The first home run in Mets regular season history was hit by Gil Hodges in the 4th inning of a game against the St. Louis Cardinals on April 11, 1962. Hodges hit the home run off of Larry Jackson.
Dan Uggla of the Florida Marlins hit the last home run in Shea Stadium in the 8th inning of the final game of the 2008 season.
Rico Carty.Carty hit the first Braves home run at Shea on May 12, 1964 in the 5th inning off of Mets' left hander Al Jackson.
The first home run hit by a Colorado Rockies player was hit by Dante Bichette in the second game the franchise played, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium, on April 7, 1993.
On April 10, 1971, Don Money of the Philadelphia Phillies hit the first home run in Veterans Stadium.
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Dan Uggla of the Florida Marlins hit the last home run in Shea Stadium in the 8th inning of the final game of the 2008 season.
Rico Carty.Carty hit the first Braves home run at Shea on May 12, 1964 in the 5th inning off of Mets' left hander Al Jackson.
The first player to get a hit at Shea Stadium was Pirate Smoky Burgess, who singled to second base and would score on Don Hoak's double right after him. The first Mets hit at Shea was a single from Sherman Jones, the pitcher
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Dan Uggla
That was Frank Robinson off of Bill Wakefield in the 4th inning of the first game the Reds ever played in Shea (May 6, 1964).
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the home run apple goes up and everyone cheers
first year was 1980
The second regular season home run hit at Shea was by Ron Hunt in the 8th inning of the game against the Chicago Cubs on April 23, 1964.
The first home run hit by a Colorado Rockies player was hit by Dante Bichette in the second game the franchise played, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium, on April 7, 1993.
Mulder was the first pitcher to hit a home run at the new Busch stadium!