Grand Slams Year-by-Year Leaders for 1951 to 2008 on Baseball Almanac

Year by Year Leader for Grand Slams (1951-2008)

Ever wonder who hit the most grand slams the year you were born? How about players from your favorite team — have they ever led the league in grand slams?

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a year-by-year leaderboard in Major League grand slams (research courtesy of David Vincent) for every season from 1901 through 2008. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"I've reached the epitome of grand slamness." - Mike Schooler who tied the record for most grand slams given up during a season (four) in 1992

Grand Slams Year-By-Year Leaders '1901 to 1950' \| '1951 to 2008'
Year	American League	GS	Team(s)	Year	National League	GS	Team(s)
1951	Al Rosen	4	Cleveland	1951	Ralph Kiner	3	Pittsburgh
1951	Al Rosen	4	Cleveland	1951	Wes Westrum	3	New York
1952	Don Lenhardt	3	Boston	1952	Roy Campanella	2	Brooklyn
	Gus Zernial		Philadelphia		Carl Furillo
	-		-		Gil Hodges
	-		-		Hal Rice		St. Louis
	-		-		Andy Seminick		Cincinnati
1953	Ray Boone	4	Cleveland	1953	Duke Snider	2	Brooklyn
					Daryl Spencer		New York
					Preston Ward		Chicago
1954	Harry Agganis	1	Boston	1954	Walker Cooper	2	Chicago
	Bobby Avila		Cleveland		Whitey Lockman		New York
	Yogi Berra		New York		Eddie Mathews		Milwaukee
	Ray Boone		Detroit		-		-
	Phil Cavarretta		Chicago		-		-
	Ferris Fain		Chicago		-		-
	Bill Glynn		Cleveland		-		-
	Jackie Jensen		Boston		-		-
	Al Kaline		Detroit		-		-
	Bob Kennedy		Baltimore		-		-
	Harvey Kuenn		Detroit		-		-
	Ted Lepcio		Boston		-		-
	Gil McDougald		New York		-		-
	Cass Michaels		Chicago		-		-
	Minnie Minoso		Chicago		-		-
	Bob Nieman		Detroit		-		-
	Mickey Owen		Boston		-		-
	Dave Philley		Cleveland		-		-
	Billy Shantz		Philadelphia		-		-
	Roy Sievers		Washington		-		-
	Bill Skowron		New York		-		-
	George Strickland		Cleveland		-		-
	Red Wilson		Chicago		-		-
	Gus Zernial		Philadelphia		-		-
1955	Ted Williams	3	Boston	1955	Ernie Banks	5	Chicago
1956	Jim Busby	2	Cleveland	1956	Joe Adcock	2	Milwaukee
					Ed Bailey		Cincinnati
					Gene Baker		Chicago
	Harry Simpson		Kansas City		Ray Jablonski		Cincinnati
					Stan Musial		St. Louis
					Bobby Thomson		Milwaukee
1957	Chico Carrasquel	2	Cleveland	1957	Gil Hodges	2	Brooklyn
	Walt Dropo		Chicago		Wally Post		Cincinnati
	Roy Sievers		Washington		-		-
1958	Rocky Colavito	2	Cleveland	1958	Hank Aaron	2	Milwaukee
	Jackie Jensen		Boston		Ken Boyer		St. Louis
	Sherm Lollar		Chicago		-		-
	Roger Maris		Cleveland		-		-
	Ted Williams		Boston		-		-
1959	Woodie Held	2	Cleveland	1959	Gene Freese	3	Philadelphia
	Jim Lemon		Washington
	Minnie Minoso		Cleveland
	Gus Triandos		Baltimore
	Eddie Yost		Detroit
1960	Marv Throneberry	2	Kansas City	1960	Frank Howard	2	Los Angeles
	Gus Triandos		Baltimore		Vada Pinson		Cincinnati
