Jim Fridley had the most singles by a player in a game in his first season, with 6 singles against the Philadelphia Athletics on April 29, 1952.
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best single by a player regular-season game qbr in first year| NAME | 1B | DATE | TM | OPP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | |||
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| 1 |  | J. Fridley | 6 | 4/29/1952 |  CLE | @ |  PHA | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 |  | J. Panik | 5 | 9/9/2014 |  SFG | vs |  ARI | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  | Q. Berry | 5 | 6/17/2012 |  DET | vs |  COL | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | A. Jackson | 5 | 4/30/2010 | DET | vs |  LAA | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 |  | J. Spivey | 5 | 8/12/2001 |  ARI | @ |  ATL | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 |  | J. Lugo | 5 | 9/8/2000 |  HOU | @ |  CHC | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 |  | J. Pierre | 5 | 9/4/2000 | COL | vs | CHC | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  | B. Williams | 5 | 10/5/1991 |  NYY | vs | CLE | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 |  | J. Wehner | 5 | 7/23/1991 |  PIT | vs | ATL | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | | R. Thompson | 5 | 9/21/1986 | SFG | @ | ATL | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |  | G. Richards | 5 | 7/26/1977 |  SDP | vs |  MON | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 |  | B. Bonnell | 5 | 5/27/1977 |  ATL | @ | SFG | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 |  | R. Jablonski | 5 | 7/8/1953 |  SLN | @ |  CIN | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | | D. Groat | 5 | 7/26/1952 | PIT | @ |  BSN | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 |  | P. Runnels | 5 | 8/1/1951 |  WSH | vs | CLE | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | T. Moore | 5 | 9/5/1935 | SLN | vs |  BSN | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | C. Travis | 5 | 5/16/1933 | WSH | vs | CLE | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 |  | E. Swanson | 5 | 7/25/1929 |  CIN | vs | BSN | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | | T. Rigney | 5 | 7/31/1922 | DET | vs | PHA | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 |  | J. Dalton | 5 | 6/21/1910 |  BKN | vs |  NYG | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | | C. Engle | 5 | 9/4/1909 | NYH | @ |  BOS | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | | D. Howard | 5 | 9/9/1905 |  PIT | vs | CIN | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | | B. O'Neill | 5 | 8/23/1904 |  WSH | vs | DET | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | | J. McCredie | 5 | 4/27/1903 | BKN | vs |  PHN | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 25 | | J. McCredie | 5 | 4/20/1903 | BKN | @ | NYG | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for singles going back to the 1901 season.
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