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Homer plus 3 stolen bases

Posted by Andy on September 28, 2009

The other day, Alex Rodriguez hit a homer and stole 3 bases in the same game, becoming the 3rd player to achieve the feat this season.

  Cnt Player            Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
    1 Alex Rodriguez    2009-09-25    NYY  BOS W  9-5   5  3  3  3  1  0  1   4  2   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  3  0 4th 3B        
    2 Chone Figgins     2009-07-25    LAA  MIN W 11-5   5  4  3  2  0  0  1   2  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  3  0 1st 3B        
    3 Emilio Bonifacio  2009-04-06    FLA  WSN W 12-6   5  5  4  4  0  0  1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  3  0 1st 3B        

    4 Jimmy Rollins     2008-08-26    PHI  NYM W  8-7   7  7  1  5  1  0  1   3  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  3  0 1st SS        

    5 Jose Reyes        2007-06-15    NYM @NYY W  2-0   4  3  1  3  0  0  1   2  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  3  0 1st SS        

    6 Carl Crawford     2006-05-24    TBD @TOR W 10-8   5  5  5  5  0  0  1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  4  0 2nd LF        

    7 Edgar Renteria    2003-06-28    STL @KCR W 13-9   6  4  2  3  0  0  1   4  1   0  0   0  0  1   0   0  3  0 6th SS        
    8 Reggie Taylor     2003-05-10    CIN  MIL L  3-9   5  5  2  4  0  0  1   1  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  3  0 7th LF        

    9 Mike Cameron      2002-05-16    SEA @TOR W 15-2   6  5  4  2  0  0  1   4  1   0  1   0  0  0   1   0  3  0 6th CF        

   10 Kenny Lofton      2000-09-03    CLE  BAL W 12-11  8  7  4  4  0  0  1   1  1   1  1   0  0  0   0   0  5  0 1st CF        

   11 Kenny Lofton      1994-07-22    CLE  CHW W  9-8   5  4  3  3  0  0  1   2  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  4  0 1st CF        

   12 Rickey Henderson  1991-10-05    OAK @TEX W 12-5   6  4  3  4  1  0  1   3  2   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  4  0 1st LF        
   13 Rickey Henderson  1991-08-19    OAK @MIN W  8-7   5  3  1  1  0  0  1   3  2   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  3  1 1st LF        
   14 Roberto Kelly     1991-06-23    NYY  MIN W 11-2   5  5  2  5  0  0  1   3  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  3  0 3rd CF        
   15 Ivan Calderon     1991-05-04    MON  SDP L  5-6   7  6  2  3  0  0  1   2  1   0  2   0  0  0   0   0  3  0 3rd LF        

This season has seen the most such occurrences since 1991.

Here are all the guys with multiple such games in their career since 1954:

                   Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
 Rickey Henderson      4 Ind. Games                
 Tim Raines            2 Ind. Games                
 Willie Mays           2 Ind. Games                
 Kenny Lofton          2 Ind. Games                
 Roberto Kelly         2 Ind. Games                
 Bert Campaneris       2 Ind. Games                

No surprises here as these guys all had tons of speed and at least some power.

Here are all the guys to do it with more than 3 SB:

  Cnt Player            Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP **SB** CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+------+--+---+---------+
    1 Kenny Lofton      2000-09-03    CLE  BAL W 12-11  8  7  4  4  0  0  1   1  1   1  1   0  0  0   0   0    5    0 1st CF        

    2 Carl Crawford     2006-05-24    TBD @TOR W 10-8   5  5  5  5  0  0  1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0    4    0 2nd LF        
    3 Kenny Lofton      1994-07-22    CLE  CHW W  9-8   5  4  3  3  0  0  1   2  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0    4    0 1st CF        
    4 Rickey Henderson  1991-10-05    OAK @TEX W 12-5   6  4  3  4  1  0  1   3  2   0  0   0  0  0   0   0    4    0 1st LF        
    5 Vince Coleman     1990-07-24    STL  CHC W  9-4   5  4  4  4  0  1  1   1  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0    4    0 1st LF        
    6 Rickey Henderson  1989-09-20    OAK @CLE W  8-6   5  3  3  2  0  0  1   1  2   0  0   0  0  0   0   0    4    1 1st LF        
    7 Roberto Kelly     1989-05-15    NYY @CAL L  3-4   5  5  2  3  0  0  1   1  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0    4    0 9th CF        
    8 Willie Mays       1957-05-18    NYG @CIN W  6-3   5  5  2  3  0  0  1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0    4    0 3rd CF        

Finally, since 1954, nobody has ever hit more than 1 HR with at least 3 stolen bases. That's not too surprising...tough to steal bases when you're hitting round-trippers!

2 Responses to “Homer plus 3 stolen bases”

  1. Mr. Odd Says:

    There's been 11 games with 2 HR and 2 SB since 1954, including one this year:
    http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/xxtZv

    And 13 games with 3 HR and 1 SB since 1954, including one last year:
    http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/QMhtm

  2. BunnyWrangler Says:

    The Bonifacio game was on Florida's opening day. He we are in the season's last week, and Bonifacio has yet to hit another home run (and the one that he did hit was an inside-the-parker, not that that makes it any less impressive).