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Evan Longoria already has 2 HR for the Rays today. Here are all the other players with 2 HR in their first post-season game (nobody as of this writing has ever had 3...):
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Todd Walker 2003-10-01 2003-10-01 1 5 2 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .800 .800 2.000 2.800 BOS Troy Glaus 2002-10-01 2002-10-01 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 ANA Edgardo Alfonzo 1999-10-05 1999-10-05 1 5 2 2 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.600 2.000 NYM B.J. Surhoff 1996-10-01 1996-10-01 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 BAL Ken Griffey 1995-10-03 1995-10-03 1 5 3 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 1.800 2.400 SEA Chipper Jones 1995-10-03 1995-10-03 1 5 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.600 2.000 ATL Gary Gaetti 1987-10-07 1987-10-07 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 .667 .750 2.667 3.417 MIN Ted Kluszewski 1959-10-01 1959-10-01 1 4 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 2.250 3.000 CHW
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October 2nd, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Subset: Longoria hit homeruns in his first 2 ABs in the postseason, joining Gaetti as the only players to do so.
October 2nd, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Also, Longoria is the youngest player to accomplish this feat; and the only player to be in his "1st" season (honorable mention to Chipper Jones whose 1st season consisted of 8 games in 1993).
BTW, any easy way to determine how many players have homered on the 1st postseason pitch they saw?
October 2nd, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Walker, Glaus & Griffey did it in a losing cause. Three is a surprising amount!
Random coincidences: Kluszewski did it as a White Sock. Griffey is playing in Longoria's game.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:07 pm
looks like Longoria is the first two get 2 HRs and a SB in his first post season game.
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:27 am
Two more facts. Longoria is the third youngest in postseason history with a 2 HR game. Longoria is the second youngest in postseason history with a game with 1 HR and 1 SB.