The usual two disclaimers here. Given statistical accuracy and game formats, I am limiting myself to the Modern Era (post 1900) and not all Negro League game stats have been fully documented and incorporated into the MLB record book. (In 2020, the Negro Leagues from 1920-48 were designated major leagues.)<\/em><\/p>\n I started looking at the most hits in a player\u2019s first ten games, so let\u2019s start this post there.<\/p>\n Bodhi \u201cBo\u201d Hart, 2003 Cardinals<\/strong><\/p>\n Hart played in just two MLB seasons (2003-04), hitting .272-4-30 in 88 games. From 2004 through 2008, he played at Triple-A and in Independent Leagues.<\/p>\n Put me in, Coach. I’m ready to Play Anywhere.<\/em> The only other player with at least 20 hits in his first 10 games, Wilson made his MLB debut on September 5, 1998, batting second and playing SS for the White Sox (versus the Yankees in Chicago).\u00a0\u00a0 A thirteenth-round draft pick in 1992 (out of Kansas State University), Wilson had gone .306-14-69 in 120 games at Triple-A that season. He got off to a smashing start, going three-for-four, with two doubles and a home run in his debut game. He didn\u2019t slow down much, notching eight multi-hit games (and collecting 20 hits) in his first ten MLB games. He ended his inaugural season at .468-3-10 in 13 games \u2013 taking the field at shortstop, second base and third base.<\/em><\/p>\n In his second MLB season (1999), Hughes spent the entire campaign with the White Sox, hitting .238-4-26 in 98 games and appearing at all four infield positions.\u00a0 He played just one more season in the major leagues.\u00a0 In 2000, he split time between Triple-A and the White Sox, with 28 MLB games (.260-0-4) and 62 Triple-A contests (.370-3-34.)\u00a0 From 2001-2004, he played at Double-A and Triple-A.\u00a0 His final MLB stat line was .272-7-40 in 139 games.<\/p>\n Where\u2019s My Members Jacket?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Craig Wilson is a member of the Kansas State University Athletics Hall of Fame.\u00a0 A four-year starter at 2B\/SS, he was the 1992 Big Eight Conference Baseball Player of the Year, an All-Big Eight First Teamer in 1991 and 1992 and Kansas State\u2019s first baseball consensus All American. Over his four seasons at KSU, he hit .349-21-176 in 226 games.\u00a0 He was also a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Baseball Tam and the 1991 Pan American Baseball Team.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Now, before moving on to other categories, here\u2019s a few tidbits on the 19–hit club.<\/p>\n It\u2019s an Oh-fer, but It Ain\u2019t Over<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n In game four of his MLB career, Curtis Goodwin had his opening hot streak briefly interrupted. In a June 5 game against the Mariners, he went zero-for-four with four strikeouts. It was the only game in nis first 11 MLB contests that he did not collect at least two hits. <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n She\u2019s Real Fine My 409<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n After 22 MLB games, Terry Pendleton\u2019s career average was .409.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Aristides Aquino<\/strong><\/p>\n In 2019, Aquino started at Triple-A and went.299-28-53 in 78 games, earning an August call up. He started slow, zero-for-six in his first three MLB games \u2013 but things began to turn around. On August 3, in his fourth MLB game and eighth MLB plate appearance (he had a single and a walk earlier in the game), Aquino hit a three-run home run off Dallas Keuchel. \u00a0In his fifth MLB game (August 4) Aquino had just one plate appearance \u2013 a tenth inning pinch hit single. But the dam was about to burst. \u00a0Aquino homered in three straight games (August 6,8,9) and stood at four career homers after nine career MLB games. \u00a0Then, in his tenth MLB game \u2013 on August 10, he did better than homer in three straight games, he went deep in three straight innings (second, third and fourth) to tie Story\u2019s first-ten-games record. Aquino went on to became the first MLB player with 10 home runs in his first 16 games. \u00a0He finished with 14 home runs in August \u2013 still the most long balls ever in a month by a rookie. He finished the season at .259-19-47 in 56 games. In five MLB seasons (2018-22 \u2026 Reds), Aquino hit .211-41-108 in 244 games. In 2023-24, Aquino played in Japan, the Dominican and Mexico.