Inside The Park Grand Slams

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Hello Baseball Fever,

Here is one that you won't find many places! A comprehensive list of every Major League player who hit an inside-the-park home run while the bases were loaded.

Without further delay I present the members of the Inside-the-Park Grand Slam Club :

10/03/1999 Randy Winn TBA
07/21/1999 Tony Womack ARI
05/03/1998 Dan Wilson SEA
06/26/1997 Tony Gwynn SDN
08/28/1991 Chico Walker CHN
09/01/1990 Mike Greenwell BOS
08/30/1990 Ron Karkovice CHA
08/14/1990 Luis Polonia CAL
06/02/1989 Junior Felix TOR
06/21/1987 Bob Brower TEX
06/09/1985 Terry Pendleton SLN
07/19/1982 Tom Brunansky MIN
09/26/1980 Ben Oglivie MIL
06/10/1979 Jim Essian OAK
08/05/1977 Frank Taveras PIT
06/26/1976 Bombo Rivera MON
06/22/1976 Kevin Bell CHA
08/26/1973 Paul Blair BAL
09/18/1971 Carlos May CHA
09/02/1971 Cesar Cedeno HOU
09/02/1970 Gene Alley PIT
05/30/1970 Roberto Pena MIL
06/25/1967 Rick Reichardt CAL
07/20/1965 Mel Stottlemyre NYA
06/09/1963 Tim McCarver SLN
08/08/1961 Gary Geiger BOS
08/25/1960 Willie Mays SFN
07/06/1960 Bob Skinner PIT
06/04/1960 Wally Moon LAN
06/01/1958 Johnny Temple CIN
08/08/1956 Ted Kazanski PHI
07/25/1956 Roberto Clemente PIT
05/15/1955 Irv Noren NYA
05/01/1955 George Freese PIT
06/16/1954 Ferris Fain CHA
08/27/1952 Al Rosen CLE
04/19/1952 Don Lenhardt BOS
06/19/1951 Willie Jones PHI
05/18/1951 Jack Cusick CHN
08/02/1950 Wes Westrum NY
04/27/1949 Pete Milne NY
04/20/1948 Tom McBride WAS
08/24/1947 Eddie Waitkus CHN
07/20/1947 Paul Lehner SLA
06/29/1947 Ferris Fain PHA
07/26/1943 Arky Vaughan BRO
05/31/1942 Dixie Walker BRO
05/03/1942 Eddie Miller BSN
05/25/1941 Pete Reiser BRO
04/20/1941 Doc Cramer WAS
09/16/1940 Ray Mack CLE
07/04/1939 Jim Tabor BOS
09/21/1937 Hal Trosky CLE
07/31/1937 Elbie Fletcher BSN
06/04/1936 Mickey Cochrane DET
07/06/1934 Sam Leslie BRO
07/05/1934 Lou Gehrig NYA
06/20/1934 Heinie Manush WAS
06/14/1934 Leo Durocher SLN
06/23/1933 Tony Cuccinello BRO
05/14/1933 Hack Wilson BRO
05/01/1933 Arky Vaughan PIT
06/11/1932 Danny Taylor BRO
05/30/1932 John Stone DET
07/09/1930 Del Bissonette BRO
08/26/1929 Norm McMillan CHN
07/04/1929 Adam Comorosky PIT
05/10/1929 Earl Averill CLE
05/20/1928 Earle Combs NYA
09/14/1927 Max Carey BRO
07/15/1927 Bud Clancy CHA
05/25/1927 Les Bell SLN
08/04/1926 Bill Barrett CHA
05/18/1926 Tony Lazzeri NYA
07/28/1925 Spence Harris CHA
06/20/1925 Kiki Cuyler PIT
06/13/1925 Joe Judge WAS
04/17/1925 Joe Judge WAS
08/09/1924 Jigger Statz CHN
07/25/1924 George Harper PHI
07/10/1924 Harvey Hendrick NYA
07/15/1923 Bernie Friberg CHN
07/11/1923 Fred Haney DET
07/01/1923 Patsy Gharrity WAS
05/14/1923 Wally Pipp NYA
05/12/1922 Chick Fewster NYA
08/30/1921 Tony Boeckel BSN
08/18/1921 Shano Collins BOS
07/28/1921 Howie Shanks WAS
07/16/1920 Joe Jackson CHA
08/02/1919 Harry Heilmann DET
06/24/1919 Tommy Griffith BRO
06/05/1919 Eddie Collins CHA
08/23/1918 Irish Meusel PHI
08/19/1918 Edd Roush CIN
06/04/1918 Marty Kavanagh SLN
06/17/1917 Lee Gooch PHA
06/06/1917 Rogers Hornsby SLN
09/30/1916 Happy Felsch CHA
09/28/1916 Benny Kauff NY
09/15/1916 Zack Wheat BRO
09/13/1916 Sherry Magee BSN
08/03/1916 Red Smith BSN
07/15/1916 George Burns DET
05/31/1916 Frank Gilhooley NYA
08/27/1915 Dots Miller SLN
