When Vladimir Guerrero drove in two runs with his ninth inning single last night, he became the 10th player in postseason history to come to bat  with his team losing with 2 outs in the ninth and hand his team the lead:

  Car#  G# Date          Series G Batter            Tm   Opp Pitcher           Score       Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
     1   1 1941-10-05    WS     4 Charlie Keller    NYY @BRO Hugh Casey        down   3-4  2B     t 9 12-   2  -        2 Double to RF; Henrich Scores/unER; DiMaggio Scores/unER
     2   1 1947-10-03    WS     4 Cookie Lavagetto  BRO  NYY Bill Bevens       down   1-2  2B     b 9 12-   2  -        2 *ENDED GAME*:Double to RF; Gionfriddo Scores; Miksis Scores
     3   1 1985-10-16    NLCS   6 Jack Clark        STL @LAD Tom Niedenfuer    down   4-5  HR     t 9 -23   2 0-0   1   3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); McGee Scores; Smith Scores
     4   1 1985-10-20    WS     2 Terry Pendleton   STL @KCR Charlie Leibrand  down   1-2  2B     t 9 123   2 2-1   4   3 Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Clark Scores; Landrum Scores; Cedeno Scores
     5   1 1986-10-12    ALCS   5 Dave Henderson    BOS @CAL Donnie Moore      down   4-5  HR     t 9 1--   2 2-2   7   2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Gedman Scores
     6   1 1988-10-04    NLCS   1 Gary Carter       NYM @LAD Jay Howell        down   1-2  2B     t 9 12-   2 0-2   3   2 Double to CF (Line Drive); Strawberry Scores; McReynolds Scores
     7   1 1988-10-15    WS     1 Kirk Gibson       LAD  OAK Dennis Eckersley  down   3-4  HR     b 9 -2-   2 3-2   7   2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Davis Scores
     8   1 1992-10-14    NLCS   7 Francisco Cabrera ATL  PIT Stan Belinda      down   1-2  1B     b 9 123   2 2-1   4   2 *ENDED GAME*:Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Justice Scores/unER; Bream Scores/unER; Berryhill to 2B
     9   1 2005-10-17    NLCS   5 Albert Pujols     STL @HOU Brad Lidge        down   2-4  HR     t 9 12-   2 0-1   2   3 Home Run (Deep LF); Eckstein Scores; Edmonds Scores
    10   1 2009-10-11    ALDS   3 Vladimir Guerrero LAA @BOS Jonathan Papelbo  down   5-6  1B     t 9 123   2 0-0   1   2 Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Figgins Scores; Abreu Scores; Hunter to 2B

It has also be done once in extra innings by Ivan Rodriguez in Game 3 of the 2003 NLDS.

  Car#  G# Date          Series G Batter            Tm   Opp Pitcher           Score       Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
     1   1 2003-10-03    NLDS   3 Ivan Rodriguez    FLA  SFG Tim Worrell       down   2-3  1B     b11 123   2 1-2   5   2 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF (Line Drive); Gonzalez Scores/unER; Pierre Scores/unER; Castillo to 2B

During last night's ALDS game between the Twins and Yankees, Mariano Rivera walked Nick Punto in the top of the 9th inning, with two outs, and the Yankees ahead in the game.

I doubt Joe Girardi was sweating Rivera issuing that walk, since the Yankees were up by five at the time, and, after all, it's Mo Rivera on the hill. But, in general, I would expect that it must kill a manager to see his "closer" issue a two-out walk in the 9th inning of a post-season game...when his team has the lead. This led me to wondering how often this situation happens. And, thanks to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Post-Season Pitching Event Finder, the answer is easy to find. What I found interesting was the "leader board" for allowing 2-out walks in the 9th inning of a post-season game when pitching with a lead. Here it is:

Jason Isringhausen 4
Tom Henke 3
Mariano Rivera 3
Brad Lidge 3
Fernando Valenzuela 2
Rawly Eastwick 2
Armando Benitez 2
Red Ruffing 2

Granted, Rivera is high on this list partly because he's thrown in so many post-season games. But, still, it's interesting that he's issued this type of base-on-balls three times in his career - and is knocking on the door of becoming the all-time leader of doing this...er...for a lack of a better word..."sin."

In any event, Nick Punto now joins Bret Boone and David Justice as the only batters in baseball history to work Mariano Rivera for a 2-out walk in the 9th inning when their team was trailing. I guess that's something Punto can tell his grand-kids about someday...

