1959 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
George Altman1959-04-11boxscore26.028OF6-4200LR1933-03-20Goldsboro,NCMLB1959-19671959-1967
1955-  UDFA  -CHN
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Sparky Anderson1959-04-10boxscore25.0532B5-9170RR1934-02-22Bridgewater,SDMLB1959-19591959-1959
1953-  UDFA  -BRO
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Rudy Arias1959-04-10boxscore27.315P5-10165LL1931-06-06Las Vilas,CUMLB1959-19591959-1959
1953-  UDFA  -CHA
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Jim Bailey1959-09-10boxscore24.274P6-2210BL1934-12-16Strawberry Plains,TNMLB1959-19591959-1959
1956-  UDFA  -CIN
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Jim Baxes1959-04-11boxscore30.2872B-3B6-1190RR1928-07-05San Francisco,CAMLB1959-19591959-1959
1947-  UDFA  -BRO
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Gary Blaylock1959-04-10boxscore27.188P6-0196RR1931-10-11Clarkton,MOMLB1959-19591959-1959
1950-  UDFA  -SLN
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Marshall Bridges1959-06-17boxscore28.022P6-1180BL1931-06-02Jackson,MSMLB1959-19651959-1965
1953-  UDFA  -NY1
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Ernie Broglio1959-04-11boxscore23.233P6-2200RR1935-08-27Berkeley,CAMLB1959-19661959-1966
1954-  UDFA  -CIN
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Jim Bronstad1959-06-07boxscore22.355P6-3196RR1936-06-22Fort Worth,TXMLB1959-19641959-1964
1955-  UDFA  -NYA
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Bob Bruce1959-09-14boxscore26.127P6-3210RR1933-05-16Detroit,MIMLB1959-19671959-1967
1953-  UDFA  -DET
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Duke Carmel1959-09-11boxscore22.146OF-1B6-3202LL1937-04-23New York,NYMLB1959-19651959-1965
1955-  UDFA  -SLN
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Cam Carreon1959-09-27boxscore22.057C6-0198RR1937-08-06Colton,CAMLB1959-19661959-1966
1956-  UDFA  -CHA
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Joe Christopher1959-05-29boxscore23.173OF5-10175RR1935-12-13Frederiksted,VGMLB1959-19661959-1966
1955-  UDFA  -PIT
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Gordy Coleman1959-09-19boxscore25.0821B6-2215LR1934-07-05Rockville,MDMLB1959-19671959-1967
1953-  UDFA  -CLE
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Cliff Cook1959-09-09boxscore23.0253B-OF6-0185RR1936-08-20Dallas,TXMLB1959-19631959-1963
1955-  UDFA  -CIN
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Chuck Cottier1959-04-17boxscore23.0952B5-11175RR1936-01-18Delta,COMLB1959-19691959-1969
1954-  UDFA  -BAL
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Mike Cuellar1959-04-18boxscore21.350P5-11175LL1937-05-08Las Villas,CUMLB1959-19771959-1977
1957-  UDFA  -CIN
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Jerry Davie1959-04-14boxscore26.069P6-0180RR1933-02-10Detroit,MIMLB1959-19591959-1959
1952-  UDFA  -DET
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Tommy Davis1959-09-22boxscore20.190OF6-2205RR1939-03-21Brooklyn,NYMLB1959-19761957-1976
1956-  UDFA  -BRO
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Steve Demeter1959-07-29boxscore24.1893B5-10185RR1935-01-27Homer City,PAMLB1959-19601959-1960
1953-  UDFA  -DET
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Don Dillard1959-04-24boxscore22.111OF6-1200LR1937-01-08Greenville,SCMLB1959-19651959-1965
1955-  UDFA  -CLE
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Dan Dobbek1959-09-09boxscore24.283OF6-0195LR1934-12-06Ontonagon,MIMLB1959-19611959-1961
1955-  UDFA  -WS1
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Ed Donnelly1959-08-01boxscore26.240P6-0175RR1932-12-10Allen,MIMLB1959-19591959-1959
