Alabama’s Mr. Baseball for the 2019 season leads the Major Leagues with 16 home runs.
Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson hits a three-run homer against the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday, May 20, 2024, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.The former Morgan Academy standout and Alabama’s Mr. Baseball for 2019 came to the plate with St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray working on a no-hitter through five innings. But after St.
Four players with Alabama baseball roots have hit home runs in five or more consecutive Major League games. Among players who reached the big leagues from Alabama’s high schools, colleges, industrial leagues and sandlots, the longest streak of games with a home run is six, established by Willie Mays and matched by Frank Thomas.
Mays hit home runs in six consecutive games for the New York Giants in 1955 and for the San Francisco Giants in 1965. Thomas homered in six consecutive games for the Oakland Athletics in 2006. Mays had five-game streaks with home runs in 1954 and 1956. Thomas had two five-game streaks with home runs in 1994 with the Chicago White Sox.
Two other players with Alabama baseball roots have homered in five consecutive MLB games – Hank Aaron with the Atlanta Braves in 1966 and David Dahl with the Colorado Rockies in 2018.is six games in a row by Ken Williams in 1922 , Reggie Jackson in 1976 and Chris Davis in 2012.If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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