Chipper Jones hits his first homerun

May 9, 1995
Firsts, Homerun History
1995, Atlanta Braves, Chipper Jones, May 9, New york, New York Mets, Shea Stadium

May 9, 1995 At Shea Stadium Chipper Jones hits his first career homerun giving the Braves a 3-2 lead in the top of the 9th.

his blast the first of 468 which puts him 3 alltime in homeruns for a switch hitter.

“When I got back to the dugout, I had to go down the stairs and compose myself,” Jones said. “When I got back to the bench and told some of the guys it was my first, they were like, ‘No way.’ I’d been called up in September in 1993 and I was with the team [while recovering from knee surgery] all of ’94.”

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