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. On the other hand, Gary Gaetti hit more home runs (360) than any other player to hit one in their first at bat. ![]() For 23 players, their first at bat home run was the only home run of their major league careers. 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. Two players, Bob Nieman and Keith McDonald, each homered in their second at bat as well. 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. 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. Bill Duggleby, Jeremy Hermida, Brandon Crawford, Kevin Kouzmanoff and Daniel Nava hit grand slams in their first at bats-Kouzmanoff and Nava doing so on the first pitch. Luke Stuart, Walter Mueller, and Johnnie LeMaster hit inside-the-park home runs in their first at bats. Both players are recognized as the first player to homer in his first major league at bat because the exact time when each home run was hit is unclear. ![]() George Tebeau and Mike Griffin both hit home runs in their first at bats on April 16, 1887. 133 players have hit a home run in their first at bat of a Major League Baseball (MLB) game to date, the most recent being Josh Jung of the Texas Rangers on September 9, 2022. In baseball, a home run is credited to a batter when he hits a fair ball and reaches home safely on the same play, without the benefit of an error. Tyler Austin (left) and Aaron Judge (right) are the only teammates to homer in their first major league at bats in the same game and to accomplish this in back-to-back at bats.
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