Players who played for the Padres and Angels | Immaculate Grid Answers 116 July 27, 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 Padres and Angels. There were 111 players who played with both San Diego and Los Angeles . Here are some examples:

Steve Finley

Steve Finley is one of only two players in major league history to hit at least 300 homers, 425 doubles, and 100 triples, and steal at least 300 bases. The other is Willie Mays.

Finley hit .311/~.347/.578 for Team USA in 1986. He batted .346 and slugged .592 in the 1986 Amateur World Series, with 12 RBI, as the US failed to Medal.

In the 4th inning of his major league debut, Opening Day 1989, Finley separated his shoulder by crashing into the right field fence at Memorial Stadium. Repeatedly throughout the summer, his teammates cited that event as the inspiration that turned the Baltimore Orioles, a team who lost 107 games in 1988, into the 1989 team, which was not eliminated until the next-to-last day of the season.

George Hendrick

George Hendrick was the 1st overall selection in the 1968 January amateur draft and went on to play 18 years in the big leagues. He was in two World Series and four All-Star Games. He hit over .300 several times and slugged 20 or more home runs six times. In the 1972 World Series, he replaced Reggie Jackson as the Oakland Athletics’ center fielder against the Cincinnati Reds after Jackson was hurt in the final game of the ALCS. In the 1982 World Series, he was the starting right fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals when they defeated the Milwaukee Brewers. Both series went seven games.

The most similar player, according to the similarity scores method, is Dusty Baker, a contemporary. In 1989, Hendrick played for the Gold Coast Suns of the Senior Professional Baseball Association. He hit .291 with 36 RBI for the club.

Fred Lynn

Fred Lynn made a spectacular big league debut, becoming the first player ever to win baseball’s MVP and Rookie of the Year awards in the same year, earning the honors in the American League with the Boston Red Sox in 1975. Only Ichiro Suzuki, a seven-time batting champion and three-time MVP in Japan before arriving in Seattle as a 27-year-old veteran, has duplicated Lynn’s feat in either league. Lynn set an AL rookie record with 47 doubles, a league-leading total; this was matched by Miguel Andujar in 2018, but never topped. It was also Lynn’s career best mark.

Dave Winfield

Dave Winfield was a consistently productive and, in his prime, always dangerous player on both offense and defense, ringing up over 3,100 hits and 1,800 RBI in a 22-year Hall of Fame career. Though he had the tools, the six-time Gold Glover and twelve-time All-Star never won an MVP award or led the league in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, home runs, doubles, triples, or runs scored. Still, he was both feared and coveted by rival teams.

All 111 Players

You can see all 111 players who played with both San Diego and Los Angeles on Baseball Reference. Good luck with your grid!

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