When Albert Pujols hit home runs in consecutive plate appearances on Saturday, it was his 27th such performance in his eight-plus seasons.
That is just one short of the St. Louis Cardinals record since 1954, held by Mark McGwire at 28.
Cardinals home runs in consecutive plate appearances (1956-2009)
| Player | Date | Tm | Opp | Score | HR | RBI | Inn | RBI | Inn | RBI | Inn | RBI | |
| Albert Pujols | 5/13/2009 | STL | @CLE | W | 3-1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 4/11/2009 | STL | HOU | W | 11-2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 8/16/2008 | STL | @CIN | W | 9-3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Troy Glaus | 8/9/2008 | STL | @CHC | W | 12-3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Ryan Ludwick | 8/1/2008 | STL | PHI | W | 6-3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Troy Glaus | 7/17/2008 | STL | SDP | W | 4-3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 4/9/2008 | STL | @HOU | W | 6-4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Yadier Molina | 8/16/2007 | STL | @MIL | W | 8-1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 7/15/2007 | STL | @PHI | W | 10-2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Ryan Ludwick | 7/1/2007 | STL | @CIN | W | 11-7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 6/10/2007 | STL | LAA | W | 9-6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 6/3/2007 | STL | @HOU | W | 8-6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Ron Belliard | 9/26/2006 | STL | SDP | L | 5-7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Chris Duncan | 9/15/2006 | STL | SFG | W | 14-4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 9/3/2006 | STL | PIT | W | 6-3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Albert Pujols | 8/22/2006 | STL | @NYM | L | 7-3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Juan Encarnacion | 6/17/2006 | STL | COL | W | 6-5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 4/16/2006 | STL | CIN | W | 8-7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Larry Walker | 10/1/2005 | STL | CIN | W | 9-6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Reggie Sanders | 9/28/2005 | STL | HOU | L | 6-7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 9/8/2005 | STL | NYM | W | 5-1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Larry Walker | 6/29/2005 | STL | CIN | W | 11-3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Jim Edmonds | 6/24/2005 | STL | PIT | W | 8-1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Reggie Sanders | 5/10/2005 | STL | LAD | L | 8-9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Jim Edmonds | 8/27/2004 | STL | @PIT | W | 8-5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Scott Rolen | 8/15/2004 | STL | @ATL | W | 10-4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Scott Rolen | 7/28/2004 | STL | @CIN | W | 11-10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 7/20/2004 | STL | @CHC | W | 11-8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Scott Rolen | 6/8/2004 | STL | @CHC | L | 3-7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Scott Rolen | 4/17/2004 | STL | COL | W | 8-4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Reggie Sanders | 4/9/2004 | STL | @ARI | W | 13-6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 4/8/2004 | STL | MIL | L | 5-11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 9/10/2003 | STL | COL | W | 10-2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 8/31/2003 | STL | @CIN | W | 5-1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 6/29/2003 | STL | @KCR | W | 13-6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Tino Martinez | 6/24/2003 | STL | CIN | L | 4-7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Jim Edmonds | 6/8/2003 | STL | BAL | W | 11-10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jim Edmonds | 4/4/2003 | STL | HOU | L | 5-6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Edgar Renteria | 7/30/2002 | STL | @FLA | W | 5-1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| J.D. Drew | 10/3/2001 | STL | @MIL | L | 7-9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Mark McGwire | 9/26/2001 | STL | @HOU | W | 5-1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 5/28/2001 | STL | MIL | W | 6-2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 4/22/2001 | STL | @HOU | L | 3-4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Ray Lankford | 4/4/2001 | STL | @COL | L | 9-13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Craig Paquette | 9/20/2000 | STL | HOU | W | 11-6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Fernando Tatis | 9/16/2000 | STL | CHC | W | 7-6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Ray Lankford | 9/5/2000 | STL | MON | W | 7-6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Jim Edmonds | 8/2/2000 | STL | @MON | W | 10-7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Ray Lankford | 7/6/2000 | STL | CIN | L | 6-12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Shawon Dunston | 6/22/2000 | STL | SFG | W | 11-10 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||