<\/p>\n Sam Horn<\/strong><\/p>\n Sam Horn was a first-round pick (Red Sox) in the 1982 MLB draft. He made it to the major leagues in 1987 (debut on July 25, at DH, batting fifth) \u2013 called up after hitting .321-30-84 in 94 games at Triple-A. \u00a0He collected a single and a walk in five plate appearances in that first game \u2013 scoring twice. He would go on to score at least once in each of his first 10 games, while getting on base 19 times (14 hits, five walks) in 41 plate appearances. He finished his rookie season at .278-14-34 in 46 games. \u00a0He went on to an eight-season MLB career (1987-93, 1995 \u2026 Red Sox, Orioles, Indians, Rangers), hitting .240-62-179 in 289 games.<\/p>\n Tom Hughes<\/strong><\/p>\n Hughes made his major league debut on September 9, 1930 \u2013 and proceeded to hit .545 (18-for-33) over his first ten MLB games.\u00a0 Note:\u00a0 He came on a a pinch runner in his first game and did not get a plate appearance.<\/em> He played in 17 games for the 1930 Tigers (hitting .373-0-5) and was back in the minors in 1931. He did not return to the major leagues and did not play professionally after the 1933 season.<\/p>\n Still A Champion<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Tom Hughes is in the University of Texas Hall of Honor.\u00a0 He was a member of the 1928 Southwest Conferences Championship football team (half back) and the SWC Championship baseball squads of 1928 and 1929 (All SWC outfielder in 1929). He won the Norris Trophy as the school\u2019s outstanding athlete in 1939.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Mark Quinn <\/strong><\/p>\n Quinn was selected by the Royals in the 11th round of the 1995 MLB draft (out of Rice University, where he hit .353-24-138in 114 games over two seasons).\u00a0 He made his MLB debut September 14, 1999 (after a .360-25-84 season at Triple-A). In his first MLB contests Quinn (DH, batting fifth) went three-for-four, with a double, two home runs, two run scored and four RBI, starting on his way to a record 15 RBI in his first ten MLB games.<\/p>\n Mark Quinn\u2019s fifteen-RBI ten-game MLB career start was bookended by four-RBI games in games one and ten.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Quinn played in 17 games for the Royals in 1999, going .333-6-18. He played in four MLB seasons (1999-2002, Royals), going .282-45-167. His best year was 2000, when he hit .294-20-78 in 135 games. After 2002, he played through 2007 in the Padres, Rays, Cardinals and White Sox minor-league systems, the independent Golden League and Venezuelan Winter League.<\/p>\n Mitchell Page<\/strong><\/p>\n Page was selected in the third round of the 1973 MLB draft (Pirates) and spent 1973-76 in the Pirates minor-league system. \u00a0After a .294-22-83 Triple-A season in 1976, the Pirates traded Page to the A\u2019s (part of an eight-player deal). That was Page\u2019s ticket to the major leagues, as he made his MLB debut on April 9, 1977 (LF, batting third). In his first ten MLB games, Page hit three home runs and drove in 15 tallies \u2013 including a two-homer, six-RBI game in his sixth career contest. Page finished the season at .307-21-75 in 145 games. The campaign would mark his career highs in run (85), hits (154), doubles (28); triples (8), HR (21), RBI (75) and stolen bases (42) \u2013 as well as his highest average in any season in which he played at least 20 games. \u00a0Page finished second to Eddie Murray in the Rookie of the Year balloting. Page went on to play in a total of eight MLB seasons (1977-83 for Oakland, 16 games in 1984 for the Pirates). He hit .266-72-59, with 104 steals in 673 games.