How many world series grand slams
Dodgers walk-off grand slam wins World Series opener
Freddie Freeman hit the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 6-3 in extra innings in game one at Dodger Stadium.
With the sides locked at 2-2 after nine innings, Great Britain international Jazz Chisholm Jr led a Yankees rally to give them a slender lead in the top of the 10th.
But with the Dodgers down to their last out, the Yankees' decision to intentionally walk the dangerous Mookie Betts, loading the bases for Freeman, backfired spectacularly.
The first game of the best-of-seven series began as a pitching duel as Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty and Yankees ace Gerrit Cole dominated.
The hosts broke the deadlock in the bottom of the fifth inning as Enrique Hernandez, only the second Dodger to get on base by that stage, raced home on a sacrifice fly by Will Smith.
The Yankees, in their first World Series since 2009, bounced straight back as Giancarlo Stanton hoisted Flaherty for a two-run homer.
Both sides squandered opportunities by stranding baserunners, but the Dodgers drew level after Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani hit a double to centre fi
There were some worrying moments during the regular season, but the Yankees are healthy and tearing the cover off the baseball. New York took a 1-0 series lead in the ALDS with a 9-3 victory over the Rays on Monday in San Diego, turning a one-run game into a laugher in the ninth thanks to Giancarlo Stanton's grand slam. It's the second straight game in which the Bombers have hit a grand slam, and the 14th time overall in franchise history, far and away the most by a team in the postseason.
The Yankees are heating up at the perfect time, having set Major League records with 11 home runs and 31 runs scored in three postseason games, highlighted by the two grand slams. Taking a look at all 14 postseason slams in the postseason, as you could imagine hitting one is a pretty good indicator of whether New York won or lost the game:
Giancarlo Stanton (2020 ALDS Game 1):
Up 4-3 heading into the top of the ninth, an Aaron Hicks RBI single gave New York some breathing room. After a Tyler Wade walk loaded the bases, Stanton all but ended it by turning on a breaking ball away and sending it 411 feet to center. After playing just 23 games in the regular season, Stanton has hit a
MLB GRAND SLAM RECORDS
One of the rarest events in baseball is HITTING TWO GRAND SLAMS IN THE SAME GAME BY THE SAME PLAYER and they are all listed (along with box scores, positional breakdowns, and trivia items) in our fabulous feats section.
* Royce Lewis tied the major league record for grand slams in a
single season
by a rookie (four in 2023), as listed above, but he also hit one on May 13, 2022, his first year in the majors, giving him five total while in rookie status.
On May 26, 1929, New York Giants pinch-hitter Pat Crawford hit a grand slam. Les Bell, from the Boston Braves, pinch-hit and also hit a grand slam. This is the only time in history two pinch-hitters have each hit a grand slam during the same game.
Jim Northrup in 1968, and Larry Parrish in 1982, are the only players in Major League history to hit three grand slams during the same calendar week. However, did you know that Lou Gehrig once hit three grand slams over a four day period in 1931 (August 29, August 31 & September 1)? By comparison it took Northrup six days in 1968, and Parrish seven days in 1982.
List of World Series Grand Slams & Walk-Offs
Has There Ever Been a Walk-Off Grand Slam in the World Series?
Yes, Freddie Freeman hit the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history in Game 1 of the 2024 Fall Classic.
The bases were loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning. The New York Yankees Yankees had scored a run in the top of the inning after the Los Angeles Dodgers had tied the game in the bottom of the eighth.
With the tying run at third and the winning run at second, the Yankees intentionally walked Mookie Betts to load the bases and face Freeman. It was a bold call, and I can only imagine what the live odds were on the Dodgers to win the game when Freeman came to the plate.
Freeman had legged out a triple earlier in the game, but he had struggled in the playoffs. He had a .571 OPS in the NLDS, followed by a .377 mark in the NLCS.
The matchup was theoretically in the Yankees’ favour, with lefty Nestor Cortes pitching at the left-handed Freeman.
Cortes, though, hadn’t pitched in a game in over a month.
His first pitch to Freeman was a down and in 92.5 mph fastball. Freeman crushed it over the right field wall. Dodger Stadium erupted. The Dodgers t