This Day In Baseball
History: July 28, 1993
It was on this date in 1993
Seattle Mariners centre-fielder Ken Griffey Junior, tied a Major League record when
he homered in his eighth consecutive game. His home run to right field leading
off the bottom of the seventh at the Kingdome in Seattle, was the lone bright
spot of the game for the Mariners as they lost to the Minnesota Twins by a
score of 5-1.
The record of eight straight
games with a home run had first been set by Dale Long of the Pittsburgh Pirates
when he accomplished the feat from May 19 to May 28 in 1956. The next player to
have eight consecutive games with a homer was Don Mattingly of the New York
Yankees when he did it from July 8 to July 18 in 1987.
Griffey’s streak started on July
20 against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. The second game was also in
the Bronx with games 3 to 6 of the streak coming at Municipal Stadium in
Cleveland. The final two games of the streak were played in the Kingdome.
Griffey almost extended the streak to nine games on July 19 when he smashed a
drive to left-centre field that hit up against the wall for a double.
To date, these three players
remain the only ones in history to hit home runs in eight straight games. Only
three other players have ever made it to seven games: Jim Thome of the Indians
in 2002, Barry Bonds of the Giants in 2004 and Kevin Mench of the Rangers in
2006. A six-game home run streak has been accomplished 15 times, with the last
being Daniel Murphy of the New York Mets, who did it during the postseason in
2015.
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