Posted by Andy on August 23, 2008
Over at 88 Topps Cards, we just saw Steve Balboni's card and a reader noted that he still holds the single-season record for HR for the Royals franchise.
Indeed here are the top 20 seasons by HR count for Kansas City:
Cnt Player **HR** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Steve Balboni 36 1985 28 KCR AL 160 662 600 74 146 28 2 88 52 4 166 5 0 5 14 1 1 .243 .307 .477 .784 *3
2 Gary Gaetti 35 1995 36 KCR AL 137 578 514 76 134 27 0 96 47 6 91 8 3 6 7 3 3 .261 .329 .518 .847 *53/D
3 Dean Palmer 34 1998 29 KCR AL 152 639 572 84 159 27 2 119 48 3 134 6 0 13 18 8 2 .278 .333 .510 .843 *5D
4 Danny Tartabull 34 1987 24 KCR AL 158 667 582 95 180 27 3 101 79 2 136 1 0 5 14 9 4 .309 .390 .541 .931 *9/D
5 John Mayberry 34 1975 26 KCR AL 156 683 554 95 161 38 1 106 119 16 73 4 1 5 8 5 3 .291 .416 .547 .963 *3D
6 Jermaine Dye 33 2000 26 KCR AL 157 679 601 107 193 41 2 118 69 6 99 3 0 6 12 0 1 .321 .390 .561 .951 *9D
7 Bo Jackson 32 1989 26 KCR AL 135 561 515 86 132 15 6 105 39 8 172 3 0 4 10 26 9 .256 .310 .495 .805 *7D/8
8 Danny Tartabull 31 1991 28 KCR AL 132 557 484 78 153 35 3 100 65 6 121 3 0 5 9 6 3 .316 .397 .593 .990 *9/D
9 Chili Davis 30 1997 37 KCR AL 140 567 477 71 133 20 0 90 85 16 96 1 0 4 15 6 3 .279 .386 .509 .895 *D
10 George Brett 30 1985 32 KCR AL 155 665 550 108 184 38 5 112 103 31 49 3 0 9 12 9 1 .335 .436 .585 1.021 *5/D
11 Carlos Beltran 29 2002 25 KCR AL 162 722 637 114 174 44 7 105 71 1 135 4 3 7 12 35 7 .273 .346 .501 .847 *8D
12 Mike Sweeney 29 2001 27 KCR AL 147 632 559 97 170 46 0 99 64 13 64 2 1 6 13 10 3 .304 .374 .542 .916 *3D
13 Mike Sweeney 29 2000 26 KCR AL 159 717 618 105 206 30 0 144 71 5 67 15 0 13 15 8 3 .333 .407 .523 .930 *3D
14 Steve Balboni 29 1986 29 KCR AL 138 562 512 54 117 25 1 88 43 2 146 1 0 6 8 0 0 .229 .286 .451 .737 *3
15 Jeff King 28 1997 32 KCR AL 155 647 543 84 129 30 1 112 89 4 96 2 1 12 9 16 5 .238 .341 .451 .792 *3/D
16 Bo Jackson 28 1990 27 KCR AL 111 456 405 74 110 16 1 78 44 2 128 2 0 5 10 15 9 .272 .342 .523 .865 *87D
17 Steve Balboni 28 1984 27 KCR AL 126 488 438 58 107 23 2 77 45 5 139 4 0 1 9 0 0 .244 .320 .498 .818 *3/D
18 Jermaine Dye 27 1999 25 KCR AL 158 673 608 96 179 44 8 119 58 4 119 1 0 6 17 2 3 .294 .354 .526 .880 *9/D
19 Hal McRae 27 1982 36 KCR AL 159 676 613 91 189 46 8 133 55 7 61 5 1 2 8 4 4 .308 .369 .542 .911 *D/7
20 Bob Oliver 27 1970 27 KCR AL 160 662 612 83 159 24 6 99 42 4 126 3 2 3 15 3 3 .260 .309 .451 .760 *35
It's amazing how low the leading totals are, plus how few seasons from the Steroids Era make the top 20. I joked over on the other blog that the Royals suck even at taking steroids 🙂
I've been trying to find a way with the PI to easily list the single-season HR leaders by franchise, but haven't found a way to do that. I'm pretty sure that Balboni's total is the lowest for all teams, ever since Carlos Pena hit 46 for the Rays last year.
