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Old 01-22-2018, 04:29 PM
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Amongst all members of the HOF Ted Williams has the highest OBP at .482. Babe Ruth is second at .474. Who is number three? If you look it up please don't post an answer.
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rickey henderson?
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Guessing Hornsby.
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Frank Thomas?
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Barry Bonds?
FYI...NOT a HOFer (at least not technically), but he would certainly be near the top.

I know that Bill Joyce had a great career OBP, but he's not a HOFer either. I'm pretty sure he's at least in the top-10, unless some new guys passed him up.
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Lou Gehrig had to walk a lot didnt he?
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No correct guess yet. It is surely a surprising answer.
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FYI...NOT a HOFer (at least not technically), but he would certainly be near the top.

I know that Bill Joyce had a great career OBP, but he's not a HOFer either. I'm pretty sure he's at least in the top-10, unless some new guys passed him up.
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Tony Gwynn?
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My Jim Thome guess was wong.

I looked it up - wow, very cool.
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Great question, Jay, and I, too, looked it up. Never would have guessed that person in a lifetime!

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Interestingly, Tony Gwynn's OBP was under .400. His low OBP is being used as an argument to get Edgar Martinez into the HOF.
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shoot! I wavered between guessing Delahanty and Billy Hamilton and Billy is fourth. But I wouldn’t have guessed number three either.

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Damn, I was wrong - and given a dozen more opportunities, would have still been wrong!
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Well obviously it's not one of the usual suspects so probably some turn of the century guy without a terribly long career.
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Guessing Hornsby.
Hornsby didn’t walk much at all.
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First thought was Ty Cobb.. To obvious, so no.
Then Joe Jackson but he isnt in the HOF
Then Chipper Jones but he is not in the HOF yet

So it must be a 19th Century since Jay posted I thought.. Then again, Jay must be trying to throw us a curve ball meaning its a 20th Century player.

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Rod Carew?
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Hornsby didn’t walk much at all.
Interesting given his motto, get a good pitch to hit. He must be top 10 though, no?
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After reading all the comments, I caved and looked it up. The answer made me slap my forehead and say, “Oh, OK!” It’s arguably a little bit of a trick question. Interestingly, Hornsby #8 on the overall list, the highest on any right-handed hitter, and one of only two righties in the top 17. The highest-ranked active player (obviously not a HOFer yet) is #11, and is not who I would have guessed.
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First thought was Ichiro. But he's not in HOF. Duh. Then thought it must be a trick question, like it's a pitcher. Thought Don Newcombe. But I have no clue, so off to google I go!
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After reading all the comments, I caved and looked it up. The answer made me slap my forehead and say, “Oh, OK!” It’s arguably a little bit of a trick question. Interestingly, Hornsby #8 on the overall list, the highest on any right-handed hitter, and one of only two righties in the top 17. The highest-ranked active player (obviously not a HOFer yet) is #11, and is not who I would have guessed.
I would have guessed Trout so that must be wrong.
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As a little, but not very useful clue, his OBP was .466. He was not a pitcher and had a seventeen year MLB career, mostly as an infielder.

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I'm going the pitcher route...Red Ruffing?

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Utilizing Tim's thought, perhaps Tommy LaSorda?

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Wasn’t he named above??
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I would have guessed Trout so that must be wrong.
No, Trout is the only other active player in the top 50, but way down the list at #34.
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There is no freaking way a pitcher has an all time high on base percentage.
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No, Trout is the only other active player in the top 50, but way down the list at #34.
Cabrera or Votto then.
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I didn't have any good guesses so I looked it up.

It's really interesting.
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Cabrera or Votto then.
Yeah, Votto is #11. Cabrera is way down at #78, #4 among active players. Can anybody guess who is #3 among active players, #60 all time?
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I will put the correct answer out sometime after midnight EDT. As a final clue, this HOF and at least eight other fellow members share the same initials(just first and last names).
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Smartest (baseball IQ at least) player ever -- John McGraw a 3B. Alternatively, another "Old Oriole" Hugh Jennings whose HBP drives his OBA up. Also most of their actual playing days was during the inflated average 1890's --
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Smartest (baseball IQ at least) player ever -- John McGraw a 3B. Alternatively, another "Old Oriole" Hugh Jennings whose HBP drives his OBA up. Also most of their actual playing days was during the inflated average 1890's --
I was right about turn of the century, this makes sense, has to be McGraw.
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That's it. I found it amazing that McGraw's OBP was that high. BTW, what got me on this topic was a WSJ article about someone pushing Edgar Martinez for the HOF. Martinez's OBP was a surprisingly high .418.
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Yeah, Votto is #11. Cabrera is way down at #78, #4 among active players. Can anybody guess who is #3 among active players, #60 all time?
Pujols?
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Nope, he's #7 active, tied for #124 all time.

Goldschmidt is #3 among active players.
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My guess was DiMaggio. I didn't see trivia was already solved

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Here's a nice link, if anyone wants to see.

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