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Edgy MD Dec 21 2013 03:30 PM

In honor of Jordany Valedespin, I've been curious about the Mets and pinch-hit homers? I bet you have too! That's why you won't have any problem answering these questions. Top Ten(-ish) All-Time Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) T2) T2) T2) T2) T6) T6) T6) T6) T10) T10) T10) Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) T2) T2) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Who did it most recently? Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks?

cooby Dec 21 2013 03:34 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Socks: Red and Green Christmas socks, of course!

SteveJRogers Dec 21 2013 03:56 PM Re: Pinch Homers

David Wright's Agent?

batmagadanleadoff Dec 21 2013 04:58 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Mark Carreon's gotta be somewhere on one of those lists.

Edgy MD Dec 21 2013 05:10 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) T2) T2) T2) T6) T6) T6) T6) T10) T10) T10) Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Who did it most recently? Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks?

A Boy Named Seo Dec 21 2013 05:52 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Gimme some Rusty.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 21 2013 05:52 PM Re: Pinch Homers Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 21 2013 09:45 PM

Mets Guy in Michigan Dec 21 2013 05:55 PM Re: Pinch Homers

The namesake, Steady Eddie Kranepool, of course! Scott Hairston had a sweet run there for a while.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 21 2013 06:18 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Something compels me to guess John Milner.

G-Fafif Dec 21 2013 06:48 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Jordany Valdespin had 5 PH HRs in 2012, I seem to recall. I believe Danny Heep and Chris Jones should be in the upper echelons for a season, certainly.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 21 2013 07:07 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Matt Franco

Fman99 Dec 21 2013 07:11 PM Re: Pinch Homers

How about 2013 pinch hitting sensation Andrew Brown?

batmagadanleadoff Dec 21 2013 07:17 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Something compels me to guess John Milner. Milner was the first name I thought of when I read this quiz. Then I remembered that Milner led the Mets in career grand slams for many years and assumed that I simply conflated grand slams with pinch homers. Not saying that Milner ain't on the list, though .... He might be.

Trachsel My Tears Dec 21 2013 07:27 PM Re: Pinch Homers

First pinch hr i'm guessing Marv Throneberry.

Zvon Dec 21 2013 07:28 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Fman99 wrote: How about 2013 pinch hitting sensation Andrew Brown? Yea, for the last one hit, iirc.

Zvon Dec 21 2013 07:29 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Trachsel My Tears wrote: First pinch hr i'm guessing Marv Throneberry. Ha! Love the name :)

Edgy MD Dec 21 2013 08:04 PM Re: Pinch Homers

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Gimme some Rusty. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) T2) T2) T6) T6) T6) T6) T10) T10) T10) Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Who did it most recently? Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? [crossout]red and green[/crossout]

Edgy MD Dec 21 2013 08:07 PM Re: Pinch Homers

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) T2) T2) T6) T6) T6) T6) T10) T10) T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Who did it most recently? Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? [crossout]red and green[/crossout]

Edgy MD Dec 21 2013 08:10 PM Re: Pinch Homers

metsguyinmichigan wrote: The namesake, Steady Eddie Kranepool, of course! Scott Hairston had a sweet run there for a while. Let's keep it one guess per post. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) T2) T6) T6) T6) T6) T10) T10) T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Who did it most recently? Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? [crossout]red and green[/crossout]

Edgy MD Dec 21 2013 08:13 PM Re: Pinch Homers

G-Fafif wrote: Jordany Valdespin had 5 PH HRs in 2012, I seem to recall. I believe Danny Heep and Chris Jones should be in the upper echelons for a season, certainly. Again, playing the one-guy-at-a-time thingie. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) T6) T6) T6) T6) T10) T10) T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Who did it most recently? Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? [crossout]red and green[/crossout]

Edgy MD Dec 21 2013 08:15 PM Re: Pinch Homers

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Matt Franco Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) T6) T6) T10) T10) T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Who did it most recently? Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? [crossout]red and green[/crossout]

Edgy MD Dec 21 2013 08:18 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Fman99 wrote: How about 2013 pinch hitting sensation Andrew Brown? AB had some big, strong hits, but doesn't quite make our lists. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) T6) T6) T10) T10) T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Who did it most recently? Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? [crossout]red and green[/crossout]

Edgy MD Dec 21 2013 08:20 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Something compels me to guess John Milner. Something deceptive, I think. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) T6) T6) T10) T10) T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Who did it most recently? Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? [crossout]red and green[/crossout]

Edgy MD Dec 21 2013 08:24 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Trachsel My Tears wrote: First pinch hr i'm guessing Marv Throneberry. Throne pinch-hit-homered in the Mets inaugural season, but not first. Nor was Brown, though he did indeed pinch homer in 2013, last. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) T6) T6) T10) T10) T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? [crossout]Marv Throneberry[/crossout] Who did it most recently? [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? [crossout]red and green[/crossout]

Edgy MD Dec 21 2013 08:37 PM Re: Pinch Homers

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Scott Hairston had a sweet run there for a while. OK, now let's do Hairy. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) Scott Hairston, 6 T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) T6) T6) T10) T10) T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2011) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2012) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? [crossout]Marv Throneberry[/crossout] Who did it most recently? [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? [crossout]red and green[/crossout]

Edgy MD Dec 21 2013 08:41 PM Re: Pinch Homers

G-Fafif wrote: ... I believe Danny Heep... . There's a heap of reasons you should, especially if you paid attention in 1983. Oh, wait, I guess that was what the Danny DeVito reference was about. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) Scott Hairston, 6 T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) T6) T6) T10) Danny Heep, 4 T10) T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) Danny Heep, 4 (1983) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2011) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2012) T4) T4) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? [crossout]Marv Throneberry[/crossout] Who did it most recently? [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? [crossout]red and green[/crossout]