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Posted by Sean Forman on August 21, 2008
This is a guest post from Martin Abramowitz, creator to the Jewish Ballplayers card set.
Ian Kinsler has hit the 2500th homer by a Jewish player in the history of the Game. The historic blow came in the 9th inning off Scott Kazmir on May 26 this season. The Texas second-baseman, who was leading the American League in hits and runs this season before going on the DL on August 18, also hit number 2499 a day earlier, this one coming off C.C. Sabbathia at Cleveland. Getting a good start toward the next milestone, Ryan Braun hit number 2501 May 30 against the Astros.
These calculations were reported yesterday by Jewish Major Leaguers, Inc., a Boston-based not-for-profit organization which produces Jewish baseball cards as part of its mission to "document American Jews in America's Game. The Kinsler/Braun milestones will be commemorated in next season's cards. When asked to explain the three-month delay in reporting this historic finding, Jewish Major Leaguers President Martin Abramowitz could only respond, "it took a while to comb through all of Baseball-Reference.Com's box-scores."
Overall, coming into the 2008 season Jewish players had tallied 2, 467 of the 245, 898 homers hit since the 1870's. "That happens to be almost precisely one percent of all home runs, while 158 Jewish players were about nine-tenths of one percent of the roughly 16,700 players who have played the game, so we've clearly held our own..and with Kinsler,Braun, Youkilis, Kapler, and Ausmus this year, the prospects are encouraging."
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Posted by Andy on August 20, 2008
Here are the leaders so far this year in walk-off wins. The Reds (!) have done it 10 times followed by the Rays, Cardinals, and Marlins with 9. The Cardinals have also lost the most walk-off games, with 10, followed by the Mariners and Orioles with 9 each.
Five players have 3 walk-off plate appearances so far this year: Andre Ethier, Skip Schumaker, Miguel Cabrera, Jason Bay, and Gabe Gross.
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Posted by Raphy on August 20, 2008
An event in a minor league game last night made me wonder about this unusual line. A pitcher who allows only one run via homerun and yet its unearned. This can occur if the batter who homers has his at-bat extended by a dropped foul ball.
Here are the pitchers with this line since 1956.
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Posted by Raphy on August 19, 2008
Through August 18, Marcus Thames had 21 homeruns and 58 hits. Only 2 players in history have completed a season with more than 20 homeruns and less than 60 hits.
Cnt Player Year HR H Age Tm Lg G PA AB R 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+----+--+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Art Shamsky 1966 21 54 24 CIN NL 96 271 234 41 5 0 47 32 1 45 0 3 2 5 0 2 .231 .321 .521 .842 79
2 Mark McGwire 2001 29 56 37 STL NL 97 364 299 48 4 0 64 56 3 118 3 0 6 7 0 0 .187 .316 .492 .808 *3
Of course, Thames still has a little less than a quarter of the season left.
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Posted by Andy on August 19, 2008
Former big-league pitcher Geremi Gonzalez died a few months ago when he was struck by lightning. Unusual, but true. Earlier in his career, his teams spelled his first name "Jeremi."
Anyway, Gonzalez didn't have a long or particularly noteworthy career. In 2003, he had one of fewer than a dozen seasons by a Rays pitcher with at least 150 IP and an ERA+ of 110 or better. He still went just 6-11, though.
Since 1958, Gonzalez had one of the lowest W-L% for a starting pitcher meeting those criteria. I'm sure it's because the Rays didn't score any runs.
