New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells made history quickly during the Opening Day win against the Milwaukee Brewers. Not only was Wells the first catcher in Yankees history to leadoff a regular-season game,

Austin Wells became the first catcher to hit a leadoff homer on opening day, Anthony Volpe also went deep and the New York Yankees began their AL pennant defense by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Thursday.

Austin Wells became the first catcher to hit a leadoff homer on opening day and the Yankees began their AL pennant defense by beating the Brewers 4-2 on Thursday.

Austin Wells drove Freddy Peralta’s fastball into the first row of Yankee Stadium’s right-field short porch and landed in the history books: the first catcher in a century and a half of Major League B

Austin Wells kicks off the Yankees' season with a leadoff home run vs. the Brewers.

The New York Yankees' Austin Wells became the first catcher in MLB history to hit a leadoff home run on Opening Day.

NEW YORK — Austin Wells’ tenure as the Yankees leadoff hitter got off to a strong start. Wells — the first catcher in the Yankees’ 123-year history to start a game in the leadoff spot — crushed a home run in his first at-bat on Opening Day against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Leading off the bottom of the first inning of the Yankees' season opener against the Milwaukee Brewers, Austin Wells hit a solo home run to give New York a quick 1-0 lead and make history at the same time.

Wells, 24, is the first Yankees catcher to ever bat leadoff and was confirmed for that spot earlier this week by manager Aaron Boone.