Chris Carter, Brad Wilkerson and Calvin Murray are tied for the most balls by a rookie in a game, with 19 balls.
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most the balls in a regular-season game by a rookie| NAME | BALL | DATE | TM | OPP | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | C. Carter | 19 | 7/30/2012 |  OAK | vs |  TBR | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | | B. Wilkerson | 19 | 4/24/2002 |  MON | vs |  MIL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | C. Murray | 19 | 5/21/2000 |  SFG | @ | MIL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | A. Hernandez | 18 | 9/7/2008 |  WSH | @ |  ATL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | | O. Destrade | 18 | 8/26/1993 |  FLA | vs |  HOU | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  | X. Edwards | 17 | 9/26/2024 |  MIA | @ |  MIN | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | C. Hummel | 17 | 4/13/2022 |  ARI | vs |  HOU | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | | D. Vogelbach | 17 | 6/6/2019 |  SEA | vs | HOU | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | | E. Inciarte | 17 | 6/24/2014 | ARI | vs |  CLE | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | | H. Ramirez | 17 | 7/6/2006 | FLA | @ | WSH | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | | A. Kearns | 17 | 8/11/2002 |  CIN | vs |  SDP | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | | T. Long | 17 | 6/18/2000 | OAK | @ |  KCR | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | | W. Weiss | 17 | 7/3/1988 | OAK | @ |  TOR | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | | J. India | 16 | 7/1/2021 | CIN | vs |  SDP | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | | S. Hilliard | 16 | 9/24/2019 |  COL | @ | SFG | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | | D. Smith Jr. | 16 | 7/25/2019 |  BAL | @ |  LAA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 |  | F. Tatis Jr. | 16 | 6/23/2019 |  SDP | @ |  PIT | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 |  | A. Judge | 16 | 4/30/2017 |  NYY | vs | BAL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | | T. Holt | 16 | 5/15/2016 | CIN | @ |  PHI | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | | M. Johnson | 16 | 9/14/2015 |  CWS | vs | OAK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | | T. Saladino | 16 | 7/29/2015 | CWS | @ |  BOS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 |  | K. Bryant | 16 | 4/18/2015 |  CHC | vs | SDP | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |  | A. Eaton | 16 | 8/24/2013 | ARI | @ | PHI | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 |  | A. Rendon | 16 | 8/17/2013 | WSH | @ | ATL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 |  | M. Brantley | 16 | 9/8/2010 | CLE | @ | LAA | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete event-level data for balls going back to the 1974 season.
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