5 players had 12 plate appearances. The first three are Felix Millan and John Milner on September 11, 1974 and Harold Baines on May 8, 1984.
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most career plate appearances before first home run in a game by a player| NAME | PA | HR | DATE | TM | OPP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | F. Millan | 12 | 0 | 9/11/1974 | vs | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | J. Milner | 12 | 0 | 9/11/1974 | vs | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | H. Baines | 12 | 1 | 5/8/1984 | vs | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | C. Fisk | 12 | 0 | 5/8/1984 | vs | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | R. Law | 12 | 0 | 5/8/1984 | vs | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | C. Bigbee | 11 | 0 | 8/22/1917 | @ | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | | M. Carey | 11 | 0 | 8/22/1917 | @ | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | | T. Boeckel | 11 | 0 | 5/1/1920 | vs | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | | W. Cruise | 11 | 0 | 5/1/1920 | vs | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | | W. Holke | 11 | 0 | 5/1/1920 | vs | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 11 | | L. Mann | 11 | 0 | 5/1/1920 | vs | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | | C. Pick | 11 | 0 | 5/1/1920 | vs | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | | R. Powell | 11 | 0 | 5/1/1920 | vs | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 14 | | E. Averill | 11 | 1 | 7/10/1932 | vs | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | | J. Burnett | 11 | 0 | 7/10/1932 | vs | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | | E. Morgan | 11 | 0 | 7/10/1932 | vs | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | | D. Porter | 11 | 0 | 7/10/1932 | vs | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | | J. Vosmik | 11 | 0 | 7/10/1932 | vs | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | | I. Hall | 11 | 0 | 7/21/1945 | vs | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | Y. Berra | 11 | 0 | 6/24/1962 | @ | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | J. Blanchard | 11 | 0 | 6/24/1962 | @ | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | S. Boros | 11 | 0 | 6/24/1962 | vs | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 23 | | B. Bruton | 11 | 0 | 6/24/1962 | vs | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | N. Cash | 11 | 0 | 6/24/1962 | vs | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | R. Colavito | 11 | 0 | 6/24/1962 | vs | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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