most homeruns to lead off an mlb game

34 players are tied for the most home runs in a game when leading off a game, with 1 homers. The first three are Konnor Griffin on September 27, Lars Nootbaar on September 25 and on August 28 and Carlos Jorge on September 24.

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  • Assumption:All-time
  • Data note: Home Runs: player event data may be incomplete before 1974
  • Data note: Data: Retrosheet
NAMEHRDATETMOPPABH2B3BRBIBBHBPSOPATBXBHSHSFIBB
1Konnor Griffin
K. Griffin
1
9/27/2026
@
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
2Lars Nootbaar
L. Nootbaar
1
9/25/2026
@
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
3Carlos Jorge
C. Jorge
1
9/24/2026
@
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
4Juan Brito
J. Brito
1
9/23/2026
@
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
5Ben Rice
B. Rice
1
9/23/2026
vs
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
6J.P. Crawford
J.P. Crawford
1
9/18/2026
@
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
7Roman Anthony
R. Anthony
1
9/18/2026
@
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
8Mookie Betts
M. Betts
1
9/18/2026
vs
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
9Jeremy Peña
J. Peña
1
9/17/2026
vs
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
10Jeremy Peña
J. Peña
1
9/15/2026
vs
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
11Fernando Tatis Jr.
F. Tatis Jr.
1
9/15/2026
@
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
12Ben Rice
B. Rice
1
9/13/2026
vs
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
13Steven Kwan
S. Kwan
1
9/13/2026
@
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
14Francisco Lindor
F. Lindor
1
9/12/2026
@
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
15Dylan Beavers
D. Beavers
1
9/11/2026
@
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
16Chase Meidroth
C. Meidroth
1
9/11/2026
@
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
17Francisco Lindor
F. Lindor
1
9/8/2026
@
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
18Fernando Tatis Jr.
F. Tatis Jr.
1
9/6/2026
vs
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
19Heriberto Hernández
H. Hernández
1
9/3/2026
@
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
20Ezequiel Duran
E. Duran
1
9/2/2026
vs
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
21Carter Jensen
C. Jensen
1
9/2/2026
vs
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
22Francisco Lindor
F. Lindor
1
9/1/2026
@
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
23Francisco Lindor
F. Lindor
1
8/30/2026
vs
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
24Jeremy Peña
J. Peña
1
8/30/2026
@
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
25Pete Crow-Armstrong
P. Crow-Armstrong
1
8/30/2026
vs
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0

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