors 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 08-09-1915 27
n/a Bob Pepper 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 07-23-1915 20
n/a Cy Perkins 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 09-25-1915 19
n/a Squiz Pillion 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 08-20-1915 21
n/a Carl Ray 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 09-25-1915 26
n/a Jack Richardson 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 09-17-1915 22
n/a Socks Seibold 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 09-18-1915 19
n/a Tom Sheehan 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 07-14-1915 21
n/a Joe Sherman 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 09-24-1915 24
n/a Tink Turner 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 09-24-1915 25
n/a Harry Weaver 1915 Philadelphia Athletics 09-18-1915 23
n/a Chris Burkam 1915 St. Louis Browns 06-24-1915 22
n/a Rollin Cook 1915 St. Louis Browns 07-06-1915 24
n/a Bill Dalrymple 1915 St. Louis Browns 07-06-1915 24
n/a Shorty Dee 1915 St. Louis Browns 09-14-1915 25
n/a Carl East 1915 St. Louis Browns 08-24-1915 20
n/a Ernie Koob 1915 St. Louis Browns 06-23-1915 22
n/a Billy Lee 1915 St. Louis Browns 04-15-1915 21
n/a Tim McCabe 1915 St. Louis Browns 08-16-1915 20
n/a Reeve McKay 1915 St. Louis Browns 10-02-1915 33
n/a George O'Brien 1915 St. Louis Browns 08-16-1915 25
n/a Jim Park 1915 St. Louis Browns 09-07-1915 22
n/a Pat Parker 1915 St. Louis Browns 08-10-1915 22
n/a Scott Perry 1915 St. Louis Browns 05-13-1915 24
n/a Parson Perryman 1915 St. Louis Browns 04-14-1915 26
n/a Tom Phillips 1915 St. Louis Browns 09-13-1915 26
n/a Muddy Ruel 1915 St. Louis Browns 05-29-1915 19
n/a Ray Schmandt 1915 St. Louis Browns 06-24-1915 19
n/a Pete Sims 1915 St. Louis Browns 09-16-1915 24
n/a George Sisler 1915 St. Louis Browns 06-28-1915 22
n/a Johnny Tillman 1915 St. Louis Browns 09-20-1915 21
n/a Turner Barber 1915 Washington Senators 08-19-1915 22
n/a Tom Connolly 1915 Washington Senators 05-12-1915 22
n/a George Dumont 1915 Washington Senators 09-14-1915 19
n/a Charlie Jamieson 1915 Washington Senators 09-20-1915 22
n/a Joe Judge 1915 Washington Senators 09-20-1915 21
n/a Merlin Kopp 1915 Washington Senators 08-02-1915 23
n/a Sam Mayer 1915 Washington Senators 09-04-1915 22
n/a Horace Milan 1915 Washington Senators 08-29-1915 21
n/a Sam Rice 1915 Washington Senators 08-07-1915 25
n/a Carl Sawyer 1915 Washington Senators 09-11-1915 24
1915 American League Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the American League during the 1915 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

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.

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?
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