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Multi-HR innings

Posted by Sean Forman on September 6, 2007

I had to dig into the db directly to answer this one.

 | name_common       | date_game  | inning | HRs |
+-------------------+------------+--------+-----+
| Julio Lugo        | 2006-07-22 |      5 |   2 |
| Juan Rivera       | 2004-06-19 |      2 |   2 |
| Reggie Sanders    | 2003-08-20 |      5 |   2 |
| Mark Bellhorn     | 2002-08-29 |      4 |   2 |
| Aaron Boone       | 2002-08-09 |      1 |   2 |
| Carl Everett      | 2002-07-26 |      7 |   2 |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 2002-07-23 |      3 |   2 |
| Jared Sandberg    | 2002-06-11 |      5 |   2 |
| Bret Boone        | 2002-05-02 |      1 |   2 |
| Mike Cameron      | 2002-05-02 |      1 |   2 |
| Eric Karros       | 2000-08-22 |      6 |   2 |
| Fernando Tatis    | 1999-04-23 |      3 |   2 |
| Gary Sheffield    | 1997-07-13 |      4 |   2 |
| Mike Lansing      | 1997-05-07 |      6 |   2 |
| Mark McGwire      | 1996-09-22 |      5 |   2 |
| Dave Nilsson      | 1996-05-17 |      6 |   2 |
| Sammy Sosa        | 1996-05-16 |      7 |   2 |
| Jeff King         | 1996-04-30 |      4 |   2 |
| Jeff King         | 1995-08-08 |      2 |   2 |
| Jeff Bagwell      | 1994-06-24 |      6 |   2 |
| Joe Carter        | 1993-10-03 |      2 |   2 |
| Carlos Baerga     | 1993-04-08 |      7 |   2 |
| Ellis Burks       | 1990-08-27 |      4 |   2 |
| Dale Murphy       | 1989-07-27 |      6 |   2 |
| Andre Dawson      | 1985-09-24 |      5 |   2 |
| Von Hayes         | 1985-06-11 |      1 |   2 |
| Ray Knight        | 1980-05-13 |      5 |   2 |
| Andre Dawson      | 1978-07-30 |      3 |   2 |
| Cliff Johnson     | 1977-06-30 |      8 |   2 |
| Willie McCovey    | 1977-06-27 |      6 |   2 |
| Lee May           | 1974-04-29 |      6 |   2 |
| John Boccabella   | 1973-07-06 |      6 |   2 |
| Willie McCovey    | 1973-04-12 |      4 |   2 |
| Rick Reichardt    | 1966-04-30 |      8 |   2 |
| Joe Pepitone      | 1962-05-23 |      8 |   2 |
| Jim Lemon         | 1959-09-05 |      3 |   2 |

Yes, that is right, Cameron and Boone both had two home runs in the first inning of their May 2nd, 2002 game.

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    Consecutive multi-hit games
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    Career HR Totals Of Those To Have Multi-HR World Series Game
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12 Responses to “Multi-HR innings”

  1. truman Says:
    September 6th, 2007 at 9:08 am

    Magglio Ordonez hit 2-HR in the 2nd inning vs. OAK this year on 8/12/2007.

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET200708120.shtml

  2. Tom Clancy Says:
    September 6th, 2007 at 9:31 am

    Was it Baerga or Tatis (or both) that did it from opposite sides of the plate?

  3. Samurai Sam Says:
    September 6th, 2007 at 9:54 am

    Bengie Molina had a two-homer inning earlier this year.

  4. cchien Says:
    September 6th, 2007 at 3:49 pm

    Here is a complete list from 1880....

