World Series grand slams: How many have there been?

Atlanta Braves outfielder Adam Duvall hit a grand slam in Game 5 of the 2021 World Series.

Hitting a grand slam is awesome, but hitting one in the World Series is nothing short of incredible.

In the bottom of the first inning in Game 5 between the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta outfielder Adam Duvall crushed Framber Valdez’s offering deep to right center at Truist Park. This game the Braves an early 4-0 lead. With one more win, Atlanta will win its first World Series championship since 1995 and the second since the franchise relocated to Atlanta in 1966.

With Duvall’s gargantuan blast, how many grand slams have been hit in the World Series before?

Grand slam in World Series

With Duvall’s moonshot in the top of the first inning, he hit the 21st grand slam in World Series history. The first came off the bat of Elmer Smith of the Cleveland Indians in 1920. That one also came in Game 5. Lonnie Smith hit one for Atlanta in the 1992 Fall Classic of Jack Morris vs. the Toronto Blue Jays. That was also in Game 5 and kept the Braves alive in an elimination game.

Interestingly enough, the most recent player to hit a grand slam in the Fall Classic prior to Duvall is playing in the same game.

Last grand slam in World Series

That would be Astros third baseman Alex Bregman who took Fernando Rodney deep in Game 4 of the Fall Classic played two seasons ago. Houston would go on to lose that series in seven games to the Braves’ National League East rival in the Washington Nationals.

Duvall joined some great company on his four-run homer in the top of the first inning of Game 5.