| J.D. Drew | 6/6/2000 | STL | KCR | W | 5-4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Mark McGwire | 5/18/2000 | STL | @PHI | W | 7-2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mark McGwire | 5/14/2000 | STL | LAD | W | 12-10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ray Lankford | 5/2/2000 | STL | PIT | L | 7-10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| J.D. Drew | 4/6/2000 | STL | CHC | W | 13-3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Mark McGwire | 9/19/1999 | STL | HOU | L | 3-4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Fernando Tatis | 7/19/1999 | STL | MIN | W | 8-4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Ray Lankford | 5/30/1999 | STL | @CHC | L | 4-7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Fernando Tatis | 4/23/1999 | STL | @LAD | W | 12-5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| J.D. Drew | 9/25/1998 | STL | MON | W | 7-5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Ron Gant | 9/20/1998 | STL | @MIL | W | 11-6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| J.D. Drew | 9/15/1998 | STL | PIT | L | 6-8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Mark McGwire | 9/2/1998 | STL | @FLA | W | 14-4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Mark McGwire | 9/1/1998 | STL | @FLA | W | 7-1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Mark McGwire | 8/19/1998 | STL | @CHC | W | 8-6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Mark McGwire | 5/23/1998 | STL | SFG | W | 11-10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Gary Gaetti | 5/20/1998 | STL | @PHI | W | 8-5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Mark McGwire | 5/19/1998 | STL | @PHI | W | 10-8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Mark McGwire | 4/14/1998 | STL | ARI | W | 15-5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Ray Lankford | 7/15/1997 | STL | @CIN | W | 7-4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ray Lankford | 6/6/1997 | STL | @LAD | W | 3-1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Tom Pagnozzi | 8/11/1996 | STL | SFG | W | 5-3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Ray Lankford | 7/15/1996 | STL | @CIN | W | 8-3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Gary Gaetti | 7/12/1996 | STL | @CHC | W | 13-3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Gary Gaetti | 6/14/1996 | STL | NYM | W | 13-4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Tom Pagnozzi | 5/17/1996 | STL | @COL | L | 11-12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Brian Jordan | 9/16/1995 | STL | LAD | W | 5-4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Brian Jordan | 7/25/1995 | STL | NYM | W | 8-7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ray Lankford | 6/27/1994 | STL | @NYM | W | 9-8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Mark Whiten | 9/7/1993 | STL | @CIN | W | 15-2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Brian Jordan | 7/19/1993 | STL | @ATL | W | 4-1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Gregg Jefferies | 4/9/1993 | STL | CIN | W | 8-2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Felix Jose | 9/1/1991 | STL | @SFG | W | 14-1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Pedro Guerrero | 4/15/1991 | STL | @MON | W | 5-4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Pedro Guerrero | 4/26/1990 | STL | @LAD | W | 7-1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Tom Brunansky | 8/18/1989 | STL | @CIN | L | 2-6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Tony Pena | 4/21/1988 | STL | @PIT | W | 9-3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Curt Ford | 6/27/1987 | STL | @MON | W | 15-5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Jim Lindeman | 4/11/1987 | STL | @PIT | W | 6-3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Willie McGee | 7/21/1986 | STL | SFG | W | 8-3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| David Green | 7/27/1984 | STL | @PIT | W | 3-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Lonnie Smith | 9/25/1983 | STL | PHI | L | 5-6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| George Hendrick | 4/23/1983 | STL | SDP | W | 9-5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| George Hendrick | 4/13/1983 | STL | @PIT | W | 9-1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| George Hendrick | 4/12/1982 | STL | PIT | W | 5-4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| George Hendrick | 8/12/1981 | STL | @PHI | W | 11-3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Ken Reitz | 9/3/1980 | STL | CIN | W | 4-3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Ted Simmons | 8/18/1980 | STL | @CIN | W | 10-1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Keith Hernandez | 6/3/1980 | STL | @NYM | W | 8-1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| George Hendrick | 5/26/1980 | STL | NYM | W | 8-5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| George Hendrick | 4/25/1980 | STL | @PHI | W | 3-1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Dane Iorg | 4/18/1980 | STL | @PIT | L | 10-12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Reggie Smith | 5/22/1976 | STL | @PHI | W | 7-6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Bake McBride | 8/20/1975 | STL | CIN | W | 4-1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Reggie Smith | 5/4/1975 | STL | CHC | L | 6-8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Reggie Smith | 9/3/1974 | STL | MON | W | 5-1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Reggie Smith | 7/30/1974 | STL | @PHI | W | 4-3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Ted Simmons | 5/15/1974 | STL | NYM | W | 10-1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Reggie Smith | 4/15/1974 | STL | @PHI | L | 2-3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Dick Allen | 7/11/1970 | STL | PIT | L | 7-8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Joe