St. Louis Cardinals' Brendan Donovan Does Something Not Done in More Than 100 Years in Baseball History
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On Friday night, we wrote about how Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals was on the unfortunate side of history, putting up an unreal statline in a loss.
On Saturday, St. Louis Cardinals player Brendan Donovan was the complete opposite:
Per OptaSTATS on Twitter:
Tonight Brendan Donovan of the @Cardinals:
-scored multiple runs
-scored all of his team's runs
-had all of his team's RBI
-had all of his team's XBH
-had all of his team's SB
No other MLB player has done all of that in a victory (since RBI became an official stat in 1920).
Donovan was officially 1-2 with two walks, two runs scored, an RBI and the home run. He also stole the base (his fourth of the year).
The Cardinals beat the Guardians, 2-1, despite being two-hit.
--Donovan scored one of the two runs on his own home run. He scored the other on a passed ball.
--Because the passed ball doesn't count as an RBI, the home run took care of that.
--They only had two hits, so the home run was the only extra-base hit.
A historic day indeed for the young player, who is now hitting .257 with five homers and 13 RBI this season. He's posted a .731 OPS in 152 at-bats.
He made his major league debut in 2022, playing in 126 games for St. Louis. Lifetime, he's a .274 hitter with 10 homers and 58 RBI.
The Cardinals and Guardians will play again on Sunday at 1:40 p.m. ET.
