The October Hat Trick
Posted by Steve Lombardi on January 20, 2010
File this one under "Strange Company" Lists...via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Post-Season Batting Game Finder...
Players who have at least one post-season game to their credit where they had three or more hits in the contest and none of them were singles:
| Rk | Player | #Matching | PA | AB | 1B | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke Snider | 2 | Ind. Games | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Babe Ruth | 2 | Ind. Games | 10 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Shane Victorino | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Mo Vaughn | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Pete Rose | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Alex Rodriguez | 1 | Ind. Games | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Bob Robertson | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | A.J. Pierzynski | 1 | Ind. Games | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Trot Nixon | 1 | Ind. Games | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Fred McGriff | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Kazuo Matsui | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Evan Longoria | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Jeff Kent | 1 | Ind. Games | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Eric Karros | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Reggie Jackson | 1 | Ind. Games | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Frank Isbell | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Dane Iorg | 1 | Ind. Games | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Dave Henderson | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Hank Greenberg | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Hank Gowdy | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Troy Glaus | 1 | Ind. Games | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Jim Gilliam | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Steve Garvey | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Andre Ethier | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Jim Edmonds | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Lenny Dykstra | 1 | Ind. Games | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Alvin Dark | 1 | Ind. Games | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Sean Casey | 1 | Ind. Games | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Gary Carter | 1 | Ind. Games | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Lou Brock | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | George Brett | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Craig Biggio | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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O.K., if you really want to get fancy, these six are the only players in baseball history to pull this "trick" in post-seasons games that their team lost:
| Rk | Player | #Matching | PA | AB | 1B | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Karros | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Troy Glaus | 1 | Ind. Games | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Lenny Dykstra | 1 | Ind. Games | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Alvin Dark | 1 | Ind. Games | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Sean Casey | 1 | Ind. Games | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | George Brett | 1 | Ind. Games | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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Now, that's a trivia question...where I doubt many would guess all six.
January 21st, 2010 at 11:25 am
Has anyone hit for the cycle in a post-season game that their team lost? (Or won, for that matter)?
January 21st, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Nobody's hit for the cycle in a postseason game, Tomepp. The most recent "almost" examples I can think of are that Hideki Matsui was a triple short of the cycle in Game 6 of the 2009 World Series, and Kaz Matsui was a single short in Game 2 of the 2007 NLDS.
January 21st, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Another interesting short list from this is that Kaz Matsui, Andre Ethier and Lou Brock are the only players to double, triple and homer in the same post-season game.
January 21st, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Dykstra's no doubt was that 15-14 game in the 1993 World Series.
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:32 am
Wow, nobody's going to come up with Sean Casey on a list of multiple-XBH games.
January 26th, 2010 at 9:04 am
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