Matt Kemp first to score all four of his team's runs in more than 40 years*

Bob Timmermann reports on the historical value of Matt Kemp's feat of scoring all four Dodger runs today:

The last time a player scored four runs to score all of his team's runs for a game was on July 31, 1968 when Dick McAuliffe did it.  (Take note of Denny McLain's W-L record at that point.)

Bert Campaneris did it in 1966. That was it for the majors from 1954 to today.

I checked five-run games, but that didn't pan out. I think it's more remarkable that Kemp did it batting out of the No. 7 slot. With a pitcher batting. He had to rely on Brad Ausmus driving him in twice. And scoring on an error.

*Correction: Eric Davis accomplished the feat in 1990.

Comments

[arbfuldodger]

LAT'ed from the last thread

R.I.P. Frank McCourt

Author of 2 of my favorite books, Angela's Ashes & 'Tis

[Craig88USC]

Great research of the archives (1954-2009)

So 3 stand alone in the "let me score all 4 runs today" quite unusual feat -

Mad Dog, Campy & The Bison. : )

[Michael]

Denny McLain started 41 games that year, completed 28, and threw 336 innings. Think we'll ever see that again?

The game has changed so much over the past 30-40 years.

[Marty Leadman]

It was hot enough I was wondering if anyone would pass out at the game.

[DL]

Sad to hear about Frank McCourt. Angela's Ashes was a brilliant book.

In another odd, vaguely Dodger-related tangent, I had a bison meatball sandwich for lunch today.

[Phenomenal Smith]

Juan Castro had scored four times in a game earlier this year for the Dodgers. It was on May 17 and the Dodgers beat Florida 12-5.

The Dodgers have had a player score SIX runs more recently than someone who just stopped at five.

Shawn Green scored six times during his four homer game in Milwaukee on May 23, 2002.

Steve Garvey scored five times in a win over the Cardinals on August 28, 1977 in his famous 5 5 5 5 game. The Dodgers won 11-0 that day.

The last Dodger to score three runs in a game account for all the scoring was Juan Pierre. And that was on May 16 in Florida, a 6-3 loss.

[Phenomenal Smith]

Other L.A. Dodgers who have scored three runs in a game to account for all the Dodgers runs in the game are:
Dave Roberts
Adrian Beltre
Davey Lopes
Don Demeter

[Telemachos]

"It was hot enough I was wondering if anyone would pass out at the game."

Yeah, it was really hot today... and my friends and I were in the hottest spot with the least shade: the right field pavilion. Still, a good time was had by all, thanks to the Bison.

[Phenomenal Smith]

But in the right field pavilion, you had unlimited food. Nothing tastes better on a steaming hot day than about six servings of nachos with an eight hot dog chaser.

[dodgerinlv]

Whats also remarkable about McAluffe's 4 runs is that he led off the inning everytime. How often does that happen? 21 wins by July 31, amazing

[matt88]

i know this may be inappropriate to bring this up in this thread, but i have been doing some research in regards to the bullpen 'issue' i continue to hear about. there was a post on this blog awhile ago that included a great chart that displayed number of pitches thrown per team by their bullpens. it has been some time since that post so here are some up to date numbers (im only including the five highest teams that have a legitimate shot at making the playoffs):

dodgers: 5205 (2nd place only to the A's)
marlins: 5143
phillies: 5103
astros: 4961
yankees: 4884

so here are my questions:
why does the media always quote number of innings pitched vs. number of pitches thrown?

the dodgers have carried an 8 man pen for much of the season. how many men are in the bullpens of these other teams which i quoted above?

with the phillies only 102 pitches below the dodgers, why are we not hearing about how charlie manuel 'abuses' his bull pen? 102 pitches spread out over 7 men comes out to 15 more pitches thrown per pitcher, just for some perspective.

i know my data is not as complete as the original post that was posted here earlier in the season, but looking at it again helped me confirm what i have always thought; there is not much wrong with this team and the media is making a story out of nothing. Yes the pen has thrown the second highest number of pitches by team in the league, however the dodgers have some depth in the minors if need be, along with kuo very close to coming back. i just thought maybe a few other people would like have this info as well. sorry for being so off topic.

