Not your typical 83-79 team -- trivia

[Peter_Spaeth]

FIVE pitchers who would end up with 200 or more wins.
Two hitters who would end up with 500 or more HR, and another more than 450, and yet another more than 300.
Three other hitters (different from the above) who would end up with more than 2500 hits.


Name the team and the players and no cheating. Clue not all the players were on the team for the full season.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I was wrong I was thinking the odd dud Orioles team of 1972, but Frank Robinson was already gone, and they actually missed a number of the benchmarks.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

I was wrong I was thinking the odd dud Orioles team of 1972, but Frank Robinson was already gone, and they actually missed a number of the benchmarks.

To me, the number of players with these ultimate career stats on one team is astonishing, and it's both pitching and hitting.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I agree, I was figuring with the 4 man 20 win rotation thye might have each made 200 and maybe someone was hanging on at the end of their career with 200 wins. Then, though the era's didn't jibe right, I was thinking Reggie in his one year with the Orioles (though I realized that was later after I thought about it) and Frank Robinson gave me 2 500 HR guys and Boog and Brooks didn't quite get me to 450 and 300 but I was clutching at straws. Stopped thinking at that point.

[David W]

I need another hint.

I spent about an hour going through Baseball Reference team by team and looking at season records.

If a team went 83-79 I looked at their roster.

Did this for about half the teams until I gave up.

None were close.

[Peter_Spaeth]

At least two of the batters later spent significant time on the Orioles.