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10 Games Of 10+ TB

Posted by Steve Lombardi on September 2, 2010

How many batters since 1920 have 10+ games where they had 10+ TB in the contest?

Here's the answer: From 1920 to 2010, Games requiring TB>=10, sorted by greatest number of games in all seasons matching the selected criteria

Rk Player #Matching   PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP
1 Babe Ruth 20 Ind. Games 100 88 70 17 4 40 215 93 12 5 .795 .820 2.443 3.263 0 0   0 0
2 Lou Gehrig 18 Ind. Games 98 88 69 10 7 38 207 85 9 5 .784 .804 2.352 3.156 1 0   0  
3 Alex Rodriguez 17 Ind. Games 87 80 61 10 1 37 184 76 4 6 .763 .756 2.300 3.056 1 2 0 0 0
4 Ken Griffey 17 Ind. Games 88 80 60 14 0 35 179 65 7 4 .750 .773 2.238 3.010 0 0 2 1 1
5 Andre Dawson 17 Ind. Games 83 82 62 11 4 33 180 66 0 3 .756 .759 2.195 2.954 0 0 0 1 0
6 Jimmie Foxx 16 Ind. Games 88 79 62 18 3 29 173 77 9 3 .785 .807 2.190 2.997 0 0   0 0
7 Mark Teixeira 15 Ind. Games 75 70 51 10 3 31 160 72 3 8 .729 .733 2.286 3.019 0 1 0 1 1
8 Manny Ramirez 15 Ind. Games 71 68 53 10 0 32 159 60 3 5 .779 .789 2.338 3.127 0 0 0 0 0
9 Johnny Mize 15 Ind. Games 69 65 50 5 3 35 166 61 3 2 .769 .783 2.554 3.336 0 0 0 1 1
10 Willie Mays 15 Ind. Games 82 76 58 5 7 31 170 57 6 5 .763 .780 2.237 3.017 0 0 2 0 0
11 Joe DiMaggio 14 Ind. Games 77 70 53 11 5 29 161 68 6 0 .757 .776 2.300 3.076 1 0 0 0 0
12 Carlos Delgado 14 Ind. Games 69 62 43 8 1 34 155 64 3 5 .694 .696 2.500 3.196 0 2 1 2 0
13 Barry Bonds 14 Ind. Games 69 65 52 8 0 32 156 56 4 5 .800 .812 2.400 3.212 0 0 1 0 0
14 Billy Williams 13 Ind. Games 62 57 46 9 3 26 139 47 5 1 .807 .823 2.439 3.261 0 0 1 0 0
15 Larry Walker 13 Ind. Games 67 60 48 8 1 29 145 50 5 2 .800 .806 2.417 3.223 0 1 0 1 0
16 Willie Stargell 13 Ind. Games 62 59 51 12 2 28 151 57 3 4 .864 .871 2.559 3.430 0 0 2 0 0
17 Hank Sauer 13 Ind. Games 59 54 41 10 2 28 139 49 5 2 .759 .780 2.574 3.354 0 0 1 0 0
18 Frank Robinson 13 Ind. Games 67 60 46 9 2 26 137 57 6 4 .767 .791 2.283 3.074 0 0 1 1 2
19 Chuck Klein 13 Ind. Games 65 63 47 6 3 26 137 53 1 1 .746 .750 2.175 2.925 1 0   0 0
20 Vladimir Guerrero 13 Ind. Games 60 58 47 12 2 24 135 53 1 1 .810 .800 2.328 3.128 0 1 1 0 0
21 Juan Gonzalez 13 Ind. Games 60 59 46 10 2 28 144 52 1 6 .780 .783 2.441 3.224 0 0 0 0 1
22 Sammy Sosa 12 Ind. Games 56 52 39 5 0 30 134 50 4 4 .750 .768 2.577 3.345 0 0 0 0 0
23 Albert Pujols 12 Ind. Games 59 55 45 7 0 27 133 49 4 2 .818 .831 2.418 3.249 0 0 1 0 0
24 Mark McGwire 12 Ind. Games 58 51 42 4 0 29 133 51 7 5 .824 .845 2.608 3.453 0 0 3 0 0
25 Jim Thome 11 Ind. Games 51 47 36 9 0 24 117 39 3 6 .766 .765 2.489 3.254 0 1 1 0 2
26 Al Simmons 11 Ind. Games 57 56 43 4 5 21 120 51 0 2 .768 .768 2.143 2.911 1 0   0  
27 Mike Schmidt 11 Ind. Games 54 51 38 6 1 26 124 51 2 1 .745 .759 2.431 3.191 0 0 0 1 1
28 Mel Ott 11 Ind. Games 58 50 40 10 1 22 118 43 6 0 .800 .828 2.360 3.188 0 0   2 0
29 Stan Musial 11 Ind. Games 53 50 40 6 2 22 116 43 3 1 .800 .811 2.320 3.131 0 0 0 0 0
30 Vinny Castilla 11 Ind. Games 56 56 40 5 1 24 119 49 0 4 .714 .714 2.125 2.839 0 0 0 0 2
31 Joe Carter 11 Ind. Games 55 53 40 5 1 27 128 46 1 6 .755 .745 2.415 3.161 0 1 0 0 0
32 Earl Averill 11 Ind. Games 57 54 43 11 4 17 113 51 3 1 .796 .807 2.093 2.900 0 0   0  
33 Hank Aaron 11 Ind. Games 55 51 39 9 1 23 119 46 4 3 .765 .782 2.333 3.115 0 0 1 0 1
34 Ted Williams 10 Ind. Games 50 49 37 5 1 22 110 41 1 3 .755 .760 2.245 3.005 0 0 1 0 0
35 David Ortiz 10 Ind. Games 49 46 34 7 0 20 101 41 3 2 .739 .755 2.196 2.951 0 0 1 0 0
36 Eddie Mathews 10 Ind. Games 51 48 36 4 4 19 105 35 3 1 .750 .765 2.188 2.952 0 0 0 0 1
37 Dave Kingman 10 Ind. Games 51 49 34 5 1 24 113 55 2 6 .694 .706 2.306 3.012 0 0 0 0 1
38 Al Kaline 10 Ind. Games 56 53 39 8 2 19 108 34 3 0 .736 .750 2.038 2.788 0 0 1 0 0
39 Hank Greenberg 10 Ind. Games 47 45 36 7 1 20 105 44 2 0 .800 .809 2.333 3.142 0 0   0 0
40 Troy Glaus 10 Ind. Games 48 45 34 8 1 21 107 38 3 2 .756 .771 2.378 3.149 0 0 0 0 0
41 Ernie Banks 10 Ind. Games 46 43 33 6 0 24 111 45 3 2 .767 .783 2.581 3.364 0 0 1 0 1
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Generated 9/2/2010.

