25th June 2009
Hey did you know that the PI has an All-Star Game Event Finder? Check it out. Here’s the summary page for all hits in All-Star game history. Willie Mays leads the way with 23 hits, followed by Stan Musial with 20. These guys are way in the lead and are unlikely to ever be caught.
How about the 30 hits to lead off an All-Star game? Mays leads there too, with 4. The only active player with as many as 2 is Ichiro, and I’d say he’s got a shot of tying Mays.
Here are the 8 hits to end an All-Star game:
Car# G# Date Batter Tm Lg Pitcher Score Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+-----------------+---+--+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 1941-07-08 Ted Williams BOS AL Claude Passeau down 4-5 HR b 9 1-3 2 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Gordon Scores; DiMaggio Scores
2 1 1955-07-12 Stan Musial STL NL Frank Sullivan tied 5-5 HR b12 --- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
3 1 1961-07-11 Roberto Clemente PIT NL Hoyt Wilhelm tied 4-4 1B b10 12- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF; Mays Scores; Robinson to 2B
4 1 1964-07-07 Johnny Callison PHI NL Dick Radatz tied 4-4 HR b 9 12- 2 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Flood Scores; Edwards Scores
5 1 1966-07-12 Maury Wills LAD NL Pete Richert tied 1-1 1B b10 -2- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF; McCarver Scores
6 1 1970-07-14 Jim Hickman CHC NL Clyde Wright tied 4-4 1B b12 12- 2 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to CF; Rose Scores; Grabarkewitz to 2B
7 1 1972-07-25 Joe Morgan CIN NL Dave McNally tied 3-3 1B b10 -2- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single; Colbert Scores
8 1 1994-07-12 Moises Alou MON NL Jason Bere tied 7-7 2B b10 1-- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Double; Gwynn Scores
They were all victories, which isn’t always the case. (For example, sometimes a guy gets a hit and a runner is thrown out at the plate to end the game.)
Just out of curiosity, here are the 24 intentional walks in All-Star game history:
Car# G# Date Batter Tm Lg Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+-----------------+---+--+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 1934-07-10 Charlie Gehringer DET AL Van Mungo ahead 6-4 t 5 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
2 1 1939-07-11 Ival Goodman CIN NL Red Ruffing ahead 1-0 t 3 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
3 2 George Selkirk NYY AL Bill Lee ahead 3-1 b 6 -2- 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
4 1 1946-07-09 Stan Spence WSH AL Kirby Higbe ahead 3-0 b 5 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
5 1 1949-07-12 Roy Campanella BRO NL Lou Brissie down 5-6 b 5 -2- 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
6 1 1950-07-11 Stan Musial STL NL Allie Reynolds tied 3-3 t11 -2- 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
7 1 1952-07-08 Granny Hamner PHI NL Bob Lemon ahead 3-2 b 4 -23 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
8 1 1958-07-08 Bob Cerv KCA AL Bob Friend tied 3-3 b 5 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
9 1 1964-07-07 Johnny Edwards CIN NL Dick Radatz tied 4-4 b 9 -2- 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
10 1 1966-07-12 Willie McCovey SFG NL Mel Stottlemyre tied 1-1 b 6 -2- 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
11 1 1970-07-14 Willie Horton DET AL Claude Osteen tied 4-4 t12 -2- 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
12 1 1978-07-11 George Foster CIN NL Jim Kern tied 3-3 b 7 -2- 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
13 1 1979-07-17 Roy Smalley MIN AL Joe Sambito ahead 6-5 b 6 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
14 2 Reggie Jackson NYY AL Bruce Sutter tied 6-6 b 8 -2- 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
15 3 Dave Parker PIT NL Jim Kern tied 6-6 t 9 -2- 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
16 1 1983-07-06 Rod Carew CAL AL Mario Soto tied 1-1 b 2 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
17 2 Robin Yount MIL AL Atlee Hammaker ahead 5-1 b 3 -23 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
18 1 1985-07-16 Tim Wallach MON NL Willie Hernandez ahead 6-1 t 9 -23 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
19 1 1990-07-10 Wade Boggs BOS AL Ramon Martinez tied 0-0 t 3 -2- 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
20 2 Ken Griffey SEA AL Dave Smith tied 0-0 t 6 -23 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
21 1 1991-07-09 Rafael Palmeiro TEX AL Rob Dibble ahead 3-2 b 7 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
22 1 2008-07-15 Carlos Guillen AL Aaron Cook tied 3-3 b10 1-3 0 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk; Quentin to 2B
23 2 Miguel Tejada NL Joakim Soria tied 3-3 t12 -23 1 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk
24 3 Justin Morneau AL Aaron Cook tied 3-3 b12 --3 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk
Finally, this is a long list, but here is the last plate appearance of each game. I call your attention to #73 in particular.
