Atlanta Braves

Double Whammy - Tony Cloninger July 3rd,1966

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Tony Cloninger remains the only MLB Pitcher to have hit 2 Grand Slams in one game. Back on July 3rd, 1966 Tony accumulated 9 RBI’s in an Atlanta Braves 17-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants. He wasn’t too shabby on the mound that day either pitching a complete game while giving up 7 hits, and striking out 5. The 9 RBI’s is two better than any other pitcher has recorded. Tony finished 1966 batting .234 with 23 rbi’s and 5 homers. R.I.P.

R.I.P Knucksie

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Over his 24 seasons Phil started 716 career games. That’s good for 5th All-Time in MLB History. What’s crazy is that he didn’t start his 2nd game until he was already 28 years old! He’s also the last pitcher to Both Win & Lose 20 games or more in the same season. He went 21-20 in 1979 for the last place Atlanta Braves.

Back to Back. Not Once. But Twice

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Back on August 25th, 1993 Atlanta Brave teammates Fred McGriff & David Justice hit back to back homers, not once but twice during in a 9-1 victory against the San Francisco Giants. The Braves had acquired McGriff just a month earlier from the Padres, and he became a key player a Braves lineup who would finish the season on a 51-19 run to overtake the Giants, and win their third straight NL West crown. Crime Dog finished with a career high 37 homers that year.

On This Day - Greg Maddux Wins On Just 76 Pitches!

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Taking it back to July 22nd, 1997 when Pitcher Greg Maddux threw a complete game 4-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs in only 76 pitches!! He gave up just five hits, with no walks. In fact he only threw 13 balls the entire game. There is even a stat named after Greg called ‘The Maddux’ for when a pitcher has a complete game under 100 pitches. Greg had 13 of them over his career. Happy Monday Dudes!!

Terry Pendleton- 5X World Series Loser

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Did you know Jeff. Uhh… I mean Terry Pendleton’s team went to the World Series 5 times over his 15 year MLB career? Unfortunately he & his squad were on the losing end each time. He made it all the way twice with the St. Louis Cardinals in ‘85 & ‘87 and three times with the Atlanta Braves of the 90’s. He was away with the Florida Marlins for the 1995 season when the Braves got the monkey off their back and won the crown over the Cleveland Indians. He would be traded back to Atlanta late in the ‘96 season but the Braves would come up short again against the powerhouse Yankees. Oh well. Happy Birthday Terry!