Dodgers: Remembering the last great 30-homer club

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Betts also turned the trick in his MVP season, hitting 32 homers while batting first for the Red Sox in 2018. Betts is one of just four players to have at least two 30 leadoff-homer seasons, along with Alfonso Soriano , George Springer, and Francisco Lindor. The Dodgers picked up right where they left off Thursday night when they took an early 2-0 lead for the third night in a row. Trea Turner stayed aggressive, and he extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a one-out single in the first. Then Will Smith crushed a two-run home run to left field off Kuhl.

Green had just five homers on the year before breaking out in a monster way with arguably the most impressive offensive day in baseball history. Delgado had 37 homers on the year before belting a three-run shot in the first inning, and then solo homers in the fourth, sixth and eighth to cap off his ridiculous game. Gennett ended the night with 42 career home runs, meaning he hit 9.5 percent of his home runs to date in one game. It was perhaps the most unlikely of any of the occurrences on this list. The D-backs acquired Martinez from the Tigers in mid-July to add pop to their lineup, and the slugger showed off that power in highly impressive fashion against the rival Dodgers. Bill Mueller is the only player to hit a grand slam from each side of the plate.

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Don Mattingly hit all six grand slams of his career in 1987. To use individual functions (e.g., mark statistics as favourites, set statistic alerts) please log in with your personal account. As of October 2022, Duke Snider tops the ranking of the Los Angeles Dodgers all-time home run leaders with 389 home runs throughout his career. Snider is followed within this ranking by Gil Hodges with a total of 361 home runs recorded throughout his career. No team had ever had four players with 30 or more home runs in a season but the Dodgers were positioned to achieve that feat. After that, no leadoff hitter reached 30 home runs until Brady Anderson in 1996, a season that came out of nowhere in many ways.

In 1997, he led Major League Baseball in home runs, but led neither the American nor National League, as his season was split between the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals. If that season were to be included, he would be the league leader for five seasons, four of which were in succession. The Dodgers and watching the offseason from the outside Carlos Correa switching from the Giants to the Mets was great MLB theater. But the Dodgers shouldn’t be quick to laugh at their rivals in San Francisco, considering the dormant offseason in Los Angeles to date. It took a week for Baker to hit his 29th home run, at Houston on September 25th.

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One of Baker’s opportunities to join the 30 home run club that night came in the sixth inning. The home run made the Dodgers the first team in MLB history to field a roster with four players that hit at least 30 home runs in a single season. In Major League Baseball , the 30–30 club is the group of batters who have collected thirty home runs and thirty stolen bases in a single season.

The stars have aligned for these Dodgers in the power department in 2019. And the last time LA had this much power concentrated amongst four players was all the way back in 1997, 20 years after the aforementioned four-member 30-home run club. As good a player as Baker was during his playing career, he would find great success as a manager. If and when the 2020 season begins, Baker will seek the elusive World Series title that would almost ensure him a Hall-of-Fame induction as a manager.

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In arguably the craziest way to achieve the feat, Delahanty hit two of his four home runs inside the park, according to Baseball Almanac. He is the only member of the four-homer club to even have one inside-the-park homer as part of his feat. Hodges homered off the great Warren Spahn in the second inning, took Normie Roy deep in the third before clubbing a two-run homers off Bob Hall in the sixth and Johnny Antonelli in the eighth. Colavito was a prolific home run hitter in his prime, topping 20 homers 11 times, eclipsing 30 homers seven times and 40 homers on three occasions. The legendary Mays got going early, crushing a solo home run in the first inning. He then went deep again in the third, sixth and eighth innings in what resulted in an eight-RBI day and 16 total bases.

It marked Tommy Lasorda’s first full year managing the team, which correlated with the Dodgers reaching the World Series, only to lose to the New York Yankees. From handmade pieces to vintage treasures ready to be loved again, Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. It’s also home to a whole host of one-of-a-kind items made with love and extraordinary care. While many of the items on Etsy are handmade, you’ll also find craft supplies, digital items, and more. The Baseball-Reference.com profiles of each player verify their active status and service time.

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Barry Bonds joined the 30–30 club in five seasons, a record he shares with his father Bobby. It was punctuated by Finley’s walk-off grand slam that gave the Dodgers an NL-best 53rd comeback win of the season, setting a franchise record that was previously held by the 1953 Brooklyn team . One-eighth of Hodges' homers that season came in one game, as he clubbed 32 home runs for the year.

Schmidt didn't even get the fun started until the fifth inning, when he clubbed a two-run homer before blasting a solo shot in the seventh. He went deep again in the eighth and 10th frames to help the Phils pull out the victory. Bret Boone and Cameron also went back-to-back in the same inning twice, a feat that still has never been matched. "I've seen a lot of baseball in my life, but four home runs in the first five innings of a game? No! It couldn't happen to a nicer young man," Lou Pinella said afterward, according to Baseball Almanac. Mark McGwire led the American League in home runs in 1987 and 1996.

Betts has 20 multi-homer games out of the leadoff spot, passing Soriano for the most in MLB history. Lowe was not a slugger by any means, hitting just 71 homers in 18 seasons throughout his Major League career. Gehrig hit another rocket in the ninth inning that flew to deep center field but was caught short of the wall. He finished the season with 34 home runs and hit 493 homers during his 17-year career.

That’s already good for third place in franchise history, five behind Pederson, with Davey Lopes and his 99 leadoff home runs holding down the top spot. In as many innings, the Dodgers hit another two-run home run off Kuhl. Trayce Thompson took the struggling right-hander deep to center for his fourth home run in his second stint with the Dodgers. Julio Urías pitched a solid seven innings and only allowed two runs on four hits in the 5-4 Dodgers win. Craig Kimbrel had another rough night in the ninth when he allowed two runs, but the Dodgers hung on for the victory.