4-K Kenley and the rarest of rare feats

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By Jon Weisman

In the wake of Kenley Jansen’s amazing 36.0 K/9 season debut in the eighth inning Friday, I thought I’d place that in context of other Dodger unusualities.

• 1 Five steals in a game (Davey Lopes)
• 1 Three HBP in a game (Nomar Garciaparra)
• 2 Four homers in a game (Gil Hodges, Shawn Green)
• 2 30-game hitting streaks (Willie Davis, Andre Ethier)
• 3 30 homer-30 steal seasons (Raul Mondesi twice, Matt Kemp)
• 3 Home runs in last career at-bat (John Miller, Tony Brewer, Adam Kennedy)
• 4 Stole second, third and home in same inning (Red Smith, Jimmy Johnston, Harvey Hendrick, Dee Gordon)
• 5 18 strikeouts by pitchers in a nine-inning game (this includes Friday’s game as well)
• 5 Eight RBI or more in a game (Gil Hodges twice, Ron Cey, James Loney, Yasmani Grandal)
• 6 Four strikeouts in an inning (Pete Richert, Don Drysdale, Darren Dreifort, Brad Penny, Zack Greinke, Jansen)
• 6 Three strikeouts on nine pitches (Pat Ragan, Dazzy Vance, Sandy Koufax thrice, Todd Worrell)
• 6 Homers in first career at-bat (Clise Dudley, Gordon Slade, Ernie Kay, Dan Bankhead, Jose Offerman, Garey Ingram)
• 8 Six-hit games (George Cutshaw, Jack Fournier, Hank DeBerry, Wally Gilbert, Cookie Lavagetto, Willie Davis, Paul Lo Duca, Shawn Green)
• 10 Homers from both sides of the plate in one game (Jim Russell, Maury Wills, Jim Lefebvre, Wes Parker, Eddie Murray twice, Milton Bradley twice, Jose Cruz Jr., Orlando Hudson)
• 11 Position players who pitched in Los Angeles (Jim Hickman, Danny Heep, Jeff Hamilton, Mickey Hatcher, Chris Donnels, Robin Ventura, Mark Loretta, Skip Schumaker twice, Drew Butera twice)
• 12 20-homer/20-steal seasons (Willie Davis, Davey Lopes, Pedro Guerrero twice, Kirk Gibson, Raul Mondesi thrice, Shawn Green twice, Matt Kemp twice)
• 16 20-run games since 1900
• 20 Opponent no-hitters
• 22 Triple plays
• 22 No-hitters