In Today’s Almanac:

Another 3,000th hit at the Metrodome

Twins single-game stolen base record

AL record-tying extra-base hit streak

Second pinch-hit grand slam of the season

3,000th Hit
Cleveland designated hitter Eddie Murray connected for his 3,000th hit off starter Mike Trombley at the Metrodome on this date in 1995. Three players reached the 3,000-hit milestone at the Metrodome over an eight-year period. Dave Winfield got his 3,000th hit off Dennis Eckersley at the Dome less than two years earlier, on Sept. 16, 1993. Here’s a fun fact: When Cal Ripken Jr. got his 3,000th hit at the Metrodome on April 15, 2000, Murray was right there to greet him as the Orioles’ first base coach. And Trombley earned the save for Baltimore in that game. 

Single-Game Stolen Base Record
Twins right fielder Larry Hisle went 3-for-4 with a walk, and established a team single-game record by stealing four bases in a 4-2 loss to the Royals in Bloomington on this date in 1976.

The MLB single-game record is seven by Billy Hamilton (not the one you’re thinking of) with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1894.

Hisle stole a career-high 31 bases in 1976. He stole 128 bases during his 14-year major-league career—92 of them as a Twin.

Chuck Knoblauch holds the team record with 276 stolen bases, followed by Rod Carew with 271.

Team Record Extra-Base Hit Streak
Second baseman Brian Dozier tied the American League record with an extra-base hit in his 11th straight game on this date in 2016. (It was a homer in a 6-5 loss in Chicago.) Dozier batted .465/.477/1.070 over those 11 contests, but the 2016 Twins were impervious to efforts by any one player to make them win games; they went 5-6 even during that scorching heater.

The second-longest extra-base hit streaks in Twins history were eight by Tony Oliva in 1969 and Harmon Killebrew in 1970. The MLB record is 14, by Hall of Famers Paul Waner in 1927 and Chipper Jones in 2006.

Second Pinch-Hit Grand Slam of the Season
Rick Renick hit the Twins’ second pinch-hit grand slam of the season on this date in 1970. It’s the only time the Twins have hit two pinch-hit grand slams in a season.

Rich Reese hit the first on June 7. Reese hit a team-record three pinch-hit grand slams during his career—Aug. 3, 1969; Jun. 7, 1970; and Jul. 9, 1972.  

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