edgar renteria hit the first mlb interleague home run in 1997.
edgar renteria hit the first mlb interleague home run in 1997.
who hit the first mlb interleague home run in 1997?
edgar renteria
the beginning of the 1997 season was interrupted by two trips to the dominican republic to be with his mother, who was dying of stomach cancer. he formed a platoon with darryl hamilton in center field, and shifted into right field for interleague games in american league ballparks when the designated hitter rule was in play. on june 12, in the first regular season interleague game in the history of major league baseball, javier led off the third inning with baseball's first interleague home run against the texas rangers' darren oliver. he also hit a game winning double in the seventh to carry his team to a 4–3 victory in this historic game. after narrowly avoiding a hundred losses, and finishing in last place in the national league west in , the giants won their division in 1997. they were swept in three games by the florida marlins in the 1997 national league division series. javier had five hits in twelve at-bats with one rbi and two runs scored.
stan javier
in spring training 2015, mccann competed with bryan holaday to be the backup catcher behind avila. mccann won the competition. he hit his first major league home run, an inside-the-park home run, on april 29, 2015. on may 21, 2015, he hit his first conventional home run, a walk-off in the 11th inning to give the tigers a 6–5 victory over the houston astros. mccann became the first mlb player to hit an inside-the-park home run and a walk-off home run for his first two career home runs since tim raines in 1981. on june 28, 2015, mccann hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the tigers a 5–4 victory over the chicago white sox. mccann became the first mlb player to hit an inside-the-park home run and two walk-off home runs for his first three career home runs since tony piet in 1932.
james mccann (baseball)