1942 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
Joe Abreu1942-04-23boxscore28.3413B-2B5-8160RR1913-05-24Oakland,CAMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Dewey Adkins1942-09-19boxscore24.137P6-2195RR1918-05-11Norcatur,KSMLB1942-19491942-1949 premiumpremiumpremium
Dick Adkins1942-09-19boxscore22.205SS5-10165RR1920-03-03Electra,TXMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Johnny Barrett1942-04-14boxscore26.124OF5-10170LL1915-12-18Lowell,MAMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Joe Berry1942-09-06boxscore37.273P5-10145LR1904-12-16Huntsville,ARMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Lou Bevil1942-09-02boxscore19.284P6-0190BR1922-11-27Nelson,ILMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Frank Biscan1942-05-03boxscore22.056P5-11190LL1920-03-13Mount Olive,ILMLB1942-19481942-1948 premiumpremiumpremium
Hi Bithorn1942-04-15boxscore26.034P6-1200RR1916-03-18Santurce,PRMLB1942-19471942-1947 premiumpremiumpremium
Buddy Blair1942-04-14boxscore31.2243B6-0186LR1910-09-10Columbia,MSMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Buddy Blattner1942-04-18boxscore22.0752B6-0180RR1920-02-08St. Louis,MOMLB1942-19491942-1949 premiumpremiumpremium
Cy Block1942-09-07boxscore23.1323B6-0180RR1919-05-04Brooklyn,NYMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Burich1942-04-15boxscore23.327SS-3B6-0180RR1918-05-29Calumet,MIMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Jim Castiglia1942-04-14boxscore23.202C5-11200LR1918-09-30Passaic,NJMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Hardin Cathey1942-04-16boxscore22.290P6-4190RR1919-07-06Burns,TNMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Pete Center1942-09-11boxscore30.149P6-4190RR1912-04-22Hazel Green,KYMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Russ Christopher1942-04-14boxscore24.220P6-3180RR1917-09-12Richmond,CAMLB1942-19481942-1948 premiumpremiumpremium
Ellis Clary1942-06-07boxscore25.2753B-2B5-8160RR1916-09-11Valdosta,GAMLB1942-19451942-1945 premiumpremiumpremium
Frank Colman1942-09-12boxscore24.200OF-1B5-11188LL1918-03-02London,ONMLB1942-19471942-1947 premiumpremiumpremium
Tony Criscola1942-04-15boxscore26.287OF5-11180LR1915-07-09Walla Walla,WAMLB1942-19441942-1944 premiumpremiumpremium
Jeff Cross1942-09-27boxscore24.036SS5-11160RR1918-08-28Tulsa,OKMLB1942-19481942-1948 premiumpremiumpremium
Benny Culp1942-09-17boxscore28.248C5-9175RR1914-01-19Philadelphia,PAMLB1943-19441943-1944 premiumpremiumpremium
Cliff Dapper1942-04-19boxscore22.113C6-2190RR1920-01-02Los Angeles,CAMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Otto Denning1942-04-15boxscore29.115C-1B6-0180RR1912-12-28Hays,KSMLB1942-19431942-1943 premiumpremiumpremium
Ducky Detweiler1942-09-12boxscore23.2153B5-11178RR1919-02-15Trumbauersville,PAMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
George Diehl1942-04-19boxscore24.059P6-2196RR1918-02-25Emmaus,PAMLB1942-19431942-1943 premiumpremiumpremium
playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Bill Donovan1942-04-19boxscore25.293P6-2198RL1916-07-06Maywood,ILMLB1942-19431942-1943 premiumpremiumpremium
Larry Eschen1942-06-16boxscore21.272SS6-0180RR1920-09-22Suffern,NYMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Marv Felderman1942-04-19boxscore26.127C6-1187RR1915-12-20Bellevue,IAMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Stan Ferens1942-06-10boxscore27.104P5-11170BL1915-03-05Wendel,PAMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Hilly Flitcraft1942-08-31boxscore19.015P6-2180LL1923-08-21Woodstown,NJMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Charlie Fox1942-09-24boxscore20.357C5-11180RR1921-10-07New York,NYMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Ed Freed1942-09-11boxscore23.026OF5-6165RR1919-08-22Centre Valley,PAMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Charlie Fuchs1942-04-17boxscore28.157P5-8168BR1913-11-18Union City,NJMLB1942-19441942-1944 premiumpremiumpremium
Stan Galle1942-04-14boxscore23.0723B5-7165RR1919-02-07Milwaukee,WIMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Huck Geary1942-07-17boxscore25.182SS5-11170LR1917-01-22Buffalo,NYMLB1942-19431942-1943 premiumpremiumpremium
Andy Gilbert1942-09-14boxscore28.065OF6-0203RR1914-07-18Bradenville,PAMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Paul Gillespie1942-09-11boxscore21.363C6-3195LR1920-09-18Sugar Valley,GAMLB1942-19451942-1945 premiumpremiumpremium
Jimmy Grant1942-09-08boxscore23.3433B-2B5-8166LR1918-10-06Racine,WIMLB1942-19441942-1944 premiumpremiumpremium