Car# G# Date Batter Tm Lg Pitcher Score Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+-----------------+---+--+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 1933-07-06 Tony Cuccinello BRO NL Lefty Grove down 2-4 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
2 1 1934-07-10 Chuck Klein CHC NL Mel Harder down 7-9 Out b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B-P
3 1 1935-07-08 Jo-Jo Moore NYG NL Mel Harder down 1-4 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B
4 1 1936-07-07 Joe DiMaggio NYY AL Lon Warneke down 3-4 Out t 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B
5 1 1937-07-07 Frank Demaree CHC NL Mel Harder down 3-8 Out t 9 1-3 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B
6 1 1938-07-06 Bob Johnson PHA AL Mace Brown down 1-4 SO t 9 --3 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
7 1 1939-07-11 Stan Hack CHC NL Bob Feller down 1-3 SO t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Looking
8 1 1940-07-09 Joe DiMaggio NYY AL Carl Hubbell down 0-4 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF
9 1 1941-07-08 Ted Williams BOS AL Claude Passeau down 4-5 HR b 9 1-3 2 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Gordon Scores; DiMaggio Scores
10 1 1942-07-06 Ernie Lombardi BSN NL Al Benton down 1-3 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF
11 1 1943-07-13 Billy Herman BRO NL Tex Hughson down 3-5 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF
12 1 1944-07-11 Ken Keltner CLE AL Jim Tobin down 1-7 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B
13 1 1946-07-09 Emil Verban PHI NL Jack Kramer down 0-12 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: C
14 1 1947-07-08 Schoolboy Rowe PHI NL Joe Page down 1-2 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF
15 1 1948-07-13 Stan Musial STL NL Joe Coleman down 2-5 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B
16 1 1949-07-12 Pee Wee Reese BRO NL Vic Raschi down 7-11 Out b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B
17 1 1950-07-11 Joe DiMaggio NYY AL Ewell Blackwell down 3-4 Out b14 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
18 1 1951-07-10 George Kell DET AL Ewell Blackwell down 3-8 SO b 9 1-3 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
19 1 1952-07-08 Stan Musial STL NL Bobby Shantz ahead 3-2 SO b 5 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Looking
20 1 1953-07-14 Yogi Berra NYY AL Murry Dickson down 1-5 Out t 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B
21 1 1954-07-13 Randy Jackson CHC NL Virgil Trucks down 9-11 Out t 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: C
22 1 1955-07-12 Stan Musial STL NL Frank Sullivan tied 5-5 HR b12 --- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
23 1 1956-07-10 Harvey Kuenn DET AL Johnny Antonelli down 3-7 Out b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: SS-2B; Kuenn to 1B
24 1 1957-07-09 Gil Hodges BRO NL Bob Grim down 5-6 Out b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: LF
25 1 1958-07-08 Del Crandall MLN NL Billy O'Dell down 3-4 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B
26 1 1959-07-07 Harvey Kuenn DET AL Don Elston down 4-5 Out t 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: 3B
27 1 1959-08-03 Jim Gilliam LAD NL Cal McLish down 3-5 Out b 9 -23 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B unassisted
28 1 1960-07-11 Harvey Kuenn CLE AL Vern Law down 3-5 Out b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: RF
29 1 1960-07-13 Roger Maris NYY AL Lindy McDaniel down 0-6 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B unassisted
30 1 1961-07-11 Roberto Clemente PIT NL Hoyt Wilhelm tied 4-4 1B b10 12- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF; Mays Scores; Robinson to 2B
31 1 1961-07-31 Roy Sievers CHW AL Stu Miller tied 1-1 SO b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
32 1 1962-07-10 Luis Aparicio CHW AL Bob Shaw down 1-3 Out b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF
33 1 1962-07-30 Frank Robinson CIN NL Milt Pappas down 4-9 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF
34 1 1963-07-09 Bobby Richardson NYY AL Don Drysdale down 3-5 Out b 9 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-1B
