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They Did What?

Posted by Steve Lombardi on June 10, 2010

Via B-R.com's PI - Players since 1952 with 6+ games where they batted clean-up and had a SAC bunt in the contest:

Rk Player #Matching   PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP
1 Ron Fairly 26 Ind. Games 121 78 17 4 0 1 8 14 11 .218 .340 .308 .648 27 1 4 1 0
2 Jackie Robinson 17 Ind. Games 77 52 14 3 0 2 11 7 3 .269 .367 .442 .809 17 0 0 1 1
3 Steve Garvey 16 Ind. Games 76 56 15 4 0 0 2 4 8 .268 .317 .339 .656 16 0 1 0 0
4 Frank Thomas 14 Ind. Games 65 43 12 2 0 3 13 5 6 .279 .392 .535 .927 14 0 0 3 2
5 Rusty Staub 14 Ind. Games 63 40 13 4 0 0 8 5 3 .325 .408 .425 .833 14 2 1 2 1
6 George Kell 13 Ind. Games 56 40 10 1 0 0 10 3 2 .250 .302 .275 .577 13 0 0 0 2
7 Sal Bando 13 Ind. Games 58 33 13 2 0 3 7 12 0 .394 .556 .727 1.283 13 0 1 0 0
8 Hank Aaron 13 Ind. Games 58 43 10 5 0 1 4 2 2 .233 .267 .419 .685 13 0 0 0 1
9 Don Mincher 12 Ind. Games 55 38 6 1 1 0 4 4 12 .158 .233 .237 .469 12 1 0 0 0
10 Del Ennis 12 Ind. Games 56 40 7 0 1 2 8 3 8 .175 .227 .375 .602 12 1 1 0 3
11 Hank Thompson 11 Ind. Games 50 28 4 1 0 1 1 9 2 .143 .368 .286 .654 12 0 0 1 0
12 Bill Robinson 11 Ind. Games 51 37 11 0 1 2 9 0 7 .297 .275 .514 .789 11 3 0 0 0
13 Bill Melton 11 Ind. Games 59 44 10 3 0 2 7 3 9 .227 .271 .432 .703 11 1 1 0 1
14 Rick Reichardt 10 Ind. Games 46 32 11 5 2 1 8 3 5 .344 .389 .719 1.108 10 1 0 0 2
15 Tommy Davis 10 Ind. Games 44 28 11 1 1 3 5 5 4 .393 .500 .821 1.321 10 0 2 1 1
16 Butch Wynegar 9 Ind. Games 46 31 5 1 0 0 5 5 3 .161 .278 .194 .471 10 0 0 0 1
17 Dave Winfield 9 Ind. Games 42 30 12 1 0 1 7 2 7 .400 .424 .533 .958 9 1 0 0 2
18 Andre Thornton 9 Ind. Games 40 25 6 3 0 1 5 6 1 .240 .387 .480 .867 9 0 0 0 0
19 Gorman Thomas 9 Ind. Games 43 30 9 2 0 0 4 4 10 .300 .382 .367 .749 9 0 0 0 0
20 Brooks Robinson 9 Ind. Games 42 29 3 0 0 1 2 2 2 .103 .182 .207 .389 9 1 1 1 3
21 Bob Nieman 9 Ind. Games 45 32 8 0 0 1 4 4 2 .250 .333 .344 .677 9 0 0 0 2
22 Sam Mele 9 Ind. Games 44 33 9 2 1 2 9 2 3 .273 .314 .576 .890 9 0 0 0 2
23 Dave Kingman 9 Ind. Games 45 34 14 2 0 2 9 2 9 .412 .444 .647 1.092 9 0 1 0 2
24 Al Kaline 9 Ind. Games 42 29 7 0 1 1 4 4 6 .241 .333 .414 .747 9 0 2 0 0
25 Tony Conigliaro 9 Ind. Games 47 35 15 2 0 2 11 2 8 .429 .447 .657 1.105 9 1 0 0 0
26 Roy Campanella 9 Ind. Games 41 31 9 1 0 0 5 0 4 .290 .290 .323 .613 10 0 0 0 2
27 Vic Power 8 Ind. Games 35 26 8 3 0 2 3 0 0 .308 .296 .654 .950 8 1 0 0 0
28 Frank Malzone 8 Ind. Games 36 26 7 0 0 0 3 1 3 .269 .286 .269 .555 8 1 0 0 1
29 Kent Hrbek 8 Ind. Games 39 27 6 0 0 3 9 4 4 .222 .323 .556 .878 8 0 0 0 0
30 Gil Hodges 8 Ind. Games 34 23 5 0 0 2 10 2 3 .217 .269 .478 .747 8 1 0 0 0
31 Larry Hisle 8 Ind. Games 31 22 7 1 0 1 6 1 4 .318 .348 .500 .848 8 0 1 0 0
32 Bill Freehan 8 Ind. Games 33 21 5 1 0 0 1 4 3 .238 .360 .286 .646 8 0 0 0 1
33 Bruce Bochte 8 Ind. Games 34 23 9 3 0 0 5 2 2 .391 .440 .522 .962 9 0 1 0 0
