1954 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
Hank Aaron1954-04-13boxscore20.072OF6-0180RR1934-02-05Mobile,ALMLB1954-19761954-1976
1952-  UDFA  -BSN
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Harry Agganis1954-04-13boxscore24.3641B6-2200LL1929-04-20Lynn,MAMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Gair Allie1954-04-13boxscore22.173SS6-1190RR1931-10-28Statesville,NCMLB1954-19541954-1954
1952-  UDFA  -PIT
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Tom Alston1954-04-13boxscore28.0791B6-5210LR1926-01-31Greensboro,NCMLB1954-19571954-1957 premiumpremiumpremium
Joey Amalfitano1954-05-02boxscore20.1042B-3B5-11180RR1934-01-23San Pedro,CAMLB1954-19671954-1967 premiumpremiumpremium
Ralph Beard1954-06-29boxscore25.144P6-5200RR1929-02-11Cincinnati,OHMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Lou Berberet1954-09-17boxscore24.307C5-11212LR1929-11-20Long Beach,CAMLB1954-19601954-1960 premiumpremiumpremium
Frank Bolling1954-04-13boxscore22.1542B6-1175RR1931-11-16Mobile,ALMLB1954-19661954-1966 premiumpremiumpremium
Tom Brewer1954-04-18boxscore22.233P6-1175RR1931-09-03Wadesboro,SCMLB1954-19611954-1961 premiumpremiumpremium
Jim Brosnan1954-04-15boxscore24.179P6-4210RR1929-10-24Cincinnati,OHMLB1954-19631954-1963 premiumpremiumpremium
George Bullard1954-09-17boxscore25.334SS5-10165RR1928-10-24Lynn,MAMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Tom Burgess1954-04-17boxscore26.2351B6-0180LL1927-09-01London,ONMLB1954-19621954-1962 premiumpremiumpremium
Foster Castleman1954-08-04boxscore23.2213B-SS6-0175RR1931-01-01Nashville,TNMLB1954-19581954-1958 premiumpremiumpremium
Tex Clevenger1954-04-18boxscore21.288P6-1180RR1932-07-09Visalia,CAMLB1954-19621954-1962 premiumpremiumpremium
Jim Command1954-06-20boxscore25.2543B6-2200LR1928-10-15Grand Rapids,MIMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Ray Crone1954-04-13boxscore22.255P6-2185RR1931-08-07Memphis,TNMLB1954-19581954-1958 premiumpremiumpremium
Joe Cunningham1954-06-30boxscore22.3131B6-1190LL1931-08-27Paterson,NJMLB1954-19661954-1966 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob Darnell1954-08-10boxscore23.283P5-10175RR1930-11-06Wewoka,OKMLB1954-19561954-1956 premiumpremiumpremium
Jim Davis1954-04-18boxscore29.222P6-0180BL1924-09-15Red Bluff,CAMLB1954-19571954-1957 premiumpremiumpremium
Roy Dietzel1954-09-02boxscore23.2422B-3B6-0190RR1931-01-09Baltimore,MDMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Art Ditmar1954-04-19boxscore25.022P6-2195RR1929-04-03Winthrop,MAMLB1954-19621954-1962 premiumpremiumpremium
Ryne Duren1954-09-25boxscore25.221P6-1195RR1929-02-22Cazenovia,WIMLB1954-19651954-1965
1949-  UDFA  -SLA
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Joe Durham1954-09-10boxscore23.047OF6-1186RR1931-07-31Newport News,VAMLB1954-19591954-1959
1953-  UDFA  -SLA
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Nino Escalera1954-04-17boxscore24.143OF-1B5-10165LL1929-12-01Santurce,PRMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Jim Fanning1954-09-11boxscore26.004C5-11180RR1927-09-14Chicago,ILMLB1954-19571954-1957 premiumpremiumpremium
playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Jim Finigan1954-04-25boxscore25.2553B-2B5-11175RR1928-08-19Quincy,ILMLB1954-19591954-1959 premiumpremiumpremium
Tom Flanigan1954-04-14boxscore19.225P6-3175RL1934-09-06Cincinnati,OHMLB1954-19581954-1958 premiumpremiumpremium
Art Fowler1954-04-17boxscore31.296P5-11180RR1922-07-03Converse,SCMLB1954-19641954-1964 premiumpremiumpremium
Joe Frazier1954-04-17boxscore31.201OF6-0180LR1922-10-06Liberty,NCMLB1947-19561947-1956 premiumpremiumpremium
Chico Garcia1954-04-24boxscore29.1282B5-8170RR1924-12-24Veracruz,MXMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Billy Gardner1954-04-22boxscore26.2842B6-0180RR1927-07-19Waterford,CTMLB1954-19631954-1963 premiumpremiumpremium
