Posted by: JeffG
- Sustainer [40451227] Tue, Jun 11, 2002, 14:06
In Guru's blurb today, he asked if anyone knew who the 17 players to hit a home run on the very first pitch they faced. Yankees.com says that Thames was the 32nd player to do it on the first pitch and the 82nd player to do it in his first at bat. link.
Cannot find that list of first pitch hitters. However, I was able to find the list of the 82 players who hit a home run in their first at bat.
According to baseball-almenac.com, you can find the list of hitters who accomplished this feat here.
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Puckprophet
ID: 54371812 Tue, Jun 11, 2002, 14:17
thames was the second yank iirc
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JeffG Sustainer
ID: 40451227 Tue, Jun 11, 2002, 14:22
John Miller was the other Yankee. He only had on other hit as a Yankee and only 1 other homer in his short otherwise unspectacular major league career.
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Guru
ID: 330592710 Tue, Jun 11, 2002, 14:24
The ESPN recap cited the number 17 (players who had homered on their first major league pitch). I heard the same number mentioned on the Yankees radio broadcast last night, too.
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Khahan
ID: 12432113 Tue, Jun 11, 2002, 14:29
Ahh, but how many have homered on their 1st pitch against Randy Johnson???? Did do it?
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Puckprophet
ID: 54371812 Tue, Jun 11, 2002, 14:30
one
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JeffG Sustainer
ID: 40451227 Tue, Jun 11, 2002, 14:38
I should have looked at my own link more closely. They have in bold the 17 players who did it on the first pitch.
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James K Polk
ID: 13516513 Tue, Jun 11, 2002, 14:44
Not many guys on that list who went on to become good hitters.
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Perm Dude Leader
ID: 44241819 Tue, Jun 11, 2002, 15:09
It's a wonder that more aren't hit out, IMO. The first pitch is probably the best a new guy will see.
pd
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JeffG Sustainer
ID: 40451227 Tue, Jun 11, 2002, 16:31
There was a kid from Mississippi named Will Clark, who faced Nolan Ryan in the Astrodome in his debut and knocked it out of the park. I remember the swing, as I was there photographing it. No one has heard of the kid since ... :>
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