More trivia

[calsnowskier]

Here’s one I want you guys to look up, I don’t know the answer:

Who has the most career home runs for someone who never led the league in any one year?

Could be the same guy but I bet someone has more

Probably Palmeiro.

 

[msgkings322]

Probably Palmeiro.

I’ll look

 

[calsnowskier]

Palmeiro is #13 all time, and the top 12 are all beasts. The only who I thought has a chance for this all did it at least once (McGwire, Killebrew, Robinson, Aaron)

 

[msgkings322]

Probably Palmeiro.

You were right! Frank Robinson only led the league once 1966 for Baltimore.

 

[msgkings322]

Palmeiro is #13 all time, and the top 12 are all beasts. The only who I thought has a chance for this all did it at least once (McGwire, Killebrew, Robinson, Aaron)

Yeah I was looking these guys up, Killebrew actually did it a bunch

 

[calsnowskier]

Palmeiro is #13 all time, and the top 12 are all beasts. The only who I thought has a chance for this all did it at least once (McGwire, Killebrew, Robinson, Aaron)

LOL

Duh

McGwire held the single season record for a few years. Of course he “led the league”.

Some times I impress even myself with my “intelligence”…

 

[ThomasTomasz]

I thought Palmeiro too, and I just looked up his Fangraphs page, and it’s pretty wild that he had a wRC+ over 100 for every season except his first one, where he had 78 PAs with a 91 wRC+. He also only had three seasons beyond that with a wRC+ below 110, and it was 130 for his entire career.

 

[calsnowskier]

I thought Palmeiro too, and I just looked up his Fangraphs page, and it’s pretty wild that he had a wRC+ over 100 for every season except his first one, where he had 78 PAs with a 91 wRC+. He also only had three seasons beyond that with a wRC+ below 110, and it was 130 for his entire career.

If he didn’t wag his finger, he might already be in the hall.

 

[Cedrique]

Is this one Eddie Murray?

 

[ThomasTomasz]

If he didn’t wag his finger, he might already be in the hall.

Maybe one of the dumbest statements ever said by a professional athlete, and it was said so emphatically. I still want to believe him to this day but that’s put the doubt in my mind.

 

[calsnowskier]

Maybe one of the dumbest statements ever said by a professional athlete, and it was said so emphatically. I still want to believe him to this day but that’s put the doubt in my mind.

Well, as Will Clark once said, so eloquently…

”You got caught, Pahtnah.”

Those two did NOT like each other. LOL

 

[Cedrique]

Who is the only player to finish a season with at least 15 triples and 150 strikeouts. It's been done twice, both times by the same guy.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

I had two great guesses- Jose B Reyes and Carl Crawford- and neither have the K’s

 

[Cedrique]

I had two great guesses- Jose B Reyes and Carl Crawford- and neither have the K’s

Yeah those were good guesses, but no

 

[fightinfunbags]

Yeah those were good guesses, but no

J Roll?

 

[Cedrique]

J Roll?

Nope, another guy who got the triples but wasn't a big strikeout guy.

 

[Think McFly Think]

J Roll?

I was just gonna guess that I don’t think he met the K mark either

 

[Cedrique]

Hint: I think he's still in baseball. I've seen him at times coaching first or third base over the years

 

[calsnowskier]

Goodwin?

 

[ThomasTomasz]

I found a list of base coaches and looked at those who stood out to me, and I swear I didn’t find anyone who came close.