According to my Baseball Reference pull, a player has hit three home runs in a single game 468 times in the history of baseball. That is solid amount, more than the 300 total no-hitters, but still a rare occurrence considering only a percent or two of all players ever have been able to do it. There are also enough events (way more than hitting 4 home runs in a game, for example) to dig into the numbers a bit and give Derek Dietrich some more appreciation during this wildly awesome and annoying week.
I will start with a simple question, is Derek Dietrich a surprise player to notch a three-dinger game?