Johnny Frederick Position: Outfielder Bats: Left • Throws: Left 5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg) Born: January 26, 1902 in Denver, CO Died: June 18, 1977 in Tigard, OR Debut: April 18, 1929 (6,882nd in major league history) vs. BSN 6 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB Last Game: September 25, 1934 vs. BSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB Full Name: John Henry Frederick View Player Info from…
1996 – In a 7 – 5 win over the Dodgers, Barry Bonds goes 1 for 1 and receives an intentional walk, giving him a new National League record of 149 walks in a season. He also swipes two bases, giving him 39. The Dodgers get a homer from Eric Karros, his 34th, and a two-run pinch homer from Billy Ashley. Of Ashley’s nine homers, five have been pinch hits, one short of Johnny Frederick’s record.
In the bottom of the 9th, Johnny Frederick hits his major league record-setting sixth pinch-homer of the season off Burleigh Grimes, giving the Dodgers a 4 – 3 victory over the Cubs. Frederick’s six pinch-hit home runs doubles the previous record of three held by Ham Hyatt in 1913, Cy Williams in 1928, and Pat Crawford in 1929. With just nine pinch-hits altogether, his home run percentage is a major league record.
Brooklyn’s 10-inning, 2-1 victory over the Giants at the Polo Grounds makes reliever John Quinn, at the age of 49, the oldest player to win a major league game. Johnny Frederick, who will have a total of only six home runs during the entire season, hits a ninth inning game-tying homer off Carl Hubbell, his fourth round-tripper as a pinch hitter, establishing a new major-league record.
At the Baker Bowl, the Brooklyn Robins outslug the Philadelphia Phillies for a 20 – 16 victory in the first game of a doubleheader. Babe Herman and Johnny Frederick each have five hits for Brooklyn. The Phillies win the second game, 8 – 6. Frederick scores eight runs in the doubleheader to set a major league record for most runs scored in two games. The teams combine for a record 50 runs in a doubleheader.
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