Harvey Gentry1954-04-14boxscore27.329H6-0170LR1926-05-27Winston-Salem,NCMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Paul Giel1954-07-10boxscore22.137P5-11185RR1932-02-29Winona,MNMLB1954-19611954-1961 premiumpremiumpremium
Charlie Gorin1954-05-29boxscore26.119P5-10165LL1928-02-06Waco,TXMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Alex Grammas1954-04-13boxscore28.017SS-3B6-0175RR1926-04-03Birmingham,ALMLB1954-19631954-1963 premiumpremiumpremium
Johnny Gray1954-07-18boxscore27.226P6-4226RR1926-12-11West Palm Beach,FLMLB1954-19581954-1958
1950-  UDFA  -NYA
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Bill Greason1954-05-31boxscore29.277P5-10170RR1924-09-03Atlanta,GAMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob Greenwood1954-04-21boxscore26.045P6-5200RR1928-03-13Cananea,MXMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob Grim1954-04-18boxscore24.047P6-1185RR1930-03-08New York,NYMLB1954-19621954-1962 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Hall1954-04-18boxscore25.268C5-11165LR1928-07-30Moultrie,GAMLB1954-19581954-1958 premiumpremiumpremium
Chuck Harmon1954-04-17boxscore29.0013B-OF6-2175RR1924-04-23Washington,INMLB1954-19571954-1957 premiumpremiumpremium
Jay Heard1954-04-24boxscore34.106P5-7155LL1920-01-17Athens,GAMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Woodie Held1954-09-05boxscore22.169SS-OF5-11180RR1932-03-25Sacramento,CAMLB1954-19691954-1969 premiumpremiumpremium
Gail Henley1954-04-13boxscore25.186OF5-9180LR1928-10-15Wichita,KSMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Tom Herrin1954-04-13boxscore24.219P6-3190RR1929-09-12Shreveport,LAMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Don Hoak1954-04-18boxscore26.0793B6-0175RR1928-02-05Roulette,PAMLB1954-19641954-1964 premiumpremiumpremium
Tom Hurd1954-07-30boxscore30.071P5-9155RR1924-05-27Danville,VAMLB1954-19561954-1956 premiumpremiumpremium
Ron Jackson1954-06-15boxscore20.2411B6-7225RR1933-10-22Kalamazoo,MIMLB1954-19601954-1960 premiumpremiumpremium
Spook Jacobs1954-04-13boxscore28.1672B5-9155RR1925-11-04Cheswold,DEMLB1954-19561954-1956 premiumpremiumpremium
Stan Jok1954-04-13boxscore27.3523B6-0190RR1926-05-03Buffalo,NYMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Gordon Jones1954-08-08boxscore24.134P6-0190RR1930-04-02Portland,ORMLB1954-19651954-1965 premiumpremiumpremium
Russ Kemmerer1954-06-27boxscore23.244P6-3200RR1930-11-01Pittsburgh,PAMLB1954-19631954-1963 premiumpremiumpremium
Gus Keriazakos1954-06-12boxscore22.325P6-3187RR1931-07-28West Orange,NJMLB1950-19551950-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Harmon Killebrew1954-06-23boxscore17.3631B-3B5-11213RR1936-06-29Payette,IDMLB1954-19751954-1975 premiumpremiumpremium
Chick King1954-08-27boxscore23.296OF6-2190RR1930-11-10Paris,TNMLB1954-19591954-1959 premiumpremiumpremium
Nelson King1954-04-15boxscore26.037P6-6185RR1928-03-15Shenandoah,PAMLB1954-19571954-1957 premiumpremiumpremium
Joe Kirrene1954-09-06boxscore22.3433B6-2195RR1931-10-04San Francisco,CAMLB1950-19541950-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Steve Korcheck1954-09-06boxscore22.031C6-1205RR1932-08-11McClellandtown,PAMLB1954-19591954-1959 premiumpremiumpremium
Al Lakeman1954-04-14boxscore35.113C6-2195RR1918-12-31Cincinnati,OHMLB1942-19541942-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Al Lary1954-09-06boxscore25.351P6-3185RR1928-09-26Northport,ALMLB1954-19621954-1962 premiumpremiumpremium
Frank Lary1954-09-14boxscore24.163P5-11180RR1930-04-10Northport,ALMLB1954-19651954-1965 premiumpremiumpremium
Tommy Lasorda1954-08-05boxscore26.324P5-10175LL1927-09-22Norristown,PAMLB1954-19561954-1956 premiumpremiumpremium
Brooks Lawrence1954-06-24boxscore29.152P6-0205RR1925-01-30Springfield,OHMLB1954-19601954-1960 premiumpremiumpremium
