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

Gary Gaetti is the all-time leader in home runs among the players who hit a home run in their first MLB at bat.

This is a list of the 118 Major League Baseball (MLB) players who hit a home run in their first major league at bat through May 28, 2017.

Key

#	Denotes the home run was hit on the first pitch
&	Denotes the home run was a grand slam
†	Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
*	Denotes the player is still active
!	Denotes the home runs were hit consecutively
^	Denotes the home run was as a pinch-hitter

List

Hall of Fame pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm homered in his first at bat. He never hit another home run in his Major League career.

Gene Lamont hit four career home runs.

Daniel Nava is one of four players to hit a grand slam in his first MLB at bat, and one of two to hit it on the first pitch.

Player	Team	Date	Career HR
Joe Harrington	Boston Beaneaters	September 10, 1895	3
Bill Duggleby^&	Philadelphia Phillies	April 21, 1898	6
Johnny Bates	Boston Beaneaters	April 12, 1906	25
Luke Stuart	St. Louis Browns	August 8, 1921	1
Walter Mueller^#	Pittsburgh Pirates	May 7, 1922	2
Earl Averill^†	Cleveland Indians	April 16, 1929	238
Clise Dudley^#	Brooklyn Dodgers	April 27, 1929	3
Gordon Slade	Brooklyn Dodgers	May 24, 1930	8
Eddie Morgan^#	St. Louis Cardinals	April 14, 1936	1
Ace Parker	Philadelphia Phillies	April 30, 1937	2
Gene Hasson	Philadelphia Athletics	September 9, 1937	4
Ernie Koy	Brooklyn Dodgers	April 19, 1938	36
Heinie Mueller	Philadelphia Phillies	April 19, 1938	17
Bill LeFebvre^#	Boston Red Sox	June 10, 1938	1
Clyde Vollmer^#	Cincinnati Reds	May 31, 1942	69
Paul Gillespie	Chicago Cubs	September 11, 1942	6
Buddy Kerr	New York Giants	September 8, 1943	31
Hack Miller	Detroit Tigers	April 23, 1944	1
Whitey Lockman	New York Giants	July 5, 1945	114
Eddie Pellagrini	Boston Red Sox	April 22, 1946	20
Dan Bankhead	Brooklyn Dodgers	August 26, 1947	1
George Vico^#	Detroit Tigers	April 20, 1948	12
Les Layton	New York Giants	May 21, 1948	2
Ed Sanicki	Philadelphia Phillies	September 14, 1949	3
Ted Tappe	Cincinnati Reds	September 14, 1950	5
Bob Nieman	St. Louis Browns	September 14, 1951	125
Hoyt Wilhelm^†	New York Giants	April 23, 1952	1
Wally Moon	St. Louis Cardinals	April 13, 1954	142
Chuck Tanner^#	Milwaukee Braves	April 12, 1955	21
Bill White	New York Giants	May 7, 1956	202
Frank Ernaga	Chicago Cubs	May 24, 1957	2
Don Leppert	Pittsburgh Pirates	June 18, 1961	15
Cuno Barragan	Chicago Cubs	September 1, 1961	1
Bob Tillman	Boston Red Sox	May 19, 1962	79
John Kennedy^{^}	Washington Senators	September 5, 1962	32
Buster Narum	Baltimore Orioles	May 5, 1963	3
Gates Brown	Detroit Tigers	June 19, 1963	84
Bert Campaneris^#	Kansas City Athletics	July 23, 1964	79
Bill Roman	Detroit Tigers	September 30, 1964	1
Brant Alyea^#	Washington Senators	September 12, 1965	38
John Miller	New York Yankees	September 11, 1966	2
Rick Renick	Minnesota Twins	July 11, 1968	20
Joe Keough	Oakland Athletics	August 7, 1968	9
Gene Lamont	Detroit Tigers	September 2, 1970	4
Don Rose^#	California Angels	May 24, 1972	1
Benny Ayala	New York Mets	August 27, 1974	38
Reggie Sanders	Detroit Tigers	September 1, 1974	3
John Montefusco	San Francisco Giants	September 3, 1974	4
José Sosa	Houston Astros	July 30, 1975	1
Dave McKay	Minnesota Twins	August 22, 1975	21
Alvis Woods^#	Toronto Blue Jays	April 7, 1977	35
Dave Machemer	California Angels	June 21, 1978	1
Johnnie LeMaster	San Francisco Giants	September 2, 1975	22
