Have Bat, Will Travel
On Aug. 4, 1982, Joel Youngblood became the first player the history of Major League Baseball to get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day.
Youngblood drove in the winning run for the Mets against the Cubs in an afternoon game at Wrigley Field. On learning he’d been traded, he traveled to Philadelphia and singled in a night game for the Expos.
The two pitchers, Ferguson Jenkins of the Cubs and Steve Carlton of the Phillies, are both in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
