O/T Washington Nationals Anthony Rendon may have had greatest hitting day ever?
Josh Hamilton went 5 for 5 with 4 home runs and a double, 8 RBI's
in a single game. That was the 2nd half of a DH, as I recall he went 1-for-5 in the first game. So his "day as a whole" wasn't that great (still pretty damn good though!).
BTW, on a side note --- I was watching some Rockies and D-Backs late last night. Fernando Rodney is still out there setting fire to ballgames! The Tigers bullpen could be worse ....
April 30th, 2017 at 10:19 PM ^
That's what she said!
NTTAWWT
Yeah, all this game did was buy Rendon another week or so on my roster before I kick him to the curb. He's still on my shit list for his awful start.
... that one of Rendon's hits that wasn't a homerun today actually hit the scoreboard in right-center field, approximately 12 ft. up the wall. He was that close to hitting four homers. Incredible, and thanks for sharing, OP.
a tough one to beat
April 23, 1999 at Dodger Stadium. Both off the same pitcher, Chan Ho Park. Only MLB player ever to do it. Pretty amazing. May never be topped for a single inning.
April 30th, 2017 at 10:04 PM ^
both HR came off the same pitcher! That's one way to inflate an ERA in a hurry!
Not to give you a hard time - but I'm going to go on the record and not use the word "may." That record may be tied, but it WILL never be topped. That would require, at minimum, a team scoring 20 runs in an inning and sending 22 batters to the plate!
The Tigers gave up 17 runs in an inning in 1953. Is 20 really out of the question?
Lost in the stats perhaps is that Blake Treinen actually had the audacity to walk a batter on four straight pitches with a pretty huge lead . Pretty sure you can get sent down for that shit on some teams anyway.
In all seriousness, if I had to choose between the Tigers bullpen and the Mets bullpen, I would take the Tigers bullpen.
I was present for one of them. Fred Lynn's rookie season, at Tiger Stadium, he hit three home runs, added a triple and a single, for 16 total bases and 10 RBI. He ruined this kid's summer evening at the ballpark, for sure. 15-1 Red Sox.
I remember that game very well. Dad and I listened to Ernie and Paul call that game while painting the basement.
Hit 2 grand slams 3 hrs at tiger stadium, 5 for 6, 10 rbi's in 75.
Obscure day that some guy had 6/6 at bats with 7 home Runs and 73 RBI's. No that's not a typo...
I think Mike Trout went 1-4 with a BB and scored two runs once. Advanced statistics gave him an 8 WAR for that game and it is determined to be the best single hitting game in history.
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Hedl pass the following players in May (among many others):
- Kirby Puckett
- Lance Berkman
- Norm Cash
In June:
- Jimmy Collins
- Wee Willie Keeler
- George Sisler
In July:
- Chet Lemon
- Will Clark
In August:
- Willie Stargell
- Hank Greenberg
In September:
- Vladimir Guerrero
- Yogi Berra
- Willie Stargell
He'd close out the year at #115, next year at #53 (passing Jeter along the way), pass Mantle by age 30.
This is really funny
At the risk of being "that guy," the OP said the greatest hitting DAY ever, so I'll submit two:
1. Stan Musial's 1954 doubleheader of 5 HR: 3 HR in the first game and 2 HR in the second. Along with a single in the first game, he set a record of 21 total bases in the doubleheader.
2. Nate Colbert's 1972 doubleheader feat of 5 HR and 13 RBI, which broke the previous doubleheader RBI mark of 11.
The quirky thing about this: When Musial set the record in 1954, one of the fans in the stands at St. Louis was a young Nate Colbert.
Too lazy to google it but I believe Nate Colbert played briefly for the Tigers. I seem to remember having his Tigers card with him in a Padres uniform.
I came to MGoBlog today to try and not think about the sorry state of my New York Mets for a few minutes. This is not what I was looking for
Babe Ruth hit a lot of home runs back in the day.
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Most of you might not have been alive on July 3, 1966 when Atlanta Braves pitcher Tony Cloninger hit two grand slams in a game and drove in nine runs as the Braves beat the Giants 17-3. LINK
Of the 14 times when a Major League player has had at least 10 RBI in a game, four have been by a member of the Boston Red Sox (Rudy York, Norm Zauchin, Fred Lynn and Nomar Garciaparra.) LINK York and Garciaparra also are among the four Red Sox players to have hit two grand slams in one game. LINK