After HR, Cliff Lee and Carlos Ruiz Celebrate

by Bill Baer on August 10th, 2011
Posted in .gifs, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | Print | 10 Comments »

Ho-hum. Cliff Lee hit his second home run of the season, becoming the 14th Phillies pitcher to accomplish the feat and the first since Randy Wolf in 2004.

You can watch his home run here, but just as interesting as the homer was the celebration between Lee and Carlos Ruiz.

Ruiz in the dugout while Lee was trotting around the bases:

By the way, the full list of Phillies pitchers to hit two or more homers in a season since 1952 (via Baseball Reference):

Player HR Year Tm
Rick Wise 6 1971 PHI
Ken Brett 4 1973 PHI
Randy Wolf 3 2004 PHI
Randy Lerch 3 1978 PHI
Larry Christenson 3 1977 PHI
Steve Carlton 3 1977 PHI
Robert Person 2 2002 PHI
Robert Person 2 2001 PHI
Tommy Greene 2 1993 PHI
Tommy Greene 2 1991 PHI
David Palmer 2 1988 PHI
Steve Carlton 2 1982 PHI
Larry Christenson 2 1976 PHI
Larry Christenson 2 1975 PHI
Steve Carlton 2 1973 PHI
Rick Wise 2 1970 PHI
Rick Wise 2 1968 PHI
Jim Bunning 2 1967 PHI
Art Mahaffey 2 1962 PHI
Don Cardwell 2 1960 PHI
Robin Roberts 2 1955 PHI
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 8/10/2011.

  1. 10 Responses to “After HR, Cliff Lee and Carlos Ruiz Celebrate”

  2. By Magowan on Aug 10, 2011

    Dang, Rick Wise broke in The Vet in style.

  3. By Ben on Aug 10, 2011

    Bear Claw to chug?

  4. By Max on Aug 10, 2011

    Bill, I call your list, and raise you this: http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/share.cgi?id=T5fWD

  5. By Phillie697 on Aug 10, 2011

    Not only did Lee hit a HR, it ended up being the winning run too… Talk about helping yourself :)

  6. By wooddt on Aug 10, 2011

    Any chance we can get the .GIF of the Howard to Lee toss in the 1st inning? It was like he had the ball on a string there. It looked like there was a magnet in his hand.

  7. By Mike B. on Aug 10, 2011

    Person’s ’02 homeruns were both in the same game– a grand slam and a 3-run homer. If I remember correctly, he came very close to hitting a second slam that day.

  8. By Matty B. on Aug 10, 2011

    Mike B., you are correct. He missed another slam, pulling it foul.

  9. By sean on Aug 10, 2011

    is ruiz mocking reyes or copying texas because cliff pitched there last year.

  10. By Phlogiston on Aug 10, 2011

    I’ve always remembered Larry Christensen’s 2 HR game as a 2-0 complete game. Turns out it was actually a 3-1 win, and LC only pitched 8 1/3.

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197609050.shtml

    Still, a nice game for a guy I’ve always thought of as one of the ultimate hard-luck pitchers.

  11. By Dustin on Aug 10, 2011

    Anyone have the gif of Lee making it rain on his way into the dugout?

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