Golden sombrero

Golden sombrero

In baseball, the golden sombrero is a slang term used to describe a player's inglorious feat of striking out four times in a single game.

Origin

The term derives from "hat trick" and since four is bigger than three, the rationale was that a four-strikeout performance should be referred to by a bigger hat, such as a sombrero. The "Olympic Rings" or platinum sombrero applies to a player striking out five times in a game, [cite news | title=Extra bases | date=April 9, 2005 | work=Syracuse Post-Standard | first=Matt | last=Michael] while a horn (after Sam Horn of the Baltimore Orioles who accomplished the feat in an extra-inning game in 1991) or titanium sombrero is bestowed upon a player who strikes out six times in a single game. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=kurkjian_tim&id=2988373 ESPN - More amazing stories to watch for - MLB ] ]

History

To date, no Major League player has ever struck out more than five times in a nine-inning game. This feat has been achieved forty-eight times, (26 in the AL and 23 in the NL) including two different platinum sombreros by Dick Allen and Pat Burrell. The only games with six strikeouts have been extra-inning affairs, and no player has ever struck out seven times in a game. Travis Hafner is the only player in Major League history to record both a grand slam and a Golden Sombrero in the same week Fact|date=May 2007 on May 7th against the Baltimore Orioles (grand slam) and May 8th, 2007 against Ervin Santana and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Golden Sombrero) [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_strike1.shtml Strikeout Records by Baseball Almanac ] ] .

The record for plate futility in all of professional baseball belongs to Russ Laribee of the Pawtucket Red Sox, who in by|1981 struck out eight times in a thirty-three inning baseball game.

Major league players with six strikeouts in a game

ee also

*Duck (cricket)

External links

* [http://www.baseballtips.com/slang.html Baseball Tips.com: Baseball slang]
* [http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/sports_columnists/article/0,1299,DRMN_83_4926113,00.html Rocky Mountain News August 17, 2006 quoting Don Baylor]
* [http://www.athlonsports.com/baseball/10743/around-the-nl-brewers-lead-early-playoff-chase Athlon Sports May 8, 2007: 4 leadoff hitters with golden sombrero] .
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_strike1.shtml List] of strikeout records at Baseball Almanac

References


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