You Are Not Alone Cameron Maybin
Posted by Steve Lombardi on August 18, 2007
At the age of 20 years and 140 days old, Camron Maybin played his first big league game last night - and whiffed twice in the contest. How many other players, since 1957, have played their first major league game before they were 20 years and 5 months old, and struck out twice in the contest? Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Gamelog Finder, we know the answer:
Cnt CarGm AgeY.D Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----+------+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
1 1 18.237 Joe Coleman 1965-09-28(1) WSA KCA W 6-1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
2 1 18.359 Sam McDowell 1961-09-15 CLE MIN L 2-3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
3 1 19.028 Kevin Collins 1965-09-01(2) NYM HOU L 5-8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH SS
4 1 19.114 Andruw Jones 1996-08-15 ATL @PHI W 8-5 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd RF
5 1 19.154 Larry Christenson 1973-04-13 PHI NYM W 7-1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
6 1 19.226 Zoilo Versalles 1959-08-01 WSH @CHW L 1-2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st SS
7 1 19.264 Johnny Bench 1967-08-28 CIN PHI L 2-3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th C
8 1 19.267 Rod Gilbreath 1972-06-17 ATL MON W 3-2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th 3B
9 1 19.330 Dave McNally 1962-09-26(1) BAL KCA W 3-0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
10 1 19.336 Bob Bailey 1962-09-14 PIT SFG W 5-1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th 3B
11 1 19.345 Bob Moose 1967-09-19 PIT @HOU W 11-7 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
12 1 19.355 Dennis Blair 1974-05-26 MON @PHI W 5-1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
13 1 20.000 Edwin Jackson 2003-09-09 LAD @ARI W 4-1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
14 1 20.100 Jerry Reuss 1969-09-27 STL @MON W 2-1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
15 1 20.102 Dean Chance 1961-09-11 LAA @MIN L 2-5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
16 1 20.110 Ted Wilborn 1979-04-05 TOR @KCR L 2-11 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th CF
17 1 20.120 Lou Whitaker 1977-09-09(2) DET @BOS L 6-8 5 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2nd 2B
18 1 20.135 Cameron Maybin 2007-08-17 DET @NYY L 1-6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd LF
19 1 20.143 Don Hahn 1969-04-08 MON @NYM W 11-10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th CF
20 1 20.221 Jeremy Bonderman 2003-06-06 DET @SFG L 3-5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
21 1 20.265 Vernon Wells 1999-08-30 TOR MIN W 2-1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd CF
22 1 20.284 Ron Davis 1962-08-01 HOU @MLN L 0-3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd CF
23 1 20.285 Thad Bosley 1977-06-29 CAL KCR W 7-0 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th CF
24 1 20.287 Rick Monday 1966-09-03 KCA BOS L 0-7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th CF
25 1 20.292 Jay Bell 1986-09-29 CLE @MIN L 5-6 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th 2B
26 1 20.295 Doyle Alexander 1971-06-26(2) LAD SDP W 4-3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
27 1 20.351 Bob Robertson 1967-09-18 PIT @HOU L 4-14 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 1B
28 1 20.356 Todd Hundley 1990-05-18 NYM @SDP L 3-6 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th C
29 1 20.361 Alex Gonzalez 1994-04-04 TOR CHW W 7-3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9th SS
Of all those names above, the one that hits this Yankees fan the most is Ted Wilborn. Born Thaddeaus Inglehart Wilborn, Ted was drafted by the Yankees in 1976, lost to the Blue Jays in the 1978 Rule V Draft, was then traded back to New York in November 1979 by the Blue Jays with Rick Cerone and Tom Underwood to the Yankees for Chris Chambliss, Damaso Garcia, and Paul Mirabella. And, then, in March of 1982, Wilburn was traded by New York (with Andy McGaffigan) to the San Francisco Giants for Doyle Alexander (for Doyle's second tour of duty in New York).
Somehow, I think Maybin's career track will take a different path from Wilborn's journey.