07/29/1915 Honus Wagner PIT
06/10/1915 Bob Bescher SLN
10/05/1914 Possum Whitted BSN
09/28/1914 George Cutshaw BRO
09/26/1914 Rabbit Maranville BSN
09/03/1914 George Burns NY
08/18/1914 Heinie Zimmerman CHN
08/03/1914 Ed Konetchy PIT
06/02/1914 Davy Jones PIT
05/27/1914 Rabbit Maranville BSN
09/17/1913 Ty Cobb DET
08/05/1913 Cy Williams CHN
07/11/1913 Birdie Cree NYA
06/11/1913 Sam Crawford DET
05/11/1913 Joe Jackson CLE
10/03/1912 Duffy Lewis BOS
08/22/1912 Eddie Onslow DET
10/09/1911 Ben Houser BSN
09/07/1911 Tommy Leach PIT
07/28/1911 Tex Erwin BRO
06/24/1911 Stuffy McInnis PHA
06/04/1911 Eddie Grant CIN
06/02/1911 Doc Gessler WAS
05/18/1911 Ivy Olson CLE
05/07/1911 Joe Jackson CLE
05/04/1911 Honus Wagner PIT
09/30/1910 Beals Becker NY
09/15/1910 Red Murray NY
09/13/1910 Chief Wilson PIT
08/26/1910 Dick Hoblitzell CIN
07/22/1910 Deacon Phillippe PIT
07/21/1910 Tommy Leach PIT
05/17/1910 Donie Bush DET
04/21/1910 Jake Stahl BOS
04/20/1910 Kid Elberfeld WAS
09/11/1909 Chief Meyers NY
06/03/1909 Honus Wagner PIT
07/18/1908 Danny Murphy PHA
06/28/1908 Germany Schaefer DET
05/17/1908 John Ganzel CIN
08/16/1907 Tommy Leach PIT
10/04/1906 Sammy Strang NY
08/18/1906 Kitty Bransfield PHI
07/27/1906 Ginger Beaumont PIT
07/18/1906 Cy Falkenberg WAS
10/07/1905 Frank LaPorte NYA
09/26/1905 Joe Stanley WAS
07/05/1905 Tommy Corcoran CIN
06/25/1905 Billy Maloney CHN
06/17/1905 Sam Crawford DET
10/01/1904 Red Dooin PHI
09/19/1904 Danny Murphy PHA
08/25/1904 Bill Dahlen NY
07/30/1904 Dave Fultz NYA
07/08/1904 Freddy Parent BOS
05/10/1904 Miller Huggins CIN
05/06/1904 Harry Davis PHA
04/22/1904 Art Devlin NY
06/05/1903 Hobe Ferris BOS
04/30/1903 Tommy Leach PIT
08/28/1902 Wid Conroy PIT
08/04/1902 Frank Chance CHN
07/25/1902 Jimmy Collins BOS
07/08/1902 Harry Davis PHA
06/03/1902 Mike O'Neill SLN
09/24/1901 Jimmy Sheckard BRO
09/23/1901 Jimmy Sheckard BRO
09/23/1901 Joe Kelley BRO
09/22/1901 John Ganzel NY
09/20/1901 Honus Wagner PIT
06/18/1901 Jimmy Williams BAL
06/17/1901 Ducky Holmes DET
04/28/1900 Fielder Jones BRO
05/23/1899 Elmer Flick PHI
05/15/1899 Willie Keeler BRO
04/28/1899 Pete Cassidy WAS
09/29/1898 Kip Selbach WAS
07/28/1898 Honus Wagner LOU
10/03/1897 Tuck Turner SLN
09/11/1897 Jake Gettman WAS
07/28/1897 Cupid Childs CLE
07/14/1897 Bobby Wallace CLE
05/08/1897 Bones Ely PIT
06/11/1896 Jake Stenzel PIT
08/24/1895 Jimmy Ryan CHN
05/20/1895 Ace Stewart CHN
09/30/1894 Heinie Reitz BAL
07/07/1894 Lave Cross PHI
09/05/1893 Parke Wilson NY
07/18/1893 Eddie Burke NY
07/08/1893 George Van Haltren PIT
06/15/1893 Jesse Burkett CLE
05/11/1893 Bobby Lowe BSN
08/10/1892 Billy Hamilton PHI
07/06/1892 Lave Cross PHI
04/30/1892 Elton Chamberlin CIN
04/12/1892 Herman Long BSN
09/26/1891 Tim Shinnick LOU
07/20/1891 Bill Kuehne COL
05/01/1891 Oyster Burns BRO
10/01/1890 Jack Crooks COL
08/29/1890 William Brown NY
07/21/1890 Al Myers PHI
06/05/1890 Jocko Fields PIT
04/19/1890 Cupid Childs SYR
09/16/1889 Monte Ward NY
08/20/1889 Ned Hanlon PIT
08/19/1889 Joe Mulvey PHI
08/27/1888 Tom Brown BSN
05/03/1888 George Shoch WAS
05/16/1887 Fred Mann CLE
04/27/1887 Bob Caruthers STL
09/06/1886 Harry Stovey PHI
07/13/1886 Charley Jones CIN
05/06/1886 Mike Dorgan NY
06/27/1885 Dave Orr NY
06/20/1882 Larry Corcoran CHN
09/29/1881 Harry Stovey WOR

