Still, his 10 sacrifice flies last season ranked second in the American League.
Instead, Mitchell nailed the first-pitch fastball to right-center for a sacrifice fly that scored the game's final run.
He also hit an eighth-inning sacrifice fly that tied the game.
Today, LaPoint gave up three hits and two sacrifice flies in the first for a 3-0 deficit.
Available records do not show how many sacrifice flies Williams had in 1941, but he certainly had some.
The sacrifice flies by Kelly and Curtis particularly pleased Torre.
This time it wasn't a hit but a sacrifice fly that enabled Anderson to score the Orioles' fifth run for a two-run lead.
The Mariners also became only the third team in Major League history to hit five sacrifice flies in a single game.
Why not throw in the one triple and the six sacrifice flies he has and see where that places him?
Chicago's downfall began innocently enough, with San Diego getting two sacrifice flies in the sixth to cut the Cubs' lead to 3-2.