2006 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

2006

40 Winston Abreu 2006 Baltimore Orioles 08-06-2006 29
25 Kurt Birkins 2006 Baltimore Orioles 05-04-2006 25
52 Chris Britton 2006 Baltimore Orioles 04-12-2006 23
56 Brian Burres 2006 Baltimore Orioles 09-08-2006 25
12 Brandon Fahey 2006 Baltimore Orioles 04-30-2006 25
47 Jim Hoey 2006 Baltimore Orioles 08-23-2006 23
47 Jim Johnson 2006 Baltimore Orioles 07-29-2006 23
29 Adam Loewen 2006 Baltimore Orioles 05-23-2006 22
21 Nick Markakis 2006 Baltimore Orioles 04-03-2006 22
43 Sandy Rleal 2006 Baltimore Orioles 04-03-2006 25
61 Kason Gabbard 2006 Boston Red Sox 07-22-2006 24
68 Devern Hansack 2006 Boston Red Sox 09-23-2006 28
62 Jon Lester 2006 Boston Red Sox 06-10-2006 22
60 David Murphy 2006 Boston Red Sox 09-02-2006 24
60 David Pauley 2006 Boston Red Sox 05-31-2006 23
64 Dustin Pedroia 2006 Boston Red Sox 08-22-2006 23
27 Josh Fields 2006 Chicago White Sox 09-13-2006 23
40 Charlie Haeger 2006 Chicago White Sox 05-10-2006 22
57 Boone Logan 2006 Chicago White Sox 04-04-2006 21
65 Agustin Montero 2006 Chicago White Sox 05-12-2006 28
7 Jerry Owens 2006 Chicago White Sox 09-11-2006 25
39 Chris Stewart 2006 Chicago White Sox 09-06-2006 24
36 Ryan Sweeney 2006 Chicago White Sox 09-01-2006 21
50 Sean Tracey 2006 Chicago White Sox 06-08-2006 25
58 Andrew Brown 2006 Cleveland Indians 08-13-2006 25
55 Fausto Carmona 2006 Cleveland Indians 04-15-2006 22
7 Joe Inglett 2006 Cleveland Indians 06-21-2006 28
11 Kevin Kouzmanoff 2006 Cleveland Indians 09-02-2006 25
46 Juan Lara 2006 Cleveland Indians 09-08-2006 25
47 Tom Mastny 2006 Cleveland Indians 07-30-2006 25
49 Edward Mujica 2006 Cleveland Indians 06-21-2006 22
53 Rafael Perez 2006 Cleveland Indians 04-20-2006 23
54 Brian Slocum 2006 Cleveland Indians 04-22-2006 25
45 Jeremy Sowers 2006 Cleveland Indians 06-25-2006 23
24 Brent Clevlen 2006 Detroit Tigers 07-30-2006 22
36 Jack Hannahan 2006 Detroit Tigers 05-25-2006 26
50 Andrew Miller 2006 Detroit Tigers 08-30-2006 21
31 Zach Miner 2006 Detroit Tigers 06-04-2006 24
58 Mike Rabelo 2006 Detroit Tigers 09-23-2006 26
53 Jordan Tata 2006 Detroit Tigers 04-06-2006 24
54 Joel Zumaya 2006 Detroit Tigers 04-03-2006 21
39 Steve Andrade 2006 Kansas City Royals 05-01-2006 28
47 Ryan Braun 2006 Kansas City Royals 09-02-2006 26
53 Jose Diaz 2006 Kansas City Royals 09-06-2006 26
22 Bobby Keppel 2006 Kansas City Royals 05-25-2006 23
22 Mitch Maier 2006 Kansas City Royals 09-23-2006 24
7 Angel Sanchez 2006 Kansas City Royals 09-23-2006 20
32 Erick Aybar 2006 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 05-16-2006 22
47 Howie Kendrick 2006 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 04-26-2006 22
22 Kendry Morales 2006 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 05-23-2006 22
58 Dustin Moseley 2006 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 07-17-2006 24
65 Tommy Murphy 2006 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 05-04-2006 26
44 Mike Napoli 2006 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 05-04-2006 24
56 Jered Weaver 2006 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 05-27-2006 23
77 Reggie Willits 2006 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 04-26-2006 25
26 Boof Bonser 2006 Minnesota Twins 05-21-2006 24
25 Alexi Casilla 2006 Minnesota Twins 09-01-2006 22
27 Willie Eyre 2006 Minnesota Twins 04-06-2006 27
21 Matt Garza 2006 Minnesota Twins 08-11-2006 22