	Vic Wertz		Boston		Bob Skinner		Pittsburgh
1961	Jim Gentile	5	Baltimore	1961	Orlando Cepeda	2	San Francisco
					Willie Mays		San Francisco
					Bill White		St. Louis
					Billy Williams		Chicago
1962	Lou Clinton	2	Boston	1962	Hank Aaron	3	Milwaukee
	Don Mincher		Minnesota		Hank Aaron		Milwaukee
	Vic Power		Minnesota		Frank Robinson		Cincinnati
	Brooks Robinson		Baltimore		Frank Robinson		Cincinnati
1963	Johnny Blanchard	2	New York	1963	Hank Aaron	2	Milwaukee
	Harmon Killebrew		Minnesota		Bob Aspromonte		Houston
	Dave Nicholson		Chicago		Jim Hickman		New York
	-		-		Bill White		St. Louis
	-		-		Don Zimmer		Los Angeles
1964	Dick Stuart	3	Boston	1964	Bob Aspromonte	2	Houston
1964	Pete Ward	3	Chicago	1964	Ken Boyer	2	St. Louis
1965	Tony Conigliaro	2	Boston	1965	Willie Stargell	2	Pittsburgh
1965	Tony Conigliaro	2	Boston	1965	Dick Stuart	2	Philadelphia
1966	Rico Petrocelli	2	Boston	1966	Bob Aspromonte	2	Houston
					Tony Cloninger		Atlanta
					Bill Mazeroski		Pittsburgh
1967	Curt Blefary	2	Baltimore	1967	Willie McCovey	3	San Francisco
	Joe Foy		Boston
	Jim Northrup		Detroit
	Rick Reichardt		California
1968	Jim Northrup	4	Detroit	1968	Dick Allen	2	Philadelphia
1969	Willie Horton	3	Detroit	1969	Mack Jones	2	Montreal
1969	Carl Yastrzemski	3	Boston	1969	Willie McCovey	2	San Francisco
1970	Tony Conigliaro	2	Boston	1970	Lee May	3	Cincinnati
	Ed Herrmann		Chicago		Willie McCovey		San Francisco
	Rico Petrocelli		Boston		-		-
	Rick Renick		Minnesota		-		-
	Frank Robinson		Baltimore		-		-
1971	Sal Bando	2	Oakland	1971	John Bateman	2	Montreal
	Norm Cash		Detroit		John Bateman		Montreal
	Bill Melton		Chicago		Willie Stargell		Pittsburgh
	Brooks Robinson		Baltimore		Willie Stargell		Pittsburgh
1972	Rico Petrocelli	3	Boston	1972	Nate Colbert	2	San Diego
1972	Rico Petrocelli	3	Boston	1972	Ted Simmons	2	St. Louis
1973	Jeff Burroughs	3	Texas	1973	Bob Bailey	2	Montreal
					Bobby Bonds		San Francisco
					Davey Johnson		Atlanta
					Lee May		Houston
					John Milner		New York
					Mike Schmidt		Philadelphia
					Rusty Staub		New York
1974	Gene Tenace	3	Oakland	1974	Hank Aaron	2	Atlanta
					Johnny Bench		Cincinnati
					Ron Fairly		Montreal
					Rusty Staub		New York
1975	Tommy Davis	2	Baltimore	1975	Johnny Bench	2	Cincinnati
	Joe Rudi		Oakland		Ted Simmons		St. Louis
	Leroy Stanton		California		-		-
1976	Rod Carew	3	Minnesota	1976	John Milner	3	New York
1976	Reggie Jackson	3	Baltimore	1976	John Milner	3	New York
1977	Larry Hisle	2	Minnesota	1977	Keith Hernandez	3	St. Louis
	Pat Kelly		Baltimore
	Lee May		Baltimore
	Jim Spencer		Chicago
1978	Joe Rudi	3	California	1978	George Foster	2	Cincinnati
					Phil Garner		Pittsburgh
					Mike Ivie		San Francisco
					Davey Johnson		Philadelphia
					John Milner		Pittsburgh
					Dale Murphy		Atlanta
