Joe (Big Game) Carter?
Posted by Steve Lombardi on December 3, 2008
Just playing around with Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Batting Game Finder, I asked it to show me, since 1956 (of course) who had the most games with: TOB>=3, XBH>=3, R>=3, and RBI>=3
I was very surprised to see Joe Carter on the top of this list. In any event, he’s the leader board for the “Four Threes (or greater)” -
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Joe Carter 10 Ind. Games Frank Robinson 9 Ind. Games Manny Ramirez 9 Ind. Games Carlos Delgado 9 Ind. Games Willie Stargell 8 Ind. Games Willie Mays 8 Ind. Games Dave Kingman 8 Ind. Games Steve Finley 8 Ind. Games Larry Walker 7 Ind. Games Sammy Sosa 7 Ind. Games Alex Rodriguez 7 Ind. Games Barry Bonds 7 Ind. Games Billy Williams 6 Ind. Games Mark Teixeira 6 Ind. Games Darryl Strawberry 6 Ind. Games Jim Rice 6 Ind. Games Dale Murphy 6 Ind. Games Mark McGwire 6 Ind. Games Luis Gonzalez 6 Ind. Games Ellis Burks 6 Ind. Games Albert Belle 6 Ind. Games Jeff Bagwell 6 Ind. Games Garret Anderson 6 Ind. Games Moises Alou 6 Ind. Games Hank Aaron 6 Ind. Games
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:18 pm
It’s kind of hard to have XBH>=3 without having TOB>=3, isn’t it?
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Odd to see Steve Finley up there with 8, and Mickey Mantle not even on the list. Sure, a few years of Mantle’s career are missing, but so are a few years of Mays’ career, and he’s also up there on 8.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 pm
[...] I was very surprised to see Joe Carter on the top of this list. [...]
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Only one of Sosa’s seven games was not a three-homer effort. He and Johnny Mize share the record with six such games. Honestly, I’m surprised that a guy who played in the ’40s shares this record.