1939 MLB Debuts

Players who made their Major League debut during the selected season. Player must have appeared in a game as a hitter or a pitcher.

Batting and Pitching statistics for debuts are available since 1957.

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playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Buster Adams1939-04-27boxscore23.313OF6-0180RR1915-06-24Trinidad,COMLB1939-19471939-1947 premiumpremiumpremium
Morrie Aderholt1939-09-13boxscore24.006OF-2B6-1188LR1915-09-13Mount Olive,NCMLB1939-19451939-1945 premiumpremiumpremium
Stan Andrews1939-06-11boxscore22.060C5-11178RR1917-04-17Lynn,MAMLB1939-19451939-1945 premiumpremiumpremium
George Barnicle1939-09-06boxscore22.016P6-2175RR1917-08-26Fitchburg,MAMLB1939-19411939-1941 premiumpremiumpremium
Dick Bass1939-09-21boxscore33.084P6-2175RR1906-07-07Rogersville,TNMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Hubert Bates1939-09-16boxscore27.190OF6-0165RR1912-03-16Los Angeles,CAMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Beckmann1939-05-02boxscore31.153P6-0175RR1907-12-08Clayton,MOMLB1939-19421939-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Fern Bell1939-04-17boxscore26.092OF6-0180RR1913-01-21Ada,OKMLB1939-19401939-1940 premiumpremiumpremium
Stan Benjamin1939-09-16boxscore25.125OF6-2194RR1914-05-20Framingham,MAMLB1939-19451939-1945 premiumpremiumpremium
Jack Bolling1939-06-10boxscore22.1151B5-11168LL1917-02-20Mobile,ALMLB1939-19441939-1944 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob Bowman1939-04-21boxscore28.207P5-11160RR1910-10-03Keystone,WVMLB1939-19421939-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Al Brancato1939-09-07boxscore20.106SS-3B5-10188RR1919-05-29Philadelphia,PAMLB1939-19451939-1945 premiumpremiumpremium
Marv Breuer1939-05-04boxscore25.011P6-2185RR1914-04-29Rolla,MOMLB1939-19431939-1943 premiumpremiumpremium
Roy Bruner1939-09-14boxscore22.221P6-0165RR1917-02-10Cecilia,KYMLB1939-19411939-1941 premiumpremiumpremium
Joe Callahan1939-09-13boxscore22.345P6-2170RR1916-10-08East Boston,MAMLB1939-19401939-1940 premiumpremiumpremium
Alex Carrasquel1939-04-23boxscore26.279P6-1182RR1912-07-24Caracas,VZMLB1939-19491939-1949 premiumpremiumpremium
Fred Chapman1939-09-15boxscore23.065SS6-1185RR1916-07-17Liberty,SCMLB1939-19411939-1941 premiumpremiumpremium
Chet Clemens1939-09-13boxscore22.131OF6-0175RR1917-05-10San Fernando,CAMLB1939-19441939-1944 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Clemensen1939-05-22boxscore19.341P6-1193RR1919-06-20New Brunswick,NJMLB1939-19461939-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Dave Coble1939-05-01boxscore26.134C6-1183RR1912-12-24Monroe,NCMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Eddie Collins1939-07-04boxscore22.228OF5-10175LR1916-11-23Lansdowne,PAMLB1939-19421939-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Crouch1939-05-09boxscore31.270P6-1180BR1907-08-20Wilmington,DEMLB1939-19451939-1945 premiumpremiumpremium
Frank Croucher1939-04-18boxscore24.275SS5-11165RR1914-07-23San Antonio,TXMLB1939-19421939-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Lindsay Deal1939-09-13boxscore28.017OF6-0175LR1911-09-03Lenoir,NCMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Jess Dobernic1939-07-02boxscore21.229P5-10170RR1917-11-20Mount Olive,ILMLB1939-19491939-1949 premiumpremiumpremium
playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Tom Drake1939-04-24boxscore26.266P6-1185RR1912-08-07Birmingham,ALMLB1939-19411939-1941 premiumpremiumpremium
Jake Early1939-05-04boxscore23.356C5-11168LR1915-05-19Kings Mountain,NCMLB1939-19491939-1949 premiumpremiumpremium
Les Fleming1939-04-22boxscore23.2641B5-10185LL1915-08-07Singleton,TXMLB1939-19491939-1949 premiumpremiumpremium
Herman Franks1939-04-27boxscore25.119C5-11187LR1914-01-04Price,UTMLB1939-19491939-1949 premiumpremiumpremium
Len Gabrielson1939-04-21boxscore23.2311B6-3210LL1915-09-08Oakland,CAMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Joe Gallagher1939-04-20boxscore25.050OF6-2210RR1914-03-07Buffalo,NYMLB1939-19401939-1940 premiumpremiumpremium
