More sporcle- .400 hitters
 

http://www.sporcle.com/games/mlb400hitters.php

While I scored in the 98th percentile for this quiz...I missed a couple that made me say DUH!!!

This is a very addicting website...I have done many of the sports quizzes tonight and fiddled the evening hours away...

got 21/35. (97 percentile)

I only got 16/35 and showed my lack of knowledge of 19th c. with that one. I didn't see where the percentile was displayed, so I can't report that.

I like how they note that the quiz was last updated in 1941. ...as if the quiz on the internet has been around that long.

Ughh!
 

I got 15/35 (95th percentile). Bombed out on the 19th century. Honestly, 3-4of those guys I've never even heard of! Ticked I missed Terry (knew it was NY Giants, couldn't get Ott out my head) and Lajoie.

91% percentile. I missed some that I knew.
JimB

Cool site
 

I got 16 (95th percentile). I feel dumb that I missed Sisler, but I did get Ross Barnes.
I did learn the answer to a trivia question. Who is the first man in pro ball to hit 400? Ross Barnes.:D

Do you guys consider all of the 1887 .400 BAs legit? If BBs were not counted as hits that year only O'Neill & Browning are left above .400 and IMO they are the only two who should be counted.

Howard

I think that MLB has adjusted the 1887 BA's to what they would be without the BB's, lowering O'Neill's average, e.g. to .435, I think. Hugh Duffy's .440 mark from 1894 is the official single-season record.

I got 21. Better than I did on the HOF quiz. Missed Bill Terry. Aargh.

15/35. Only player I missed in the 20th century was Sisler.

I got 25, I too missed Sisler (not sure why) but I admittedly got Yank Robinson completely on accident as I was throwing HOFer names out there thinking maybe Wilbert had done it during his Baltimore days.

Edited to add: Where do you see the percentile?

Sporcle
 

I got 19/35 but didn't see where that translated to a percentile. I wasted a minute before I figured out where to put the answers. Should have looked more closely before I started.

John

I got 25 including all the 20th century guys, and did exactly what Rhett did. Typed in Robinson and got Yank by accident. Who would have guessed Bob Caruthers?

There is no way I will ever recognize Yank Robinson as having batted.400. I would, however, add Tuck Turner to the list. If fifteen hitless ABs are added to his 1894 stats he would have the 3.1 plate appearances per game to qualify for the batting title and his BA would still be just over .400.

AL Home Run Leaders By Year from 1901:
http://www.sporcle.com/games/billn64/mlbalhrleaders

Nice quiz Matt - I'll give it a go today.

Tuck Turner is an interesting case. He broke in at age 20, hit .323 that year for Philadelphia. The next year he had one of the greatest seasons a utility outfielder has ever accomplished, batting .418 and scoring 91 runs. The next year he hit .386 ! Then 1896 happened. Apparently, turner came down with malaria, and never fully recovered, hitting just .243. By 1899 he was out of a job and became a journeyman minor leaguer. Too bad, he was one of the most promising players of all time. File this one along side Herb Score's elbow, Mattingly's back, and Garciaparra's whatever...