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 115 Major League Baseball (MLB) players who hit a home run in their first major league at bat through August 19, 2015.

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Hall of Fame pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm homered in his first at bat.

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.

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Bill Duggleby, Jeremy Hermida, Kevin Kouzmanoff and Daniel Nava are the only players to hit a grand slam in their first at bat. Kouzmanoff and Nava hit their grand slams on the first MLB pitch.^[1]

Yasmani Grandal became the first player in MLB history to homer from both sides of the plate for his first career hits in the same game. He was also the second Padre to have a pair of round-trippers in his first career start since Keith Lockhart achieved it in 1994, and the fourth in team history to do it from each side of the plate in a single contest.[15] He later became the seventh player to hit three home runs for his first three hits in the majors since 1900.[a] On July 4, he hit a two-run pinch hit homer for his fourth homer in his first six hits.[17] Grandal finished the year hitting .297/.394/.469 with 8 HR and 36 RBI in 60 games, 52 of them starts.

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Baseball portal

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

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• Baseball Almanac