Cnt Player **W-L%** ERA IP Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str
----+-----------------+---------+----+-----+----+---+---+--+---+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----
1 John Dopson .214 118 168.2 1988 24 MON NL 26 26 1 0 0 3 11 0 150 69 57 58 101 3.04 15 704 638 21 4 3 1 5 2 14 34 6 0 1 3 .235 .299 .351 .650 89
2 Tony Saunders .286 115 192.1 1998 24 TBD AL 31 31 2 0 0 6 15 0 191 95 88 111 172 4.12 15 855 721 35 7 1 7 6 10 21 13 10 1 1 2 .265 .364 .395 .759 97
3 Steve Rogers .292 117 230 1976 26 MON NL 33 32 8 4 1 7 17 1 212 93 82 69 150 3.21 10 944 849 22 7 7 4 17 5 21 14 9 3 1 10 .250 .307 .327 .634 81
4 Matt Cain .304 122 200 2007 22 SFG NL 32 32 1 0 0 7 16 0 173 84 81 79 163 3.65 14 832 735 40 7 3 5 8 5 16 8 5 0 0 12 .235 .312 .366 .678 79 3345 2112
5 Brandon Webb .304 129 208 2004 25 ARI NL 35 35 1 0 0 7 16 0 194 111 83 119 164 3.59 17 933 783 31 5 11 11 14 6 24 31 10 3 1 17 .248 .353 .365 .718 87 3422 2020
6 Matt Young .308 113 225.1 1990 31 SEA AL 34 33 7 1 0 8 18 0 198 106 88 107 176 3.51 15 963 836 25 3 7 6 7 7 27 20 14 3 0 16 .237 .325 .328 .653 82
7 Danny Darwin .308 110 217.2 1985 29 MIL AL 39 29 11 1 8 8 18 2 212 112 92 65 125 3.80 34 919 834 38 4 4 4 7 9 15 19 7 0 0 6 .254 .308 .432 .740 100
8 Jim Abbott .318 144 211 1992 24 CAL AL 29 29 7 0 0 7 15 0 208 73 65 68 130 2.77 12 874 790 28 2 3 4 8 4 22 14 13 1 0 2 .263 .323 .349 .672 88
9 Dennis Lamp .318 122 223.2 1978 25 CHC NL 37 36 6 3 0 7 15 0 221 96 82 56 73 3.30 16 928 854 36 3 8 4 10 3 20 28 9 1 2 2 .259 .306 .364 .670 84
10 Danny Jackson .333 114 224 1987 25 KCR AL 36 34 11 2 1 9 18 0 219 115 100 109 152 4.02 11 981 849 37 10 1 7 8 7 20 16 9 1 0 5 .258 .345 .364 .709 86
11 Nolan Ryan .333 142 211.2 1987 40 HOU NL 34 34 0 0 0 8 16 0 154 75 65 87 270 2.76 14 873 771 23 3 2 4 9 1 6 45 7 0 2 10 .200 .284 .292 .576 60
12 Bruce Berenyi .333 110 222.1 1982 27 CIN NL 34 34 4 1 0 9 18 0 208 90 83 96 157 3.36 8 938 816 33 6 5 2 17 7 29 34 8 0 3 16 .255 .332 .339 .671 92
13 Gary Ross .333 110 225 1976 28 CAL AL 34 31 7 2 0 8 16 0 224 89 75 58 100 3.00 12 948 868 43 7 5 5 10 7 15 33 7 0 0 0 .258 .306 .365 .671 102
14 Turk Farrell .333 124 241.2 1962 28 HOU NL 43 29 11 2 9 10 20 4 210 91 81 55 203 3.02 21 981 902 33 8 2 5 12 6 17 25 7 1 0 9 .233 .279 .357 .636 81
15 Steve Carlton .345 111 253.2 1970 25 STL NL 34 33 13 2 0 10 19 0 239 123 105 109 193 3.73 25 1086 953 39 9 16 2 14 7 25 13 9 7 1 14 .251 .327 .389 .716 95
16 Matt Keough .348 112 197.1 1978 22 OAK AL 32 32 6 0 0 8 15 0 178 90 71 85 108 3.24 9 837 738 25 5 2 4 7 3 16 15 12 1 3 12 .241 .322 .325 .647 87
17 Roger Erickson .350 135 191.1 1980 23 MIN AL 32 27 7 0 1 7 13 0 198 83 69 56 97 3.25 13 811 740 31 5 0 4 5 6 13 5 7 4 2 5 .268 .320 .376 .696 84
18 Roger Nelson .350 111 193.1 1969 25 KCR AL 29 29 8 1 0 7 13 0 170 78 71 65 82 3.31 12 790 701 25 5 4 6 10 9 17 11 10 4 1 8 .243 .309 .344 .653 88
19 Moe Drabowsky .350 129 174.1 1963 27 KCA AL 26 22 9 2 1 7 13 0 135 62 59 64 109 3.05 16 707 630 14 5 2 8 3 2 13 11 4 1 0 6 .214 .294 .329 .623 76
20 Geremi Gonzalez .353 112 156.1 2003 28 TBD AL 25 25 2 0 0 6 11 0 131 71 68 69 97 3.91 18 668 575 34 4 1 12 3 9 6 6 3 5 2 3 .228 .319 .395 .714 92 2709 1638
21 Andy Ashby .353 122 164.1 1994 26 SDP NL 24 24 4 0 0 6 11 0 145 75 62 43 121 3.40 16 682 622 29 4 12 3 11 3 11 27 2 0 0 5 .233 .285 .370 .655 76
22 Jerry Koosman .353 112 165.2 1971 28 NYM NL 26 24 4 0 0 6 11 0 160 66 56 51 96 3.04 12 694 626 31 4 4 1 9 7 14 12 3 1 0 7 .256 .309 .375 .684 101
Rest in peace, Mr. Gonzalez.