Frank Leja1954-05-01boxscore18.0881B6-4205LL1936-02-07Holyoke,MAMLB1954-19621954-1962 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob Lennon1954-09-09boxscore25.000OF6-0200LL1928-09-15Brooklyn,NYMLB1954-19571954-1957 premiumpremiumpremium
Jesse Levan1954-09-06boxscore28.0603B-OF6-0172LR1926-07-15Reading,PAMLB1947-19551947-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Royce Lint1954-04-13boxscore33.110P6-1165LL1921-01-01Birmingham,ALMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Memo Luna1954-04-20boxscore23.305P6-0168LL1930-06-25Tacubaya,MXMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Jerry Lynch1954-04-15boxscore23.278OF6-1185LR1930-07-17Bay City,MIMLB1954-19661954-1966 premiumpremiumpremium
Mickey Micelotta1954-04-20boxscore25.188SS5-11185RR1928-10-20Corona,NYMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Ramon Monzant1954-07-02boxscore21.184P6-0165RR1933-01-04Maracaibo,VZMLB1954-19601954-1960 premiumpremiumpremium
Wally Moon1954-04-13boxscore24.016OF6-0175LR1930-04-03Bay,ARMLB1954-19651954-1965
1950-  UDFA  -SLN
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Vern Morgan1954-08-10boxscore26.0083B6-1190LR1928-08-08Emporia,VAMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Guy Morton1954-09-17boxscore23.323H6-2200RR1930-11-04Tuscaloosa,ALMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Guy Morton1954-09-17boxscore61.122P6-1175RR1893-06-01Vernon,ALMLB1914-19241914-1924 premiumpremiumpremium
playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Walt Moryn1954-06-29boxscore28.085OF6-2205LR1926-04-12St. Paul,MNMLB1954-19611954-1961 premiumpremiumpremium
Don Mossi1954-04-17boxscore25.102P6-1195LL1929-01-11St. Helena,CAMLB1954-19651954-1965 premiumpremiumpremium
Ron Mrozinski1954-06-20boxscore23.283P5-11160RL1930-09-16White Haven,PAMLB1954-19551954-1955
1949-  UDFA  -PHI
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Dick Murphy1954-06-13boxscore22.237H5-11170LL1931-10-25Cincinnati,OHMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Ray Narleski1954-04-17boxscore25.149P6-1175RR1928-11-25Camden,NJMLB1954-19591954-1959 premiumpremiumpremium
Billy O'Dell1954-06-20boxscore21.135P5-11170BL1933-02-10Whitmire,SCMLB1954-19671954-1967
1954-  UDFA  -BAL
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George O'Donnell1954-04-18boxscore24.332P6-3175RR1929-05-27Winchester,ILMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Oster1954-08-23boxscore21.238P6-3198LL1933-01-02New York,NYMLB1954-19541954-1954
1954-  UDFA  -PHA
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Camilo Pascual1954-04-15boxscore20.090P5-11185RR1934-01-20Havana,CUMLB1954-19711954-1971 premiumpremiumpremium
Carlos Paula1954-09-06boxscore26.289OF6-3195RR1927-11-28Havana,CUMLB1954-19561954-1956 premiumpremiumpremium
Paul Penson1954-04-21boxscore22.289P6-1185RR1931-07-12Kansas City,KSMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Laurin Pepper1954-08-01boxscore23.201P5-11190RR1931-01-18Vaughan,MSMLB1954-19571954-1957 premiumpremiumpremium
Arnie Portocarrero1954-04-18boxscore22.293P6-3196RR1931-07-05New York,NYMLB1954-19601954-1960
1949-  UDFA  -PHA
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Vic Power1954-04-13boxscore26.1701B5-11195RR1927-11-01Arecibo,PRMLB1954-19651954-1965 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob Purkey1954-04-14boxscore24.280P6-2195RR1929-07-14Pittsburgh,PAMLB1954-19661954-1966 premiumpremiumpremium
John Pyecha1954-04-24boxscore22.156P6-5200RR1931-11-25Aliquippa,PAMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Billy Queen1954-04-13boxscore25.142OF6-1185RR1928-11-28Gastonia,NCMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Hal Raether1954-07-04boxscore21.272P6-1185RR1932-10-10Lake Mills,WIMLB1954-19571954-1957 premiumpremiumpremium
Rudy Regalado1954-04-13boxscore23.3333B6-1185RR1930-05-21Los Angeles,CAMLB1954-19561954-1956 premiumpremiumpremium
Curt Roberts1954-04-13boxscore24.2462B5-8165RR1929-08-16Pineland,TXMLB1954-19561954-1956 premiumpremiumpremium
