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Beware Granderson Leading Off An Inning

Posted by Steve Lombardi on April 7, 2010

Picking up on Andy's earlier post, Curtis Granderson now has 104 career big league homers to date - and 54 of those 104 have come while batting with no outs and no one on base. Via Baseball-Reference.com's HR Log, here are those 53 lead-off inning long balls prior to the one he hit this evening  -

2005 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat     Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB 5 Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos Notes Play Description
1 2 2 1 2005-07-24 DET   MIN Kyle Lohse ahead 4-1 b 6 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 9 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
2 7 7 1 2005-09-21 DET @ KCR Jimmy Gobble tied 0-0 t 3 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball)
3 8 8 1 2005-09-26 DET   CHW Cliff Politte tied 3-3 b 9 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 1 8 Walk-Off Home Run (Fly Ball)
4 11 3 1 2006-04-14 DET   CLE Jake Westbrook ahead 2-0 b 3 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
5 14 6 1 2006-05-10 DET @ BAL Rodrigo Lopez ahead 5-1 t 7 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball)
6 18 10 1 2006-06-18 DET @ CHC Mark Prior tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 7,(3-2)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball)
7 19 11 1 2006-06-23 DET   STL Chris Carpenter tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
8 21 13 1 2006-08-27 DET @ CLE Cliff Lee tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
9 22 14 1 2006-09-07 DET @ MIN Scott Baker tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
10 24 16 1 2006-09-21 DET @ BAL Kris Benson ahead 2-0 t 3 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball)
11 25 17 1 2006-09-23 DET @ KCR Mark Redman tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball)
12 26 18 1 2006-09-29 DET   KCR Runelvys Hernandez tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball)
13 27 19 2 2006-09-29 DET   KCR Runelvys Hernandez ahead 1-0 b 3 0 --- 4,(0-2)  1 1 8   Home Run (Line Drive)
14 29 2 1 2007-04-07 DET @ KCR Gil Meche ahead 5-4 t 5 0 --- 3,(2-0)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
15 30 3 1 2007-04-23 DET @ LAA Jered Weaver tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 5,(2-2)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
16 33 6 1 2007-05-09 DET   SEA Cha-Seung Baek tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 4,(1-2)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17 35 8 1 2007-05-23 DET   LAA Darren Oliver ahead 7-6 b 8 0 --- 4,(1-2)  1 1 8   Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
18 38 11 1 2007-06-30 DET   MIN Kevin Slowey behind 1-6 b 5 0 --- 4,(1-2)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
19 39 12 1 2007-07-06 DET   BOS Julian Tavarez ahead 3-1 b 5 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20 40 13 1 2007-07-14 DET @ SEA Miguel Batista tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
21 41 14 1 2007-07-23 DET @ CHW Mark Buehrle tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
22 42 15 1 2007-07-24 (1) DET @ CHW Javier Vazquez behind 2-3 t 6 0 --- 5,(2-2)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
23 44 17 1 2007-08-26 DET   NYY Phil Hughes tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 4,(1-2)  1 1 8 Lead-Off,IPHR Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Fly Ball to LF Line)
24 46 19 1 2007-09-01 DET @ OAK Dan Haren ahead 1-0 t 3 0 --- 6,(2-2)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
25 49 22 1 2007-09-16 DET @ MIN Scott Baker tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 5,(3-1)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
26 50 23 1 2007-09-22 DET   KCR Kyle Davies behind 0-3 b 1 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
27 51 1 1 2008-04-24 DET   TEX Jason Jennings behind 0-1 b 1 0 --- 6,(3-2)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
28 52 2 1 2008-04-25 DET   LAA Ervin Santana behind 0-4 b 4 0 --- 5,(3-1)  1 1 8   Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
29 53 3 1 2008-04-29 DET @ NYY Phil Hughes tied 2-2 t 3 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
30 55 5 1 2008-05-04 DET @ MIN Boof Bonser tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31 57 7 1 2008-06-02 DET @ OAK Rich Harden behind 0-1 t 6 0 --- 8,(3-2)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
32 59 9 1 2008-06-20 DET @ SDP Greg Maddux tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
33 61 11 1 2008-07-27 DET   CHW Javier Vazquez tied 1-1 b 3 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 8   Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
34 62 12 1 2008-08-03 DET @ TBR Troy Percival behind 3-4 t 9 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 1 8   Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
35 64 14 1 2008-08-07 DET @ CHW Javier Vazquez ahead 4-2 t 7 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
36 65 15 1 2008-08-10 DET   OAK Greg Smith tied 0-0 b 5 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 1 8   Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
37 66 16 1 2008-08-27 DET   CLE Fausto Carmona behind 0-1 b 1 0 --- 5,(2-2)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
38 69 19 1 2008-09-14 (2) DET @ CHW Boone Logan behind 2-7 t 8 0 --- 6,(2-2)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
39 73 1 1 2009-04-06 DET @ TOR Roy Halladay behind 0-4 t 4 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40 75 3 1 2009-04-21 DET @ LAA Jered Weaver tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
41 76 4 2 2009-04-21 DET @ LAA Jered Weaver ahead 2-1 t 3 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
42 77 5 1 2009-04-22 DET @ LAA Joe Saunders tied 4-4 t 5 0 --- 8,(3-2)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
43 84 12 1 2009-05-30 DET @ BAL Jeremy Guthrie tied 0-0 t 2 0 --- 3,(2-0)  1 5 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
44 91 19 1 2009-07-17 DET @ NYY A.J. Burnett ahead 2-1 t 5 0 --- 3,(2-0)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
45 92 20 1 2009-07-27 DET @ TEX Tommy Hunter tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
46 93 21 1 2009-07-29 DET @ TEX Scott Feldman tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 3,(2-0)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
47 96 24 1 2009-08-23 DET @ OAK Brett Tomko tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
48 97 25 1 2009-08-25 DET @ LAA John Lackey behind 1-3 t 5 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
49 98 26 1 2009-09-03 DET   CLE Fausto Carmona tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
50 99 27 1 2009-09-12 DET   TOR Scott Richmond tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 6,(2-2)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
51 100 28 1 2009-09-27 DET @ CHW Daniel Hudson tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 1 8 Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
52 101 29 1 2009-09-29 (1) DET   MIN Joe Nathan behind 1-3 b 10 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
53 102 30 1 2009-09-29 (2) DET   MIN Matt Guerrier ahead 5-4 b 8 0 --- 3,(2-0)  1 7 8   Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 4/7/2010.