According to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Post Season Batter Events Finder - only 4 post-season games, to date, have ended via an error. Here's the details on each situation:

  Car#  G# Date          Series G Batter            Tm   Opp Pitcher           Score       Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
     1   1 1914-10-12    WS     3 Herbie Moran      BSN  PHA Joe Bush          tied   4-4  b12 12-   0  -        0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (throw to 3B)/Sacrifice Bunt;
     2   1 1969-10-15    WS     4 J.C. Martin       NYM  BAL Pete Richert      tied   1-1  b10 12-   0  -        0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (throw to 1B)/Sacrifice Bunt;
     3   1 1986-10-25    WS     6 Mookie Wilson     NYM  BOS Bob Stanley       tied   5-5  b10 -2-   2 3-2   9   0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Knight Scores/unER
     4   1 1996-10-02    ALDS   2 Charlie Hayes     NYY  TEX Mike Henneman     tied   4-4  b12 12-   0 0-0   1   0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E5 (throw to 1B)/Sacrifice Bunt

Many know about Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.  But, how many remember Game 2 of the 1996 ALDS or Game 4 of the 1969 World Series?  And, for sure, I don't think many today can call upon Game 3 of the 1914 World Series from their own personal eye-witness memory.

Poor Joe Bush, Pete Richert, Bill Buckner and Dean Palmer - for making those errors.  Gotta be a player's worst nightmare, right?  Of course,  all these games were already tied when these errors occurred...so, it's not like any of these miscues turned a "W" into an "L."  Now, that would really leave a mark...no doubt.

Note: Three of these puppies came on bunts. So, maybe that's a smart play, when you're at home, in October, in extra innings, with the score tied?

I've been making some updates and improvements to the postseason stats on the site.

First off, the playoff stats on the player and postseason summary pages now match what we have in our pbp database. In the past, these were essentially two different sources with some crossover. It all now jibes with our pbp database. The main changes are that 1981 is not messed up for pitcher IP's as it was, the recent years have full stat lines, we now have wpa info for the 1914 WS. The fact the Braves played in Fenway messed things up and we got that fixed.

Second, I have added a best_of column to our database, so you can now search for just game 7's (or 5's) in the Game Finders and Postseason Event Finders.

I've re-run all of the postseason pages, so they should be ready to roll for next week.

I was surprised to see in Andy's post this morning how many pitchers have hit grand slams in recent years. I also noticed that,  not surprisingly, none have done it past the sixth inning of a game. In fact, no pitcher has hit a grand slam after the sixth inning since Don Robinson in 1985. In all, 7 pitchers have hit a late inning grand slams since 1954.  With one exception, all of those pitchers were up by at least 3 runs at the time.  The only pitcher since 1954 to hit a late inning grand slam in a close game was Rick Wise in 1971. Wise had already homered in the game and by the end of the day would have 6 home runs on the season. Here are the 7 late inning grand slam pitchers:

       1   1 1985-09-12    Don Robinson      PIT  CHC Warren Brusstar   ahead  6-2  b 8 123   2  -        4 Home Run; Brown Scores; Gonzalez Scores; Khalifa Scores

       2   1 1984-05-15    Joaquin Andujar   STL  ATL Jeff Dedmon       ahead  5-1  b 8 123   2  -        4 Home Run; Van Slyke Scores; Smith Scores; Nieto Scores

       3   1 1980-10-01    Enrique Romo      PIT @NYM Roy Lee Jackson   ahead  6-3  t 8 123   0  -        4 Home Run; Nicosia Scores; Moreno Scores; Foli Scores

       4   1 1977-09-27    Larry Christenson PHI @CHC Dennis Lamp       ahead  7-2  t 7 123   2  -        4 Home Run; Maddox Scores; Boone Scores; Sizemore Scores

       5   1 1971-08-28(2) Rick Wise         PHI  SFG Don McMahon       tied   3-3  b 7 123   1  -        4 Home Run; Gamble Scores; Freed Scores; McCarver Scores

       6   1 1966-08-13    Earl Wilson       DET @BOS Dan Osinski       ahead  6-1  t 7 123   1  -        4 Home Run; Horton Scores; Wert Scores; McFarlane Scores

       7   1 1965-09-29    Bob Gibson        STL @SFG Gaylord Perry     ahead  4-0  t 8 123   1  -        4 Home Run (LF-CF); McCarver Scores; Shannon Scores; Maxvill Scores

Raphy wrote about Chris Carpenter's great day with the bat yesterday and I wanted to add a little bit more.

Carpenter hit a grand slam and was the first pitcher in 2009 to do so.

