Josh Hamilton Hit 4 Home Runs

We’re sitting at the dinner table and Nick says to me:

N: B, did you hear that Josh Hamilton hit…

B: 4 home runs?  Yeah, that was big news yesterday.

Then I asked:

B:  Didn’t Mike Cameron do the same thing?

N: Yeah, it’s really rare.

B: Oh.

I guess I just figured that if a Mariner had done it, it wasn’t horribly difficult (I jest, but I’d really love for them to have a winning season one of these years).

In the car, the radio people started discussing perfect games vs 4 HR games and which was more rare or special.

Nick (and the announcers) inform me that there have ONLY been 16 games when a single player hit 4 home runs (including Mike Cameron) while there have been 21 perfect games.  The radio announcers were arguing that a 4 HR game is much more impressive because it is “so rare.” (PS Willie Mays also holds the title)

Ok peeps, let’s look at this from a math standpoint.

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says there have been 200,519 games since 1876.

Know what’s more rare than 4 home-runs-by-a-single-player-in-one-game?  An unassisted triple play.  There have been 15.  That would be amazing.  I’d love to see an unassisted triple play.  But chances are I won’t be paying attention.  I people watch A LOT at games.