June 22 when Todd Dunwoody was placed on the disabled list. He made his Major League debut that night in a pinch-hitting appearance against the Montreal Expos and made his first start in left field on June 23 at Montreal, notching his first hit in the second inning off Tony Armas Jr. Broussard hit his first home run on June 26 at Boston off Pedro Martínez. Broussard said this about his first home run: He appeared in 31 games with Cleveland from before being optioned back to Buffalo on August 8. He was recalled for second time after the conclusion of the Triple-A playoffs and appeared in 8 games in September, going 5 for 18 with a home run and two RBIa. On the year with Cleveland he made 29 starts in left field and 3 starts at first base. Broussard spent most of the 2003 season in the Major Leagues with Cleveland and teamed with Travis Hafner in the second half to solidify the first base position. He began the season on the 15-day disabled list after straining his right oblique muscle on March 14. After a short rehab assignment in Triple-A, Broussard was activated from the disabled list and optioned to Triple-A. He was recalled from on April 13 and made his '03 debut against Seattle. He hit his first home run of the season off of Freddy García. Broussard finished eighth among American League rookies in runs scored with 53, tenth in on-base percentage with .312, 6th in slugging percentage with .443 and tied for seventh in home runs with 16 along with New York's Hideki Matsui. In 2004 Broussard had a solid offensive season after getting off to a slow start to begin the campaign. He finished fourth on the team with a career-high 80 RBIs in just 415 at-bats. He led all American League hitters in RBIs among those with 425 at-bats or less, only Barry Bonds and Jason Bay had more in the Major Leagues. Broussard also became just the fourth player in Major League baseball history and the first since Darryl Strawberry in 1998 to hit two pinch-hit grand slams in the same season. On the year he hit three grand slams which equaled the AL lead with Hank Blalock & Rubén Sierra. On the year he hit .636 with the bases loaded with three home runs and 23 RBIs. He appeared in