1932 American League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac

1932 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 1932
#	Name (sort)	Team (sort)	Debut (sort)	Age (sort)
31	Larry Boerner	1932 Boston Red Sox	06-30-1932	27
1	Ed Gallagher	1932 Boston Red Sox	07-08-1932	21
25	Regis Leheny	1932 Boston Red Sox	05-21-1932	24
16	Gordon McNaughton	1932 Boston Red Sox	08-13-1932	22
27	John Michaels	1932 Boston Red Sox	04-16-1932	24
11	Hank Patterson	1932 Boston Red Sox	09-05-1932	25
28	Johnny Reder	1932 Boston Red Sox	04-16-1932	22
2	Andy Spognardi	1932 Boston Red Sox	09-02-1932	23
-	Hal Anderson	1932 Chicago White Sox	04-12-1932	28
15	Charlie Biggs	1932 Chicago White Sox	09-03-1932	25
17	Bill Chamberlain	1932 Chicago White Sox	08-02-1932	23
9, 32	Pete Daglia	1932 Chicago White Sox	06-08-1932	25
36	Charlie English	1932 Chicago White Sox	07-23-1932	22
14	Art Evans	1932 Chicago White Sox	06-20-1932	20
39	Clarence Fieber	1932 Chicago White Sox	05-18-1932	18
39, 45	Paul Gregory	1932 Chicago White Sox	04-20-1932	23
23	Fabian Kowalik	1932 Chicago White Sox	09-04-1932	24
29, 35	Bob Poser	1932 Chicago White Sox	04-17-1932	22
-	Art Smith	1932 Chicago White Sox	06-09-1932	25
15	Archie Wise	1932 Chicago White Sox	07-24-1932	19
22	Boze Berger	1932 Cleveland Indians	08-17-1932	22
24, 21	Leo Moon	1932 Cleveland Indians	07-09-1932	33
24	Monte Pearson	1932 Cleveland Indians	04-22-1932	23
31	Mike Powers	1932 Cleveland Indians	08-19-1932	26
11	Frankie Pytlak	1932 Cleveland Indians	04-22-1932	23
26	Harry Davis	1932 Detroit Tigers	04-13-1932	23
21	Izzy Goldstein	1932 Detroit Tigers	04-24-1932	23
7	Bill Lawrence	1932 Detroit Tigers	04-13-1932	26
29	Buck Marrow	1932 Detroit Tigers	07-03-1932	22
22	Rip Sewell	1932 Detroit Tigers	06-14-1932	25
28	Jo-Jo White	1932 Detroit Tigers	04-15-1932	22
18	Johnny Allen	1932 New York Yankees	04-19-1932	27
5	Frankie Crosetti	1932 New York Yankees	04-12-1932	21
20	Charlie Devens	1932 New York Yankees	09-24-1932	22
26	Joe Glenn	1932 New York Yankees	09-15-1932	23
20	Johnny Murphy	1932 New York Yankees	05-19-1932	23
7	Jack Saltzgaver	1932 New York Yankees	04-12-1932	29
-	Roy Schalk	1932 New York Yankees	09-17-1932	23
17	Joe Bowman	1932 Philadelphia Athletics	04-18-1932	21
16	Sugar Cain	1932 Philadelphia Athletics	04-15-1932	25
42	Ed Cihocki	1932 Philadelphia Athletics	05-29-1932	25
25	Ed Coleman	1932 Philadelphia Athletics	04-15-1932	30
19	Jimmy DeShong	1932 Philadelphia Athletics	04-12-1932	22
19	Tony Freitas	1932 Philadelphia Athletics	05-31-1932	24
21	Ed Madjeski	1932 Philadelphia Athletics	05-02-1932	23
16, 24	Tim McKeithan	1932 Philadelphia Athletics	07-21-1932	25
24	Al Reiss	1932 Philadelphia Athletics	06-22-1932	23
17	Irv Stein	1932 Philadelphia Athletics	07-07-1932	21
-	Debs Garms	1932 St. Louis Browns	08-10-1932	25
-	Jim McLaughlin	1932 St. Louis Browns	04-18-1932	30
21	Lou Polli	1932 St. Louis Browns	04-18-1932	30
-	Art Scharein	1932 St. Louis Browns	07-06-1932	27
31	Ed Edelen	1932 Washington Senators	08-20-1932	20
19	Bob Friedrichs	1932 Washington Senators	05-17-1932	25
-	Wes Kingdon	1932 Washington Senators	06-12-1932	31
10	Howard Maple	1932 Washington Senators	05-19-1932	28
-	Danny Musser	1932 Washington Senators	09-18-1932	27
18	Frank Ragland	1932 Washington Senators	04-17-1932	27
20	Bud Thomas	1932 Washington Senators	09-13-1932	22
#	Name (sort)	Team (sort)	Debut (sort)	Age (sort)
1932 American League Debuts

1932 N.L. Debuts

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the American League during the 1932 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."

On April 13, 1954, Hank Aaron made his Major League debut and went 0-for-5. However, in his own autobiography Aaron wrote that he went 0-for-4.

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