{"id":24449,"date":"2026-08-09T02:32:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T08:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=24449"},"modified":"2026-07-19T14:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:27:57","slug":"return-of-the-single-game-batting-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/return-of-the-single-game-batting-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Return Of The Single Game Batting Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After eight long years (to the day!) and well over 250 games, it is time once again to look at the single game leaders in offensive categories across all of the games I have identified as having attended in person dating back to 1984.\u00a0 There are some new names of the list that obviously weren\u2019t there when we first looked in 2012<\/a>\u00a0and again in\u00a02015<\/a> and 2018<\/a>.\u00a0 So, let’s get the ball rolling.<\/p>\n

Home Runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

Hits<\/p>\n

Name<\/span><\/th>\nTotal<\/span><\/th>\nDate<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Sammy Sosa<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n6\/5\/1996<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moises Alou<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n7\/4\/2003<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manny Machado<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n8\/7\/2016<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Enrique Hernandez<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n10\/19\/2017<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brad Miller<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n7\/8\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seby Zavala<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n7\/31\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dansby Swanson<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n7\/1\/2026<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

Runs<\/p>\n

Name<\/span><\/th>\nTotal<\/span><\/th>\nDate<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Scott Rolen<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n4\/22\/2007<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike Fontenot<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n6\/25\/2007<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark DeRosa<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n9\/17\/2007<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alfonso Soriano<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n5\/17\/2008<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Derrek Lee<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n6\/28\/2008<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ryan Braun<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n8\/2\/2010<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prince Fielder<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n8\/2\/2010<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Danny Santana<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n8\/3\/2014<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melky Cabrera<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n6\/21\/2015<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

RBI<\/p>\n

Name<\/span><\/th>\nTotal<\/span><\/th>\nDate<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Chris Burke<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n6\/13\/2006<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gary Ward<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n8\/14\/1984<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Konerko<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n6\/28\/2002<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Derrek Lee<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n8\/28\/2005<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AJ Pierzynski<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n10\/4\/2005<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gerald Laird<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n6\/4\/2006<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adrian Gonzalez<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n6\/17\/2007<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anthony Rizzo<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n6\/23\/2013<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alejandro de Aza<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n6\/28\/2013<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matt Davidson<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n4\/5\/2018<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim Anderson<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n4\/5\/2019<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyle Schwarber<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n7\/28\/2019<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seby Zavala<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n7\/31\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jose Altuve<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n10\/12\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dansby Swanson<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n7\/1\/2026<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Conforto<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n7\/1\/2026<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

Doubles<\/p>\n

Name<\/span><\/th>\nTotal<\/span><\/th>\nDate<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Yasmani Grandal<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n8\/27\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Josh Naylor<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n5\/9\/2022<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dansby Swanson<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n7\/1\/2026<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carlos Lee<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n6\/16\/2002<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Corey Patterson<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n3\/31\/2003<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tadahito Iguchi<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n6\/25\/2006<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Derrek Lee<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n7\/2\/2009<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manny Machado<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n8\/7\/2016<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Enrique Hernandez<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n10\/19\/2017<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kyle Schwarber<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n7\/28\/2019<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jake Meyers<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n5\/3\/2025<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luke Raley<\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/td>\n5\/8\/2026<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

Triples<\/p>\n

Name<\/span><\/th>\nTotal<\/span><\/th>\nDate<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Jason LaRue<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n4\/14\/2003<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aramis Ramirez<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n4\/10\/2005<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brian Roberts<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n5\/14\/2005<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike Lamb<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n6\/24\/2006<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adrian Gonzalez<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n6\/17\/2007<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ryan Theriot<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n7\/1\/2007<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jorge Posada<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n4\/23\/2008<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Billy Butler<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n8\/18\/2009<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Konerko<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n5\/26\/2012<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Carter<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n6\/23\/2013<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adam Eaton<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n8\/2\/2014<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Javy Baez<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n4\/13\/2019<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luis Robert Jr.<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n9\/11\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Freddie Freeman<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n5\/7\/2022<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

At Bats<\/p>\n

Name<\/span><\/th>\nTotal<\/span><\/th>\nDate<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Jose Macias<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n5\/14\/2004<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alejandro de Aza<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n8\/16\/2011<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yolmer Sanchez<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n4\/5\/2018<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
344 with<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\nMost recently on 7\/1\/2026<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

Strike Outs<\/p>\n

Name<\/span><\/th>\nTotal<\/span><\/th>\nDate<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Trot Nixon<\/span><\/td>\n9<\/span><\/td>\n7\/9\/2006<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jermaine Dye<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n7\/9\/2006<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Crede<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n7\/9\/2006<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manny Ramirez<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n7\/9\/2006<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott Podsednik<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n7\/9\/2006<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jason Varitek<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n7\/9\/2006<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Starlin Castro<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n5\/7\/2017<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Willson Contreras<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n5\/7\/2017<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Didi Gregorious<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n5\/7\/2017<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Javy Baez<\/span><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n5\/7\/2017<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