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Related posts:

    Leading both leagues in RBI and R (or “Why Curtis Granderson is the AL MVP”)
    Leading off a post-season game with a homer
    Fernando Tatis
    Walk-off grand slams
    Slamming pitchers

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9 Responses to “Beware Granderson Leading Off An Inning”

  1. Zachary Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 12:40 am

    Were any of those after an earlier home run had cleared the bases?

    Also, ol' Javy Vazquez must be happy Grandy is a teammate now!

  2. koma Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 2:37 am

    the masterpiece was on 2007-07-23 when he homered off the very first pitch of the game.

  3. Andy Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 8:09 am

    Neat that he did it twice in one game.

    Also, this is an overall impressive list of pitchers..!

  4. Steve Lombardi Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 8:23 am

    Zachary - that's possible. I would need to check and see if any of those were after an earlier home run had cleared the bases.

  5. Evan Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 10:16 am

    Granderson's splits page credits him with 52 HRs in 1081 PAs leading of an inning. He has 2909 PAs for his career so 37% of his PAs have been leading off an inning, but half his home runs have occurred during these situations.

  6. Steve Lombardi Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 10:46 am

    Evan, good thought! Here's what the splits page has for him leading off an inning:

    Year  G GS   PA  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB  SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
2004     6    7   7   2   2  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   2  .286  .286  .429  .714  
2005    35   60  57   8  14  3  0  3   3  0  0  3  19  .246  .283  .456  .739  
2006   145  251 223  45  63 11  6  8   8  0  0 28  57  .283  .363  .493  .856 
2007   142  262 244  64  78 15  8 13  13  0  0 17  51  .320  .366  .607  .973 
2008   128  235 211  53  55  9  2 12  12  0  0 24  48  .261  .336  .493  .829 
2009   149  264 241  44  59  8  3 15  15  0  0 23  60  .245  .311  .490  .800 
2010     2    2   2   2   2  0  0  1   1  0  0  0   0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500   
Total  607 1081 985 218 273 47 19 52  52  0  0 95 237  .277  .341  .522  .863
  7. Steve Lombardi Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 10:50 am

    So, maybe 2 of those 54 HRs were after an earlier home run had cleared the bases.

  8. Kahuna Tuna Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 11:50 am

    So, maybe 2 of those 54 HRs were after an earlier home run had cleared the bases.

    Exactly two.

    4/14/06: Inge precedes Granderson and hits a solo homer.
    5/10/06: Inge precedes Granderson and hits a three-run homer.

  9. Steve Lombardi Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    Nice work Tuna.

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