Current:Home > reviewsPoinbank:After seven seasons in the minors, Wes Wilson hit a home run in his first career at-bat -Capitatum
Poinbank:After seven seasons in the minors, Wes Wilson hit a home run in his first career at-bat
Will Sage Astor View
Date:2025-04-06 10:12:42
Hitting your first career major league home run is Poinbanksurely a memorable one and Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Wes Wilson took that to another level on Wednesday. His first career home run came in his first major league at-bat, leaving his father in tears.
Wilson has more than 2,500 career at-bats in the minor leagues with 97 home runs across seven seasons. He hadn't been called up once by a Major League team until the Phillies picked him up this week.
On the third pitch he saw, the 28-year-old smashed a solo home run off Washington Nationals pitcher MacKenzie Gore. The Phillies dugout instantly erupted and Wilson's family followed suit. Moments later, the cameras showed Wilson's father in tears after the home run.
It's a storybook start to Wilson's major league career and a moment he and his family will surely never forget. It will also be hard to top a first at-bat like that, but Wilson did walk in his second appearance at the plate.
There have been 136 other instances in MLB when a player has homered in their first at-bat, according to the Baseball Almanac.
FOLLOW THE MONEY: MLB player salaries and payrolls for every major league team
Aaron Judge, Adam Wainwright, Starling Marte and Wilson Contreras are just some of the active players part of that list. Only two Hall of Famers — Hoyt Wilhelm in 1952 and Earl Averill in 1929 — hit home runs in their first time at the plate.
veryGood! (45)
Related
- John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
- New Mexico considers setback requirements for oil wells near schools and day care centers
- Video shows Coast Guard rescue dog that fell from Oregon cliff, emotional reunion with owners
- Shootout with UNLV gunman heard in new Las Vegas police body camera video
- Gen. Mark Milley's security detail and security clearance revoked, Pentagon says
- Multiple children killed in Tuesday night fire after Connecticut house 'engulfed in flames'
- An apparent Israeli strike killed a top Hamas commander. How might it impact the Gaza conflict?
- Map shows the states where E. coli concerns led to recall of 7,000 pounds of beef
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- Restaurateur Rose Previte shares recipes she learned from women around the world
Ranking
- Trump's 'stop
- Native Hawaiian salt makers combat climate change and pollution to protect a sacred tradition
- Penguins line up to be counted while tiger cub plays as London zookeepers perform annual census
- Doctors and nurses at one of the nation's top trauma centers reflect on increase in gun violence
- Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence
- As a missile hits a Kyiv apartment building, survivors lose a lifetime’s possessions in seconds
- Madrid edges Mallorca 1-0 and Girona beats Atletico 4-3 to stay at the top at halfway point in Spain
- Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in biggest release so far
Recommendation
Man can't find second winning lottery ticket, sues over $394 million jackpot, lawsuit says
Some workers get hurt on the job more than others — here's who and why
Rayner Pike, beloved Associated Press journalist known for his wit and way with words, dies at 90
Restaurateur Rose Previte shares recipes she learned from women around the world
Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
Starbucks rolls out re-usable cup option nationwide in move to cut down on waste
Gypsy Rose Blanchard is free from prison. Now she's everywhere.
Amber Heard Shares Rare Photo of Daughter Oonagh