# 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. 136 players have hit a home run in their first at bat of a Major League Baseball (MLB) game, the most recent being Jhonkensy Noel of the Cleveland Guardians on June 26, 2024. 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, Brandon Crawford, 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. Two players, Bob Nieman and Keith McDonald, each homered in their second at bat also. 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 23 players, their first at bat home run was the only home run of their major league careers, and Gary Gaetti hit more home runs (360) than any other player who hit one in their first at bat.
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 19 players ineligible who are active and 75 players ineligible who did not play in 10 seasons.

## Players

Key :
| Player | Name of the player |
| Date | Date of the game |
| Team | The player's team at the time of the game |
| NL | National League |
| AL | American League |
| AA | American Association |
| Career HR | The number of home runs the player hit in his MLB career |
| Box | Box score with play by play (if available) |
| * | Indicates the player was a pitcher |
| # | Indicates the home run was hit on the first pitch the player faced in his MLB career |
| ℓ | Indicates the home run was a grand slam |
| ↑ | Indicates the home run was hit as a pinch hitter |
| & | Indicates game in which multiple players homered in their first major league at bat |
| | Indicates the home runs were hit in consecutive at bats |
| † | Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| ‡ | Player is active |
MLB hitters with a home run in their first major league at bat :
| Player | Date | Team | League | Career HR | Box |
| George Tebeau | April 16, 1887 | Cincinnati Red Stockings | AA | 15 | — |
| Mike Griffin | April 16, 1887 | Baltimore Orioles | AA | 42 | — |
| Billy Gumbert* | June 19, 1890 | Pittsburgh Alleghenys | NL | 1 | — |
| Joe Harrington | September 10, 1895 | Boston Beaneaters | NL | 3 | — |
| Bill Duggleby*$^ℓ$ | April 21, 1898 | Philadelphia Phillies | NL | 6 | — |
| Johnny Bates | April 12, 1906 | Boston Beaneaters | NL | 25 | |
| Luke Stuart | August 8, 1921 | St. Louis Browns | AL | 1 | |
| Walter Mueller$^#$ | May 7, 1922 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NL | 2 | |
| Earl Averill$^†$ | April 16, 1929 | Cleveland Indians | AL | 238 | |
| Clise Dudley*$^#$ | April 27, 1929 | Brooklyn Robins | NL | 3 | |
| Gordon Slade | May 24, 1930 | Brooklyn Robins | NL | 8 | |
| Eddie Morgan$^{#↑}$ | April 14, 1936 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL | 1 | |
| Ace Parker$^↑$ | April 30, 1937 | Philadelphia Athletics | AL | 2 | |
| Gene Hasson | September 9, 1937 | Philadelphia Athletics | AL | 4 | |
| Ernie Koy | April 19, 1938$^&$ | Brooklyn Dodgers | NL | 36 | |
| Heinie Mueller | April 19, 1938$^&$ | Philadelphia Phillies | NL | 17 | |
| Bill LeFebvre*$^#$ | June 10, 1938 | Boston Red Sox | AL | 1 | |
| Clyde Vollmer$^#$ | May 31, 1942 | Cincinnati Reds | NL | 69 | |
| Paul Gillespie | September 11, 1942 | Chicago Cubs | NL | 6 | |
| Buddy Kerr | September 8, 1943 | New York Giants | NL | 31 | |
| Hack Miller | April 23, 1944 | Detroit Tigers | AL | 1 | |
| Whitey Lockman | July 5, 1945 | New York Giants | NL | 114 | |
| Eddie Pellagrini | April 22, 1946 | Boston Red Sox | AL | 20 | |
| Dan Bankhead* | August 26, 1947 | Brooklyn Dodgers | NL | 1 | |
| George Vico$^#$ | April 20, 1948 | Detroit Tigers | AL | 12 | |
| Les Layton$^↑$ | May 21, 1948 | New York Giants | NL | 2 | |
| Ed Sanicki | September 14, 1949 | Philadelphia Phillies | NL | 3 | |
| Ted Tappe$^↑$ | September 14, 1950 | Cincinnati Reds | NL | 5 | |
| Bob Nieman | September 14, 1951 | St. Louis Browns | AL | 125 | |
| Hoyt Wilhelm$^†$* | April 23, 1952 | New York Giants | NL | 1 | |
| Wally Moon | April 13, 1954 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL | 142 | |
