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10-20-2022, 07:49 AM
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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. Mays mentions his slow start in this video: Leo Durocher encouraged Mays who was feeling down after being hitless in his first 3 games. After Durocher's encouragement, Mays hit his first HR the next day.https://youtu.be/2SixtuO41L0 By the way, Duke Snider has the record for most HRs off a single pitcher (Robin Roberts) in his career with 19. Musial also had success against Spahn, hitting 17. Last edited by cgjackson222; 10-20-2022 at 07:56 AM. 
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