Carroll Hardy
From BR Bullpen
Carroll William Hardy
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
- School University of Colorado
- Debut April 15, 1958
- Final Game September 27, 1967
- Born May 18, 1933 in Sturgis, SD USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Carroll Hardy played 8 games for the 1955 San Francisco 49ers as a running back.
He is the answer to a trivia question as the only player to pinch hit for Ted Williams; it happened on September 20, 1960, in the last weeks of Williams' career. Williams fouled a ball off his foot in the first inning, Hardy took over for him and lined into a double play. He is also the answer to an even more trivial question, as the only player to break a scoreless tie with a walkoff grand slam in the 12th inning (No-one has done this in a later inning). It happened for the Boston against Cleveland on April 11, 1962: Hardy drove in Carl Yastrzemski, Frank Malzone and Russ Nixon. It was the first home run that rookie pitcher Ron Taylor had given up.
[edit] Further Reading
- Bill Deane: "A Hardy Pinch-Hitting Average", The National Pastime, SABR, Number 20 (2000), pp. 82-83.
