Saturday Trivia - 1990’s baseball…

[Belfast1933]

If this one has been asked and answered before, my apologies… but I read something this morning that I wanted to post here for weekend fun.

Which batter lead all of baseball in hits for the decade of the 1990’s?

[rats60]

Mark Grace

[philliesfan]

Wade Boggs?

[BobbyStrawberry]

Tony Gwynn?

[Peter_Spaeth]

This was answered correctly within the hour not sure why it's gone on all day.

[Belfast1933]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

This was answered correctly within the hour not sure why it's gone on all day.

Yep, life got busy so didn't have a chance to reply until the next day...

[seanofjapan]

Originally Posted by rats60

Mark Grace

Also the answer to the trivia question “Which 90s player’s ex wife is also the ex-wife of the late Hollywood star Ray Liotta?”

[Belfast1933]

Originally Posted by rats60

Mark Grace

Well, that ended quickly! Well done, sir… one one other sub-fact is that Grace is the only decade leader in hits to not be in the HOF (not saying he deserves to be there - but still, interesting to me)

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by Belfast1933

One one other sub-fact is that Grace is the only decade leader in hits to not be in the HOF (not saying he deserves to be there - but still, interesting to me)

Technically that includes Pete Rose but he is of course not in the Hall Of Fame for other reasons.

[Belfast1933]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Technically that includes Pete Rose but he is of course not in the Hall Of Fame for other reasons.

Ah, right… which decade did he lead in hits? Probably the 70’s?

[rats60]

This was a Sporcle quiz
1900s Wagner
10 Cobb
20 Hornsby
30 Waner
40 Boudreau
50 Ashburn
60 Clemente
70 Rose
80 Yount
90 Grace

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by Belfast1933

Ah, right… which decade did he lead in hits? Probably the 70’s?

Yes, Rose in the 70’s. Clemente led the 60’s and Yount led the 80’s.