a big inning (answered)

[EugeneStyles]

Only 4 players in ML history have had 3 basehits in a single inning (my data for this only goes through 1999, but I don't believe it's been done since then anyway). One of them was George Stevens of the Boston Red Sox, in 1953. The other 3 all played for the same team and achieved the feat in the same inning of the same game.

Name the team and the year.

[jwhands]

Cincinatti Reds?

[EugeneStyles]

Nope, not the Big Red Machine.

[chuckr37]

I know somewhere in the back of my mind this one is lurking. I the lopsided score category the white sox beat the pants off of someone (in the late 50's-early 60's?) with 28 or 29 runs with a bunch coming in one inning.

[EugeneStyles]

Nope, not the White Sox. This one was before the turn of the century.

[Zoob]

On September 6, 1883, in Chicago, that city's White Stockings did in the seventh inning against Detroit.

The final score was:
Detroit 6
Chicago 26 <br><br><span class=gensmall>Accepted as answer by EugeneStyles on Fri Mar 14, 2003 9:34 am EST.</span>

[Zoob]

Ruling needed on this question.

What happens if the asker leaves?

[EugeneStyles]

Jeez, man, this question has been sitting around for almost a year. I forget the answer. I'll check on it, but you're probably right. Sheesh. Dredging up the old ones!

[metsfan1969]

EugeneStyles....I've got the info if you need it.

[EugeneStyles]

Yeah, Zoob is right on this one. The Chicago White Stockings who were not the White Sox, but the Cubs, pulled the feat off in 1883. Since then, the Cubs as a team have only gotten 3 basehits in the same inning like once or twice.