43 players are tied for the fewest at-bats in a game with >0 home runs, with 1 at-bat. The first three are Deacon Phillippe on September 5, 1901, Harry Gleason on May 16, 1902 and Mike O'Neill on June 3, 1902.
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What is the fewest at bats it has taken a MLB player to hit their first 40 home runs in a game?| NAME | AB | HR | DATE | TM | OPP | R | H | 2B | 3B | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | |||
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| 1 |  | D. Phillippe | 1 | 1 | 9/5/1901 |  PIT | @ |  NYG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2 |  | H. Gleason | 1 | 1 | 5/16/1902 |  BSA | vs |  PHA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 3 |  | M. O'Neill | 1 | 1 | 6/3/1902 |  SLN | @ |  BSN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 4 |  | J. Hughes | 1 | 1 | 7/19/1902 |  BKN | vs | BSN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 5 |  | S. Strang | 1 | 1 | 9/17/1902 |  CWS | vs |  CLE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 6 |  | D. White | 1 | 1 | 9/19/1902 |  PHN | @ | BSN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | | B. Rhoads | 1 | 1 | 4/30/1903 | SLN | vs | PIT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | | F. Clarke | 1 | 1 | 9/22/1903 | PIT | vs | BKN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 9 |  | A. Orth | 1 | 1 | 5/4/1906 |  NYH | vs | PHA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 10 |  | G. Schaefer | 1 | 1 | 6/24/1906 |  DET | @ |  CWS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 11 |  | J. Weimer | 1 | 1 | 7/6/1907 |  CIN | @ |  BSN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 12 |  | S. Strang | 1 | 1 | 7/6/1907 | NYG | vs | SLN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | | D. McGuire | 1 | 1 | 7/25/1907 | BSA | vs | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | | F. Merkle | 1 | 1 | 6/23/1908 | NYG | vs | BSN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | | L. McLean | 1 | 1 | 6/26/1908 | CIN | @ |  CHC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | | E. Walsh | 1 | 1 | 7/4/1908 | CWS | vs |  SLA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | | B. Maloney | 1 | 1 | 9/3/1908 | BKN | @ | PHN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 18 |  | J. Hannifin | 1 | 1 | 10/5/1908 | BSN | @ | NYG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 19 |  | W. Johnson | 1 | 1 | 8/16/1909 |  WSH | vs | PHA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | R. Ellam | 1 | 1 | 9/29/1909 | CIN | vs | BKN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | | T. Jordan | 1 | 1 | 4/26/1910 | BKN | @ | NYG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | | B. Becker | 1 | 1 | 9/17/1910 | NYG | vs | SLN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | | L. McLean | 1 | 1 | 9/21/1910 | CIN | @ | PHN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | | B. Becker | 1 | 1 | 9/30/1910 | NYG | @ | BSN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | | R. Zeider | 1 | 1 | 7/4/1911 | CWS | @ | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for at-bats and home runs going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.
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