Guardians rookie Chase DeLauter continues to make history with his scorching start to 2026.
After homering twice on Thursday and once Friday at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, DeLauter launched another home run in the 10th inning Saturday, giving him homers in his first three career regular-season games. DeLauter is one of only three players in MLB history to do so: In 2016, shortstop Trevor Story crushed dingers in his first FOUR games, while outfielder Kyle Lewis homered in his first three career contests in 2019.
Just days into the 2026 season, DeLauter and White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami have each added their names to a small list of players to homer in multiple consecutive regular-season games to begin their careers. Here are all the players who have achieved that feat since at least 1900.
FOUR GAMES
Trevor Story, Rockies
April 4-8, 2016
No player had even homered in three straight games to begin their career until Story accomplished the feat in 2016, smashing a host of MLB records. The Colorado shortstop not only homered in each of his first four contests but in fact hit SIX dingers in that span, going yard twice on Opening Day in Arizona and again in his fourth game of the year against the Padres at Coors Field. Story is the only player with six homers in four games to start a season, let alone to begin a career, and his four-game streak will be hard to surpass.
THREE GAMES
Chase DeLauter, Guardians
March 26-28, 2026
DeLauter saw his first MLB action in the 2025 postseason, playing in two AL Wild Card Series games against the Tigers. Apparently, it prepared the Cleveland outfielder well for his regular-season debut. DeLauter launched two dingers on Opening Day to lead the Guardians to a win in Seattle, then went deep again on each of the next two nights to give him four homers in his first three regular-season games.
Kyle Lewis, Mariners
Sept. 10-12, 2019
Seattle’s 2016 first-round Draft pick met the moment when he was called up late in the 2019 season. Making his debut for an Interleague series against the Reds, Lewis launched homers in all three games of the set -- including a 457-foot clout in the series finale. After joining Story as the only two players to homer in their first three career games, Lewis went on to be named the unanimous American League Rookie of the Year the following season.
TWO GAMES
Munetaka Murakami, White Sox
March 26 & 28, 2026
Murakami’s power is nothing new: He broke Sadaharu Oh’s single-season home run record with 56 dingers in Nippon Professional Baseball in 2022, the year he earned his second straight NPB MVP Award. After signing a two-year, $34 million deal to join the White Sox, Murakami wasted no time, socking home runs in Chicago’s first two games of 2026 against the Brewers.
Rece Hinds, Reds
July 8-9, 2024
Hinds showed off some serious thump in his bat in his first two career games, both against the Rockies at Great American Ball Park. He doubled and ripped a 449-foot homer in his Major League debut, then doubled, tripled and crushed a 458-foot dinger in his second MLB contest. Hinds went homerless in his next two games, but he wasn’t done: He went yard again in his fifth career game and homered TWICE in game No. 6.
Akil Baddoo, Tigers
April 4-5, 2021
Baddoo remains the most recent player to homer on the very first pitch of his career, jumping all over a fastball for an opposite-field dinger against Cleveland at Comerica Park. The next day, he got another special moment with a grand slam in the ninth inning against the Twins, becoming the first Tiger with homers in consecutive games to begin his career.
Yordan Alvarez, Astros
June 9 & 11, 2019
Alvarez was called up to the Majors on June 9, 2019, after absolutely destroying the Minor Leagues: He was hitting .343 with 23 home runs and an 1.185 OPS in 56 games for Triple-A Round Rock. Alvarez’s hot bat carried over to the Major League level: He slugged a two-run homer in his MLB debut against the Orioles and hit another two-run tater in his second career game against the Brewers.
Francisco Arcia, Angels
July 26 & 28, 2018
Arcia spent 12 years in the Minor Leagues before making his MLB debut at age 28, and he made the moment count. The catcher broke things open for the Angels with a three-run homer in the seventh inning of his debut against the White Sox on July 26, and two days later against the Mariners, he ripped another three-run dinger as part of a six-RBI night. All told, Arcia amassed 10 RBIs, a record for a player’s first two career games.
Aaron Judge, Yankees
Aug. 13-14, 2016
Even before his historic, 52-homer rookie season in 2017 -- and his AL record-setting 62-dinger campaign in 2022 -- Judge was making waves. He swatted a 446-foot homer to dead center field in his first MLB at-bat, then hit a solo shot to the opposite field his first time up in game No. 2. It was a fitting preview of Judge’s fantastic career so far, with the three-time AL MVP still at the top of his game.
Joey Gallo, Rangers
June 2-3, 2015
Gallo has since made the transition to pitching, but it’s hard to forget the power he displayed during a 10-year MLB career as a hitter. His pop was evident from the start: After a two-run single in his first Major League at-bat, Gallo crushed a 445-foot home run to the second deck of Globe Life Park, the Rangers’ former home. He added another homer the following day, a precursor to an impressive career at the plate that included two 40-homer seasons.
Brett Pill, Giants
Sept. 6-7, 2011
John Bowker, Giants
April 12-13, 2008
Elijah Dukes, Rays
April 2 & 5, 2007
Kevin Kouzmanoff, Cleveland
Sept. 2-3, 2006
Kenji Johjima, Mariners
April 3-4, 2006
Josh Bard, Cleveland
Aug. 23-24, 2002
Keith McDonald, Cardinals
July 4 & 6, 2000
Todd Helton, Rockies
Aug. 2-3, 1997
Ricky Jordan, Phillies
July 17-18, 1988
Sam Horn, Red Sox
July 25-26, 1987
Alvin Davis, Mariners
April 11 & 13, 1984
Tim Laudner, Twins
Aug. 28-29, 1981
Joe Lefebvre, Yankees
May 22-23, 1980
Roberto Peña, Cubs
April 12-13, 1965
Dick Stuart, Pirates
July 10-11, 1958
Joe Cunningham, Cardinals
June 30-July 1, 1954
Paul Gillespie, Cubs
Sept. 11 & 13, 1942
Earl Averill, Cleveland
April 16-17, 1929