Thursday, November 02, 2006

Our Special Bonds: Most Mets Walk-Off HR (answers)

Here are the answers to our trivia challenge of November 2, 2007, seeking to identify the Mets walk-off home run leaders.

Questions posed here:
http://metswalkoffs.blogspot.com/2007/11/our-special-bonds-most-mets-walk-off-hr.html

1) All 3 of his walk-off HR came with a man on base (hint: Blas Minor): Bobby Bonilla

2) He once hit a walk-off HR in the 17th inning (hint: Charlie Hough): Dave Kingman

3) 12 total HR for Mets, but 4 were walk-off HR (hint: Dan Plesac): Chris Jones

4) All 3 of his walk-off HR were 3-run HR (hint: Bruce Sutter): Steve Henderson

5) All 3 of his walk-off HR came in extra innings (hint: Frank Dipino): Howard Johnson

6) Just under 1% of his career HR were Mets walk-offs (4) (hint: Rheal Cormier): Mike Piazza

7) Of those on this list, he's the only one to hit a walk-off HR for Mets and Yankees. He hit 3 as a Met (hint: John Franco): Darryl Strawberry

8) He had a walk-off in each of 4 consecutive seasons (hint: Dave Smith): Kevin McReynolds

9) Of his 4 walk-off HR, 2 came in the 1960s (hint: Ken Holtzman): Cleon Jones

Most Walk-Off HR
Mets History

Cleon Jones 4
Kevin Mcreynolds 4
Mike Piazza 4
Chris Jones 4
Dave Kingman 3
Darryl Strawberry 3
Howard Johnson 3
Steve Henderson 3
Bobby Bonilla 3

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