1956-  UDFA  -KC1
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Bob Duliba1959-08-11boxscore24.220P5-10185RR1935-01-09Glen Lyon,PAMLB1959-19671959-1967
1953-  UDFA  -SLN
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Don Eaddy1959-04-24boxscore25.0733B5-11165RR1934-02-16Grand Rapids,MIMLB1959-19591959-1959
1955-  UDFA  -CHN
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Eddie Fisher1959-06-22boxscore22.346P6-3200RR1936-07-16Shreveport,LAMLB1959-19731959-1973
1958-  UDFA  -SFN
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Jack Fisher1959-04-14boxscore20.046P6-2215RR1939-03-04Frostburg,MDMLB1959-19691959-1969
1957-  UDFA  -BAL
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Mark Freeman1959-04-18boxscore28.139P6-4220RR1930-12-07Memphis,TNMLB1959-19601959-1960
1952-  UDFA  -NYA
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John Gabler1959-09-18boxscore28.358P6-2165BR1930-10-02Kansas City,MOMLB1959-19611959-1961
1949-  UDFA  -NYA
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Bob Gibson1959-04-15boxscore23.163P6-2195RR1935-11-09Omaha,NEMLB1959-19751959-1975
1957-  UDFA  -SLN
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Bob Giggie1959-04-18boxscore25.254P6-1200RR1933-08-13Dorchester,MAMLB1959-19621959-1962
1951-  UDFA  -BSN
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Buddy Gilbert1959-09-09boxscore24.051OF6-3195LR1935-07-26Knoxville,TNMLB1959-19591959-1959
1954-  UDFA  -CIN
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Don Gile1959-09-25boxscore24.1651B-C6-6220RR1935-04-19Modesto,CAMLB1959-19621959-1962
1955-  UDFA  -BOS
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Eli Grba1959-07-10boxscore24.341P6-2205RR1934-08-09Chicago,ILMLB1959-19631959-1963
1952-  UDFA  -BOS
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Fred Green1959-04-15boxscore25.219P6-4190RL1933-09-14Titusville,NJMLB1959-19641959-1964
1952-  UDFA  -PIT
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Pumpsie Green1959-07-21boxscore25.2732B-SS6-0175BR1933-10-27Oakland,CAMLB1959-19631959-1963
1956-  UDFA  -BOS
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Bob Hartman1959-04-26boxscore21.246P5-11185RL1937-08-28Kenosha,WIMLB1959-19621959-1962
1955-  UDFA  -MLN
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Joe Hicks1959-09-18boxscore26.170OF6-0180LR1933-04-07Ivy,VAMLB1959-19631959-1963
1953-  UDFA  -CHA
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Tom Hughes1959-09-13boxscore24.006P6-2180LR1934-09-13Ancon,PNMLB1959-19591959-1959
1954-  UDFA  -SLN
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Ken Hunt1959-09-10boxscore25.065OF6-1205RR1934-07-13Grand Forks,NDMLB1959-19641959-1964
1952-  UDFA  -NYA
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Al Jackson1959-05-03boxscore23.134P5-10169LL1935-12-26Waco,TXMLB1959-19691959-1969
1955-  UDFA  -PIT
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Ben Johnson1959-09-06boxscore28.121P6-2190RR1931-05-15Greenwood,SCMLB1959-19601959-1960
1949-  UDFA  -BSN
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Jim Kaat1959-08-02boxscore20.273P6-4215LL1938-11-07Zeeland,MIMLB1959-19831959-1983
1957-  UDFA  -WS1
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Ed Keegan1959-08-24boxscore20.052P6-3165RR1939-07-08Camden,NJMLB1959-19621959-1962
1957-  UDFA  -PHI
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Evans Killeen1959-09-07boxscore23.198P6-0190RR1936-02-27Brooklyn,NYMLB1959-19591959-1959
1955-  UDFA  -KC1
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Jack Kralick1959-04-15boxscore23.324P6-2180LL1935-06-01Youngstown,OHMLB1959-19671959-1967
1955-  UDFA  -CHA