| Chuck Tanner$^{#↑}$ | April 12, 1955 | Milwaukee Braves | NL | 21 | |
| Bill White | May 7, 1956 | New York Giants | NL | 202 | |
| Frank Ernaga | May 24, 1957 | Chicago Cubs | NL | 2 | |
| Don Leppert | June 18, 1961 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NL | 15 | |
| Cuno Barragan | September 1, 1961 | Chicago Cubs | NL | 1 | |
| Bob Tillman | May 19, 1962 | Boston Red Sox | AL | 79 | |
| John Kennedy$^↑$ | September 5, 1962 | Washington Senators | AL | 32 | |
| Buster Narum* | May 3, 1963 | Baltimore Orioles | AL | 3 | |
| Gates Brown$^↑$ | June 19, 1963 | Detroit Tigers | AL | 84 | |
| Bert Campaneris$^#$ | July 23, 1964 | Kansas City Athletics | AL | 79 | |
| Bill Roman$^↑$ | September 30, 1964 | Detroit Tigers | AL | 1 | |
| Brant Alyea$^{#↑}$ | September 12, 1965 | Washington Senators | AL | 38 | |
| John Miller | September 11, 1966 | New York Yankees | AL | 2 | |
| Rick Renick | July 11, 1968 | Minnesota Twins | AL | 20 | |
| Joe Keough$^↑$ | August 7, 1968 | Oakland Athletics | AL | 9 | |
| Gene Lamont | September 2, 1970 | Detroit Tigers | AL | 4 | |
| Don Rose*$^#$ | May 24, 1972 | California Angels | AL | 1 | |
| Benny Ayala | August 27, 1974 | New York Mets | NL | 38 | |
| Reggie Sanders | September 1, 1974 | Detroit Tigers | AL | 3 | |
| John Montefusco* | September 3, 1974 | San Francisco Giants | NL | 4 | |
| José Sosa* | July 30, 1975 | Houston Astros | NL | 1 | |
| Dave McKay | August 22, 1975 | Minnesota Twins | AL | 21 | |
| Johnnie LeMaster | September 2, 1975 | San Francisco Giants | NL | 22 | |
| Alvis Woods$^↑$ | April 7, 1977 | Toronto Blue Jays | AL | 35 | |
| Dave Machemer | June 21, 1978 | California Angels | AL | 1 | |
| Tim Wallach | September 6, 1980 | Montreal Expos | NL | 260 | |
| Gary Gaetti | September 20, 1981 | Minnesota Twins | AL | 360 | |
| Carmelo Martínez | August 22, 1983 | Chicago Cubs | NL | 108 | |
| Mike Fitzgerald | September 13, 1983 | New York Mets | NL | 48 | |
| Andre David | June 29, 1984 | Minnesota Twins | AL | 1 | |
| Will Clark | April 8, 1986 | San Francisco Giants | NL | 284 | |
| Terry Steinbach | September 12, 1986 | Oakland Athletics | AL | 162 | |
| Jay Bell$^#$ | September 29, 1986 | Cleveland Indians | AL | 195 | |
| Ricky Jordan | July 17, 1988 | Philadelphia Phillies | NL | 55 | |
| Junior Félix$^#$ | May 4, 1989 | Toronto Blue Jays | AL | 55 | |
| José Offerman | August 19, 1990 | Los Angeles Dodgers | NL | 57 | |
| Dave Eiland* | April 10, 1992 | San Diego Padres | NL | 1 | |
| Jim Bullinger*$^#$ | June 8, 1992 | Chicago Cubs | NL | 4 | |
| Jay Gainer$^#$ | May 14, 1993 | Colorado Rockies | NL | 3 | |
| Mitch Lyden | June 16, 1993 | Florida Marlins | NL | 1 | |
| Garey Ingram$^↑$ | May 19, 1994 | Los Angeles Dodgers | NL | 3 | |
| Jon Nunnally | April 29, 1995 | Kansas City Royals | AL | 42 | |
| Jermaine Dye | May 17, 1996 | Atlanta Braves | NL | 325 | |
| Dustin Hermanson* | April 16, 1997 | Montreal Expos | NL | 2 | |
| Brad Fullmer$^↑$ | September 2, 1997 | Montreal Expos | NL | 114 | |
| Marlon Anderson$^↑$ | September 8, 1998 | Philadelphia Phillies | NL | 63 | |
| Carlos Lee | May 7, 1999 | Chicago White Sox | AL | 358 | |
| Guillermo Mota* | June 9, 1999 | Montreal Expos | NL | 2 | |
| Esteban Yan*$^#$ | June 4, 2000 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | AL | 1 | |
| Alex Cabrera$^↑$ | June 26, 2000 | Arizona Diamondbacks | NL | 5 | |
| Keith McDonald$^↑$ | July 4, 2000 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL | 3 | |
| Chris Richard$^#$ | July 17, 2000 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL | 34 | |
| Gene Stechschulte*$^{#↑}$ | April 17, 2001 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL | 1 | |
| Marcus Thames$^#$ | June 10, 2002 | New York Yankees | AL | 115 | |
| Miguel Olivo | September 15, 2002 | Chicago White Sox | AL | 145 | |
| Dave Matranga$^↑$ | June 27, 2003 | Houston Astros | NL | 1 | |
