Adam Dunn and triple-W games |

In a recent post, John Autin identified that Jim Thome has the most career games with at least one of each of the TTO components – a walk, a strikeout and a home run. John called this phenomenon the “Thome Trifecta”, but I’m going to try a different moniker – triple-W, for a walk, a whiff and a whallop.

The leader in this category for 2012 is Adam Dunn of the White Sox, with 14 triple-W games so far this season, including 3 in a row against the Royals coming out of the All-Star break. After the jump, I’ll take a closer look at this phenomenon.

As mentioned, Jim Thome has the most triple-W games in a career. Here’s that list.

Rk	Player	#Matching		PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1	Jim Thome	154	Ind. Games	713	517	224	15	2	162	276	191	203	.433	.588	1.410	1.998	25
2	Mark McGwire	133	Ind. Games	632	461	187	8	0	142	270	167	162	.406	.565	1.347	1.912	32
3	Babe Ruth	125	Ind. Games	627	454	204	18	2	135	257	166	138	.449	.597	1.390	1.987	0
4	Barry Bonds	125	Ind. Games	582	421	191	20	0	134	234	157	139	.454	.600	1.456	2.056	40
5	Harmon Killebrew	111	Ind. Games	508	374	152	6	0	114	203	131	132	.406	.561	1.337	1.898	15
6	Adam Dunn	108	Ind. Games	503	360	153	19	0	113	202	137	138	.425	.586	1.419	2.006	14
7	Manny Ramirez	105	Ind. Games	492	360	167	18	1	112	228	126	123	.464	.601	1.453	2.054	20
8	Sammy Sosa	97	Ind. Games	470	352	157	11	1	103	188	117	122	.446	.585	1.361	1.946	19
9	Alex Rodriguez	97	Ind. Games	473	349	153	11	2	109	192	113	115	.438	.579	1.418	1.998	12
10	Frank Thomas	94	Ind. Games	463	342	140	9	0	99	188	116	110	.409	.557	1.304	1.861	12
11	Ken Griffey	92	Ind. Games	453	341	138	9	0	97	174	105	109	.405	.547	1.284	1.832	27
12	Mickey Mantle	87	Ind. Games	410	303	131	5	1	92	155	104	103	.432	.575	1.366	1.941	7
13	Mike Schmidt	85	Ind. Games	399	292	125	9	2	89	162	104	107	.428	.575	1.387	1.962	15
14	Frank Robinson	84	Ind. Games	402	303	138	11	5	90	170	96	94	.455	.590	1.416	2.005	18
15	Willie Stargell	82	Ind. Games	385	292	126	9	3	87	170	91	110	.432	.569	1.377	1.946	17
16	Fred McGriff	81	Ind. Games	370	275	107	6	1	85	150	93	92	.389	.546	1.345	1.891	14
17	Eddie Mathews	81	Ind. Games	390	292	115	6	2	85	154	96	98	.394	.544	1.301	1.845	8
18	Reggie Jackson	81	Ind. Games	382	292	128	13	0	85	157	89	97	.438	.571	1.356	1.927	11
19	Jeff Bagwell	81	Ind. Games	394	287	119	11	0	83	170	101	100	.415	.571	1.321	1.892	8
20	Jim Edmonds	80	Ind. Games	376	282	116	9	0	83	139	90	104	.411	.553	1.326	1.879	14

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Interesting that Ruth and Bonds ended tied on this list. For the record, Hank Aaron had 58 triple-W games (less than half as many) in his career.

For a single season, Dunn needs 7 more games the rest of the way to match Mark McGwire’s total in 1999.