Edgy MD Dec 21 2013 08:43 PM Re: Pinch Homers

G-Fafif wrote: ...and Chris Jones should be in the upper echelons for a season, certainly. And I'm sure you've been Jonesing to find out if you were correct. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) Scott Hairston, 6 T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) T6) T6) T10) Danny Heep, 4 T10) T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) Danny Heep, 4 (1983) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2011) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2012) T4) Chris Jones, 3 (1995) T4) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? [crossout]Marv Throneberry[/crossout] Who did it most recently? [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? [crossout]red and green[/crossout]

batmagadanleadoff Dec 21 2013 09:31 PM Re: Pinch Homers

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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 21 2013 10:12 PM Re: Pinch Homers

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 21 2013 10:25 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Edgy MD Dec 22 2013 04:28 AM Re: Pinch Homers

batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=377]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0IrtDOsjzSZRL2MFLyrca-NlywgmJaP70OcXOKkWT_ebN8t-J[/fimg] Mike Jorgensen has pinch homered for the Mets three times, but never more than once in a season --- no mean feat but not enough to make either of our main lists. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Scott Hairston, we already have. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Lenny Harris has pinch-hit many times for the Mets and homered a few times. But I'm afraid, despite three seasons as a Met reserve, none of those homers came as a pinch-hitter. As a weapon, he was oversold.

Trachsel My Tears Dec 22 2013 07:34 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Zvon wrote: First pinch hr i'm guessing Marv Throneberry. Ha! Love the name :) You've got a good one, too, assuming you refer to the late great Warren. We're so musical here!! Wait--a cross-out means Throneberry is wrong? Can I keep guessing?

Trachsel My Tears Dec 22 2013 07:43 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Some first baseman. Ed Bouchee?

Trachsel My Tears Dec 22 2013 07:54 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Researching that question, I found out some things I hadn't known about Mr. Bouchee, though I'm not completely positively that he did hit the first Mets pinch-hit hr (just the first one I could find in April of '62). He died early this year, and through searching his obits, I found this detailed explanation of his mysterious "trouble with the law" that marred his promising career with the Phils [url]http://suite101.com/a/morals-conviction-stalled-but-didnt-end-ed-bouchees-mlb-career-a359043

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 22 2013 08:15 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Tony Clark had a good year in '03?

Trachsel My Tears Dec 22 2013 08:39 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Do I remember correctly that Big Tony just got an important job in MLB? Or did I dream that? I've had stranger dreams--last night, I dreamt that instead of dying, Al Goldstein had bought MSNBC and instituted an all-nude "Morning Joe."

d'Kong76 Dec 22 2013 08:59 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Yes, a big-shot with the Players Association. Don't remember if the biggest-shot ... but a big-shot.

Trachsel My Tears Dec 22 2013 09:07 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Yes--Executive Directer of the players' Association. Glad I didn't just dream that. [url]http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/tony-clark-appointed-executive-director-of-major-league-baseball-players-association?ymd=20131203&content_id=64359956 and he did hit very well in his brief stay with the Mets.

Frayed Knot Dec 22 2013 10:58 AM Re: Pinch Homers Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 22 2013 10:59 AM

Mike Jacobs ... as in a guess for the PH question, not as a recommendation for a MLPA job.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 22 2013 10:58 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Zvon Dec 22 2013 01:51 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Researching that question, I found out some things I hadn't known about Mr. Bouchee, though I'm not completely positively that he did hit the first Mets pinch-hit hr (just the first one I could find in April of '62). He died early this year, and through searching his obits, I found this detailed explanation of his mysterious "trouble with the law" that marred his promising career with the Phils [url]http://suite101.com/a/morals-conviction-stalled-but-didnt-end-ed-bouchees-mlb-career-a359043 Wow. That's some crazy stuff. Yea, Warren Zevon. :) I've been Zvon on the web since 1999.

Edgy MD Dec 22 2013 03:00 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Trachsel My Tears wrote: Some first baseman. Ed Bouchee? On April 18, 1962, the Mets were down 8-0 in the bottom of the fifth. Desperate to get back into the matchup, Casey Stengel watched the unlikeliest of rallies unfold in front of his eyes. Jim Marshall opening with a base hit wasn't so crazy, but then Bobby Gene Smith, hitting .077, followed with a walk and .125-hitting Don Zimmer, matched that with a walk of his own. One imagines that Johnny Keane took a walk out to the mound to coax Larry Jackson into throwing strikes, and it would seem to have worked when number-eight hitter Hobie Landrith flew to center. A run scored, but, you know, just get outs. Casey looked up his bench, he looked down his bench. He looked up one more time. As deep as their hole was, Ol' Kase hadn't yet gone to his bench, having left Sherman "Roadblock" Jones in to take his medicine thus far. Kase called the name "Bouchee" (or more likely "Doc" or "Melvin" or something), and with runners at the corners, Bouchee launched the first pinch-hit homer in Mets history, plating two runs and cutting the lead of the might Cardinals in half, to 8-4. What a glorious moment --- ultimately a prelude to an eventual 15-5 loss. I'd ask Ed how it felt but he died in January. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) Scott Hairston, 6 T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) T6) T6) T10) Danny Heep, 4 T10) T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) Danny Heep, 4 (1983) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2011) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2012) T4) Chris Jones, 3 (1995) T4) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Ed, Bouchee, [crossout]5[/crossout]4/18/1962 [crossout]Marv Throneberry[/crossout] Who did it most recently? [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? [crossout]red and green[/crossout]

