Has any Major League player ever had only one official at bat and homered in that one at bat?

Question

This question originated as "has a Major League player ever hit a homerun in every official at bat?" Initial reaction is obviously not. But it's possible a player only had one or two at bats, homered, then got injured or sent back down to the minors. Has this ever happened?

Answer 1

Well, the closest is probably Esteban Yan, the reliever who has only had 2 official at-bats in his entire career, the first of which was a HR for the Devil Rays in 2000.

The only other that's that close would be Luke Stuart of the 1921 St. Louis Browns, who only had 3 at-bats in his major league career, the first of which was a HR.

Answer 2

Frank O'Connor

1893 Philadelphia Phillies 2 abs 2 hits 1 hr

estabon yan

2 ab 1 hr

1921 Luke Stuart

3 abs 1hr

1986 Jeff Bittiger

3 abs 1 hr