December 2009 Net54baseball.com contest- true contest

[drdduet]

May want to check me on this but Hank Greenburg for Detroit in 1935 (1) and 1945 (2)...

[drdduet]

Hey Johnny,

My source shows that in 1911 Oldring for Philly had one, and in 1913 Schang hit one as well.

[ChiefBenderForever]

Originally Posted by drdduet

Hey Johnny,

My source shows that in 1911 Oldring for Philly had one, and in 1913 Schang hit one as well.

I was thinking someone else had one but couldn't remember, I think one of those was an inside the park dinger.

[barrysloate]

Here's a contest question for Matt, or anybody else: What is Comic Book Guy's real name? (it was revealed in one episode).

[bigtrain]

It stuck with me because I have a client with the same name "Jeff Albertson".

[barrysloate]

Tom got it.

[insidethewrapper]

This was on my baseball calendar today:

" Who is the only Hall of Famer to hit a home run in his first Major League at-bat ?

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

This was on my baseball calendar today:

" Who is the only Hall of Famer to hit a home run in his first Major League at-bat ?

I think it's been done at least twice by a HOFer. Earl Averill and Hoyt Wilhelm both did it.

[barrysloate]

Hoyt Wilhelm did it and never hit another in his career.

What player had exactly one career home run, and hit it in the 22nd inning of a game?

[Abravefan11]

Jack Reed

[barrysloate]

Correcto!

[Jim VB]

Other interesting facts about the guys who have homered in their first MLB at bat:

It has actually happened 102 times.

19 of those players (Wilhelm and 18 others) never homered again in the majors.

The Arizona Diamondbacks had 3 different guys do it... in 2009!


Now the follow up question:

Which one of these 102 guys hit the MOST career home runs?