Are you hooked on Immaculate Grid, the daily trivia game from Baseball Reference? We sure are! We’ll warn you right now—this blog post contains spoilers. But if you’re looking for a little help with today’s grid (or you already filled it out and want to know who else qualified) read on.
To fill out today’s grid, you need to choose a player who played for both the Giants and Angels. There were 112 who played with both San Francisco and Los Angeles. Here are some examples:
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Bobby Bonds
Bobby Bonds almost became the first member of the 40-40 club in 1973, when he hit 39 homers and stole 43 bases. During his time as a major league player, Bonds slugged 332 home runs and stole 461 bases in a 14-year career, as well as winning three Gold Gloves. Bill James once used Bobby, in discussing the Hall of Fame, to explain the difference between a “great” player who belonged in the Hall and a merely “excellent” player (Bobby as the prime example of someone who was truly excellent but not great). Former teammate Darrell Evans, who played many years in both leagues, once described Bonds as the most talented all-around player he had seen in his 20-year major league career. The great Willie Mays steadfastly insisted that Bonds should be in the HOF. None of the most similar players to Bobby are in the Hall, although the list of most similar players includes some top-flight stars such as Jack Clark, Fred Lynn, Curtis Granderson, George Foster, and Reggie Smith.
Orlando Cabrera
Orlando Cabrera was a two-time Gold Glove winner and a valuable contributor to the Boston Red Sox team that ended 86 years of frustration with a World Series title in 2004. He is the brother of Jolbert Cabrera and son of big league scout Jolbert Cabrera Sr., who was responsible for signing Edgar Renteria to the Florida Marlins.
Orlando was signed by the Montreal Expos in 1993, two years after brother Jolbert joined their system, and made his pro debut the following summer with the GCL Expos, hitting .315 in 22 games. He spent most of 1995 with the Vermont Expos, where he hit .282 with 5 triples. With the Delmarva Shorebirds in 1996, he earned a spot on the South Atlantic League All-Star team by hitting .252 with 14 homers, 65 RBIs, and 51 stolen bases. After stops at A, AA, and AAA in 1997, Cabrera earned a September call-up, becoming the fifth Colombian-born player to reach the majors. He made his debut on September 11th against the Boston Red Sox, got his first hit off Rick Reed of the New York Mets on September 9th, and made his first big league start on September 22nd versus the Atlanta Braves. In 1998, he began the season with the Ottawa Lynx, with whom he stole 19 bases, before being called up in June when Mike Mordecai went on the disabled list. He quickly became the team’s regular second baseman and hit over .300 in his first month. On July 21st, he hit his first home run, an inside-the-park round tripper, off Mark Portugal of the Philadelphia Phillies, and on July 30th, he hit a pair of triples in a game against the San Francisco Giants, tying a club record. The following day, regular shortstop Mark Grudzielanek was traded the the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Cabrera became the Expos’ everyday shortstop.
Chili Davis
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Chili Davis got the nickname Chili, when a bad haircut in sixth grade prompted a friend to ask “How’d the barber cut your hair? With a chili bowl?” and the name stuck. He used to be listed he first Jamaican to play in Major League Baseball, but that changed in 2020 when the Negro Leagues were given MLB status and Oscar Levis took over the slot.
Davis was signed as an 11th round pick in the 1977 amateur draft by the San Francisco Giants and scout George Genovese.
Bengie Molina
Bengie Molina is the brother of catchers Jose Molina and Yadier Molina. Bengie and Jose were teammates on the Anaheim Angels when they won the 2002 World Series. He was signed by Ray Poitevint, who had come to see his brother Jose; Bengie had been undrafted out of high school and college and was playing amateur ball.
When Molina hit one of his few triples with the Toronto Blue Jays on August 17, 2006, the whole Blue Jays dugout started laughing. Molina said he saw them out of the corner of his eye and started laughing hard as well. He had not hit a triple since 2000.
Playing for the San Francisco Giants on May 7, 2007, Molina hit a disputed two-run homer in the 5th inning against the New York Mets then drilled a three-run shot later in the inning. He was the first Giant since Willie McCovey thirty years earlier to hit two home runs in one inning.
Leon Wagner
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Leon Wagner (Daddy Wags) was the first big hitting star of the expansion Los Angeles Angels, whom he joined in 1961. He had broken in with the 1958 San Francisco Giants, hitting .317 and slugging .534, but he had to compete for playing time in the late 1950s with other youngsters such as Orlando Cepeda, Willie McCovey and Felipe Alou.
Prior to playing in the majors, he played on the All-Army Champion Team with J.C. Hartman, Willie Kirkland and music star Charley Pride.
He had three good years with the Angels, reaching a peak of 37 home runs in 1962. He was an All-Star in 1962 and 1963. From 1964 to part of 1968 he was with the Cleveland Indians, hitting 31 home runs in 1964.
In the 1970s he appeared in a couple of movies – A Woman Under the Influence by director John Cassavetes, and The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars.
All 112 Players
You can see all 112 who played with both San Francisco and Los Angeles on Baseball Reference. Good luck with your grid!
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