35 1 1964-07-07 Johnny Callison PHI NL Dick Radatz tied 4-4 HR b 9 12- 2 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Flood Scores; Edwards Scores
36 1 1965-07-13 Joe Pepitone NYY AL Bob Gibson down 5-6 SO b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
37 1 1966-07-12 Maury Wills LAD NL Pete Richert tied 1-1 1B b10 -2- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF; McCarver Scores
38 1 1967-07-11 Ken Berry CHW AL Tom Seaver down 1-2 SO b15 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
39 1 1968-07-09 Carl Yastrzemski BOS AL Jerry Koosman down 0-1 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
40 1 1969-07-23 Carlos May CHW AL Phil Niekro down 3-9 SO b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
41 1 1970-07-14 Jim Hickman CHC NL Clyde Wright tied 4-4 1B b12 12- 2 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to CF; Rose Scores; Grabarkewitz to 2B
42 1 1971-07-13 Johnny Bench CIN NL Mickey Lolich down 4-6 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 3B
43 1 1972-07-25 Joe Morgan CIN NL Dave McNally tied 3-3 1B b10 -2- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single; Colbert Scores
44 1 1973-07-24 Willie Horton DET AL Jim Brewer down 1-7 SO b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
45 1 1974-07-23 Bobby Grich BAL AL Mike Marshall down 2-7 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B unassisted
46 1 1975-07-15 Rod Carew MIN AL Randy Jones down 3-6 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF
47 1 1976-07-13 Amos Otis KCR AL Ken Forsch down 1-7 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
48 1 1977-07-19 Thurman Munson NYY AL Rich Gossage down 5-7 SO b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
49 1 1978-07-11 Darrell Porter KCR AL Phil Niekro down 3-7 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: 3B
50 1 1979-07-17 Rick Burleson BOS AL Bruce Sutter down 6-7 SO b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
51 1 1980-07-08 Lance Parrish DET AL Bruce Sutter down 2-4 SO t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
52 1 1981-08-09 Dave Winfield NYY AL Bruce Sutter down 4-5 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF
53 1 1982-07-13 Buddy Bell TEX AL Tom Hume down 1-4 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF
54 1 1983-07-06 Dickie Thon HOU NL Dan Quisenberry down 3-13 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
55 1 1984-07-10 Rickey Henderson OAK AL Rich Gossage down 1-3 SO t 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Looking
56 1 1985-07-16 Rich Gedman BOS AL Rich Gossage down 1-6 SO b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
57 1 1986-07-15 Chris Brown SFG NL Don Aase down 2-3 Out b 9 1-3 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B
58 1 1987-07-14 Dave Winfield NYY AL Sid Fernandez down 0-2 Out b13 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
59 1 1988-07-12 Lance Parrish PHI NL Dennis Eckersley down 1-2 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF
60 1 1989-07-11 Tony Pena STL NL Doug Jones down 3-5 Out t 9 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
61 1 1990-07-10 Tim Wallach MON NL Dennis Eckersley down 0-2 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 1B
62 1 1991-07-09 Brett Butler LAD NL Dennis Eckersley down 2-4 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: P-1B
63 1 1992-07-14 Norm Charlton CIN NL Dennis Eckersley down 6-13 SO b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
64 1 1993-07-13 Mike Piazza LAD NL Duane Ward down 3-9 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
65 1 1994-07-12 Moises Alou MON NL Jason Bere tied 7-7 2B b10 1-- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Double; Gwynn Scores
66 1 1995-07-11 Mike Stanley NYY AL Randy Myers down 2-3 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: RF
67 1 1996-07-09 Dan Wilson SEA AL Al Leiter down 0-6 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF
68 1 1997-07-08 Moises Alou FLA NL Mariano Rivera down 1-3 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: 2B
69 1 1998-07-07 Moises Alou HOU NL Troy Percival down 8-13 SO b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
