Home Run Famous Firsts by Baseball Almanac

Home Run Famous Firsts

The first time. It must be a thrill to make it to the big leagues, but imagine for a moment the excitement you would feel during your first Major League home run.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present some common home runs famous firsts and some first home run dates by historic sluggers.

"I didn't exactly point to any spot, like the flagpole. Anyway, I didn't mean to, I just sorta waved at the whole fence, but that was foolish enough. All I wanted to do was give that thing a ride, outta the park, anywhere." - Babe Ruth

Famous First Home Run Records In Alphabetical Order
Record	Name	Date	Lg	Team
2 Grand Slam Game	Tony Lazzeri	05-24-1936	AL	New York
2 Home Run Game	George Hall	06-17-1876	NL	Philadelphia
3 Home Run Game	Ned Williamson	05-30-1884	NL	Chicago
4 Home Run Game	Bobby Lowe	05-30-1894	NL	Boston
American League	Erve Beck	04-25-1901	AL	Cleveland
Designated Hitter	Tony Oliva	04-06-1973	AL	Minnesota
Extra Innings (10^th)	Pop Snyder	06-29-1876	NL	Louisville
Final ML At Bat HR	Buck West	09-18-1890	NL	Cleveland
First ML At Bat HR	Joe Harrington	09-10-1895	NL	Boston
National League	Ross Barnes	05-02-1876	NL	Chicago
National League	Charley Jones	05-02-1876	NL	Cincinnati
Night Time	Babe Herman	07-10-1935	NL	Cincinnati
Season w/10 or More	Buck Ewing	1883 (14)	NL	New York
Season w/20 or More	Ned Williamson	1884 (27)	NL	Chicago
Season w/30 or More	Babe Ruth	1920 (54)	AL	New York
Season w/60 or More	Babe Ruth	1927 (60)	AL	New York
Season w/70 or More	Mark McGwire	1998 (70)	NL	St. Louis
Switch Hit Grand Slams	Bill Mueller	07-29-2003	AL	Boston
Switch Hit Home Runs	Wally Schang	09-08-1916	AL	Philadelphia
Famous First Home Run Records

First Career Home Run By Members of the 500 Home Runs Club
Name	First Home Run
Name	Date	Opponent
Hank Aaron	04-23-1954	Vic Raschi
Ernie Banks	09-20-1953	Gerry Staley
Barry Bonds	06-04-1986	Craig McMurtry
Jimmie Foxx	05-31-1927	Urban Shocker
Reggie Jackson	09-17-1967	Jim Weaver
Harmon Killebrew	06-24-1955	Billy Hoeft
Mickey Mantle	05-01-1951	Randy Gumpert
Eddie Mathews	04-19-1952	Ken Heintzelman
Willie Mays	05-28-1951	Warren Spahn
Willie McCovey	08-02-1959	Ron Kline
Mark McGwire	08-25-1986	Walt Terrell
Eddie Murray	04-18-1977	Pat Dobson
Mel Ott	07-18-1927	Hal Carlson
Rafael Palmeiro	09-09-1986	Kevin Gross
Frank Robinson	04-28-1956	Paul Minner
Babe Ruth	05-16-1915	Jack Warhop
Mike Schmidt	09-16-1972	Balor Moore
Sammy Sosa	06-21-1989	Roger Clemens
Ted Williams	04-23-1939	Bud Thomas
500 Home Runs Club Firsts

First Career Home Run By Members of the 3,000 Hits Club
Name	First Home Run
Name	Date	Opponent
Hank Aaron	04-23-1954	Vic Raschi
Cap Anson	08-26-1876	George Bradley
Wade Boggs	06-22-1982	Dave Tobik
George Brett	05-08-1974	Fergie Jenkins
Lou Brock	04-13-1962	Ray Washburn
Rod Carew	04-21-1967	Denny McLain
Roberto Clemente	04-18-1955	Don Liddle
Ty Cobb	09-23-1905	Cy Falkenberg
Eddie Collins	08-21-1908	Jack Ryan
Tony Gwynn	08-22-1982	Bill Campbell
Rickey Henderson	09-17-1979	Steve Comer
Al Kaline	09-26-1953	Dave Hoskins
Nap Lajoie	08-20-1896	Art Herman
Paul Molitor	04-08-1978	Joe Kerrigan
Willie Mays	05-28-1951	Warren Spahn
Eddie Murray	04-18-1977	Pat Dobson
Stan Musial	09-23-1941	Rip Sewell
Cal Ripken, Jr.	04-05-1982	Dennis Leonard
Pete Rose	05-03-1963	Ernie Broglio
Tris Speaker	05-03-1909	Dolly Gray
Honus Wagner	08-27-1897	Jack Dunn
Paul Waner	05-08-1926	Skinny Graham
Dave Winfield	06-21-1973	Ken Forsch
Carl Yastrzemski	05-09-1961	Jerry Casale
Robin Yount	04-13-1974	Ross Grimsley
3,000 Hits Club Firsts

First Career Home Run Current Sluggers & Hitters
Name	First Home Run Specifics
Name	Date	Opponent
Jeff Bagwell	04-15-1991	Kent Mercker
Andres Galarraga	09-21-1985	Kurt Kepshire
Juan Gonzalez	09-18-1989	Scott Bankhead
Ken Griffey, Jr.	04-10-1989	Eric King
Fred McGriff	04-17-1987	Bob Stanley
Mike Piazza	09-12-1992	Steve Reed
Gary Sheffield	09-09-1988	Mark Langston
Frank Thomas	08-28-1990	Gary Wayne
Greg Vaughn	08-17-1989	Wes Gardner
Mo Vaughn	06-30-1991	Jeff Robinson
Larry Walker	04-20-1990	Ron Darling
Modern Sluggers & Hitters Firsts

Wes Ferrell has hit more career home runs than any other pitcher in Major League history and Bump Hadley served up Ferrell's first long ball on July 10, 1929.

Ryne Sandberg has hit more career home runs than any other second baseman and Eddie Solomon served up Sandberg's first long ball on April 23, 1982.

Do you have a name you would like to see added above or simply want to know the first home run data? Email me today in the feedback section and I will try to help.

Copyright © 2000-2009. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Design by Geisler Young. Hosted by Hosting 4 Less.
Part of the Baseball Almanac family: 755 Home Runs | Baseball Box Scores | Baseball Fever | Football Almanac | Pigskin Fever | Today in Baseball History.