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jason.1969
11-10-2014, 02:33 PM
Here is something I remember thinking of as just amazing when I pieced it together as a teenager, very pre-internet.
In 1929, one city had four players finish the year batting over .350 with 30+ homeruns. (And for good measure, they nearly repeated this feat the next year.)
Without doing a search, take your guesses as to the city (for 5 points) and the players (10 points each). And to score a perfect 50, name the only other .350/30 club member that season.
STRANGE BUT TRUE: Of the four 1929 citymates, only one fiinshed in the top 10 of the MVP voting. Wow!
rats60
11-10-2014, 02:48 PM
Here is something I remember thinking of as just amazing when I pieced it together as a teenager, very pre-internet.
In 1929, one city had four players finish the year batting over .350 with 30+ homeruns. (And for good measure, they nearly repeated this feat the next year.)
Without doing a search, take your guesses as to the city (for 5 points) and the players (10 points each). And to score a perfect 50, name the only other .350/30 club member that season.
STRANGE BUT TRUE: Of the four 1929 citymates, only one fiinshed in the top 10 of the MVP voting. Wow!
Must be Philadephia. Foxx, Simmons, Klein?
bgar3
11-10-2014, 02:52 PM
philly, foxx, simmons, klein, o'doul, and either ruth or gehrig?
jason.1969
11-10-2014, 02:52 PM
That's 35 points! Will see if anyone can guess the other PHI bomber or the non-PHI one.
wolf441
11-10-2014, 02:52 PM
Must be Philadephia. Foxx, Simmons, Klein?
+ Lefty O'Doul.
jason.1969
11-10-2014, 02:54 PM
Wow, and a 45-point response from bgar3! But no to Ruth and Gehrig. Hint: He was the MVP that year.
rats60
11-10-2014, 03:14 PM
+ Lefty O'Doul.
Forgot about him, just like the Hall of Fame.
jason.1969
11-10-2014, 03:40 PM
Yes, the Rajah! Nicely done. Oddly, there was no official MVP award in the AL that year, but Hornsby nabbed the NL.
jason.1969
11-21-2014, 10:33 PM
If anyone is interested, I wrote a short essay on the .350/50 club that includes a complete list of its members.
http://jasoncards.wordpress.com/2014/11/22/four-amazing-batting-feats-one-year-one-city/