70 1 1999-07-13 Jeff Kent SFG NL John Wetteland down 1-4 Out t 9 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
71 1 2000-07-11 Edgar Renteria STL NL Mariano Rivera down 3-6 Out b 9 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
72 1 2001-07-10 Cliff Floyd FLA NL Kazuhiro Sasaki down 1-4 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B-P
73 1 2002-07-09 Benito Santiago SFG NL Freddy Garcia tied 7-7 SO b11 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Looking
74 1 2003-07-15 Rafael Furcal ATL NL Keith Foulke down 6-7 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF
75 1 2004-07-13 Jim Thome PHI NL Mariano Rivera down 4-9 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: SS
76 1 2005-07-12 Morgan Ensberg HOU NL Mariano Rivera down 5-7 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
77 1 2006-07-11 Carlos Lee MIL NL Mariano Rivera down 2-3 Out b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B
78 1 2007-07-10 Aaron Rowand PHI NL Francisco Rodrig down 4-5 Out b 9 123 2 0-1 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF
79 1 2008-07-15 Michael Young AL Brad Lidge tied 3-3 Out b15 123 1 0-0 1 1 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF-RF); Morneau Scores
They all ended the game, but #73 is the only one where the game was tied and no runs scored. This is because that game was the infamous tie All-Star game.
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15th June 2009
For the past few days , every time I turn on the radio it seems that invariably someone will ask “have you ever seen such a thing?” in reference to Friday night’s Luis Castillo play. Well, let’s take a look. Here are all the times since 1954 that a batter whose team was losing with 2 outs reached on an error to win the game.
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27th May 2009
When Jimmy Rollins homered on the first pitch of the Phillies game with the Yankees on Friday, I got to wondering whether leadoff homers (not necessarily on the first pitch) happen more or less freqeuently than all homers in the game.
Here’s what I mean.
In 2008, there were 52 leadoff homers. This counts only the visiting team batting in the top of the first, and not the home team batting in the bottom. In 2008, there were 2428 games. That means that 52/2428 = 2.14% of games featured a leadoff homer, and since each game has exactly one leadoff plate appearance, there was a 2.14% chance of a player hitting a leadoff home run in 2008. Now, checking out the major league batting totals for 2008, we see that there were a total of 187,614 plate appearances and 4878 home runs. That works out to 2.60%, meaning any plate appearance (including the leadoff spot) had a 2.60% chance of ending up as a home run.
That means that, very roughly, the leadoff batter of a game has roughly a 20% lower chance of hitting a homer than for any other average batter during the game. This result is not surprising given that leadoff hitters usually want to try to simply get on base by any means possible and swinging for the fences is usually not the first choice.
By comparison, let’s look at walks in 2008. There were 165 walks to lead off games in 2008. Coming in those 2428 games means the leadoff batter waked 6.80% of the time. Looking back at the league-wide data, we see that there were 16,337 walks in those 187,614 plate appearaces. That means that on average, batters walked 8.70% of the time. So, again, leadoff batters were about 20% less likely to walk.
Incidentally, on the league-wide page, you can see data on the first batter of the game right here. In this case, that’s first batter of the game for each team, so it includes the guy batting first in the bottom of the first inning.
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19th May 2009
Career Home Run Leaders
I’m very pleased to announce that as part of our licensing agreement with SABR, we have acquired the online rights to the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Encyclopedia. This database contains data for every major league home run hit from 1876 on. This has allowed us to create home run logs for all pitchers and batters (excepting those exclusively in the National Association, if someone wants to fill in the blanks for those 200 or so HR, we are definitely interested).
