Figgins’ half-dozen donuts
Posted by gsears on June 19, 2007
So Chone Figgins had six hits last night against the Astros.
His line: 6 at bats, 6 hits, 1 run, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K.
Thanks to PI's batting game finder (setting H greater than or equal to 6, and sorting by hits), we can look at this query find out a few things about six (or seven)-hit games:
- Only three men have ever hit seven hits in a game -- (edit: spelling) Rennie Stennett, Cesar Gutierrez and Rocky Colavito.
- Figgins' game was the first instance of six hits since 2004, when six men did it: Raul Ibanez, Joe Randa, Omar Vizquel, Carlos Pena, Alfonso Soriano, Frank Catalanotto. Pena, Soriano and Catalanotto all did it in a month (May 2004). Soriano and Catalanotto did it within a week of each other (the 8th and 1st of May, respectively).
- Figgins is the eleventh man to do it since 2000.
- Kirby Puckett is the only man who has had a six-hit game twice -- once in 1987, once in 1991.
- Of these games, the most RBI in a game is seven, which was done twice -- once by Kevin Seitzer in 1987, once by Shawn Green in 2002. The least RBI in these games is zero, which has happened a remarkable seven times (including one of Puckett's games). Kevin Reimer's game in 1993 was the last time in history anybody has had six or more hits with no RBI.
June 19th, 2007 at 10:17 am
How many of these games were extra innings?
June 19th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Great question.
Of the 7-hit games, only (edit: spelling) Stennett did it in nine innings. Gutierrez's hits came in 12 innings and Colavito's hits came in 22 innings.
Only one of Puckett's games came in nine innings, the other 11.
GAMES THAT WERE 9 INNINGS (OR LESS):
Of the 7-hit games -- 1 of 3 (not included below)
From the 2000s -- 8 of 11
From the 1990s -- 6 of 14
From the 1980s -- 3 of 5
From the 1970s -- 2 of 7
From the 1960s -- 4 of 7
Total -- 24 of 47, or 51% of the games
June 20th, 2007 at 7:35 am
Is it to much to ask that you spell the guy's name right?
Stennett.
This is freakin' baseball-REFERENCE. com. I think it might be easy to check these things out. That's just sloppy editorial work.
June 20th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
timd,
I appreciate the copy editing help and the feedback. The errors have been corrected.
I never knew Kelly Stinnett would haunt me even after he left my favorite baseball team (the Royals), but he certainly did. 🙂
While this is Baseball-Reference.com, these posts are not approved or submitted to Sean Forman before publication, so there is no editorial process. I would hope that when an idiot like me replaces the letter "e" with the letter "i," it reflects poorly upon me, not upon Mr. Forman or his excellent website.
June 23rd, 2007 at 9:23 am
Wilbert Robinson also had 7 hits in a game, June 10, 1892. He, Gutierrez, and Stennett are the only players with 7 hits in 7 at-bats. Johnny Burnett of the Indians had NINE hits in one of the wildest games in baseball history on July 10, 1932: a game in which Athletics pitcher Ed Rommel allowed 29 hits and 14 runs in 18 innings of relief and was the winning pitcher (the final score was 18-17).