Shortstop rookie Home Runs: top 16 all time.

New Yankee SS rookie Home Run record set by Anthony Volpe. Sunday, August 13, 2023

Shortstop rookie Home Run record: Nomar Garciaparra. Sunday, August 13, 2023

Data derived from https://stathead.com/tiny/WlBmW

Bold indicates maximum. Red indicates minimum in a column, except SS HR where it shows fewer HR than the total HR.

		tot	SS	SS	SS
Rk	Player	HR	HR	AB	AB/HR	ROY	Year	Age	Pos	Team	Lg	G	PA	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Nomar Garciaparra	30	30	684	22.80	1	1997	23	*6/H	BOS	AL	153	734	.306	.342	.534	.875	123
2	Trevor Story	27	27	372	13.78	4	2016	23	6/H	COL	NL	97	415	.272	.341	.567	.909	122
3	Corey Seager	26	26	627	24.12	1	2016	22	*6/H	LAD	NL	157	687	.308	.365	.512	.877	134
5	Troy Tulowitzki	24	24	609	25.38	2	2007	22	*6	COL	NL	155	682	.291	.359	.479	.838	109
6	Carlos Correa	22	22	387	17.59	1	2015	20	6	HOU	AL	99	432	.279	.345	.512	.857	135
7	Bobby Crosby	22	22	545	24.77	1	2004	24	*6	OAK	AL	151	623	.239	.319	.426	.744	93
8	Ron Hansen	22	22	530	24.09	1	1960	22	*6/H	BAL	AL	153	606	.255	.342	.440	.781	111
9	Jeremy Peña	22	22	521	23.68	5	2022	24	*6/H	HOU	AL	136	558	.253	.289	.426	.715	101
10	Fernando Tatis Jr.	22	22	334	15.18	3	2019	20	6/H	SDP	NL	84	372	.317	.379	.590	.969	154
4	Paul DeJong	25	20	342	17.10	2	2017	23	64/H	STL	NL	108	443	.285	.325	.532	.857	121
11	Ernie Banks	19	19	593	31.21	2	1954	23	*6	CHC	NL	154	650	.275	.326	.427	.753	94
12	Ángel Berroa	17	17	567	33.35	1	2003	25	*6	KCR	AL	158	635	.287	.338	.451	.789	101
15	Hanley Ramírez	17	17	633	37.24	1	2006	22	*6/H	FLA	NL	158	700	.292	.353	.480	.833	116
16	Anthony Volpe	16	16	389	24.31		2023	22	*6/H	NYY	AL	118	437	.211	.291	.383	.674	86
13	Oneil Cruz	17	16	300	18.75	6	2022	23	6/DH7	PIT	NL	87	361	.233	.294	.450	.744	107
14	Aledmys Díaz	17	16	399	24.94	5	2016	25	6/H4	STL	NL	111	460	.300	.369	.510	.879	134
Rk	Player	HR	HR	AB	AB/HR	ROY	Year	Age	Pos	Team	Lg	G	PA	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
		tot	SS	SS	SS

Unfortunately for 2023 Yankee rookie shortstop Anthony Volpe, he is dead last in this list in BA, OBP, SLG, OPS, OPS+ through August 13, 2023.

The order of the original list is slightly altered to reflect only home runs hit while playing shortstop. For instance, DeJong is dropped from 4th to 11th. Data to the right of the league (Lg) column is original and total, including non shortstop numbers.

Mr. Cub Ernie Banks had two rookie home runs left ambiguous in baseball-reference.com but there is nothing in his fielding data nor the box scores nor in his home run log to suggest that Banks was playing anywhere but shortstop when he hit those home runs.

Garciaparra: the most home runs but not the best home run rate (AB/HR); that goes to Story. Garciaparra has the most AB and PA.

Tatis has the most dominant numbers, leading in everything where Volpe is last: BA, OBP, SLG, OPS, OPS+. Tatis also had the fewest games (84), although Cruz had the fewest SS AB and PA.

Seven of the 15 in this list through 2022 finished #1 in Rookie of the Year awards (ROY). Three finished #2.

Although initially inspired by Anthony Volpe setting the Yankee rookie shortstop home run record, this research led to satisfying insight for a key fielding position.