Surprising baseball facts

[brianp-beme]

Roberto Clemente is the only MLB player to hit a walk-off inside-the-park grand slam. His hit gave the Pirates a 9–8 win over the Chicago Cubs at Forbes Field on July 25th, 1956.

Brian

[skil55voy]

Mickey Lolich hit his only home run in the 1968 World in Game Three off of Nelson Briles. He also pitched 3 winning complete games.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by skil55voy

Mickey Lolich hit his only home run in the 1968 World in Game Three off of Nelson Briles. He also pitched 3 winning complete games.

Game 2.

[71buc]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Roberto Clemente is the only MLB player to hit a walk-off inside-the-park grand slam. His hit gave the Pirates a 9–8 win over the Chicago Cubs at Forbes Field on July 25th, 1956.

Brian

His first homer was of the inside the park variety as well

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by 71buc

His first homer was of the inside the park variety as well

Cool, he must have been an exciting player to watch.

I should have referred to his walk-off inside the park home run as instead a 'run-off' inside the park home run, because walking wouldn't have done the trick unless all 3 outfielders were to collapse.

Brian