Mark Whitten's 12 RBIs in one game was and still is only the 2nd time it's ever been done. The other guy was another Cardinal, Jim Bottomly in 1924. Rocky Colavito of the Indians hit 4 homers on June 10, 1959. The thing that was especially notable about that accomplishment was that it happened at Baltimore's old Memorial Stadium which, at the time, was the most difficult place to homer in all of baseball. Up to that point, no TEAM had ever hit more than 3 homers in a game there, but on that night Rocky did it all by himself.
Incredible accomplishment 4 baggers in one game...Heard Rocky Colavito do it on arm forces radio 1959, and Willie Mays on TV (rehash) in 1961...Love this damn game...
Two things about Cameron's day. One, he just missed a fifth, hitting it to the warning track, and two, he and Bret Boone went back-to-back twice in the same inning.
I remember the night Hamilton did that, as a Rangers fan that was one of the most exciting moments of my life. He was probably 10-15 feet from getting 5 that night. Unbelievable.
Josh Hamilton vs. Jake Arrieta just shows how far Arrieta has come. He gave up as many homers to Hamilton in this game as he did to all batters in the entire second half of 2015.
Funny, a lot of the people involved in these clips were Mets at some point. Cameron, Delgado, and Green all played for them. Rusch, Rauch, and Sosa all pitched for them.
It's a shame we can't watch the Seattle commentary for Mike Cameron's 4-homer day in Chicago. Hawk Harrelson is fine when his Sox are winning... Here an opponent accomplished something something as extraordinary as 4 home runs in a game and he just sucks all the energy out of the moment.
Only Hawk “holy shit how did I stay on the air so long” Harrelson” could make a four homer game sound like a funeral. I don’t care if it is the opposing team.
i can't imagine seeing 4 in one game, it's a rare thing that's only happened only 16 times in history. i do remember a couple 3 homer games that were special, toronto's george bell hitting 3 on opening day in kansas city (all off bret saberhagen who won the cy young twice), and george brett hitting 3 in yankee stadium of hall of famer catfish hunter, (game 3 in the 1978 playoffs) brett would hit another to the warning track in the ninth off goose gossage, that would have tie the game, but not to be, the yankees would go on to win the world series against the dodgers.
Kazuto Yamazaki Im not certain but that might be Jack Buck who was one of the greatest announcers of all time. If not Joe Buck is a cardinal fan so that is why
Josh Hamilton... Never has so much talent gone to such waste from the love of the bottle and from various drugs. The wonders that never came to fruition boggle the mind. Try to imagine 12 to 15 years worth of what you saw here... damn, just damn.
jesus that white sox announcer for mike cameron was terrible. bret boone and mike cameron hit back to back home runs twice in the same inning, and mike cameron hits 4 consecutive home runs (almost a 5th cause the 5th was at the warning track) and this announcer acts like history hasnt just been made lol.
+colt RG That's Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson for ya. He always acts like that when the White Sox are losing when an umpire makes a call that is not go in favor of the White Sox.
+colt RG Harrelson is the only announcer that routinely gets angry at ball & strike calls and starts yelling as if the ump can hear him. He has always been unprofessional. I don't know how Steve Stone can stomach working with him.
I'm a Reds fan and obviously the Cardinals are a big rival, but that Mark Whiten game, even by that last at bat, us Reds fans wanted him to hit another just because we all wanted to witness a 12 rbi game. That's a phenomenal accomplishment in baseball.
What is with the drowsy announcing of Mike Cameron's four home runs?! That guy needed to just take a nap that day or find something else to do. TERRIBLE!
Only Hawk Harrellson could screw up a four homer call like that. Such a terrible homer of a broadcaster he takes a historic moment like that and makes it terrible.
@@bigsmokiee55 nope it's just being professional and giving a player his due respect for a big accomplishment. The good announcers do it. Your "participation trophy" reference doesn't apply because these guys did something that maybe 10 or so guys out of the tens of thousands of players over 150 years have done. I think it would be fair to give them trophies. I'll pass on mine though; I'm not worthy. Unless you're just giving them away, then hell yeah I'll take one.
inflameslp311 yeah our “holy shit i love baseball so much lemme be a grandpa about it” trophy. You get a shiny one. And hawk is a competitor of a person. He’s not going to hype up any extra for the away team. Accept it. Shit he made a good hawk call for the 2 homer inning Boone and Cameron had. He doesn’t need to be in wow. A crackhead and Scooter Gennett’s done it. Briany Kenney and you can drench the floor the next time it happens when it does. But thanks for letting me see this a yr later. Good times
Trivia time. Which active player played in two of these games? Adrian Beltre is on two of these teams ten years apart (Rangers, 2012 and Dodgers, 2002).
Couple of things; Hearing a young Joe Buck is interesting. One of the best nicknames of the last 25 years. "Hard Hittin" Mark Whiten. Wish there was audio of Ueck, or Vin calling the Shawn Green game.
+the ID2 I watch games all over baseball on MLBTV and Harrelson has always been, by far, the worst announcer. His constant whining about the umpires is repulsive. The only reason he's still around is that Reinsdorf never fires anyone, no matter how bad a job they are doing.
you're right. all players who bat flip deserve the next pitch they see right in their ear hole. except on a 4th dong in one game. then you get to flip the bat and show your balls.
I wrote this and a few days later some UNEXPLAINED THING HAPPENED: an unexpected dude hit 4 HRs: Scooter Gennett. But cool, then maybe Aaron Judge or Cody Bellinger hit 5 HRs in a game...
I did. Beltre batted one slot before Green in 2002. He batted one slot behind Hamilton in 2012. He also hit a home run in both games. Jake Arrieta took the loss in Hamilton's game......
