Ernie Koy, Sr. is one of 114 batters who homered in his first MLB time at bat.
Our reminder from friend Randy yesterday is the whole impetus behind this data column. Randy had written a reminder comment in response to yesterday’s piece about the first MLB games of 15 great HOF players to remind us that former UT star Ernie Koy, Sr. had once homered in his first 1938 MLB batting appearance for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Well, that’s a rare feat, all right. Only 114 major leaguers have done it and here’s the list of names in chronological order. The chart shows their names, their teams, the dates of their first time at bat explosions, and the number of homers they each compiled in their MLB careers (Thank you, Wikipedia, for doing all the work):
|
| Joe Harrington |
Boston Beaneaters |
Sept 10, 1895 |
3 |
| Bill Duggleby& |
Philadelphia Phillies |
April 21, 1898 |
6 |
| Johnny Bates |
Boston Beaneaters |
April 12, 1906 |
25 |
| Luke Stuart |
St. Louis Browns |
Aug 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 |
Sept 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 |
Sept 11, 1942 |
6 |
| Buddy Kerr |
New York Giants |
Sept 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 |
Aug 26, 1947 |
1 |
| George Vico# |
Detroit Tigers |
April 20, 1948 |
12 |
| Les Layton |
New York Giants |
May 21, 1948 |
2 |
| Ed Sanicki |
Philadelphia Phillies |
Sept 14, 1949 |
3 |
| Ted Tappe |
Cincinnati Reds |
Sept 14, 1950 |
5 |
| Bob Nieman |
St. Louis Browns |
Sept 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 |
Sept 1, 1961 |
1 |
| Bob Tillman |
Boston Red Sox |
May 19, 1962 |
79 |
| John Kennedy |
Washington Senators |
Sept 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 |
Sept 30, 1964 |
1 |
| Brant Alyea# |
Washington Senators |
Sept 12, 1965 |
38 |
| John Miller |
New York Yankees |
Sept 11, 1966 |
2 |
| Rick Renick |
Minnesota Twins |
July 11, 1968 |
20 |
| Joe Keough |
Oakland Athletics |
Aug 7, 1968 |
9 |
| Gene Lamont |
Detroit Tigers |
Sept 2, 1970 |
4 |
| Don Rose# |
California Angels |
May 24, 1972 |
1 |
| Benny Ayala |
New York Mets |
Aug 27, 1974 |
38 |
| Reggie Sanders |
Detroit Tigers |
Sept 1, 1974 |
3 |
| John Montefusco |
San Francisco Giants |
Sept 3, 1974 |
4 |
| José Sosa |
Houston Astros |
July 30, 1975 |
1 |
| Dave McKay |
Minnesota Twins |
Aug 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 |
Sept 2, 1975 |
22 |
| Tim Wallach |
Montreal Expos |
Sept 6, 1980 |
260 |
| Gary Gaetti |
Minnesota Twins |
Sept 20, 1981 |
360 |
| Carmelo Martínez |
Chicago Cubs |
Aug 22, 1983 |
108 |
| Mike Fitzgerald |
New York Mets |
Sept 13, 1983 |
48 |
| Andre David |
Minnesota Twins |
June 29, 1984 |
1 |
| Will Clark |
San Francisco Giants |
April 8, 1986 |
284 |
| Terry Steinbach |
Oakland Athletics |
Sept 12, 1986 |
162 |
| Jay Bell# |
Cleveland Indians |
Sept 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 |
Aug 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 |
Sept 2, 1997 |
114 |
| Marlon Anderson |
Philadelphia Phillies |
Sept 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 |
Sept 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 |
| Brian Dallimore& |
San Francisco Giants |
April 30, 2004 |
1 |
| Greg Dobbs* |
Seattle Mariners |
Sept 8, 2004 |
46 |
| Andy Phillips# |
New York Yankees |
Sept 26, 2004 |
14 |
| Mike Jacobs* |
New York Mets |
Aug 21, 2005 |
100 |
| Jeremy Hermida*& |
Florida Marlins |
Aug 31, 2005 |
65 |
| Mike Napoli* |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
May 4, 2006 |
157 |
| Adam Wainwright*# |
St. Louis Cardinals |
May 24, 2006 |
6 |
| Kevin Kouzmanoff*#& |
Cleveland Indians |
Sept 2, 2006 |
85 |
| Charlton Jimerson# |
Houston Astros |
Sept 4, 2006 |
2 |
| Josh Fields* |
Chicago White Sox |
Sept 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 |
Aug 6, 2008 |
5 |
| Mark Saccomanno# |
Houston Astros |
Sept 8, 2008 |
1 |
| Jordan Schafer* |
Atlanta Braves |
April 5, 2009 |
11 |
| Gerardo Parra* |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
May 13, 2009 |
30 |
| John Hester* |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
Aug 28, 2009 |
6 |
| Jason Heyward* |
Atlanta Braves |
April 5, 2010 |
66 |
| Luke Hughes* |
Minnesota Twins |
April 28, 2010 |
8 |
| Starlin Castro* |
Chicago Cubs |
May 7, 2010 |
33 |
| Daniel Nava&#* |
Boston Red Sox |
June 12, 2010 |
19 |
| J. P. Arencibia*# |
Toronto Blue Jays |
Aug 7, 2010 |
64 |
| Brandon Guyer* |
Tampa Bay Rays |
May 6, 2011 |
3 |
| Tommy Milone*# |
Washington Nationals |
Sept 3, 2011 |
1 |
| Brett Pill* |
San Francisco Giants |
Sept 6, 2011 |
7 |
| Yasmani Grandal* |
San Diego Padres |
June 30, 2012 |
9 |
| Starling Marte*# |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
July 26, 2012 |
14 |
| Eddy Rodriguez* |
San Diego Padres |
Aug 2, 2012 |
1 |
| Jurickson Profar* |
Texas Rangers |
Sept 2, 2012 |
4 |
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