Edgy MD Dec 22 2013 03:19 PM Re: Pinch Homers

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Tony Clark had a good year in '03? Tony Clark hit 13 homers in 2003, but only two as a pinch-hittin' guy. Frayed Knot wrote: Mike Jacobs ... as in a guess for the PH question, not as a recommendation for a MLPA job. Mike Jacobs got only one pinch-hit homer in his first tour of duty with the Mets. Don't feel so bad, as it came in only two pinch-hitting appearances. He didn't appear as a pinch-hitter at all during his second tour of duty, and, well, enough said about that particular adventure. batmagadanleadoff wrote: While Jerk Ganeshsun struggled off the bench for the Mets, Steve Hindusun was quite the success, clubbing three of his 10 1978 homers in that role, and five such homers over the course of his Met career. Who knew? The man he replaced and who replaced him, Dave Kingman, was never such a bench threat. In only 17 plate appearances as a pinchie for the Mets, he went .412 / .412 / 1.235 // 1.647. Those three pinch homers in 1978? They were in four trips to the plate!! Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) Scott Hairston, 6 T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) Steve Henderson, 5 T6) T6) T10) Danny Heep, 4 T10) T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) Danny Heep, 4 (1983) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2011) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2012) T4) Chris Jones, 3 (1995) T4) Steve Henderson, 3 (1978) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Ed, Bouchee, 5/18/1962 [crossout]Marv Throneberry[/crossout] Who did it most recently? [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? [crossout]red and green[/crossout]

Trachsel My Tears Dec 22 2013 04:15 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Edgy MD wrote: Who did it first? Ed, Bouchee, 5/18/1962 I think that should be April 18, not May 18. Bouchee's HRs as a Met all came in April.

Edgy MD Dec 22 2013 04:44 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Yeah, well, I got it right in the writeup.

Lefty Specialist Dec 23 2013 06:07 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Trachsel My Tears wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Who did it first? Ed, Bouchee, 5/18/1962 I think that should be April 18, not May 18. Bouchee's HRs as a Met all came in April. Wow, cool, new guy. Here's the bright pink Hello Kitty backpack full of candy and chewing tobacco. Take it out to the bullpen. And the pinch-homeriest season for the Mets was 1983, with 12, for no particular reason other than they were excited to have Keith around, I guess.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 23 2013 06:35 AM Re: Pinch Homers

What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? 1983 What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? 1965 Damion Easley 2007

Edgy MD Dec 23 2013 07:39 AM Re: Pinch Homers

And the pinch-homeriest season for the Mets was 1983, with 12, for no particular reason other than they were excited to have Keith around, I guess. Well, Keith is relevant in that his presence meant a lot fewer (like, none) starts for the four lefthanded hitting firstbaseman already on the roster. 1983 is correct. In addition to the already-noted four pinchie homers by Heep and three by Rustic, Mark Bradley had two and the team got one each from Mike Jorgensen, George Foster, and Dave Kingman (another guy who got more pinch-hit opportunities thanks to Keith. What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? 1965. Five times in 1965, Casey Stengel and/or Wes Westrum told a player to get up and grab a bat, and was rewarded with the four bags of glory. Ron Swoboda did it twice, Jim Hickman, Charley Smith, and Johnny Lewis pulled it off once each. A pretty solid year from the pinch-hit-slugging point of view, and therefore not our poorest season. Damion Easley 2007 I admire you going for both the player and the year. Damion knocked but one out in 2007. It was a nice one though. On April 24, 2007, game two of a double header, Aaron Cook and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez locked up in a shutout battle. Each went seven before yielding to the bullpen, even though it was game two and the pens were gassed, because 100 pitches. Aaron Heilman looks at Cook and says "You're not the only Aaron throwing bullets tonight," and gives the Mets a clean eighth before yielding to Billy Wagner. This wasn't good, and Wagner throws a shutout ninth and strikes out the first tow of the tenth before yielding a run on a double to Willy F. Taveras and Triple to Troy Tulowitzki. (Memo to Billy W.: The pitcher was on deck --- WALK TULO!) Shawn Green and Jose Valentin made two quick outs in the Mets' 10th, because that is what they did in 2007, before Willie called on Damion. After 29 fruitless outs, one pitch from defeat, Damion drove the next offering from Brandon Fuentes deep over the left-centerfield wall. Easley exited the game in the eleventh, replaced by Scott Schoeneweis, but he joined the celebration in the 12th when Endy Chavez brought Green home with a walkoff bunt single. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) Scott Hairston, 6 T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) Steve Henderson, 5 T6) T6) T10) Danny Heep, 4 T10) T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) Danny Heep, 4 (1983) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2011) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2012) T4) Chris Jones, 3 (1995) T4) Steve Henderson, 3 (1978) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? 1983 What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? [crossout]1965[/crossout] How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Ed, Bouchee, [crossout]5[/crossout]4/18/1962 [crossout]Marv Throneberry[/crossout] Who did it most recently? [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? [crossout]red and green[/crossout]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 23 2013 08:33 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Jim Beauchamp Your socks are black Fewest pinch homers = 1967

Frayed Knot Dec 23 2013 08:37 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Desi Relaford

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 23 2013 08:40 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Oh, Marlon Anderson before he sucked.

Edgy MD Dec 23 2013 08:56 AM Re: Pinch Homers

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Jim Beauchamp Jim Beauchamp's next pinch-hit homer for the Mets will be his first. And since he's dead at the present time, it will prove quite the challenge. He did pinch-hit a homer for Houston in 1970 in the second game of the season. It was a his last homer as an Astro. John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Your socks are black As this quiz is now into it's third day, I have changed my socks a few times. But no, they were not black at the time of the original post; nor are they black now. John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Fewest pinch homers = 1967 You are cleverly aiming at a period of depressed offense, and 1967 is a good guess --- one of five seasons in which the Mets clobbered only one signle pinch-hit homer. In this case, the season's pinch-hit glory belonged to Jerry Buchek. On July 9, again in game two of a doubleheader, Jerry pinch-hit with two-outs in the ninth for power-poor leadoff hitter Bud Harrelson and socked a game-tying solo homer off of Braves reliever Dick Kelley. Kelly got all riled and three walks and a single later, the Mets walked off victorious. But in one season, the Mets got no such acts of heroism at all. Desi Relaford Desi proved quite an able backup, but never gave us a pinch homer. Unlike Beauchamp, though, there's still time. John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Oh, Marlon Anderson before he sucked. Marlon pulled it off three times, including a fantastic inside-the-parker, but they occurred in three different seasons, so he makes neither of our lists, where the cutoff is four on the career, or three on an individual season. Still, though... Marlon.