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Posted by Raphy on August 18, 2008
It has happened every season this decade, but not yet this year. In 2008, no pitcher has come into a game, thrown 1 pitch and earned a loss. Here are the players who have done it since 2000.
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR **Pit** Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+-------+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+
1 Jose Mesa 2007-07-03 PHI @HOU L 4-5 13-13f,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
2 Jimmy Gobble 2007-04-23 KCR CHW L 4-7 8-7 ,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
3 Ryan Franklin 2006-08-29 CIN @LAD L 5-6 16-16f,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
4 Mike Stanton 2005-06-28 NYY @BAL L 4-5 10-10f,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
5 Terry Mulholland 2005-06-10 MIN @LAD L 5-6 9-9f ,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
6 Alan Embree 2005-04-22 BOS @TBD L 4-5 9-9f ,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
7 Brad Lidge 2004-07-01 HOU @CHC L 4-5 10-10f,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
8 Francis Beltran 2004-05-28(2) CHC @PIT L 4-5 10-10f,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
9 Ray King 2003-09-27 ATL @PHI L 6-7 10-10 ,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
10 Mike Myers 2003-07-24 ARI @SFG L 2-3 9-9f ,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
11 Mike Stanton 2003-04-13 NYM @MON L 1-2 10-10f,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
12 Jeremy Fikac 2002-09-27 SDP @LAD L 0-1 10-10f,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
13 Ugueth Urbina 2002-07-14 BOS @TOR L 5-6 9-9f ,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
14 Jack Cressend 2002-05-25 MIN @ANA L 3-4 13-13f,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
15 Byung-Hyun Kim 2001-09-02 ARI @SDP L 0-1 13-13f,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
16 Dave Veres 2001-07-07 STL @CLE L 6-7 10-10f,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
17 Felix Heredia 2000-06-25 CHC @FLA L 7-8 10-10f,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
18 Dan Miceli 2000-05-26 FLA @CIN L 2-3 9-9f ,L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 inf
A couple of notes.
1. In 2006 it didn't happen until August 29.
2. With the exception of Jimmy Gobble and Ray King all of the others apear to be walkoff homeruns.
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Posted by Steve Lombardi on August 18, 2008
Brian Bannister got waxed by the Yankees yesterday. He started the game for the Royals - and allowed 10 runs before the Yankees were charged with their fourth out of the game. This made me wonder how many times this has happened, since 1956. Here's the list:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+
1 Brian Bannister 2008-08-17 KCR @NYY L 6-15 GS-2 ,L 1 10 10 10 3 0 3 65 37 -10 16 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 90.00
2 Bronson Arroyo 2008-06-24 CIN @TOR L 1-14 GS-2 ,L 1 11 10 10 1 1 3 52 33 -9 15 13 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 90.00
3 Jason Jennings 2007-07-29 HOU SDP L 11-18 GS-1 ,L 0.2 8 11 11 3 0 2 39 21 -11 13 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 148.50
4 Luke Hudson 2006-08-13 KCR @CLE L 0-13 GS-1 ,L 0.1 8 11 10 3 1 1 47 26 -9 13 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 270.00
5 Edgar Gonzalez 2004-09-03 ARI @SFG L 7-18 GS-2 ,L 1 8 10 10 2 2 2 42 23 -3 14 11 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 90.00
6 Tom Gordon 1995-10-01 KCR @CLE L 7-17 GS-2 ,L 1 9 10 10 4 1 0 63 27 -8 16 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 90.00
7 Joe Decker 1976-05-12 MIN @KCR L 5-17 GS-2 ,L 1 8 10 10 3 2 0 -4 14 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 90.00
Games found: 7.
Wow. Just seven times since 1956. And, this season was the first time since 1956 that it's happened twice in a season. And, three out of seven times it was a Royals pitcher that got beat up here. Ouch.