Going back, here are grand slams hit by pitchers in recent years:

   Yr#    G# Date          Batter            Tm   Opp Pitcher           Score       Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
       1   1 2008-06-23    Felix Hernandez   SEA @NYM Johan Santana     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    Jason Marquis     CHC @NYM Jonathon Niese    tied   2-2  t 4 123   0 0-0   1   4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); DeRosa Scores; Johnson Scores; Theriot Scores
       1   1 2006-07-07    Dontrelle Willis  FLA @NYM Jose Lima         ahead  3-0  t 4 123   0 0-0   1   4 Home Run (Fly Ball); Willingham Scores/unER; Hermida Scores; Treanor Scores
       1   1 2002-06-02    Robert Person     PHI  MON Bruce Chen        ahead  3-0  b 1 123   2 1-0   2   4 Home Run; Giambi Scores; Lee Scores; Pratt Scores
       1   1 2001-09-29    Denny Neagle      COL  MIL Jimmy Haynes      ahead  9-6  b 4 123   2 0-1   2   4 Home Run (CF-RF); Ochoa Scores; Uribe Scores; Bennett Scores
       1   1 2000-05-24    Shawn Estes       SFG  MON Mike Johnson      ahead  7-0  b 5 123   2 0-0   1   4 Home Run (LF-CF); Kent Scores; Snow Scores; Burks Scores
       1   1 1998-07-20    Kevin Tapani      CHC @ATL Denny Neagle      ahead  1-0  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    Kent Mercker      STL @FLA Jesus Sanchez     ahead  3-0  t 4 123   0 1-1   3   4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Gant Scores; Tatis Scores; Polanco Scores
       1   1 1996-09-07    Donovan Osborne   STL  SDP Andy Ashby        tied   1-1  b 5 123   1  -        4 Home Run (Deep CF-RF); Mabry Scores; Pagnozzi Scores; Alicea Scores
       1   1 1995-05-29    Chris Hammond     FLA  HOU Shane Reynolds    down   0-2  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    Denny Neagle      PIT @CHC Jim Bullinger     tied   2-2  t 6 123   2  -        4 Home Run (Deep LF-CF); Merced Scores; Garcia Scores; Liriano Scores
       3   1 1995-08-25    Jeff Juden        PHI  LAD John Cummings     ahead 10-2  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/unERs

Ahh, good times. I can remember every single one of these slams.

With the playoffs quickly approaching, I got curious to see the list of players to lead off a post-season game with a home run. This was done using the Post-season Batting Event Finder.

  Car#  G# Date          Series G Batter            Tm   Opp Pitcher           Score       Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
     1   1 1909-10-13    WS     5 Davy Jones        DET @PIT Babe Adams        tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0  -        1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Deep CF)
     2   1 1953-10-04    WS     5 Gene Woodling     NYY @BRO Johnny Podres     tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0  -        1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Deep LF)
     3   1 1954-09-30    WS     2 Al Smith          CLE @NYG Johnny Antonelli  tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0  -        1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Deep LF)
     4   1 1968-10-06    WS     4 Lou Brock         STL @DET Denny McLain      tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0  -        1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
     5   1 1972-10-20    WS     5 Pete Rose         CIN @OAK Catfish Hunter    tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0  -        1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
     6   1 1973-10-07    ALCS   2 Bert Campaneris   OAK @BAL Dave McNally      tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0  -        1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (LF-CF)
     7   1 1978-10-06    ALCS   3 George Brett      KCR @NYY Catfish Hunter    tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 1-1   3   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
     8   1 1986-10-21    WS     3 Lenny Dykstra     NYM @BOS Oil Can Boyd      tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 1-1   3   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
     9   1 1989-10-28    WS     4 Rickey Henderson  OAK @SFG Don Robinson      tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 2-0   3   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
    10   1 1991-10-12    NLCS   3 Orlando Merced    PIT @ATL John Smoltz       tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 0-0   1   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
    11   1 1995-10-04    NLDS   2 Marquis Grissom   ATL @COL Lance Painter     tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 0-0   1   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
    12   1 2000-10-07    NLDS   3 Fernando Vina     STL @ATL Kevin Millwood    tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 0-1   2   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
    13   1 2000-10-25    WS     4 Derek Jeter       NYY @NYM Bobby Jones       tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 0-0   1   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
    14   1 2001-10-17    NLCS   2 Marcus Giles      ATL @ARI Miguel Batista    tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 0-0   1   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
    15   1 2002-10-04    ALDS   3 Ray Durham        OAK @MIN Rick Reed         tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 1-1   3   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
    16   1 2004-10-21    NLCS   7 Craig Biggio      HOU @STL Jeff Suppan       tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 1-2   4   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
    17   1 2004-10-27    WS     4 Johnny Damon      BOS @STL Jason Marquis     tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 2-1   4   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
    18   1 2007-10-04    ALDS   1 Johnny Damon      NYY @CLE C.C. Sabathia     tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 3-1   5   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
    19   1 2007-10-06    NLDS   3 Chris Young       ARI @CHC Rich Hill         tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 0-0   1   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
    20   1 2007-10-08    ALDS   4 Grady Sizemore    CLE @NYY Chien-Ming Wang   tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 1-1   3   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
    21   1 2008-10-05    NLDS   4 Jimmy Rollins     PHI @MIL Jeff Suppan       tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 3-2   6   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
    22   1 2008-10-15    NLCS   5 Jimmy Rollins     PHI @LAD Chad Billingsley  tied   0-0  t 1 ---   0 3-2   8   1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)

