Matt Stairs sets the career record for pinch-hit home runs

Matt Stairs sets the career record for pinch-hit home runs when he goes deep off Ernesto Frieri in the eighth inning of a 6-5 loss in Milwaukee. The two-run shot over the Miller Park right field fence, his twenty-first round-tripper coming off the bench, moves the premier pinch-hitter ahead of Cliff Johnson.

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Shawon Dunston hits the Giants’ 14th pinch home run of the season to tie the Diamondbacks for the big league record. San Francisco defeats Colorado, 7 – 3.

2001 – Shawon Dunston hits the Giants’ 14th pinch home run of the season to tie the Diamondbacks for the big league record. San Francisco defeats Colorado, 7 – 3.

Ken Griffey Jr. pinch-hits his 40th home run. He is the first to reach the mark with a pinch hit.
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Ken Griffey Jr. pinch-hits his 40th home run. He is the first to reach the mark with a pinch hit.

In the Reds’ 7 – 3 loss to the Giants, Ken Griffey Jr. pinch-hits his 400th home run. He is the first to reach the mark with a pinch hit. Livan Hernandez is the winner as Barry Bonds knocks in a run and Jeff Kent adds three hits.

Rusty Staub becomes the second player to homer as a teenager and also at the age of 40.
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Rusty Staub becomes the second player to homer as a teenager and also at the age of 40.

At Shea Stadium, the Mets’ Rusty Staub homers to become the second player to homer as a teenager and also at the age of 40. Ty Cobb is the only other, and Gary Sheffield will match the feat in 2009. Staub’s blast, a two-run pinch homer, climaxes a four-run 9th inning as the Mets beat Philly, 6 – 4.

New York Mets ties a major league record by delivering his eighth consecutive pinch-hit

New York Mets ties a major league record by delivering his eighth consecutive pinch-hit

On June 26, 1983, At Shea Stadium, Rusty Staub of the New York Mets ties a major league record by delivering his eighth consecutive pinch-hit. Staub’s pinch-hit, which comes in the ninth inning of an 8-4 loss, vs Ron Reed. The hit matches the single-season mark set by the Phillies Dave Philley on September 28,…

Philadelphia’s Del Unser homers in his 3rd consecutive pinch-hit appearance a walk off 3 run shot vs Rollie Fingers to tie the MLB record.

Philadelphia’s Del Unser homers in his 3rd consecutive pinch-hit appearance a walk off 3 run shot vs Rollie Fingers to tie the MLB record.

Philadelphia’s Del Unser homers in his 3rd consecutive pinch-hit appearance (the prior ones were on June 30th and July 5th) to tie the major-league record set by Lee Lacy in 1978. The Phillies beat the Padres, 6 – 5.

Bernie Carbo delivers pinch hit homerun in game 6 of 1975 World Series
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Bernie Carbo delivers pinch hit homerun in game 6 of 1975 World Series

  Baseball is the only game you can watch on the radio. Join the community today and listen to hundreds of broadcasts from baseball’s golden age! Sign Up or learn more October 21, 1975 Bernie Carbo delivers a dramatic pinch-hit homerun in game 6 of the World Series here is his story …. He spent…