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Marty Kutyna1959-09-19boxscore26.315P6-0190RR1932-11-14Philadelphia,PAMLB1959-19621959-1962
1953-  UDFA  -SLN
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Gene Leek1959-04-22boxscore22.2863B6-0185RR1936-07-15San Diego,CAMLB1959-19621959-1962
1959-  UDFA  -CLE
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Bobby Locke1959-06-18boxscore25.113P5-11185RR1934-03-03Rowes Run,PAMLB1959-19681959-1968
1953-  UDFA  -CLE
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Jim Mahoney1959-07-28boxscore25.069SS6-0175RR1934-05-26Englewood,NJMLB1959-19651959-1965
1953-  UDFA  -PHI
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playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Jerry Mallett1959-09-19boxscore24.007OF6-5208RR1935-09-18Bonne Terre,MOMLB1959-19591959-1959
1957-  UDFA  -BOS
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J.C. Martin1959-09-10boxscore22.276C6-2200LR1936-12-13Axton,VAMLB1959-19721959-1972
1956-  UDFA  -CHA
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Lee Maye1959-07-17boxscore24.224OF6-2190LR1934-12-11Tuscaloosa,ALMLB1959-19711959-1971
1954-  UDFA  -MLN
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Tom McAvoy1959-09-27boxscore23.051P6-3200LL1936-08-12Brooklyn,NYMLB1959-19591959-1959
1956-  UDFA  -WS1
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Ken McBride1959-08-04boxscore23.363P6-0195RR1935-08-12Huntsville,ALMLB1959-19651959-1965
1954-  UDFA  -BOS
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Roger McCardell1959-05-08boxscore26.258C6-0200RR1932-08-29Gorsuch Mills,MDMLB1959-19591959-1959
1950-  UDFA  -BSN
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Tim McCarver1959-09-11boxscore17.334C6-1195LR1941-10-16Memphis,TNMLB1959-19801959-1980
1959-  UDFA  -SLN
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Willie McCovey1959-07-30boxscore21.2061B6-4210LL1938-01-10Mobile,ALMLB1959-19801959-1980
1955-  UDFA  -NY1
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Joe Morgan1959-04-14boxscore28.1533B5-10170LR1930-11-19Walpole,MAMLB1959-19641959-1964
1952-  UDFA  -BSN
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Howie Nunn1959-04-11boxscore23.181P6-0173RR1935-10-18Westfield,NCMLB1959-19621959-1962
1954-  UDFA  -SLN
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Jim O'Rourke1959-06-16boxscore21.364H6-2195RR1937-06-22Walla Walla,WAMLB1959-19591959-1959
1959-  UDFA  -SLN
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Gene Oliver1959-06-06boxscore24.082C-1B6-2225RR1935-03-22Moline,ILMLB1959-19691959-1969
1956-  UDFA  -SLN
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Jose Pagan1959-08-04boxscore24.097SS-3B5-9165RR1935-05-05Barceloneta,PRMLB1959-19731959-1973
1955-  UDFA  -NY1
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Jim Perry1959-04-23boxscore23.181P6-4200BR1935-10-30Williamston,NCMLB1959-19751959-1975
1956-  UDFA  -CLE
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Gary Peters1959-09-10boxscore22.147P6-2200LL1937-04-21Grove City,PAMLB1959-19721959-1972
1956-  UDFA  -CHA
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Jim Proctor1959-09-14boxscore24.011P6-0165RR1935-09-09Brandywine,MDMLB1959-19591959-1959
1955-  UDFA  -DET
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Claude Raymond1959-04-15boxscore21.348P5-10175RR1937-05-07St. Jean,QCMLB1959-19711959-1971
1955-  UDFA  -MLN
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Marshall Renfroe1959-09-27boxscore23.130P6-0180LL1936-05-25Century,FLMLB1959-19591959-1959
1954-  UDFA  -PHI
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Dick Ricketts1959-06-14boxscore25.198P6-7215LR1933-12-04Pottstown,PAMLB1959-19591959-1959