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Posted by Andy on August 18, 2008
Using the Batting Game Finder, here are some things players have done (all since 1956) in their first major-league game:
Hit 2 homers:
Cnt CarGm 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 1 Mark Quinn 1999-09-14(2) KCR ANA L 5-6 4 4 2 3 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th DH
2 1 Bert Campaneris 1964-07-23 KCA @MIN W 4-3 5 4 2 3 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2nd SS
Had 4 hits:
Cnt CarGm 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 1 Derrick Gibson 1998-09-08 COL FLA W 11-10 4 4 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th LF
2 1 Delino DeShields 1990-04-09 MON @STL L 5-6 6 6 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1st 2B
3 1 Bill Bean 1987-04-25 DET KCR W 13-2 6 6 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st LF
4 1 Kirby Puckett 1984-05-08 MIN @CAL W 5-0 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1st CF
5 1 Ted Cox 1977-09-18 BOS @BAL W 10-4 5 4 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd DH
6 1 Mack Jones 1961-07-13 MLN @STL W 6-3 5 5 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st CF
7 1 Willie McCovey 1959-07-30 SFG PHI W 7-2 4 4 3 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 1B
Stole 2 bases:
Cnt CarGm 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 1 Ced Landrum 1991-05-28 CHC NYM L 8-9 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6th PR CF LF
2 1 Roberto Kelly 1987-07-29 NYY KCR W 4-0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1st CF
3 1 Vince Coleman 1985-04-18 STL MON L 1-7 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1st CF
Tripled twice:
Cnt CarGm 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 1 John Sipin 1969-05-24 SDP CHC L 5-7 4 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 2B
2 1 Willie McCovey 1959-07-30 SFG PHI W 7-2 4 4 3 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 1B
Doubled three times:
Cnt CarGm 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 1 Nick Evans 2008-05-24 NYM @COL W 9-2 4 4 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th LF
2 1 Ben Grieve 1997-09-03 OAK SFG W 12-3 5 4 2 3 3 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd RF
Scored 4 runs:
Cnt CarGm 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 1 Scott Livingstone 1991-07-19 DET @KCR W 17-0 6 5 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th 3B
2 1 John Paciorek 1963-09-29 HOU NYM W 13-4 5 3 4 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th RF
(If you knew that Scott Livingstone did that, then you are a TRUE BASEBALL FAN.)
Batted in 4 or more runs:
Cnt CarGm 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 1 Kevin Kouzmanoff 2006-09-02 CLE @TEX W 6-5 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th DH
2 1 Jeremy Hermida 2005-08-31 FLA STL L 5-10 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th PH LF
3 1 Mark Quinn 1999-09-14(2) KCR ANA L 5-6 4 4 2 3 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th DH
4 1 Ben Grieve 1997-09-03 OAK SFG W 12-3 5 4 2 3 3 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd RF
5 1 Brian Jordan 1992-04-08 STL NYM W 15-7 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5th RF
6 1 Pat Borders 1988-04-06 TOR @KCR W 11-4 4 4 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th C
7 1 Al Chambers 1983-07-23 SEA BOS W 5-0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th DH
8 1 Bobby Bonds 1968-06-25 SFG LAD W 9-0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th CF RF
Kouzmanoff got his 4 RBI on a grand slam coming on the first pitch he ever saw in the big leagues. It's been all downhill ever since. (I'm not saying he's bad, just that he's not slugging 4.000)
Intentionally walked:
Cnt CarGm 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 1 Jeff Salazar 2006-09-07 COL WSN W 10-5 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8th CF
2 1 Brian McCann 2005-06-10 ATL OAK L 4-6 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th C
3 1 Kazuo Matsui 2004-04-06 NYM @ATL W 7-2 5 3 1 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st SS
4 1 Wil Nieves 2002-07-21 SDP ARI W 11-9 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th C
5 1 Adam Dunn 2001-07-20 CIN @FLA L 3-5 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th LF
6 1 Rob Mackowiak 2001-05-19 PIT MIL W 6-1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7th 2B
7 1 Luis Lopez 2001-04-29 TOR ANA W 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th PH
8 1 David Dellucci 1997-06-03 BAL NYY W 7-5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th DH
9 1 Kevin Stocker 1993-07-07 PHI LAD W 7-6 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8th SS
10 1 Jeffrey Hammonds 1993-06-25 BAL NYY W 7-6 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th PH DH
Click here for the full list. (All other lists so far have been complete back to 1956.)
