4-Homer games

This is more so just random stuff about the games where one player has hit four home runs than it is about a only-happened-once kind of thing.

So then, since 1956 there have been only eight players to hit 4 home runs in one game:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/ezCy

Of those 8 games:
*Two were playing for the home team (Bob Horner, 7/6/86, Carlos Delgado, 9/25/03)
*Twice did the player have any additional hits (Mike Schmidt went 5-6, 4/17/76, Shawn Green went 6-6, 5/23/02)
*Once has the player had any additional extra base hits (double by Shawn Green, 5/23/02)
*Once were they all of the batter's ABs (Carlos Delgado, 9/25/03)
-Though Shawn Green did go 6-6 in his game on 5/23/02
*Once were they all solo home runs (Mike Cameron, 5/2/02)
*Mike Cameron is also the only guy to get beaned in a game in which he hit 4 home runs
*No one has ever struck out in a game that they hit 4 home runs in
*Once has the player also drawn a base on balls (Rocky Colavito, 6/10/59)
*Mark Whiten had the most RBI with 12 (9/7/93)
*Three times in the AL, five times in the NL
*One in the 50s, one in the 60s, one in the 70s, one in the 80s, one in the 90s, three in the 2000s
*# of PAs: 4 happened once (Delgado), 5 PAs happened four times, 6 PAs happened three times
*Position: Two 1B, one 3B, three CF, two RF
*Batting spot in lineup: batting third, three times; batting 4th, three times; batting 6th, once
*August only regular season month in which no one has ever hit 4 home runs in a game
*Once the batter played for the losing team (Bob Horner, July 6, 1986)
And of course my favorite:
*Al Newman got his one career home run in the same game in which an opponent hit 4 home runs (Bob Horner, July 6, 1986)

(NOTE: There was more I was going to include in this post, but I wrote this like 3-4 weeks ago, then my computer messed up and being new to this whole blogger thing, I thought my post was lost and therefore didn't mess with this page at all until realizing today that blogger saved it as a draft.)

Dennys Reyes had a unique 2006, chubby cheeks

2006 was Dennys "Chubby Cheeks" Reyes' first season with the Twins. Minnesota became his ninth team he's played for. The 2006 season was also his 10th season in the league. Generally if a guy plays for 9 teams in 10 years, not a good sign. Throughout most of his career he had been an average at best set up guy (and occasional starter). Then 2006 came along.

Prior to that season, his lowest ERA in a season was 3.79 in 1999. His lowest WHIP was 1.468, way back in his rookie season of 1997. But in 2006, he put up what may have been one of the flukiest seasons in baseball history.

For in 2006, Reyes had a scant ERA of 0.89 and a WHIP of 0.987, both easily career highs, er...career lows. Not only that, but Dennys Reyes' 2006 season was a one of a kind in baseball history.

In 2006, Dennys Reyes became the first set up guy (no starts and no saves in a season) to post an ERA+ of over 500 with at least 50 IP. He pitched 50.2 innings and had an ERA+ of 504.

So there's my stupid stat of the day. Sorry haven't had any for the past couple days, but have been super busy as of late. Will make up for it with multiple postings a day when I have time.

Congrats Dennys, not only do you have perhaps the fattest face in baseball, not to mention the overall portly physique, but you accomplished a that's-never-been-done-before!

It should be noted that Reyes did return to Earth the following season, when his ERA+ dropped to 109, pretty close to his career ERA+ of 102.