A Breakdown of the Splash Hits at Pac Bell/SBC/AT&T/Oracle Park

On Friday, June 2nd, 2023, Giants’ first baseman Lamonte Wade, Jr. smoked the opening pitch of the game into McCovey Cove to take a 1-0 lead over the visiting Orioles. The historic home run was the 100th round tripper hit into the water by a Giants player since the best stadium in baseball (sorry Pittsburgh) opened in the year 2000.

While I found helpful data sources on [MLB.com](https://www.mlb.com/giants/ballpark/splash-hits) and [Baseball Almanac](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/splash_hits.shtml), I wanted to dig a little deeper into Splash Hit data by both the Giants and opposing teams, specifically because I knew Barry Bonds had the most waterballs, but I had NO idea who was #2. Let me throw some fun facts at you first – these will be great trivia questions for the other, more offline baseball fans in your life.

# Splash Hit Fun Facts

* While Giants players have now combined for 100 Splash Hits, all other opposing teams have combined for 55
* Joc Pederson and Ryan Klesko are the only two players to have Splash Hits as members of the Giants and another team – the Dodgers and Cubs for Joc, and the Padres for Klesko
* Including Joc, four players have hit more than one Splash Hit as members of more than one other organization – the others are Adam Laroche with the Diamondbacks and Pirates, Bryce Harper with the Nats and Phillies, and Carlos Delgado with the Mets and Marlins
* The Diamondbacks are the opposing team that has hit the most Splash Hits with 8
* No player on the Guardians, Tigers, Royals, Twins, Orioles, Yankees, Rays, Blue Jays, A’s, or Mariners has hit one yet, mostly due to limited appearances in San Francisco (not the A’s though, they just suck)
* Tim Lincecum is the Giants pitcher who has given up the most opposing Splash Hits with 5, and ten other pitchers are tied for second with two
* Barry Bonds hit the first Giants Splash Hit on 5/1/2000, while Todd Hundley of the Angels was the first opponent to hit one two months later on 6/30/2000
* No right-handed hitter has ever clubbed a Splash Hit, although Buster Posey came close a few times
* **EXTREMELY GOOD TRIVIA QUESTION ALERT:** Who was the second Giant after Bonds to hit one into the cove? Utilityman Felipe Crespo, who bounced around the league for five years, amassing ten career home runs… 20% wet dongs isn’t bad.

# Splash Hits by Giants Player

Here is the graph showing the top thirteen Splash Hit bombers for the Giants. No surprise that Barry Bonds is alone at the top (and will probably stay there until we get Ohtani next season).

[Take a shot if you thought you’d see Aubrey Huff in this post.](https://preview.redd.it/skqlb9yp0p4b1.png?width=827&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=5ea1c86f2d0aad8030d5f775f65ca6cd1b893d9f)

I was pretty surprised that Brandon Belt was #2, considering that he never achieved the power numbers it seemed like he could. Regardless, hitting *almost* one Splash Hit per year as a Giant was enough to get him there. It’s great to see current players Yaz, Lamonte, and Joc moving up each season, and I think Joc will take #2 from Belt if he stays a few more years.

