First game achievements
Posted by Andy on August 18, 2008
Using the Batting Game Finder, here are some things players have done (all since 1956) in their first major-league game:
Hit 2 homers:
Cnt CarGm Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 1 Mark Quinn 1999-09-14(2) KCR ANA L 5-6 4 4 2 3 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th DH 2 1 Bert Campaneris 1964-07-23 KCA @MIN W 4-3 5 4 2 3 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2nd SS
Had 4 hits:
Cnt CarGm Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 1 Derrick Gibson 1998-09-08 COL FLA W 11-10 4 4 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th LF 2 1 Delino DeShields 1990-04-09 MON @STL L 5-6 6 6 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1st 2B 3 1 Bill Bean 1987-04-25 DET KCR W 13-2 6 6 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st LF 4 1 Kirby Puckett 1984-05-08 MIN @CAL W 5-0 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1st CF 5 1 Ted Cox 1977-09-18 BOS @BAL W 10-4 5 4 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd DH 6 1 Mack Jones 1961-07-13 MLN @STL W 6-3 5 5 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st CF 7 1 Willie McCovey 1959-07-30 SFG PHI W 7-2 4 4 3 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 1B
Stole 2 bases:
Cnt CarGm Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 1 Ced Landrum 1991-05-28 CHC NYM L 8-9 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6th PR CF LF 2 1 Roberto Kelly 1987-07-29 NYY KCR W 4-0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1st CF 3 1 Vince Coleman 1985-04-18 STL MON L 1-7 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1st CF
Tripled twice:
Cnt CarGm Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 1 John Sipin 1969-05-24 SDP CHC L 5-7 4 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 2B 2 1 Willie McCovey 1959-07-30 SFG PHI W 7-2 4 4 3 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 1B
Doubled three times:
Cnt CarGm Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 1 Nick Evans 2008-05-24 NYM @COL W 9-2 4 4 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th LF 2 1 Ben Grieve 1997-09-03 OAK SFG W 12-3 5 4 2 3 3 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd RF
Scored 4 runs:
Cnt CarGm Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 1 Scott Livingstone 1991-07-19 DET @KCR W 17-0 6 5 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th 3B 2 1 John Paciorek 1963-09-29 HOU NYM W 13-4 5 3 4 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th RF (If you knew that Scott Livingstone did that, then you are a TRUE BASEBALL FAN.) Batted in 4 or more runs: Cnt CarGm Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 1 Kevin Kouzmanoff 2006-09-02 CLE @TEX W 6-5 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th DH 2 1 Jeremy Hermida 2005-08-31 FLA STL L 5-10 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH LF 3 1 Mark Quinn 1999-09-14(2) KCR ANA L 5-6 4 4 2 3 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th DH 4 1 Ben Grieve 1997-09-03 OAK SFG W 12-3 5 4 2 3 3 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd RF 5 1 Brian Jordan 1992-04-08 STL NYM W 15-7 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5th RF 6 1 Pat Borders 1988-04-06 TOR @KCR W 11-4 4 4 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th C 7 1 Al Chambers 1983-07-23 SEA BOS W 5-0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th DH 8 1 Bobby Bonds 1968-06-25 SFG LAD W 9-0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th CF RF Kouzmanoff got his 4 RBI on a grand slam coming on the first pitch he ever saw in the big leagues. It's been all downhill ever since. (I'm not saying he's bad, just that he's not slugging 4.000) Intentionally walked: Cnt CarGm Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 1 Jeff Salazar 2006-09-07 COL WSN W 10-5 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8th CF 2 1 Brian McCann 2005-06-10 ATL OAK L 4-6 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th C 3 1 Kazuo Matsui 2004-04-06 NYM @ATL W 7-2 5 3 1 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st SS 4 1 Wil Nieves 2002-07-21 SDP ARI W 11-9 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th C 5 1 Adam Dunn 2001-07-20 CIN @FLA L 3-5 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th LF 6 1 Rob Mackowiak 2001-05-19 PIT MIL W 6-1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7th 2B 7 1 Luis Lopez 2001-04-29 TOR ANA W 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th PH 8 1 David Dellucci 1997-06-03 BAL NYY W 7-5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th DH 9 1 Kevin Stocker 1993-07-07 PHI LAD W 7-6 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8th SS 10 1 Jeffrey Hammonds 1993-06-25 BAL NYY W 7-6 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th PH DH Click here for the full list. (All other lists so far have been complete back to 1956.) Struck out 4 times: Cnt CarGm Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 1 Esteban German 2002-05-21 OAK BAL L 4-6 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 2B 2 1 Blake Stein 1998-06-08 OAK @LAD W 7-3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 3 1 Ken Gerhart 1986-09-14 BAL @DET L 0-7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st CF 4 1 Sam Ewing 1973-09-11 CHW @CAL L 1-3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th 1B 5 1 Lee Bales 1966-08-07 ATL @PHI W 3-0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 2B Walked three times: Cnt CarGm Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 1 Danny Ardoin 2000-08-02 MIN @BAL W 10-6 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th C 2 1 Danny Klassen 1998-07-04 ARI @HOU W 7-4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8th 2B 3 1 Jorge Pedre 1991-09-07 KCR @BAL W 7-4 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th C 4 1 Larry Walker 1989-08-16 MON SFG W 4-2 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th RF 5 1 Joe Lahoud 1968-04-10 BOS @DET W 7-3 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6th RF Hit by pitch twice: Cnt CarGm Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 1 Skeeter Barnes 1983-09-06 CIN @SFG W 11-1 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6th 1B We could go on and on...
August 18th, 2008 at 10:03 am
[...] First game achievements Did you know Kirby Puckett had four hits in his first game? Willie McCovey had two triples. 0 comments [...]
August 18th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Very cool. The 2xHBP list is a duplicate of the 3xBB list, though.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Opps..fixed that, thanks.