Hague | 7/2/1970 | STL | @MON | L | 10-13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Dick Allen | 5/23/1970 | STL | @PHI | W | 3-1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Steve Huntz | 9/26/1969 | STL | @MON | W | 12-1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Lou Brock | 9/26/1967 | STL | @CHC | L | 7-8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Lou Brock | 9/4/1967 | STL | PIT | L | 8-10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Orlando Cepeda | 5/6/1967 | STL | @CHC | W | 5-3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Lou Brock | 4/15/1967 | STL | LAD | W | 13-4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Tim McCarver | 9/14/1966 | STL | CIN | W | 6-2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Julian Javier | 8/20/1966 | STL | @LAD | W | 3-2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Orlando Cepeda | 7/15/1966 | STL | @CIN | W | 9-2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Bill White | 6/10/1965 | STL | CIN | L | 7-8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Bill White | 5/5/1965 | STL | SFG | L | 5-10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Ken Boyer | 7/25/1964 | STL | @PHI | W | 10-9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Ken Boyer | 8/19/1963 | STL | SFG | W | 8-7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Charlie James | 7/6/1963 | STL | @SFG | L | 3-5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Stan Musial | 7/8/1962 | STL | @NYM | W | 15-1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Ken Boyer | 4/18/1962 | STL | @NYM | W | 15-5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Bill White | 7/30/1961 | STL | @MLN | W | 5-3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Bill White | 7/5/1961 | STL | @LAD | W | 9-1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Daryl Spencer | 4/20/1961 | STL | @LAD | W | 11-2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Ken Boyer | 4/18/1961 | STL | @LAD | L | 4-5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Curt Flood | 6/15/1960 | STL | @CIN | W | 6-1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Bill White | 5/30/1960 | STL | @LAD | W | 15-3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ken Boyer | 5/25/1960 | STL | MLN | W | 5-3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Stan Musial | 6/26/1959 | STL | @CIN | L | 6-7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Joe Cunningham | 9/14/1958 | STL | @PHI | W | 6-3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Stan Musial | 7/17/1958 | STL | MLN | L | 7-8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Wally Moon | 9/15/1957 | STL | PIT | W | 11-3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Ken Boyer | 6/27/1956 | STL | @NYG | W | 6-1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Stan Musial | 6/21/1956 | STL | @BRO | L | 8-9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Wally Moon | 6/9/1956 | STL | PIT | W | 8-3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ken Boyer | 5/13/1956 | STL | @CHC | W | 14-7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Bill Sarni | 4/19/1956 | STL | @CIN | L | 9-10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Stan Musial | 5/2/1954-1 | STL | NYG | W | 10-6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Stan Musial | 5/2/1954-2 | STL | NYG | L | 7-9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Including the period back to 1942, “El Hombre” still has a long way to go to surpass “The Man”. Stan Musial leads the way with 39.
Cardinals multi-home run games (1954-2009)
| McGwire | 28 | Wagner | 1 | |
| Pujols | 27 | Virdon | 1 | |
| Musial | 17 | Thompson | 1 | |
| Lankford | 17 | Tenace | 1 | |
| Edmonds | 17 | Templeton | 1 | |
| Boyer | 17 | Taguchi | 1 | |
| Hendrick | 10 | Spiezio,S. | 1 | |
| Rolen | 8 | Spencer | 1 | |
| White | 6 | Smith,L. | 1 | |
| Tatis | 6 | Smith,H. | 1 | |
| Simmons | 6 | Sawatski | 1 | |
| Drew | 6 | Sarni | 1 | |
| Clark,J. | 6 | Polanco | 1 | |
| Smith,R. | 5 | Pena,T. | 1 | |
| Ludwick | 5 | Pena,G. | 1 | |
| Jordan | 5 | Paquette | 1 | |
| Brock | 5 | Molina | 1 | |
| Walker | 4 | McGee | 1 | |
| Sanders | 4 | McCarver | 1 | |
| Gaetti | 4 | McBride | 1 | |
| Allen | 4 | Marrero | 1 | |
| Zeile | 3 | Maris | 1 | |
| Repulski | 3 | Lindeman | 1 | |
| Renteria | 3 | Kennedy | 1 | |
| Pagnozzi | 3 | Jose | 1 | |
| Moon | 3 | Iorg | 1 | |
| Martinez,T. | 3 | Huntz | 1 | |
| Jefferies | 3 | Hernandez,K. | 1 | |
| Hague | 3 | Green,D. | 1 | |
| Glaus | 3 | Gilkey | 1 | |
| Gant | 3 | Ford | 1 | |
| Flood | 3 | Ennis | 1 | |
| Cepeda | 3 | Durham | 1 | |
| Ankiel | 3 | Dunston | 1 | |
| Whiten | 2 | DeShields | 1 | |
| Torre | 2 | Clark,W. | 1 | |
| Reitz | 2 | Bragg | 1 | |
| Porter | 2 | Bradford | 1 | |
| Javier | 2 | Belliard | 1 | |
| James,C. | 2 | |||
| Guerrero | 2 | |||
| Encarnacion | 2 | |||
| Duncan | 2 | |||
| Cunningham | 2 | |||
| Brunansky | 2 | |||
| Musial 22 (1942-1953) | ||||
Addendum: In addition to Pujols’ 18 pairs of home runs on consecutive plate appearances, he had three other pairs on consecutive official at-bats.
8-14-2004 HR-BB-HR
5-09-2005 HR-BB-HR
4-03-2006 HR-SF-HR
So of his 27 multi-home run games, 21 have been in back-to-back at-bats.
As always, special thanks to Tom Orf for the research.
Going HR-HR on Saturday, Pujols added one more to the consecutive plate appearance and at-bat home run list.
Along with the June 21 two home-run performance since this article, Pujols now holds the record with 29.