It has only ever happened once...

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Chan Ho Park gave up two grand-slams to the same player in the same inning.


Joe Torre grounded into four double-plays in the same game.



In 1977, Reggie Jackson hit four World Series homers on four consecutive swings. He had a four pitch walk between the first one in the eight inning of game 5 and the three he hit in game 6.




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Thank you for posting this. When Reggie did that, I thought it was one of the most incredible exploits of hitting dominance ever, but the media never picked up on it. All you ever read about was his 3 HRs in a WS game, never 4 in 4 swings.

Over the years, with the lack of public confirmation and appreciation for this feat, I began to wonder if I was living in an alternative world where it never happened. Thanks for making me sane again!

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[jimq16415]

I'm not sure it hasn't happened since, but in the 1934 All Star game Carl Hubbell struck out 5 Hall of Famers to be in a row. Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin.

[cgjackson222]

On June 23, 1971 Rick Wise put up one of the most dominant individual performances in the history of baseball when he no-hit the Reds AND hit two home runs.

The star-studded Reds featured Pete Rose, George Foster, Johnny Bench, Tony Pérez and Dave Concepción. Concepción was the Reds' only baserunner, having reached on a walk in the 6th inning.

Wise got Rose to line out for the final out on his 93rd pitch. The final score was 4-0, with Wise having driven in 3 of the 4 runs.

[clydepepper]

Nolan Ryan - everyone knows he threw 7 no-hitters, but did you know he threw them to 7 different catchers?

Ron Hassey was one of them and he is the only catcher to catch 2 perfect games.




...I realize these two tidbits are slightly off-topic (singe game), but I wanted to share.

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[Leon]

Interesting thread and it was moved from the watercooler section to here, so more eyes can see it.
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[FrankWakefield]

Good move, Leon.

Eric, that's a GREAT Spahn quote! "Gentlemen... " I'll smile all day when I recall that quote today.