Hope you find it as interesting as I did!

Sean

[ed reulbach]

Great list, Sean--thanks.

[The Commissioner]

Jimmy Sheckard did it on consecutive days!?!?! Wow, now that is impressive!!

[DownUnderDodger]

And Honus Wagner 5 times over the period 1898 - 1915. He must have retained his speed over many years.

Thank you for this info!

R.B. from Down Under
:) :) :)

[The Commissioner]

Wow, I didn't even notice that about Wagner. Not bad for a guy who in 1915 was already 41! Plus he stole 22 bases that season and had 17 triples!!! I also have to add all this was 100% steroid free as well.

[wilbur]

Webbie:

This is my first post here. Enjoyed the list of ITPGS's. There are a number of similar lists that I've tried to find in my web-surfing with no success. Outside of SABR, can you or anyone else point me in the right direction to find any of the following.

1) Catalogue of all Major League triple plays.

2) All time list of arbitration winners and losers.

3) List of all former replacement players who subsequently played in the majors.

Believe me, I've tried to track the above down, so I'm not being lazy and asking others to do the work for me. Cheap, maybe, since I don't want to join SABR.


Regards,

wilbur

[DownUnderDodger]

Hi Wilbur! I have been pointed in the direction of baseball-almanac.com which is a wonderful source of all baseball stats and trivia.

