Grand Slams by Hall of Famers off of Hall of Famers

Below is a post from January 2017. Here are 3 new cases that can be added since then due to more guys getting into the Hall of Fame. 

Aug. 23, 1975 Ted Simmons off of Phil Niekro
Aug. 15, 1983 Mike Schmidt off of Lee Smith
July 7, 1997 Chipper Jones off of Pedro Martinez

Now the original post

I emailed David Vincent of SABR (and probably the expert on home runs) if he had a list of cases like this. Below is what he sent me.

The other day I mentioned to a friend that I had been to a game in Montreal in 1997 and saw Chipper Jones hit a grand slam off of Pedro Martinez. As you can see from the list below, the last case was in 1995 (and the last one before that was in 1985). That ten year gap is interesting.

Maybe it has been happening less in recent years or decades as the number of teams expanded, possibly making it less likely for future Hall of Famers to face each other. Now it probably takes time for cases to make the list since it can take years for players to get into the Hall, so that might be the reason why it has not happened in twenty years. Of course, it also depends on the writers and any selection committees that choose players. Roger Clemens, for example, allowed grand slams to Mike Piazza and Frank Thomas. Without a PED issue, Clemens would be in and we would have some more recent cases

Just a few interesting points that I saw without looking too closely. Bobby Doerr did it three times. It looks like no one did it more than three times (Simmons, DiMaggio and Foxx also have three) One case was a pitcher, Bob Gibson (off of Gaylord Perry). Ted Lyons was victimized six times.

07/30/1892 Hugh Duffy off Tim Keefe

08/29/1896 George Davis off Cy Young

07/28/1898 Honus Wagner off Amos Rusie

08/19/1918 Edd Roush off Rube Marquard

05/12/1921 High Pockets Kelly off Jesse Haines

08/17/1921 High Pockets Kelly off Rube Marquard

06/16/1924 Harry Hooper off Walter Johnson

07/28/1925 Rogers Hornsby off Burleigh Grimes

05/07/1927 Lou Gehrig off Ted Lyons

06/15/1927 Al Simmons off Ted Lyons

09/27/1927 Babe Ruth off Lefty Grove

07/25/1928 Al Simmons off Ted Lyons

07/03/1929 Babe Ruth off Red Ruffing

09/17/1929 Kiki Cuyler off Dazzy Vance

08/04/1930 Charlie Gehringer off Ted Lyons

08/14/1931 Earl Averill off Red Ruffing

08/29/1931 Lou Gehrig off Lefty Grove

04/21/1932 Mickey Cochrane off Red Ruffing

06/21/1932 Goose Goslin off Red Ruffing

09/22/1932 Jimmie Foxx off Lefty Gomez

06/27/1934 Al Simmons off Lefty Gomez

09/19/1934 Jimmie Foxx off Ted Lyons

07/18/1937 Joe DiMaggio off Bob Feller

08/01/1939 Bobby Doerr off Bob Feller

09/14/1941 Jimmie Foxx off Ted Lyons

08/04/1946 Bobby Doerr off Hal Newhouser

06/21/1947 Bobby Doerr off Bob Feller

07/22/1948 Joe DiMaggio off Bob Feller

05/21/1950 Joe DiMaggio off Early Wynn

06/07/1953 Yogi Berra off Satchel Paige

04/22/1956 Stan Musial off Warren Spahn

07/30/1956 Mickey Mantle off Bob Lemon

06/29/1958 Hank Aaron off Don Drysdale

07/29/1958 Ted Williams off Jim Bunning

08/29/1959 Ernie Banks off Warren Spahn

07/16/1960 Yogi Berra off Jim Bunning

09/19/1961 Willie Mays off Warren Spahn

08/14/1963 Hank Aaron off Don Drysdale

08/22/1963 Joe Torre off Juan Marichal

08/25/1963 Frank Robinson off Gaylord Perry

05/20/1965 Eddie Mathews off Warren Spahn

09/29/1965 Bob Gibson off Gaylord Perry

09/05/1966 Bill Mazeroski off Phil Niekro

07/02/1972 Willie McCovey off Don Sutton

05/06/1979 Gary Carter off Gaylord Perry

05/07/1985 Gary Carter off Bruce Sutter

06/16/1995 Kirby Puckett off Randy Johnson