Charles William Lindstrom (born September 7, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois) is the son of Baseball Hall of Famer Freddie Lindstrom

Freddie Lindstrom

Frederick Charles Lindstrom was a National League Baseball player with the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers from 1924 until 1936...

, and the holder of two all-time Major League Baseball records - though his career lasted a single game.

A catcher standing 5' 11" and weighing 175 lb, batting and throwing right-handed, he was signed by the Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...

 as an amateur free agent on June 17, . Fifteen months later, he was in the Major Leagues, coming into the fifth inning of a game September 28, 1958 versus the Kansas City Athletics as a defensive replacement for Johnny Romano

Johnny Romano

John Anthony Romano Jr. is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Chicago White Sox , Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Cardinals . He threw and batted right-handed...

.

In his first at bat in the bottom of the sixth inning, Lindstrom led off with a walk, scoring on a double by Don Mueller

Don Mueller

Donald Frederick Mueller is a retired outfielder who played 12 seasons in American Major League Baseball . The first ten of those years were spent with the New York Giants, for whom he batted over .300 for three consecutive seasons and led the National League in hits in 1954...

. Then, in the bottom of the seventh, he tripled, driving in Johnny Callison

Johnny Callison

John Wesley Callison was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball, best known for his years with the Philadelphia Phillies from 1960 to 1969...

 with another run. He was on deck for a third at bat when Sammy Esposito

Sammy Esposito

Samuel Esposito is a retired American professional baseball player. A third Baseman and shortstop, he played Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Athletics and helped the White Sox win the 1959 American League pennant.After graduating from Chicago's Christian...

 struck out looking to end the White Sox' last offensive inning in a game they won 11-4.

This would be Lindstrom's only Major League game, as he was sent down to the minor leagues the following season, never returning to the Major League. But with a triple, a walk, a run, and a run batted in in two plate appearances, Lindstrom still holds the records (though unofficial, due to inadequate at bats over a career) for the highest slugging percentage (3.000) and OPS

On-base plus slugging

On-base plus slugging is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging percentage. The ability of a player to both get on base and to hit for power, two important hitting skills, are represented. An OPS of .900 or higher in Major League...

 (4.000) in major league history over an entire career. Along with John Paciorek

John Paciorek

John Francis Paciorek is an American baseball player with three career Major League at-bats, all for the Houston Colt .45s in 1963.He is famous for having arguably the greatest one-game career in baseball history...

, he has the distinction of having had one of the best one-game careers in the history of baseball.

Lindstrom retired shortly thereafter and went on to a successful 23-year coaching career with Lincoln College

Lincoln College, Illinois

- History of the college :Lincoln College in Lincoln, Illinois was established in 1865 by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. There were a few sites that were looked at as possibilities, and in December 1864, the site of Lincoln was selected...

, highlighted by a 29-10 record in and five successive years of 20-win seasons starting with 1972.