3 hits in a post-season game by a pitcher
Brett Myers did it last night.
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R **H** 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+--+--+--+------+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 Brett Myers 2008-10-10 NLCS 2 PHI LAD W 8-5 3 3 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 2 Dontrelle Willis 2003-10-04 NLDS 4 FLA SFG W 7-6 3 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 3 Orel Hershiser 1988-10-16 WS 2 LAD OAK W 6-0 3 3 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 4 Art Nehf 1924-10-04 WS 1 NYG @WSH W 4-3 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 5 Dutch Ruether 1919-10-01 WS 1 CIN CHW W 9-1 4 3 1 3 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 6 Rube Foster 1915-10-09 WS 2 BOS @PHI W 2-1 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 7 Charley Hall 1912-10-15 WS 7 BOS NYG L 4-11 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P 8 Jack Coombs 1910-10-20 WS 3 PHA @CHC W 12-5 5 5 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9th P
It was to be expected that most of these appearances would be before the DH. But it’s still interesting to see that 4 of the games were in the same decade and none between 1925 and the advent of the DH nearly 50 years later.
Charley Hall also teaches us that no matter how well a pitcher helps his own cause at the plate, he still has to make a case on the mound (although most of the damage came off of Joe Wood first).
Comment by Jgeller — October 11, 2008 @ 11:18 am