Bryson Stott isn’t typically recognized for his power, and his career-high mark in home runs remains the 15 he hit back in 2023. At the start of the 2026 season, he struggled through a noticeable power drought, failing to hit a single homer in his first 25 games.
That dry spell came to an end over the weekend, though, when Stott went deep not once but twice in the Phillies’ series against the Miami Marlins. Remarkably, both homers were three-run shots just the 10th and 11th such home runs of his major league career in over 2,000 plate appearances.
With those two swings, Stott drove in a total of six runs an impressive return for just two hits. According to X user @tgpschmenk, he became the 13th Phillies player since 2000 to hit two consecutive home runs for the team while also collecting six or more RBIs in the process.
The list of players who’ve done it is a mix of the predictable and the surprising. It includes obvious names like Stott’s teammates Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber, as well as former Phillies power hitters Pat Burrell and Ryan Howard. Alec Bohm, somewhat unexpectedly, accomplished the feat twice, two years apart. And then there are the outliers.
First, there’s Aaron Altherr, a notable one-season wonder who managed the trick with back-to-back three-run homers during a solid 2017 season that briefly made it seem like the Phillies had found a long-term outfielder. Altherr added a solo shot the next day, giving him three homers and seven RBIs over two games both of which the Phillies still lost to the Mariners. Unfortunately, Altherr would hit only 21 more home runs in his major league career after that outburst, making his presence on this list feel highly unusual.
Even more out of place is the so-called slugger Robert Person, who had himself a day on June 2, 2002. Pitching at Veterans Stadium against the Expos that Sunday afternoon, Person delivered a performance for the ages. In the bottom of the first inning with the bases loaded, he took former teammate Bruce Chen deep to left field, driving in himself along with Jeremy Giambi, Travis Lee, and Todd Pratt.
Person struck out against Masato Yoshii in his next at-bat in the third, but he poured it on again in the fifth, launching another three-run shot off Yoshii to bring his RBI total for the day to seven. Notably, Person was relieved by David Coggin in the sixth after having done his actual job well enough to qualify for the win in a Phillies rout. It’s rare to see a pitcher hit two homers and then get taken out, but Person’s scorching bat made it happen.
Those two home runs were the third and fourth of Person’s entire career, which is where his major league total ended. The game also accounted for seven of his 16 career RBIs, and those were his only two hits (in 29 plate appearances) in 2002. He certainly ranks as the most unlikely name on this list. No doubt future two-way stars like Shohei Ohtani took notice and vowed they wanted to grow up to be just like Robert Person.
For Bryson Stott, this statistical oddity is a fun footnote on his journey back to the level of offense the Phillies expect from him. With more consistency at the plate, he’ll likely find himself featured on more of these quirky lists that give us an excuse to look back and remember some Phillies who don’t exactly come to mind every day.
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