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Will Venable’s big day

Posted by Andy on April 13, 2010

I'm writing this on Monday evening while the Braves-Padres game is still going on. Will Venable already has a single, triple, HR, and stolen base in his 129th career game.

Of the years covered by box scores in the database, here are the 30 guys to have at least 1 SB, 1 3B, 1 HR in one of their first 129 career games.

Rk Gcar Player Date Tm Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS WPA RE24 aLI BOP Pos. Summary
1 106 Brett Gardner 2009-06-26 NYY NYM W 9-1 6 6 3 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.096 3.044 .463 1 CF
2 11 Jacoby Ellsbury 2007-09-04 BOS TOR W 5-3 3 3 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.267 2.774 .952 9 LF
3 107 Alex Gordon 2007-08-11 KCR TOR W 4-1 3 3 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.337 3.020 .862 6 3B
4 120 Juan Encarnacion 1999-07-04 DET MIN W 15-5 6 5 4 2 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.195 3.535 .530 1 LF
5 49 Chris Singleton 1999-06-23 CHW MIN L 10-12 5 5 1 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.147 3.161 .907 6 CF
6 37 Nomar Garciaparra 1997-04-15 BOS OAK W 7-2 5 5 2 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.110 3.724 .871 1 SS
7 94 Rondell White 1995-06-11 MON SFG W 10-8 7 7 5 6 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.340 4.210 .990 5 CF
8 117 Kenny Lofton 1992-08-03 CLE NYY W 8-6 6 4 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.599 3.295 1.782 1 CF
9 81 Ruben Amaro 1992-07-07 (1) PHI SFG L 7-8 4 4 1 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.398 3.737 1.514 7 RF
10 81 Glenallen Hill 1990-08-14 TOR CHW W 12-4 4 3 2 2 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.088 4.623 .290 7 LF
11 23 Delino DeShields 1990-05-07 MON SFG W 7-6 5 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.326 2.944 1.135 1 2B
12 116 Luis Polonia 1987-09-23 OAK CLE L 6-8 5 4 1 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.247 2.307 .981 1 LF
13 126 Barry Bonds 1987-04-22 PIT NYM L 7-8 5 5 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.095 2.921 .682 1 CF
14 59 Oddibe McDowell 1985-07-23 TEX CLE W 8-4 5 5 3 5 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.299 3.931 .700 1 CF
15 60 Andy Van Slyke 1983-08-18 STL HOU W 5-4 5 4 4 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.799 1.596 1.535 3 3B
16 65 Jim Tyrone 1974-09-14 CHC NYM W 12-0 6 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.128 1.623 .309 2 RF LF
17 79 Jorge Orta 1973-05-15 CHW OAK W 6-5 5 5 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.433 1.564 1.297 9 2B
18 8 Lou Brock 1962-04-13 CHC STL L 5-8 8 8 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.051 0.616 1.342 1 CF
19 36 Ken Hunt 1961-04-20 (2) LAA NYY L 2-4 4 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.077 0.653 1.126 6 CF
20 74 Whitey Herzog 1956-08-02 WSH CHW L 4-5 5 5 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.171 1.719 1.185 2 CF
21 5 Don Gutteridge 1936-09-11 (1) STL BRO W 12-8 5 5 4 3 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.000 7 3B
22 40 Buddy Lewis 1936-05-24 WSH BOS W 12-4 6 6 3 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.000 2 3B
23 53 Pete Fox 1933-07-04 (2) DET SLB L 5-6 5 5 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.000 1 CF
24 127 Ted Gullic 1933-06-14 SLB CHW W 14-1 5 5 2 3 0 1 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.000 6 3B
25 122 Gus Suhr 1930-08-28 (1) PIT CIN W 16-12 5 4 3 3 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.000 7 1B
Rk Gcar Player Date Tm Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS WPA RE24 aLI BOP Pos. Summary
26 55 Lance Richbourg 1927-06-08 BSN STL W 11-8 6 6 2 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.000 2 RF
27 64 Tony Lazzeri 1926-06-24 NYY BOS L 5-6 5 5 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.000 6 2B
28 5 Mandy Brooks 1925-06-05 CHC BRO L 6-7 4 4 2 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.000 4 CF
29 25 Jim Bottomley 1922-09-16 STL BSN W 4-2 5 5 1 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.000 4 1B
30 62 Marty McManus 1921-07-27 SLB NYY W 7-5 5 5 2 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.000 7 1B
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Generated 4/12/2010.

By the time you read this, Venable made have even hit for the cycle!

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4 Responses to “Will Venable’s big day”

  1. Jim Says:
    April 13th, 2010 at 10:23 am

    Quite a short list, and while there are some regulars on there, hes not in bad company.

  2. Kahuna Tuna Says:
    April 13th, 2010 at 10:31 am

    Venable wound up missing the cycle by a double. It remains true that no Padre has ever hit for the cycle.

  3. Baseball In-Depth Says:
    April 13th, 2010 at 10:56 am

    It's interesting that Orta and Herzog are so close on the list considering how their paths crossed in 1985 World Series, with Herzog managing the Cardinals and Orta leading off the 9th inning of Game 6 (the Don Denkinger inning) with a single for the Royals (he only went 2-18 in the postseason in his career), setting the table for the comeback.

  4. Baseball-Reference Blog » Blog Archive » Notes from last night’s Phillies/Nationals game Says:
    April 15th, 2010 at 8:49 am

    [...] happened in this game. Shane Victorino missed a cycle by just a double, which rang a bell since Will Venable did the exact same thing a few days ago. (By the way, I know I'm getting old because every time I think to write abotu Venable, I start [...]

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