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Mark Patrick Sweeney (born October 26, 1969) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman who played for several teams from 1995 to 2008. He is best known for his skill as a pinch hitter, where he ranks second in career pinch hits with 175 and first in career pinch hit runs batted in with 102.
The first was April 27, 1944, when he beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2–0. The second was a five-inning game on June 22, 1944, in which the Philadelphia Phillies fell 7–0 (officially, this game is no longer considered a true no-hitter, as it lasted fewer than nine innings).
Indicates the home run was hit as a pinch hitter & ... 2 [31] [32] Earl Averill † April 16, 1929 ... Hack Miller: April 23, 1944: Detroit Tigers: AL: 1
Pinch-hitter Pavin Smith connected for a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks over the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Monday night. Jake McCarthy got the ...
Groundskeepers have been involved in attempts to cheat. [4] On April 25, 1981, Seattle Mariners manager Maury Wills had the Seattle grounds crew draw the batter's box 1 foot (0.30 m) longer than allowed by the rule book (towards the pitching mound) as the Oakland Athletics had previously complained that Seattle batter Tom Paciorek was stepping ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...