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Lee Sinns on Mike Camerons Homers
Rather than include all of the material in tomorrow's reports, I've decided
to come up with a special Mike Cameron edition of the ATM reports. It's not
exactly unprecedented. One day last year, there were so many Gary Sheffield
rumors that one of the installments was called the Around the Sheffield
report. But, a nighttime special edition, as opposed to just a breaking
news story, is unprecedented in ATM report history.
1) Cameron became the 13th player to hit 4 HR in a game.
PLAYER DATE TEAM
Bobby Lowe May 30, 1894 Braves
Ed Delahanty July 13, 1896 Phillies
Lou Gehrig* June 3, 1932 Yankees
Chuck Klein July 10, 1936 Phillies
Pat Seerey July 18, 1948 Whitesox
Gil Hodges August 31, 1950 Dodgers
Joe Adcock July 31, 1954 Braves
Rocky Colavito* June 10, 1959 Indians
Willie Mays April 30, 1961 Giants
Mike Schmidt* April 17, 1976 Phillies
Bob Horner July 6, 1986 Braves
Mark Whiten September 7, 1993 Cardinals
Mike Cameron* May 2, 2002 Mariners
*--4 consecutive HRs
2) Cameron and Bret Boone both hit 2 HR in the 1st inning. They joined Von
Hayes as the only players to have a 2 HR inning in the 1st.
Here's the 2 HR in an inning list--
PLAYER DATE INN
Charles Jones June 10, 1880 8th
Bobby Jones May 30, 1894 3rd
Jake Stenzel June 6, 1894 3rd
Ken Williams August 7, 1922 6th
Hack Wilson July 1, 1925 3rd
Bill Regan June 16, 1928 4th
Hank Leiber August 24, 1935 2nd
Joe DiMaggio June 24, 1936 5th
Andy Seminick June 2, 1949 8th
Sid Gordon July 31, 1949 2nd
Al Kaline April 17, 1955 6th
Jim Lemon Sept. 5, 1959 3rd
Joe Pepitone May 23, 1962 8th
Rick Reichardt April 30, 1966 8th
Willie McCovey April 12, 1973 4th
John Bocabella July 6, 1973 6th
Lee May April 29, 1974 6th
Willie McCovey June 27, 1977 6th
Cliff Johnson June 30, 1977 8th
Andre Dawson July 30, 1978 3rd
Ray Knight May 13, 1980 5th
Von Hayes June 11, 1985 1st
Andre Dawson Sept. 24, 1985 5th
Ellis Burks August 27, 1990 4th
Carlos Baerga April 8, 1993 7th
Joe Carter October 3, 1993 2nd
Jeff Bagwell June 24, 1994 6th
Jeff King August 8, 1995 2nd
Dave Nilsson May 17, 1996 6th
Jeff King April 30, 1996 4th
Sammy Sosa May 16, 1996 7th
Mark McGwire Sept. 22, 1996 5th
Mike Lansing May 7, 1997 6th
Gary Sheffield July 13, 1997 4th
Fernando Tatis April 23, 1999 3rd
Eric Karros August 22, 2000 6th
Bret Boone May 2, 2002 1st
Mike Cameron May 2, 2002 1st
3) Cameron became the 1st player to hit 4 HR in a game in which he had a 2
HR inning.
Here are the players with a 2 HR inning and 3+ HR in the game--
PLAYER DATE
Andy Seminick June 2, 1949
Al Kaline April 17, 1955
Cliff Johnson June 30, 1977
Andre Dawson Sept. 24, 1985
Jeff Bagwell June 24, 1994
Mike Cameron* May 2, 2002
*--4 HR
4) In addition to becoming the 1st teammates to both hit 2 HR in the same
inning, Cameron and Boone also became the first teammates to hit back to
back HRs twice in the same inning.
Here's the list of the teammates that did it in the same game--
Paul Hines, Jerry Denny Hoosiers June 14, 1889
Goose Goslin, Joe Judge Senators May 26, 1930
Johnny Frederick, Babe Herman Dodgers June 1, 1930
Bill Terry, Mel Ott Giants August 13, 1932
Rudy York, Hank Greenberg Tigers May 25, 1938
Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Keller Yankees July 28, 1940
Hank Greenberg, Bruce Campbell Tigers May 6, 1941
Toby Atwell, Jerry Lynch Pirates April 27, 1954
Ernie Banks, Dee Fondy Cubs April 16, 1955
Daryl Spencer, Wes Westrum Giants July 8, 1956
Walt Bond, John Romano Indians September 19, 1962
Chuck Hinton, Rocky Colavito Indians July 17, 1966
Don Money, Greg Luzinski Phillies October 3, 1972
Gary Sheffield, Fred McGriff Padres August 6, 1992
Barry Bonds, Matt Williams Giants August 15, 1993
Fred McGriff, David Justice Braves August 25, 1993
Mo Vaughn, Tim Naehring Redsox April 19, 1994
Julio Franco, Robin Ventura Whitesox April 24, 1994
Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez Mariners April 21, 1996
Javier Lopez, Andruw Jones Braves June 13, 1998
Mo Vaughn, Tim Salmon Angels April 21, 2000
Raul Mondesi, Carlos Delgado BlueJays April 20, 2001
Richie Sexson, Jeromy Burnitz Brewers September 25, 2001
Bret Boone, Mike Cameron Mariners May 2, 2002
5) Cameron's 4 HR gives him 97 for his career. In all likelihood, he's
going to reach 100 in the season of his 4 HR game.
Rocky Colavito and Mike Schmidt were the others who reached 100 in their 4
HR season. Bob Horner reached 200 and Willie Mays reached 300 in the
seasons of their 4 HR games.
As far as multiples of 50--Gil Hodges and Joe Adcock reached 50 and Chuck
Klein and Lou Gehrig reached 250.
6) All 4 HR games in AL history were done by visiting players.
7) Cameron tied the AL record with 16 total bases in a game.
Ty Cobb May 5, 1925 3 HR, 2 1B, 2B
Lou Gehrig June 3, 1932 4 HR
Jimmie Foxx July 10, 1932 3 HR, 2 1B, 2B
Pat Seerey July 18, 1948 4 HR
Rocky Colavito June 10, 1959 4 HR
Fred Lynn June 18, 1975 3 HR, 1B, 3B
Mike Cameron May 2, 2002 4 HR
The major league record is 18, by Joe Adcock, on July 31, 1954--4 HR, 2B.
8) Cameron's 4 HR moves him into a tie for 2nd in the league.
Here's where the other 4 HR hitters ranked in the league, for the season
containing their 4 HR game--
1st--Mike Schmidt
tied for 1st--Ed Delahanty, Rocky Colavito
2nd--Willie Mays
tied for 2nd--Bobby Lowe
tied for 3rd--Chuck Klein, Gil Hodges
4th--Lou Gehrig
tied for 5th--Bob Horner
9th--Pat Seerey
Did not rank in the top 10--Joe Adcock, Mark Whiten
Whiten was the only other player to have a 4 HR game and never have a top
10 ranking in a season. Cameron doesn't currently have a top 10 ranking to
his credit.
9) According to Baseball Tonight, Cameron was the only player to hit 4 solo
HR, have a 4 HR game against his former team and have a 4 HR game within
the first 5 innings.
Lee
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© Copyright 2005 Stephanie A. Kesler.
Last update: 3/5/2005; 10:48:51 PM.
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