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I never would have expected Andre Dawson to be so high on this list. And, I wonder if A-Rod, Mark Teixeira or Albert Pujols will ever pass the Babe here?

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22 Responses to “10 Games Of 10+ TB”

  1. Detroit Michael Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 1:58 pm

    I've heard of every one of these players.

    Eventually, I'd guess that Vinny Castilla becomes a forgotten player. If we ran this leaderboard twenty years from now, he's the guy that a fairly knowledgable baseball fan is least likely to know.

    It's not necessarily easy for A-Rod to do this 4 more times during the decline phase of his career. Ruth did it just 3 times during the last five years of his career (including, as is well known, during the last game in which he homered).

  2. TheGoof Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    Twelve walks in those games, too. The Babe was a monster! And remember, for a 10-year stretch, every single game, pitch to him and risk damage; walk him and Lou Gehrig likely knocks him in. As awesome as he was, those walks were more remarkable when you consider Gehrig batted behind him.

    Wonder if he had a few pre-1920 games, too.

  3. Frank Clingenpeel Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 2:36 pm

    Goof;

    Since the Baboon {sorry; that's the Red Sox fan in me coming out} only began playing regularly in the outfield in 1919, it seems unlikely.

  4. Basmati Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 2:58 pm

    You get the same offensive powerhouse names on a lot of these lists. I was surprised to see Mark Teixeira so high. Still plenty of time for him to add to those 15 games.

    On a side note, why aren't walks counted in total bases?

  5. Mike Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    Ruth also had 2 more such games in the World Series including
    Game 4 of the 1926 WS: 3-3, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 12 TB
    Game 4 of the 1928 WS: 3-5, 3 HR, 3 RBI, 12 TB (Series clinching game)

  6. Thomas Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 3:13 pm

    I've long wondered the same thing Basmati....

  7. Steve Lombardi Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 3:44 pm

    Why aren't walks counted in total bases? I think it's because it's not counted as a PA too.

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  9. Richard Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    It's still INSANE to me that Gehrig and Ruth were on the same team. Then again, so were 3 and 4 on this list.

  10. Artie Z Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 5:56 pm

    On the issue of walks in total bases, from bb-ref itself:

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/about/note76-87.shtml

    It seems as if there was some issue as to how to treat walks in the early days.

    I seem to remember reading somewhere (can't recall where) that walks were viewed as "errors" on the pitchers, not something positive that the hitter did. I don't think it's too hard to understand how that type of thinking may have once been a prevailing train of thought as there are still many, many baseball fans who do not understand the value of a walk (or, more importantly, the act of not making an out).

  11. sfduke76 Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    @1 - Vinny, maybe. If not, I nominate Hank Sauer.
    Ted Williams only 10? But, as some would say, count his years in the service, and he would really be leading this list...

