William Keith McDonald (born February 8, 1973) is a former

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and right-handed batter. He made his debut with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2000. On July 4, 2000 McDonald became the third player in St. Louis history to hit a

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in his first major league

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. On July 6, he homered in his second at-bat, becoming only the second player in MLB history to hit home runs in each of his first two big league at bats.

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, in 1951, is the other. McDonald hit a third home run that year. McDonald has the most home runs of any MLB player not to have had any other hits. In his first season McDonald batted .429 (3-7), with three homers, five RBI and three runs in six games. He returned the following season as a September call-up, and was hitless in two at-bats.

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