List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat
Gary Gaetti is the all-time leader in home runs among the players who hit a home run in their first MLB at bat.
This is a list of the 115 Major League Baseball (MLB) players who hit a home run in their first major league at bat through August 19, 2015.
Key
| # | Denotes the home run was hit on the first pitch |
|---|---|
| & | Denotes the home run was a grand slam |
| † | Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| * | Denotes the player is still active |
List
Hall of Fame pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm homered in his first at bat.
Gene Lamont hit four career home runs.
Daniel Nava is one of four players to hit a grand slam in his first MLB at bat, and one of two to hit it on the first pitch.
| Player | Team | Date | Career HR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrington, JoeJoe Harrington | Boston Beaneaters | September 10, 1895 | 3 |
| Duggleby, BillBill Duggleby& | Philadelphia Phillies | April 21, 1898 | 6 |
| Bates, JohnnyJohnny Bates | Boston Beaneaters | April 12, 1906 | 25 |
| Stuart, LukeLuke Stuart | St. Louis Browns | August 8, 1921 | 1 |
| Mueller, WalterWalter Mueller# | Pittsburgh Pirates | May 7, 1922 | 2 |
| Averill, EarlEarl Averill† | Cleveland Indians | April 16, 1929 | 238 |
| Dudley, CliseClise Dudley# | Brooklyn Dodgers | April 27, 1929 | 3 |
| Slade, GordonGordon Slade | Brooklyn Dodgers | May 24, 1930 | 8 |
| Morgan, EddieEddie Morgan# | St. Louis Cardinals | April 14, 1936 | 1 |
| Parker, AceAce Parker | Philadelphia Phillies | April 30, 1937 | 2 |
| Hasson, GeneGene Hasson | Philadelphia Athletics | September 9, 1937 | 4 |
| Koy, ErnieErnie Koy | Brooklyn Dodgers | April 19, 1938 | 36 |
| Mueller, HeinieHeinie Mueller | Philadelphia Phillies | April 19, 1938 | 17 |
| LeFebvre, BillBill LeFebvre# | Boston Red Sox | June 10, 1938 | 1 |
| Vollmer, ClydeClyde Vollmer# | Cincinnati Reds | May 31, 1942 | 69 |
| Gillespie, PaulPaul Gillespie | Chicago Cubs | September 11, 1942 | 6 |
| Kerr, BuddyBuddy Kerr | New York Giants | September 8, 1943 | 31 |
| Miller, HackHack Miller | Detroit Tigers | April 23, 1944 | 1 |
| Lockman, WhiteyWhitey Lockman | New York Giants | July 5, 1945 | 114 |
| Pellagrini, EddieEddie Pellagrini | Boston Red Sox | April 22, 1946 | 20 |
| Bankhead, DanDan Bankhead | Brooklyn Dodgers | August 26, 1947 | 1 |
| Vico, GeorgeGeorge Vico# | Detroit Tigers | April 20, 1948 | 12 |
| Layton, LesLes Layton | New York Giants | May 21, 1948 | 2 |
| Sanicki, EdEd Sanicki | Philadelphia Phillies | September 14, 1949 | 3 |
| Tappe, TedTed Tappe | Cincinnati Reds | September 14, 1950 | 5 |
| Nieman, BobBob Nieman | St. Louis Browns | September 14, 1951 | 125 |
| Wilhelm, HoytHoyt Wilhelm† | New York Giants | April 23, 1952 | 1 |
| Moon, WallyWally Moon | St. Louis Cardinals | April 13, 1954 | 142 |
| Tanner, ChuckChuck Tanner# | Milwaukee Braves | April 12, 1955 | 21 |
| White, BillBill White | New York Giants | May 7, 1956 | 202 |
| Ernaga, FrankFrank Ernaga | Chicago Cubs | May 24, 1957 | 2 |
| Leppert, DonDon Leppert | Pittsburgh Pirates | June 18, 1961 | 15 |
| Barragan, CunoCuno Barragan | Chicago Cubs | September 1, 1961 | 1 |
| Tillman, BobBob Tillman | Boston Red Sox | May 19, 1962 | 79 |
