Melky Cabrera & Lou Gehrig...What Do They Have in Common?

NBC Sports Aaron Gleeman writes:

In the Blue Jays’ marathon 19-inning win over the Tigers last night Toronto outfielder Melky Cabrera reached base eight times, hitting three singles and drawing five walks.

The last hitter to reach base eight or more times in a game was Hall of Famer Rod Carew in 1972. And before that it was Rocky Calavito in 1962.

So yeah, Cabrera did something pretty rare. In fact, according to the indispensable bible of baseball history BaseballReference.com he’s just the seventh hitter ever to reach base at least eight times in a game.

MELKY CABRERA     August 10, 2014
Rod Carew         May 12, 1972
Rocky Colavito    June 24, 1962
Stan Hack         August 9, 1942
Johnny Burnett    July 10, 1932
Lou Gehrig        September 5, 1927
Max Carey         July 7, 1922

That’s it. That’s the whole list. Oh, and Cabrera is now hitting .318 with an .855 OPS in 118 games for the Blue Jays after so many people used his poor 2013 production as an anti-steroids soapbox.
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