R.B. from Down Under
:) :) :)

[Shoeless]

I remember when Junior Felix did it... it was the "Miracle Mart Hit-and Win inning" on the radio broadcast, where names are drawn and the contestant wins X amount of money if the Jays player hits a single, Y for a double, etc., and $10,000 for a grand slam. The woman who won must have had a heart attack if she was listening!

[Shoeless]

Just looked at the list again...Karkovice??? Who the heck was playing outfield THAT day?

[0077]

Jimmy Sheckard BRO did it twice in consecutive games which is great. Also note that in the first game he did it, his fellow teammate Joe Kelly also had one, so both players did it during the same game on 09/23/1901.

Looking at the list, the big name players are absent somewhat. I wonder how many of those players are in the Hall of Fame?

[LarrySC]

I saw this feat by Bombo Rivera of the Expos against my beloved Pirates at Jarry Park.

I was in Pennsylvania visiting relatives and we watched the game on KDKA out of Pittsburgh.

IIRC, Rivera hit the omnipitent sinking line drive to center field where Bucs CF Al Oliver tried for the catch. He missed! (DUH!) And, playing in Jarry Park with it's monsterous outfield, it certainly didn't help Pittsburgh's cause in fielding the ball!

Pittsburgh did eventually go on the win this game by a 7-6 score. For a wrap-up of the game....

Pittsburgh 7 Expos 6 June 26th, 1976 (http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B19760810.htm)

[DeepOverTheWall]

You have to love a guy named Rabbit (Maranville) doing it twice in the same year ('14)!!:D

[THE PHANATIC]

Cool info...thanks!!

[cowboy15]

i was very surprised to find the list was so long. ive just got one question, were these legitamate in-the-park-homeruns with no errors or was definsive folleys? either way it still requires blinding speed i was just curious

[whatup]

An inside-the-park grand slam is to me the most exciting play in baseball. I remember as a little kid Mel Stottlemyre doing it. I'd love to ask him if that was his most memorable plate appearance in the majors.

[Sports Fan 07]

Wes Westrum, wow. I can almost see the opposing centerfielder coming in for a shoestring catch and the ball going by him all the way to those deep crevices of the Polo Grounds.

[Steffo]

Originally posted by 0077
Jimmy Sheckard BRO did it twice in consecutive games which is great. Also note that in the first game he did it, his fellow teammate Joe Kelly also had one, so both players did it during the same game on 09/23/1901.

Looking at the list, the big name players are absent somewhat. I wonder how many of those players are in the Hall of Fame?


06/26/1997 Tony Gwynn SDN
08/25/1960 Willie Mays SFN
07/25/1956 Roberto Clemente PIT
07/26/1943 Arky Vaughan BRO
06/04/1936 Mickey Cochrane DET
07/05/1934 Lou Gehrig NYA
06/20/1934 Heinie Manush WAS
05/14/1933 Hack Wilson BRO
05/01/1933 Arky Vaughan PIT
05/10/1929 Earl Averill CLE
05/20/1928 Earle Combs NYA
09/14/1927 Max Carey BRO
05/18/1926 Tony Lazzeri NYA
06/20/1925 Kiki Cuyler PIT
08/02/1919 Harry Heilmann DET
06/05/1919 Eddie Collins CHA
06/06/1917 Rogers Hornsby SLN
09/15/1916 Zack Wheat BRO
07/29/1915 Honus Wagner PIT
09/26/1914 Rabbit Maranville BSN
05/27/1914 Rabbit Maranville BSN
09/17/1913 Ty Cobb DET
06/11/1913 Sam Crawford DET
05/04/1911 Honus Wagner PIT
06/03/1909 Honus Wagner PIT
06/17/1905 Sam Crawford DET
08/04/1902 Frank Chance CHN
09/20/1901 Honus Wagner PIT
05/15/1899 Willie Keeler BRO
07/28/1898 Honus Wagner LOU
09/16/1889 Monte Ward NY

I scanned through the list quickly, so forgive me if I missed anyone. Tony Gwynn is on there due to the fact he is a future HOFer.