Joe Gantenbein1939-04-20boxscore23.2442B-3B5-9168LR1915-08-25San Francisco,CAMLB1939-19401939-1940 premiumpremiumpremium
Elmer Gedeon1939-09-18boxscore22.161OF6-4196RR1917-04-15Cleveland,OHMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Johnny Gee1939-09-17boxscore23.290P6-9225LL1915-12-07Syracuse,NYMLB1939-19461939-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Floyd Giebell1939-04-21boxscore29.139P6-3172LR1909-12-10Pennsboro,WVMLB1939-19411939-1941 premiumpremiumpremium
Al Glossop1939-09-23boxscore25.0792B6-0170BR1914-07-12Christopher,ILMLB1939-19461939-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Tom Gorman1939-09-14boxscore23.187P6-2200RL1916-03-16New York,NYMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Tom Hafey1939-07-21boxscore26.0153B6-1180RR1913-07-12Berkeley,CAMLB1939-19441939-1944 premiumpremiumpremium
Loy Hanning1939-09-20boxscore21.342P6-2175RR1917-10-18Bunker,MOMLB1939-19421939-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Chris Hartje1939-09-09boxscore24.174C5-11165RR1915-03-25San Francisco,CAMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Oliver Hill1939-04-19boxscore29.192H5-11178LR1909-10-16Powder Springs,GAMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Ralph Hodgin1939-04-19boxscore24.074OF-3B5-10170LR1915-02-10Greensboro,NCMLB1939-19481939-1948 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Hoffman1939-08-13boxscore21.168P5-9170LL1918-03-03Philadelphia,PAMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Holland1939-09-17boxscore24.111P6-1190LL1915-06-04Varina,NCMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Otto Huber1939-06-10boxscore25.0963B-2B5-10165RR1914-03-12Garfield,NJMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Art Jacobs1939-06-18boxscore36.303P5-10170LL1902-08-28Luckey,OHMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob Joyce1939-05-04boxscore24.116P6-1180RR1915-01-14Stockton,CAMLB1939-19461939-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Red Juelich1939-05-30boxscore22.2572B6-0170RR1916-09-20St. Louis,MOMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Kerksieck1939-06-21boxscore25.203P6-1183RR1913-12-06Ulm,ARMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Joe Kracher1939-09-17boxscore25.323C5-11185RR1913-11-04Philadelphia,PAMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Ed Leip1939-09-16boxscore28.2982B5-9160RR1910-11-29Trenton,NJMLB1939-19411939-1941 premiumpremiumpremium
Charlie Letchas1939-09-16boxscore23.3542B-3B5-10150RR1915-10-03Thomasville,GAMLB1939-19461939-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Lillard1939-09-11boxscore21.249SS5-10170RR1918-01-10Goleta,CAMLB1939-19401939-1940 premiumpremiumpremium
Wes Livengood1939-05-30boxscore28.323P6-2172RR1910-07-18Salisbury,NCMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob Loane1939-07-29boxscore24.364OF6-0190RR1914-08-05Berkeley,CAMLB1939-19401939-1940 premiumpremiumpremium
Red Lynn1939-04-25boxscore25.125P6-0162RR1913-12-27Kenney,TXMLB1939-19441939-1944 premiumpremiumpremium
Merrill May1939-04-21boxscore28.1003B6-0165RR1911-01-18Laconia,INMLB1939-19431939-1943 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob McNamara1939-05-27boxscore22.2553B-SS5-10170RR1916-09-19Denver,COMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Nagel1939-04-20boxscore23.2502B-1B6-1190RR1915-08-19Memphis,TNMLB1939-19451939-1945 premiumpremiumpremium
Mike Naymick1939-09-24boxscore22.023P6-8225RR1917-09-06Berlin,PAMLB1939-19441939-1944 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob Neighbors1939-09-16boxscore21.316SS5-11165RR1917-11-09Talihina,OKMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Vern Olsen1939-09-08boxscore21.181P6-0175RL1918-03-16Hillsboro,ORMLB1939-19461939-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Joe Orengo1939-04-18boxscore24.1461B-3B6-0185RR1914-11-29San Francisco,CAMLB1939-19451939-1945 premiumpremiumpremium
