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Motivated by Mike Cameron's stellar five strikeout performance last night, here's the list of the only players to whiff six times in one game (since 1947, naturally):
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB **SO** HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+------+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 Geoff Jenkins 2004-06-08 MIL @ANA W 1-0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd LF 2 Alex Gonzalez 1998-09-09 TOR CLE L 3-6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th SS 3 Sam Horn 1991-07-17 BAL @KCR L 8-9 8 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th DH 4 Cecil Cooper 1974-06-14 BOS @CAL L 3-4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 1B 5 Billy Cowan 1971-07-09 CAL @OAK L 0-1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th LF 6 Rick Reichardt 1966-05-31 CAL CLE L 5-7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd LF
Alex Gonzalez is the only one to do it in just six plate appearances and Sam Horn is the only one to also have a hit in the game.
Has anyone been so skilled as to have multiple five-strikeout games? Yes:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Sammy Sosa 4 Ind. Games Ray Lankford 3 Ind. Games Jim Thome 2 Ind. Games Ron Swoboda 2 Ind. Games Richie Sexson 2 Ind. Games George Scott 2 Ind. Games Deron Johnson 2 Ind. Games Dick Allen 2 Ind. Games
How about the career leaders for four-strikeout games:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Reggie Jackson 23 Ind. Games Bo Jackson 19 Ind. Games Sammy Sosa 17 Ind. Games Rob Deer 17 Ind. Games Jose Canseco 16 Ind. Games Jim Thome 15 Ind. Games Dave Kingman 15 Ind. Games Andres Galarraga 15 Ind. Games Dick Allen 15 Ind. Games Reggie Sanders 14 Ind. Games Ray Lankford 14 Ind. Games Bobby Bonds 14 Ind. Games Cory Snyder 13 Ind. Games Jay Buhner 13 Ind. Games Lance Parrish 12 Ind. Games Pete Incaviglia 12 Ind. Games Tony Clark 12 Ind. Games Gorman Thomas 11 Ind. Games Frank Howard 11 Ind. Games Jose Hernandez 11 Ind. Games
Bo Jackson's the man considering how short his career was.
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