Pinch Homers

[Edgy MD]

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]

[Edgy MD]

Nice, but not me.

[G-Fafif]

Lee Mazzilli in there somewhere.

[Edgy MD]

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]

Ron Swoboda.

[G-Fafif]

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

[Edgy MD]

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]

[G-Fafif]

batmagadanleadoff wrote:

Doll Headband Bucket...of course!

[Edgy MD]

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]

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]

Daryl, that is.

[batmagadanleadoff]

[fimg=433]http://www.superiorpics.com/wallpaper/file/Eddie_Murphy_in_Meet_Dave_Wallpaper_1_800.jpg[/fimg]

[Edgy MD]

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]

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

[batmagadanleadoff]

How about now?

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

[Edgy MD]

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]

how about Edgardo Alfonzo?

and trick question, you're not wearing socks today.

[metsmarathon]

no, he's wearing a sock

but just one.

and nothing else.

[Edgy MD]

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

[Edgy MD]

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.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

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

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Aqua. Aqua socks.

1976 unplugged.

[Ceetar]

Angel Pagan?

[Edgy MD]

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]

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.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ceetar wrote: Angel Pagan?

"Tim" + Der Teufel

[metsmarathon]

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]

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]