1955-  UDFA  -SLN
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Bob Saverine1959-09-12boxscore18.1062B-OF5-9165BR1941-06-02Norwalk,CTMLB1959-19671959-1967
1959-  UDFA  -BAL
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Joe Schaffernoth1959-04-15boxscore21.257P6-5195RR1937-08-06Trenton,NJMLB1959-19611959-1961
1956-  UDFA  -CHN
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Wally Shannon1959-07-09boxscore26.1732B-SS6-0178LR1933-01-23Cleveland,OHMLB1959-19601959-1960
1951-  UDFA  -SLN
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Norm Sherry1959-04-12boxscore27.277C5-11181RR1931-07-16New York,NYMLB1959-19631959-1963
1950-  UDFA  -BRO
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Barry Shetrone1959-07-27boxscore21.026OF6-2190LR1938-07-06Baltimore,MDMLB1959-19631959-1963
1956-  UDFA  -BAL
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Ron Shoop1959-08-22boxscore27.344C5-11180RR1931-09-19Rural Valley,PAMLB1959-19591959-1959
1951-  UDFA  -DET
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playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Chris Short1959-04-19boxscore21.217P6-4205RL1937-09-19Milford,DEMLB1959-19731959-1973
1957-  UDFA  -PHI
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Gene Snyder1959-04-26boxscore28.033P5-11175RL1931-03-31York,PAMLB1959-19591959-1959
1950-  UDFA  -PHI
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Russ Snyder1959-04-18boxscore24.306OF6-1190LR1934-06-22Oak,NEMLB1959-19701959-1970
1953-  UDFA  -NYA
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Al Spangler1959-09-16boxscore26.076OF6-0175LL1933-07-08Philadelphia,PAMLB1959-19711959-1971
1954-  UDFA  -MLN
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Joe Stanka1959-09-02boxscore28.048P6-5201RR1931-07-23Hammon,OKMLB1959-19591959-1959
1950-  UDFA  -BRO
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Wes Stock1959-04-19boxscore25.015P6-2188RR1934-04-10Longview,WAMLB1959-19671959-1967
1956-  UDFA  -BAL
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Jake Striker1959-09-25boxscore25.343P6-2200LL1933-10-23New Washington,OHMLB1959-19601959-1960
1952-  UDFA  -CLE
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Jim Umbricht1959-09-26boxscore29.016P6-4215RR1930-09-17Chicago,ILMLB1959-19631959-1963
1957-  UDFA  -MLN
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Fred Valentine1959-09-07boxscore24.237OF6-1190BR1935-01-19Clarksdale,MSMLB1959-19681959-1968
1956-  UDFA  -BAL
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Zoilo Versalles1959-08-01boxscore19.231SS5-10150RR1939-12-18Veldado,CUMLB1959-19711959-1971
1958-  UDFA  -WS1
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Ray Webster1959-04-17boxscore21.1582B6-0175RR1937-11-15Grass Valley,CAMLB1959-19601959-1960
1958-  UDFA  -CLE
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Billy Williams1959-08-06boxscore21.057OF6-1175LR1938-06-15Whistler,ALMLB1959-19761959-1976
1956-  UDFA  -CHN
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Maury Wills1959-06-09boxscore26.256SS-3B5-11170BR1932-10-02Washington,DCMLB1959-19721959-1972
1951-  UDFA  -BRO
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Ted Wills1959-05-24boxscore25.110P6-2200LL1934-02-09Fresno,CAMLB1959-19651959-1965
1955-  UDFA  -BOS
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Earl Wilson1959-07-28boxscore24.305P6-3216RR1934-10-02Ponchatoula,LAMLB1959-19701959-1970
1953-  UDFA  -BOS
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Gordie Windhorn1959-09-10boxscore25.271OF6-1185RR1933-12-19Watseka,ILMLB1959-19621959-1962
1952-  UDFA  -NY1
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