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My stepfather has a buddy named Clem that sends out emails about obscure baseball facts. Usually we get a mail when someone let's the first batter reach base and then retires the next 27 or some little noticed record is broken. They're all interesting, but I recently got one that became my favorite. His friend put together the following roster:
All-Time Team of Players Whose Careers Are Defined by One Play
1B - Bill Buckner You Have To Ask?
2B - Bill Wambsganss Unassisted Triple Play In The 1920 World Series
3B - Freddie Lindstrom His 12th-Inning Error Lost The 1924 World Series
SS - Tony Kubek Struck In The Throat By A Bill Virdon Line Drive In The 1960 World Series
C - Mickey Owen Committed A Passed Ball That Cost The Dodgers A Victory In The 1941 World Series
LF - Fred Snodgrass Dropped a routine fly that led to the Giants losing the 1912 World Series
CF - Dave Henderson His Home Run In The 1986 ALCS Kept Boston Alive
RF - Ron Swoboda Had a game-saving catch in the 1969 World Series
DH - Kirk Gibson Hit a pinch-hit home run in the first game of the 1988 World Series
PH - Dale Mitchell Was The Last Out Of Don Larsen's Perfect Game In The 1956 World Series.
PR - Fred Merkle Failed to complete a game-ending force out in the 1908 NL pennant race
Pitching
RH - Atlee Hammaker Surrender All-Star Play's Only Grand Slam To Fred Lynn
LH - Chuck Stobbs Surrendered Mickey Mantle's 565-foot home run
RP- Donnie Moore Surrendered Dave Henderson's Home Run
RP - Mitch Williams Surrendered The Game- And Series-Winning Home Run In The 1993 World Series
Mgr - Gabby Hartnett Hit The Famous 1938 "Homer In The Gloaming", Helping The Cubs To The Pennant
Pretty solid list but there were a few others that jumped to my mind.
2B - Bill Mazeroski Sure he was a Hall of Famer and one of the best defensive 2B ever but he's remembered for the walk-off HR that won game 7 of 1960 World Series for the Pirates. The first time a Series ended on a HR.
LF/DH - Joe Carter Mitch Williams is on the list, why not the guy that hit the WS-ending walk-off HR against him?
C- Carlton Fisk Hit one of the most famous homers of all-time off the foul pole at Fenway to win Game 6 of the 1975 WS.
C - Sid Bream Scored the winning run in Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS exposing Barry Bonds' pre-steroid, infinitely overrated, candy arm.
C/IF - Jim Leyritz Hit the HR that tied Game 3 of the 1996 WS and helped propel the Yankees to 4 WS Championships in 5 seasons.
SS - Bucky 'Bleepin' Dent Hit the HR for the Yanks that lead them to a win over the Red Sox in the one-game playoff in 1978.
3B - Aaron 'Bleepin' Boone Hit the walk-off HR in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS. Yankees 6, Red Sox 5.
OF - Bobby Thomson Hit the 'Shot Heard 'Round the World' in 1951. The 3-run walk-off put the Giants in the WS.
Pitching
RH - Ralph Branca Gave up the 'Shot Heard 'Round the World.'
Fans
Jeffrey Maier Punk that interfered with a can of corn helping Yankees defeat the Orioles in Game 1 of the 1996 ALCS.
Steve Bartman Punk that interfered with foul ball in Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS and may have prevented Cubs from returning to the WS.
That's all I can think of right now. Who else should be on the list?
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What about the 4'7" guy who pich hit just to walk?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Gaedel
7/27/06 2:51 PM
3B - Robin Ventura Getting Railroaded by the Ryan Express
That is all, thank you.