which mlb players have the most homeruns in the first inning during their careers

Albert Pujols has crushed the most career home runs in the 1st inning, with 154 home runs.

	NAME	HR	G	AB	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Albert 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
2	Barry 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
3	Alex 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
4	Gary 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
5	Ken 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
6	Frank 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
7	Mike Trout M. Trout	107	1,638	1,421	410	75	11	188	187	25	408	1,641	828	193	0	7	1	.289	.379	.583	.962
8	Sammy 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
9	Mark 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
10	Paul Goldschmidt P. Goldschmidt	93	1,787	1,546	447	86	5	258	211	12	434	1,790	822	184	0	17	4	.289	.375	.532	.907
11	Miguel 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
12	Aaron Judge A. Judge	91	1,092	923	277	41	2	143	152	13	315	1,094	595	134	0	3	1	.300	.405	.645	1.050
13	David 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
14	Rafael 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
15	Ryan 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
16	Eddie 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
17	Nolan Arenado N. Arenado	82	1,266	1,137	346	81	8	284	108	6	186	1,266	689	171	0	15	2	.304	.363	.606	.969
18	Freddie Freeman F. Freeman	82	1,939	1,696	520	127	1	255	201	29	383	1,940	895	210	0	14	1	.307	.387	.528	.914
19	Rickey 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
20	Chipper 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
21	Craig 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
22	Mike 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
23	Alfonso 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
24	Carlos 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
25	Giancarlo Stanton G. Stanton	78	1,188	1,007	263	54	2	228	163	9	319	1,189	555	134	0	9	1	.261	.366	.551	.917

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