Ceetar Dec 23 2013 09:03 AM Re: Pinch Homers

I feel like there is a regular guy on this list, but I'm not coming up with any answers I like. Mike Piazza?

Edgy MD Dec 23 2013 09:08 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Long-time regulars is the way to go at this point. Piazza hit three --- one every other year from 1998 to 2002. No cigar, but good thinking.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 23 2013 09:17 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Poorest year? I'll say 1980. Your socks were blue, in the spirit of winter fun.

G-Fafif Dec 23 2013 09:33 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Joel Youngblood?

Edgy MD Dec 23 2013 09:52 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Drawing a blank. Poorest year? I'll say 1980. Well, I already tol' ya Steve Henderson went deep in 1980. If I didn't, I'm telling you now. Steve Henderson went deep in 1980, one of four times a Met did so that year while pinch-hitting. We're looking for a shutout season. Your socks were blue, in the spirit of winter fun. My socks, as of the original posting, had blue toes and heels. Some credit to you. Joel Youngblood? Also still searching for his first Mets pinch-hit homer. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) Scott Hairston, 6 T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) Steve Henderson, 5 T6) T6) T10) Danny Heep, 4 T10) T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout], [crossout]Jim Beauchamp[/crossout], [crossout]Desi Relaford[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) Danny Heep, 4 (1983) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2011) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2012) T4) Chris Jones, 3 (1995) T4) Steve Henderson, 3 (1978) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout], [crossout]Jim Beauchamp[/crossout], [crossout]Desi Relaford[/crossout], [crossout]Damion Easley[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? 1983 What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? [crossout]1965[/crossout], [crossout]1967[/crossout], [crossout]1980[/crossout] How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Ed, Bouchee, [crossout]5[/crossout]4/18/1962 [crossout]Marv Throneberry[/crossout] Who did it most recently? [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? Day one: Blue toes and heels. What was the base color though? Day two: Day three: [crossout]red and green[/crossout], [crossout]black[/crossout]

Ceetar Dec 23 2013 09:57 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Ramon Castro?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 23 2013 10:00 AM Re: Pinch Homers

[youtube]hBBMAd6xyB8[/youtube] 3:25!!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 23 2013 10:02 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Jeremy Burn Itch. Forgot about Hendu. Howzabout 1979? And the base color was beige, because base is beige. Right now, though the socks are gray.

Edgy MD Dec 23 2013 10:20 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Ramon Castro? Nothing for the big guy. Jeremy Burn Itch. Wouldn't have gotten that in a week. If you're blue And need someone to go to For powerful pinch hits! Don't you pick Burnitz! Nothing. NOTHING! Forgot about Hendu. Howzabout 1979? An incredibly power-sapped year. But not on that one glorious day when Dan Norman socked a two-run pinch homer off of Doug Bair. And the base color was beige, because base is beige. Right now, though the socks are gray. Not quite on the timing, but I'll accept this. Beige (or tan) was one of two colors in my stripey sox of yesterday. I've just realized that I had Henderson wrong. Steve hit four pinch-hit homers, not five. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) Scott Hairston, 6 T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) Steve Henderson, 5 (oops, actually four) T6) T6) T10) Danny Heep, 4 T10) T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout], [crossout]Jim Beauchamp[/crossout], [crossout]Desi Relaford[/crossout], [crossout]Ramon Castro[/crossout], [crossout]Jeromy Burnitz[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) Danny Heep, 4 (1983) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2011) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2012) T4) Chris Jones, 3 (1995) T4) Steve Henderson, 3 (1978) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout], [crossout]Jim Beauchamp[/crossout], [crossout]Desi Relaford[/crossout], [crossout]Damion Easley (2007)[/crossout], [crossout]Ramon Castro[/crossout], [crossout]Jeromy Burnitz[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? 1983 What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? [crossout]1965[/crossout], [crossout]1967[/crossout], [crossout]1980[/crossout] How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Ed, Bouchee, [crossout]5[/crossout]4/18/1962 [crossout]Marv Throneberry[/crossout] Who did it most recently? [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? Day one: Blue toes and heels. What was the base color though? Day two: Beige stripes. What color were the others? Day three: [crossout]red and green[/crossout], [crossout]black[/crossout]

batmagadanleadoff Dec 23 2013 10:32 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Edgy MD Dec 23 2013 10:33 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Nice, but not me.

G-Fafif Dec 23 2013 10:39 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Lee Mazzilli in there somewhere.

