The Baseball-Reference.com Play Index Stat of the Day

Today, I decided to use Baseball-Reference.com’s Player Index Batting Gamelog Finder to see how many Yankees had 4+ extra base hits in a game since 1957.  This is what I found:

Cnt Player            Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  H 2B 3B HR **XB** RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions 

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

    1 Alex Rodriguez    2005-04-18    NYY  TBD W 19-8   6  6  5  5  2  0  2    4     6  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 5th 3B 

    2 Hideki Matsui     2003-06-05    NYY @CIN W 10-2   5  5  2  4  3  0  1    4     3  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 7th CF 

    3 Shane Spencer     1998-08-07(2) NYY  KCR W 14-2   5  5  4  5  2  0  2    4     3  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 7th RF 

    4 Graig Nettles     1976-09-29    NYY @BOS W  9-6   5  5  4  4  2  0  2    4     6  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 3rd 3B 

    5 Jim Mason         1974-07-08    NYY @TEX W 12-5   5  5  3  4  4  0  0    4     1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 8th SS 

    6 Roger Maris       1962-04-29(2) NYY @WSA W 11-6   5  5  2  4  3  0  1    4     4  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 3rd RF

Jim “You can knock the bat out of his hands” Mason made the list?  Wow.

There’s a trivia question for your friends:  Name the three Yankees whose last name starts with “M” to have 4 extra basehits in a game since 1957.  They may guess “Maris” - and some sharp person may remember “Matsui” - but no one will ever guess “Mason.”