Late Sunday Afternoon Trivia

[CobbSpikedMe]

I feel bad throwing the answer out too soon so I'll wait a bit longer for someone else to play. And yes, Joshua is totally correct.

[Sean]

Gates Brown?

[barrysloate]

Nope, although Gates was an incredible pinch hitter. I think 1968 was his big year.

[Cliff Bowman]

Art Shamsky? He did something like that for either the Reds or the Mets in the late 60's.

[barrysloate]

Art Shamsky is correct, although at least two other people knew it.

On August 12, 1966 the Pirates led the Reds 7-6 when Shamsky pinch hit in the bottom of the 8th inning. He hit a two-run homer and stayed in the game, which went into extra innings.

In the bottom of the 10th trailing 9-8, he hit a solo homer to tie the game.

In the bottom of the 11th, with the Pirates leading 11-9, he hit a two-run homer, his third straight, to tie it again at 11-11. The Pirates scored three runs in the top of 13th and won 14-11.

And what I discovered tonight is two days later Shamsky pinch hit yet another home run, his fourth straight.

Three homer games have probably occurred well over a hundred times in baseball history, but Shamsky's achievement is unique among them.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Art Shamsky is correct, although at least two other people knew it.

On August 12, 1966 the Pirates led the Reds 7-6 when Shamsky pinch hit in the bottom of the 8th inning. He hit a two-run homer and stayed in the game, which went into extra innings.

In the bottom of the 10th trailing 9-8, he hit a solo homer to tie the game.

In the bottom of the 11th, with the Pirates leading 11-9, he hit a two-run homer, his third straight, to tie it again at 11-11. The Pirates scored three runs in the top of 13th and won 14-11.

And what I discovered tonight is two days later Shamsky pinch hit yet another home run, his fourth straight.

Three homer games have probably occurred well over a hundred times in baseball history, but Shamsky's achievement is unique among them.

He batted in consecutive innings with no runs scoring in between and only one runner on base the second time up? That must not happen too often.

[ValKehl]

Barry, I'm not hijacking your thread, but now that your quiz is solved, here's another home-run, pinch-hitting quiz:

Which 2 players share the record for hitting pinch-hit HRs in 3 consecutive pinch-hitting appearances?

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

He batted in consecutive innings with no runs scoring in between and only one runner on base the second time up? That must not happen too often.

I had the same thought Peter. The numbers didn't seem to work. But you can check out the box score right on Net54 on retrosheet.

And Val, I'm still thinking but I don't think I know this one.