Edgy MD Dec 23 2013 10:44 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Lemur Silly is the perfect guess, with a tour of duty as a regular and a second one as a bench player. And indeed, he clubbed four homers as a pinch-hitter, over an impressive spread of 12 years, with one in 1977, two in 1987, and a final one on the way out the door in 1989. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) Scott Hairston, 6 T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) T6) T9) Steve Henderson, 4 T10) Danny Heep, 4 T10) Lee Mazzilli, 4 T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout], [crossout]Jim Beauchamp[/crossout], [crossout]Desi Relaford[/crossout], [crossout]Ramon Castro[/crossout], [crossout]Jeromy Burnitz[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) Danny Heep, 4 (1983) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2011) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2012) T4) Chris Jones, 3 (1995) T4) Steve Henderson, 3 (1978) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout], [crossout]Jim Beauchamp[/crossout], [crossout]Desi Relaford[/crossout], [crossout]Damion Easley (2007)[/crossout], [crossout]Ramon Castro[/crossout], [crossout]Jeromy Burnitz[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? 1983 What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? [crossout]1965[/crossout], [crossout]1967[/crossout], [crossout]1980[/crossout] How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Ed, Bouchee, [crossout]5[/crossout]4/18/1962 [crossout]Marv Throneberry[/crossout] Who did it most recently? [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? Day one: Blue toes and heels. What was the base color though? Day two: Beige stripes. What color were the others? Day three: [crossout]red and green[/crossout], [crossout]black[/crossout], [crossout]royal blue and orange with a Mets logo[/crossout]

G-Fafif Dec 23 2013 10:59 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Ron Swoboda.

G-Fafif Dec 23 2013 11:01 AM Re: Pinch Homers

And in the same vein of platoon player, maybe Daryl Boston?

Edgy MD Dec 23 2013 11:03 AM Re: Pinch Homers

You're hot. Ron Swoboda had five on his career --- two each in 1965 and 1966 and one final one in 1970. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) Scott Hairston, 6 T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) Ron Swoboda, 5 T6) T9) Steve Henderson, 4 T10) Danny Heep, 4 T10) Lee Mazzilli, 4 T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout], [crossout]Jim Beauchamp[/crossout], [crossout]Desi Relaford[/crossout], [crossout]Ramon Castro[/crossout], [crossout]Jeromy Burnitz[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) Danny Heep, 4 (1983) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2011) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2012) T4) Chris Jones, 3 (1995) T4) Steve Henderson, 3 (1978) T4) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout], [crossout]Jim Beauchamp[/crossout], [crossout]Desi Relaford[/crossout], [crossout]Damion Easley (2007)[/crossout], [crossout]Ramon Castro[/crossout], [crossout]Jeromy Burnitz[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? 1983 What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? [crossout]1965[/crossout], [crossout]1967[/crossout], [crossout]1980[/crossout] How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Ed, Bouchee, [crossout]5[/crossout]4/18/1962 [crossout]Marv Throneberry[/crossout] Who did it most recently? [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? Day one: Blue toes and heels. What was the base color though? Day two: Beige stripes. What color were the others? Day three: [crossout]red and green[/crossout], [crossout]black[/crossout], [crossout]royal blue and orange with a Mets logo[/crossout]

batmagadanleadoff Dec 23 2013 11:08 AM Re: Pinch Homers

G-Fafif Dec 23 2013 11:10 AM Re: Pinch Homers

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Doll Headband Bucket...of course!

Edgy MD Dec 23 2013 11:12 AM Re: Pinch Homers

That one I can figure out. Ken Boswell had three career homers as a pinch-hitter, two in 1973 and one more '74. A fine effort, but he doesn't make our list.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 23 2013 11:13 AM Re: Pinch Homers

G-Fafif wrote: Doll Headband Bucket...of course! Whaddya wasting your time --my time-- on this thread for? My Candlestick Park thread was a sneaky way to get you to write up the most memorable Mets memories at that joint.

G-Fafif Dec 23 2013 11:14 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Daryl, that is.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 23 2013 11:20 AM Re: Pinch Homers

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Edgy MD Dec 23 2013 11:24 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Daryl Boston doesn't make the career list, with three, but as all of them took place in the 1992 season (with that rape charge hanging over his head), he makes the season list. I can't see the first of the two photos batmag has posted. Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) Scott Hairston, 6 T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) Ron Swoboda, 5 T6) T9) Steve Henderson, 4 T10) Danny Heep, 4 T10) Lee Mazzilli, 4 T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout], [crossout]Jim Beauchamp[/crossout], [crossout]Desi Relaford[/crossout], [crossout]Ramon Castro[/crossout], [crossout]Jeromy Burnitz[/crossout], [crossout]Ken Boswell[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) Danny Heep, 4 (1983) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2011) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2012) T4) Chris Jones, 3 (1995) T4) Steve Henderson, 3 (1978) T4) Daryl Boston, 3 (1992) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout], [crossout]Jim Beauchamp[/crossout], [crossout]Desi Relaford[/crossout], [crossout]Damion Easley (2007)[/crossout], [crossout]Ramon Castro[/crossout], [crossout]Jeromy Burnitz[/crossout], [crossout]Ken Boswell[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? 1983 What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? [crossout]1965[/crossout], [crossout]1967[/crossout], [crossout]1980[/crossout] How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Ed, Bouchee, [crossout]5[/crossout]4/18/1962 [crossout]Marv Throneberry[/crossout] Who did it most recently? [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? Day one: Blue toes and heels. What was the base color though? Day two: Beige stripes. What color were the others? Day three: [crossout]red and green[/crossout], [crossout]black[/crossout], [crossout]royal blue and orange with a Mets logo[/crossout]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 23 2013 11:25 AM Re: Pinch Homers

batmagadanleadoff Dec 23 2013 11:26 AM Re: Pinch Homers

How about now? [fimg=633]http://www.superiorpics.com/wallpaper/file/Eddie_Murphy_in_Meet_Dave_Wallpaper_1_800.jpg[/fimg]

Edgy MD Dec 23 2013 11:38 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Dave Magadan is a no-go. If the second one starts with a shot of a beach, then Jim Beauchamp has already been guessed.

Ceetar Dec 23 2013 12:10 PM Re: Pinch Homers

how about Edgardo Alfonzo? and trick question, you're not wearing socks today.

metsmarathon Dec 23 2013 12:31 PM Re: Pinch Homers

no, he's wearing a sock but just one. and nothing else.