1979	Joe Rudi	3	California	1979	Dave Concepcion	2	Cincinnati
	Andy Thornton		Cleveland		Barry Foote		Chicago
	-		-		John Milner		Pittsburgh
1980	Cliff Johnson	2	Cleveland	1980	Ray Knight	3	Cincinnati
1980	Robin Yount	2	Milwaukee	1980	Ray Knight	3	Cincinnati
1981	Doug DeCinces	2	Baltimore	1981	Dave Kingman	2	New York
1981	Eddie Murray	2	Baltimore	1981	Dave Kingman	2	New York
1982	Larry Parrish	3	Texas	1982	Tim Wallach	2	Montreal
1983	Don Baylor	2	New York	1983	Jody Davis	2	Chicago
	John Lowenstein		Baltimore		Mike Easler		Pittsburgh
	Dwayne Murphy		Oakland		George Foster		New York
	Lance Parrish		Detroit		Al Oliver		Montreal
	Daryl Sconiers		California		Tim Raines		Montreal
	-		-		Mike Schmidt		Philadelphia
1984	Dave Kingman	3	Oakland	1984	Tony Pena	2	Pittsburgh
1985	Kent Hrbek	3	Minnesota	1985	Bill Almon	2	Pittsburgh
					Mark Bailey		Houston
					Kurt Bevacqua		San Diego
					Greg Brock		Los Angeles
					Hubie Brooks		Montreal
	Eddie Murray		Baltimore		Gary Carter		New York
					Mike Marshall		Los Angeles
					Dave Parker		Cincinnati
					Terry Pendleton		St. Louis
					Darryl Strawberry		New York
1986	Joe Carter	2	Cleveland	1986	Candy Maldonado	2	San Francisco
	Brian Downing		California
	Darrell Evans		Detroit
	Rich Gedman		Boston
	Pete Incaviglia		Texas
	Eddie Murray		Baltimore		Dave Parker		Cincinnati
	Jim Presley		Seattle
	Jim Rice		Boston
	Dick Schofield		California
	Danny Tartabull		Seattle
1987	Don Mattingly	6	New York	1987	Eric Davis	3	Cincinnati
1988	Danny Tartabull	3	Kansas City	1988	Kevin McReynolds	2	New York
1989	Dwight Evans	2	Boston	1989	Kevin Bass	2	Houston
	Jeffrey Leonard		Seattle		Todd Benzinger		Cincinnati
	Mark McGwire		Oakland		Chris James		Philadelphia
	-		-		Mike Scioscia		Los Angeles
	-		-		Matt Williams		San Francisco
1990	Alvin Davis	3	Seattle	1990	Kal Daniels	3	Los Angeles
1991	Ken Griffey, Jr.	3	Seattle	1991	Sid Bream	2	Atlanta
					Will Clark		San Francisco
					Andre Dawson		Chicago
					Fred McGriff		San Diego
1992	Kirby Puckett	3	Minnesota	1992	Eric Anthony	2	Houston
					Todd Benzinger		Los Angeles
					Darren Daulton		Philadelphia
					Eddie Murray		New York
					Gary Sheffield		Florida
1993	Mike Blowers	3	Seattle	1993	Chris Sabo	3	Cincinnati
	Dan Gladden		Detroit
	Mike Stanley		New York
1994	Chili Davis	2	California	1994	Dante Bichette	2	Colorado
	Ken Griffey, Jr.		Seattle		Andres Galarraga		Colorado
	Lou Whitaker		Detroit		Brian Hunter		Pittsburgh
	-		-		Mike Piazza		Los Angeles
	-		-		Kurt Abbott		Florida
1995	Mike Blowers	3	Seattle	1995	Andres Galarraga	2	Colorado
	Mo Vaughn		Boston		Todd Hundley		New York
	John Jaha		Milwaukee		Tony Eusebio		Houston
	-		-		Melvin Nieves		San Diego
	-		-		Mike Piazza		Los Angeles
1996	Paul Sorrento	3	Seattle	1996	Jeff King	3	Pittsburgh
	Manny Ramirez		Cleveland
	Alex Rodriguez		Seattle
1997	Albert Belle	4	Chicago	1997	Bobby Bonilla	3	Florida
