Sunday, October 19, 2025

Pitchers HITTING Home Runs in GAMES: post and regular season.

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For single games, Played at P, in the postseason, requiring Home Runs >= 1, sorted by descending Date.

No doubles or triples.

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Generated 10/18/2025.

Ohtani's astonishing virtuoso performance in the final game of a sweep in the 2025 NLCS putting the Dodgers into the World Series for the second consecutive year. In 2024 the Dodgers beat the New Yankees in the World Series 4-1.

Start Time: 5:38 p.m. Local
Attendance: 52,883
Venue: Dodger Stadium
Game Duration: 2:41
Night Game, on grass
Dodgers 5, Brewers 1

HR: Shohei Ohtani 3 (5, 1 off Trevor Megill, 7th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF-CF, 1 off Chad Patrick, 4th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep CF-RF, 1 off Jose Quintana, 1st inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep RF).

Los Angeles Dodgers

PitchingIPHRERBBSOHRERABFPitStrCtctStSStL
Shohei Ohtani, W (2-0)620031002.252210066331914
Alex Vesia, H (4)10000003.86275311
Blake Treinen0.11111107.363106312
Anthony Banda0.21000000.00385410
Roki Sasaki11000001.13498521
Team Totals951141101.003413490482418
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Generated 10/19/2025.

Shohei Ohtani faced 2 batters in the 7th inning.

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Jim Bagby the elder in 1920 was the first pitcher to homer in a post season game. That regular season he hit one HR in 131 At Bats (AB), the most AB in his career. His son helped stop Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak in Cleveland.

Bucky Walters in 1940 hit the only HR by a pitcher between 1926 and 1958.

Doing it twice both in the World Series:

Bob Gibson: 1967, 1968

Dave McNally 1969, 1970

Amazing, four consecutive years. And the awful Designated Hitter (DH) was adopted in 1973 by the American League (AL). It should have been a Designated Fielder (DF) with only 8 batters.

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For single games, Playing in the AL or NL, Played at P, in the regular season, requiring Home Runs >= 2, sorted by descending Home Runs.

71 times

No triples and one double each by Harshman and Owings.

Newcombe 9/191956 had the only Stolen Base.

Babe Ruth is included for June 13, 1921 playing for the Yankees. Ruth was the  pitcher the first five innings, then switched to center. He homered once in each position. I don't think Ruth should have been included but Stathead did.

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Jim Tobin: 3 HR:

Wednesday, May 13, 1942
Attendance: 3,443
Venue: Braves Field
Game Duration: 1:56
Day Game, on grass
Braves 6, Cubs 5

HR: Jim Tobin 3 (5, 2 off Jake Mooty, 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs, 1 off Hiram Bithorn, 8th inn, 1 on, 2 outs)

Tobin pitched a complete game victory and had 4 RBI.

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Ed Summers was first: 1910.

Multiple times:

5: Ferrell

2: Burdette, Cloninger (both in 1966, one with 9 RBI), Donovan (same season), Harshman (same season), Newcombe, Ramos, Ruffing, Wise (same season).

9 RBI:

Sunday, July 3, 1966
Attendance: 27,002
Venue: Candlestick Park
Game Duration: 2:42
Day Game, on grass
Braves 17, Giants 3

HR:  Tony Cloninger 2 (4, 1 off Bob Priddy, 1st inn, 3 on, 2 outs to LF-CF, 1 off Ray Sadecki, 4th inn, 3 on, 2 outs to RF);

Tony Cloninger pitched a complete game and hit two HR with the bases loaded. In the 8th inning, he had an RBI single off Sadecki for a total of 9 RBI.