Pirates' Konnor Griffin makes history only done once in MLB in last 85 years

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The days when Konnor Griffin got off to a slow start to his MLB career seem like a long time ago.

He's been 20 years old for less than a month, and the Pittsburgh Pirates phenom is in a groove.

On Wednesday night, Griffin went 4-for-5 with three runs scored for the Pirates. He raised his season average to .278 and his OPS to .738.

All four hits were singles, but that wasn't a big deal. He was coming around to score regardless.

The Pirates won the game over the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-0, as well -- so they'll gladly take that 4-for-5 out of Griffin.

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He also became the second-youngest player in MLB in the last 85 years to have at least four hits and three runs scored in a game, according to StatMuse.

The only player to do it younger was Juan Soto when he was first coming up with the Washington Nationals:

Youngest players with 4+ H and 3+ R in a game in the last 85 years:

19 yrs, 247 days — Juan Soto
20 yrs, 26 days — Konnor Griffin pic.twitter.com/Y3lnlyatFv— StatMuse (@statmuse) May 21, 2026

That's certainly great company to keep. Soto had one of the best career starts of anyone, and now he's trending toward a Hall of Fame career.

If Griffin can do that, too, or even anything close to it, the Pirates and all of Pittsburgh will be very happy.

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