A List Updated After Nine Years: First World Series Homer in Franchise History

Some of you longtime readers may remember a list I made when the Rangers were in their first World Series back in 2010. Mitch Moreland was the first Ranger to homer in World Series play, and I thought it'd be fun to look back on who held the distinction for other franchises.

Now that the Nationals have played their first World Series game, it's time to update it. Instead of editing that old post with my outdated Google Sheet embed method, I'll put a table here:

Franchise	Batter	Pitcher	Date
Pirates	Jimmy Sebring	Cy Young	10/1/1903
Red Sox	Patsy Dougherty	Sam Leever	10/2/1903
Cubs	Joe Tinker	Bill Donovan	10/11/1908
Tigers	Davy Jones	Babe Adams	10/13/1909
Athletics	Danny Murphy	Harry McIntire	10/20/1910
Giants	Larry Doyle	Charley Hall	10/15/1912
Braves	Hank Gowdy	Joe Bush	10/12/1914
Phillies	Fred Luderus	Rube Foster	10/13/1915
Dodgers	Hi Myers	Babe Ruth	10/9/1916
White Sox	Happy Felsch	Slim Sallee	10/6/1917
Indians	Elmer Smith	Burleigh Grimes	10/10/1920
Yankees	Babe Ruth	Phil Douglas	10/9/1921
Twins	Goose Goslin	Jack Bentley	10/5/1924
Cardinals	Billy Southworth	Urban Shocker	10/3/1926
Reds	Jimmy Ripple	Schoolboy Rowe	10/3/1940
Orioles	George McQuinn	Mort Cooper	10/4/1944
Mets	Donn Clendenon	Dave McNally	10/12/1969
Royals	Amos Otis	Bob Walk	10/14/1980
Brewers	Ted Simmons	Bob Forsch	10/12/1982
Padres	Kurt Bevacqua	Dan Petry	10/10/1984
Blue Jays	Joe Carter	Tom Glavine	10/17/1992
Marlins	Moises Alou	Orel Hershiser	10/18/1997
Diamondbacks	Craig Counsell	Mike Mussina	10/27/2001
Angels	Troy Glaus	Jason Schmidt	10/19/2002
Astros	Mike Lamb	Jose Contreras	10/22/2005
Rockies	Matt Holliday	Hideki Okajima	10/27/2007
Rays	Carl Crawford	Cole Hamels	10/22/2008
Rangers	Mitch Moreland	Jonathan Sanchez	10/30/2010
Nationals	Ryan Zimmerman	Gerrit Cole	10/22/2019
Mariners	???	???	???

If you go back and read that original post, you can see I classified each of these guys based on how fitting they were for the distinction, and I think Ryan Zimmerman definitely falls into the "Franchise Stars" category. Congrats, Mr. National, and let's go Nats!