| Kennedy, JohnJohn Kennedy | Washington Senators | September 5, 1962 | 32 |
| Narum, BusterBuster Narum | Baltimore Orioles | May 5, 1963 | 3 |
| Brown, GatesGates Brown | Detroit Tigers | June 19, 1963 | 84 |
| Campaneris, BertBert Campaneris# | Kansas City Athletics | July 23, 1964 | 79 |
| Roman, BillBill Roman | Detroit Tigers | September 30, 1964 | 1 |
| Alyea, BrantBrant Alyea# | Washington Senators | September 12, 1965 | 38 |
| Miller, JohnJohn Miller | New York Yankees | September 11, 1966 | 2 |
| Renick, RickRick Renick | Minnesota Twins | July 11, 1968 | 20 |
| Keough, JoeJoe Keough | Oakland Athletics | August 7, 1968 | 9 |
| Lamont, GeneGene Lamont | Detroit Tigers | September 2, 1970 | 4 |
| Rose, DonDon Rose# | California Angels | May 24, 1972 | 1 |
| Ayala, BennyBenny Ayala | New York Mets | August 27, 1974 | 38 |
| Sanders, ReggieReggie Sanders | Detroit Tigers | September 1, 1974 | 3 |
| Montefusco, JohnJohn Montefusco | San Francisco Giants | September 3, 1974 | 4 |
| Sosa, JoséJosé Sosa | Houston Astros | July 30, 1975 | 1 |
| McKay, DaveDave McKay | Minnesota Twins | August 22, 1975 | 21 |
| Woods, AlvisAlvis Woods# | Toronto Blue Jays | April 7, 1977 | 35 |
| Machemer, DaveDave Machemer | California Angels | June 21, 1978 | 1 |
| LeMaster, JohnnieJohnnie LeMaster | San Francisco Giants | September 2, 1975 | 22 |
| Wallach, TimTim Wallach | Montreal Expos | September 6, 1980 | 260 |
| Gaetti, GaryGary Gaetti | Minnesota Twins | September 20, 1981 | 360 |
| Martínez, CarmeloCarmelo Martínez | Chicago Cubs | August 22, 1983 | 108 |
| Fitzgerald, MikeMike Fitzgerald | New York Mets | September 13, 1983 | 48 |
| David, AndreAndre David | Minnesota Twins | June 29, 1984 | 1 |
| Clark, WillWill Clark | San Francisco Giants | April 8, 1986 | 284 |
| Steinbach, TerryTerry Steinbach | Oakland Athletics | September 12, 1986 | 162 |
| Bell, JayJay Bell# | Cleveland Indians | September 29, 1986 | 195 |
| Jordan, RickyRicky Jordan | Philadelphia Phillies | July 17, 1988 | 55 |
| Félix, JuniorJunior Félix# | Toronto Blue Jays | May 4, 1989 | 55 |
| Offerman, JoséJosé Offerman | Los Angeles Dodgers | August 19, 1990 | 57 |
| Eiland, DaveDave Eiland | San Diego Padres | April 10, 1992 | 1 |
| Bullinger, JimJim Bullinger# | Chicago Cubs | June 8, 1992 | 4 |
| Gainer, JayJay Gainer# | Colorado Rockies | May 14, 1993 | 3 |
| Lyden, MitchMitch Lyden | Florida Marlins | June 16, 1993 | 1 |
| Ingram, GareyGarey Ingram | Los Angeles Dodgers | May 19, 1994 | 3 |
| Nunnally, JonJon Nunnally | Kansas City Royals | April 29, 1995 | 42 |
| Dye, JermaineJermaine Dye | Atlanta Braves | May 17, 1996 | 325 |
| Hermanson, DustinDustin Hermanson | Montreal Expos | April 16, 1997 | 2 |
| Fullmer, BradBrad Fullmer | Montreal Expos | September 2, 1997 | 114 |
| Anderson, MarlonMarlon Anderson | Philadelphia Phillies | September 8, 1998 | 63 |
| Lee, CarlosCarlos Lee | Chicago White Sox | May 7, 1999 | 358 |
| Mota, GuillermoGuillermo Mota | Montreal Expos | June 9, 1999 | 2 |
| Yan, EstebanEsteban Yan# | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | June 4, 2000 | 1 |
| Cabrera, AlexAlex Cabrera | Arizona Diamondbacks | June 26, 2000 | 5 |
| McDonald, KeithKeith McDonald | St. Louis Cardinals | July 4, 2000 | 3 |