| Kazuo Matsui$^#$ | April 6, 2004 | New York Mets | NL | 32 | |
| Héctor Luna | April 8, 2004 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL | 15 | |
| Greg Dobbs$^↑$ | September 8, 2004 | Seattle Mariners | AL | 46 | |
| Andy Phillips$^{#↑}$ | September 26, 2004 | New York Yankees | AL | 14 | |
| Mike Jacobs$^↑$ | August 21, 2005 | New York Mets | NL | 100 | |
| Jeremy Hermida$^{ℓ↑}$ | August 31, 2005 | Florida Marlins | NL | 65 | |
| Mike Napoli | May 4, 2006 | Los Angeles Angels | AL | 267 | |
| Adam Wainwright*$^#$ | May 24, 2006 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL | 10 | |
| Kevin Kouzmanoff$^{#ℓ}$ | September 2, 2006 | Cleveland Indians | AL | 87 | |
| Charlton Jimerson$^↑$ | September 4, 2006 | Houston Astros | NL | 2 | |
| Josh Fields$^↑$ | September 18, 2006 | Chicago White Sox | AL | 34 | |
| Elijah Dukes | April 2, 2007 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | AL | 31 | |
| Mark Worrell* | June 5, 2008 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL | 1 | |
| Lou Montañez | August 6, 2008 | Baltimore Orioles | AL | 5 | |
| Mark Saccomanno$^{#↑}$ | September 8, 2008 | Houston Astros | NL | 1 | |
| Jordan Schafer | April 5, 2009 | Atlanta Braves | NL | 12 | |
| Gerardo Parra | May 13, 2009 | Arizona Diamondbacks | NL | 90 | |
| John Hester$^↑$ | August 28, 2009 | Arizona Diamondbacks | NL | 6 | |
| Jason Heyward$^‡$ | April 5, 2010 | Atlanta Braves | NL | 159 | |
| Luke Hughes | April 28, 2010 | Minnesota Twins | AL | 8 | |
| Starlin Castro$^‡$ | May 7, 2010 | Chicago Cubs | NL | 138 | |
| Daniel Nava$^{#ℓ}$ | June 12, 2010 | Boston Red Sox | AL | 29 | |
| J. P. Arencibia$^#$ | August 7, 2010 | Toronto Blue Jays | AL | 80 | |
| Brandon Guyer | May 6, 2011 | Tampa Bay Rays | AL | 32 | |
| Tommy Milone$^‡$*$^#$ | September 3, 2011 | Washington Nationals | NL | 1 | |
| Brett Pill | September 6, 2011 | San Francisco Giants | NL | 9 | |
| Starling Marte$^{‡#}$ | July 26, 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NL | 142 | |
| Eddy Rodríguez | August 2, 2012 | San Diego Padres | NL | 1 | |
| Jurickson Profar$^‡$ | September 2, 2012 | Texas Rangers | AL | 85 | |
| Jorge Soler$^‡$ | August 27, 2014 | Chicago Cubs | NL | 158 | |
| Eddie Rosario$^{‡#}$ | May 6, 2015 | Minnesota Twins | AL | 154 | |
| Daniel Norris$^‡$* | August 19, 2015 | Detroit Tigers | AL | 1 | |
| Willson Contreras$^{‡#↑}$ | June 19, 2016 | Chicago Cubs | NL | 128 | |
| Tyler Austin$^‡$ | August 13, 2016$^&$ | New York Yankees | AL | 33 | |
| Aaron Judge$^‡$ | August 13, 2016$^&$ | New York Yankees | AL | 315 | |
| Paul DeJong$^{‡↑}$ | May 28, 2017 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL | 115 | |
| Lane Thomas$^{‡↑}$ | April 19, 2019 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL | 45 | |
| Zack Collins$^‡$ | June 21, 2019 | Chicago White Sox | AL | 11 | |
| Tyler Stephenson$^‡$ | July 27, 2020 | Cincinnati Reds | NL | 25 | |
| Keibert Ruiz$^‡$ | August 16, 2020 | Los Angeles Dodgers | NL | 22 | |
| Sergio Alcántara$^‡$ | September 6, 2020 | Detroit Tigers | AL | 12 | |
| Akil Baddoo$^‡$$^#$ | April 4, 2021 | Detroit Tigers | AL | 20 | |
| Seth Beer$^‡$ | September 10, 2021 | Arizona Diamondbacks | NL | 2 | |
| Joe Dunand$^‡$ | May 7, 2022 | Miami Marlins | NL | 1 | |
| Christopher Morel$^{‡↑}$ | May 17, 2022 | Chicago Cubs | NL | 32 | |
| James Outman$^{‡↑}$ | July 31, 2022 | Los Angeles Dodgers | NL | 13 | |
| Brett Baty$^‡$ | August 17, 2022 | New York Mets | NL | 14 | |
| Spencer Steer$^‡$ | September 2, 2022 | Cincinnati Reds | NL | 17 | |
| Josh Jung$^‡$ | September 9, 2022 | Texas Rangers | AL | 25 | |
| Davis Schneider$^‡$ | August 4, 2023 | Toronto Blue Jays | AL | 17 | |
| Weston Wilson$^‡$ | August 9, 2023 | Philadelphia Phillies | NL | 1 | |
| Jasson Dominguez$^‡$ | September 1, 2023 | New York Yankees | AL | 4 | |
| Jhonkensy Noel$^‡$ | June 26, 2024 | Cleveland Guardians | AL | 6 | |