May 11, 2024

Doubles and Triples

The Orioles beat the visiting Diamondbacks 5-4 in eleven innings. The box score showed Kevin Newman of Arizona and Ryan Mountcastle of Baltimore each hit a double and a triple in the game. I wondered how unusual this is. The Day by Day Database goes back to 1920, and in that time, this was the 601st game with at least two players having a double and a triple. It was also the third this season. In that same time frame, at least three players accomplish this in the same game 20 times.

One of those games was above three. On May 16, 1921, Washington visited Detroit, the Tigers taking the game 17-11. Five hitters in that game hit both a double and a triple, including Ty Cobb. Chick Shorten and Bert Cole joined Cobb on the Detroit side, while Duffy Lewis and Joe Judge delivered for Washington.

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