{"id":335,"date":"2012-05-10T19:02:19","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T02:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2012-05-10T19:02:43","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T02:02:43","slug":"four-for-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/?p=335","title":{"rendered":"Four For Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-336\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-336\" title=\"josh-hamilton\" src=\"http:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/josh-hamilton-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/josh-hamilton-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/josh-hamilton.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cougars outfielder Josh Hamilton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday night, Cougars outfielder Josh Hamilton became the 16th player in Major League Baseball history to hit four home runs in a game.\u00a0 For good measure, he added a double and went 5 for 5 as the Rangers crushed the Orioles 10-3 at Camden Yards in Baltimore.\u00a0 As much attention as perfect games receive, including Phil Humber&#8217;s last month, the four home run game has been a rarer feat.\u00a0 No player had done it since Carlos Delgado late in the 2003 season.\u00a0 Hamilton is the fourth DTBL player to do it, joining Delgado (Darkhorses), Shawn Green (Darkhorses, 2002) and Mike Cameron (Kings, 2002).\u00a0 Hamilton&#8217;s 18 total bases set a new American League record and was just one shy of the MLB record (Green).<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton has been on a tear all season.\u00a0 He hit his league leading 15th home run tonight in his first game since the historic night.\u00a0 Add the one he hit on Monday night and that is six in the series in Baltimore.\u00a0 Entering today, he had a comfortable lead in RBIs (36) and batting average (.406) too.\u00a0 So, approaching the 1\/4 mark of the season, he is leading all three of the Triple Crown categories.\u00a0 Hamilton and defending league MVP Matt Kemp have been the two most dominating offensive player this season by a wide margin.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Hamilton has been carrying a much improved Cougars offense this season.\u00a0 They lead the DTBL in RBIs and are second in home runs.\u00a0 Last year, they finished in ninth and eighth in those categories.\u00a0 Overall, they find themselves in seventh place, but closely bunched with about half the league.<\/p>\n<p>A 2008 second round draft pick by the Cougars, Hamilton has 111 DTBL career home runs with a very impressive .316 average.\u00a0 Interestingly, he reached a minor DTBL career milestone on Tuesday night, passing the 400 RBI mark.\u00a0 Even numbered years have been especially impressive for Hamilton.\u00a0 He hit 32 home runs and drove in 130 in his DTBL rookie campaign of &#8217;08.\u00a0 Then in 2010, he cruised to the batting title, hitting at a .361 clip.\u00a0 2012 is looking like another special even numbered year for Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>I had a blog post all planned out for this week in which I intended to detail the extent in which injuries are decimating the league as a whole, and a couple teams in particular.\u00a0 But Hamilton&#8217;s historic achievement will push that article to a later date.\u00a0 I have a feeling it will still be relevant in another week or two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday night, Cougars outfielder Josh Hamilton became the 16th player in Major League Baseball history to hit four home runs in a game.\u00a0 For good measure, he added a double and went 5 for 5 as the Rangers crushed the Orioles 10-3 at Camden Yards in Baltimore.\u00a0 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