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Last night Shane Victornio and Aaron Rowand both had 5 hits in a regular 9-inning game. It made me wonder how often two or more players from the same team have gotten 5 or more hits in a 9-inning game.

Here's what I found...

First the methodology:

There isn't a totally straightforward way to do this yet on the PI, but what I did was a simple Batter Game Finder, looking for 5 hits or more by a batter in a 9-inning game. Then I sorted the results by date, and looked down the list for games on the same day, then to see if instances on the same day were by teammates.

Now the results:

You can see the full list here (if you're a PI subscriber.)

The most recent example before last night is:

   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
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------
42 Pedro Feliz       2005-08-16    SFG @CIN W 10-8   5  5  4  5  2  1  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 4th LF
43 Deivi Cruz        2005-08-16    SFG @CIN W 10-8   5  5  2  5  1  0  1   5  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 7th 2B

So the 42 and 43 mean they are the 42 and 43rd most recent instances of a player getting at least 5 hits in a 9-inning game. (At this writing, the two Phillies from last night haven't been added yet, so Feliz and Cruz are actually numbers 44 and 45.) (EDITOR'S NOTE: Turns out Michael Young also had 5 hits yesterday, so Feliz and Cruz are actually 45 and 46...)

The next previous ones are:

  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

+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+

  205 Randy Velarde     1999-06-24    ANA @SEA W 12-7   6  6  3  5  0  0  1   4  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 2nd 2B
  206 Mo Vaughn         1999-06-24    ANA @SEA W 12-7   6  6  2  5  1  0  2   6  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 3rd DH

  221 Eddie Perez       1999-04-18    ATL @COL W 20-5   6  6  1  5  0  0  0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 7th C
  222 Andruw Jones      1999-04-18    ATL @COL W 20-5   6  6  2  5  0  1  1   6  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  1 6th CF

I looked back only as far as 1997, and these three are all that I found. Did I miss any?

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