  12. Gerry Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 7:15 pm

    @3, Ruth hit two home runs in a game three times in 1919 (5 July, against Philadelphia; 18 July, against Cleveland; 24 August, against Detroit). If he got a double, or two singles, in any of those games, then that would be another 10+.

  13. Pageup Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 7:26 pm

    Sosa had 30 hrs in 12 games, 2.5 per, which accounts for his 6 hr games, can't stand him but he put up some large numbers for a few years...

  14. Pageup Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 7:26 pm

    you all probably knew what I meant, but, his 6 3 hr games, ugh

  15. DoubleDiamond Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 8:49 pm

    I've also heard of all of the guys in the list. One of the two I know the least about is Earl Averill, so I checked out his player page here just now. (Quite timely, too, with Tropical Storm Earl heading for NJ/NY/NE, although it turns out that his full name was Howard Earl Averill.) He played from 1929 through some point in the 1939 season with Cleveland, then finished the 1939 season and played in 1940 with Detroit. Then, just like Babe Ruth, he finished a heretofore American League career with a short stint with the Boston Braves, which came in 1941. And I see that he shares one other thing connected with endings with the Bambino, something that is also shared with Elvis Presley.

    The other one I don't know much about is Hank Sauer, not to be confused with Hank Bauer. I was thinking at first glance that Hank Sauer was a Yankee left fielder, playing a position at which the Yankees have not had big stars over the years. But while Hank Sauer was originally signed by the Yankees, he never played for them. It was Hank Bauer who played left field in the Bronx. In my book, though, Hank Bauer is most famous for being the manager of the 1966 Orioles, who swept the much-favored Dodgers to win the World Series.

    But we're talking about career-long National Leaguer Hank Sauer. He played for Cincinnati for partial seasons in 1941, 1942, and 1945, probably losing time to World War II. Then he didn't surface again with the Reds or possibly the Redlegs until 1948, when he played 145 games for them. He began 1949 with them but was traded at the old June 15 deadline to the Cubs, which is apparently the team he is most famous for playing for. He played for Chicago from then through 1955. In 1956, he was with the Cardinals, and then he finished with the Giants - 1957 in the Polo Grounds and 1958-1959 in San Francisco.

    Sauer was National League MVP in 1952, when he led the league in home runs with 37 and RBIs with 121. Only one of the 13 games in which he got 10+ total bases came that year, however.

  16. Kelly Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 11:01 pm

    Just curious, Steve, but why aren't ties in your rankings shown as ties? I.e., why aren't Rodriguez, Griffey and Dawson shown as 3T instead of 3-4-5. (And what was the tiebreaker to determine order, anyway? I can't figger it out).

  17. Fantusta Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 11:25 pm

    @16
    Seems pretty obvious the tiebreaker is reverse alphabetical by last name, for whatever reason.

  18. Don Malcolm Says:
    September 3rd, 2010 at 1:10 am

    Great idea for a list, Steve. Interesting to note that Mickey Mantle doesn't show up in the Top 41...he only did it seven times.

  19. John Autin Says:
    September 3rd, 2010 at 1:26 pm

    Out of curiosity, I checked for the hitters not on this list who had the most career Total Bases.
    Not counting those who played before 1920, the top 5 are:
    (1) Pete Rose -- 3 games w/ 10+ TB, including a 3-HR game against the Mets in Shea Stadium (!) in 1978.
    (2) Carl Yastrzemski -- 9 games w/ 10+ TB, including a 3-HR game.
    (3) Eddie Murray -- 7 games w/ 10+ TB, including three 3-HR games, one of those a 4-3 loss! (P.S. Murray amassed 3,255 hits but never had more than 4 hits in a game.)
    (4) Rafael Palmeiro -- just 4 games of 10+ TB. Hard to believe, but despite racking up 569 HRs and 585 doubles, Palmeiro (a) never hit 3 HRs in a game and (b) had just 8 games with 3+ extra-base hits.
    (5) Dave Winfield -- 6 games of 10+ TB, including his only 3-HR game.

  20. Neil Says:
    September 4th, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    Does getting on a roll with an X-base hit in your first AB increase your confidence for the rest of that game? Or is the list just a refleaction of good hitters period?
    @19
    John, your list is interesting. I've never thought of Yaz or Murray as singles hitters. Does this mean they just never bunched their X-base hits in the same game?

  21. Thomas Says:
    September 4th, 2010 at 3:48 pm

    Good point Artie... I hadn't thought of it that way....

  22. Mike Felber Says:
    September 5th, 2010 at 2:57 am

    Nobody, even Gehrig, usually drives in the other guy most of the time. And with his lost war years, Williams still does not come close to leading this list. Maybe he gets 3-4 more of these games.

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