Bob Horner	Atlanta Braves	June 16, 1978	218
Tim Wallach	Montreal Expos	September 6, 1980	260
Gary Gaetti	Minnesota Twins	September 20, 1981	360
Carmelo Martínez	Chicago Cubs	August 22, 1983	108
Mike Fitzgerald	New York Mets	September 13, 1983	48
Andre David	Minnesota Twins	June 29, 1984	1
Will Clark	San Francisco Giants	April 8, 1986	284
Terry Steinbach	Oakland Athletics	September 12, 1986	162
Jay Bell^#	Cleveland Indians	September 29, 1986	195
Ricky Jordan	Philadelphia Phillies	July 17, 1988	55
Junior Félix^#	Toronto Blue Jays	May 4, 1989	55
José Offerman	Los Angeles Dodgers	August 19, 1990	57
Dave Eiland	San Diego Padres	April 10, 1992	1
Jim Bullinger^#	Chicago Cubs	June 8, 1992	4
Jay Gainer^#	Colorado Rockies	May 14, 1993	3
Mitch Lyden	Florida Marlins	June 16, 1993	1
Garey Ingram	Los Angeles Dodgers	May 19, 1994	3
Jon Nunnally	Kansas City Royals	April 29, 1995	42
Jermaine Dye	Atlanta Braves	May 17, 1996	325
Dustin Hermanson	Montreal Expos	April 16, 1997	2
Brad Fullmer	Montreal Expos	September 2, 1997	114
Marlon Anderson	Philadelphia Phillies	September 8, 1998	63
Carlos Lee	Chicago White Sox	May 7, 1999	358
Guillermo Mota	Montreal Expos	June 9, 1999	2
Esteban Yan^#	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	June 4, 2000	1
Alex Cabrera	Arizona Diamondbacks	June 26, 2000	5
Keith McDonald	St. Louis Cardinals	July 4, 2000	3
Chris Richard^#	St. Louis Cardinals	July 17, 2000	34
Gene Stechschulte^#	St. Louis Cardinals	April 17, 2001	1
Marcus Thames^#	New York Yankees	June 10, 2002	115
Miguel Olivo	Chicago White Sox	September 15, 2002	145
Dave Matranga	Houston Astros	June 27, 2003	1
Kazuo Matsui^#	New York Mets	April 6, 2004	32
Héctor Luna	St. Louis Cardinals	April 8, 2004	15
Greg Dobbs	Seattle Mariners	September 8, 2004	46
Andy Phillips^#	New York Yankees	September 26, 2004	14
Mike Jacobs	New York Mets	August 21, 2005	100
Jeremy Hermida^&	Florida Marlins	August 31, 2005	65
Mike Napoli^*	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	May 4, 2006	267
Adam Wainwright^*#	St. Louis Cardinals	May 24, 2006	10
Kevin Kouzmanoff^#&	Cleveland Indians	September 2, 2006	87
Charlton Jimerson	Houston Astros	September 4, 2006	2
Josh Fields	Chicago White Sox	September 18, 2006	34
Elijah Dukes	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	April 2, 2007	31
Mark Worrell	St. Louis Cardinals	June 5, 2008	1
Lou Montañez	Baltimore Orioles	August 6, 2008	5
Mark Saccomanno^#	Houston Astros	September 8, 2008	1
Jordan Schafer^*	Atlanta Braves	April 5, 2009	12
Gerardo Parra^*	Arizona Diamondbacks	May 13, 2009	71
John Hester	Arizona Diamondbacks	August 28, 2009	6
Jason Heyward^*	Atlanta Braves	April 5, 2010	115
Luke Hughes	Minnesota Twins	April 28, 2010	8
Starlin Castro^*	Chicago Cubs	May 7, 2010	99
Daniel Nava^&#*	Boston Red Sox	June 12, 2010	29
J. P. Arencibia^#	Toronto Blue Jays	August 7, 2010	80
Brandon Guyer^*	Tampa Bay Rays	May 6, 2011	25
Tommy Milone^*#	Washington Nationals	September 3, 2011	1
Brett Pill	San Francisco Giants	September 6, 2011	9
Starling Marte^*#	Pittsburgh Pirates	July 26, 2012	65
Eddy Rodríguez^*	San Diego Padres	August 2, 2012	1
Jurickson Profar^*	Texas Rangers	September 2, 2012	12
Jorge Soler^*	Chicago Cubs	August 27, 2014	29
Eddie Rosario^*#	Minnesota Twins	May 6, 2015	50
Daniel Norris^*	Detroit Tigers	August 19, 2015	1
Willson Contreras^*#	Chicago Cubs	June 19, 2016	33
Tyler Austin^!*	New York Yankees	August 13, 2016	7
Aaron Judge^!*	New York Yankees	August 13, 2016	56
Paul DeJong^*	St. Louis Cardinals	May 28, 2017	25

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