Late Sunday Afternoon Trivia

[barrysloate]

Art Shamsky is correct, although at least two other people knew it.

On August 12, 1966 the Pirates led the Reds 7-6 when Shamsky pinch hit in the bottom of the 8th inning. He hit a two-run homer and stayed in the game, which went into extra innings.

In the bottom of the 10th trailing 9-8, he hit a solo homer to tie the game.

In the bottom of the 11th, with the Pirates leading 11-9, he hit a two-run homer, his third straight, to tie it again at 11-11. The Pirates scored three runs in the top of 13th and won 14-11.

And what I discovered tonight is two days later Shamsky pinch hit yet another home run, his fourth straight.

Three homer games have probably occurred well over a hundred times in baseball history, but Shamsky's achievement is unique among them.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Art Shamsky is correct, although at least two other people knew it.

On August 12, 1966 the Pirates led the Reds 7-6 when Shamsky pinch hit in the bottom of the 8th inning. He hit a two-run homer and stayed in the game, which went into extra innings.

In the bottom of the 10th trailing 9-8, he hit a solo homer to tie the game.

In the bottom of the 11th, with the Pirates leading 11-9, he hit a two-run homer, his third straight, to tie it again at 11-11. The Pirates scored three runs in the top of 13th and won 14-11.

And what I discovered tonight is two days later Shamsky pinch hit yet another home run, his fourth straight.

Three homer games have probably occurred well over a hundred times in baseball history, but Shamsky's achievement is unique among them.

He batted in consecutive innings with no runs scoring in between and only one runner on base the second time up? That must not happen too often.

[ValKehl]

Barry, I'm not hijacking your thread, but now that your quiz is solved, here's another home-run, pinch-hitting quiz:

Which 2 players share the record for hitting pinch-hit HRs in 3 consecutive pinch-hitting appearances?

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I feel like Cliff Johnson did something like that

[ValKehl]

Sorry Scott, it wasn't Cliff Johnson. But, I will provide this hint: both players accomplished this feat in the 1970's.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

He batted in consecutive innings with no runs scoring in between and only one runner on base the second time up? That must not happen too often.

I had the same thought Peter. The numbers didn't seem to work. But you can check out the box score right on Net54 on retrosheet.

And Val, I'm still thinking but I don't think I know this one.

[Rich Klein]

I thought Del Unser was one of the 2

[ValKehl]

Rich, you are correct - Del Unser is 1 of the 2 - he did it with the Phillies in 1979 on June 30th, July 5th, and July 10th - Unser was the 2nd player to accomplish this feat.

The first player, yet to be identified, was also a NLer.

[barrysloate]

I have no idea Val. Could you at least give us the decade it happened?

[CobbSpikedMe]

Both happened in the 70's Barry.

[ValKehl]

Barry, I already did, in post #13. Both players did this in the 1970's.