Immaculate Grid baseball: Answers, connections for Grid 91 (July 3)

Here are hints and answers on the 91st Immaculate Grid baseball game for July 3rd, 2023, including the Cardinals, Reds, Orioles, and more.

Well, folks, I have a confession to make. Immaculate Grid has made me realize that, as a self-proclaimed sports fan, I am completely embarrassed of my sports trivia knowledge, and that my MLB knowledge is shallow, short-sighted, and very specific to what I remember about my favorite team. Hopefully, that resonates with someone, and if you’re struggling to get more than half the squares right on any given day, I’m right there with you.

Nonetheless, I’m still playing every day in the spirit of educating myself and someday being able to not have to go, “That guy played for that team?!”

The challenge here is what makes it worth it. So while we’ll dive into the answers for the 91st grid on July 3rd in this article, I would really urge you to go to the game, give it a whirl, and come right back here to see some of the other possible answers.

Here we go!

Immaculate Grid 91: Top answers and connections for each square (July 3)

• Player that played for Orioles and Cardinals: Matt Wieters (25%)
• Player that played for Orioles and White Sox: Harold Baines (16%)
• Player that played for Orioles and had 200+ hits in a season: Cal Ripken Jr. (90%)
• Player that played for Reds and Cardinals: Scott Rolen (43%)
• Player that played for Reds and White Sox: Ken Griffey Jr. (33%)
• Player that played for Reds and had 200+ hits in a season: Pete Rose (95%)
• Player that played for Cardinals and Athletics: Mark McGwire (53%)
• Player that played for Athletics and White Sox: Frank Thomas (18%)
• Player that played for Athletics and had 200+ hits in a season: Miguel Tejada (67%)

Player that played for Athletics, Orioles, White Sox, Orioles, Cardinals, and Reds

Ultimate challenge mode would be figuring out a player who can fit in every team square. Today, that player would be the lone Moe Drabowsky. Drabowsky played a  17-year career for the Cubs, Kansas City Athletics, Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Cardinals, Reds, White Sox and Milwaukee Braves.

5 players who played for Orioles and Cardinals

These players suited up for these two bird mascot teams:

• Bobby Wallace
• Burt Shotton
• Matt Wieters
• Jim Dwyer
• Don Gutteridgee

5 players who played for Orioles and White Sox

Stops in Baltimore and Chicago for these five players:

• Ozzie Guillen
• Harold Baines
• Luis Aparicio
• Sherm Lollar
• Jim Rivera

5 players who played for Orioles and had 200+ hits in a season

Take a second and marvel at the pure awesomeness of the names here.

Heinie Manush. Beau Bell. And Baby Doll Jacobson. 

Wow. Just a great collection of names.

• George Sisler
• Heinie Manush
• Jack Tobin
• Beau Bell
• Baby Doll Jacobson

Manush was nicknamed Heinie (Henry) due to his German ancestry. A 1954 newspaper in Sarasota featured a story on Manush that doubled as a job-seeking advertisement for Manush, who was hoping to get back into baseball. He would scout for the Senators from 1961-62.

Baby Doll, too, is of course a nickname.

5 players who played for Reds and had Cardinals

The midwest vibes are strong with these five:

• Vada Pinson
• Curt Flood
• Ivey Wingo
• Eric Davis
• Charlie Comiskey

5 players who played for Reds and White Sox

Keeping in the region, let’s look at Cincinnati and Chicago:

• Ted Kluszewski
• Adam Dunn
• Todd Frazier
• Paul Konerko
• Floyd Robinson

5 players who played for Reds and had 200+ hits in a season

Here are just some of the players who played for the Reds and closed a season with 200 hits:

• Pete Rose
• Cy Seymour
• Frank McCormick
• Vada Pinson
• Frank Robinson

5 players who played for Athletics and Cardinals

A’s and Cardinals is headlined by the obvious pick of Mark McGwire. Also, Enos Slaughter is yet another incredible name in baseball lore that pops up in answers today.

• Mark McGwire
• Gene Tenace
• Monte Cross
• Enos Slaughter
• Dal Maxvill

5 players who played for Athletics and White Sox

This is a tough one, but here are five who would fit in this grid:

• Jimmy Dykes
• Al Simmons
• Wally Moses
• Eddie Collins
• Jose Canseco

5 players who played for Athletics and had 200+ hits in a season

• Al Simmons
• Nap Lajoie
• Doc Cramer
• Jimmie Foxx
• Wally Moses

Check back tomorrow for the July 4th edition of Immaculate Grid answers.