    Player Team Date INN OPP.
    +-----------------+--------+------------+----+-------------------
    Charley Jones NL BOS 1880.06.10 8 BUF
    Lou Bierbauer PL BRO 1890.06.12 3 BUF
    Ed Cartwright AA STL 1890.09.23 3 PHI
    Bobby Lowe NL BOS 1894.05.30 3 CIN
    Jake Stenzel NL PIT 1894.06.06 3 BOS
    Ken Williams AL STL 1922.08.07 6 WAS
    Hack Wilson NL NY 1925.07.01 3 PHI
    Bill Regan AL BOS 1928.06.16 4 CHI
    Hank Leiber NL NY 1935.08.24 2 CHI
    Joe DiMaggio AL NY 1936.06.24 5 CHI
    Andy Seminick NL PHI 1949.06.02 8 CIN
    Sid Gordon NL NY 1949.07.31 2 CIN
    Al Kaline AL DET 1955.04.17 6 KC
    Jim Lemon AL WAS 1959.09.05 2 BOS
    Joe Pepitone AL NY 1962.05.23 8 KC
    Rocl Reichardt AL CAL 1966.04.30 8 BOS
    Willie McCovey(1) NL SF 1973.04.12 4 HOU
    John Boccabella NL MON 1973.07.06 6 HOU
    Lee May NL HOU 1974.04.29 6 CHI
    Willie McCovey(2) NL SF 1977.06.27 6 CIN
    Cliff Johnson AL NY 1977.06.30 8 TOR
    Andre Dawson(1) NL MON 1978.07.30 3 ATL
    Ray Knight NL CIN 1980.05.13 5 NY
    Von Hayes NL PHI 1985.06.11 1 NY
    Andre Dawson(2) NL MON 1985.09.24 5 CHI
    Dale Murphy NL ATL 1989.07.27 6 SF
    Ellis Burks AL BOS 1990.08.27 4 CLE
    Carlos Baerga AL CLE 1993.04.08 7 NY
    Joe Carter AL TOR 1993.10.03 2 BAL
    Jeff Bagwell NL HOU 1994.06.24 6 LA
    Jeff King(1) NL PIT 1995.08.08 2 SF
    Jeff King(2) NL PIT 1996.04.30 4 CIN
    Sammy Sosa NL CHI 1996.05.16 7 HOU
    Dave Nilsson AL MIL 1996.05.17 6 MIN
    Mark McGwire AL OAK 1996.09.22 5 SEA
    Mike Lansing NL MON 1997.05.07 6 SF
    Gary Sheffield NL FLA 1997.07.13 4 PHI
    Fernando Tatis NL STL 1999.04.23 3 LA
    Eric Karros NL LA 2000.08.22 6 MON
    Bret Boone AL SEA 2002.05.02 1 CHI
    Mike Cameron AL SEA 2002.05.02 1 CHI
    Jared Sandberg AL TB 2002.06.11 5 LA(NL)
    Nomar Garciaparra AL BOS 2002.07.23 3 TB
    Carl Everett AL TEX 2002.07.26 7 OAK
    Aaron Boone NL CIN 2002.08.09 1 SD
    Mark Bellhorn NL CHI 2002.08.29 4 MIL
    Reggie Sanders NL PIT 2003.08.20 5 STL
    Juan Rivera NL MON 2004.06.19 2 CHI(AL)
    Julio Lugo AL TB 2006.07.22 5 BAL
    Bengie Molina NL SF 2007.05.07 5 NY
    Magglio Ordonez AL DET 2007.08.12 2 OAK
    Alex Rodriguez AL NY 2007.09.05 7 SEA

  5. cchien Says:
    September 6th, 2007 at 3:51 pm

    The above table is not organized well....
    Sorry about any inconvenience.

  6. dustininminny Says:
    September 6th, 2007 at 4:49 pm

    I don't know about the sides of the plate question, but I'm pretty sure Tatis's HR were both grand slams.

  7. Johnny Twisto Says:
    September 6th, 2007 at 5:17 pm

    I remember Baerga doing that against the Yankees c. 1992-3. Too lazy to check though.

  8. Johnny Twisto Says:
    September 6th, 2007 at 5:20 pm

    Oh, duh, it's listed in the table above...1993

  9. vonhayes Says:
    September 6th, 2007 at 7:55 pm

    Von! Weren't one (or both?) of his grand slams, too?

    He had some phenomenal single games over the years. Usually against my Mets.

  10. duckshirt Says:
    September 6th, 2007 at 10:08 pm

    Tom Clancy: I believe Mark Bellhorn was the one who did it from both sides of the plate.

  11. Andy Says:
    September 7th, 2007 at 7:52 am

    Yeah Von Hayes led off the game with a homer, then hit a granny later in the first inning:

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI198506110.shtml

    I remember that game well. From his splits, you can see that Hayes had 202 PA batting from the 1st position in the order but hit only 2 other HR in addition to those two above. And that leadoff homer above was his only leadoff homer (although it doesn't show up as a leadoff homer since it came in the bottom of the first.)

  12. cchien Says:
    September 7th, 2007 at 12:33 pm

    Some notes about the list I showed above:
    1. Bret Boone is the first one who hit two HRs in the first inning in AL, and Mike Cameron followed him to be the second one in the same inning. In addition, Mike Cameron hit 4 HRs in that game. Here is the gameday:

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA200205020.shtml

    2. However, Mike Cameron is not the first one who hit 4 HRs with 2 HRs in the same inning in major league history. The first one is Bobby Lowe in 1894-05-30.

    3. Nomar Garciaparra is the only one who hit 3 HRs in two consecutive innings in major league history. He hit 2 HRs in the third inning and 1 HR in the fourth inning in 2002-07-23.

    4. Mark Bellhorn is not the only one who hit 2 HRs from both sides of the plate in the same inning. Carlos Baerga did it first in 1993-04-08.

    5. Von Hayes is the first one who hit 2 HRs in the first inning in NL.

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