72, 17 Pat Neshek 2006 Minnesota Twins 07-07-2006 25
60 Glen Perkins 2006 Minnesota Twins 09-21-2006 23
11 Josh Rabe 2006 Minnesota Twins 07-17-2006 27
38 T.J. Beam 2006 New York Yankees 06-17-2006 25
63 Andy Cannizaro 2006 New York Yankees 09-05-2006 27
58 Jeff Karstens 2006 New York Yankees 08-22-2006 23
30 Matt Smith 2006 New York Yankees 04-14-2006 26
27 Kevin Thompson 2006 New York Yankees 06-03-2006 26
31 Jose Veras 2006 New York Yankees 08-05-2006 25
5 Jeremy Brown 2006 Oakland Athletics 09-03-2006 26
8 Mark Kiger 2006 Oakland Athletics 10-13-2006 26
60 Shane Komine 2006 Oakland Athletics 07-30-2006 25
2 Mike Rouse 2006 Oakland Athletics 06-09-2006 26
61 Jason Windsor 2006 Oakland Athletics 07-17-2006 24
17 T.J. Bohn 2006 Seattle Mariners 08-22-2006 26
64 Travis Chick 2006 Seattle Mariners 09-13-2006 21
63 Ryan Feierabend 2006 Seattle Mariners 09-13-2006 21
53 Emiliano Fruto 2006 Seattle Mariners 05-14-2006 21
54 Sean Green 2006 Seattle Mariners 05-02-2006 27
60 Jon Huber 2006 Seattle Mariners 08-30-2006 25
62 Cesar Jimenez 2006 Seattle Mariners 09-11-2006 21
2 Kenji Johjima 2006 Seattle Mariners 04-03-2006 29
25 Adam Jones 2006 Seattle Mariners 07-14-2006 20
35 Bobby Livingston 2006 Seattle Mariners 04-25-2006 23
57 Mark Lowe 2006 Seattle Mariners 07-07-2006 23
61 Oswaldo Navarro 2006 Seattle Mariners 09-09-2006 21
59 Eric O'Flaherty 2006 Seattle Mariners 08-16-2006 21
39 Jason Childers 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 04-03-2006 31
49 Jason Hammel 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 04-11-2006 23
68, 45 Ruddy Lugo 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 04-03-2006 26
32 Shawn Riggans 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 09-05-2006 26
53 Juan Salas 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 09-05-2006 27
50 James Shields 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 05-31-2006 24
41 Brian Stokes 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 09-03-2006 26
35 Delmon Young 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 08-29-2006 20
18 Ben Zobrist 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 08-01-2006 25
3 Joaquin Arias 2006 Texas Rangers 09-13-2006 21
51 Fabio Castro 2006 Texas Rangers 04-06-2006 21
5 Ian Kinsler 2006 Texas Rangers 04-03-2006 23
58 Wes Littleton 2006 Texas Rangers 07-04-2006 23
57 Nick Masset 2006 Texas Rangers 06-27-2006 24
2 Drew Meyer 2006 Texas Rangers 04-21-2006 24
48 John Rheinecker 2006 Texas Rangers 04-22-2006 26
23 John Hattig 2006 Toronto Blue Jays 08-19-2006 26
44 Casey Janssen 2006 Toronto Blue Jays 04-27-2006 24
26 Adam Lind 2006 Toronto Blue Jays 09-02-2006 23
4 Ryan Roberts 2006 Toronto Blue Jays 07-30-2006 25
50 Davis Romero 2006 Toronto Blue Jays 08-18-2006 23
36 Francisco Rosario 2006 Toronto Blue Jays 05-06-2006 25
48 Ty Taubenheim 2006 Toronto Blue Jays 05-20-2006 23
2006 American League Debuts


 

Find out which players bid farewell to their field's of dreams in the American League during the 2006 season as this group of players made their Major League debut!

Rich Amaral spent nine seasons in the Minor Leagues and upon his callup he commented, "I've been to every baseball park in America, except those in the American and National League."

Did you know that Future hall of famer Addie Joss made his Major League pitching debut on April 26, 1902 and tossed a one hitter?
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