Finally, one list with no "Ruth".

[Peggin_Maniac]

I'm still in shock that off all people on the list, that Dan Wilson
has got one...I remember watching that game on tv.....I thought he was going to pass out rounding 3rd base....

[coralharbour]

Originally posted by Shoeless
Just looked at the list again...Karkovice??? Who the heck was playing outfield THAT day?


I was at that game. Kark hit a gapper to left center. The center fielder came over to cut it off. The ball hit the base of the wall and caromed off at a weird angle into straightaway right center. By the time they recovered the ball Kark had rumbled around the bases. His slide into home just beat the relay. I use the word slide advisedly. If my memory is correct he more or less slid/collapsed onto home plate and lay there for 10 seconds or so. It was really an exciting play.

[drillerman]

i got dizzy looking at that list
theres quite a few people on that list

[rockingroy]

Great list. Tom Brunansky was not exactly a speed burner either although it was his first full year. The question about error follies reminds me of the time in 2001, when Christian Guzman of the Twins ran all the way around the bases for a "little league HR" ON A BUNT!!!!!

[fifthdentist]

Great list. Thanks for sharing that. Baseball is forever unique.

[mqqneyes]

This is a great list, but I would imagine that Terry Pendleton must have spent 10 days after the feat icing down his hammstrings.

[lacascada]

Mel Stottlemeyer??? Wow.
Great list. More impressive than Robin Ventura, which I wouldn't have believed if I didn't see it.

[PhillyA_man]

WOW! that is an impressive list! I had no idea that it happened so many times. I wonder how many guys had their careers shortened by it....you know, the added heart/lung strain. LOL

[Sashag]

The question about error follies reminds me of the time in 2001, when Christian Guzman of the Twins ran all the way around the bases for a "little league HR" ON A BUNT!!!!!

When did this happen, who were they playing? I don't remember hearing about it. Also, what is a "little league HR?" -Sasha

[Lancer97]

Originally posted by Sashag
Also, what is a "little league HR?" -Sasha

I could be wrong, but my understanding of a "little league HR" is rounding all the bases because the defense just kept making error after error.. such as you might expect from the defense in a little league game.

[Exposfan556]

I remember when Junior Felix did it... it was the "Miracle Mart Hit-and Win inning" on the radio broadcast, where names are drawn and the contestant wins X amount of money if the Jays player hits a single, Y for a double, etc., and $10,000 for a grand slam. The woman who won must have had a heart attack if she was listening!

I remember that one too!!!!

[ArealBASEBALLfan]

that happend alot more times then i thought it would have

[JPWCPA]

Fifty seven years ago yesterday, when Pete Milne got his inside the park grand slam to help beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 11-8, it was as a pinch hitter. Also, it occurred during his rookie year. The freakiest thing is he never hit another home run in his career.

[Williamsburg2599]

Fifty seven years ago yesterday, when Pete Milne got his inside the park grand slam to help beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 11-8, it was as a pinch hitter. Also, it occurred during his rookie year. The freakiest thing is he never hit another home run in his career.
thats almost as weird as it gets

[PopTop]

Considering there have only been 34 of them since I was born, and I've seen two of them live and in person, I feel pretty lucky (Cedeño off Osteen/Dodgers in 1971 and Womack off Wagner/Houston in 1999, both times in the venerable old Astrodome).

[T Rip]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the Stottlemyre GS is the one Bouton refers to in Ball Four. He said a reporter asked him what he was thinking while Mel was rounding the bases. He said, "I hoped he would fall down because now the fans will expect all of us to do that."(My paraphrase...) He got a lot of flack from the press. Bouton said he thought it was a stupid question and just gave a stupid answer.

