Bringing Up The Rear
Posted by Steve Lombardi on October 17, 2008
A fun list via B-R.com Play Index...
The only batters in history to have 4 hits in a post-season game while batting 9th in the line-up:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Jose Vizcaino 1 Ind. Games Spike Owen 1 Ind. Games Adam Kennedy 1 Ind. Games Derek Jeter 1 Ind. Games Luis Alicea 1 Ind. Games Games found: 5.
Alicea is the only one to do it in a game that his team lost.
October 17th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
It's funny to think of Derek Jeter batting 9th in any batting order. He was a rookie in 96, but then again, just look at the lineup for that game. My god, I forgot just how powerful a lineup that Yankee Dynasty had.
Also of note, 3 of the 5 up there (Jeter, Vizcaino, Alicea) all needed extra innings to get their hits
October 17th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
[...] O.K., raise your hand if you remember… …that Derek Jeter was batting 9th that day. [...]