34 Joe Adcock 8 Ind. Games 37 26 5 0 1 0 4 3 6 .192 .276 .269 .545 8 0 1 0 1
35 Jim Wynn 7 Ind. Games 28 19 5 1 0 1 3 2 5 .263 .333 .474 .807 7 0 0 0 0
36 Bob Watson 7 Ind. Games 38 29 11 3 0 1 3 2 3 .379 .419 .586 1.006 7 0 0 0 2
37 Gus Triandos 7 Ind. Games 31 20 4 2 0 0 3 4 4 .200 .333 .300 .633 7 0 0 0 1
38 Lee Thomas 7 Ind. Games 31 22 9 1 1 1 2 2 2 .409 .458 .682 1.140 7 0 0 0 0
39 Lance Parrish 7 Ind. Games 30 18 4 0 0 1 4 4 7 .222 .348 .389 .737 7 1 0 0 1
40 Andy Pafko 7 Ind. Games 29 18 3 0 1 0 4 3 2 .167 .286 .278 .563 8 0 0 0 0
41 Jose Morales 7 Ind. Games 25 16 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 7 0 1 1 0
42 Hal McRae 7 Ind. Games 30 21 4 0 0 1 4 2 2 .190 .261 .333 .594 7 0 1 0 0
43 Jim Lefebvre 7 Ind. Games 35 25 6 1 0 0 4 2 2 .240 .286 .280 .566 7 1 0 0 1
44 Sid Gordon 7 Ind. Games 29 20 5 2 0 0 3 1 0 .250 .318 .350 .668 7 0 1 1 0
45 Carl Furillo 7 Ind. Games 31 21 4 0 1 0 6 2 1 .190 .250 .286 .536 7 1 0 0 0
46 Darrell Evans 7 Ind. Games 34 23 7 2 0 1 5 4 4 .304 .407 .522 .929 7 0 1 0 0
47 Gary Carter 7 Ind. Games 35 20 3 2 0 0 5 6 1 .150 .357 .250 .607 7 1 0 1 1
48 Dick Allen 7 Ind. Games 33 23 5 0 0 0 0 3 7 .217 .308 .217 .525 7 0 1 0 1
49 Willie Stargell 6 Ind. Games 27 18 6 1 0 0 2 3 5 .333 .429 .389 .817 6 0 0 0 0
50 Duke Snider 6 Ind. Games 26 19 7 2 0 1 2 1 5 .368 .400 .632 1.032 6 0 0 0 0
51 Chris Sabo 6 Ind. Games 27 20 7 1 0 2 5 1 1 .350 .381 .700 1.081 6 0 0 0 0
52 Floyd Robinson 6 Ind. Games 27 18 7 2 1 0 2 3 1 .389 .476 .611 1.087 6 0 0 0 0
53 Eddie Robinson 6 Ind. Games 28 18 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 .111 .273 .111 .384 6 0 1 2 1
54 Boog Powell 6 Ind. Games 29 17 4 1 0 0 3 6 4 .235 .435 .294 .729 6 0 2 0 0
55 Tony Perez 6 Ind. Games 25 16 5 1 0 0 2 2 2 .313 .421 .375 .796 6 0 1 1 1
56 Bill Mazeroski 6 Ind. Games 25 18 6 3 0 0 4 1 2 .333 .368 .500 .868 6 0 1 0 1
57 Fred Lynn 6 Ind. Games 29 19 9 3 0 0 3 4 4 .474 .565 .632 1.197 6 0 1 0 0
58 Ruppert Jones 6 Ind. Games 28 17 6 1 0 0 3 4 2 .353 .455 .412 .866 6 1 0 0 1
59 Jim Hickman 6 Ind. Games 26 18 4 1 0 1 1 2 3 .222 .300 .444 .744 6 0 0 0 1
60 Walt Dropo 6 Ind. Games 29 22 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 6 1 0 0 2
61 Don Demeter 6 Ind. Games 30 21 7 2 0 4 8 2 4 .333 .417 1.000 1.417 6 0 1 1 1
62 Nate Colbert 6 Ind. Games 25 14 3 0 0 0 0 5 5 .214 .421 .214 .635 6 0 0 0 0
63 Rocky Colavito 6 Ind. Games 27 20 2 1 0 0 2 1 5 .100 .143 .150 .293 6 0 0 0 0
64 Ed Charles 6 Ind. Games 26 20 6 1 0 0 2 0 3 .300 .300 .350 .650 6 0 0 0 1
65 Ron Cey 6 Ind. Games 26 19 4 0 0 0 1 1 6 .211 .250 .211 .461 6 0 0 0 0
66 Don Baylor 6 Ind. Games 28 18 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 .111 .238 .111 .349 7 0 0 1 0
67 George Altman 6 Ind. Games 28 18 3 1 0 0 3 2 6 .167 .227 .222 .449 6 2 0 0 0
68 Bob Allison 6 Ind. Games 26 16 8 4 1 0 3 4 2 .500 .600 .875 1.475 6 0 0 0 0
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 6/10/2010.