UPDATE @ noon ET, Wednesday: I just got the 2009 home runs working and the site is regenerating those pages, so you will see active players updating over the next 15-20 minutes. Now next up is a summary page and front-end for the general db.
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18th May 2009
Babe Ruth Home Run Log
Along with the minor league data, we licensed the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia which is quite frankly a stunning accomplishment in baseball history. I’m working on getting this together for everybody (and I do mean everybody back to 1876). If you want to brainstorm what you would like to be able to do with this in the comments, go ahead. First order of business, is to add a nice summary similar to what we have for the event finders. I’m make a full announcement in the next few days when it is live on the server.
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13th May 2009
Fernando Tatis just hit a grand slam for the Mets.
It’s impossible to mention “Fernando Tatis” and “grand slam” in the same sentence without recalling that Tatis is the only guy ever to hit two slams in the same inning.
Here is his home run log from 1999:
Car# Yr# G# Date Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+----+---+-------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
20 1 1 1999-04-05 STL MIL Chad Fox down 2-7 b 8 --- 0 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21 2 1 1999-04-07 STL MIL Steve Woodard ahead 2-1 b 6 --3 2 2-0 3 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); McGwire Scores
22 3 1 1999-04-08 STL MIL Jim Abbott tied 3-3 b 5 12- 2 2-1 4 3 Home Run (Fly Ball); McGwire Scores; Davis Scores
23 4 1 1999-04-21 STL @MIL Rafael Roque down 0-1 t 4 --- 1 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
24 5 1 1999-04-23 STL @LAD Chan Ho Park down 0-2 t 3 123 0 2-0 3 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Bragg Scores; Renteria Scores; McGwire Scores
25 6 2 STL @LAD Chan Ho Park ahead 7-2 t 3 123 2 3-2 6 4 Home Run (Fly Ball); Jimenez Scores/unER; Bragg Scores/unER; Renteria Scores/unER; Tatis Scores/unER
26 7 1 1999-04-24 STL @LAD Ismael Valdez down 0-6 t 7 --- 0 1-2 4 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
27 8 1 1999-05-01 STL @MON Mike Thurman ahead 1-0 t 1 --3 1 2-2 6 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); McGwire Scores/unER
28 9 1 1999-05-02 STL @MON Miguel Batista tied 0-0 t 1 12- 1 2-2 5 3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Drew Scores; Lankford Scores
29 10 1 1999-05-04 STL @ATL Justin Speier ahead 8-0 t 7 --- 0 1-0 2 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30 11 1 1999-05-06 STL PIT Todd Ritchie down 0-2 b 2 1-- 0 1-2 6 2 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Lankford Scores
31 12 1 1999-05-21 STL @LAD Onan Masaoka ahead 6-4 t 7 --- 0 2-1 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
32 13 1 1999-05-22 STL @LAD Darren Dreifort down 2-6 t 4 -23 0 1-0 2 3 Home Run (Fly Ball); McGwire Scores; Lankford Scores
33 14 1 1999-05-26 STL SFG Kirk Rueter down 1-7 b 7 --- 0 3-1 5 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34 15 1 1999-06-09 STL @KCR Alvin Morman down 5-7 t 7 --- 2 2-2 5 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
35 16 1 1999-06-16 STL MON Miguel Batista ahead 4-0 b 3 --- 0 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
36 17 1 1999-06-29 STL @HOU Shane Reynolds tied 0-0 t 2 --- 1 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
37 18 1 1999-07-10 STL @SFG Russ Ortiz down 1-3 t 7 --- 1 2-1 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
