Cal Koonce Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 73 Weight: 185 Born: Monday, November 18, 1940 in Fayetteville, NC USA Died: 10 28 1993 in Winston-Salem, NC USA Debut: 4/14/1962 Last Game: 8/8/1971 Full Name: Calvin Lee Koonce
May 18, 1970 At Parc Jarry during an afternoon game on the Canadian holiday of Victoria Day. In front of a capacity crowd of 29,184 who came to watch the Montreal Expos play the reigning world champion New York Mets. With one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth of a…
1969 – Denis Menke and Jim Wynn launch grand slams in the same inning as the Astros crush the Mets, 16-3 and 11-5 in a twinbill at Shea Stadium . The double slam was the first National League occurance in 79 years. So hot were Houston’s bats that Larry Dierker took Nolan Ryan deep in the nightcap and Fred Gladding broke an oh-for-the-decade slump with a bloop single for the only hit in his career.
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