Struck out 4 times:
Cnt CarGm 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 1 Esteban German 2002-05-21 OAK BAL L 4-6 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 2B
2 1 Blake Stein 1998-06-08 OAK @LAD W 7-3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
3 1 Ken Gerhart 1986-09-14 BAL @DET L 0-7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st CF
4 1 Sam Ewing 1973-09-11 CHW @CAL L 1-3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th 1B
5 1 Lee Bales 1966-08-07 ATL @PHI W 3-0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 2B
Walked three times:
Cnt CarGm 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 1 Danny Ardoin 2000-08-02 MIN @BAL W 10-6 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th C
2 1 Danny Klassen 1998-07-04 ARI @HOU W 7-4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8th 2B
3 1 Jorge Pedre 1991-09-07 KCR @BAL W 7-4 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th C
4 1 Larry Walker 1989-08-16 MON SFG W 4-2 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6th RF
5 1 Joe Lahoud 1968-04-10 BOS @DET W 7-3 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6th RF
Hit by pitch twice:
Cnt CarGm 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 1 Skeeter Barnes 1983-09-06 CIN @SFG W 11-1 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6th 1B
We could go on and on...
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Posted by Andy on August 17, 2008
Move over Rickey...
Cnt Player **HR** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Ryan Ludwick 31 2008 29 STL NL 116 471 411 82 125 27 3 92 48 3 107 5 1 6 6 4 2 .304 .379 .611 .990 *97/8
2 Rickey Henderson 28 1990 31 OAK AL 136 594 489 119 159 33 3 61 97 2 60 4 2 2 13 65 10 .325 .439 .577 1.016 *7D
3 Rickey Henderson 28 1986 27 NYY AL 153 701 608 130 160 31 5 74 89 2 81 2 0 2 12 87 18 .263 .358 .469 .827 *87/D
4 Jason Lane 26 2005 28 HOU NL 145 561 517 65 138 34 4 78 32 1 105 7 0 5 10 6 2 .267 .316 .499 .815 *9/87
5 Rickey Henderson 24 1985 26 NYY AL 143 654 547 146 172 28 5 72 99 1 65 3 0 5 8 80 10 .314 .419 .516 .935 *8/7D
6 Rickey Henderson 21 1993 34 TOT AL 134 610 481 114 139 22 2 59 120 7 65 4 1 4 9 53 8 .289 .432 .474 .906 *7D
7 Rickey Henderson 18 1991 32 OAK AL 134 578 470 105 126 17 1 57 98 7 73 7 0 3 7 58 18 .268 .400 .423 .823 *7D
8 Cody Ross 17 2008 27 FLA NL 109 368 331 43 85 19 3 57 27 1 78 5 0 5 4 4 1 .257 .318 .486 .804 *897/D
9 Mark Carreon 17 1995 31 SFG NL 117 426 396 53 119 24 0 65 23 1 37 4 0 3 7 0 1 .301 .343 .490 .833 *39/7
10 Rickey Henderson 17 1987 28 NYY AL 95 440 358 78 104 17 3 37 80 1 52 2 0 0 10 41 8 .291 .423 .497 .920 87D
11 Carl Warwick 17 1962 25 TOT NL 143 551 500 67 132 17 1 64 40 1 79 0 5 6 11 4 3 .264 .315 .404 .719 *897
12 Hal Chase 17 1915 32 BUF FL 145 596 567 85 165 31 10 89 20 0 50 1 8 0 0 23 0 .291 .316 .471 .787 *3/9
13 Rickey Henderson 16 1984 25 OAK AL 142 597 502 113 147 27 4 58 86 1 81 5 1 3 7 66 18 .293 .399 .458 .857 *7/8
14 Jason Lane 15 2006 29 HOU NL 112 345 288 44 58 10 0 45 49 0 75 2 2 4 6 1 2 .201 .318 .392 .710 *9/783
