which mlb player has the most homeruns in the first inning

Albert Pujols has smashed the most career homers in the 1st inning, with 154 homers.

NAMEHRGABH2B3BRBIBBHBPSOPATBXBHSHSFIBBAVGOBPSLGOPS
1Albert Pujols
A. Pujols
154
2,554
2,257
662
147
2
469
244
18
275
2,557
1,275
303
0
38
20
.293
.361
.565
.926
2Barry Bonds
B. Bonds
133
2,206
1,708
546
109
13
403
456
25
264
2,209
1,080
255
0
20
95
.320
.465
.632
1.097
3Alex Rodriguez
A. Rodriguez
122
2,227
1,890
544
97
2
379
273
39
445
2,233
1,011
221
8
23
1
.288
.385
.535
.920
4Gary Sheffield
G. Sheffield
118
2,172
1,821
548
82
9
394
293
30
268
2,173
1,002
209
1
28
5
.301
.401
.550
.951
5Ken Griffey Jr.
K. Griffey Jr.
111
2,293
1,957
551
99
4
370
281
23
406
2,294
991
214
0
33
8
.282
.373
.506
.879
6Frank Thomas
F. Thomas
109
1,993
1,610
469
93
3
349
337
15
266
1,997
895
205
0
35
9
.291
.411
.556
.967
7Mike Trout
M. Trout
108
1,664
1,443
417
77
11
190
191
25
413
1,667
840
196
0
7
1
.289
.380
.582
.962
8Sammy Sosa
S. Sosa
106
1,613
1,437
384
61
2
293
150
10
423
1,617
767
169
0
20
8
.267
.336
.534
.870
9Mark McGwire
M. McGwire
98
1,112
886
248
38
1
301
193
14
246
1,115
582
137
0
22
10
.280
.408
.657
1.065
10Paul Goldschmidt
P. Goldschmidt
97
1,800
1,559
453
88
5
264
211
12
435
1,803
842
190
0
17
4
.291
.376
.540
.916
11Aaron Judge
A. Judge
92
1,112
940
280
41
2
145
154
13
323
1,114
601
135
0
3
1
.298
.403
.639
1.042
12Miguel Cabrera
M. Cabrera
92
2,156
1,882
567
100
2
364
227
16
402
2,158
947
194
1
32
11
.301
.376
.503
.879
13Freddie Freeman
F. Freeman
86
1,966
1,722
532
129
1
261
203
29
389
1,968
921
216
0
14
1
.309
.388
.535
.923
14David Ortiz
D. Ortiz
85
1,628
1,368
409
97
3
337
245
4
316
1,630
767
185
0
13
8
.299
.404
.561
.964
15Rafael Palmeiro
R. Palmeiro
85
2,053
1,780
515
105
8
369
222
21
230
2,055
891
198
0
32
9
.289
.369
.501
.869
16Nolan Arenado
N. Arenado
83
1,277
1,147
348
82
8
288
109
6
189
1,277
695
173
0
15
2
.303
.363
.606
.968
17Ryan Braun
R. Braun
83
1,576
1,426
410
100
6
253
126
16
294
1,577
771
189
0
9
0
.288
.350
.541
.891
18Eddie Murray
E. Murray
83
1,805
1,562
444
86
1
422
208
1
236
1,807
781
170
0
36
21
.284
.361
.500
.861
19Rickey Henderson
R. Henderson
82
2,886
2,491
688
118
17
90
399
19
416
2,909
1,086
217
0
0
0
.276
.380
.436
.816
20Chipper Jones
C. Jones
81
2,170
1,806
527
108
6
321
337
4
321
2,172
890
195
0
25
4
.292
.400
.493
.892
21Craig Biggio
C. Biggio
81
2,554
2,291
659
148
15
129
191
56
364
2,565
1,080
244
21
6
0
.288
.356
.471
.828
22Mike Schmidt
M. Schmidt
81
1,625
1,357
356
72
12
317
225
16
345
1,627
695
165
3
26
6
.262
.368
.512
.880
23Kyle Schwarber
K. Schwarber
80
977
837
211
37
1
114
137
7
275
983
490
118
0
2
0
.252
.361
.585
.947
24Alfonso Soriano
A. Soriano
80
1,262
1,185
337
80
4
164
59
19
258
1,272
665
164
0
9
0
.284
.326
.561
.887
25Carlos Beltran
C. Beltran
79
2,068
1,837
492
96
16
296
187
9
352
2,071
857
191
8
30
0
.268
.333
.467
.800
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