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Reserve outfielder Whisenant never batted higher than .239 or had more than 11 home runs in a season. Yet, in 1957, he hit five pinch homers for Cincinnati - three off the Cardinals' Vinegar Bend Mizell. (FK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » June 3, 1955: The Cards trade veteran C Del Rice to the Braves for OF Pete Whisenant and C Charlie White. » March 30, 1956: The Cubs send former MVP slugger Hank Sauer to the Cardinals for OF Pete Whisenant and cash. » November 13, 1956: The Cubs send P Warren Hacker, 3B Don Hoak and OF Pete Whisenant to the Reds for 36-year-old P Elmer Singleton, 18–8 with Seattle in 1956, and 3B Ray Jablonski. » May 3, 1957: Reds pinch hitter Pete Whisenant pops a 3-run homer in the 9th to beat the Giants, 11–10 » March 24, 1959: In Havana, the Reds and Dodgers play an exhibition game. For a pre-game photo, Reds Pete Whisenant swaps his mitt for a Castro rebel's machine gun.