Wainwright Homer

[toasty]

Anyone see this? I'm sure I care more than most because I'm a Cardinals fan, but rookie Adam Wainwright hit a homer in his first at bat in the major leagues on the very first pitch he ever saw -- and he's a pitcher.

http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20060524&content_id=1469840&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl

Pretty funny, actually. Carpenter went down as a last minute scratch, so they had the bullpen pitch the entire game. The hitting of the Cards' pitching staff was the big story of the day, though, with a homer, a double, and Jason Marquis' pinch hit triple all coming from pitchers. Good stuff.

[thesightless]

Re: Wainwright Homer

tom glavine also shares this claim to fame.

[toasty]

Re: Wainwright Homer

^^ no kidding? I know there are other guys out there that have homered in their first at-bat (although not too many), but I had wondered if there were any other pitchers...

[thesightless]

Re: Wainwright Homer

kaz matsui has for the last 3 years, hit a homer on opening day first pitch for him. (he bats second)

[Jenks]

Re: Wainwright Homer

Dave Duncan's son's first at bat = homer. he's not a pitcher, but his dad is the pitching coach, so...