Lots and lots of good players populate this list, both the batters and pitchers.

I checked the record of the teams in these games. Here are the outcomes of the 22 games (from the point of view of the team hitting the leadoff HR) as you read down the column above.

LWLWWWLWWLWWWWWLWLWWWW

So that's a record of 16-6 (.727) in those 22 games. Not too surprising--with run-scoring at a premium in the playoffs, single runs have a bigger impact on the outcome.

A few other tidbits:

• There is one series--the 2007 ALDS--that appears twice here, with the Yankees' Johnny Damon and the Indians' Grady Sizemore both leading off different games in that series with homers. The Indians won both games, as well as the series.
• Just 1 out of these 22 games was Game 1 of its series. That's a little surprising, although so many Game 1's are pitched by aces that it's not too surprising.
• Finally, I would remiss if I didn't mention how much more common the leadoff HR has become, with more than half of these games coming since the 1990s. While there are more playoff games now thanks to the extra layers of playoffs (meaning more total playoff games per year and hence more chances for leadoff HR) the more recent era is over-represented, thanks to the increased overall prevelance of home runs in the game.

I just got curious to see how many RBI the top HR-hitters average per HR. Let me show you what I mean.

I'm starting with the B-R page for 2009 batting leaders. The current HR leaders are:

Gee, Pujols on top of a leaders list. Who'dve thunk it?

Anyway, let's look up how many RBI each guy has on his homers so far this year.

The easiest way to do that is go to the event finder for each guy (here is Pujols', for example) and look up his 2009 homers. If you check out that result, you can see that Pujols has 76 RBI on his 47 HR.

Let me summarize the results for each guy:

Pujols: 76/47 = 1.62 RBI/HR
Reynolds 67/43 = 1.56 RBI/HR
Howard 79/41 = 1.93 RBI/HR
Fielder 71/40 = 1.78 RBI/HR
Pena 61/39 = 1.56 RBI/HR
Gonzalez 57/39 = 1.46 RBI/HR
Dunn 63/37 = 1.70 RBI/HR
Teixeira 56/37 = 1.51 RBI/HR
Bay 63/36 = 1.75 RBI/HR
Werth 55/34 = 1.62 RBI/HR
Lee 55/34 = 1.62 RBI/HR

Interesting variation. Howard is pretty far out in the lead among this group, but there are so many things to consider:

• This list includes only the top HR hitters. Nothing says that a guy further down on the HR leaderboard couldn't have a higher ratio than Howard.
• This stat depends heavily on how many guys are on base when the HR hitter is batting, and obviously he has little control over that.
• It's not surprising that Howard's value is so much higher than Werth's. Werth hits further down in the same batting order as Howard, meaning that Jayson has much less benefit of the #1-#3 hitters getting on base, plus he's usually the guy batting with the bases empty after Howard homers.
• Note that this stat does have a significant affect on RBI total. Compare the lowest guy on this list, Gonzalez, to Howard. There's almost half an RBI per HR difference in their rates. That means about 20 fewer RBI for Gonzalez this year (based on his HR production of about 40.)
• I wonder if this stat is random. In other words, I'd be curious to look at the same stat for each of these guys over their careers and see if it changes a lot from year to year. I figure it probably would since it has more to do with the team than anything else, although each guy's position in the batting order (which generally stays fairly constant) probably matters a lot too.
• I want to look at this on a team-by-team basis and I'll do that later this week.

On September 18, 2009, Ichiro Suzuki joined Marco Scutaro, Bill Mueller, and Bill Selby as the only batters to hit a regular season, bottom of the 9th inning, walk-off homerun off against Mo Rivera.

Vernon Wells also hit a walk-off homer against Rivera – but it was in the 11th inning of a tie game. Suzuki, Scutaro, Mueller and Selby all did it in the ninth, with their team trailing.

Suzuki, Scutaro, and Selby all did it after two-outs. Mueller did it after one out.

