August 30, 2007
An Extra Grand
Curtis Granderson homered in the fifth inning today to help the Tigers to a 5-1 lead over the Royals in a game they really need to win. That's the eighteenth long ball of the season for Curtis to go along with 34 doubles, and 21 triples. Only five players have ever gone 20-20-20 in each category of extra-base hits before:
| Player | Doubles | Triples | Home Runs |
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| Jim Bottomley, 1928 | 42 | 20 | 31 |
| George Brett, 1979 | 42 | 20 | 23 |
| Willie Mays, 1957 | 26 | 20 | 35 |
| Jeff Heath, 1941 | 22 | 20 | 24 |
| Frank Schulte, 1911 | 30 | 21 | 21 |
It's always impressive to get your name on a list with Willie Mays and George Brett.
Correction: Fixed the years on Heath and Schulte.
Update: Granderson hit his 20th home run on Sept. 7, 2007.
Posted by David Pinto at
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Don't ignore the fact that Jimmy Rollins is also coming close to that mark this season. So far, he's at:
32 / 15 / 24
Interesting stat though.
David, Jeff Heath did his with slightly different numbers (32-20-24) in 1941, not 1928, according to baseball-reference.com. Heath also batted .340 in 1941. He came close in 1938 with 31-18-21.
Jeff Heath is an interesting character - he had some tremendous years, but the only reason I've ever heard of him is because I came across him in an APBA set.
Now I'm hoping Granderson gets a couple more HR's.
Shulte and Mays are the only ones with those 20+ and 20 or more SB's. Granderson is just a few SB's from joining that group of two.
For what it's worth, Mule Suttles went 27-21-27 for St. Louis of the Negro National League in 1926.
