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Matthew Wade Stairs (born February 27, 1968) is a Canadian former professional baseball outfielder, first baseman, and designated hitter, who holds the record for most pinch-hit home runs in Major League Baseball (MLB) history with 23. [1]
Hit two home runs as a pinch hitter. [8] Warren Spahn † 35 35 [9] Red Ruffing † 34 36 Hit two home runs as a pinch hitter. [10] Earl Wilson: 33 35 Hit two home runs as a pinch hitter. [11] Don Drysdale † 29 29 [12] John Clarkson † 24 24 [23] Bob Gibson † 24 24 [24] Carlos Zambrano: 24 24 [25] Walter Johnson † 23 24 Hit one home run ...
Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run was a baseball play that occurred in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, on October 15, 1988, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Gibson was initially held out of the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup with injuries to both legs, but after being called upon to pinch hit in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs, he hit a two-run, walk-off home run against ...
Pinch-hitter Jason Heyward broke an eighth-inning tie with a three-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 6-3 victory over the reeling Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night. Heyward lined ...
Lenny Harris had 212 hits in 804 pinch hit at bats, both records in Major League Baseball.. In baseball, a pinch hitter (PH) is a substitute batter.Batters can be substituted at any time while the ball is dead (not in active play); the manager may use any player who has not yet entered the game as a substitute.
Box score with play by play (if available) * Indicates the player was a pitcher # 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
The Yankees regained the lead in the bottom half of the inning on Lindell's RBI triple with a runner at third, but the Dodgers again tied the game in the fourth on Dixie Walker's home run. In the bottom half of the fourth, after a leadoff triple, Phil Rizzuto 's RBI double put the Yankees back in front 3–2.
Lynch owned the most career pinch-hit home runs (18) at the time of his retirement and still ranks third overall. "The best pinch hitter I ever saw, by far, no question, has to be Smoky Burgess," Lynch said of his former Reds and Pirates teammate in a 1994 Baseball Digest story. "He was gifted. But I was the best clutch hitter because I hit 18 ...