All 9 starters hit and score
Posted by Andy on May 4, 2010
Yesterday's Red Sox game was the second this year in which all 9 starters in the lineup got at least 1 hit and scored at least 1 run:
| Rk | Tm | Opp | Date ▾ | #Matching |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | BOS | LAA | 2010-05-03 | 9 |
| 3 | SDP | ATL | 2010-04-12 | 9 |
Somehow, the Padres' accomplishment is a little more impressive since it included a 2-run single by starting pitcher Kevin Correia, who later scored on a double.
In case you're curious, this feat was accomplished 9 times in 2009, 10 times in 2008, 12 times in 2007, 19 times in 2006, and 15 times in 2005.
May 4th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Neither of these games qualifies, but in how many of the games mentioned from 2005-present (if any) did each of that team's starters also have 1 or more RBI?
May 4th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
There are 40 games in the archives that have all 9 starters getting at least 1 hit, 1 run, and 1 RBI:
Generated 5/4/2010.
May 4th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
I was at the ballgame ... the Angels were throwing batting practice. It felt like the Sox had about a million extra-base hits. Of course, ol' Scott Schoenweis threw a little BP for LA in the 9th, too. Crazy game.
May 4th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
I will be at Red Sox - Yanks this Friday...Phil Hughes vs Josh Beckett. Can't wait.
I've had the fun of being at some big games between these two teams...Johnny Damon's first game back as a Yankee (same game where Doug Mirabelli was brought in by police escort) and also Roger Clemens' 299th career victory.
May 4th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
It blows me away that the '68 Yankees had a game where all nine starters got at least one hit, one run, and one RBI. That team hit .214 for the entire season. I'm pretty sure that's the third-lowest single-season team average since 1901, higher than only the 1910 White Sox and the 1908 Superbas (Dodgers).
Those Yankees really stuck it to the Senators in that doubleheader: 16-2 and 10-0. Ouch.
May 4th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Figures that the only team to have this done to them twice in one season was the 1930 Phillies.
May 5th, 2010 at 8:37 am
[...] All nine starters in last night’s lineup had (at least) one hit and one run scored. Pinch-runner Jonathan Van Every also scored a run, but did not get a hit in his one at-bat. [...]