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Cloninger became the first player in the National League, and remains the only pitcher, to hit two grand slams in the same game. Cloninger used a bat of teammate Denis Menke to hit both home runs, and they stood as the only two grand slams of his major league career. [2] Cloninger finished his career pitching with Cincinnati and St. Louis.
Tony Lazzeri was the first player to hit two grand slams in a single game, doing so for the New York Yankees against the Philadelphia Athletics on May 24, 1936. [3] Every team which had a player hit two grand slams won their milestone games. These games have resulted in other single-game MLB records being set due to the prodigious offensive ...
Most Grand Slams By a Pitcher in One Season: Tony Cloninger, Madison Bumgarner, 2; Hits. Player ... Tony Cloninger: Atlanta Braves: 27 1966 Larry Cheney: Chicago Cubs: 26
Tony Cloninger is the only pitcher to hit two grand slams in one game, for the Atlanta Braves in a 1966 contest against the San Francisco Giants. Félix Hernández of the Seattle Mariners became the first American League pitcher since the designated hitter rule went into effect in 1973 to hit a grand slam when he did so on June 23, 2008 ...
Javier Baez and Jake Marisnick each hit a grand slam and the Detroit Tigers went deep five times to beat the Colorado Rockies 14-9 Sunday. It was the first time the Tigers hit two grand slams in a ...
[2] Most triples: Sam Crawford: 309 [3] Most home runs: Barry Bonds: 762 [4] Most grand slams: Alex Rodriguez: 25 Most home runs by a pitcher Wes Ferrell: 37 Most grand slams by a pitcher shared by Madison Bumgarner and Tony Cloninger: 2 [5] [6] Oldest player to hit first home run Bartolo Colón: 42 years, 349 days old [7] Youngest player to ...
Jonathan India hit his fourth career grand slam to cap a two-out, six-run rally in the ninth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Colorado Rockies 12-7 on Wednesday to sweep the three-game series.
Game 2 of a doubleheader. Tony Cloninger is unique on this list as the only pitcher. Fernando Tatís is the only player to hit his two grand slams in the same inning: in the third inning off Chan Ho Park. It was also the Major League record for RBIs by a player in one inning (8). Nomar Garciaparra is the only player to do so at home.