Returning from injury, Diamondbacks’ Corbin Carroll’s legendary career start aligns with Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig
Arizona's young star returned to the lineup Saturday against the Phillies after missing the previous two games.
Returning from injury, Diamondbacks’ Corbin Carroll’s legendary career start aligns with Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Arizona Diamondbacks right fielder Corbin Carroll continues to create MLB history.
Last July, the 25-year-old speedster became the first MLB player to compile four multi-home run and three multi-triple games. Not only in a career, but in a season. Carroll stands alone .
When looking at players with four multi-homer outings and two-triple games, the last player to accomplish the feat was New York/ San Francisco Giants icon Willie Mays in 1955. Out of the lineup the previous two games with a left hip flexor, Carroll returned to the Diamondbacks' lineup Saturday for a monumental start, linking him to two New York Yankees legends, Joe DiMaggio and Lou Gehrig. In 500 career outings, Carroll, a fifth-year professional, compiled 84 home runs and 46 triples.
That placed Carroll in elite company . Only DiMaggio and Gehrig posted at least 80 homers and 45 triples in their first 500 MLB appearances. Gehrig collected 99 home runs and 54 triples and DiMaggio had 120 homers and 46 triples in their first 500 games.