Players who hit a leadoff and walk-off home run in the same game

Pete Crow-Armstrong had a game for the ages on August 17, 2026, hitting a leadoff home run and a walk-off homer against the crosstown-rival White Sox.

In the process, PCA joined the 30-30 club for the second straight season and also achieved an even more rare feat. Crow-Armstrong became just the sixth player to hit both a leadoff homer and a walk-off homer in the same game. There have often been citations of a seventh -- Billy Hamilton on May 17, 1893. However, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, Hamilton’s Phillies, despite being the home team, did not win via walk-off that day. In those years, the home team could elect to bat first or second in extras, so Hamilton’s home run came in the top, not bottom, of the 10th.

Here are those six players to begin a game with a homer and end it with a walk-off home run.

Pete Crow-Armstrong
Cubs vs. White Sox, Aug. 17, 2026

PCA's storybook season had plenty of memorable moments and this entire game certainly had those. With the Cubs entering the series with the top NL Wild Card spot and the White Sox leading the AL Central, it was a rare occasion where both Chicago clubs were rolling at this level. Fittingly, Crow-Armstrong met the moment, slugging a first-inning homer and ending the game with a walk-off two-run home run in the 10th inning.

Chris Young
D-backs vs. Padres, Aug. 7, 2010

Young began his historic day with a leadoff home run against San Diego's Clayton Richard and ended it with a walk-off homer against Luke Gregerson. This was a magical time in Young's baseball career, as he had recently just been selected to his first and only All-Star Game in his 13-year career.

Ian Kinsler
Rangers vs. Twins, July 19, 2009

In his most memorable game in one of the best years of his career, Kinsler led off the game with a homer against Francisco Liriano and walked it off in the 12th inning with a two-run home run against R.A. Dickey. Kinsler would eventually reach the 30-30 mark for the first time in his career (he'd do it a second time in 2011).

Reed Johnson
Blue Jays vs. Cubs, June 15, 2003

Johnson had quite the debut season for the Blue Jays, thrusting himself into the leadoff spot for Toronto. His best game came on this day, when he hit a leadoff home run against Shawn Estes and walked it off against Mark Guthrie in the 10th inning.

Darin Erstad
Angels vs. Twins, June 25, 2000

Erstad's 2000 season was truly remarkable: an MLB-leading 240 hits along 25 home runs, 28 stolen bases and a Gold Glove Award that resulted in a eighth-place AL MVP finish. That magical season featured this performance against the Twins, a leadoff home run against Mark Redman and a walk-off homer against Eddie Guardado.

Vic Power
A's vs. Orioles, May 7, 1957

In amsign of the times, Power hit a leadoff home run against Baltimore's Hal Brown in the first inning and ended it with a walk-off homer against Brown in the 10th inning. Power became the first player to pull off this epic feat.