Multi-homer games in the post-season
Posted by Andy on November 3, 2009
Chase Utley did it again last night, hitting two homers in a World Series game.
Check out the most recent multi-homer games in the playoffs:
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 Chase Utley 2009-11-02 WS 5 PHI NYY W 8-6 4 3 3 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3rd 2B 2 Jayson Werth 2009-10-31 WS 3 PHI NYY L 5-8 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th RF 3 Chase Utley 2009-10-28 WS 1 PHI @NYY W 6-1 5 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 2B 4 Jayson Werth 2009-10-21 NLCS 5 PHI LAD W 10-4 4 4 3 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th RF 5 Ryan Howard 2008-10-26 WS 4 PHI TBR W 10-2 5 4 2 3 0 0 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B 6 Dustin Pedroia 2008-10-11 ALCS 2 BOS @TBR L 8-9 6 5 4 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 2B 7 B.J. Upton 2008-10-06 ALDS 4 TBR @CHW W 6-2 5 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd CF 8 Pat Burrell 2008-10-05 NLDS 4 PHI @MIL W 6-2 4 4 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th LF 9 Mike Napoli 2008-10-05 ALDS 3 LAA @BOS W 5-4 6 5 3 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th C 10 Evan Longoria 2008-10-02 ALDS 1 TBR CHW W 6-4 4 3 2 3 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4th 3B 11 Carlos Beltran 2006-10-15 NLCS 4 NYM @STL W 12-5 5 3 4 3 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd CF 12 Magglio Ordonez 2006-10-14 ALCS 4 DET OAK W 6-3 5 4 2 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th RF 13 Carlos Delgado 2006-10-13 NLCS 2 NYM STL L 6-9 5 5 2 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B 14 Milton Bradley 2006-10-11 ALCS 2 OAK DET L 5-8 5 5 2 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd RF 15 Frank Thomas 2006-10-03 ALDS 1 OAK @MIN W 3-2 4 4 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th DH 16 Manny Ramirez 2005-10-07 ALDS 3 BOS CHW L 3-5 4 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th LF 17 A.J. Pierzynski 2005-10-04 ALDS 1 CHW BOS W 14-2 4 3 4 3 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th C 18 Johnny Damon 2004-10-20 ALCS 7 BOS @NYY W 10-3 6 6 2 3 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1st CF 19 Hideki Matsui 2004-10-16 ALCS 3 NYY @BOS W 19-8 6 6 5 5 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th LF 20 Scott Rolen 2004-10-14 NLCS 2 STL HOU W 6-4 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 3B 21 Carlos Beltran 2004-10-11 NLDS 5 HOU @ATL W 12-3 5 5 3 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd CF 22 Shawn Green 2004-10-09 NLDS 3 LAD STL W 4-0 4 4 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 1B 23 Larry Walker 2004-10-05 NLDS 1 STL LAD W 8-3 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd RF
Players for the Phillies have the last 5 such games, which is pretty amazing. They're players have done it a total of 6 times in the last 2 seasons. (Keep in mind I'm talking about a single player having at least 2 homers in a game, not the team hitting at least 2 homers, which of course happens quite frequently.)
This year, Chase Utley and Jayson Werth have joined this pretty exclusive club of players with at least 2 multi-homer playoff games.
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Babe Ruth 4 Ind. Games Manny Ramirez 3 Ind. Games Bernie Williams 2 Ind. Games Jayson Werth 2 Ind. Games Chase Utley 2 Ind. Games Jim Thome 2 Ind. Games Duke Snider 2 Ind. Games Mickey Mantle 2 Ind. Games Jeff Kent 2 Ind. Games Eric Karros 2 Ind. Games Chipper Jones 2 Ind. Games Reggie Jackson 2 Ind. Games Troy Glaus 2 Ind. Games Lou Gehrig 2 Ind. Games Steve Garvey 2 Ind. Games George Brett 2 Ind. Games Carlos Beltran 2 Ind. Games Willie Aikens 2 Ind. Games
Those two guys are half of the total group to have at least 2 multi-homer playoff games in the same post-season:
Year Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+ Jayson Werth 2009 2 Ind. Games Chase Utley 2009 2 Ind. Games Troy Glaus 2002 2 Ind. Games Willie Aikens 1980 2 Ind. Games
Finally, here's a nice piece of playoff trivia. Can you recall the last guy to hit THREE homers in a single playoff game? I couldn't. It's been done a total of six times in history (by five different players)...how many of those guys can you name? The full list is after the jump.
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 Adam Kennedy 2002-10-13 ALCS 5 ANA MIN W 13-5 4 4 3 4 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th 2B 2 George Brett 1978-10-06 ALCS 3 KCR @NYY L 5-6 5 5 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 3B 3 Reggie Jackson 1977-10-18 WS 6 NYY LAD W 8-4 4 3 4 3 0 0 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th RF 4 Bob Robertson 1971-10-03 NLCS 2 PIT @SFG W 9-4 5 5 4 4 1 0 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 1B 5 Babe Ruth 1928-10-09 WS 4 NYY @STL W 7-3 5 5 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3rd LF 6 Babe Ruth 1926-10-06 WS 4 NYY @STL W 10-5 5 3 4 3 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd LF
If you got Adam Kennedy, you're either an Angels fan or have a good memory.
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Most Career World Series Home Runs For an NL Team:
Duke Snider 11
Chase Utley 7
Lenny Dykstra 6
Gil Hodges/Johnny Bench 5