Baseball Toaster The Griddle
Help
A place where a man can slow down to a walk and live his life full measure, but he has to keep his watch on Pacific Time.
Frozen Toast
Search
Google Search
Web
Toaster
The Griddle
Archives

2009
02  01 

2008
12  11  10  09  08  07 
06  05  04  03  02  01 

2007
12  11  10  09  08  07 
06  05  04  03  02  01 

2006
12  11  10  09  08  07 
06  05  04  03  02  01 

2005
12  10  07 
06  05  04  03 
Suggestions, comments, ring the catcher's interference alarm?

Email me at btimmermann@gmail.com

The stuff I keep track of
Random Game Callbacks

Select a date:

Personal favorites that I wrote
FAQs
I guess they don't have the book on him yet
2008-04-13 18:30
by Bob Timmermann

Giants rookie outfielder John Bowker has homered in each of his first two major league games, the first San Francisco Giant player to do so. There could be a New York Giant player, but I can't check back to that era.

The last major leaguer to start his career with home runs in his first two games was Elijah Dukes of Tampa Bay last season on April 2 and April 5, 2007. The last NL player to do it was Keith McDonald of the Cardinals on July 4 and July 6, 2000. McDonald's homers came in his first two major league at bats.

Other notables who have pulled off this feat are Todd Helton, Sam Horn, Alvin Davis, Tim Laudner, Joe Lefebvre, Earl Averill, Ricky Jordan, Roberto Pena, Dick Stuart, and Joe Cunningham. Cunningham actually began his career in 1954 with three homers in his first two games.

The names above are not an inclusive list, but pieced together from Baseballreference.com and the Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book.

Comments
2008-04-13 21:01:40
1.   Bob Hendley
Ah, Dr. Strangeglove is on the list. Born a decade too soon.
2008-04-14 07:21:43
2.   bobsbrother
I love it when someone, often a rookie, accomplishes something and as a way to highlight it and make this player sound great, we're told he's the first person to do it since some guy you never heard of who never amounted to anything. It just seems to prove it's a fluke thing indicative of nothing. (And no guarantee of future success.)

Comment status: comments have been closed. Baseball Toaster is now out of business.