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And, now, see how many times batters have 6+ games since 1988 with a SH while batting clean-up:

Rk Player #Matching   PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP
1 Kent Hrbek 7 Ind. Games 34 24 6 0 0 3 9 3 4 .250 .333 .625 .958 7 0 0 0 0
2 Chris Sabo 6 Ind. Games 27 20 7 1 0 2 5 1 1 .350 .381 .700 1.081 6 0 0 0 0
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 6/10/2010.

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8 Responses to “They Did What?”

  1. Vidor Says:
    June 10th, 2010 at 9:19 pm

    Frank Thomas (the Big Hurt edition) had 10,074 plate appearances and zero sac bunts. I think that's a record.

  2. Mark Says:
    June 10th, 2010 at 9:48 pm

    Hank Aaron with 13!? LOL

  3. Mark Says:
    June 10th, 2010 at 9:50 pm

    I should add Hank would go 12 years without a SH so it makes sense most of those 13 SH hits were at the start of his career.

  4. Gerry Says:
    June 10th, 2010 at 10:01 pm

    Yes Thomas broke the record formerly belonging to Killebrew, 9831 PA without an SH. Vlad Guerrero is the active leader, at 8065.

  5. Chuck Says:
    June 10th, 2010 at 10:18 pm

    A few guys did it at least twice in at least one of their games: Fairly, Hank Thompson, Campanella, Bochte, Pafko were just a few I saw in a quick scan.

    Gorman Thomas? Gorman FREAKING Thomas?! With five sacs the year he led the league with 45 home runs? Incroyable. Well, I guess when you also strike out 175 times and you're in a situation in which you need contact ...

  6. Mike Says:
    June 11th, 2010 at 11:35 am

    In the Harvey Haddux (1959) game Eddie Mathews sacraficed Felxi Mantilla to 2nd base in the 13th, where he eventually scored the winning run from, in the same year he led the majors in HR.

  7. Frank Clingenpeel Says:
    June 11th, 2010 at 1:45 pm

    As much as I watched Vada Pinson, I can NEVER recall him bunting. I know he usually batted third instead of fourth; but that memory makes me wonder if it is only his place in the order that kept Pinson off.

    And, by the way, Pinson is another of my "Get the Veterans Committee off their duffs, and vote him in" list, along with Schumacher, Stevenson and Mullane.

  8. JDV Says:
    June 11th, 2010 at 4:32 pm

    Count up the number of such games recorded by a Dodger (Fairly / Robinson, J. / Garvey / Davis, T. / Campanella / Hodges / Lefebvre / Furillo / Snider / Cey. It looks like Durocher / Alston / Lasorda had something to do with this philosophy. I've always liked it. If a team can manufacture a run every inning, how many games do you think they'd lose when scoring 9+? Teams get too caught up in what a #3 or #4 guy is supposed to do, rather than how best to put a run on the board in the given situation. Pitching staffs are mis-managed the same way. They bring in the 'situational specialist' because they create these fictitious titles and then pay homage to them.

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