Giant reliever Hoyt Wilhelm homers in his first major league at-bat it willl be his only career homerun

Giant reliever Hoyt Wilhelm homers in his first major league at-bat it willl be his only career homerun

Giant reliever Hoyt Wilhelm homers in his first major league at-bat, a fourth-inning blast off Dick Hoover in the team’s 9-5 victory over Boston at the Polo Grounds. During the next 21 years, covering 1070 games and 432 official at-bats, the knuckle-balling future Hall of Fame hurler will never homer again.