[Chance Sanford And Son]

I was at a game at The Vet in 74, when Lou Brock hit an inside the park grand slam on an error. He hit a sharp single to center field and it went through Downtown Ollie Brown's legs. It rolled all the way to the wall, and he circled the bases standing up.

[flash143817]

I could have sworn that Luis Soho hit one for the Mariners against the Angels in the one-game playoff that decided the division champion and playoff team that year.

[sea-townbball]

flash143817 , you're absolutly right. Although there were a few errors on behalf of the Angels so it wasn't counted as a homer (a double I think...).
As a huge Seattle fan I was watching it on TV and because it was quite a pivotal game I was on my feet for that one!

[Utter Chaos]

i was very surprised to find the list was so long. ive just got one question, were these legitamate in-the-park-homeruns with no errors or was definsive folleys? either way it still requires blinding speed i was just curiousThese are legitimate home runs. If an error was involved it wouldn't have been scored a home run. By looking at some of the names on the list, blinding speed is not a requirement. Just about all inside the park home runs in the last 80 years can be attributed to two methods. 1) Outfielders collide while going after the ball and can't get up and 2) outfielder runs in and tries a shoe string catch and the ball skips past him. Of course there are other ways to get an ISPHR but the majority of them fall under these two categories.

Clemente's ISPGS was a walk off in the bottom of the 9th to help the Pirates beat the Cubs 9 to 8. Actually I guess it should be called a "run off".

[catbox_9]

I could be wrong, but my understanding of a "little league HR" is rounding all the bases because the defense just kept making error after error.. such as you might expect from the defense in a little league game.

I once saw an Indian bunt for a "home run". I don't remember who it was but I was watching a game on TV he had a sacrifice to someboy who overthrew the first basemen. The first basemen overthrew the second basemen and an outfielder overthrew the third basemen. That probably happens often enough but it was still fun to watch.

[Knick9]

Personally, I believe that Inside the Park Grand Slams can be a very exciting twist to a ballgame. Scoring 4 runs the hard way is probably the hardest accheivement a batter can possibly pull off. If a baseball movie ended in such a way, I'd be willing to rate that movie four stars. I'm just saying.

[catbox_9]

They don't call an inside the park home run the most exciting play in baseball for nothing. When it's a grand slam that makes it even better. It doesn't suprise me that Sean Casey didn't make the above list....although he's on the (I'd assume short) list of players to be put out 5-7-3.

[utterchaos jr.]

WOW1

Lost of numbers
Didn't know there were even that many inside-the-parkers!
Let alone inside-the-park grand slams!

[jsfreeman3]

I was at the game when Mel Stottlemyre hit his. Remember, he was a pitcher.

The scene at the plate was funny: the three other base runners were giving Mel instructions: one was signalling slide, one to stand up, and one to go back to third. Mel slid.

[Zito75]

It's been a while since it's been done, looks like we're due.

I'll put down $20 on Curtis Granderson. :party:

[NJMetfan4life]

i Remember Jose Reyes hitting a real inside the park home run with two men on base last season.(2006)

[josh24]

Jim Tabor is the only player to hit an ITPGS and a "normal"(outside the park) grand slam in the same game! :faint:

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats11.shtml

[Seattle1]

It's been a while since it's been done, looks like we're due.

I'll put down $20 on Curtis Granderson. :party:

Or Carl Crawford or Ichiro too.

[Zito75]

I once saw an Indian bunt for a "home run". I don't remember who it was but I was watching a game on TV he had a sacrifice to someboy who overthrew the first basemen. The first basemen overthrew the second basemen and an outfielder overthrew the third basemen. That probably happens often enough but it was still fun to watch.

This happened this past Saturday in Arizona. The Angel's Aybar bunted to the pitcher who promptly threw the ball into RF. Upton picked it up and chucked it over 3B- way over. Aybar scored easily on the "Little League Home Run."