					Jeff Kent		San Francisco
					Chipper Jones		Atlanta
1998	Chris Hoiles	3	Baltimore	1998	Mike Piazza	4	Los Angeles
1998	Shane Spencer	3	New York	1998	Mike Piazza	4	Los Angeles
1999	Rafael Palmeiro	3	Texas	1999	Robin Ventura	3	New York
	Alex Rodriguez		Seattle		Fernando Tatis		St. Louis
	Jim Thome		Cleveland		-		-
2000	Jason Giambi	4	Oakland	2000	Mike Piazza	3	New York
2000	Edgar Martinez	4	Seattle	2000	Mike Piazza	3	New York
2001	Jorge Posada	3	New York	2001	Phil Nevin	4	San Diego
2001	Miguel Tejada	3	Oakland	2001	Phil Nevin	4	San Diego
2002	David Eckstein	3	Anaheim	2002	Adam Hyzdu	2	Pittsburgh
					Brian Jordan		Los Angeles
					Jason LaRue		Cincinnati
					Javy Lopez		Atlanta
					Greg Norton		Colorado
					Mike Piazza		Los Angeles
					Albert Pujols		St. Louis
					Edgar Renteria		St. Louis
					Richie Sexson		Milwaukee
					Tsuyoshi Shinjo		San Francisco
					Todd Walker		Cincinnati
2003	Tony Batista	2	Baltimore	2003	John Vander Wal	3	Milwaukee
	Carlos Delgado		Toronto
	Carlos Lee		Chicago
	Hideki Matsui		New York
	Bill Mueller		Boston
	Trot Nixon		Boston
	A.J. Pierzynski		Minnesota
	Brian Roberts		Baltimore
	Alfonso Soriano		New York
	Scott Spiezio		Anaheim
	Ichiro Suzuki		Seattle
	Miguel Tejada		Oakland
	Vernon Wells		Toronto
	Randy Winn		Seattle
2004	Hank Blalock	3	Texas	2004	Adrian Beltre	3	Los Angeles
	Ben Broussard		Cleveland		Jeff Conine		Florida
	Ruben Sierra		New York		-		-
2005	Manny Ramirez	3	Boston	2005	Bobby Abreu	3	Philadelphia
2005	Richie Sexson	3	Seattle	2005	Bobby Abreu	3	Philadelphia
2006	Travis Hafner	6	Cleveland	2006	Carlos Beltran	3	New York
2007	Torii Hunter	3	Minnesota	2007	Gabe Gross	3	Milwaukee
2007	Alex Rodriguez	3	New York	2007	Gabe Gross	3	Milwaukee
2008	Alexei Ramirez	4	Chicago	2008	Carlos Delgado	2	New York
					Mark DeRosa		Chicago
					Adam Dunn		Cincinnati
					Dan Uggla		Florida
Year	American League	GS	Team(s)	Year	National League	GS	Team(s)
Year-By-Year Grand Slams Leaders (1951-2008)

In 1955, Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs became the first and only National League player to hit five grand slams during a season. In 1987, Don Mattingly of the New York Yankees became the first and only Major League player to hit six grand slams during a season.

Several Major League players have hit two grand slams during one game. However, during the third inning of a game on April 23, 1999, Fernando Tatis became the first Major League player to hit two grand slams during the same inning.

Robin Ventura, who shared the grand slam lead during the 1999 season, became the first player from either league to hit a home run during each end of a double header. He did that unique feat with the New York Mets on May 20, 1999 (Game 1 Box / Game 2 Box).

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