# Data

**Giants Splash Hits**

|Splash Hit|Batter|Date|Pitcher|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|1|Barry Bonds|5/1/2000|Rich Rodriguez|
|2|Barry Bonds|5/10/2000|Andy Benes|
|3|Barry Bonds|5/10/2000|Heathcliff Slocumb|
|4|Barry Bonds|5/24/2000|Mike Thurman|
|5|Barry Bonds|7/19/2000|Brian Meadows|
|6|Barry Bonds|9/20/2000|Steve Parris|
|7|Barry Bonds|4/17/2001|Terry Adams|
|8|Barry Bonds|4/18/2001|Chan Ho Park|
|9|Barry Bonds|5/24/2001|John Thomson|
|10|Felipe Crespo|5/28/2001|Bret Prinz|
|11|Barry Bonds|5/30/2001|Robert Ellis|
|12|Barry Bonds|6/12/2001|Pat Rapp|
|13|Felipe Crespo|7/28/2001|Curtis Leskanic|
|14|Barry Bonds|8/4/2001|Nelson Figueroa|
|15|Barry Bonds|8/14/2001|Ricky Bones|
|16|Barry Bonds|8/31/2001|John Thomson|
|17|Barry Bonds|9/29/2001|Chuck McElroy|
|18|Barry Bonds|5/13/2002|Kevin Millwood|
|19|Barry Bonds|5/18/2002|Brad Penny|
|20|Barry Bonds|5/18/2002|Vic Darensbourg|
|21|Barry Bonds|9/8/2002|Brian Anderson|
|22|Barry Bonds|9/28/2002|Jeriome Robertson|
|23|Barry Bonds|10/12/2002|Chuck Finley|
|24|Barry Bonds|4/14/2003|Wade Miller|
|25|Barry Bonds|4/30/2003|Matt Clement|
|26|J.T. Snow|6/5/2003|Kyle Lohse|
|27|Barry Bonds|6/27/2003|Ted Lilly|
|28|Jose Cruz, Jr.|7/8/2003|Dan Haren|
|29|Barry Bonds|8/8/2003|Jose Mesa|
|30|Barry Bonds|8/19/2003|Ray King|
|31|Barry Bonds|9/13/2003|Doug Davis|
|32|Barry Bonds|4/12/2004|Matt Kinney|
|33|Barry Bonds|4/13/2004|Ben Ford|
|34|Michael Tucker|5/30/2004|Joe Kennedy|
|35|A.J. Pierzynski|7/6/2004|Denny Stark|
|36|Barry Bonds|7/30/2004|Chris Carpenter|
|37|Barry Bonds|8/3/2004|Cory Lidle|
|38|Michael Tucker|4/9/2005|Scott Dohmann|
|39|Randy Winn|9/14/2005|Woody Williams|
|40|Barry Bonds|9/18/2005|Hong-Chih Kuo|
|41|Barry Bonds|8/21/2006|Livan Hernandez|
|42|Barry Bonds|4/18/2007|Ryan Franklin|
|43|Ryan Klesko|5/21/2007|Trever Miller|
|44|Ryan Klesko|6/29/2007|Livan Hernandez|
|45|Barry Bonds|8/8/2007|Tim Redding|
|46|Fred Lewis|4/26/2008|Matt Belisle|
|47|John Bowker|7/2/2008|Ryan Dempster|
|48|Andres Torres|6/15/2009|John Lackey|
|49|Pablo Sandoval|7/30/2009|Rodrigo Lopez|
|50|Pablo Sandoval|8/29/2009|Jason Marquis|
|51|Aubrey Huff|5/1/2010|Rafael Betancourt|
|52|Aubrey Huff|6/16/2010|Jeremy Guthrie|
|53|Andres Torres|7/28/2010|Jorge Sosa|
|54|Pablo Sandoval|8/12/2010|Randy Wells|
|55|Pablo Sandoval|9/30/2010|Barry Enright|
|56|Pablo Sandoval|7/4/2011|Ernesto Frieri|
|57|Nate Schierholtz|7/8/2011|R.A. Dickey|
|58|Pablo Sandoval|8/31/2011|Rodrigo Lopez|
|59|Carlos Beltran|9/14/2011|Mat Latos|
|60|Brandon Belt|9/27/2011|Alex White|
|61|Brandon Belt|6/14/2012|Wandy Rodriguez|
|62|Brandon Belt|9/4/2012|Ian Kennedy|
|63|Pablo Sandoval|5/12/2013|Kris Medlen|
|64|Brandon Crawford|4/13/2014|Rex Brothers|
|65|Tyler Colvin|5/12/2014|Gavin Floyd|
|66|Brandon Crawford|5/14/2014|David Carpenter|
|67|Travis Ishikawa|9/12/2014|Kevin Correia|
|68|Brandon Belt|9/25/2014|Andrew Cashner|
|69|Brandon Belt|6/8/2016|David Price|
|70|Denard Span|6/13/2016|Chase Anderson|
|71|Denard Span|8/20/2016|Bartolo Colon|
|72|Brandon Belt|5/13/2017|Lisalverto Bonilla|
|73|Brandon Belt|6/10/2017|Jose Berrios|
|74|Denard Span|7/7/2017|Dan Straily|
|75|Denard Span|7/19/2017|Carlos Carrasco|
|76|Denard Span|9/11/2017|Kenta Maeda|
|77|Pablo Sandoval|4/4/2018|Felix Hernandez|
|78|Brandon Belt|5/15/2018|Tyler Mahle|
|79|Stephen Vogt|8/9/2019|Drew Smyly|
|80|Scooter Gennett|8/11/2019|Jake Arrieta|
|81|Brandon Belt|8/29/2019|Chris Paddack|
|82|Mike Yastrzemski|7/29/2020|Matt Strahm|
|83|Mike Yastrzemski|9/25/2020|Chris Paddack|
|84|Mike Yastrzemski|4/24/2021|Yimi Garcia|
|85|Brandon Crawford|4/27/2021|Daniel Bard|
|86|Steven Duggar|6/15/2021|Alex Young|
|87|Mike Yastrzemski|6/15/2021|Humberto Castellanos|
|88|Brandon Belt|6/19/2021|Aaron Nola|
|89|LaMonte Wade, Jr.|7/31/2021|Zack Greinke|
|90|Alex Dickerson|8/11/2021|Tyler Clippard|
|91|LaMonte Wade, Jr.|9/17/2021|Ian Anderson|
|92|Jason Vosler|4/30/2022|Erasmo Ramírez|
|93|Mike Yastrzemski|5/8/2022|Génesis Cabrera|
|94|Joc Pederson|5/24/2022|Drew Smith|
|95|LaMonte Wade, Jr.|7/17/2022|Jason Alexander|
|96|Joc Pederson|8/30/2022|Nick Martinez|
|97|Joc Pederson|9/2/2022|Kyle Gibson|
|98|LaMonte Wade, Jr.|4/8/2023|Brady Singe|
|99|Brandon Crawford|4/22/2023|David Peterson|
|100|LaMonte Wade, Jr.|6/2/2023|Dean Kremer|