List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat

In baseball, a home run is credited to a batter when they hit a fair ball and reach home safely on the same play, without the benefit of an error. 146 players have hit a home run in their first at bat of a Major League Baseball (MLB) game, the most recent being Emmanuel Rodriquez on September 12, 2026. George Tebeau and Mike Griffin both hit home runs in their first at bats on April 16, 1887. These players are recognized together as the first player to homer in his first major league at bat because it is unknown which one hit first.

Luke Stuart, Walter Mueller, and Johnnie LeMaster hit inside-the-park home runs in their first at bats. Bill Duggleby, Jeremy Hermida, Kevin Kouzmanoff and Daniel Nava hit grand slams in their first at bats—Kouzmanoff and Nava doing so on the first pitch. Ernie Koy and Heinie Mueller were the first players to accomplish the feat in the same game, doing so for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies, respectively, in the first inning of Opening Day in 1938. This was equalled in 2016 by Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge, who became the only players to achieve the feat as teammates (playing for the New York Yankees) and in back-to-back at bats. Three players, Bob Nieman, Keith McDonald and Joshua Báez, each homered in their second at bat also (with Nieman and Báez each hitting both within their first game). Of those, Joshua Báez is the only player to have homered in his first three at bats. Paul Gillespie and John Miller are the only players to hit home runs in both their first and last major league at bats; for Miller these were the only two home runs of his MLB career. For 25 players, their first at bat home run was the only home run of their major league careers.

Of the 31 players eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame who have hit a home run in their first major league at bat, two – Earl Averill and Hoyt Wilhelm – have been elected, neither of them on the first ballot. Players are eligible for the Hall of Fame if they have played in at least 10 MLB seasons, and have either been retired for five seasons or deceased for at least six months. These requirements leave 26 players ineligible who are active and 87 players ineligible who did not play in 10 seasons.

Players

+ KeyPlayerName of the playerDateDate of the gameTeamThe player's team at the time of the gameNLNational LeagueALAmerican LeagueAAAmerican AssociationCareer HRThe number of home runs the player hit in his MLB careerBoxBox score with play by play (if available)Indicates the player was a pitcherIndicates the home run was hit on the first pitch the player faced in his MLB careerIndicates the home run was a grand slamIndicates the home run was hit as a pinch hitterIndicates game in which multiple players homered in their first major league at batIndicates the home runs were hit in consecutive at batsElected to the Baseball Hall of FamePlayer is active

+MLB hitters with a home run in their first major league at batPlayerDateTeamLeagueCareer HRBoxRef(s)Cincinnati Red StockingsAA15Baltimore OriolesAA42Pittsburgh AlleghenysNL1Boston BeaneatersNL3Philadelphia PhilliesNL6Boston BeaneatersNL25St. Louis BrownsAL1Pittsburgh PiratesNL2Cleveland IndiansAL238Brooklyn RobinsNL3Brooklyn RobinsNL8St. Louis CardinalsNL1Philadelphia AthleticsAL2Philadelphia AthleticsAL4Brooklyn DodgersNL36Philadelphia PhilliesNL17Boston Red SoxAL1Cincinnati RedsNL69Chicago CubsNL6New York GiantsNL31Detroit TigersAL1New York GiantsNL114Boston Red SoxAL20Brooklyn DodgersNL1Detroit TigersAL12New York GiantsNL2Philadelphia PhilliesNL3Cincinnati RedsNL5St. Louis BrownsAL125New York GiantsNL1St. Louis CardinalsNL142Milwaukee BravesNL21New York GiantsNL202Chicago CubsNL2Pittsburgh PiratesNL15Chicago CubsNL1Boston Red SoxAL79Washington SenatorsAL32Baltimore OriolesAL3Detroit TigersAL84Kansas City AthleticsAL79Detroit TigersAL1Washington SenatorsAL38New York YankeesAL2Minnesota TwinsAL20Oakland AthleticsAL9Detroit TigersAL4California AngelsAL1New York MetsNL38Detroit TigersAL3San Francisco GiantsNL4Houston AstrosNL1Minnesota TwinsAL21San Francisco GiantsNL22Toronto Blue JaysAL35California AngelsAL1Montreal ExposNL260Minnesota TwinsAL360Chicago CubsNL108New York MetsNL48Minnesota TwinsAL1San Francisco GiantsNL284Oakland AthleticsAL162Cleveland IndiansAL195Philadelphia PhilliesNL55Toronto Blue JaysAL55Los Angeles DodgersNL57San Diego PadresNL1Chicago CubsNL4Colorado RockiesNL3Florida MarlinsNL1Los Angeles DodgersNL3Kansas City RoyalsAL42Atlanta BravesNL325Montreal ExposNL2Montreal ExposNL114Philadelphia PhilliesNL63Chicago White SoxAL358Montreal ExposNL2Tampa Bay Devil RaysAL1Arizona DiamondbacksNL5St. Louis CardinalsNL3St. Louis CardinalsNL34St. Louis CardinalsNL1New York YankeesAL115Chicago White SoxAL145Houston AstrosNL1New York MetsNL32St. Louis CardinalsNL15Seattle MarinersAL46New York YankeesAL14New York MetsNL100Florida MarlinsNL65Los Angeles AngelsAL267St. Louis CardinalsNL10Cleveland IndiansAL87Houston AstrosNL2Chicago White SoxAL34Tampa Bay Devil RaysAL31St. Louis CardinalsNL1Baltimore OriolesAL5Houston AstrosNL1Atlanta BravesNL12Arizona DiamondbacksNL90Arizona DiamondbacksNL6Atlanta BravesNL186Minnesota TwinsAL8Chicago CubsNL138Boston Red SoxAL29Toronto Blue JaysAL80Tampa Bay RaysAL32Washington NationalsNL1San Francisco GiantsNL9Pittsburgh PiratesNL165San Diego PadresNL1Texas RangersAL125Chicago CubsNL215Minnesota TwinsAL169Detroit TigersAL1Chicago CubsNL199New York YankeesAL33New York YankeesAL386St. Louis CardinalsNL146St. Louis CardinalsNL87Chicago White SoxAL11Cincinnati RedsNL78Los Angeles DodgersNL54Detroit TigersAL12Detroit TigersAL28Arizona DiamondbacksNL2Miami MarlinsNL1Chicago CubsNL75Los Angeles DodgersNL39New York MetsNL44Cincinnati RedsNL82Texas RangersAL61Toronto Blue JaysAL37Philadelphia PhilliesNL13New York YankeesAL22Cleveland GuardiansAL19Pittsburgh PiratesNL2Houston AstrosAL7 Philadelphia PhilliesNL1↑ Detroit TigersAL8 St. Louis CardinalsNL7

See also

List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their final major league at bat

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