Edgy MD Dec 23 2013 12:37 PM Re: Pinch Homers

No to Alfonzo. Yes I'm wearing two socks.

Edgy MD Dec 23 2013 12:42 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Fonzie has never pinch-homered for the Mets. What do you want? Coaching? I guess you'll have a devil of a time guessing without a hint or two. You'll be guessing until opening day.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 23 2013 12:48 PM Re: Pinch Homers

The stripes on the beige socks were like, a kind of pinkish maroon. The least homerly year for Met pinch-sluggers was, uh, 1981. The most recent Met pinch-homerer was Kirk Nieuwenhuis

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 23 2013 12:53 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Aqua. Aqua socks. 1976 unplugged.

Ceetar Dec 23 2013 12:57 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Angel Pagan?

Edgy MD Dec 23 2013 01:02 PM Re: Pinch Homers

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The stripes on the beige socks were like, a kind of pinkish maroon. Sheesh, no wonder Ashie thinks I'm a bisexual turd. No, I have not been rocking the mauve. John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The least homerly year for Met pinch-sluggers was, uh, 1981. Always a good guess for a year of leasts, but Mike Jorgensen, Dan Norman, and Mike Cubbage(!) all celebrated organized labor by slugging a pinch homer in 1981. John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The most recent Met pinch-homerer was Kirk Nieuwenhuis Nieueie has hit some dramatic late-game homers, but never as a pinchie. ceetar wrote: Angel Pagan Also pinchpunchless. It's not that tough, guys.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 23 2013 01:13 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Edgy MD wrote: If the second one starts with a shot of a beach, then Jim Beauchamp has already been guessed. You don't need the first image of that "Dave" movie, featuring Eddie Murphy. Just marshall your focus on that Marshally stack of Marshall Amps that Marshall manufactured.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 23 2013 01:28 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Ceetar wrote: Angel Pagan? "Tim" + Der Teufel

metsmarathon Dec 23 2013 02:00 PM Re: Pinch Homers

it's not dwight motherfucking gooden is it? also, the mets have hit 104 pinch hit home runs throughout their glorious history. uh... more or less.

Edgy MD Dec 23 2013 07:08 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Angel Pagan? "Tim" + Der Teufel Tim Teufel is correct. Let us not forget how much Manager Johnson used him as his top righthanded pinch hitter. He'd even send him up to hit for Rusty if he sent Rusty up and the opponent countered with a lefty. Teufel pinch-hit five homers for the Mets --- two in the magical year of 1986, another in 1987, and two more in 1990. You don't need the first image of that "Dave" movie, featuring Eddie Murphy. Just marshall your focus on that Marshally stack of Marshall Amps that Marshall manufactured. Dave Marshall pinch-homered three times, twice in 1970 and a third time in 1971, not quite prolific enough to make our list, but that's three more times than Jim Marshall, Mike Marshall, and Mike Marshall put together. it's not dwight motherfucking gooden is it? Worse guesses could have been made. Gooden pinch-hit three times for the Mets from 1992 to 1993, and managed two hits, including a triple, but no homers. Given more opportunity, who knows? But you'd certainly have remembered it if he was pinch-hitting homers with any regularity. also, the mets have hit 104 pinch hit home runs throughout their glorious history. uh... more or less. More! Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) Scott Hairston, 6 T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) Ron Swoboda, 5 T6) Tim Teufel, 5 T9) Steve Henderson, 4 T10) Danny Heep, 4 T10) Lee Mazzilli, 4 T10) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout], [crossout]Jim Beauchamp[/crossout], [crossout]Desi Relaford[/crossout], [crossout]Ramon Castro[/crossout], [crossout]Jeromy Burnitz[/crossout], [crossout]Ken Boswell[/crossout], [crossout]Dave Magadan[/crossout], [crossout]Edgardo Alfonzo[/crossout], [crossout]Kirk Nieuwenhuis[/crossout], [crossout]Angel Pagan[/crossout], [crossout]Dave Marshall[/crossout], [crossout]Dave (or Jim or Mike or Mike) Marshall[/crossout], [crossout]Dwight Gooden[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) Danny Heep, 4 (1983) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2011) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2012) T4) Chris Jones, 3 (1995) T4) Steve Henderson, 3 (1978) T4) Daryl Boston, 3 (1992) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout], [crossout]Jim Beauchamp[/crossout], [crossout]Desi Relaford[/crossout], [crossout]Damion Easley (2007)[/crossout], [crossout]Ramon Castro[/crossout], [crossout]Jeromy Burnitz[/crossout], [crossout]Ken Boswell[/crossout], [crossout]Dave Magadan[/crossout], [crossout]Edgardo Alfonzo[/crossout], [crossout]Kirk Nieuwenhuis[/crossout], [crossout]Angel Pagan[/crossout], [crossout]Dave Marshall[/crossout], [crossout]Dave (or Jim or Mike or Mike) Marshall[/crossout], [crossout]Dwight Gooden[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? 1983 What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? [crossout]1965[/crossout], [crossout]1967[/crossout], [crossout]1980[/crossout] How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? [crossout]104[/crossout] How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Ed, Bouchee, [crossout]5[/crossout]4/18/1962 [crossout]Marv Throneberry[/crossout] Who did it most recently? [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? What color are my socks? Day one: Blue toes and heels. What was the base color though? Day two: Beige stripes. What color were the others? Day three: [crossout]red and green[/crossout], [crossout]black[/crossout], [crossout]royal blue and orange with a Mets logo[/crossout], [crossout]none[/crossout], [crossout]pinkish maroon[/crossout]

Edgy MD Dec 26 2013 08:35 AM Re: Pinch Homers

So, one more pinchie who's hit pinch-hit0 four homers still waits. Don't be afraid of making an error, as I'm not scoring this quiz. Don't switch your attention to something else. Guess here and you may catch some luck.

seawolf17 Dec 26 2013 08:38 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Only switch-hitting catcher I know of is Todd Hundley.

metsmarathon Dec 26 2013 08:46 AM Re: Pinch Homers

i think that 1981 was hte year the mets his the fewest of their 208 total pinch hit homers. i also think that todd pratt must have hit the required 4 pinch hit homers in his metly career. indeed, he may have even done the deed in the postseason, in 1999. i'm totally guessing here, but somebody's gotta answer those remaining questions. edgy's socks are today white. or at least they would be if hte man would use more bleach when he does wash. was eric young hte most recent metly pinch homerer?

