Ultimate Baseball Trivia

[fan_since79]

We had some good discussions on the old forum. Time to start a new one.

 

Question: Who is the only player in baseball history to hit a walk-off inside the park grand slam?

 

(Don't look it up. I'll give some hints soon.)

[fan_since79]

Hint: It happened in 1956, his second year with the Pirates.

[sneaky_flute]

barry bonds' father

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

His dad (Bobby) wasn't that old and he didn't play for Pitt. 

[fan_since79]

Hint: He was an outfielder and played for Pittsburgh his entire career. 

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Roberto Clemente? 

[sneaky_flute]

roberto clemente

[fan_since79]

Yes, it was Clemente.

 

Here's the box score:

 

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1956/B07250PIT1956.htm

[Blarg]

Ralston Schmidt beaned the next batter as a warning not to ever do that again.

[Angel Oracle]

The record for most games in a row homering is 8. Who did it first?

[fan_since79]

I'm going to guess. Hank Greenberg.

[nate]

Honus Wagner

 

or

 

Babe Ruth

[m0nkey]

I know griffey has done it but I don't know who was first

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Don Mattingly.

 

*Didn't read the entire question.  You wanted the first player, not just a member of the club.  I actually thought Donnie Baseball held the record alone, thinking he'd passed the other guy.

[nate]

Maybe Ty Cobb or Ted Williams?

[HaloMilliVanilli]

I can't believe how long it's taking to get this one!

[fan_since79]

AO, give us the answer. We're stumped.

 

 

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Dale Long (I know, right?) was the first to record homers in 8 straight.  Don Mattingly tied the record.

[Angel Oracle]

Clue: he was a Pirate at the time. It wasn't Clemente, but in the same era.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Did you look it up? He was the first to do it (1956 for Pitt.), but Mattingly hit 10 HR's during his 8 game HR streak in 1987.

[fan_since79]

So it is Dale Long.

 

from his obituary in the L.A. Times:

 

After the streak, he was batting .411 with 14 homers. He later had a two-for-54 streak and tailed off to .263 with 27 homers and 91 runs batted in during 1956, his finest of 11 major league seasons.

"I don't know what it is with me," he said in an interview in July, 1956. "Sure, I got a little tired by all the things that suddenly began happening to me when I hit those eight homers in a row, but I can't blame my slump for that. I still think most of my troubles came from the fact that I was trying to hit the ball 900 miles. I should have been satisfied with those 390-foot jobs."

 

[Angel Oracle]

Correct on Dale Long

[fan_since79]

New question: Who is the only Angel player to steal second, third, and home in the same inning?

[Splint7438]

Who hit the first pinch hit grand slam in Angels history. Hint, I was at the game. Was around 1978-79. Hope this hint helps.

[Chimi]

New question: Who is the only Angel player to steal second, third, and home in the same inning?

 

 

 

I believe it was Devon White.  I was actually at that game.