How To Add 150 Points of OPS Overnight

Prior to Tuesday night, Reds second baseman Scooter Gennett was hitting .270/.308/.450 with three homers and 20 RBIs. He had produced 0.4 WAR in 46 games this season. 

One day later, he stands at .302/336/.578 with seven homers and 30 RBIs. He is now a well-above-average hitter and has produced 1.2 WAR in 47 games.

That's what a four-homer, five-for-five game will do for a slappy utility player.

By the way, the four-homer game is rarer yet than a perfect game, hitting for the cycle or Scott Kazmir DL stints. The list of four-homer performers (17 of them) includes:

Lou Gehrig,
Gil Hodges,
Joe Adcock,
Rocky Colavito,
Willie Mays,
Mike Schmidt,
Bob Horner,
Shawn Green,
Carlos Delgado,
Josh Hamilton.

And now Scooter Gennett.

The smallest number of lifetime homers among the previous 16 is Bobby Lowe's 71. He played for the Boston Beaneaters. 

Gennett is now at 42.

Scooter Gennett. 

Get that launch angle up, friends.