4+ runs with 2 or fewer ABs
Shane Victorino just picked up 4 runs scored in a game in which he had just 2 official ABs (plus 2 walks.) This is the 121st time it’s been done (4 or more runs, 2 or fewer ABs) since 1956, and first time since the 2006 season.
The guys who did it in 2006:
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 Carlos Beltran 2006-09-30 NYM @WSN W 13-0 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3rd CF 2 Jim Thome 2006-07-29 CHW @BAL W 13-11 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd DH 3 Carlos Guillen 2006-07-14 DET KCR W 10-9 5 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th SS 4 Alfonso Soriano 2006-06-08 WSN PHI W 5-2 4 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1st LF 5 Grady Sizemore 2006-06-03 CLE LAA W 14-2 5 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st CF 6 Jason Varitek 2006-05-15 BOS @BAL W 11-1 5 2 4 2 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th C
And the full list.
By the way, two of those times, a guy got 4 runs scored with no official ABs:
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 Rickey Henderson 1989-07-29 OAK SEA L 6-14 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1st LF 2 Joe Morgan 1973-07-27 CIN ATL W 12-2 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2nd 2B
Some of the more unusual ways these players got on base (other than a H, BB, or HBP) were (1) Making a successful sacrifice (so they didn’t get an AB), but there was an error on the play so they weren’t put out (Covington, Snyder, Lewis), (2) by fielders choice, charged with AB (Luplow, Morgan, Johnson, Joyner, Bonds, Lofton), (3) ROE, AB (Covington, Morgan, Kelly), (4) Catcher’s interference, no AB (Kelly),
and (5) SO followed by PB, AB (Whitaker).
Comment by whiz — May 29, 2008 @ 10:25 am