11 pitchers are tied for allowing the most home runs in a start, with 6 HR. The first three are Joe Ryan on July 20, Miles Mikolas on July 4, 2025 and Matt Swarmer on June 11, 2022.
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most home runs to regular-season start by a player a seaosn| NAME | HR | GS | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | ERA | SO | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | J. Ryan | 6 | 1 | 7/20/2026 | @ | L | 18.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | M. Mikolas | 6 | 1 | 7/4/2025 | @ | L | 12.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 3 |  | M. Swarmer | 6 | 1 | 6/11/2022 | @ | L | 10.80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | M. Blazek | 6 | 1 | 7/27/2017 | @ | L | 30.86 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | J. Shields | 6 | 1 | 8/7/2010 | @ | L | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
| 6 | | R.A. Dickey | 6 | 1 | 4/6/2006 | vs | L | 18.90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | T. Wakefield | 6 | 1 | 8/8/2004 | @ | W | 12.60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | B. Kerksieck | 6 | 1 | 8/13/1939 | @ | L | 15.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 9 | | T. Thomas | 6 | 1 | 6/27/1936 | vs | L | 10.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | |||
| 10 | | S. Thurston | 6 | 1 | 8/13/1932 | @ | W | 8.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||
| 11 | | L. Benton | 6 | 1 | 5/12/1930 | @ | W | 10.80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| 12 | | T. Bibee | 5 | 1 | 5/25/2026 | vs | L | 21.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | J. Taillon | 5 | 1 | 5/16/2026 | @ | L | 14.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 14 |  | B. Bello | 5 | 1 | 4/24/2026 | @ | L | 21.60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | S. Baz | 5 | 1 | 8/19/2025 | vs | L | 18.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | A. Molina | 5 | 1 | 8/5/2025 | vs | L | 12.60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | M. Spence | 5 | 1 | 7/9/2025 | vs | L | 12.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | K. Gibson | 5 | 1 | 4/29/2025 | vs | L | 22.09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | B. Francis | 5 | 1 | 4/29/2025 | vs | L | 21.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 20 |  | N. Cortes | 5 | 1 | 3/29/2025 | @ | L | 36.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | C. Spiers | 5 | 1 | 8/20/2024 | @ | L | 18.69 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | K. Crawford | 5 | 1 | 7/21/2024 | @ | L | 10.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | M. Pérez | 5 | 1 | 5/15/2024 | @ | L | 16.20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 24 |  | H. Greene | 5 | 1 | 8/20/2023 | vs | L | 24.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 25 | | T. Gonsolin | 5 | 1 | 8/18/2023 | vs | L | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
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