Notable Debut – Page 2 – Society for American Baseball Research

Erve Beck, Trading Card Database

April 25, 1901: After Cleveland’s Erve Beck slugs American League’s first home run, White Sox rally to win John Skopec’s debut

April 25, 1901: Tigers’ ‘magnificent batting rally’ caps 10-run comeback in AL opener

April 26, 1901: Baltimore Orioles win home opener in a new major league

Cy Young (CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM)

May 8, 1901: Boston wins first home game in Red Sox franchise history

May 13, 1901: Eddie Plank begins Hall of Fame career with two relief innings in Athletics’ loss to Baltimore

April 19, 1902: Reds rookie Bob Ewing walks seven in one inning of MLB debut

April 26, 1902: Addie Joss dodges a Toledo sheriff, then stifles the Browns for a one-hit shutout in his debut

May 16, 1902: Hoy vs. Taylor: Two deaf players match up in major leagues

April 22, 1903: New York makes its American League debut as Highlanders fall to Washington on Opening Day

June 29, 1905: Moonlight Graham’s only major-league game

August 2, 1907: The Train Departs the Station: Walter Johnson makes major-league debut

April 14, 1909: The dawn of a new era: St. Louis Browns fall in first game at Sportsman’s Park

June 30, 1909: Forbes Field, Pirates’ house of thrills, celebrates Opening Day

Comiskey Park, 1910 (SDN-008839, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum)

July 1, 1910: ‘Baseball Palace of the World’ opens with White Sox’s first game at Comiskey Park

June 28, 1911: Mathewson shuts out Boston in Giants’ first game at new Polo Grounds

September 22, 1911: Rookie Conwell’s inglorious debut

April 12, 1912: Cincinnati’s Redland Field hosts its first game

April 20, 1912: Red Sox open Fenway Park with extra-innings win over New York

Navin Field, 1912 (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

April 20, 1912: Frank Navin’s field of dreams opens in Detroit

May 18, 1912: Tigers stage baseball’s first player strike in support of Ty Cobb

April 9, 1913: Brooklyn falls in first regular-season game at Ebbets Field

Otto Knabe (TRADING CARD DB)

April 13, 1914: Terrapins top visiting Buffalo in Federal League’s first big-league game

April 23, 1914: Chicago Feds open Weeghman Park, later known as Wrigley Field

Babe Ruth (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

July 11, 1914: Babe Ruth makes his major-league debut with Red Sox