Coors Field - Coors Field Firsts

Coors Field Firsts

From Inaugural Game, April 26, 1995 (Colorado 11, New York Mets 9, 14 innings):

• First Official Game and First Extra Inning Game
• First National Anthem: Colorado Children's Chorale
• First Pitch: 5:38 p.m., Bill Swift to Brett Butler
• First First Plate Appearance, First At Bat,First Swing and First Hit: Brett Butler, infield single, 1st inning
• First Batter to Ground Into Double Play: José Vizcaíno (Mets), turned 6-3, Walt Weiss to Andrés Galarraga
• First Putout: Walt Weiss put out Brett Butler at second base (during the double play mentioned above)
• First Extra-Base Hit and First Run Batted In: Larry Walker (Rockies) double in 1st inning
• First Run: Walt Weiss (Rockies), 1st inning
• First Flyout and First Sacrifice Fly: Dante Bichette (Rockies), putout by David Segui, scoring Joe Girardi, 1st inning
• First Person to spit in the bullpen Jerry DiPoto chewing tobacco
• First Strikeout: Bill Swift, struck out (called) David Segui, 2nd inning
• First Sacrifice Bunt: Bobby Jones (Mets), 3rd inning
• First Home Run: Rico Brogna (Mets), 4th inning off Swift
• First Base On Balls: Bobby Jones (Mets) walked Bill Swift, 5th inning
• First Grand Slam: Todd Hundley (Mets), 6th inning off Swift
• First Pinch Hitter: John Vander Wal announced for Swift (did not appear), Eric Young pinched for Vander Wal, 6th inning
• First Relief Pitcher: Jerry DiPoto (Mets), 6th inning
• First Batter to be Hit By Pitch: Roberto Mejía (Rockies) by DiPoto, 6th inning
• First Right Field Outfield Assist: Carl Everett (Mets), Vinny Castilla at second base, 6th inning
• First Wild Pitch: Mike Munoz (Rockies), facing Rico Brogna, 7th inning
• First Blown Save: Mike Munoz (Rockies), 7th inning; the Mets John Franco and Mike Remlinger recorded the second and third blown saves in Coors Field history in the 9th and 14th innings of this same inaugural game, respectively
• First Pinch Runner: Brook Fordyce (Mets), 8th inning
• First Foul Popfly: Andrés Galarraga (Rockies), fielded by Jeff Kent
• First Left Field Outfield Assist: Dante Bichette (Rockies), José Vizcaíno at second base, 13th inning
• Intentional Base On Balls: Todd Hundley (Mets), by pitcher Mark Thompson
• First Pinch Base Hit: Jim Tatum (Rockies), 13th inning
• First Error: Tim Bogar (Mets), 14th inning
• First Walk-Off Home Run: Dante Bichette (Rockies), three-run homerun, 14th inning

Later Firsts:

• First Stolen Base: April 27, 1995, Eric Young and Walt Weiss (Rockies) double steal
• First Passed Ball: April 27, 1995, Joe Girardi (Rockies)
• First Triple: April 27, 1995, Andrés Galarraga (Rockies)
• First Baserunner Caught Stealing: April 27, 1995, Carl Everett (Mets), by A.J. Sager / Joe Girardi
• First Back to Back Home Runs: May 6, 1995, Mike Kingery and Roberto Mejía (Rockies)
• First Center Field Outfield Assist: May 6, 1995, Raúl Mondesí (Los Angeles Dodgers), Larry Walker at second base
• First Baserunner Picked Off Caught Stealing: May 11, 1995, Dante Bichette (Rockies) at third base, by Terry Mulholland (San Francisco Giants)
• First Baserunner Picked Off On Base: June 6, 1995, Brian Jordan (St. Louis Cardinals), by Mark Thompson at 1st base
• First Balk: Marvin Freeman (Rockies), June 7, 1995
• First Complete Game and First Shutout (and, of course, the first Complete Game Shutout): June 16, 1995, Tom Glavine (Atlanta Braves)
• First Hitting for the Cycle: May 18, 1996, John Mabry (St. Louis Cardinals); 11th natural cycle in MLB history
• First No-hitter: September 17, 1996, Hideo Nomo (Los Angeles Dodgers);
• Unassisted Triple Play: April 29, 2007, Troy Tulowitzki (Rockies)