Good thing I'm not obsessed
Trivia question: who holds the Major League record for most home runs in a career by a player who never had more than one in a game?
Thanks to my not-at-all-obsessive research, which required visually comparing separate databases, we now have the top twelve:
Rk Player Last Name HR
721 Lou Piniella 102
827 Grady Hatton 91
867 Del Unser 87
870 Dom DiMaggio 87
923 Johnny Edwards 81
997 Jason Kendall 75
Olmedo Saenz 73
Tom Brookens 71
Glenn Hubbard 70
Mike Lamb 69
Mike Scioscia 68
Mike Shannon 68
The "Rk" column is where they stand on the all-time HR list.
As expected, some rather underwhelming names on that list. Interesting how many later became managers. A couple of Hall of Famers just missed...George Sisler probably should be up there, but individual game records are missing from the first few years of his career, 1915-1919. During that time, he hit 21 home runs - 10 in 1919, however. Assuming none of those came more than one to a game, he'd be tied with Piniella for first. The fantastically named Granville Hamner had 104 career HRs and only one game when he hit two: July 24, 1953, which the Phillies won, 2-1, over the Cards.
Thanks to my not-at-all-obsessive research, which required visually comparing separate databases, we now have the top twelve:
Rk Player Last Name HR
721 Lou Piniella 102
827 Grady Hatton 91
867 Del Unser 87
870 Dom DiMaggio 87
923 Johnny Edwards 81
997 Jason Kendall 75
Olmedo Saenz 73
Tom Brookens 71
Glenn Hubbard 70
Mike Lamb 69
Mike Scioscia 68
Mike Shannon 68
The "Rk" column is where they stand on the all-time HR list.
As expected, some rather underwhelming names on that list. Interesting how many later became managers. A couple of Hall of Famers just missed...George Sisler probably should be up there, but individual game records are missing from the first few years of his career, 1915-1919. During that time, he hit 21 home runs - 10 in 1919, however. Assuming none of those came more than one to a game, he'd be tied with Piniella for first. The fantastically named Granville Hamner had 104 career HRs and only one game when he hit two: July 24, 1953, which the Phillies won, 2-1, over the Cards.