youngest player to hit a homerun in their first career at bat in less than 2 ab

Al Kaline is the youngest in a game with >0 at-bats with >0 home runs with <2 at-bats. He was 18 years and 281 days old versus the Cleveland Indians on September 26, 1953.

Interpreted as:
youngest player to hit a homerun in their first career at bat in a game in less than 2 ab
NAME AGE HR AB DATE TM OPP R H 2B 3B RBI BB HBP SO SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP
1 Al Kaline
A. Kaline
18-281
1
1
9/26/1953
DET DET
@
CLE CLE
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
2 Jerry Moses
J. Moses
18-289
1
1
5/25/1965
BOS BOS
vs
MIN MIN
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
3 Adrian Beltre
A. Beltre
19-142
1
1
8/27/1998
LAD LAD
vs
MON MON
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
4 Ken Griffey Jr.
K. Griffey Jr.
19-176
1
1
5/16/1989
SEA SEA
vs
MIL MIL
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
5 Fred Merkle
F. Merkle
19-186
1
1
6/23/1908
NYG NYG
vs
BSN BSN
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
6 Mike Menosky
M. Menosky
19-204
1
1
5/8/1914
PTF
@
SLF
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
7 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
19-213
1
1
5/16/1965
BAL BAL
vs
NYY NYY
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
8 Jimmie Foxx
J. Foxx
19-221
1
1
5/31/1927
PHA PHA
vs
NYY NYY
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
9 Ted Tappe
T. Tappe
19-224
1
1
9/14/1950
CIN CIN
@
BKN BKN
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
10 Larry Dierker
L. Dierker
19-234
1
1
5/14/1966
HOU HOU
@
PHI PHI
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
1
1
0
0
0
11 Wayne Causey
W. Causey
19-236
1
1
8/18/1956
BAL BAL
vs
NYY NYY
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
12 Tony Conigliaro
T. Conigliaro
19-247
1
1
9/10/1964
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
13 Mickey Mantle
M. Mantle
19-260
1
1
7/7/1951
NYY NYY
@
BSA BSA
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
14 Andruw Jones
A. Jones
19-361
1
1
4/19/1997
ATL ATL
@
COL COL
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
15 Johnny Callison
J. Callison
20-040
1
1
4/21/1959
CWS CWS
@
KCA KCA
1
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
3
4
1
0
0
0
0
16 Andruw Jones
A. Jones
20-043
1
1
6/5/1997
ATL ATL
@
MON MON
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
17 Andruw Jones
A. Jones
20-045
1
1
6/7/1997
ATL ATL
@
SFG SFG
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
18 Andruw Jones
A. Jones
20-122
1
1
8/23/1997
ATL ATL
vs
CIN CIN
2
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
4
1
0
0
0
0
19 Ross Moschitto
R. Moschitto
20-123
1
1
6/18/1965
NYY NYY
vs
MIN MIN
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
20 Mel Ott
M. Ott
20-124
1
1
7/4/1929
NYG NYG
@
BSN BSN
4
1
0
0
2
4
0
0
0
0
5
4
1
0
21 Gene Stephens
G. Stephens
20-124
1
1
5/24/1953
BOS BOS
@
NYY NYY
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
22 Jerry Walker
J. Walker
20-126
1
1
6/18/1959
BAL BAL
vs
DET DET
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
23 Jeff Burroughs
J. Burroughs
20-148
1
1
8/2/1971
WSH WSH
@
DET DET
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
24 Dib Williams
D. Williams
20-163
1
1
7/1/1930
PHA PHA
vs
DET DET
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
25 Jeff Burroughs
J. Burroughs
20-173
1
1
8/27/1971
WSH WSH
@
OAK OAK
1
1
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
4
4
1
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for player age going back to the 1908 season.
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HR

73

8th

R

309

4th

SO

521

8th

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3.13

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
40
21
.656
Guardians Guardians
32
26
.552
6.5
Twins Twins
32
27
.542
7.0
Royals Royals
31
29
.517
8.5
White Sox White Sox
18
42
.300
21.5
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
6/3
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Wed
6/4
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Thu
6/5
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM
Fri
6/6
CHC CHC
@
DET DET
7:10 PM
Sat
6/7
CHC CHC
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
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DET Tigers

40 - 21

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AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
36
22
.621
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31
28
.525
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Tigers Tigers
40
21
.656
Guardians Guardians
32
26
.552
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Mariners Mariners
32
26
.552
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32
27
.542
0.5
NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
38
22
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23
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37
22
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33
26
.559
4.0
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36
24
.600
Padres Padres
34
24
.586
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
5/17
WSH WSH
@
BAL BAL
10-4
Sat
5/17
TBR TBR
@
MIA MIA
1-5
Sat
5/17
MIN MIN
@
MIL MIL
2-5
Sat
5/17
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@
SFG SFG
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5/17
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
6/3
COL COL
@
MIA MIA
6:40 PM
Tue
6/3
HOU HOU
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Tue
6/3
CHC CHC
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Tue
6/3
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NYY NYY
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6/3
PHI PHI
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TOR TOR
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