<\/p>\n Dale Alexander<\/strong><\/p>\n Alexander made his MLB debut in 1929 \u2013 after five minor-league seasons, in which he hit .320 or better in every one. He carried his hot bat right into the major leagues with the Tigers – driving in 15 runs in his first ten games and hitting .343-25-137 (and leading the AL with 215 hits) in his rookie season. Alexander played in five MLB seasons (1920-33 \u2026 Tigers, Red Sox), hitting .331-61-459 in 662 games and winning the 1932 batting title with a .367 average. Alexander promising career was cut short by a 1933 knee injury (and gruesome treatment, you can look it up) \u2013 although he did play in the minors until 1942.<\/p>\n Primary Resources:\u00a0<\/em> Stathead.com; Baaseball-Almanac.com; Texas Hall of Honor; K-State Athletics Hall of Fame.<\/p>\nMost Hits in First Ten MLB Games – 23<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Hart sits atop this list with 23 hits in his first ten MLB games (.460 average). He might be a bit of a surprise, considering he was a Cardinals\u2019 33rd<\/sup> Round<\/em> <\/strong>Draft pick (1999 MLB Draft, out of Gonzaga University \u2013 where he hit .320 in two seasons).\u00a0 He made his MLB debut (at 2B, batting eighth) June 19, 2003 \u2013 in his fifth professional season \u2013 after starting the season by hitting .297-7-31 in 67 games at Triple-A.\u00a0 In 77 games for the Cardinals that season, he went .277-4-28. \u00a0Hart started his MLB career with a seven-game hitting streak and, in his first ten MLB games, he had seven multi-hit games (including two four-hit contests). \u00a0After 27 games in the big leagues, Hart was still hitting .342, but pitchers reportedly had started feeding him a steady diet of breaking pitches \u2013 and he hit just .235 over his next 50 games, finishing the season at .277-4-28. In 2004, Hart didn\u2019t make the Cardinals’ squad out of Spring training and hit just .154 in 11 games at the major-league level in what proved to be his final MLB season.<\/p>\n<\/a>Craig Wilson, 1998 White Sox <\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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Most Home Runs in First Ten MLB Games \u2013 Seven<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/a>Trevor Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>A Story-book start.<\/em> Story was a first-round (Rockies) pick in the 2011 MLB Draft \u2013 out of Irving (Texas) High School, where he hit.488 in his senior season. \u00a0He made his MLB debut on Opening Day 2016 (at SS, batting second) and moved right into the record books, becoming the first player to hit two home runs in an Opening Day MLB debut. \u00a0He went on to homer in his first four MLB games, smacking six long balls in 19 at bats (six of his first seven MLB hits were home runs). \u00a0In the process, he also became the first player to homer in the first four games of his career. He popped another homer in his seventh career game, becoming the first MLB player with seven homers after just six games of a season. Story finished his rookie season at .272-27-72 in 97 games. (He had thumb surgery in early August, which ended his rookie campaign early.) Injuries have been an issue for Story, who has played 100 games in four of nine MLB seasons (one the sub-100 seasons was the 2020 shortened Covid season). \u00a0Story (still active \u2013 Red Sox) is a two-time All Star and has put up a .265-179-540, 129-steal stat line in nine seasons (Rockies, Red Sox). \u00a0In 2020\u2019s Covid-shortened season, he led the NL in triples (4) and stolen bases (15).<\/p>\n<\/a>And then the dam just burst.<\/em> Just three seasons after Trevor Story set the record of seven home runs in a player\u2019s first ten MLB games, Reds\u2019 outfielder Aristides Aquino tied it. And he did it while at a disadvantage. Aquino made his MLB debut (in his eighth pro season) with a pinch-hit appearance on August 19, 2018 (a five-pitch strikeout). It was his only MLB at bat of the season (but the game counted against his opening ten).<\/p>\nMost Runs Scored the First Ten MLB Games \u2013 15<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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