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john/z28jdSometimes i dont know why i dont go with my instinct and just guess but it took me a couple hours to find a source to confirm that Pud Galvin also accomplished the feat of walking the first 3 runners then picking them off.If you read online youll be misled into thinking Martinez was the only guy to accomplish this(1983 vs the Blue Jays,10th inning) but Galvin also did it on 9/23/1886.
Its funny,ive also read that he got his nickname from his grandmother who always made him Pudding as a kid and said he liked it so much she named him Pud(rhymes with good not dud).If you look online you cant find this anywhere and alot of false info of where the name came from.My source of the name came from a personal quote from Galvin,the others are probably guesses and alot of sites copied it from each other.