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 |