No true rookie has ever done it. Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes hit three homers against Dwight Gooden on opening day in 1994, but Tuffy had been up and down the majors for several years with the Astros and Cubs. Tuffy had only 313 plate appearances when he took Gooden deep, but "technically" he was not a rookie.
Kaz Matusi against the Atlanta Braves in the 2004 season It's never happened. Matsui hit home runs in his first at bat of the 2004, 2005, and 2006 seasons. In the 2004 game, Matsui went 3 for 3 with a HR, 2 doubles and a walk. Ken Griffey Jr. is the only other player in MLB history to hit home runs in his first at bat in three consecutive seasons.
Daniel Nave of the Boston Red Sox on Sat. Jun 12th 2010. Nave is the fourth player in major league history to hit a grand slam in his first at-bat in the big leagues. He's the first to do it since Kevin Kouzmanoff on Sept. 2, 2006. The last Boston player to do that was Rip Repulski on May 10, 1960. Jeremy Hermida of the Marlins who did it on August 31, 2005. The only other player to hit a grand slam in his first major league game was Bobby Bonds of the San Francisco Giants on June 25, 1968.
he hit 15 home runs in his rookie season.
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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.
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he hit 15 home runs in his rookie season.
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In Game 1 of the 1996 World Series, rookie Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves hit home runs in his first two at bats.
As of the 2008 season, 97 players have hit a home run in their first MLB at bat. Click on the 'Players with a Home Run in Their First At Bat' link below to see a list of those players.
Daniel Sepic of Pennsylvania hit the first ever home run.
Jackie Robinson - 1st ROYJackie Robinson in his rookie season with the Brooklyn Dodgers had a .297 batting average, hit 12 home runs, and was the first winner of the Major League Rookie of the Year Award.
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The Braves franchise record for home runs by a rookie is 38 by Wally Berger in 1930.
* Andruw Jones, Atlanta Braves (vs. NYY) * Charlie Keller
Eric Young, in the first ever at bat by a Rockie at the stadium.
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