Jim Bagby of the Cleveland Indians was the first pitcher to hit a home run in the World Series. That was in Game 5 of the 1920 World Series won by Cleveland over the Brooklyn Robins (Dodgers), 5 games to 2.
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Jim Bagby of the Cleveland Indians hit the first home run by a pitcher in Game 5 of the 1920 World Series.
Jimmy Sebring of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th inning of the first ever World Series game played October 1, 1903 between the Pirates and Boston Americans (now Red Sox). The pitcher that gave up the home run was Cy Young and it was an inside the park homer.
On October 13, 1915, Fred Luderus hit the first World Series home run for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Dustin Pedroia, as the first batter in the 2007 World Series, hit a home run off of Jeff Francis of the Colorado Rockies. That has been done once before, in the 1969 World Series when Don Buford of the Baltimore Orioles led off the Series with a home run off of Tom Seaver of the New York Mets. There have been many players to hit a home run in the first game of the World Series, the first being Jimmy Sebring of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1903 World Series. But Pedroia and Buford are the only two players that hit home runs in the first at bat of a World Series.
Yogi Berra hit the first pinch-hit home run in World Series history, off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca in Game 3 of the 1947 World Series.
Yogi Berra hit the first pinch-hit home run in World Series history, off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca in Game 3 of the 1947 World Series.
Rangers. Yesterday.
Yogi Berra hit the first pinch-hit home run in World Series history, off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca in Game 3 of the 1947 World Series.
Duke Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1952 and 1955 World Series.
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