2017 Debut Thread

[Cusick]

Brad Goldberg and Ben Lively.

[dennis_keith]

Originally Posted by Cusick

Brad Goldberg and Ben Lively.

The Chicago White Sox' relief pitcher Brad Goldberg became major league baseball's 19,000th player on June 3, according to baseball-reference.com.
Phillies starting pitcher, Ben Lively debuting a couple of hours earlier than Goldberg was player # 18,999.

[Cusick]

Originally Posted by dennis_keith

The Chicago White Sox' relief pitcher Brad Goldberg became major league baseball's 19,000th player on June 3, according to baseball-reference.com.
Phillies starting pitcher, Ben Lively debuting a couple of hours earlier than Goldberg was player # 18,999.

I trust SABR's Biographical Committee over baseball-reference.com on this topic. See my post about the 19,000th major leaguer on the previous page.

The sole area of concentration of the Biographical Committee is to figure out who the major league players (and managers) have been throughout history, and when they were born and died. For example, every once in a while, that committee will come up with research which concludes that two 19th century players with a common surname were actually the same guy, so the grand total of major leaguers is reduced by one. I've been following the work of this committee and their counts of major leaguers for the past fifteen years.

The challenge for us on the OOTP thread at this point is to know whether we are working with a total list of major leaguers. In other words, does the sum of the players covered by Facepack plus those listed by tnfoto in his Missing Players List now equate to the Biographical Committee's count (especially since baseball-reference seems to be missing a few players)? I'm sure that tnfoto doesn't have time to figure that out at the moment, but it would be something worth checking at some point.

[Cusick]

Brett Phillips.

[Cusick]

Ramon Torres and Jacob Faria.

[Cusick]

Seth Frankoff, Francis Martes, and Jaycob Brugman.

[Cusick]

Sean Newcomb, Josh Hader, and Edgar Santana.

[Cusick]

Jimmy Yacabonis, Phil Maton, Domingo German, Nik Turley, and Lewis Brinson.

[Cusick]

This photo shows Yacabonis in a Baltimore Orioles uniform. The photo previously posted showed him in a Frederick Keys uniform.

P.S. At last, mlb.com emerged with its official Yacabonis photo in an O's uniform, which is shown instead of the previous one.

[Cusick]

Derek Fisher, David Washington, Ronald Herrera, and Daniel Gossett.

[Cusick]

Matt Chapman.

[Cusick]

When Nik debuted on June 11, I posted a photo of him in a White Sox uniform. He should have been shown in a Twins uniform. My bad.

[Cusick]

Alan Busenitz and Austin Maddox.

Busenitz debuted with the Minnesota Twins, but is shown in the uniform of the Rochester Red Wings.

[Cusick]

Cameron Perkins and Michael Brady.

[dennis_keith]

Originally Posted by Cusick

Cameron Perkins

It was a long struggle for Cameron "Cam" Perkins to go from collegiate star at Purdue University to eventually reach the majors yesterday with the Phillies, at the age of 26 years, 9 months. There were times when it looked like his career might stall out at the AA level, but he made it.

[Cusick]

Still haven't seen Busenitz in a Twins uniform on the mlb.com website, but here is a photo of him as a Twin from www.startribune.com.

P.S. Head shot added.

[Cusick]

Kyle Crick, Mark Zagunis, Max Povse, and Andrew Moore.

[Cusick]

Luis Castillo, Trevor Hildenberger, Eduardo Paredes, and Ian Parmley.

Parmley debuted with the Toronto Blue Jays, but is shown with the Dunedin Blue Jays.

[Cusick]

Here's an action shot of Parmley in a Toronto Blue Jays uniform which can serve as a place-holder until a better view of his face in a major league uniform comes along.

P. S. Head shot added.

[Cusick]

Hoby Milner, Ryder Jones, Tzu-Wei Lin, Franklin Barreto, and Tyler Webb.