Walks<\/p>\n

Name<\/span><\/th>\nTotal<\/span><\/th>\nDate<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Ray Durham<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n6\/5\/1998<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sammy Sosa<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n6\/9\/2000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sammy Sosa<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n5\/31\/2003<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matt Davidson<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n5\/30\/2017<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Javier Baez<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n7\/25\/2017<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salvador Perez<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n8\/19\/2018<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel Johnson<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n5\/2\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

Stolen Bases<\/p>\n

Name<\/span><\/th>\nTotal<\/span><\/th>\nDate<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Kenny Lofton<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n6\/28\/2002<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jerry Hairston Jr.<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n9\/13\/2005<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kevin Youkilis<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n7\/9\/2006<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gary Matthews Jr.<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n7\/22\/2006<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Travis Hafner<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n4\/4\/2007<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark Ellis<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n7\/4\/2008<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jayson Nix<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n8\/1\/2009<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gordon Beckham<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n8\/10\/2013<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carlos Santana<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n7\/29\/2017<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yasmani Grandal<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n5\/1\/2021<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After eight long years (to the day!) and well over 250 games, it is time once again to look at the single game leaders in offensive categories across all of the games I have identified as having attended in person dating back to 1984.\u00a0 There are some new names of the list that obviously weren\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[300,2473,592,868,130,2363,131,2453,9672,910,2314,8022,2460,3549,2441,903,12728,5733,10258,141,8021,5094,8889,2447,2459,2458,138,10793,12075,10714,2456,2450,4947,2444,873,2448,645,2454,6999,908,4038,10139,2449,2362,5101,8123,12187,5944,2451,884,2445,2442,4201,870,10153,144,2455,902,2390,580,127,594,2439,876,865,875,4948,2440,397,657,911,8124,619,882,5985,2446,2452,7454,2443,8483,7491],"class_list":["post-24449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baseball","tag-a-j-pierzynski","tag-adam-eaton","tag-adrian-gonzalez","tag-alejandro-de-aza","tag-alfonso-soriano","tag-anthony-rizzo","tag-aramis-ramirez","tag-billy-butler","tag-brad-miller","tag-brian-roberts","tag-carlos-lee","tag-carlos-santana","tag-chris-burke","tag-chris-carter","tag-chris-singleton","tag-corey-patterson","tag-daniel-johnson","tag-danny-santana","tag-dansby-swanson","tag-derrek-lee","tag-didi-gregorius","tag-enrique-hernandez","tag-freddie-freeman","tag-gary-matthews-jr","tag-gary-ward","tag-gerald-laird","tag-gordon-beckham","tag-gunnar-henderson","tag-jake-meyers","tag-jarren-duran","tag-jason-larue","tag-jason-varitek","tag-javier-baez","tag-jayson-nix","tag-jermaine-dye","tag-jerry-hairston-jr","tag-joe-crede","tag-jorge-posada","tag-jose-altuve","tag-jose-macias","tag-jose-ramirez","tag-josh-naylor","tag-kenny-lofton","tag-kevin-youkilis","tag-kyle-schwarber","tag-luis-robert","tag-luke-raley","tag-manny-machado","tag-manny-ramirez","tag-mark-derosa","tag-mark-ellis","tag-mark-mclemore","tag-matt-davidson","tag-melky-cabrera","tag-michael-conforto","tag-mike-fontenot","tag-mike-lamb","tag-moises-alou","tag-norichika-aoki","tag-omar-vizquel","tag-paul-konerko","tag-prince-fielder","tag-rajai-davis","tag-ray-durham","tag-ryan-braun","tag-ryan-theriot","tag-salvador-perez","tag-sam-fuld","tag-sammy-sosa","tag-scott-podsednik","tag-scott-rolen","tag-seby-zavala","tag-starlin-castro","tag-tadahito-iguchi","tag-tim-anderson","tag-travis-hafner","tag-trot-nixon","tag-willson-contreras","tag-willy-taveras","tag-yasmani-grandal","tag-yolmer-sanchez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24449"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24568,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24449\/revisions\/24568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Name<\/span><\/th>\nTotal<\/span><\/th>\nDate<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Willy Taveras<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n6\/14\/2008<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott Podsednik<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n5\/14\/2005<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Norichika Aoki<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n6\/23\/2012<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark McLemore<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n4\/6\/1998<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Singleton<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n4\/6\/2001<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Omar Vizquel<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n7\/25\/2005<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alfonso Soriano<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n8\/1\/2007<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sam Fuld<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n4\/7\/2011<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rajai Davis<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n7\/8\/2012<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rajai Davis<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n10\/30\/2016<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jarren Duran<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n6\/24\/2023<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jose Ramirez<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n7\/12\/2025<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gunnar Henderson<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n9\/17\/2025<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n