Don Robertson1954-04-13boxscore23.186OF5-10180LL1930-10-15Harvey,ILMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Jim Robertson1954-04-15boxscore26.083C5-9183RR1928-01-29Chicago,ILMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Eric Rodin1954-09-07boxscore24.220OF6-2215RR1930-02-05Orange,NJMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Dutch Romberger1954-05-31boxscore27.012P6-0185RR1927-05-26Klingerstown,PAMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Cliff Ross1954-09-11boxscore26.045P6-4195LL1928-08-03Philadelphia,PAMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Ron Samford1954-04-15boxscore24.052SS-2B5-11156RR1930-02-28Dallas,TXMLB1954-19591954-1959 premiumpremiumpremium
Jose Santiago1954-04-17boxscore25.231P5-10175RR1928-09-04Coamo,PRMLB1954-19561954-1956 premiumpremiumpremium
Moe Savransky1954-04-23boxscore25.106P5-11175LL1929-01-13Cleveland,OHMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Danny Schell1954-04-13boxscore26.115OF6-1195RR1927-12-26Fostoria,MIMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Billy Shantz1954-04-13boxscore26.263C6-1160RR1927-07-31Pottstown,PAMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob Skinner1954-04-13boxscore22.198OF6-4190LR1931-10-03La Jolla,CAMLB1954-19661954-1966 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Skowron1954-04-13boxscore23.1221B5-11195RR1930-12-18Chicago,ILMLB1954-19671954-1967 premiumpremiumpremium
Karl Spooner1954-09-22boxscore23.097P6-0185RL1931-06-23Oriskany Falls,NYMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Dick Strahs1954-07-24boxscore30.240P6-0192LR1923-12-04Evanston,ILMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Walt Streuli1954-09-25boxscore18.004C6-2195RR1935-09-26Memphis,TNMLB1954-19561954-1956 premiumpremiumpremium
El Tappe1954-04-24boxscore26.345C5-11180RR1927-05-21Quincy,ILMLB1954-19621954-1962 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Taylor1954-04-14boxscore24.111OF6-3212LR1929-12-30Alhambra,CAMLB1954-19581954-1958 premiumpremiumpremium
Joe Taylor1954-08-26boxscore28.184OF6-1185RR1926-03-02Chapman,ALMLB1954-19591954-1959 premiumpremiumpremium
Jake Thies1954-04-24boxscore28.030P5-11170RR1926-04-01St. Louis,MOMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Tim Thompson1954-04-20boxscore30.057C5-11190LR1924-03-01Coalport,PAMLB1954-19581954-1958 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Tremel1954-06-12boxscore24.349P5-11180RR1929-07-04Lilly,PAMLB1954-19561954-1956 premiumpremiumpremium
Bill Upton1954-04-13boxscore24.305P6-0167RR1929-06-18Esther,MOMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
Corky Valentine1954-04-17boxscore25.109P6-1203RR1929-01-04Troy,OHMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Vito Valentinetti1954-06-20boxscore25.283P6-0195RR1928-09-16West New York,NJMLB1954-19591954-1959 premiumpremiumpremium
Ozzie Van Brabant1954-04-13boxscore27.204P6-1165RR1926-09-28Kingsville,ONMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Lee Wheat1954-04-21boxscore24.224P6-4200RR1929-09-15Edwardsville,ILMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Charlie White1954-04-18boxscore25.255C5-11192LR1928-08-12Kinston,NCMLB1954-19551954-1955 premiumpremiumpremium
Pete Wojey1954-07-02boxscore34.222P5-11185RR1919-12-01Stowe,PAMLB1954-19571954-1957 premiumpremiumpremium
Mel Wright1954-04-17boxscore25.347P6-3210RR1928-05-11Manila,ARMLB1954-19611954-1961 premiumpremiumpremium
Bob Zick1954-05-02boxscore27.013P6-0168LR1927-04-26Chicago,ILMLB1954-19541954-1954 premiumpremiumpremium
playerdebut dateboxscoreageposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsdraft infostatuscur-orgcur-lev
Don Zimmer1954-07-02boxscore23.1723B-2B5-9177RR1931-01-17Cincinnati,OHMLB1954-19651954-1965 premiumpremiumpremium
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