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Originally Posted by cgjackson222
To my knowledge, Willie Mays is the only player to hit his first home run off of a Hall of Fame Pitcher.
On May 28, 1951 Mays, who was 0-12 in his Rookie Season, took Warren Spahn deep for 450 feet.
It would be the first of 18 HRs Mays hit off Spahn--the most off any single pitcher in his career.
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This made me think of Willie's teammate HOF'er Hoyt Wilhelm
who hit a HR in his 1st at bat. Wilhelm eventually played for 21 years...
& never hit another!