Rowlad Office's 5 consecutive pinch hits came in September 1975, on the 5th, 6th, 11th, 14th, and 17th. Four of the five hits were in losses, but his pinch double helped the Braves to a come from behind win on September 6th against the Dodgers for a 3-2 victory. His 29 game hitting streak was from May 23 to June 23, 1976.

Carlton Fisk's day on July 8, 1979 did not start well. He was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the first inning against Seattle Mariners pitcher Byron McLaughlin. But in his next at bat against him in the 3rd inning, he hit a home run. Then, against relief pitcher Glenn Abbott, he homered again leading off the fifth inning. After that plate appearance, he was removed from the game. He did not return to the Red Sox lineup until July 13th, possibly due to being hit by the pitch.

Pat Corrales lead the Texas Rangers to an 83-79 record in 1979, third place in the West Division, in his first season as a major league manager at the age of 38 years old. On July 8th, the Rangers were in first place with a 49-35 record.

Dave Palmer was the losing pitcher in his first start, 5-3 to the Phillies. He pitched 4 innings, allowing 3 earned runs on 5 hits, had 1 walk and 5 strikeouts. One of those hits was a home run by Greg Luzinski.

Bombo Rivera went 4 for 4 on May 19, 1978. He had 3 singles and a home run, scored 1 run and had 2 runs batted in. His home run was hit off of Marty Pattin.

Bill Fahey had 5 hits in 5 at bats, all singles, and 1 run batted in, on September 5, 1979 against the Houston Astros in a 4-3 10 inning loss. Had game tying RBI single in the 8th inning, making the score 3-3.

Frank White's two game winning home runs were on September 17 and September 22, his 6th and 7th of the season. The first game winner was against the California Angels pitcher Frank Tanana in the 3rd inning, giving the Royals a 1-0, they would go on to win the game 5-0. The second game winner was against Minnesota Twins pitcher Darrell Jackson in the 7th inning, giving the Royals a 3-2 lead, they would go on to win the game 4-2. In the All Star game, he had one at bat which resulted in a pop foul to the first baseman against Rollie Fingers.

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Rico Carty's 3 homer game was against the Philadelphia Phillies in a 9-1 win. He was 4-4 with a walk, 4 runs scored and 6 RBI's. The home runs were hit off of Rick Wise, Barry Lersch, and Grant Jackson.

Bill Bonham's 4 strikeout inning was against the Montreal Expos. It happened in the 2nd inning, he faced only four batters, Mike Torrez struck out and reached on a passed ball, and then Ron Hunt, Tim Foli, and Willie Davis each struck out. Bill was the losing pitcher that day by a score of 7-4. In 1978, Bill recorded wins in his first three starts, 5-4 vs. Houston on April 7, 12-3 vs. San Francisco on April 12 and 8-2 vs. Los Angeles on April 17. Bill's two combined shutouts were a 3-0 win vs. the Phillies on May 12, pitching 6.1 innings and a 10-0 win vs. the Braves on May 22, pitching 8 innings.