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A recent question asked what major league player never yielded a grand slam. Since it did ask for "player" and not "pitcher" there are a great many men who qualify as an answer, and I blithely noted "every non-pitcher" in my reply.

Mea culpa, I've since recalled one player (there may be more but this one I know of), typically an infielder, who was called to the mound once in his major league career and managed to serve up the big helping of salami. I'll even add it happened in the mid-1990s. Name the "pitcher", the grand slam batter, and the final score of the game (or I'll accept the box score).

2007-08-11 16:41:08 · 5 answers · asked by Chipmaker Authentic 7 in Sports Baseball

Not Gaetti; he did serve up a solo homer to Philadelphia's Marlon Anderson in the last of his three pitching appearances, in 1999.

Not Ankiel -- he really was a pitcher first time around.

Year was 1996.

2007-08-12 05:26:40 · update #1

Not Canseco.

American League game.

2007-08-12 08:10:34 · update #2

5 answers

I think Gary Gaetti (the last position pitcher to toss for the Cubs) served up a salami. It would have been in '99 against Philly. I may be totally wrong.

2007-08-11 16:52:51 · answer #1 · answered by orwellian987 3 · 0 0

It's not Gaetti it was a 2 run hr that he gave up in '99

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=gaettga01

Edit- I have this Kevin Elster (ss) of the Rangers homered off of Manny Alexander (ss) of the O's on April 19th 1996.


Box Score
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199604190TEX

2007-08-12 10:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Rick Ankiel

2007-08-12 11:01:30 · answer #3 · answered by iknowsports 3 · 0 0

I thought it may be Jose Canseco, I know he liked the idea of pitching/

Going to edit my guess here.
How about Manny Alexander?
Kevin Elster hit a slam off of him on April 19th, as the orioles lost to the Rangers, 26-7

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199604190.shtml

Edit yet again, I hadn't seen that Shad edited his answer, but he did so before me.

2007-08-12 14:48:07 · answer #4 · answered by brettj666 7 · 0 0

I'm pretty sure you're right Orwellian.

2007-08-12 05:22:08 · answer #5 · answered by iknowball 5 · 0 0

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