<P> In baseball, a golden sombrero is a player's inglorious feat of striking out four times in a single game . </P> <P> The term derives from hat trick, and since four is bigger than three, the rationale was that a four - strikeout performance should be referred to by a bigger hat, such as a sombrero . The "Olympic Rings" or platinum sombrero applies to a player striking out five times in a game, while a horn (after Sam Horn of the Baltimore Orioles, who accomplished the feat in an extra-inning game in 1991), titanium sombrero or double platinum sombrero is bestowed upon a player who strikes out six times in a single game . </P> <P> The term was coined by San Diego Padres player Carmelo Martínez in the 1980s and first appeared in print when Leon Durham was quoted as using it in 1984 . The term "Horn" for a six - strikeout game was coined by Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan after Horn's six strikeout game . </P>

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