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ShareThisHot Start? How About Tony Phillips In 1993?
Just playing around with Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Game Finder, looking for guys since 1954 who got off to a fast start, in terms of having big games where they got on base a lot, I was able to work up this list setting the filters for "From 1954 to 2009, In team's first 40 games, (requiring TOB>=3), sorted by greatest number of games matching selected criteria in a game." Here's the players to do this 16+ times:
Year Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+ Barry Bonds 2002 20 Ind. Games Frank Thomas 1995 19 Ind. Games Manny Ramirez 2001 19 Ind. Games Tony Phillips 1993 19 Ind. Games Jason Giambi 2001 19 Ind. Games Barry Bonds 1993 19 Ind. Games Frank Thomas 1994 18 Ind. Games Stan Musial 1958 18 Ind. Games Joe Morgan 1975 18 Ind. Games Wade Boggs 1986 18 Ind. Games Wade Boggs 1988 18 Ind. Games Albert Belle 1994 18 Ind. Games Frank Thomas 1997 17 Ind. Games Lonnie Smith 1989 17 Ind. Games Alex Rodriguez 2000 17 Ind. Games Stan Musial 1954 17 Ind. Games John Kruk 1993 17 Ind. Games Todd Helton 2001 17 Ind. Games Jim Edmonds 2000 17 Ind. Games Will Clark 1994 17 Ind. Games Bobby Bonds 1970 17 Ind. Games Lance Berkman 2004 17 Ind. Games Jay Bell 2000 17 Ind. Games Jeff Bagwell 1996 17 Ind. Games Hank Aaron 1959 17 Ind. Games Kevin Youkilis 2006 16 Ind. Games Ted Williams 1957 16 Ind. Games Jim Thome 1997 16 Ind. Games Johnny Temple 1957 16 Ind. Games Norm Siebern 1962 16 Ind. Games Pete Rose 1976 16 Ind. Games Jose Offerman 1995 16 Ind. Games Paul O'Neill 1994 16 Ind. Games Paul O'Neill 1996 16 Ind. Games Melvin Mora 2004 16 Ind. Games Kenny Lofton 1999 16 Ind. Games Wally Joyner 1996 16 Ind. Games Rickey Henderson 1987 16 Ind. Games Toby Harrah 1982 16 Ind. Games Carlos Delgado 2003 16 Ind. Games Norm Cash 1961 16 Ind. Games Barry Bonds 2004 16 Ind. Games Wade Boggs 1991 16 Ind. Games Richie Ashburn 1954 16 Ind. Games Roberto Alomar 1996 16 Ind. Games
Fun list, eh?
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May 1st, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Tony Phillips in 1993 also is the only player to have 100+ of strikeouts, walks, runs, and hits in the same season and have less than 10 homers!
7 homers
102 strikeouts
132 walks
113 runs
177 hits