Rk	Player	Year	#Matching		PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1	Mark McGwire	1999	21	Ind. Games	98	74	33	1	0	24	45	24	23	.446	.582	1.432	2.014	6
2	Mark McGwire	1998	20	Ind. Games	104	75	30	2	0	21	41	29	28	.400	.567	1.267	1.834	10
3	Adam Dunn	2004	17	Ind. Games	81	59	26	4	0	18	31	21	20	.441	.593	1.424	2.016	3
4	Babe Ruth	1921	16	Ind. Games	76	54	22	2	1	16	30	22	17	.407	.579	1.370	1.949	0
5	Barry Bonds	2001	16	Ind. Games	73	52	25	5	0	19	40	21	17	.481	.630	1.673	2.303	3
6	Carlos Pena	2007	15	Ind. Games	68	50	24	1	1	16	25	17	18	.480	.618	1.500	2.118	2
7	Carlos Pena	2008	15	Ind. Games	74	53	18	2	0	15	26	20	21	.340	.527	1.226	1.753	2
8	Mark McGwire	1997	15	Ind. Games	72	54	18	1	0	16	27	17	19	.333	.500	1.241	1.741	4
9	Ryan Howard	2008	15	Ind. Games	74	58	21	1	0	16	30	16	20	.362	.500	1.207	1.707	2
10	Jim Thome	2002	14	Ind. Games	65	47	25	2	0	16	28	18	16	.532	.662	1.596	2.257	2
11	Sammy Sosa	2001	14	Ind. Games	69	52	22	1	0	15	32	16	18	.423	.565	1.308	1.873	1
12	Manny Ramirez	2003	14	Ind. Games	63	46	24	4	0	15	28	17	15	.522	.651	1.587	2.238	3
13	Mark McGwire	1996	14	Ind. Games	66	48	20	1	0	15	29	17	16	.417	.576	1.375	1.951	4
14	Harmon Killebrew	1964	14	Ind. Games	63	48	19	0	0	15	28	15	19	.396	.540	1.333	1.873	0
15	Harmon Killebrew	1969	14	Ind. Games	69	52	20	2	0	15	32	17	15	.385	.536	1.288	1.825	2
16	Ryan Howard	2007	14	Ind. Games	69	49	18	0	0	16	36	18	20	.367	.536	1.347	1.883	5
17	Jim Edmonds	2000	14	Ind. Games	67	49	19	1	0	15	27	17	21	.388	.537	1.327	1.864	2
18	Adam Dunn	2012	14	Ind. Games	61	44	16	0	0	14	22	17	20	.364	.541	1.318	1.859	0

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Earlier this season (highlighted below), the Mariners and Diamondbacks combined to have 5 players with a triple-W game, only the second time in the game-searchable era with that many. In the game with 6 such players, one was backup catcher Ron Slocum of San Diego, who had his first PA in the 8th inning (the Padres won 17-16 in 15 innings).

Rk	Tm	Opp	Date	#Matching
1	SDP	SFG	1970-05-23	6
2	ARI	SEA	2012-06-19	5
3	DET	MIN	2009-05-13	4
4	TBR	DET	2008-09-28	4
5	CIN	SDP	2008-05-25	4
6	TOR	CLE	2007-05-01	4
7	BOS	TEX	2001-08-25	4
8	BOS	BAL	2001-08-12	4
9	BAL	TBD	2001-04-22	4
10	BAL	TBD	2000-08-04	4
11	CHC	PHI	2000-07-26	4
12	ARI	TEX	1999-07-17	4
13	BOS	OAK	1999-05-03	4
14	TOR	BAL	1998-06-19	4
15	LAD	CIN	1996-08-11	4
16	DET	BAL	1993-09-26 (1)	4
17	SEA	CLE	1993-07-24	4
18	CHC	ATL	1992-07-05	4
19	ATL	CHC	1990-05-08	4
20	DET	CHW	1989-05-30	4
21	CIN	CHC	1977-07-28	4
22	SDP	ATL	1977-04-18	4
23	WSA	DET	1966-04-16	4
24	BOS	CHW	1960-06-26 (2)	4

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The highlighted entry at no. 18 in the list above is the only searchable game with 4 players on the same team with a triple-W game. There are 65 games with 3 such players on a team.

Among all triple-W games, the highest accomplishment is the double triple (or triple double, if you prefer), with 2 or more of each component. Here are those games.