Edgy MD Dec 26 2013 09:17 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Only switch-hitting catcher I know of is Todd Hundley. Well, then, somebody needs to school you about Biff Pocaroba! And Alan Ashby! And in Mets circles, there's... ummm... Rick Sweet! But yes, Todd Hundley is who we are looking for, and who we were led to by my subtle-as-an-anvil-dropped-on-a-coyote's-foot clues. And he stands out here by hitting his four pinch-hit homers in four different seasons, rather than having one thundering year like many of his fellow list memebers. In his rookie year of 1991, [url]his first homer (and only one on the year) was an extra-inning jobbie. The Mets fell behind 3-2 in the top of the 14th on a pinch-hit single by Lloyd McClendon, plating Gary Redus. But in the bottom of the inning, Hundley got the run back driving career homer numero-uno over the right field fence. The Mets lost the mo, as well as the game, though, in the 15th. Don Slaught plated Barry Bonds. Wally Whitehurst was the loser. How cool, then, that his last career homer was also of the extra-inning pinch-hit variety. In 1998, facing the Astros' Sean Bergman, he stepped in for Greg McMichael and socked it out of the fading beauty that was the Houston Astrodome. This time the Mets closed out the game with the win as Turk Wendell earned the save. i think that 1981 was hte year the mets his the fewest of their 208 total pinch hit homers. A strike-shortened year is always a good guess, but Mike Jorgensen, Mark Bradley, and Gary F. Rajsich had other ideas. i also think that todd pratt must have hit the required 4 pinch hit homers in his metly career. indeed, he may have even done the deed in the postseason, in 1999. i'm totally guessing here, but somebody's gotta answer those remaining questions. Todd Pratt is where it's at, but he is handicapped by the reluctance of managers to use their backup catcher as a pinch-hitter, even if Bobby Valentine tended to eschew that thinking. Pratt pinch-hit-homered once, in 2000, but did not do so in the post-season. edgy's socks are today white. or at least they would be if hte man would use more bleach when he does wash. They were white on day one, with the blue heels and toes. I'll give you partial credit. was eric young hte most recent metly pinch homerer? Eric Young's one Metly homer was indeed a game-winning walkoff shot, but he had started and played the whole game. Two more guys out there who hit three pinch-hit homers in a season. One was more known as a full-timer and a platooner, the other as a benchie. One was married at the time to a woman named "Betty" and the other to a "Jennifer." Top Ten All-Time Met Pinch-Hit Homer Hitters 1) Mark Carreon, 8 T2) Rusty Staub, 6 T2) Ed Kranepool, 6 T2) Jordany Valdespin, 6 T2) Scott Hairston, 6 T6) Matt Franco, 5 T6) Ron Swoboda, 5 T6) Tim Teufel, 5 T9) Steve Henderson, 4 T10) Danny Heep, 4 T10) Lee Mazzilli, 4 T10) Todd Hundley, 4 [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout], [crossout]Jim Beauchamp[/crossout], [crossout]Desi Relaford[/crossout], [crossout]Ramon Castro[/crossout], [crossout]Jeromy Burnitz[/crossout], [crossout]Ken Boswell[/crossout], [crossout]Dave Magadan[/crossout], [crossout]Edgardo Alfonzo[/crossout], [crossout]Kirk Nieuwenhuis[/crossout], [crossout]Angel Pagan[/crossout], [crossout]Dave Marshall[/crossout], [crossout]Dave (or Jim or Mike or Mike) Marshall[/crossout], [crossout]Dwight Gooden[/crossout], [crossout]Todd Pratt[/crossout] Top Ten All-Time Seasons for Individual Met Pinch Homer Hitters 1) Jordany Valdespin, 5 (2012) T2) Mark Carreon, 4 (1989) T2) Danny Heep, 4 (1983) T4) Mark Carreon, 3 (1991) T4) Rusty Staub, 3 (1983) T4) Ed Kranepool, 3 (1978) T4) Matt Franco, 3 (1997) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2011) T4) Scott Hairston, 3 (2012) T4) Chris Jones, 3 (1995) T4) Steve Henderson, 3 (1978) T4) Daryl Boston, 3 (1992) T4) T4) [crossout]Danny DeVito[/crossout], [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout], [crossout]John Milner[/crossout], [crossout]Lenny Harris[/crossout], [crossout]Mike Jorgensen[/crossout], [crossout]Tony Clark[/crossout], [crossout]Mike "Jakemonster" Jacobs[/crossout], [crossout]Jim Beauchamp[/crossout], [crossout]Desi Relaford[/crossout], [crossout]Damion Easley (2007)[/crossout], [crossout]Ramon Castro[/crossout], [crossout]Jeromy Burnitz[/crossout], [crossout]Ken Boswell[/crossout], [crossout]Dave Magadan[/crossout], [crossout]Edgardo Alfonzo[/crossout], [crossout]Kirk Nieuwenhuis[/crossout], [crossout]Angel Pagan[/crossout], [crossout]Dave Marshall[/crossout], [crossout]Dave (or Jim or Mike or Mike) Marshall[/crossout], [crossout]Dwight Gooden[/crossout], [crossout]Todd Pratt[/crossout] What was the pinch-hit-homeriest year for the Mets? 1983 What was the Mets worst season for pinch-hit homers? [crossout]1965[/crossout], [crossout]1967[/crossout], [crossout]1980[/crossout], [crossout]1981[/crossout] How many pinch-hit homers have the Mets knocked in their history? [crossout]104[/crossout] How many Mets have done the deed? Who did it first? Ed, Bouchee, [crossout]5[/crossout]4/18/1962 [crossout]Marv Throneberry[/crossout] Who did it most recently? [crossout]Andrew Brown[/crossout] Has it ever been pulled off in the post-season by the Mets? If so, by whom and when? [crossout]Yes, by Todd Pratt[/crossout] What color are my socks? Day one: Blue toes and heels. White base color Day two: Beige stripes. What color were the others? Day three: Day four: Day five: Beige stripes again. What color were the others? [crossout]red and green[/crossout], [crossout]black[/crossout], [crossout]royal blue and orange with a Mets logo[/crossout], [crossout]none[/crossout], [crossout]pinkish maroon[/crossout]

