djvh@drutx.UUCP (VanHandelDJ) (05/14/85)
> >Has a major league player ever hit two homeruns in one inning? >I assume it has happened. I have memories of reading that a >pitcher once did it. > >The question was raised on Saturday when Jim Rice had the chance >to hit two homers in one inning against the A's. > >While on the subject of hitters and innings, what is the most >productive inning a hitter has ever had? > I know John Boccabella did it for the Expos around 1973, and Willie McCovey in '77 or '78. I think there are at least 8 players to accomplish 2 HRs in one inning. As far as most productive inning, Dusty Baker batted 3 times in one inning for the 1973 Braves. I don't know what he did in those at-bats, but to get up 3 times somebody in the lineup had a heck of an inning. Dave Van Handel
djvh@drutx.UUCP (VanHandelDJ) (06/14/85)
> >As for two homers in one inning, Von Hayes became the first ever to >do so in the first inning(Ray Knight was last to hit them in the same >inning in 1980; only 21 players have done it in history; quiz: which >player did it twice?). > I believe Willie McCovey did it twice. Dave Van Handel
wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (06/14/85)
No, No, Von Hayes was the first to do it in the FIRST inning. Now if that was for the National League only, or both leagues, I don't know. T.C.W.