15 Damon Hollins 15 2006 32 TBD AL 121 355 333 37 76 20 0 33 19 1 64 0 2 1 4 3 3 .228 .269 .423 .692 *987/D
16 Brian Hunter 15 1994 26 TOT NL 85 278 256 34 60 16 1 57 17 2 56 0 0 5 3 0 0 .234 .277 .480 .757 *3/79
17 Rickey Henderson 15 1992 33 OAK AL 117 500 396 77 112 18 3 46 95 5 56 6 0 3 5 48 11 .283 .426 .457 .883 *7/D
18 Hal Breeden 15 1973 29 MON NL 102 290 258 36 71 10 6 43 29 3 45 2 1 0 7 0 1 .275 .353 .535 .888 *3
19 Ryan Ludwick 14 2007 28 STL NL 120 339 303 42 81 22 0 52 26 1 72 7 3 0 1 4 4 .267 .339 .479 .818 79/8
20 Rickey Henderson 14 1998 39 OAK AL 152 670 542 101 128 16 1 57 118 0 114 5 2 3 5 66 13 .236 .376 .347 .723 *78
But the season record is still safe among the (much more common) set of players who batted LH and threw RH:
Cnt Player **HR** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions
+----+-----------------+------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+
1 Roger Maris 61 1961 26 NYY AL 161 698 590 132 159 16 4 142 94 0 67 7 0 7 16 0 0 .269 .372 .620 .992 *98
2 Luis Gonzalez 57 2001 33 ARI NL 162 728 609 128 198 36 7 142 100 24 83 14 0 5 14 1 1 .325 .429 .688 1.117 *7
3 Jim Thome 52 2002 31 CLE AL 147 613 480 101 146 19 2 118 122 18 139 5 0 6 5 1 2 .304 .445 .677 1.122 *3D
4 Johnny Mize 51 1947 34 NYG NL 154 664 586 137 177 26 2 138 74 0 42 4 0 0 6 2 0 .302 .384 .614 .998 *3
5 Prince Fielder 50 2007 23 MIL NL 158 681 573 109 165 35 2 119 90 21 121 14 0 4 9 2 2 .288 .395 .618 1.013 *3/D
6 Jim Thome 49 2001 30 CLE AL 156 644 526 101 153 26 1 124 111 14 185 4 0 3 9 0 1 .291 .416 .624 1.040 *3/D
7 Larry Walker 49 1997 30 COL NL 153 664 568 143 208 46 4 130 78 14 90 14 0 4 15 33 8 .366 .452 .720 1.172 *9/38D
8 Jim Thome 47 2003 32 PHI NL 159 698 578 111 154 30 3 131 111 11 182 4 0 5 5 0 3 .266 .385 .573 .958 *3/D
9 Eddie Mathews 47 1953 21 MLN NL 157 681 579 110 175 31 8 135 99 0 83 2 1 0 6 1 3 .302 .406 .627 1.033 *5
10 Adam Dunn 46 2004 24 CIN NL 161 681 568 105 151 34 0 102 108 11 195 5 0 0 8 6 1 .266 .388 .569 .957 *73/D
11 Eddie Mathews 46 1959 27 MLN NL 148 682 594 118 182 16 8 114 80 2 71 3 3 2 6 2 1 .306 .390 .593 .983 *5
12 Carlos Delgado 44 1999 27 TOR AL 152 681 573 113 156 39 0 134 86 7 141 15 0 7 11 1 1 .272 .377 .571 .948 *3/D
13 Tino Martinez 44 1997 29 NYY AL 158 685 594 96 176 31 2 141 75 14 75 3 0 13 15 3 1 .296 .371 .577 .948 *3/D
14 Mo Vaughn 44 1996 28 BOS AL 161 752 635 118 207 29 1 143 95 19 154 14 0 8 17 2 0 .326 .420 .583 1.003 *3D
15 Carl Yastrzemski 44 1967 27 BOS AL 161 680 579 112 189 31 4 121 91 11 69 4 1 5 5 10 8 .326 .418 .622 1.040 *7/8
16 Jason Giambi 43 2000 29 OAK AL 152 664 510 108 170 29 1 137 137 6 96 9 0 8 9 2 0 .333 .476 .647 1.123 *3D
17 Duke Snider 43 1956 29 BRO NL 151 652 542 112 158 33 2 101 99 26 101 1 6 4 16 3 3 .292 .399 .598 .997 *8
18 Ted Williams 43 1949 30 BOS AL 155 730 566 150 194 39 3 159 162 0 48 2 0 0 22 1 1 .343 .490 .650 1.140 *7
19 Johnny Mize 43 1940 27 STL NL 155 666 579 111 182 31 13 137 82 0 49 5 0 0 10 7 0 .314 .404 .636 1.040 *3
20 Chuck Klein 43 1929 24 PHI NL 149 679 616 126 219 45 6 145 54 0 61 0 9 0 0 5 0 .356 .407 .657 1.064 *98
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