How do I know this? Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitcher Events Finder for Mariano Rivera - looking at all "Homerun" events for Rivera and setting the filter for "Away Games", and "as last play of game." Here's the results - showing the batters to do it before Ichiro:

Again, Suzuki, Scutaro, and Selby all did it after two-outs. How's that for a trivia question: Name the only three batters to hit a regular season 2-out walk-off homer against Mo Rivera...whose last names all start with "S."

I've previously mentioned how much I like the little stats shown on the mobile version of ESPN.com. Recently, they noted that Prince Fielder was the first guy since 1954 to be involved in a triple play and walk-off homer in the same game. That would be this game in which Fielder received a throw at first base as part of a triple play and hit the game-winning homer in the 12th inning.

I was curious to find that 1954 game so I started with a team batting even finder to find all walk-off homers that year:

   Yr#    G# Date          Batter            Tm   Opp Pitcher           Score       Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
       1   1 1954-04-13    Mickey Vernon     WSH  NYY Allie Reynolds    tied   3-3  b10 1--   1  -        2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Yost Scores
       2   1 1954-04-18(2) Jackie Jensen     BOS  PHA Moe Burtschy      tied   3-3  b13 ---   0  -        1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
       3   1 1954-04-19    Eddie Yost        WSH  PHA Art Ditmar        tied   3-3  b 9 ---   0  -        1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
       4   1 1954-04-24    Wally Post        CIN  CHC John Pyecha       down   3-5  b 9 12-   2  -        3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Bell Scores; Temple Scores
       5   1 1954-05-12    Bobby Hofman      NYG  CIN Harry Perkowski   down   0-1  b 9 1--   1  -        2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Deep LF Line); Samford Scores
       6   1 1954-05-16(2) Ray Boone         DET  BOS Frank Sullivan    tied   8-8  b14 ---   2  -        1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
       7   1 1954-06-09    Jim Greengrass    CIN  PIT Max Surkont       tied   3-3  b 9 ---   1  -        1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
       8   1 1954-06-11    Eddie Miksis      CHC  NYG Marv Grissom      tied   4-4  b10 ---   0  -        1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
       9   1 1954-06-15    Hank Thompson     NYG  CIN Jackie Collum     down   2-3  b 9 12-   2  -        3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Gardner Scores; Lockman Scores
      10   1 1954-06-19    Hoot Evers        NYG  STL Joe Presko        tied   2-2  b 9 12-   1  -        3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to LF Line); Irvin Scores; Gomez Scores
      11   1 1954-06-30    Bill Wilson       PHA  WSH Connie Marrero    tied   7-7  b 9 ---   2  -        1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
      12   1 1954-07-05(2) Harvey Kuenn      DET  CLE Don Mossi         tied   0-0  b11 ---   1  -        1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
      13   1 1954-07-09    Roy Campanella    BRO  PHI Murry Dickson     tied   5-5  b10 1--   1 0-0   1   2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Furillo Scores
      14   1 1954-07-16    Irv Noren         NYY  BAL Joe Coleman       tied   2-2  b 9 ---   2  -        1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
      15   1 1954-07-19    Hobie Landrith    CIN  NYG Al Corwin         tied   0-0  b12 ---   1  -        1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
      16   1 1954-07-19(1) Mickey Owen       BOS  BAL Mike Blyzka       down   5-7  b 9 123   2  -        4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Maxwell Scores; Piersall Scores; Williams Scores
      17   1 1954-07-22(1) Mickey Mantle     NYY  CHW Don Johnson       tied   3-3  b10 ---   2  -        1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
      18   1 1954-08-04    Jackie Robinson   BRO  STL Tom Poholsky      down   6-7  b 9 1--   1 0-1   2   2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Gilliam Scores
      19   1 1954-08-04    Jerry Lynch       PIT  CIN Frank Smith       down   2-3  b 9 1--   2  -        2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Skinner Scores
      20   1 1954-08-08    Jim Delsing       DET  NYY Johnny Sain       tied   8-8  b10 1--   1  -        2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Wilson Scores
      21   1 1954-08-13    Del Crandall      MLN  CHC Jim Davis         tied   2-2  b 9 12-   1  -        3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Adcock Scores; Logan Scores
      22   1 1954-08-27    Ted Kluszewski    CIN  PIT Max Surkont       tied   2-2  b 9 ---   0  -        1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run

By clicking on the date of each game I found out that it was the very last one that year that featured the triple play. In that game, Kluszewski did exactly what Fielder did--fielded a triple play at first base and later hit a walk-off homer.

I wonder if the 1954 Reds has as much fun as the 2009 Brewers did with Fielder's home run. Check out the fanfare on MLB.com.