38 19 1 1999-07-17 STL CHW James Baldwin tied 0-0 b 2 --- 1 3-2 6 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39 20 1 1999-07-19 STL MIN Mike Lincoln ahead 2-0 b 3 1-- 2 2-0 3 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Lankford Scores
40 21 2 STL MIN Benj Sampson ahead 6-2 b 4 1-- 2 2-1 4 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Lankford Scores
41 22 1 1999-07-22 STL @CIN Brett Tomko ahead 1-0 t 1 -2- 2 3-2 7 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Lankford Scores
42 23 2 STL @CIN Danny Graves down 4-5 t 9 1-- 1 2-1 4 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Lankford Scores
43 24 1 1999-07-31 STL COL Bobby Jones down 2-4 b 3 --- 0 0-1 2 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
44 25 1 1999-08-09 STL @PHI Billy Brewer ahead 7-2 t 4 123 0 0-0 1 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); McGwire Scores; Lankford Scores; Howard Scores
45 26 1 1999-08-13 STL CHC Kyle Farnsworth ahead 3-1 b 4 --- 1 1-1 3 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
46 27 1 1999-09-11 STL PIT Chris Peters tied 0-0 b 2 --- 0 0-1 2 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
47 28 1 1999-09-15 STL MIL Bill Pulsipher ahead 2-0 b 1 --- 1 2-1 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
48 29 1 1999-09-17 STL HOU Jose Lima ahead 8-4 b 4 --- 2 3-0 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
49 30 1 1999-09-21 STL @CHC Bobby Ayala ahead 3-1 t 8 --- 2 2-0 3 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
50 31 1 1999-09-26 STL @CIN Juan Guzman down 0-1 t 2 --- 2 1-1 3 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
51 32 2 STL @CIN Danny Graves down 2-4 t 9 1-- 0 0-0 1 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Marrero Scores
52 33 1 1999-09-29(2) STL SDP Andy Ashby down 4-5 b 6 --- 1 0-2 3 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
53 34 1 1999-10-01 STL CHC Jon Lieber down 1-2 b 5 --- 0 1-0 2 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
His 5th and 6th homers of the year both came in the 3rd inning, both with the bases loaded, and amazingly both came off Chan Ho Park, who gave up 11 runs in the game (but only 6 earned.)
Tatis’ slam today gives him 7 in his career, which is not bad for a guy who was out of the majors for a full year twice in his career.
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3rd February 2009
I grew up within the range of WPIX and therefore watched a lot of Yankee games on TV back in the day. In 1989, when Bucky Dent took over from Dallas Green as manager, Dent moved Mattingly from his customary position in the batting order, 3rd, up one slot to #2.
In the first inning, Mattingly showed bunt. I can’t recall whether he actually attempted to bunt, or did bunt, or only showed bunt. What I vividly remember is Phil Rizutto immediately singing Mattingly’s praises for adjusting his game along with his new position in the batting order.
I found that box score rather easily, as Mattingly batted in the #2 position in just one game in 1989. See here for the Event Finder search that revealed it.
Now here’s where it gets interesting. In Joel Sherman’s book that I mentioned in this post, he characterized Mattingly’s bunt as his way of ridiculing Dent for moving him to second in the lineup, and recalled some nasty words that Mattingly had after the game.
How interesting to see the different perspectives between Rizutto and the truth, at least as Sherman presents it.
One thing we know for sure…Mattingly was moved back to the #3 hole the next day.
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23rd September 2008
Last night, the Mets gave up their second grand slam to a pitcher this year.