metsmarathon Dec 26 2013 09:31 AM Re: Pinch Homers

208 total ph hrs? yay or nay?

Edgy MD Dec 26 2013 09:35 AM Re: Pinch Homers

Sorry. Two hundred and eight is... still.. too... low!

metsmarathon Dec 26 2013 11:22 AM Re: Pinch Homers

312 then. surely not more! if 1981 wasn't the worst metly pinch homering year, then surely the newly moved-into-shea 1964 mets were the worst!

Edgy MD Dec 26 2013 11:36 AM Re: Pinch Homers

metsmarathon wrote: 312 then. surely not more! Fewer than 312 Mr. I-Guess-in-Multiples. metsmarathon wrote: if 1981 wasn't the worst metly pinch homering year, then surely the newly moved-into-shea 1964 mets were the worst! 1964 might have robbed the Mets of the reachable corners of the Polo Grounds, but it did not rob them of the pro-creative thunder of Frank Thomas (at least initially), nor the blue-eyed lightning of Larry Elliot.

metsmarathon Dec 26 2013 11:52 AM Re: Pinch Homers

260 then. it must be a multiple of 104. it must. just... not a whole-number multiple. i guess i could walk through the entire mets list of seasons in the hopes of finding one with very few pinch hit home runs. and so i will. wait... nah... that's not fun for anyone. were the 1969 miracle mets so miraculous that they won it all without the need for pinch hit homering heroics?

Ceetar Dec 26 2013 12:04 PM Re: Pinch Homers

white socks on day three? who knows.. Feel like I'm remember a David Wright pinch hit homer last year. most recent? edit: suspense got me. Wright's actually never had a HR as anything other than 3B. no DH, no PH, no SS.

G-Fafif Dec 26 2013 12:09 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Most recent: Josh Satin, I seem to recall.

Edgy MD Dec 26 2013 12:25 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Josh Satin is indeed the last man not good enough to start a game but good enough to strike the big blow. As late as September 26 of this year, Joshie pinch hit for Frank Francisco in the ninth inning with the Mets down 4-1. He ripped the offering from Jim Henderson down the leftifield line for four bags and an automatic homerun. Unfortunately, the Mets forgot to get some guys on base first, and the final scored was 4-2. Henderson ended up with a cheapo save, but man, he's been seeing those eyebrows in his sleep ever since.

G-Fafif Dec 26 2013 01:43 PM Re: Pinch Homers

It wasn't the most cleanly executed of PH HRs, either, according to an area blogger: [H]itting the ball and running to first [...] was a skill set that abandoned pinch-hitter Josh Satin in the ninth. It was a comedy of presumption that unfolded as Josh lofted a fly ball far down the left field line versus closer Jim Henderson. Was it fair? Was it foul? Josh, whose job is to immediately steam counterclockwise to the nearest available base without pausing to ask questions, appointed himself judge and deemed it foul. Except it was ruled fair and in play. The “fair” part was accurate, which became a tad embarrassing for lead-footed Satin to realize since he had already begun to wander away from the plate to clear his head and await the next pitch. When he understood that he swung better than he thought, Josh dash-trudged to first, where he had to stop since he took his sweet time getting going. But the ball shouldn’t have been “in play,” as it actually cleared the fence and bounced back into the outfield. Instant replay cleared up the umpires’ muddle. They emerged from their comfortably appointed video review lounge to signal “home run”. You know the gesture — it’s where you twirl your index finger in the air as if to indicate you’re not impressed…“whoop-de-doo,” in other words. Which was how it felt watching Josh Satin score the reluctant run that turned a 4-1 loss into an eventual 4-2 loss.

G-Fafif Dec 26 2013 01:45 PM Re: Pinch Homers

I want to guess Dan Norman is one of the remaining answers. I'd prefer to be right, but I'll guess Norman anyway on the off chance it's not quite wrong.

Edgy MD Dec 26 2013 01:52 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Good job, area blogger. Dan Norman was the author of three Mets pinch-hit homers, though none more than two in a season. A quick web search does not reveal any wife that I was able to find, but if he had one, you can bet a pennant or two that she wasn't the gold-digger Nancy Seaver was. Whooh, boy.

G-Fafif Dec 26 2013 01:57 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Given that he did some platooning, thus might have been available to pinch-hit quite a bit, was your man Ed Charles involved?

Edgy MD Dec 26 2013 02:12 PM Re: Pinch Homers

Oh, shit, YESSS!! Ed Charles, 1968 edition, hit 15 homers, three of them being of the pinch-hitting variety, bringing no small measure of shame to the likes of Joe Hoemer, Bob Freaking Gibson (these two come on consecutive days), and Ron Reed, Each of these feats, alas, was accomplished in a losing caue.