Ed Hanyzewski1942-05-12boxscore21.241P6-1200RR1920-09-18Union Mills,INMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Val Heim1942-08-31boxscore21.305OF5-11170LR1920-11-04Plymouth,WIMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Chico Hernandez1942-04-16boxscore26.110C6-0195RR1916-01-03Havana,CUMLB1942-19431942-1943 premiumpremiumpremium
Jim Hickey1942-04-25boxscore21.190P6-1204RR1920-10-22North Abington,MAMLB1942-19441942-1944 premiumpremiumpremium
Bert Hodges1942-04-14boxscore24.3303B5-11170LR1917-05-25Knoxville,TNMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Ray Hoffman1942-08-30boxscore25.0833B6-0175LR1917-06-14Detroit,MIMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Eddie Kearse1942-06-13boxscore26.117C6-1195RR1916-02-23San Francisco,CAMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Chet Kehn1942-04-30boxscore20.187P5-11168RR1921-10-30San Diego,CAMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Frankie Kelleher1942-07-18boxscore25.336OF6-1195RR1916-08-22San Francisco,CAMLB1942-19431942-1943 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Kennedy1942-05-01boxscore23.136P6-1175LL1918-12-22Alexandria,VAMLB1942-19471942-1947 premiumpremiumpremium
Bruce Konopka1942-06-07boxscore22.2701B6-2190LL1919-09-16Hammond,INMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Al Kvasnak1942-04-15boxscore21.099OF6-1170RR1921-01-11Sagamore,PAMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Andy Lapihuska1942-09-12boxscore19.320P5-11175LR1922-11-01Delmont,NJMLB1942-19431942-1943 premiumpremiumpremium
Sam Lowry1942-09-19boxscore22.183P5-11170RR1920-03-25Philadelphia,PAMLB1942-19431942-1943 premiumpremiumpremium
Max Marshall1942-05-10boxscore28.241OF6-1180LR1913-09-18Randolph,IAMLB1942-19441942-1944 premiumpremiumpremium
Phil McCullough1942-04-22boxscore24.280P6-4204RR1917-07-22Stockbridge,GAMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Frank McElyea1942-09-10boxscore24.043OF6-6221RR1918-08-04Hawthorne Twsp.,ILMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Howie Moss1942-04-14boxscore23.185OF-3B5-11185RR1918-10-17Gastonia,NCMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Mueller1942-08-29boxscore21.298OF6-2180RR1920-11-09Bay City,MIMLB1942-19451942-1945 premiumpremiumpremium
Ed Murphy1942-09-10boxscore24.0241B5-11190RR1918-08-23Joliet,ILMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Earl Naylor1942-04-15boxscore22.337OF-P6-0190RR1919-05-19Kansas City,MOMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Len Perme1942-09-08boxscore24.293P6-0170LL1917-11-25Cleveland,OHMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Peterman1942-04-26boxscore21.042C6-2185RR1921-03-20Philadelphia,PAMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
Damon Phillips1942-07-19boxscore23.0473B-SS6-0176RR1919-06-08Corsicana,TXMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Whitey Platt1942-09-16boxscore22.031OF6-2195RR1920-08-21West Palm Beach,FLMLB1942-19491942-1949 premiumpremiumpremium
Ray Poat1942-04-15boxscore24.123P6-2200RR1917-12-19Chicago,ILMLB1942-19491942-1949 premiumpremiumpremium
Ken Richardson1942-04-14boxscore26.3542B-OF5-11187RR1915-05-02Orleans,INMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
Hank Riebe1942-08-26boxscore20.325C5-10175RR1921-10-10Cleveland,OHMLB1942-19491942-1949 premiumpremiumpremium
Ray Sanders1942-04-14boxscore25.1371B6-2185LR1916-12-04Bonne Terre,MOMLB1942-19491942-1949 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob Savage1942-06-24boxscore20.210P6-2180RR1921-12-01Manchester,NHMLB1942-19491942-1949 premiumpremiumpremium
Ted Sepkowski1942-09-09boxscore18.3093B-2B5-11190LR1923-11-09Baltimore,MDMLB1942-19471942-1947 premiumpremiumpremium
Harry Shuman1942-09-14boxscore27.200P6-2195RR1915-03-05Philadelphia,PAMLB1942-19441942-1944 premiumpremiumpremium
Harry Sketchley1942-04-14boxscore23.021OF5-10180LL1919-03-30Virden,MBMLB1942-19421942-1942 premiumpremiumpremium
John Sullivan1942-06-07boxscore21.222SS5-10170RR1920-11-02Chicago,ILMLB1942-19491942-1949 premiumpremiumpremium
Lou Tost1942-04-20boxscore30.331P6-0175LL1911-06-01Cumberland,WAMLB1942-19471942-1947 premiumpremiumpremium
Al Unser1942-09-14boxscore29.344C6-1175RR1912-10-12Morrisonville,ILMLB1942-19451942-1945 premiumpremiumpremium
Lefty Wallace1942-05-05boxscore20.271P5-11160LL1921-08-12Evansville,INMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Les Webber1942-05-17boxscore27.018P6-0185RR1915-05-06Kelseyville,CAMLB1942-19481942-1948 premiumpremiumpremium
Leo Wells1942-04-16boxscore24.2783B-SS5-9170RR1917-07-18Kansas City,KSMLB1942-19461942-1946 premiumpremiumpremium
George Yankowski1942-08-17boxscore19.276C6-0180RR1922-11-19Cambridge,MAMLB1942-19491942-1949 premiumpremiumpremium
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