Those are the only two this year:
Yr# G# Date Pitcher Tm Opp Batter Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit R Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------------------------+
1 1 2008-06-23 Johan Santana NYM SEA Felix Hernandez tied 0-0 t 2 123 2 0-0 1 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Beltre Scores/unER; Clement Scores/unER; Bloomquist Scores/unER; Hernandez Scores/unER
2 1 2008-09-22 Jonathon Niese NYM CHC Jason Marquis tied 2-2 t 4 123 0 0-0 1 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); DeRosa Scores; Johnson Scores; Theriot Scores
And here are back years:
Yr# G# Date Pitcher Tm Opp Batter Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit R Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------------------------+
1 1 2006-07-07 Jose Lima NYM FLA Dontrelle Willis down 0-3 t 4 123 0 0-0 1 4 Home Run (Fly Ball); Willingham Scores/unER; Hermida Scores; Treanor Scores
Yr# G# Date Pitcher Tm Opp Batter Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit R Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------------------------+
1 1 2002-06-02 Bruce Chen MON @PHI Robert Person down 0-3 b 1 123 2 1-0 2 4 Home Run; Giambi Scores; Lee Scores; Pratt Scores
Yr# G# Date Pitcher Tm Opp Batter Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit R Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------------------------+
1 1 2001-09-29 Jimmy Haynes MIL @COL Denny Neagle down 6-9 b 4 123 2 0-1 2 4 Home Run (CF-RF); Ochoa Scores; Uribe Scores; Bennett Scores
Yr# G# Date Pitcher Tm Opp Batter Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit R Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------------------------+
1 1 2000-05-24 Mike Johnson MON @SFG Shawn Estes down 0-7 b 5 123 2 0-0 1 4 Home Run (LF-CF); Kent Scores; Snow Scores; Burks Scores
Yr# G# Date Pitcher Tm Opp Batter Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit R Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------------------------+
1 1 1998-07-20 Denny Neagle ATL CHC Kevin Tapani down 0-1 t 3 123 2 1-1 3 4 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Hill Scores; Orie Scores; Servais Scores
2 1 1998-09-02 Jesus Sanchez FLA STL Kent Mercker down 0-3 t 4 123 0 1-1 3 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Gant Scores; Tatis Scores; Polanco Scores
Yr# G# Date Pitcher Tm Opp Batter Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit R Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------------------------+
1 1 1996-09-07 Andy Ashby SDP @STL Donovan Osborne tied 1-1 b 5 123 1 - 4 Home Run (Deep CF-RF); Mabry Scores; Pagnozzi Scores; Alicea Scores
Yr# G# Date Pitcher Tm Opp Batter Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit R Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------------------------+
1 1 1995-05-29 Shane Reynolds HOU @FLA Chris Hammond ahead 2-0 b 2 123 1 1-1 3 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Pendleton Scores; Whitmore Scores; Johnson Scores
2 1 1995-06-27 Jim Bullinger CHC PIT Denny Neagle tied 2-2 t 6 123 2 - 4 Home Run (Deep LF-CF); Merced Scores; Garcia Scores; Liriano Scores
3 1 1995-08-25 John Cummings LAD @PHI Jeff Juden down 2-10 b 4 123 2 2-2 5 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Webster Scores/unER; Hayes Scores/unER; Van Slyke Scores/unER; Juden Scores/unER
I had no idea that Denny Neagle hit two slams.
These are all the grand slams by pitchers going back to 1987, excluding any possible ones hit by pitchers playing positions other than P (such as, for example, PH.)
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9th September 2008
The other day, Gregg Zaun hit a walk-off salami when his team was down by a run. Here are all the walk-off slams so far this season:
Yr# G# Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 2008-04-07 Torii Hunter LAA CLE Joe Borowski down 2-4 b 9 123 1 1-0 2 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Matthews Scores; Guerrero Scores; Anderson Scores
2 1 2008-06-08 Mark Ellis OAK LAA Chris Bootcheck tied 3-3 b12 123 2 0-0 1 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Petit Scores; Davis Scores; Buck Scores
3 1 2008-06-11 Dan Uggla FLA PHI Tom Gordon tied 2-2 b 9 123 1 3-1 5 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Ramirez Scores; Cantu Scores; Helms Scores
4 1 2008-07-20 Aaron Miles STL SDP Bryan Corey tied 5-5 b 9 123 1 2-1 4 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Pujols Scores; Molina Scores; Schumaker Scores
5 1 2008-08-04 Marlon Byrd TEX NYY Damaso Marte tied 5-5 b 9 123 2 0-0 1 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Metcalf Scores; Laird Scores; Hamilton Scores
6 1 2008-09-06 Gregg Zaun TOR TBR Troy Percival down 3-4 b13 123 2 0-0 1 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Wells Scores; McDonald Scores; Rolen Scores
Zaun and Hunter are the only two to do it when his team was behind. Everybody else, of course, was tied.
