HAPPY RBITHDAY!!!!
Posted by Raphy on April 27, 2009
Yesterday, Kosuke Fukudome became the first player since 1954 to have 5 or more RBI on his 32nd birthday. Here are all the players since 1954 to have at least 5 RBI on their birthdays.
AgeY.D Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+------+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 27.000 Don Lock 1963-07-27 WSA @DET W 8-4 5 4 2 3 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5th CF 27.000 R.J. Reynolds 1986-04-19 PIT @CHC W 14-8 6 6 1 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st LF 27.000 Alex Rodriguez 2002-07-27 TEX OAK W 10-6 6 6 3 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3rd SS 29.000 Travis Hafner 2006-06-03 CLE LAA W 14-2 5 4 2 3 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th DH 29.000 Frank Thomas 1958-06-11 PIT @SFG W 14-6 6 5 3 2 0 0 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5th 3B 29.000 Nomar Garciaparra 2002-07-23(1) BOS TBD W 22-4 6 5 3 3 0 0 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd SS 30.000 Carlos Delgado 2002-06-25 TOR @TBD W 20-11 6 5 2 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4th 1B 30.000 Bill Mazeroski 1966-09-05(1) PIT ATL W 13-5 4 4 3 2 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 2B 31.000 Mike Sweeney 2004-07-22 KCR @DET W 13-7 6 5 2 2 0 0 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd DH 32.000 Kosuke Fukudome 2009-04-26 CHC @STL W 10-3 5 4 2 3 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd RF 36.000 Gus Zernial 1959-06-27 DET BAL W 12-2 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 1B 37.000 Tim Raines 1996-09-16 NYY @TOR W 10-0 5 5 2 2 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd LF
Nomar looks to have had the best birthday. However, if you look at the results of the second game of his team's double header (allowing 5 in the 9th to lose 5-4) , you have to wonder if he still had any interest in celebrating. Ouch.
April 28th, 2009 at 5:35 am
i remember darryl strawberry had some productive outings on his various kids' birthdays. but i that's not something we can verify here.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:27 am
It would be interesting to see who had the most career Hits, RBI, Wins, Saves, etc. on their birthdays. It would also be interesting to do a collective comparison of players' performances on their birthdays versus on other days. (for those born April through September.)