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Last night, Alex Rodriguez became the 16th player in MLB history to have at least four games where he hit 3 or more home runs. Here is the entire list: http://www.baseball-reference.com/play- ... reit/fyhEm
Sammy Sosa and Johnny Mize are the only players with six such games, and their cumulative totals are pretty interesting. They both never had a four home run game. They both had a total of 30 RBIs in those six games. Neither of them had a hit in any at bat in which they did not hit a home run.
There are a lot of sluggers on this list (obviously), but I find it rather surprising to see Steve Finley's name. In two of his four 3 home run games, all three home runs were solo shots. Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa both had two 3 home run games where all the home runs were solo shots as well.
Lou Gehrig had a sacrifice (not a sacrifice fly, a sacrifice BUNT) in a 3 home run game. I find that staggering. The box score doesn't have a play by play, but the Yankees had a 9-0 lead after the top of the 2nd inning before allowing the A's to come back and tie the score 12-12 in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Yankees would go on to win that game 20-13.
Of Dave Kingman's five 3 home run games, he had 8 RBIs in three of them. He is one of only three players to have three 8 RBI games in a career. The others are Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx. Teams with a player with 8 or more RBIs in a game are 122-4. One of the four losses is Lou Gehrig. Jason Bay is the last player to have 8 RBIs in a game in a losing effort (way to go Pirates). Bay only hit two home runs in that game, by the way.
The only other player to have even two games with 3 home runs and 8 RBIs is Nomar Garciaparra. There are 40 other players who have hit 3 HRs with 8 RBIs in a game, each doing it just once.
Mike Cameron had one career 3 home run game. Of course, it was a FOUR home run game, and they were all solo shots.
David
Sammy Sosa and Johnny Mize are the only players with six such games, and their cumulative totals are pretty interesting. They both never had a four home run game. They both had a total of 30 RBIs in those six games. Neither of them had a hit in any at bat in which they did not hit a home run.
There are a lot of sluggers on this list (obviously), but I find it rather surprising to see Steve Finley's name. In two of his four 3 home run games, all three home runs were solo shots. Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa both had two 3 home run games where all the home runs were solo shots as well.
Lou Gehrig had a sacrifice (not a sacrifice fly, a sacrifice BUNT) in a 3 home run game. I find that staggering. The box score doesn't have a play by play, but the Yankees had a 9-0 lead after the top of the 2nd inning before allowing the A's to come back and tie the score 12-12 in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Yankees would go on to win that game 20-13.
Of Dave Kingman's five 3 home run games, he had 8 RBIs in three of them. He is one of only three players to have three 8 RBI games in a career. The others are Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx. Teams with a player with 8 or more RBIs in a game are 122-4. One of the four losses is Lou Gehrig. Jason Bay is the last player to have 8 RBIs in a game in a losing effort (way to go Pirates). Bay only hit two home runs in that game, by the way.
The only other player to have even two games with 3 home runs and 8 RBIs is Nomar Garciaparra. There are 40 other players who have hit 3 HRs with 8 RBIs in a game, each doing it just once.
Mike Cameron had one career 3 home run game. Of course, it was a FOUR home run game, and they were all solo shots.
David