| Richard, ChrisChris Richard# | St. Louis Cardinals | July 17, 2000 | 34 |
| Stechschulte, GeneGene Stechschulte# | St. Louis Cardinals | April 17, 2001 | 1 |
| Thames, MarcusMarcus Thames# | New York Yankees | June 10, 2002 | 115 |
| Olivo, MiguelMiguel Olivo* | Chicago White Sox | September 15, 2002 | 145 |
| Matranga, DaveDave Matranga | Houston Astros | June 27, 2003 | 1 |
| Matsui, KazuoKazuo Matsui*# | New York Mets | April 6, 2004 | 32 |
| Luna, HéctorHéctor Luna* | St. Louis Cardinals | April 8, 2004 | 15 |
| Dobbs, GregGreg Dobbs* | Seattle Mariners | September 8, 2004 | 46 |
| Phillips, AndyAndy Phillips# | New York Yankees | September 26, 2004 | 14 |
| Jacobs, MikeMike Jacobs* | New York Mets | August 21, 2005 | 100 |
| Hermida, JeremyJeremy Hermida*& | Florida Marlins | August 31, 2005 | 65 |
| Napoli, MikeMike Napoli* | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | May 4, 2006 | 194 |
| Wainwright, AdamAdam Wainwright*# | St. Louis Cardinals | May 24, 2006 | 6 |
| Kouzmanoff, KevinKevin Kouzmanoff*#& | Cleveland Indians | September 2, 2006 | 87 |
| Jimerson, CharltonCharlton Jimerson# | Houston Astros | September 4, 2006 | 2 |
| Fields, JoshJosh Fields* | Chicago White Sox | September 18, 2006 | 34 |
| Dukes, ElijahElijah Dukes | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | April 2, 2007 | 31 |
| Worrell, MarkMark Worrell | St. Louis Cardinals | June 5, 2008 | 1 |
| Montañez, LouLou Montañez* | Baltimore Orioles | August 6, 2008 | 5 |
| Saccomanno, MarkMark Saccomanno# | Houston Astros | September 8, 2008 | 1 |
| Schafer, JordanJordan Schafer* | Atlanta Braves | April 5, 2009 | 12 |
| Parra, GerardoGerardo Parra* | Arizona Diamondbacks | May 13, 2009 | 44 |
| Hester, JohnJohn Hester* | Arizona Diamondbacks | August 28, 2009 | 6 |
| Heyward, JasonJason Heyward* | Atlanta Braves | April 5, 2010 | 89 |
| Hughes, LukeLuke Hughes | Minnesota Twins | April 28, 2010 | 8 |
| Castro, StarlinStarlin Castro* | Chicago Cubs | May 7, 2010 | 55 |
| Nava, DanielDaniel Nava&#* | Boston Red Sox | June 12, 2010 | 23 |
| Arencibia, J. P.J. P. Arencibia*# | Toronto Blue Jays | August 7, 2010 | 74 |
| Guyer, BrandonBrandon Guyer* | Tampa Bay Rays | May 6, 2011 | 8 |
| Milone, TommyTommy Milone*# | Washington Nationals | September 3, 2011 | 1 |
| Pill, BrettBrett Pill* | San Francisco Giants | September 6, 2011 | 9 |
| Marte, StarlingStarling Marte*# | Pittsburgh Pirates | July 26, 2012 | 42 |
| Rodríguez, EddyEddy Rodríguez* | San Diego Padres | August 2, 2012 | 1 |
| Profar, JuricksonJurickson Profar* | Texas Rangers | September 2, 2012 | 7 |
| Soler, JorgeJorge Soler* | Chicago Cubs | August 27, 2014 | 9 |
| Rosario, EddieEddie Rosario*# | Minnesota Twins | May 6, 2015 | 13 |
| Norris, DanielDaniel Norris* | Detroit Tigers | August 19, 2015 | 1 |
Notes
Bill Duggleby, Jeremy Hermida, Kevin Kouzmanoff and Daniel Nava are the only players to hit a grand slam in their first at bat. Kouzmanoff and Nava hit their grand slams on the first MLB pitch.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Boston rookie Nava hits grand slam on first pitch faced". ESPN. Associated Press. June 12, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
External links
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