Most games with 2+ XHB, first 50 team games
Posted by Andy on June 4, 2008
Dan Uggla and Lance Berkman both had 9 games with two or more extra base hits in their teams' first 50 games of 2008.
Here are the leaders in this since 1956:
Year Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+ Edgar Martinez 1996 12 Ind. Games Hank Aaron 1959 12 Ind. Games Vada Pinson 1959 10 Ind. Games Frank Howard 1968 10 Ind. Games Sean Casey 1999 10 Ind. Games Albert Belle 1994 10 Ind. Games Dan Uggla 2008 9 Ind. Games Dave Parker 1977 9 Ind. Games Roger Maris 1960 9 Ind. Games Richard Hidalgo 2000 9 Ind. Games Todd Helton 2001 9 Ind. Games Lance Berkman 2008 9 Ind. Games
June 4th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Oh Vada. One of my all-time favs. In my personal Hall of Fame. And in the "Up to and including age 28 Hall of Fame".
See http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders_28_bat.shtml
3rd in lifetime hits. 7th in lifetime total bases. 3rd in doubles. Certainly it seemed on his way to 3000 hits - back when less than ten people had done it. Alas.