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Isthmus Not Be My Lucky Day

Posted by Steve Lombardi on March 14, 2010

Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Game Finder - the only time, since 1954, that a player was caught stealing 4 or more times in a game:

Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOP Pos. Summary
1 Robby Thompson 1986-06-27 SFG CIN W 7-6 6 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 2B
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Generated 3/14/2010.

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O.K., granted, that was an extra inning contest. So, how about games of 9 innings or less? Which players have been caught stealing 3 times in such a game, the most times in their career?

Well, guess what! Since 1954, there has not been a player to be caught stealing 3 times (or more) in one game of 9 innings or less. Hmmm...what about in a game that went extras? Here's that list:

Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOP Pos. Summary
1 Ben Francisco 2009-10-04 PHI FLA W 7-6 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 CF
2 Brad Ausmus 1999-06-12 DET STL L 7-8 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 C
3 Luis Polonia 1993-05-24 CAL SEA L 3-4 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 DH
4 Eric Young 1993-05-01 COL FLA L 6-7 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 2B
5 Robby Thompson 1986-06-27 SFG CIN W 7-6 6 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 2B
6 Rickey Henderson 1982-07-27 OAK CAL L 7-8 7 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 LF
7 Lenny Randle 1978-04-15 NYM MON L 3-4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3B
8 Frank Robinson 1959-09-19 CIN PIT L 3-4 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 LF
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Generated 3/14/2010.

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Brad Ausmus? Oh, my, what was he thinking?

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4 Responses to “Isthmus Not Be My Lucky Day”

  1. Dan Franzen Says:
    March 14th, 2010 at 6:50 pm

    And it appears that each of Ausmus' CSs ended the inning - the last two, in fact, were part of a strike-em-out/throw-em-out double play. Yikes. Getting caught stealing to make the third out is awful enough, but three times?

  2. Zachary Says:
    March 14th, 2010 at 9:37 pm

    That Ausmus game was something else ... the Cardinals came back from way down to win! Of course, if the Tigers are going to keep sending a catcher, they kinda deserve what they get.

  3. Zachary Says:
    March 14th, 2010 at 9:39 pm

    As an addendum, I'll note that Francisco had all three of his CS's within the original nine frames.

  4. Carroll B. Merriman Says:
    March 21st, 2010 at 4:10 pm

    Do you feel it is likely Bryce Harper will actually be the 1st pick in the 2010 professional baseball draft? Lucy from Bryce Harper

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