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Thursday, April 29, 2021
Pueblo Chieftain, April 29, 1921: 3 HOME RUNS WITH ALL THE BASES FULL
Philadelphia Got Eleven Runs—Brooklyn Got But Four Hits
Three home runs, two by Ralph Miller and Pitcher Meadows, with the bases filled, gave Philadelphia victory and an even break in the four-game series with Boston.
I spent a good five minutes searching to see if this was a record for most grand slams in a game by one team before I realized it’s impossible to score 11 runs if you hit three grand slams.
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1. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee) Posted: April 29, 2021 at 10:50 AM (#6016100)C: Kelly Shoppach (8.3 WAR)
1B: Clipper Flynn (0.6 WAR)
2B: Rick Burleson (22.9 WAR)
3B: Ed Charles (19.6 WAR)
SS: Luis Aparicio (55.8 WAR)
LF: Frank Hankinson (7.0 WAR)
CF: Ron Washington (1.3 WAR)
RF: John Vander Wal (6.2 WAR)
SP: Noodles Hahn (44.6 WAR)
SP: Nip Winters (Negro Leagues star)
SP: Mickey McDermott (18.2 WAR)
SP: Bob McClure (10.5 WAR)
SP: Sterling Hitchcock (8.1 WAR)
RP: Rafael Betancourt (14.1 WAR)
Manager: Akira Ohgi
Umpire: John Shulock
Writer: Phil Musick
High school pitching star drafted by the Angels, chose football, started in the NFL for a year, played horribly: Browning Nagle
You get 11 runs PLUS an extra bonus run (usually referred to as the "mystery run")!
Isn't there some way to do it involving runners passing each other or abandoning the bases? They wouldn't all be grand slams, but they would still be "home runs with the bases full."
What if one of the home run hitters passes the last runner before him, before crossing the plate? That sort of fluke play once cost Lou Gehrig a home run title.
In fact it looks as if under that kind of a scenario, a similar "grand slam" would bring about only two runs, not even three.
EDIT: Half a coke to Cooper.
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