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I was watching the Cubs game tonight while thinking about what to write. Then, this Willson Contreras stat flashed on my TV.

It got me thinking, which players have been the best with the bases loaded? I knew A-Rod and Gehrig hit a ton of grand slams, but not much more than that. Here are some grand slam fun facts. Everything comes via the Play Index; they say my searches might exclude data from before 1954 because of incomplete game records.

Career Grand Slam Leaders

Name	Grand Slams	PA
Alex Rodriguez	25	310
Lou Gehrig	23	NA
Manny Ramirez	21	285
Eddie Murray	19	302
Willie McCovey	18	196
Robin Ventura	18	238

Career Leaders for OBP w/ bases loaded (min. 100 PA)

Name	OBP	PA
Pat Tabler	.505	109
Mike Hargrove	.486	111
Kevin Seitzer	.466	116
Mike Sweeney	.439	123
Tony Gwynn	.433	158
Fernando Tatis	.430	107

Hall of Famers with terrible bases loaded numbers
- Craig Biggio: .213/.273/.365 in 216 PA
- Luis Aparicio: .285/.276/.363 in 204 PA
- Brooks Robinson: .249/.285/.360 in 333 PA
- Andre Dawson: .281/.291/.457 in 230 PA
The most plate appearances with the bases loaded without a grand slam: 202, Ozzie Smith
Derek Jeter came up to bat with the bases full 308 times. He hit one grand slam.

6/18/05: Derek Jeter blasts his first grand slam in the Major Leagues. Check out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and subscribe on YouTube for the best, exclusive MLB content: http://youtube.com/MLB About MLB.com: Commissioner Allan H.

Two players have been walked with the bases loaded (according to Play Index): Barry Bonds and Josh Hamilton.

5/28/98: The D-backs walk Barry Bonds with the bases loaded and two outs in the 9th, then get Brent Mayne to line out for the final out Check out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and subscribe on YouTube for the best, exclusive MLB content: http://youtube.com/MLB About MLB.com: Commissioner Allan H.

8/17/08: Josh Hamilton is shown the ultimate respect from Rays manager Joe Maddon as he is intentionally walked with bases loaded Check out http://MLB.com/video for more! About MLB.com: Former Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League Club owners voted unanimously to centralize all of Baseball's Internet operations into an independent technology company.

Addison Russell hit a grand slam in Game 6 of the World Series last year. That was the first in a World Series game since Paul Konerko's blast in Game 2 of the 2005 World Series.

10/23/05: Paul Konerko's two-out grand slam in the bottom of the 7th gives the White Sox a 6-4 lead in Game 2 of the World Series Check out http://m.mlb.com/video for our full archive of videos, and subscribe on YouTube for the best, exclusive MLB content: http://youtube.com/MLB About MLB.com: Commissioner Allan H.

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