[Craig88USC]

Jubilant victory today while holding the West's Giants & Rockies
(as well as Phillies/Cards for "home field advantage") at bay! : )

NL Standings (Top 7)

LA 58-34

Phila 51-38 . 5 1/2
Frisco. 50-41 . 7 1/2
Colorad 50-42 . 8
SaintLoui 51-43 . 8
ChicagoC. 47-43 . 10
MilwaukeeB 47-45 ..11

[gagne55]

arbful, when I was between the second and third lines of your post I was in disbelief about the Dodgers' owner being dead.

[Phenomenal Smith]

A leadoff hitter will still bat first more than anyone else in the lineup because even in AL lineups, the #9 hitter is usually weak.

Denny McLain hit .118 in 1968. The best batting average for any pitcher in 1968 (min 50 PAs) was Rick Wise at .241.

Denny LeMaster of the Astros pulled up the rear, going 2 for 65 on the season

[underdog]

I really don't understand that Padres trade at all. Cla Meredith is a middle relief or set up guy but he's a pretty good one, and they didn't even get a young player back for him. Oscar Salazar? What am I missing here?

For the Orioles, they'll probably be dealing Sherrill and/or cutting Baez (or trading if they're fortunate)...

P-Odd-res.

[Telemachos]

"Nothing tastes better on a steaming hot day than about six servings of nachos with an eight hot dog chaser."

Yes. The nachos in particular really cooled everyone off. (Seemed like most people were really taking advantage of all the free ice and water.)

[underdog]

Some interesting updates and insight from Doug Mientiewicz via his Twitter:

"Oh yea plan is Az wed then tue-fri AAA then back in dodger blue barring a setback"

And about Matt Kemp today, he wrote:

"Matt kemp is a beast!!!"
and also: "He hasn't tap[p]ed 30% of his potential yet"

[whodat807]

I had no idea Mientiewicz was that close to coming back! I'm looking forward to him being back on the bench.

[Tripon]

Uh, he's not. He separated his shoulder, not tweaked a hammy.

[underdog]

See his tweets that I reposted above, tri. I wouldn't say he's super close to coming back (he also reported on twitter that hitting is now no problem but he's still sore when throwing) but probably sometime in August is not unrealistic. Sounds from his update like he'll be rehabbing soon.

Dodgers could definitely use him back on the bench.

[underdog]

New trade idea: If the Dodgers are indeed looking for bullpen help, why not the A's Michael Wuertz? Very solid reliever, great slider.

http://bit.ly/kFVWt

A's have quite a few young arms in the pen. They'd probably like infield help for minors or the ML squad. Hu's stock has fallen too much alas. DeJesus would've been too much to pay and is now injured anyway. Dee Gordon might be too risky to trade away too, but...

Wuertz, I tells ya.

[Tripon]

Underdog, I think Eyechart is very optimistic about his rehab, to the point where its clouding the timetable his doctors gave him.

[regfairfield]

Why don't we get Heath Bell for Mitch Jones. It wouldn't be any worse than the other trades the Padres have made.

[underdog]

Oh he's very likely being overly optimistic as to when, tri, but he's also apparently been making a speedier recovery than expected. So I'd say he'd be back somewhere between when he thinks he will and when the prognosis originally said, if I was betting. Which is why I said mid-August.

Remember this piece?
http://bit.ly/3Ul51

Again, he's probably a bit crazy with his expectations, but seems a month or a bit less isn't too crazy at this point.

[underdog]

But the safest bet says here September 1st so I'll probably put a few bucks down on that. ;-)

[Jon Weisman]

New post up top.

[Tripon]

If you ever take the social sciences subset tests CSET

Make sure you look up the economic policies of the Whig party.