first granny follow up... (answered)

[metsfan1969]

Who hit the first pinch hit grand slam?

[Bennyy22]

i knoe this one.....marty kavanhg

[Zoob]

Yep...I'm getting Marty, too.

[metsfan1969]

I checked a couple of sources on this. Marty Kavanaugh is listed as hitting the first pinch hit grand slam in the American league. I know that baseball almanac has him listed as hitting the first pinch hit home run, but it's not the answer I've got. I am doing additional research however, and will come up with a definitive answer. In the meantime, keep on guessing!

[metsfan1969]

Sorry guys, not Marty Kavanaugh. MK was the first in the American League, not the first.

[Zoob]

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................................................................................................................. Mike O'Neill?<br><br><span class=gensmall>Accepted as answer by metsfan1969 on Wed Mar 12, 2003 9:02 am EST.</span>

[dinocam]

Baseball Almanac does have Marty Kavanaugh as hitting the first pinch hit grand slam on 09/24/16. They also list Tom Daly as hitting the first pinch hit home run (in fact the first pinch hit hit) on 05/14/1892.

[dinocam]

Is this like another of your questions that Zoob complained about (not that I am) where it might be a Negro Leaguer or by saying first in the American league are you implying that someone in the National League did it first?

[metsfan1969]

Actually, I have some pretty reliable reference material that says that it was Mike 'ONeill, St. Louis Cardinals, 6/3/1902. Whenever I do research for a question and you guys come up with other answers that I haven't seen (and you seem pretty sure about them), I always like to do additional research to verify that my answer is indeed correct. Especially when 2 or more members have the same answer and seem reasonable sure of it. In this case I got a response from a very reliable source that said this:


Michael:

Thank you for writing (name removed ) with your research
question. According to THE BASEBALL TIMELINE, by Burt Solomon (2001), Mike
O'Neill did hit the first pinch-hit grand slam in National League history,
on June 3, 1902, off Togie Pittinger. I have found no mention in the
timeline of any earlier pinch-hit grand slams in other major leagues. So in
the absence of evidence to the contrary, that appears to be the first
pinch-hit grand slam in major league history as well. (Pinch-hitters were
seldom used in the 19th century.) The TIMELINE also lists Marty Kavanaugh
with the first pinch-hit grand slam in AL history, on September 24, 1916.

I hope this information helps. If we can be of further assistance, please
let us know.

Signed,
(name removed)

I try hard to verify that my answers have integrity and my questions are not confusing by being ambiguous or too obscure. Most of my questions are not designed to trick as much as they are designed for everyone to think and learn a little about baseball history.

I hope you enjoy!

[Arlo]

Actually, even baseball-almanac.com, which was quoted as listing Kavanaugh, gives credit to O'Neill elsewhere. (Note that this isn't a knock on baseball almanac, which is a terrific site, but a general comment on how difficult baseball history can be.)

Thanks for going the extra mile to make sure, metsfan! And congrats on figuring out the answer, Zoob!