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The Shot Heard 'Round the World: Dotted line represents the approximate track of Thomson's game-winning line drive home run. In baseball, the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" was a walk-off home run hit by New York Giants outfielder and third baseman Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 3, 1951, to win the National League (NL ...
Indicates the home run was hit on the first pitch the player faced in his MLB career ℓ Indicates the home run was a grand slam: ↑ Indicates the home run was hit as a pinch hitter & Indicates game in which multiple players homered in their first major league at bat Indicates the home runs were hit in consecutive at bats †
No player has ever hit four home runs in a postseason game; that record is three, first accomplished by Babe Ruth in Game 4 of the 1926 World Series. [2] According to the Society for American Baseball Research, Oil Cities catcher Jay J. Clarke went 8–8 with eight home runs, a single-game professional record. However, Clarke's total is ...
Hoyt finished his career with a win–loss record of 237–182 and an ERA of 3.59. By the time he retired in 1938, he had pitched the most victories in World Series history (his World Series record with the Yankees and A's was 6–4). As a hitter, Hoyt posted a .198 batting average (255-for-1287) with 96 runs, 100 RBI and 40 bases on balls.
The record was first set by Lefty Williams in 1917 and equaled by Orval Grove in 1943. Hoyt ended up leading the American League with 19 wins. [4] In 1983, Hoyt won the American League Cy Young Award. [5] He had a 24–10 won-lost record, 3.66 earned run average and 11 complete games while allowing only 31 walks in 260 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings. Hoyt ...
There aren't too many people who have homered in their first big league at-bat. He's one of them. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...
Boston’s Triston Casas homered in his first three at-bats on Sunday in the opener of a split doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins. The 24-year-old Casas drove in seven runs in Boston’s 8-1 ...
their first and their last major league at bat. not sure we need the second their. Removed. —Bloom6132 16:16, 29 June 2020 (UTC) Paul Gillespie and John Miller perhaps add "first baseman" to John Miller ie first baseman John Miller to differentiate Miller from the pitcher or Ox Miller.