Has anyone hit 4 triples in a game?

8. Only two players have hit four triples in a game. George Strief with the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association in 1885 and Bill Joyce with the New York Giants of the NL in 1897. 9.

Has anyone ever hit 4 triples in one game?

Last by Johnny Damon, June 27, 2003. 4 triples in a game. Number of occurrences: 2. George Strief, June 25, 1885; Bill Joyce, May 18, 1897.

Has anyone ever hit 3 triples in a game?

There have been three dozen players hitting a trio of triples in a game since 1900, but only ten of them did it in the last 44 years. Two players did it twice -- British-born Dave Brain for the Cardinals and Pirates in 1905, and Jim Bottomley for the Cards in 1923 and 1927.

What is the most triple plays in one game?

On July 17, 1990, the Minnesota Twins became the first (and to date, the only) team in MLB history to turn two triple plays in the same game. Both were 5-4-3 triple plays, executed by fielders Gary Gaetti, Al Newman, and Kent Hrbek in a game against the Boston Red Sox.

Has anyone ever gone 4 for 4 with 4 home runs?

Rocky Colavito, Cleveland Indians

The six-time All-Star led the league with 42 home runs in 1959. On June 10 that season, he went 4-for-4 with four bombs, six RBI and a walk.

Aaron Judge has MONSTER day! Crushes TWO homers, collects 4 hits as he inches closer to Triple Crown

Has anyone hit 7 home runs in a game?

"The White Sox hit seven home runs during Saturday's game against the Blue Jays at U.S. Cellular Field, and made dubious history in the process. Those seven long balls, all amazingly of the solo variety, were not enough to prevent a 10-8 loss.

Who has hit 6 home runs in a game?

Shawn Green, on May 23, 2002, had four of his six hits leave the park, the only six-for-six hitter in baseball history who also joined the four home runs in a game club!

Has there ever been a 27 pitch game?

No, there has never been a 27-strikeout baseball game. The all-time record for strikeouts in a 9-inning game is 20.

What is the rarest thing in baseball?

Rarest of all is the unassisted triple play by an outfielder, performed only once in professional baseball history, by Walter Carlisle. It is possible for a team to score on a triple play, but that is also phenomenally rare.

Has anyone ever played all 9 positions in one game?

It was on that night that Campaneris -- then just a 23-year-old in his first full big league season -- became the first player in AL/NL history to play all nine positions in the same game. Only four other players have accomplished the feat since: Cesar Tovar (Sept. 22, 1968), Scott Sheldon (Sept.

What is the most triples in one inning?

On September 15, 1901, Chicago hit five triples against Milwaukee in the eighth inning, the most ever hit in a single inning by one team in baseball history!

Who has 6 hit games in MLB?

Cal McVey is the sole player to collect six hits in each of two consecutive games.

Who has the most lifetime triples?

Hall of Famer Sam Crawford of the Detroit Tigers holds the Major League Baseball triples record, with 309. Second to him is his Tigers teammate, Ty Cobb, with 297, the American League record. Honus Wagner is third with 252, the National League record.

Who had 7 hits in one game?

In a 22-0 shellacking of the Chicago Cubs that day, Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Rennie Stennett would record a hit in all seven of his at-bats – becoming the first and to date the only modern-era player to accomplish this in a nine-inning game.

What is the most TB in a game?

Shawn Green holds the single game total bases record of 19 TB. Green hit four home runs, a single and a double for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Milwaukee Brewers on May 23, 2002.

Has anyone hit 4 home runs in a game?

Gehrig was the first AL player and the first in the modern era to hit four homers in a single contest during the Yankees' 20-13 win over the Athletics at Shibe Park.

What is the dirtiest pitch in baseball?

Has there ever been a 0 0 baseball game?

In the American League, the longest 0–0 game was played between the Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers on July 16, 1909. The game was called after 18 innings due to darkness at Bennett Park in Detroit.

What is a 3 pitch inning called?

One such rarity is the immaculate inning. You've probably heard of it -- an immaculate inning is when a pitcher strikes out all three batters in an inning, on three pitches each. The immaculate inning used to be very rare -- there were none from 1929-52.

Has there ever been a 2 pitch inning?

It's a pretty rare feat. But ... have you ever seen a two-pitch inning? As in, a pitcher only needs two pitches to record a clean inning of work? If you watched the Rome Braves' win over the West Virginia Power on Friday night, you did.

Who pitched 2 no-hitters in a row?

More than 9,000 men have taken the mound in a big league game, but what pitcher Johnny Vander Meer accomplished more than three quarters of a century ago by tossing back-to-back no-hitters is considered by many one of the game's most unbreakable records.

Who pitched 3 no-hitters in a row?

Johnny Vander Meer is the only pitcher to throw no-hitters in consecutive starts -- he did it on June 11 and June 15, 1938, exactly 75 years ago. But six times -- four times more than anyone in history -- Ryan had a chance to equal Vander Meer. Ryan's best chance came on July 19, 1973.

How rare is a 5 hit game?

In addition to some great and really good players we also have some good players who didn't walk much. On the opposite end of the spectrum, of the 47 players who have 2500 or more hits since 1956, only Barry Bonds and Louis Gonzalez have never had a 5 hit game.

Has any catcher hit 50 home runs?

It was Hundley who set that mark in his breakout 1996 campaign after hitting a total of 50 homers in 491 games over his first six seasons.

What is the longest home run ever?

What is the longest home run of all time? Here is the longest verified home run in professional baseball history! In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this ball an astonishing 582 FEET! The media could not be played.