Players who played for the Brewers and Angels | Immaculate Grid Answers for Grid 121 August 1, 2023

Are you hooked on Immaculate Grid, the daily trivia game from Baseball Reference? We sure are! We’ll warn you right now—this blog post contains spoilers. But if you’re looking for a little help with today’s grid (or you already filled it out and want to know who else qualified) read on.

To fill out today’s grid, you need to choose a player who played for both the Brewers and Angels. There were 113 players who played with both Los Angeles and Milwaukee. Here are some examples:

Jonathan Lucroy

Jonathan Lucroy debuted in the majors at age 23.

Lucroy had an impressive high school career. As a freshman, he was honorable mention for the state of Florida. He made All-State as a junior, then hit .450 with 10 homers as a senior, finishing with the school record of 20 home runs. He jumped right in during his freshman year of college too, hitting a team-high .379 with a .427 OBP and .544 slugging percentage, driving in 48 in 54 games and making no errors afield. He made second-team All-Sun Belt Conference (finishing 5th in the conference in average) and was named a Freshman All-American by Louisville Slugger. Baseball America chose J.P. Arencibia instead in that role.

Jim Edmonds

Jim Edmonds set the St. Louis Cardinals team record for home runs by an outfielder in 2000 with 42 and hit .336 with runners in scoring position in 2001.

In December of 2007, Edmonds was traded to the San Diego Padres for about one million dollars and infield prospect David Freese. After hitting just .178 in 26 games with the Padres, he was released in May 2008 and signed with the Chicago Cubs shortly thereafter. After sitting out the 2009 season, Jim signed a contract with the Milwaukee Brewers in January 2010, and made a comeback, earning a spot on the team in spring training. He hit well enough to play regularly and raise the interest of the playoff-bound Cincinnati Reds, who acquired him in return for young OF Chris Dickerson on August 9. Between the two teams, he hit .276 with 23 doubles and 11 homers in 86 games. However, his season ended suddenly on September 21 in a game against the Brewers: starting at 1B, he hit a homer off David Bush in the 2nd inning, but injured his right achilles tendon while circling the bases and had to leave the game. As a result, he missed the postseason as well. It turned out to be his last major league at-bat: he signed a minor league contract with the Cardinals before the opening of spring training in 2011, but announced his retirement on February 18 when he realized his Achilles tendon had not healed properly.

Devon White

Devon White was outfielder and baserunning coordinator in the Washington Nationals’ farm system from 2008-2010. He joined the Chicago White Sox as a minor league baserunning coordinator in 2011 and 2012. He became the hitting coach of the Buffalo Bisons in 2017, then was position coach for Buffalo in 2018-2019. He was scheduled to coach for Buffalo in 2020 before the season was cancelled due to Covid-19 then did return to Buffalo in 2021-2022.

White’s daughter, Davellyn Whyte, played basketball at University of Arizona

Ken McMullen

Ken McMullen had a sixteen-year career in the majors. Despite being overshadowed by contemporary Brooks Robinson, he was regarded one of the better-fielding third basemen of his era, and he showed moderate power at the plate. Mickey Mantle once called him the most underrated player in the American League.

Jim Slaton

Jim Slaton remains the all-time leader in pitcher wins, innings pitched and shutouts for the Milwaukee Brewers.

In 1989, he played for the Fort Myers Sun Sox of the Senior Professional Baseball Association.

Slaton spent more than a decade as a minor league coach. He was a coach for the Oakland A’s organization with the Southern Oregon A’s (1991-1993) and AZL Athletics (1994). He was then pitching coach for the Daytona Cubs (1995-1996), Lancaster JetHawks (1997-1998), and Tacoma Rainiers (1999-2003).

He was a roving pitching instructor for the Seattle Mariners in 2004, and was the Mariners’ bullpen coach from 2005 to 2007. Slaton was the pitching coach for the Las Vegas 51s in 2008 and moved to the Albuquerque Isotopes in 2009-2010. Slaton left Albuquerque in July 2010 to attend to his ailing father and was replaced by Glenn Dishman. He joined the Dodgers as interim bullpen coach in 2012 while Ken Howell dealt with some diabetes-related issues.

All 113 Players

You can see all 113 players who played with both Los Angeles and Milwaukee on Baseball Reference. Good luck with your grid!

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