1997 Event New York Mets C. Everett and Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1991 Event New York Mets M Sasser and Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1986 Event Texas Rangers O McDowell and Porter are 7th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1985 Event Baltimore Orioles W Gross and L Sheets are 6th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1984 Event Toronto's Cliff Johnson hits record 19th career pinch home run 1984 Event Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit home run 1983 Event Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit home run 1981 Event Rangers' Bill Stein sets AL record with 7 consecutive pinch hits 1979 Event Los Angeles Dodger Manny Mota hits record 146th pinch hit 1978 Event Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year 1975 Event Los Angeles Dodgers W Crawford and Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1975 Event A's release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding He stole 30 bases, and scored 33 runs) 1970 Event Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0 1969 Event After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over New York Mets 1967 Event White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game) 1966 Event Baltimore Orioles Roznovsky and B Powell are 4th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1964 Event Oriole Bob Johnson's 6th straight hit as a pinch hitter 1963 Event Los Angeles Dodgers F Howard and B Skowron are 3rd to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1960 Event George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit home runs with a runner on 1959 Event Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit 1958 Event San Francisco Giants Hank Sauer and B Schmidt are 2nd to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1955 Event New York Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1954 Event Yankees tie a record, 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning 1954 Event Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters 1948 Event Joe Cronin pinch hit home runs in both ends of a doubleheader 1947 Event Yankee Yogi Berra becomes 1st to pinch hit a World Series homer 1946 Event Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park home run 1943 Event Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs 1932 Event Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit home run 1923 Event Harry Heilmann goes 2-for-2, sit out rest of season, except for a pinch single on final day, hitting .403 1920 Event Phillies manager Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter, his 3- run homer beats New York Giants 3-0 1911 Event Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win 1892 Event John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is 1st to pinch hit in a baseball game 1892 Event Charlie Reilly is baseball's 1st pinch hitter
