Golden sombrero

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In baseball, the golden sombrero is a slang term used to describe a player's inglorious feat of striking out four times in a single game.

1 Origin
2 History
- 2.1 Major League Baseball Horns
3 See also
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Origin

The term derives from "hat trick" and since four is bigger than three, the rationale was that a four-strikeout performance should be referred to by a bigger hat, such as a sombrero. The "Olympic Rings" or platinum sombrero applies to a player striking out five times in a game,^[1] while a horn (after Sam Horn of the Baltimore Orioles who accomplished the feat in an extra-inning game in 1991) or titanium sombrero is bestowed upon a player who strikes out six times in a single game.^[2]

[edit] History

To date, no Major League player has ever struck out more than five times in a nine-inning game. This feat has been achieved forty-eight times, (26 in the AL and 22 in the NL) including two different platinum sombreros by Dick Allen. The only games with six strikeouts have been extra-inning affairs, and no player has ever struck out seven times in a game. Travis Hafner is the only player in Major League history to record both a grand slam and a Golden Sombrero in the same week^{[citation needed]} on May 7th against the Baltimore Orioles (grand slam) and May 8th, 2007 against Ervin Santana and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Golden Sombrero) ^[3].

[edit] Major League Baseball Horns

Player	Date	INN	Team
Carl Weilman	07/25/1913	15	SLB
Don Hoak	05/02/1956	17	CHC
Rick Reichardt	05/31/1966	17	CAL
Billy Cowan	07/09/1971	20	CAL
Cecil Cooper	06/14/1974	15	BOS
Sam Horn	07/17/1991	15	BAL
Alex Gonzalez	09/09/1998	13	TOR
Geoff Jenkins	06/08/2004	17	MIL