Sam Page1939-09-11boxscore23.218P6-0172LR1916-02-11Woodruff,SCMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Mike Palagyi1939-08-18boxscore22.050P6-2185RR1917-07-04Conneaut,OHMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Dixie Parsons1939-08-16boxscore23.101C6-2180RR1916-05-12Talladega,ALMLB1939-19431939-1943 premiumpremiumpremium
Ike Pearson1939-06-06boxscore22.102P6-1180RR1917-03-01Grenada,MSMLB1939-19481939-1948 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob Prichard1939-06-14boxscore21.2411B6-1195LL1917-10-21Paris,TXMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Ewald Pyle1939-04-23boxscore28.246P6-0175LL1910-08-27St. Louis,MOMLB1939-19451939-1945 premiumpremiumpremium
Hal Quick1939-09-07boxscore21.343SS5-11163RR1917-10-04Rome,GAMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Pep Rambert1939-09-23boxscore23.058P6-0175RR1916-08-01Cleveland,OHMLB1939-19401939-1940 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob Repass1939-09-18boxscore21.3212B-3B6-1185RR1917-11-06West Pittston,PAMLB1939-19421939-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Woody Rich1939-04-22boxscore23.049P6-2185LR1916-03-09Morganton,NCMLB1939-19441939-1944 premiumpremiumpremium
Elmer Riddle1939-10-01boxscore25.068P6-0170RR1914-07-31Columbus,GAMLB1939-19491939-1949 premiumpremiumpremium
Chet Ross1939-09-15boxscore22.172OF6-1195RR1917-04-01Buffalo,NYMLB1939-19441939-1944 premiumpremiumpremium
playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Bama Rowell1939-09-04boxscore23.2402B-OF5-11185LR1916-01-13Citronelle,ALMLB1939-19481939-1948 premiumpremiumpremium
Rip Russell1939-05-05boxscore24.1051B-3B6-1180RR1915-01-26Los Angeles,CAMLB1939-19471939-1947 premiumpremiumpremium
Marius Russo1939-06-06boxscore24.328P6-1190RL1914-07-19Brooklyn,NYMLB1939-19461939-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Manny Salvo1939-04-22boxscore26.302P6-4210RR1912-06-30Sacramento,CAMLB1939-19431939-1943 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Sayles1939-07-17boxscore21.360P6-2175RR1917-07-27Portland,ORMLB1939-19431939-1943 premiumpremiumpremium
Skeeter Scalzi1939-07-21boxscore26.041SS5-6160RR1913-06-16Lafferty,OHMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Jim Schelle1939-07-23boxscore22.106P6-3204RR1917-04-13Baltimore,MDMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Joe Schultz1939-09-27boxscore21.034C5-11180LR1918-08-29Chicago,ILMLB1939-19481939-1948 premiumpremiumpremium
LeGrant Scott1939-04-19boxscore28.275OF5-9170LL1910-07-25Cleveland,OHMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Jim Shilling1939-04-21boxscore24.3482B5-11175RR1914-05-14Tulsa,OKMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Hal Spindel1939-04-23boxscore25.337C6-0185RR1913-05-27Chandler,OKMLB1939-19461939-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Floyd Stromme1939-07-05boxscore22.343P5-11170RR1916-08-01Cooperstown,NDMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Lefty Sullivan1939-05-06boxscore22.246P6-3204LL1916-09-07Nashville,TNMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Oad Swigart1939-09-14boxscore24.219P6-0175LR1915-02-13Archie,MOMLB1939-19401939-1940 premiumpremiumpremium
Junior Thompson1939-04-26boxscore21.328P6-1185RR1917-06-07Latham,ILMLB1939-19471939-1947 premiumpremiumpremium
Lou Thuman1939-09-08boxscore22.274P6-2185RR1916-12-13Baltimore,MDMLB1939-19401939-1940 premiumpremiumpremium
Eric Tipton1939-06-09boxscore24.056OF5-11190RR1915-04-20Petersburg,VAMLB1939-19451939-1945 premiumpremiumpremium
Maurice Vanrobays1939-09-07boxscore24.302OF6-0190RR1914-11-15Detroit,MIMLB1939-19461939-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Al Veigel1939-09-21boxscore22.239P6-1180RR1917-01-30Dover,OHMLB1939-19391939-1939 premiumpremiumpremium
Bennie Warren1939-09-13boxscore27.201C6-1184RR1912-03-02Elk City,OKMLB1939-19471939-1947 premiumpremiumpremium
Johnny Welaj1939-05-02boxscore24.346OF6-0164RR1914-05-27Moss Creek,PAMLB1939-19431939-1943 premiumpremiumpremium
Whitey Wietelmann1939-09-06boxscore20.180SS-2B6-0170BR1919-03-15Zanesville,OHMLB1939-19471939-1947 premiumpremiumpremium
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