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Shawn Green, for example, established a new major league record with 19 total bases and finished with a total of five extra-base hits, [4] tying a National League record that was also achieved by Larry Twitchell during the latter's six-hit game. [5] Four of Green's six hits were home runs, equaling the record for most home runs in one game. [4]
10 home runs by one team in a game 1 c: Baseball Almanac: Home runs by same 2 consecutive batters twice in same inning 1 d: AP Online: 5 sacrifice flies by one team in a game 2 e: CBS Sportsline: 9 or more home runs by one team in a game 2: Baseball Almanac: 5 or more home runs by one team in an inning 2 f: Wikipedia [better source needed]
In Major League Baseball, players have scored six or more runs in one game 16 times. This record has been achieved by 15 players, the most recent being Joe Randa of the Kansas City Royals on September 9, 2004. Mel Ott is the only player to accomplish the feat twice, doing so nearly a decade apart.
Tony Lazzeri (left), Rudy York (center) and Nomar Garciaparra (right) are the only players to amass 10 runs batted in and hit two grand slams in the same game. In baseball, a run batted in (RBI) is awarded to a batter for each runner who scores as a result of the batter's action, including a hit, fielder's choice, sacrifice fly, sacrifice bunt, catcher's interference, or a walk or hit by pitch ...
Lyons hit in 52 consecutive games that season, but his streak included two games (#22 and #44) in which his only "hits" were walks. In 1968, MLB ruled that walks in 1887 would not be counted as hits, so Lyons' streak was no longer recognized, though it still appears on some lists. In 2000, Major League Baseball reversed its 1968 decision ...
Twenty-one pitchers with 100 or more game score points did so in losing games, including Harvey Haddix, who scored a 107 for the game in which he took a perfect game into the 13th inning. The highest-ever losing game score was 118, from Art Nehf, who outlasted the opposing starter by six innings but lost in the 21st inning. Seventeen of the 100 ...
Most runs scored: Rickey Henderson: 2,295 [11] Highest on-base percentage: Ted Williams.482 [12] Most stolen bases: Rickey Henderson: 1,406 [13] Most steals of home Ty Cobb: 54 Highest slugging percentage: Josh Gibson.718 Highest on-base plus slugging: Josh Gibson: 1.177 Most five hit games Ty Cobb: 14 Most walks: Barry Bonds: 2,558 [14] Most ...
Bobby Lowe was the first MLB player to hit four home runs in a single game, doing so in 1894. In baseball, a home run occurs when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process. In modern baseball, the feat is ...