Best games since 1903: 4 Home Runs and/or 10 RBI and/or 6 Hits. Shohei Ohtani?

The hysteria for the recent game by Shohei Ohtani as one of the greatest of all time:

6 for 6

3 Home Runs (passed 50 for the season)

2 Stolen Bases (passed 50 for the season)

2 doubles

10 RBI.

Ohtani: 50 HR, 50 SB. How big a deal? Since 1903 rank tied at 480 with his 7.3 WAR. Thursday, September 19, 2024

Shohei Ohtani reached 50 HR and 50 SB in his team's 20-4 route of the Florida Marlins.

Ohtani hit three Home Runs and had 10 RBI in the Dodgers 20-4 route of the Florida Marlins (56-97).

Vidal Bruján

Infielder who gave up the third home run to Ohtani with two runners on base in the 9th inning.

Against pitchers, Ohtani was 5 for 5 with two home runs and 7 RBI.

Entering the 9th Dodgers were up 14-3. Why was Ohtani even in the game padding his stats? Betts and Freeman had been pulled.

In 2024 Ohtani has not pitched and has not played the field. In his career Ohtani has played 8 innings in the field. 8 innings...

Ohtani leads NL in WAR but is 6th in MLB. His 7.3 is nothing special. Aaron Judge has beaten that three times, including 9.8 so far in 2024...

Ohtani is tied for rank 480 with his 7.3 WAR...

From (MLB) 2022 to 2023 base stealing increased (.72-.51)/.51= 41%.

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4 Home Run games:

https://stathead.com/tiny/Lun5n

For single games, since 1903, Playing in the AL or NL, in the regular season, requiring Home Runs >= 4, sorted by ascending Runs Batted In.

Rk	Player	RBI	HR	AB	H	SB	CS	2B	3B	Date	Age	Team		Opp	Result	PA
1	Mike Cameron	4	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	2002-05-02	29-114	SEA	@	CHW	W 15-4	6
2	Rocky Colavito	6	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	1959-06-10	25-304	CLE	@	BAL	W 11-8	5
3	Carlos Delgado	6	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	2003-09-25	31-092	TOR		TBD	W 10-8	4
4	Lou Gehrig	6	4	6	4	0	0	0	0	1932-06-03	28-350	NYY	@	PHA	W 20-13	6
5	Bob Horner	6	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	1986-07-06	28-334	ATL		MON	L 8-11	5
6	Chuck Klein	6	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	1936-07-10	31-277	PHI	@	PIT	W 9-6 (10)	5
7	J.D. Martinez	6	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	2017-09-04	30-014	ARI	@	LAD	W 13-0	5
8	Joe Adcock	7	4	5	5	0	0	1	0	1954-07-31	26-274	MLN	@	BRO	W 15-7	5
9	Shawn Green	7	4	6	6	0	0	1	0	2002-05-23	29-194	LAD	@	MIL	W 16-3	6
10	Pat Seerey	7	4	6	4	0	0	0	0	1948-07-18 (1)	25-123	CHW	@	PHA	W 12-11 (11)	7
11	Josh Hamilton	8	4	5	5	0	0	1	0	2012-05-08	30-353	TEX	@	BAL	W 10-3	5
12	Willie Mays	8	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	1961-04-30	29-359	SFG	@	MLN	W 14-4	5
13	Mike Schmidt	8	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	1976-04-17	26-203	PHI	@	CHC	W 18-16 (10)	6
14	Gil Hodges	9	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	1950-08-31	26-149	BRO		BSN	W 19-3	6
15	Scooter Gennett	10	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	2017-06-06	27-036	CIN		STL	W 13-1	5
16	Mark Whiten	12	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	1993-09-07 (2)	26-286	STL	@	CIN	W 15-2	5

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Generated 9/21/2024.

Shawn Green: 6 for 6, 4 HR, 1 2B; opposing team used only pitchers

Mark Whiten: 4 HR, 12 RBI; opposing team used only pitchers

10 RBI games:

https://stathead.com/tiny/pbyAg

For single games, since 1903, Playing in the AL or NL, in the regular season, Runs Batted In >= 10, sorted by descending Runs Batted In.

Rk	Player	RBI	HR	H	AB	SB	CS	2B	3B	Date	Age	Team		Opp	Result	PA
1	Jim Bottomley	12	2	6	6	0	0	1	0	1924-09-16	24-146	STL	@	BRO	W 17-3	6
2	Mark Whiten	12	4	4	5	0	0	0	0	1993-09-07 (2)	26-286	STL	@	CIN	W 15-2	5
3	Tony Lazzeri	11	3	4	5	0	0	0	1	1936-05-24	32-170	NYY	@	PHA	W 25-2	6
4	Phil Weintraub	11	1	4	5	0	0	2	1	1944-04-30 (1)	36-201	NYG		BRO	W 26-8	7
5	Garret Anderson	10	2	4	6	0	0	2	0	2007-08-21	35-052	LAA		NYY	W 18-9	6
6	Walker Cooper	10	3	6	7	0	0	0	0	1949-07-06	34-179	CIN		CHC	W 23-4	7
7	Nomar Garciaparra	10	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	1999-05-10	25-291	BOS		SEA	W 12-4	5
8	Scooter Gennett	10	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	2017-06-06	27-036	CIN		STL	W 13-1	5
9	Reggie Jackson	10	2	5	6	0	0	1	0	1969-06-14	23-027	OAK	@	BOS	W 21-7	7
10	Fred Lynn	10	3	5	6	0	0	0	1	1975-06-18	23-135	BOS	@	DET	W 15-1	6
11	Shohei Ohtani	10	3	6	6	2	0	2	0	2024-09-19	30-076	LAD	@	MIA	W 20-4	6
12	Anthony Rendon	10	3	6	6	0	0	1	0	2017-04-30	26-328	WSN		NYM	W 23-5	6
13	Mark Reynolds	10	2	5	5	0	0	1	0	2018-07-07	34-338	WSN		MIA	W 18-4	5
14	Álex Rodríguez	10	3	4	5	0	0	0	0	2005-04-26	29-273	NYY		LAA	W 12-4	5
15	Rudy York	10	2	3	5	0	0	1	0	1946-07-27	32-344	BOS	@	SLB	W 13-6	6
16	Norm Zauchin	10	3	4	5	0	0	1	0	1955-05-27	25-191	BOS		WSH	W 16-0	5

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Generated 9/21/2024.

