Homering in 4 games of one series
Posted by John Autin on October 13, 2011
Nelson Cruz has homered in 4 of the 5 games of this ALCS (games 1, 2, 4 and 5), tying a MLB postseason series record shared by 10 others.
Guess who was on deck today when Mike Napoli made the last out with the tying runs aboard?
- Cruz has 6 hits in this series, 5 HRs and a double, good for 11 RBI. In the previous round, he went 1 for 15 -- a single.
- Despite the power outburst, Cruz has been walked just once (and hit once) in 20 PAs.
Here are the 10 previous players who homered in 4 games of one series. Seven came in a 7-game series, with one each in series of 6, 5 and 4 games:
(Totals shown are for games with a HR only)
| Series | Player | Year | G w/HR | PA | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SH | SF | IBB | HBP | GDP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WS | Barry Bonds | 2002 | 4 | Ind. Games | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | .444 | .706 | 1.778 | 2.484 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| WS | Hank Bauer | 1958 | 4 | Ind. Games | 18 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | 1.167 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ALCS | B.J. Upton | 2008 | 4 | Ind. Games | 20 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | .412 | .450 | 1.176 | 1.626 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NLCS | Albert Pujols | 2004 | 4 | Ind. Games | 20 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .688 | .750 | 1.500 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALCS | Evan Longoria | 2008 | 4 | Ind. Games | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .353 | .421 | 1.176 | 1.598 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NLCS | Jeffrey Leonard | 1987 | 4 | Ind. Games | 16 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .538 | .625 | 1.462 | 2.087 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ALCS | Robinson Cano | 2010 | 4 | Ind. Games | 17 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .529 | 1.313 | 1.842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NLCS | Carlos Beltran | 2004 | 4 | Ind. Games | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | .538 | .667 | 1.538 | 2.205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALDS | Ken Griffey | 1995 | 4 | Ind. Games | 23 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .450 | .478 | 1.200 | 1.678 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| ALDS | Juan Gonzalez | 1996 | 4 | Ind. Games | 19 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .438 | .526 | 1.375 | 1.901 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
October 14th, 2011 at 12:10 am
Bonds got walked 8 times. Bauer? None.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:19 am
Bonds=fraud
October 14th, 2011 at 12:27 am
nice.. this is a mind game.. its methods are very well.
October 14th, 2011 at 2:08 am
JA,
I know your post is about the HR, but I can’t help and think about the Cubs/Giants series of ’89, and the show that Will Clark and Mark Grace put on.
Grace was on base 15 out of 22 PAs with 3 2Bs 1 3B and 1 HR.
Clark was on base 15 out of 22 PAs with 3 2Bs 1 3B and 2 HRs.
Clark scored 8 times to Grace’s 3. Grace only Ked once.
Both guys were unconscious and had such great swings.
Oh, and Maddux never made it out of the 4th in either start.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:03 am
bauer, btw, was 35 years old. and it was in a great series. the yankees re-taking the crown from the team that took it from them the year before. bauer is one of my favorite yankees. along with Skowron, McDougald, and Ellie Howard.
October 14th, 2011 at 9:36 am
Bauer hit 3 HRs in the first 3 games from the leadoff spot. By Game 6, Casey knew a hot hand when he saw one and he was hitting third.
October 14th, 2011 at 10:40 am
Bauer's third home run marked the end of his WS record 17-game hitting streak. In game 5, won by the Yankees 4-0, Bauer had 3 of the 4 Yankee hits and all of the 4 RBIs.
October 14th, 2011 at 11:04 am
@7
My English was bad. It was the game after the third HR that ended the streak.
October 14th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Gawd... Jeffrey Leonard. That series pretty much made his career. He actually made a name for himself in that series, the only real highlight of a spectacularly unspectacular career.
October 14th, 2011 at 1:56 pm
Pujols v. Beltran in 2004 NLCS was pretty fun. Yeah, I know nobody was paying attention because history was being made in the ALCS.