Best Opening Day Moments
This player hit a walk-off home run on Opening Day in 2018.
Giancarlo Stanton
This player famously hit a home run in his first career at-bat on Opening Day in 2001.
Albert Pujols
This team faced the same opponent in the World Series and on Opening Day in 2017
Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs
This city hosted the first MLB Opening Day game outside of North America in 2014
Sydney, Australia
"It's like Christmas morning, you know you are supposed to get stuff but you don't know what it's going to be."
Jon Lester
This team set a record for the most consecutive Opening Day wins with 11.
Cincinnati Reds
This pitcher holds the record for the most strikeouts by a rookie on Opening Day.
Kerry Wood
This pitcher started on Opening Day in a World Series rematch in 2012 for the first time in his career.
Justin Verlander
This team played in the first MLB Opening Day game outside of North America in 1999
Colorado Rockies
"Opening Day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out, the light pour in."
Mary Schmich
In 1996, this player became the first in MLB history to hit multiple home runs on Opening Day in consecutive seasons.
Tino Martinez
This outfielder stole 4 bases on Opening Day in 1987, setting a rookie record.
Devon White
This team won a World Series rematch on Opening Day in 2001, thanks to a walk-off home run.
New York Yankees
This pitcher started and won the first MLB Opening Day game in Japan in 2000
Hideo Nomo
"It's a national holiday, a sport in its purest form, a day full of history and character."
Joe Posnanski
This pitcher threw a no-hitter on Opening Day in 1940.
Bob Feller
This pitcher set a record for the most walks in an Opening Day start in 1961.
Robin Roberts
This player was named World Series MVP in a rematch on Opening Day in 1998
Scott Brosius
This team played in the first MLB Opening Day game in Mexico in 2016
San Diego Padres
"Every season is full of memories, but nothing quite compares to that first day, that fresh start, that renewed hope."
Sydney Cronk
This player holds the record for the most Opening Day home runs with 8.
Frank Robinson
This manager won his first game on Opening Day in 2010, becoming the youngest manager to do so in MLB history.
Mike Matheny
This manager won a World Series rematch on Opening Day in 1972 with a controversial call at home plate.
Earl Weaver
This player hit a home run in the first MLB Opening Day game in Japan in 2000
Tony Clark
"It's a day of new beginnings, a day of optimism, a day that reminds us all why we love this game."
Bob Costas