Now that I've got a database of all the games from the last 100 years, these sorts of questions will be much easier to answer. Year Name Tot. Pretty amazing considering some of the zeros they have in their lineup. Mantle comes within inches of becoming the first major leaguer to hit a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium.
Wills becomes the seventh player to switch-hit homers in the same game.
Plagued by a bone spur in his left elbow, the future Hall of Famer leaves the game with a record of 236-106. Chicago sends Max Flack to St. Louis for Cliff Heathcoate. In an interesting twist, both players will end up playing one game for each team, a major league first. The first major leaguer to publicly acknowledge his homosexuality, Burke played four seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland A's. But umpire Harry Wendelstedt rules that Dietz made no effort to avoid the pitch, thus prolonging the at-bat.