Vince DiMaggio never earned the acclaim of his brothers, Joe and Dom, but he did hit a nearly one-quarter of their combined career grand slams (18) in 1945 alone. Only four players have hit more homers in their first 250 career games than Rudy York, and that included four grand slams...
ARLINGTON --Adolis Garcíabuilt his career by embracing the extremes. After all, he is “El Bombi,”the American League Championship Series MVP; a villain booed mercilessly like he was Michael Jordan in Houston; the rare player that can strike out four times and then smash a grand slam; an...
The 20 grand slam titles he's captured as a pro? That's 10 percent of all grand slam majors in tennis' 50-year Open era. Federer, who every time he steps onto the court extends his record as the oldest player ever to rank No. 1 in the ATP, has won four grand slams ...
"The Iron Horse" is well known for all the stats he put up in the regular season—the 23 career grand slams, the .340 batting average, 1,995 RBIs, and his 2,130 consecutive games played—but his work in the postseason made him one of the most illustrious pressure hitters in history....
Here are the most memorable MLB playoffs walk-off home runs since 2000: The Best MLB Playoff Performances of the Millennium >>> David Ortiz, Red Sox, 2004 ALCS, Game 4 David Ortiz has hit a lot of big home runs for the Boston Red Sox in his career, but none may be more significant...
Spencer, a rookie, went deep 10 times in a span of 54 plate appearances, including three grand slams, to end the season and added two more long balls in the ALDS.
Cloninger's biggest claim to fame may have been come three months later, when he became the only pitcher to launchtwo grand slams in a game. He didn't do anything with his bat in this one and ultimately took a 13-inning, complete-game loss on Willie Stargell's two-run homer. ...
The team has already hit five grand slams, but went a stretch of six consecutive series either sweeping its opponent or getting swept.There’s still plenty to learn over the next four-plus months, but let’s see what we can answer so far in the 2022 season:Who is the most surprising ...
For most athletes, there's no tougher challenge than performing under pressure. But for certain players, no moment was ever too big. Here's a look at the most clutch baseball players of all time, including names like Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols, David Ort
National League Championship Series with one swing of his bat. The 5-hour, 50 minute game was the longest playoff game ever (since broken by the 18-inning Giants-Nationals matchup of 2014) and featured two grand slams by Lance Berkman and Adam LaRoche, but it was Burke who ended up the...