It took Weston Wilson until he was 28 years old and 332 days to get his first at-bat in the Major Leagues. It took the newest Philadelphia Phillies utility man just one at-bat to launch his first home run.
Wilson connected with the third pitch that he saw in his MLB career to hit a 429-foot home run off of MacKenzie Gore, electrifying the crowd at Citizens Bank Park, which included his family:
Among those in the contingent of Wilson’s family was his father, who immediately teared up:
According to the Phillies, Wilson is the first Phillie to hit a home run as his first MLB hit since Darick Hall did so last June. Even more impressive is that Wilson is the first Phillie to homer in his first MLB plate appearance since Marlon Anderson did so in 1998.