Here are all the walkoff grand slams from last year:
Yr# G# Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 2007-04-07 Alex Rodriguez NYY BAL Chris Ray down 6-7 b 9 123 2 1-2 4 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Cano Scores; Jeter Scores; Abreu Scores
2 1 2007-04-21 Russell Martin LAD PIT Shawn Chacon tied 3-3 b10 123 1 1-2 4 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Pierre Scores; Kent Scores; Gonzalez Scores
3 1 2007-05-12 Ryan Zimmerman WSN FLA Jorge Julio tied 3-3 b 9 123 2 1-0 2 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Bergmann Scores; Flores Scores; Lopez Scores
4 1 2007-06-28 Carlos Lee HOU COL Brian Fuentes down 4-5 b11 123 2 0-0 1 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Biggio Scores; Pence Scores; Berkman Scores
Also two were come-from-behind
And finally, all of them from 2006:
Yr# G# Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 2006-05-13 Jeff Francoeur ATL WSN Chad Cordero down 4-5 b 9 123 2 1-0 2 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball); Giles Scores; Renteria Scores; Jones Scores
2 1 2006-06-13 Jason Kubel MIN BOS Julian Tavarez down 1-2 b12 123 1 3-2 7 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball); Cuddyer Scores; Morneau Scores; Hunter Scores
3 1 2006-06-30 Adam Dunn CIN CLE Bob Wickman down 5-8 b 9 123 2 1-0 2 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Line Drive); Phillips Scores; Freel Scores; Lopez Scores
4 1 2006-08-08 Richie Sexson SEA TBD Seth McClung tied 1-1 b10 123 1 1-0 2 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball); Suzuki Scores; Beltre Scores; Ibanez Scores
5 1 2006-08-27 Gary Bennett STL CHC Bobby Howry tied 6-6 b 9 123 2 1-0 2 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball); Encarnacion Scores; Belliard Scores; Miles Scores
6 1 2006-09-24 Nomar Garciaparra LAD ARI Luis Vizcaino tied 1-1 b 9 123 2 2-1 4 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball); Anderson Scores; Furcal Scores; Lofton Scores
Three more come-from-behind, including Dunn’s when his team was down by 3 runs.
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3rd May 2008
Tony LaRussa is up to his old tricks again, batting pitchers 8th quite often this year.
Check it out here–these are all the times this season a pitcher has faced another pitching batting in the 8th spot. I did it as a Team Pitching Event Finder instead of as a Team Batting Event Finder because it easier to come up with the list of teams who have done it this year:
| STL |
79 |
| MIL |
60 |
| CHC |
4 |
| ARI |
1 |
Those are the opposition teams batting the pitcher 8th. There are some cases where a pitcher ends up batting 8th because he came in as part of a double-switch with the player who was originally batting 8th, and then stays in the game and bats for himself. That’s a rare event, but it does happen over the course of the season, usually in extra innings when a manager may be reluctant to pinch-hit for a reliever if he thinks he might need him for a few more innings. So the one time Arizona has done it was in this game. What happened there was really strange and probably not worth going into, but suffice it to say that it was extra-innings madness.
What I described above is exactly what happened when Kevin Hart of the Cubs ended up batting out of the 8 hole in this game. And Jon Leiber has batted 8th three times, all when coming in on a double-switch and staying in the game later to bat.
But all the rest of those PAs, the ones with St Louis and Milwaukee, are because Tony LaRussa and Ned Yost have been routinely batting certain pitchers 8th in their lineup. It makes a lot of sense to me. Hey, for an extreme example, would anybody have a problem if Micah Owings batted 6th or 7th? I sincerely doubt it. Even after an 0-fer last night, Owings is still hitting over .400 this year after hitting .333 last year with 4 homers, 7 doubles, a triple, and 15 RBI in 60 AB.
Here are pitchers batting 8th in past years.
2007:
| STL |
116 |
| MIN |
3 |
| ARI |
1 |
| KCR |
1 |
| CHC |
1 |
| COL |
1 |
| WSN |
1 |
2006 has just one such PA by Ryan Vogelsong of the Pirates.
2005:
| FLA |
5 |
| SDP |
1 |
| CIN |
1 |
| COL |
1 |
| WSN |
1 |
Mostly courtesy of Dontrelle Willis.
And check out here for the 31 times it happened in 1965.
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