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1997 New York Mets C. Everett and Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch home runs
1991 New York Mets M Sasser and Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1986 Texas Rangers O McDowell and Porter are 7th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1985 Baltimore Orioles W Gross and L Sheets are 6th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1984 Toronto's Cliff Johnson hits record 19th career pinch home run 1984 Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit home run 1983 Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit home run 1981 Rangers' Bill Stein sets AL record with 7 consecutive pinch hits 1979 Los Angeles Dodger Manny Mota hits record 146th pinch hit 1978 Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers W Crawford and Lee Lacy are 5th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1975 A's release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding He stole 30 bases, and scored 33 runs) 1970 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 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 White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game) 1966 Baltimore Orioles Roznovsky and B Powell are 4th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1964 Oriole Bob Johnson's 6th straight hit as a pinch hitter 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers F Howard and B Skowron are 3rd to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1960 George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit home runs with a runner on 1959 Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit 1958 San Francisco Giants Hank Sauer and B Schmidt are 2nd to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1955 New York Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1954 Yankees tie a record, 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning 1954 Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters 1948 Joe Cronin pinch hit home runs in both ends of a doubleheader 1947 Yankee Yogi Berra becomes 1st to pinch hit a World Series homer 1946 Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park home run 1943 Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs 1932 Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit home run 1923 Harry Heilmann goes 2-for-2, sit out rest of season, except for a pinch single on final day, hitting .403 1920 Phillies manager Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter, his 3- run homer beats New York Giants 3-0 1911 Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win 1892 John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is 1st to pinch hit in a baseball game 1892 Charlie Reilly is baseball's 1st pinch hitter |
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