It’s time again for Baseball Roundtable’s Trivia(l) Tidbit Tuesday. I hope you are enjoying this weekly presentation of baseball occurrences that for some reason caught The Roundtable’s eye. (I’m particularly fond of unexpected performances and statistical coincidences.) These won’t necessarily be momentous occurrences, just events, statistics or coincidences that grabbed my attention. I’m also drawn to baseball “unicorns,” one-of-a-kind MLB accomplishments or statistics.
Note: Tis post is a corrected version. The Original post left out the 1933 All Star Game.
Today’s Tidbit starts with a question of interest to Shohei Ohtani fans.
Question: Who was the last pitcher to collect a base hit in an MLB All Star Game? (And, no, it wasn’t Ohtani, although he may be the next to do so.)
Answer: The Indians’ Charles Nagy, who singled (off Doug Jones) to lead off the eighth inning of the 1992 ASG (he later scored on a Travis Fryman single) – a 13-6 American League win. Nagy had pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh.
Side note: Ohtani started on the mound (and at DH) in the 2021 All Star Game, but went zero-for-two); he collected a hit in the 2022 ASG, but did not appear on the mound; he went zero-for-one as a DH in the 2023 ASG; one-for-two in the 2024 ASG (appearing only as a DH); and one-for-two as a DH in 2025.
- Only three pitchers have collected extra-base hits in an All Star game (both were doubles): Lon Warneke in 1933 (triple) Johnny Podres in 1962 (doubloe) and Steve Carlton in 1969 (doubloe).
- Only two pitchers have collected multiple RBI in an All Star Game: Red Ruffing in 1934 and Vic Raschi in 1948 (each two RBI).
No Hits, But A Positive Mark in the Box Score
The 1949 All Star Game saw a pitcher record an RBI, while the 1950 All Star Contest saw a pitcher score a run. Yet, neither year featured a hit by a pitcher. In 1949, Don Newcombe drove in a second-inning run with a sacrifice fly; while, in 1950, Bob Lemon walked and scored in the bottom of the fifth.
In The Category of We’ll Never See That Again!
This All Star Game Tidbit has been featured before, but it deserves repeating here. The National League topped the American League 2-1 in 15 innings in the 1967 All Star Game. The Tidbit? Bill Freehan caught all 15 innings for the AL squad. Side note: In addition to Freehan, the following players played all 15 frames: Roberto Clemente; Hank Aaron; Orlando Cepeda; Gene Alley; Brooks Robinson; Tony Oliva; Harmon Killebrew; Tony Conigliaro, Carl Yastrzemski.
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