Former Arizona Wildcats catcher Austin Wells made history on Thursday with his leadoff home run off Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Freddy Peralta, for the New York Yankees on Opening Day.

New York — 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 ...

Per ESPN, Wells became the first catcher to hit a leadoff home run on Opening Day in MLB history. MLB.com added that Wells became the first Yankees player with a leadoff home run on Opening Day.

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

Wells, from the moment he first arrived here ... first time in baseball history — as in ever — when a catcher hit a leadoff home run on Opening Day, this was his reaction to that.

MLB Opening Day 2025: Austin Wells begins Yankees' season with first Opening Day leadoff homer by catcher in MLB history The first catcher to bat leadoff in Yankees history went deep three pitches ...

The New York Yankees' Austin Wells made history Thursday, becoming the first catcher to hit a leadoff home run on Opening Day in MLB history. Given Major League Baseball's long history ...

Well(s) that didn't take long. After being named the first leadoff catcher in Yankees' history earlier this afternoon, Austin Wells made even more history in his first at bat. On a 2-0 count ...

New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells etched himself into the history books in the team’s opening-day game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday at Yankee Stadium. Wells, 25, had already ...

Wells became the first catcher ever to hit a leadoff home run on Opening Day. That's nearly 150 years of Major League Baseball history. He was also the first player in Yankee history with a ...

Wells became the first catcher ever to hit a leadoff home run on Opening Day. That's nearly 150 years of Major League Baseball history. He was also the first player in Yankee history with a ...