Rk	Player	Date	Tm	Opp	Rslt	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	WPA	BOP
1	George Foster	1978-10-01	CIN	ATL	W 10-8	8	5	4	3	1	2	3	3	1	2	0.520	4
2	Bernie Williams	2002-05-17	NYY	MIN	W 13-12	8	6	3	2	0	2	2	2	1	3	0.509	3
3	Manny Ramirez	2000-07-29 (1)	CLE	BAL	W 14-3	6	4	3	2	0	2	6	2	0	2	0.312	4
4	Alex Rodriguez	2004-06-22	NYY	BAL	W 10-4	6	4	3	2	0	2	5	2	0	2	0.214	3
5	Bret Boone	2002-05-02	SEA	CHW	W 15-4	6	4	2	2	0	2	4	2	0	2	0.179	2
6	Richie Sexson	2006-09-22	SEA	CHW	W 11-6	6	4	3	2	0	2	3	2	1	2	0.159	5
7	Ted Williams	1949-06-24	BOS	SLB	W 21-2	7	5	4	3	0	2	7	2	0	2	0.127	3

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The most of each triple-W component are in these games:

Most Strikeouts

Rk	Player	Date	Tm	Opp	Rslt	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	WPA	BOP
1	Evan Longoria	2009-08-04	TBR	BOS	W 4-2	7	6	2	2	2	3	1	1	4	0.535	3
2	Mark Reynolds	2009-06-07	ARI	SDP	W 9-6	9	7	2	1	1	3	2	0	4	0.102	5
3	Kelly Johnson	2005-06-29	ATL	FLA	L 5-6	6	5	1	1	1	2	1	0	4	-0.008	2
4	Pat Burrell	2002-08-06	PHI	SDP	W 5-4	8	6	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	0.156	4
5	Preston Wilson	2002-07-12	FLA	CHC	L 4-5	7	6	1	1	1	2	1	0	4	-0.086	3
6	Todd Hollandsworth	2002-05-23	COL	SDP	W 16-3	6	5	1	1	1	3	1	0	4	-0.114	6
7	Carl Everett	2001-08-25	BOS	TEX	L 7-8	9	7	1	1	1	2	2	1	4	-0.184	4
8	Edgard Clemente	1999-08-19	COL	ATL	L 7-9	6	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	0.002	7
9	Glenn Davis	1989-06-03	HOU	LAD	W 5-4	10	9	2	3	1	1	1	0	4	-0.195	4
10	Willie Stargell	1971-07-15	PIT	SDP	W 4-3	7	6	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	0.178	4
11	Willie McCovey	1970-04-16	SFG	HOU	W 11-9	6	5	1	1	1	2	1	0	4	0.298	4

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Most walks

Rk	Player	Date	Tm	Opp	Rslt	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	WPA	BOP
1	Hank Aaron	1972-07-11	ATL	STL	W 5-4	8	3	1	1	1	3	5	2	1	0.442	3
2	Derrek Lee	2002-06-10	FLA	KCR	W 15-8	8	4	4	3	2	3	4	0	1	0.530	6
3	Mark McGwire	1998-08-08	STL	CHC	W 9-8	7	3	1	1	1	1	4	2	1	0.152	3
4	Barry Bonds	1992-07-22	PIT	HOU	W 10-7	7	3	2	1	1	2	4	2	2	0.289	4
5	Warren Newson	1991-07-14	CHW	MIL	W 15-1	6	2	3	1	1	4	4	0	1	0.241	5
6	Pat Dodson	1987-09-18 (2)	BOS	BAL	W 10-7	6	2	1	1	1	3	4	1	1	0.239	3
7	Bobby Bonds	1979-09-09	CLE	TOR	W 14-10	6	2	1	1	1	5	4	0	1	0.469	3
8	Dave Winfield	1979-08-31	SDP	STL	L 7-8	8	4	2	1	1	3	4	2	1	0.158	4
9	Ron Fairly	1973-06-05	MON	ATL	W 7-6	6	2	3	1	1	1	4	0	1	0.535	3
10	Hank Thompson	1954-04-30	NYG	CHC	W 4-2	6	2	3	1	1	1	4	1	1	0.325	4
11	Bob Johnson	1941-05-30 (2)	PHA	WSH	W 14-4	6	2	2	1	1	2	4	0	1	0.000	4
12	Babe Ruth	1930-06-15	NYY	CLE	W 17-10	6	2	4	1	1	1	4	0	1	0.000	3
13	Babe Ruth	1921-07-18	NYY	DET	W 10-1	6	2	2	1	1	2	4	0	1	0.000	3

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Notice Hank Thompson on this list. Thompson was the youngest of the African Americans (just 21) who debuted in 1947. He and Browns teammate Willard Brown were the first of those pioneers to play together in the same game, in a July 20 doubleheader against Boston. Thompson and Jackie Robinson both played their final career games on the same day, Sep 30, 1956.

