most hr per ab in the 1st inning, career

5 players are tied for the most career home runs per at-bat in the 1st inning, with 1. The first three are Jermaine Palacios, Brian Horwitz and Ryan Jorgensen.

Interpreted as:
most hr per ab by a player in the 1st inning, career
NAMEHR/ABHRABGH2B3BRBIBBHBPSOPATBXBHSHSFIBBAVGOBPSLGOPS
1Jermaine Palacios
J. Palacios
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
1.000
1.000
4.000
5.000
2Brian Horwitz
B. Horwitz
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
1.000
1.000
4.000
5.000
3Ryan Jorgensen
R. Jorgensen
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
1.000
1.000
4.000
5.000
4Tyler Green
T. Green
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
1.000
1.000
4.000
5.000
5Dave Sax
D. Sax
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
0
1.000
1.000
4.000
5.000
6Ryan Bliss
R. Bliss
0.5
1
2
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
4
1
0
0
0
.500
.500
2.000
2.500
7Andre Lipcius
A. Lipcius
0.5
1
2
2
2
1
0
3
0
0
0
2
6
2
0
0
0
1.000
1.000
3.000
4.000
8Tyler Goeddel
T. Goeddel
0.5
1
2
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
4
1
0
0
0
.500
.500
2.000
2.500
9Josh Rabe
J. Rabe
0.5
1
2
2
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
2
4
1
0
0
0
.500
.500
2.000
2.500
10D.T. Cromer
D.T. Cromer
0.5
1
2
3
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
3
4
1
0
1
0
.500
.333
2.000
2.333
11Robert Person
R. Person
0.5
1
2
2
1
0
0
4
0
0
1
2
4
1
0
0
0
.500
.500
2.000
2.500
12Amaury Garcia
A. Garcia
0.5
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
4
1
0
0
0
.500
.500
2.000
2.500
13Creighton Gubanich
C. Gubanich
0.5
1
2
2
1
0
0
4
0
0
1
2
4
1
0
0
0
.500
.500
2.000
2.500
14Steve Carter
S. Carter
0.5
1
2
2
1
0
0
3
0
0
1
2
4
1
0
0
0
.500
.500
2.000
2.500
15Rick Wrona
R. Wrona
0.5
1
2
3
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
3
4
1
0
1
0
.500
.333
2.000
2.333
16Dave Machemer
D. Machemer
0.5
1
2
3
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
3
5
1
0
0
0
1.000
1.000
2.500
3.500
17Carlos Zambrano
C. Zambrano
0.4
2
5
5
2
0
0
3
0
0
2
5
8
2
0
0
0
.400
.400
1.600
2.000
18Travis Bazzana
T. Bazzana
0.33
1
3
3
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
5
1
0
0
0
.667
.667
1.667
2.333
19Brice Matthews
B. Matthews
0.33
1
3
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
4
1
0
0
0
.333
.333
1.333
1.667
20P.J. Higgins
P.J. Higgins
0.33
1
3
4
2
1
0
6
1
0
0
4
6
2
0
0
0
.667
.750
2.000
2.750
21Kevin Smith
K. Smith
0.33
1
3
3
2
0
0
4
0
0
0
3
5
1
0
0
0
.667
.667
1.667
2.333
22Stephen Cardullo
S. Cardullo
0.33
1
3
3
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
3
4
1
0
0
0
.333
.333
1.333
1.667
23Vinny Rottino
V. Rottino
0.33
1
3
4
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
4
4
1
0
0
0
.333
.500
1.333
1.833
24Valentino Pascucci
V. Pascucci
0.33
1
3
4
2
0
0
3
1
0
0
4
5
1
0
0
0
.667
.750
1.667
2.417
25Fritzie Connally
F. Connally
0.33
1
3
3
2
1
0
5
0
0
0
3
6
2
0
0
0
.667
.667
2.000
2.667
StatMuse has event-level data for at-bats and home runs going back to the 1974 season.
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