There’s no player in the history of baseball like Willie Mays.
But in one regard, Arizona Diamondbacks superstar Corbin Carroll is doing his best impression.
Carroll tripled twice on Tuesday night, which put him in the company of a feat that hadn’t been accomplished since Mays in 1955.
The Diamondbacks’ 24-year old now has four games this season with multiple home runs and two games with multiple triples.
Mays is the last player to reach those marks in a season, 70 years ago, according to OptaStats. And that was over an entire season; Carroll can still add to his multi-power tallies given that Arizona is less than halfway into the season.
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Overall, Carroll is batting .260 with a .581 slugging percentage. He has 12 doubles, eight triples, 19 homers, 43 RBI and 10 stolen bases.
In Mays’ 1955 season for the New York Giants, he finished with a .319 average and .659 slugging. He had 18 doubles, 13 triples and 51 homers, leading the league in both triples and HRs.
Like Carroll this year, 1955 was Mays’ age-24 season.
The pair also has size in common. Carroll is listed at 5-foot-10, 165 pounds. Mays was listed at 5-10, 170.
Neither is a big dude, but both pack a mighty punch with impressive speed to match.
Mays may never be surpassed in so many realms of baseball history. For Carroll to even match him in one statistical feat is an incredible accomplishment.
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