records Most pinch hit games Ichiro Suzuki – 109 (2017) Most pinch hit plate appearances Ichiro Suzuki – 109 (2017) Most pinch hit at-bats Ichiro Suzuki – 100 (2017) Most pinch hits John Vander Wal – 28 (1995) Most consecutive pinch hits Dave Philley and Rusty Staub – tied with eight each (1958 and 1983) Most pinch hit home runs Dave Hansen and Craig Wilson – tied with seven each (2000 and 2001) Most pinch hit game winning grand slam home runs Brooks Conrad – 2 (2010) Most pinch hit home runs for a team in a game St. Louis Cardinals (Jeremy Hazelbaker, Aledmys Diaz and Greg Garcia) – 3 (April 8, 2016) Most pinch hit RBI Joe Cronin, Jerry Lynch, Rusty Staub – tied with 25 each (1943, 1961 and 1983) Most pinch hit walks Matt Franco – 20 (1999) Pinch hit home runs The following players have been called into a game and hit a pinch-hit home run during their first ever Major League at-bat: {| class="wikitable" |+ American League |- ! style="width:120px;"|Date ! style="width:120px;"|Name ! style="width:120px;"|Team ! style="width:120px;"|Inning |- | April 30, 1937 | Ace Parker | Philadelphia | 9th Inning |- | September 5, 1962 | John Kennedy | Washington | 6th Inning |- | June 19, 1963 | Gates Brown | Detroit | 5th Inning |- | September 30, 1964 | Bill Roman | Detroit | 7th Inning |- | September 12, 1965 | Brant Alyea | Washington | 6th Inning |- | August 7, 1968 | Joe Keough | Oakland | 8th Inning |- | April 7, 1977 | Alvis Woods | Toronto | 5th Inning |} {| class="wikitable" |+ National League |- ! style="width:120px;"|Date ! style="width:120px;"|Name ! style="width:120px;"|Team ! style="width:120px;"|Inning |- | April 21, 1898 | Bill Duggleby | Philadelphia | 2nd inning |- | April 14, 1936 | Eddie Morgan | St. Louis | 7th Inning |- | May 21, 1948 | Les Layton | New York | 9th Inning |- | September 14, 1950 | Ted Tappe | Cincinnati | 8th Inning |- | April 12, 1955 | Chuck Tanner | Milwaukee | 8th Inning |- | September 8, 1998 | Marlon Anderson | Philadelphia | 7th Inning |- | April 17, 2001 | Gene Stechschulte | St. Louis | 6th Inning |- | August 21, 2005 | Mike Jacobs | New York | 5th Inning |- | September 1, 2005