Most home runs

Rk	Player	Date	Tm	Opp	Rslt	PA	AB	R	H	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	WPA	BOP
1	Pat Seerey	1948-07-18 (1)	CHW	PHA	W 12-11	7	6	4	4	0	4	7	1	0	1	0.000	4
2	Vernon Wells	2006-05-30	TOR	BOS	W 8-5	5	4	3	3	0	3	4	1	0	1	0.282	3
3	J.T. Snow	2004-08-13	SFG	PHI	W 16-6	6	4	5	3	0	3	4	2	0	1	0.218	2
4	Richard Hidalgo	2003-09-16	HOU	COL	W 14-4	5	4	4	3	0	3	5	1	0	1	0.212	6
5	Jose Valentin	2003-07-30	CHW	KCR	W 15-4	6	4	3	3	0	3	5	2	0	1	0.366	7
6	Russell Branyan	2002-08-04	CIN	SDP	W 15-10	5	4	4	3	0	3	5	1	0	1	0.687	6
7	Jeromy Burnitz	2001-09-25	MIL	ARI	W 9-4	5	4	3	3	0	3	3	1	0	1	0.264	5
8	Barry Bonds	2001-09-09	SFG	COL	W 9-4	6	5	3	3	0	3	5	1	0	1	0.227	3
9	Luis Gonzalez	2001-06-08	ARI	KCR	W 11-4	6	5	3	3	0	3	4	1	1	1	0.129	3
10	Bret Boone	2000-06-23	SDP	CIN	W 10-7	5	4	4	3	0	3	6	1	1	1	0.458	6
11	Alex Rodriguez	2000-04-16	SEA	TOR	W 19-7	6	5	5	4	0	3	7	1	0	1	0.241	3
12	Lee Stevens	1998-04-13	TEX	DET	W 10-1	5	4	3	3	0	3	4	1	0	1	0.165	7
13	Steve Finley	1997-05-19	SDP	CIN	W 13-6	6	5	3	3	0	3	3	1	0	1	0.185	1
14	Tino Martinez	1997-04-02	NYY	SEA	W 16-2	7	6	5	4	0	3	7	1	0	1	0.378	4
15	Frank Thomas	1996-09-15	CHW	BOS	L 8-9	5	4	4	3	0	3	3	1	1	1	0.250	3
16	Cecil Fielder	1996-04-16	DET	TOR	W 13-8	5	4	3	3	0	3	5	1	1	1	0.216	4
17	Mark McGwire	1995-06-11	OAK	BOS	W 8-1	5	4	3	3	0	3	3	1	0	1	0.280	4
18	Jeff Blauser	1992-07-12	ATL	CHC	W 7-4	5	4	3	3	0	3	5	1	0	1	0.651	7
19	Jack Clark	1991-07-31	BOS	OAK	W 11-10	8	7	4	4	0	3	6	1	0	2	0.693	4
20	Jose Canseco	1988-07-03	OAK	TOR	W 9-8	8	7	3	3	0	3	6	1	0	2	0.578	3
21	Dave Kingman	1979-05-17	CHC	PHI	L 22-23	7	6	4	3	0	3	6	1	0	1	-0.123	4
22	Dave Kingman	1978-05-14	CHC	LAD	W 10-7	8	7	3	4	0	3	8	1	0	1	1.031	4
23	Dick Allen	1968-09-29	PHI	NYM	W 10-3	5	4	3	3	0	3	7	1	0	1	0.460	4
24	Stan Musial	1962-07-08	STL	NYM	W 15-1	5	4	3	3	0	3	4	1	0	1	0.122	4
25	Don Demeter	1961-09-12	PHI	LAD	W 19-10	6	5	5	4	0	3	7	1	0	1	0.303	4
26	Larry Doby	1950-08-02	CLE	WSH	W 11-0	5	4	4	3	0	3	5	1	0	1	0.250	3
27	Tony Lazzeri	1936-05-24	NYY	PHA	W 25-2	6	5	4	4	1	3	11	1	0	1	0.000	8
28	George Harper	1928-09-20 (1)	STL	NYG	W 8-5	5	4	3	3	0	3	5	1	0	1	0.000	6
29	Goose Goslin	1925-06-19	WSH	CLE	W 7-5	6	5	3	3	0	3	4	1	0	1	0.000	4

