May 11, 2012; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez (16) takes a breath after grounding out with the bases loaded in the fifth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Miller Park. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-US PRESSWIRE
Aramis Ramirez squashed a potential Brewer rally in the fifth inning tonight by grounding into a 4-6-3 double play. It was his sixth GIDP of the season, which is a significantly lower number than I expected. He should have had another one in the eighth, but got an RBI groundout instead when the Dodgers failed to turn it.
However, Ramirez still has more double plays (6) than home runs (4) this season. At the moment he looks like a good bet to join this list of five seasons in franchise history where a player has hit 15 or more home runs, but grounded into double plays more often:
| Player | Season | HR | GIDP |
| George Scott | 1976 | 18 | 19 |
| George Scott | 1974 | 17 | 25 |
| Cecil Cooper | 1985 | 16 | 24 |
| Robin Yount | 1984 | 16 | 22 |
| Dave May | 1971 | 16 | 18 |
If I extended that list a little further, Casey McGehee and Yuniesky Betancourt would be the seventh and eighth entries on it: The two combined to hit 26 home runs but ground into 35 double plays last season.
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