First Cubs homer by team's top sluggers, Part 1 By JohnW53 on Apr 9, 2021, 7:08am CDT + 832 have Nearly two thirds of those who homered -- 541, to be exact -- hit fewer than 10, including 199, nearly 1 in 4, who hit exactly 1. The careers of those with a lone home run cover the team's entire history in the National League, from Ross Barnes, Cal McVey and Deacon White, in 1876; through Billy Hamilton, Josh Phegley, Steve Souza Jr. and Ildemaro Vargas in 2020; and Joc Pederson this season. The latter 5 are just the latest of 45 who have homered just once for the Cubs starting in 2000. All those numbers just go to show that, when a player hits his first homer for a team, there is no telling how many more he may hit -- if any.