M&M…and M?
Posted by Steve Lombardi on July 9, 2007
Today, I decided to use Baseball-Reference.com's Player Index Batting Gamelog Finder to see how many Yankees had 4+ extra base hits in a game since 1957. This is what I found:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR **XB** RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+------+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 Alex Rodriguez 2005-04-18 NYY TBD W 19-8 6 6 5 5 2 0 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 3B 2 Hideki Matsui 2003-06-05 NYY @CIN W 10-2 5 5 2 4 3 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th CF 3 Shane Spencer 1998-08-07(2) NYY KCR W 14-2 5 5 4 5 2 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th RF 4 Graig Nettles 1976-09-29 NYY @BOS W 9-6 5 5 4 4 2 0 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 3B 5 Jim Mason 1974-07-08 NYY @TEX W 12-5 5 5 3 4 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th SS 6 Roger Maris 1962-04-29(2) NYY @WSA W 11-6 5 5 2 4 3 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd RF
Jim "You can knock the bat out of his hands" Mason made the list? Wow.
There's a trivia question for your friends: Name the three Yankees whose last name starts with "M" to have 4 extra basehits in a game since 1957. They may guess "Maris" - and some sharp person may remember "Matsui" - but no one will ever guess "Mason."
July 16th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Jim Mason lifetime BA = .203.
WOW, no one will ever guess that...lol.