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First At-Bat Homers

Players who hit a home run in their first major league at-bat (x-first pitch; y-grand slam; z-hit home runs in first two at-bats):

American Association

George Tebeau, Cincinnati, 1887.

Mike Griffin, Baltimore, 1887.

National League

Billy Gumpert, Pittsburgh, 1890.

Joseph Harrington, Boston, 1895.

y-Bill Duggleby, Philadelphia, 1898.

Johnny Bates, Boston, 1906.

x-Walter Mueller, Pittsburgh, 1922.

x-Clise Dudley, Brooklyn, 1929.

Gordon Slade, Brooklyn, 1930.

x-Eddie Morgan, St. Louis, 1936.

Ernie Koy, Brooklyn, 1938.

Emmett Mueller, Philadelphia, 1938.

x-Clyde Vollmer, Cincinnati, 1942.

Paul Gillespie, Chicago, 1942.

Buddy Kerr, New York, 1943.

Whitey Lockman, New York, 1945.

Dan Bankhead, Brooklyn, 1947.

Les Layton, New York, 1948.

Ed Sanicki, Philadelphia, 1949.

Ted Tappe, Cincinnati, 1950.

Hoyt Wilhelm, New York, 1952.

Wally Moon, St. Louis, 1954.

x-Chuck Tanner, Milwaukee, 1955.

Bill White, New York, 1956.

Frank Ernaga, Chicago, 1957.

Don Leppert, Pittsburgh, 1961.

Cuno Barragan, Chicago, 1961.

Benny Ayala, New York, 1974.

John Montefusco, San Francisco, 1974.

Jose Sosa, Houston, 1975.

Johnnie LeMaster, San Francisco, 1975.

Tim Wallach, Montreal, 1980.

Carmelo Martinez, Chicago, 1983.

Mike Fitzgerald, New York, 1983.

Will Clark, San Francisco, 1986.

Ricky Jordan, Philadelphia, 1988.

Jose Offerman, Los Angeles, 1990.

Dave Eiland, San Diego, 1992.

x-Jim Bullinger, Chicago, 1992.

x-Jay Gainer, Colorado, 1993.

Mitch Lyden, Florida, 1993.

Garey Ingram, Los Angeles, 1994.

Jermaine Dye, Atlanta, 1996.

Dustin Hermanson, Montreal, 1997.

Brad Fullmer, Montreal, 1997.

Marlon Anderson, Philadelphia, 1998.

Guillermo Mota, Montreal, 1999

Alex Cabrera, Arizona, 2000.

z-Keith McDonald, St. Louis, 2000.

x-Chris Richard, St. Louis, 2000.

x-Gene Stechschulte, St. Louis, 2001.

Dave Matranga, Houston, 2003.

x-Kaz Matsui, New York, 2004.

Mike Jacobs, New York, 2005.

y-Jeremy Hermida, Florida, 2005.

Adam Wainwright, St. Louis, 2006.

Charlton Jimerson, Houston, 2006.

Mark Worrell, St. Louis, 2008.

x-Mark Saccomanno, Houston, 2008.

Jordan Schafer, Atlanta, 2009.

Gerardo Parra, Arizona, 2009

John Hester, Arizona, 2009.

Jason Heyward, Atlanta, 2010.

Starlin Castro, Chicago, 2010.

x-Tom Milone, Washington, 2011.

x-Starling Marte, Pittsburgh, 2012.

Eddy Rodriguez, San Diego, 2012.

Jorge Soler, Chicago, 2014.

American League

Luke Stuart, St. Louis, 1921.

Earl Averill, Cleveland, 1929.

Eugene Hasson, Philadelphia, 1937.

Ace Parker, Philadelphia, 1937.

x-Bill LeFebvre, Boston, 1938.

Hack Miller, Detroit, 1944.

Eddie Pellagrini, Boston, 1946.

x-George Vico, Detroit, 1948.

z-Bob Nieman, St. Louis, 1951.

Bob Tillman, Boston, 1962.

John Kennedy, Washington, 1962.

Buster Narum, Baltimore, 1963.

Gates Brown, Detroit, 1963.

x-Bert Campaneris, Kansas City, 1964.

Bill Roman, Detroit, 1964.

x-Brant Alyea, Washington, 1965.

John Miller, New York, 1966.

Rick Renick, Minnesota, 1968.

Joe Keough, Oakland, 1968.

Gene Lamont, Detroit, 1970.

x-Don Rose, California, 1972.

Reggie Sanders, Detroit, 1974.

Dave McKay, Minnesota, 1975.

x-Al Woods, Toronto, 1977.

David Machemer, California, 1978.

Gary Gaetti, Minnesota, 1981.

Andre David, Minnesota, 1984.

Terry Steinbach, Oakland, 1986.

x-Jay Bell, Cleveland, 1986.

x-Junior Felix, Toronto, 1989.

Jon Nunnally, Kansas City, 1995.

Carlos Lee, Chicago, 1999.

x-Esteban Yan, Tampa Bay, 2000.

x-Marcus Thames, New York, 2002.

Miguel Olivo, Chicago, 2002.

Greg Dobbs, Seattle, 2004.

Andy Phillips, New York, 2004.

Mike Napoli, L.A. Angels, 2006.

xy-Kevin Kouzmanoff, Cleveland, 2006.

Josh Fields, Chicago, 2006.

Elijah Dukes, Tampa Bay, 2007.

Luis Montanez, Baltimore, 2008.

xy-Daniel Nava, Boston, 2010.

x-J.P. Arencibia, Toronto, 2010.

Brandon Guyer, Tampa Bay, 2011.

Jurickson Profar, Texas, 2012.