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Note 41 year-old Stan Musial on this list, the oldest player (by more than a year) with a 3-homer game, and the first 3-homer game by a player over 40 since Babe Ruth hit the final 3 homers his career in 1935. Only Reggie Jackson, and Jason Giambi last season also have a 3-homer game after age 40.

Finally, here are the oldest and youngest players with triple-W games.

Rk	Player	Age	Date	Tm	Opp	Rslt	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	WPA	BOP
1	Julio Franco	48.254	2007-05-04	NYM	ARI	W 5-3	4	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	0.131	6
2	Julio Franco	46.318	2005-07-07 (1)	ATL	CHC	W 6-0	4	3	2	1	0	1	3	1	1	0.097	5
3	Julio Franco	45.323	2004-07-11	ATL	PHI	W 6-4	5	4	1	2	0	1	3	1	1	0.180	6
4	Carl Yastrzemski	43.325	1983-07-13	BOS	SEA	L 4-6	5	4	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0.042	6
5	Rickey Henderson	43.205	2002-07-18	BOS	TBD	W 4-3	5	3	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0.149	1
6	Carlton Fisk	43.187	1991-07-01	CHW	MIN	W 5-4	5	4	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	0.532	5
7	Carlton Fisk	43.182	1991-06-26	CHW	SEA	L 4-5	5	4	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	-0.089	4
8	Carlton Fisk	43.164	1991-06-08	CHW	KCR	W 14-7	5	4	2	2	0	1	3	1	2	0.200	5
9	Rickey Henderson	43.159	2002-06-02	BOS	NYY	W 7-1	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0.119	1
10	Rickey Henderson	43.123	2002-04-27	BOS	TBD	W 10-0	5	4	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	0.121	1

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Rk	Player	Age	Date	Tm	Opp	Rslt	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	WPA	BOP
1	Harmon Killebrew	18.362	1955-06-26 (2)	WSH	DET	W 12-4	5	4	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	0.087	7
2	Whitey Lockman	19.007	1945-08-01	NYG	BSN	W 9-2	5	3	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	0.000	1
3	Harmon Killebrew	19.017	1955-07-16	WSH	KCA	W 8-7	5	4	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	0.086	6
4	Bobby Del Greco	19.063	1952-06-09	PIT	BSN	L 2-3	4	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0.150	2
5	Harmon Killebrew	19.088	1955-09-25	WSH	BAL	L 4-5	5	4	3	3	0	1	1	1	1	0.147	3
6	Rusty Staub	19.106	1963-07-16	HOU	NYM	L 3-4	4	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0.037	5
7	Ken Griffey	19.140	1989-04-10	SEA	CHW	W 6-5	4	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0.065	2
8	Tony Conigliaro	19.162	1964-06-17	BOS	NYY	W 4-3	5	4	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	0.146	2
9	Ken Griffey	19.186	1989-05-26	SEA	MIL	W 7-2	5	4	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	0.031	5
10	Tony Conigliaro	19.194	1964-07-19 (1)	BOS	WSA	W 11-10	5	3	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	0.166	2
11	Tony Conigliaro	19.201	1964-07-26 (1)	BOS	CLE	W 6-1	5	4	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	0.092	2
12	Robin Yount	19.208	1975-04-12	MIL	CLE	W 6-5	4	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0.046	9
13	Bryce Harper	19.224	2012-05-27	WSN	ATL	W 7-2	5	4	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	0.010	2
14	Paul Ratliff	19.239	1963-09-19	MIN	DET	L 6-8	4	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0.086	7
15	Harmon Killebrew	19.336	1956-05-30 (2)	WSH	NYY	L 5-12	4	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	0.099	8
16	Aramis Ramirez	19.352	1998-06-12	PIT	MIL	L 2-4	4	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	-0.037	7
17	Billy Consolo	19.358	1954-08-11 (1)	BOS	WSH	W 10-1	4	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	-0.010	8

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Dalton M

12 years ago

A 4-HR game and 0% WPA? Go figure.

