Ryan Braun had a pair of home runs in the Brewers‘ 10-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates last night.
It was Braun’s 16th career multi-HR game and the fourth this season. The Brewers are 4-0 this season in games during which Braun hits two or more home runs, and they have won the last seven games in which Braun has had multiple home runs. It is also the third multiple-home-run game for Braun in his last 21 games.
For those of you wondering if Braun’s 16 multi-HR games is a team record, the answer is no. Braun’s 16 ranks him third in team history behind Prince Fielder with 22 and Gorman Thomas with 19 multi-HR games.
Following is a look at Brewers players who have hit two or more home runs in five or more games with the Brewers.
22: Prince Fielder
19: Gorman Thomas
16: Ryan Braun
14: Robin Yount, Cecil Cooper, Greg Vaughn, Jeromy Burnitz
13: Corey Hart
12: Rob Deer, Richie Sexson
11: Dave Nilsson
10: Geoff Jenkins, Ben Oglivie
9: Don Money
7: George Scott
6: John Jaha, Johnny Briggs
5: Paul Molitor, Rickie Weeks, Sixto Lezcano
The Brewers have won 12 and lost four in the 16 games in which Braun has hit multiple home runs. Of those players who have five or more multi-HR games as a Brewer, following is a look at the team record in the games in which those players hit two or more homers.
Lezcano: 5-0, 1.000
Fielder: 19-3, .864
Scott: 6-1, .857
Briggs: 5-1, .833
Nilsson: 9-2, .818
Jenkins: 8-2, .800
Molitor: 4-1, .800
Cooper: 11-3, .786
Burnitz: 11-3, .786
Braun: 12-4, .750
Deer: 9-3, .750
Sexson: 9-3, .750
Oglivie: 7-3, .700
Thomas: 13-6, .684
Money: 5-4, .556
Vaughn: 7-7, .500
Jaha: 3-3, .500
Hart: 6-7, .462
Yount: 6-8, .429
Weeks: 1-4, .200
Braun’s four multi-HR games in 2012 puts him within reach of the team record for most multiple-home-run games in a season. Brewers Hall of Famer Robin Yount holds that record with seven in 1982. In fact, Yount had 14 career multi-HR games, with half of them coming in the ’82 season.
Here’s a look at the players who hit two or more home runs in five or more games in a season for the Brewers.
7: Robin Yount, 1982
6: Gorman Thomas, 1982; Richie Sexson, 2001
5: Prince Fielder, 2007; Prince Fielder, 2009; Jeromy Burnitz, 2001
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