Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 26, 2005
Grand Manny

Manny Ramirez hit the 19th grand slam of his career this afternoon. At age 33, he has a decent chance of catching Gehrig's record of 23.

Grand Slams by Seasonal AgeGehrigRamirez
2210
2301
2423
2512
2622
2722
2833
2921
3001
3140
3222
3323
341NA
351NA

Age 31 made the difference between the two players. Gehrig's career ended prematurely. Manny has the luxury of playing for a team that believes in on-base percentage, so he's likely to have lots of opportunities if he stays with Boston.

Thanks to David Vincent of Saber for the data.

Update and Correction: July 6, 2005. Manny hit his third grand slam of the year on Monday, July 5, 2005. The age 33 now reflects this. I've also corrected a typo in the original table. He should have 2 at age 26.


Posted by David Pinto at 05:40 PM | Sluggers | TrackBack (2)
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re: Manny Ramirez & Lou Gehrig

(1) I believe Manny can catch the Iron Horse so long as he stays with the Bosox and continues to play at Fenway and in the AL, which has a lot of offensive opportunities and parks, and has the DH, which slightly and incrementally increases the opportunities for bases loaded at bats quite clearly.

(2) I'm not sure if Manny is yet in his decline phase relative to Gehrig, but he seems to be hitting a lot of homers, and he's likely to stay around till he hits 500.

(3) Let's not forget Gehrig died of ALS. I just got back from the BIO convention, and the ALS society had a big booth, where Curt Schilling is prominently featured in a lot of their promotional material for raising money and consciousness to battle this dread neurological disorder.

Everyone should join Curt Schilling and Battle ALS!!!

Arthur J Kyriazis

Posted by: arthur j kyriazis at June 27, 2005 06:07 PM
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