Dazzling Debuts: First At-Bat Home Runs

By Giselle Stancic, Bill Nowlin, Jacob Pomrenke

Every baseball player experiences a series of firsts when they step onto the field: the nervous excitement of entering the locker room, the pride of putting on the team uniform, the awe-inspiring moment of exiting the dugout and crossing the white lines. But when a player walks up to the plate and hits a home run in his first major-league at-bat, he creates a wave of excitement among the fans, achieves a rare feat for the record books - and experiences the thrill of a lifetime in his professional career.

Dazzling Debuts: First At-Bat Home Runs celebrates those moments - from inside-the-park homers to grand slams to those hit by pitchers. Some foreshadowed many homers to come; in other cases, the first at-bat homer was the only one the player ever hit.

Each major-league franchise is represented in one way or another, and we also look at first at-bat home runs hit in the Negro Leagues, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. We hope to have conveyed some of the excitement of a player entering a game and promptly hitting one outta here

This book represents the collaborative effort of 33 members of the Society for American Baseball Research.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1960819313
• ISBN13: 9781960819314
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Society for American Baseball Research
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"