Carlos Lee, Houston Astros, 2011
Last week former Houston Astro Carlos Lee, now of the Miami Marlins, blasted the 17th grand slam home run of his career, tying him for 7th place with Hall of Famers Jimmie Foxx and Ted Williams for 7th place on the all time list of baseball’s biggest runs producing hits by way of a home tun with the bases loaded.
It’s an interesting list, combining Hall of Famers with another group og guys who simply possessed the ability to jack a few long balls on a fairly regular basis and another couple of fellows who might make it to the Hall someday if they aren’t stopped by the steroids taint on their days of big league action.
And above many of these now, including Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, who are tied for 10th place with Dave Kingman at 16 each is the man who knows more about raising cattle than all the other names on this list combined: Carlos Lee.
Good luck, Carlos! Hope your season with the Marlins wraps up in exciting ways. It has to be more exciting than it would have been had you remained in Houston for the balance of the 2012 schedule.
| Grand Slams All Time Leaders’Top 1,000′ |
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| Name | Grand Slams | Rank |
| Lou Gehrig | 23 | 1 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 23 | |
| Manny Ramirez | 21 | 3 |
| Eddie Murray | 19 | 4 |
| Willie McCovey | 18 | 5 |
| Robin Ventura | 18 | |
| Jimmie Foxx | 17 | 7 |
| Carlos Lee | 17 | |
| Ted Williams | 17 | |
| Hank Aaron | 16 | 10 |
| Dave Kingman | 16 | |
| Babe Ruth | 16 | |
The Pecan Park Eagle 
July 21, 2012 at 1:54 pm |
Even more rare and difficult is the bases-empty grand slam.
July 21, 2012 at 2:56 pm |
I guess when you can say you’ve hit more homers than Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth in any context, that’s quite an achievement. Congratulations to Carlos. The one Astros fans will never forget is the walk-off slam he hit off Brian Fuentes on June 28, 2007. That not only won the game but put a happy ending to the night Craig Biggio got his 3,000th hit. Imagine hitting a walk-off grand slam to win a game and be viewed as an afterthought.