Nick Kurtz Hits 4 Residence Runs: Athletics’ Rookie’s Historic Night time By The Numbers

Not 1. Not 2. Not 3. But, yes, FOUR freaking home runs were hit by Athletics rookie first baseman Nick Kurtz in the team’s 15-3 win on the road over the American League-West rival Houston Astros on Friday night.

Furthermore, Kurtz, who was the Athletics’ designated hitter on Friday night, finished the game 6-for-6. Here’s Kurtz’s historic night by the numbers.

1A: Kurtz became the first rookie in MLB history to hit four home runs in a single game.

1B: As a result of his Friday night offensive barrage, Kurtz now leads the AL in, well, everything offensively in the month of July: home runs (11), RBIs (27), batting average (.425), on-base percentage (.494), slugging percentage (1.082), OPS (1.576), runs (22), doubles (13) and extra-base hits (25).

2A: Kurtz is just the second player since 1900 to total both four home runs and six hits in a single game, Shawn Green (2002) being the other.

2B: Kurtz is just the second player in Athletics history to total at least three home runs and five hits in a single game, Jimmie Foxx (1932) being the other.

2C: Two of Kurtz’s four home runs came in the eighth inning or later.

2D: Two of his four home runs were on pitches outside the strike zone.

3: Of his four home runs, three were sent to the opposite field.

5: Of his six hits, five were extra-base hits: four home runs and one double.

Best game ever by an MLB player? Nick Kurtz’s incredible night on Friday has a strong argument.  (Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

6: In what was maybe the most overlooked six-hit performance in MLB history — that’s what four long balls does to one’s attention span — Kurtz became the 119th player to accomplish the feat.

8A: Kurtz became just the eighth MLB player in the 21st century to hit four home runs in a single game.

8B: It’s the eighth time that an Athletics player has logged six hits in a single game.

8C: Kurtz drove in eight runs.

9: It’s the ninth time that a player has scored six runs in a single game and the first time in Athletics history.

19: The number of total bases that Kurtz accumulated, which ties an MLB record since 2000.

20: Kurtz became the 20th player in MLB history to hit four home runs in a single game.

64: Kurtz entered Friday with a .622 slugging percentage and left the night with a .686 slugging percentage, an .064-jump.

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