Jim Bottomley: 6 for 6; opposing team used only pitchers

Anthony Rendon: 6 for 6, 3 HR; opposing team used non pitcher Kevin Plawecki (catcher) for the final 2 innings (7 & 8): 4 Runs, 3 Home Runs, including one HR to Rendon (1 for 1, 1 RBI).

6 Hit games:

112 games since 1903.

https://stathead.com/tiny/H8ui9

For single games, since 1903, Playing in the AL or NL, in the regular season, Hits >= 6, sorted by descending Hits.

At least 7 Hits:

Rk	Player	H	AB	HR	RBI	SB	CS	2B	3B	Date	Age	Team		Opp	Result	PA
1	Johnny Burnett	9	11	0	2	0	0	2	0	1932-07-10	27-252	CLE		PHA	L 17-18 (18)	11
2	Rocky Colavito	7	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	1962-06-24	28-318	DET		NYY	L 7-9 (22)	11
3	Brandon Crawford	7	8	0	2	1	0	1	1	2016-08-08	29-200	SFG	@	MIA	W 8-7 (14)	8
4	César Gutiérrez	7	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	1970-06-21 (2)	27-146	DET	@	CLE	W 9-8 (12)	7
5	Rennie Stennett	7	7	0	2	0	0	2	1	1975-09-16	26-164	PIT	@	CHC	W 22-0	7

At least 3 HR:

Rk	Player	H	AB	HR ▼	RBI	SB	CS	2B	3B	Date	Age	Team		Opp	Result	PA
1	Shawn Green	6	6	4	7	0	0	1	0	2002-05-23	29-194	LAD	@	MIL	W 16-3	6
2	Edgardo Alfonzo	6	6	3	5	0	0	1	0	1999-08-30	25-295	NYM	@	HOU	W 17-1	6
3	Ty Cobb	6	6	3	5	0	1	1	0	1925-05-05	38-138	DET	@	SLB	W 14-8	6
4	Walker Cooper	6	7	3	10	0	0	0	0	1949-07-06	34-179	CIN		CHC	W 23-4	7
5	Jimmie Foxx	6	9	3	8	0	0	1	0	1932-07-10	24-262	PHA	@	CLE	W 18-17 (18)	10
6	Shohei Ohtani	6	6	3	10	2	0	2	0	2024-09-19	30-076	LAD	@	MIA	W 20-4	6
7	Anthony Rendon	6	6	3	10	0	0	1	0	2017-04-30	26-328	WSN		NYM	W 23-5	6

Ty Cobb? opposing team used only pitchers; the next game (Wednesday, May 6, 1925) Cobb hit two more HR; opposing team used only pitchers; Cobb hit FIVE HR in two consecutive games.

At least 2 SB:

Rk	Player	H	AB	HR	RBI	SB ▼	CS	2B	3B	Date	Age	Team		Opp	Result	PA
1	Max Carey	6	6	0	2	3	0	1	0	1922-07-07	32-177	PIT		NYG	L 8-9 (18)	9
2	Sammy Sosa	6	6	0	2	3	1	1	0	1993-07-02	24-232	CHC	@	COL	W 11-8	6
3	Shohei Ohtani	6	6	3	10	2	0	2	0	2024-09-19	30-076	LAD	@	MIA	W 20-4	6
4	Álex Ríos	6	6	0	2	2	0	0	1	2013-07-09	32-141	CHW	@	DET	W 11-4	6
5	Gene Richards	6	7	0	0	2	0	1	0	1977-07-26 (2)	23-300	SDP		MON	L 2-5 (15)	8

At least 3 doubles:

Rk	Player	H	AB	HR	RBI	SB	CS	2B ▼	3B	Date	Age	Team		Opp	Result	PA
1	Rafael Devers	6	6	0	3	0	1	4	0	2019-08-13	22-293	BOS	@	CLE	W 7-6 (10)	6
2	Charlie Blackmon	6	6	1	5	0	1	3	0	2014-04-04	27-277	COL		ARI	W 12-2	6
3	George Burns	6	6	0	2	0	0	3	1	1924-06-19 (1)	31-140	CLE	@	DET	W 16-5	6
4	Kiki Cuyler	6	6	0	2	0	0	3	1	1924-08-09 (1)	25-345	PIT	@	PHI	W 16-4	6
5	Frank Demaree	6	7	0	2	0	2	3	0	1937-07-05 (1)	27-025	CHC		STL	W 13-12 (14)	8
6	Dick Groat	6	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	1960-05-13	29-191	PIT	@	MLN	W 8-2	6

At least 2 triples:

Rk	Player	H	AB	HR	RBI	SB	CS	2B	3B ▼	Date	Age	Team		Opp	Result	PA
1	Lance Johnson	6	6	0	4	0	0	0	3	1995-09-23	32-079	CHW	@	MIN	W 14-4	6
2	Willie Harris	6	6	0	6	1	0	0	2	2007-07-21	29-029	ATL		STL	W 14-6	6

Two 6 hit games: Jim Bottomley, Jimmie Foxx (including one with 3 HR), Kirby Puckett.

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