Reply to Dalton M

Actually, there probably isn’t WPA data for that far back…

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Doug

Correct. WPA starts about 1950, I believe.

Note that Dave Kingman has both the highest and lowest WPA on that list. He managed a negative WPA with 3 home runs by twice making an out and failing to advance any runners with the score close and two runners on with nobody out. First time, he hit GIDP with runners and 1st and 3rd, failing even to score the runner at 3rd.

Reply to Doug

In the other Kingman game, his two big hits were a two-run home run in the top of the 9th to tie the game, and a 3 run shot in the top of the 15th to win it.

Richard Chester

Reply to Ed

His first homer got him a WPA of .36 and the second one got him .46 WPA.

Also one of Kingman’s 3 homers came with his team behind 17-6 and his WPA was virtually 0.

Actually, I see the Ted Williams 1949 game in the triple double list has WPA, so I guess there are selected games with WPA back at least that far.

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John Autin

Nice presentation, Doug!

That 1970-05-23 game — 5 hrs. 29 minutes in Candlestick — the hospitals must have been swamped with frostbite victims!

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“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”

I remember attending a double-header at Candlestick in August (1978, I think), with the Giants in the thick of the pennant race. It was a decent crowd, but not huge. The locals knew better, I guess. It really was cold – I left early (which I almost never do) as the second game was a blowout.

I guess I never really focused in on Dunn’s stat line last year: 66 for 415 with 36 runs scored in 122 games / 496 PAs and a 54 OPS+ / -3.1 WAR, and those other not-so-goodies, that is just crazy

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and apologies for going off topic

Kudos to Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, Bret Boone, and Richie Sexson for pulling off the triple double in the minimum required PAs of 6.

birtelcom

Cool stat, Doug. Mets fans, if you are curious the Mets career franchise list is:
Darryl Strawberry 38 triple-W games
Howard Johnson 32
Todd Hundley 26
Carlos Beltran 25
Dave Kingman 23
David Wright 20

James Smyth

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I’ll piggyback on the New York-centric post and add the Yankees list:
Babe Ruth 119
Mickey Mantle 87
Alex Rodriguez 44
Jorge Posada 42
Lou Gehrig 35
Bernie Williams 35

That 5-17-02 game that Bernie had one of the seven triple-doubles was a memorable one…down 8-3 Twins score six in the sixth to take lead. Bernie homers off Guardado w one out in ninth to force extras. Twins score three in the 14th, but Giambi answers with walk-off grand slam to win 13-12.

Working for the Blue Jays, I feel compelled to add their list as well:

Carlos Delago 62
Jose Bautista 26
Fred McGriff 24
Jesse Barfield 20
Willie Upshaw 19

Figured Delgado would have a big lead here, but wow

DaveKingman

Jason Giambi is over 40? For some reason, I still have a hard time getting my head around that. Seems like yesterday he was tearing it up as a youngster.

no statistician but

Pat Seerey: four HRs in a game, 1948.
Out of the big leagues permanently, 1949.
The model later one dimensional players were built upon.

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Pat Seerey – Led the league 4 times in strikeouts, every year in his career that he played 100 games (his max games was 126). Hit only .224, but knew how to take a walk, and had almost 40% of his hits go for extra bases.

In the outfield, his stats indicate he had sub-standard range and too many errors, but a decent arm. Wily Mo Pena is among his top sims.

Clearly, a player before his time. Would have made a nice DH, don’t you think. 🙂

Jim

I’m glad to see The Deacon, Warren Newson, on a list with Ruth, Aaron, and Bonds, where he belongs.

anon

hi, just a suggestion, but if you reference another post a link to that post would be nice. Thanks!

anon1