With Tomás Nido no longer in Flushing, the player on the Mets with the most plate appearances this season and no home runs is the player who has essentially replaced him, Omar Narváez, currently 6-for-31 with his new club.
Narváez has 51 home runs in his career: 12 with the White Sox, 22 in his one year with the Mariners, and 17 with the Brewers. Let’s track it back to his first, and go from there for the Omar Narváez home run chane.
Omar Narváez hit his first home run off Pat Dean, 9/30/16
Pat Dean gave up his first home run to Nick Castellanos, 5/16/16
Nick Castellanos hit his first home run off Josh Beckett, 4/9/14
Josh Beckett gave up his first home run to Vladimir Guerrero Sr., 9/19/01
Vladimir Guerrero Sr. hit his first home run off Mark Wohlers, 9/21/96
Mark Wohlers gave up his first home run to John Morris, 9/1/91
John Morris hit his first home run off Kevin Gross, 9/24/86
Kevin Gross gave up his first home run to Keith Hernandez, 6/25/83
Keith Hernandez hit his first home run off Doug Rau, 5/24/75
Doug Rau gave up his first home run to Earl Williams, 9/7/72
Earl Williams hit his first home run off Barry Lersch, 4/17/71
Barry Lersch gave up his first home run to Willie Smith, 4/8/69
Willie Smith hit his first home run off Denny McLain, 6/14/64
Denny McLain gave up his first home run to Ken Retzer, 9/25/63
Ken Retzer hit his first home run off Jerry Walker, 9/16/61
Jerry Walker gave up his first home run to Rocky Colavito, 8/28/57
Rocky Colavito hit his first home run off Bobby Shantz, 4/25/56
Bobby Shantz gave up his first home run to Stan Spence, 5/18/49
Stan Spence hit his first home run off Johnny Allen, 8/20/40
Johnny Allen gave up his first home run to Earl Averill, 5/17/32
Earl Averill hit his first home run off Earl Whitehill, 4/16/29
Earl Whitehill gave up his first home run to Bob Meusel, 9/25/23
Bob Meusel hit his first home run off Jim Shaw, 6/2/20
Jim Shaw gave up his first home run to Eddie Murphy, 5/9/14
Eddie Murphy hit his first home run off Ray Caldwell, 10/3/13
Ray Caldwell gave up his first home run to Harry Hooper, 10/8/10
Harry Hooper hit his first home run off Joe Lake, 8/22/10
Joe Lake gave up his first home run to Harry Howell, 6/18/08
Harry Howell gave up his first home run to Dan McGann, 4/28/99
Dan McGann hit his first home run off George Cuppy, 9/5/96
George Cuppy gave up his first home run to Jocko Halligan, 5/1/92
Jock Halligan hit his first home run off Hank O’Day, 5/19/90
Hank O’Day gave up his first home run to George Strief, 5/6/84
George Strief hit his first home run off Will White, 5/3/82
Will White gave up his first home run to Joe Start, 5/7/78
Joe Start hit his first home run off Al Spalding, 10/4/71
Al Spalding gave up his first home run to Fred Treacey, 7/7/71
That was the first home run of Fred Treacy’s career, for the Chicago White Stockings against the Boston Red Stockings, a 7-1 win for the home team in the Windy City. It was, as you might guess, an inside-the-park homer according to SABR’s home run database.
Spalding only gave up 15 homers in 2886.1 innings as he completed 279 of his 325 career starts. A four-time 40-game winner, Spalding is indeed that Spalding, the one from the ball. Not a bad legacy for Treacey to have been the first to circle the bases against him.
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