Cecil Travis got the most hits in his first game, with 5 hits versus the Cleveland Indians on May 16, 1933.
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most hits by a player in first game| NAME | H | DATE | TM | OPP | AB | R | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | |||
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| 1 |  | C. Travis | 5 | 5/16/1933 | vs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2 |  | K. McGonigle | 4 | 3/26/2026 | @ | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | J.P. Arencibia | 4 | 8/7/2010 | vs | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 |  | W. Ramos | 4 | 5/2/2010 | @ | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | D. Gibson | 4 | 9/8/1998 | vs | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | D. DeShields | 4 | 4/9/1990 | @ | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | B. Bean | 4 | 4/25/1987 | vs | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 |  | K. Puckett | 4 | 5/8/1984 | @ | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | T. Cox | 4 | 9/18/1977 | @ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | M. Jones | 4 | 7/13/1961 | @ | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | W. McCovey | 4 | 7/30/1959 | vs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | S. Jacobs | 4 | 4/13/1954 | vs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | D. Williams | 4 | 6/10/1951 | vs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | | J. Burns | 4 | 4/24/1943 | vs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | | E. Freed | 4 | 9/11/1942 | vs | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | | R. Van Atta | 4 | 4/25/1933 | @ | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 17 | | A. Shires | 4 | 8/20/1928 | @ | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | | C. Stengel | 4 | 9/17/1912 | vs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | | R. Jansen | 4 | 9/30/1910 | vs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | | M. Mitchell | 4 | 4/11/1907 | vs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | | R. Owens | 4 | 4/14/1905 | vs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 22 | | T. Jones | 4 | 8/25/1902 | vs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 23 | | W. Mercer | 4 | 4/27/1901 | @ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 24 | | W. Conroy | 4 | 4/25/1901 | @ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 25 | | P. Dillon | 4 | 4/25/1901 | vs | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
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