List of baseball players who have hit a home run on their first Major League Baseball pitch

This is a list of baseball players who hit a home run on their first pitch in a Major League Baseball game. Players who hit grand slams are in bold.

American League

A total of twelve players in the American League have hit a home run on their first Major League pitch.

Name

Position

Team

Date

Bill LeFebvre

P

Boston

June 10 1938

George Vico

1B

Detroit

April 28 1948

Bert Campaneris

SS

Kansas City

July 23 1964

Brant Alyea

1B

Washington

September 12 1965

Don Rose

P

California

May 24 1972

Alvis Woods

OF

Toronto

April 7 1977

Jay Bell

2B

Cleveland

September 29 1986

Junior Félix

OF

Toronto

May 4 1989

Esteban Yan

P

Tampa Bay

June 4 2000

Marcus Thames

OF

New York

June 10 2002

Andy Phillips

3B

New York

September 26 2004

Kevin Kouzmanoff

3B

Cleveland

September 6 2006

National League

A total of twelve players in the National League have hit a home run on their first Major League pitch.

Name

Position

Team

Date

Walter Mueller

OF

Pittsburgh

May 7 1922

Clise Dudley

P

Brooklyn

April 27 1929

Eddie Morgan

OF

St. Louis

April 14 1936

Clyde Vollmer

OF

Cincinnati

May 31 1932

Chuck Tanner

OF

Milwaukee

April 12 1955

Jim Bullinger

P

Chicago

June 8 1992

Jay Gainer

1B

Colorado

May 14 1993

Chris Richard

1B

St. Louis

July 17 2000

Gene Stechschulte

P

St. Louis

April 17 2001

Kazuo Matsui

SS

New York

April 6 2004

Adam Wainwright

P

St. Louis

May 24 2006

Mark Saccomanno

1B

Houston

September 8 2008

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