Tuesday Trivia: One Man Franchises

[cgjackson222]

A player has accounted for 30% or more of his team's runs only ~30 times in Major League history. Note the formula for this is Runs + RBIs - HRs, so as to not double-count HRs as both Runs and RBIs.

1) Which player accounted for at least 30% or more of his team's runs the most times?

2) Which 5 players accounted for the highest percentage of their teams runs during a single season?

[BobbyStrawberry]

For #2 I would guess Hack Wilson in his RBI record season?

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

For #2 I would guess Hack Wilson in his RBI record season?

Great guess. In 1930 Hack Wilson drove in a record 191 RBIs and scored 146 runs, but when you subtract his 56 Home Runs, he only accounted for 28.16% of the Cub's massive 998 Run total.

NOTE: I edited my response to account for his Home Run total, so as not to double count the HRs as both RBIs and Runs.

[D. Bergin]

#1. I'm going to go with Barry Bonds

[D. Bergin]

#2. Probably not quite up there, but I'll guess last years (2022) Aaron Judge. Pretty sure he was well above the 30% mark, and the rest of the lineup was pretty trash.

[clydepepper]

#1- I'd guess the Babe.

[rats60]

For #1 I am going with Ty Cobb

For #2 Honus Wagner in 1908 accounted for 34% of his team's runs. Nate Colbert in 1972 accounted for 33%. Those surely have to be two of the top 5.