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Eric Karros
Born: 1967

1B 1991- Dodgers

Eric Karros's Teammates

  • Rookie of the Year Award in 1992

GamesAverageHRRBI
Career 1338.270242840
League DS 6.28624

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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
» September 16, 1991: Bonehead baserunning almost costs the Dodgers a win over the Reds. With one out in the 11th, and the score 3–3, L.A. has Jose Offerman on 3B, with Brett Butler on 1B. When Lenny Harris hits a ground ball, Offerman tries to score but fails to touch the plate and is tagged out on the throw. Harris is called out for passing Butler, who inexplicably stands watching the play. But the Dodgers rally with three runs in the 12th to win, 6–5. Eddie Murray hits his 1st triple of the year and Eric Karros has his 1st ML hit, a double, before Joey Hamilton's game winning single. L.A. sets a NL-record in the four 1/2 hour marathon by using 27 player, including nine pitchers. The Reds use 19.

» August 17, 1992: Dodgers P Kevin Gross tosses a no-hitter in defeating the Giants by a score of 2-0. It is the eighth no-hitter in LA Dodgers history. Gross throws 99 pitches, 71 for strikes. The only threat was an eighth inning liner by Robby Thompson that SS Jose Offerman snares. Eric Karros hits his 17 HR to provide the margin.

» November 19, 1992: Eric Karros is named the National League's Rookie of the Year. The Dodger 1B hit .257 with 20 homers, and was the first Dodger rookie to reach 20 home runs since Frank Howard in 1960.

» August 13, 1995: The Dodgers take sole possession of first place in the National League West with a 4–1 win over the Pirates. Eric Karros hits a 2-run homer and Todd Worrell ices the win by striking out the side on nine pitches in the 9th.

» October 4, 1995: The Reds take a 2-games-to-0 lead in their series, defeating the Dodgers, 5-4, despite 2 HRs by Eric Karros. SS Chad Fonville gets 4 hits for LA in a losing cause.

» June 30, 1996: Rockies 2B Eric Young steals six bases in Colorado's 16-15 win over the Dodgers to tie a major league record. Three steals come in the 3rd inning when he steals 2B, 3B, and home. The two teams score in 14 of their 18 turns at bat, tying another big league mark. There are seven lead changes in the contest, which is marked by 38 hits, 10 home runs and 10 stolen bases—9 steals when Hideo Nomo is on the mound. Three of the homers come on consecutive pitches as Mike Piazza, Eric Karros, and Raul Mondesi homer off Mark Thompson. The 4-hour and 20-minute game is the longest 9-inning contest in National League history. Mondesi drives home six runs for LA, while Dante Bichette gets five hits and four ribbies for Colorado.

» August 29, 1996: In the battle of brothers, the Dodgers Ramon Martinez beats his brother Pedro Martinez of the Expos, 2–1. Mike Piazza and Eric Karros hit consecutive home runs in the 4th for all the scoring off Pedro, while the Expos manage just three hits. The two had never faced each other before.

» September 25, 1996: In a 7–5 win over the Dodgers, Barry Bonds goes 1–1 and receives an intentional walk, giving him a new National League record of 149 walks in a season. He also swipes two bases giving him 39. The Dodgers get a homer from Eric Karros, his 34th, and a 2-run pinch homer from Billy Ashby. Of Ashby's nine homers, five have been pinch hits, one short of Johnny Frederick's record. The Giants win clinches a tie for the NL West.

» June 1, 1997: Whoops. Rookie 2B Wilton Guerrero of the Dodgers is ejected from game in St. Louis for using a corked bat. Guerrero shatters his stick while grounding out to lead off the game. Umpire Steve Rippley sees that the bat has been altered and shows it to crew chief Bruce Froemming, who then ejects Guerrero. Guerrero will earn an 8-day suspension and a $1,000 fine. The Dodgers end their eight-game road losing streak with a 6–1 win when Mike Piazza, Eric Karros and Todd Zeile hit consecutive home runs in the 4th inning. Chan Ho Park (4-2) allows one run in six 2/3 innings for the victory.

» June 29, 1997: Dodger pitcher Pedro Astacio wins for the first time in 11 starts and Eric Karros knocks in four runs as Los Angeles beats the San Diego Padres, 10–4. It is LA's first win in 11 games with the Pads. Danny Jackson loses and is now 0–4 since the Padres acquired him for Fernando Valenzuela.

» July 14, 1997: Eric Karros' two-run homer off Steve Reed in the 10th gives the Dodgers a 14–12 slugfest win over the Rockies. Los Angeles has a season-high 22 hits, in winning its 10th of 11, while the Rockies lose for the 10th time in 11 games.

» April 3, 2000: The Dodgers defeat the Expos, 10-4, behind Eric Karros' grand slam. OF Vladimir Guerrero hits a pair of homers for Montreal as a new major league record for opening day is set with five players having multiple home run games.

» August 22, 2000: The Dodgers defeat the Expos, 14-6, as Eric Karros becomes the 1st Dodger player to hit two home runs in a single inning. He homers twice in LA's 9-run 6th as the Dodgers connect for six homers in the contest.

» May 2, 2002: The Mariners rout the White Sox by a score of 15–4 as OF Mike Cameron becomes the 13th player in ML history to slug four home runs in a single game, all solo shots. Cameron is also hit by a pitch and flies out to deep right in a bid for a 5th homer. Cameron and 2B Bret Boone also become the first teammates in history to hit back–to–back home runs twice in the same inning, performing the feat in Seattle's 10–run 1st inning. The duo waste little time putting their names into the record book. After Ichiro Suzuki is hit by a pitch leading off, Boone homers. Cameron follows with a drive off Jon Rauch that barely cleared the center–field wall and a leaping Kenny Lofton. Two outs later, Boone again homers on the first pitch, this time off reliever Jim Parque. Cameron goes to a full count, then homers to center again. The Mariners also tie a team record with seven homers in the game. James Baldwin is the easy winner, with seven innings pitched. There had only been 39 previous occasions of a player hitting two home runs in an inning, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Eric Karros was last to do it, on August 22, 2000, for Los Angeles. Mark McGwire was the previous American League player to do it, on September 22, 1996, for Oakland.

» December 3, 2002: The Dodgers trade 1B Eric Karros, 2B Mark Grudzielanek and cash to the Cubs. In return, they get C Todd Hundley and OF Chad Hermansen.