Owen Wilson and His Triples - aka the Sloate Trivia thread

[frankbmd]

The field where he played was certainly a factor. In 1912 do we know how many of his Forbes Field triples resulted in him being thrown out at home trying to stretch.

I suggested that he may have settled for a triple, without expressly suggesting that he may have tried unsuccessfully for the inside the park home run instead.

[barrysloate]

Do you know who has hit the most triples in a season since 1930 (no peeking, of course)?

[Kco]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Do you know who has hit the most triples in a season since World War II (no peeking, of course)?

Only reason I know this is he was s favorite player of mine before he became a Yankee and I loved him as a Yankee, though he did strike out way too much in the Bronx, but that would be Curtis Grandyman Granderson

[barrysloate]

Correct.

[packs]

I love Curtis. Such a good guy.

[clydepepper]

Evan Gattis, all 250 or so pounds of him, had 11 triples in 2015.


I loved Owen Wilson in 'Wedding Crashers'.

[Jantz]

Frank

Just an ejimakated guess, but I would say Wilson was slow out of the gate, hence the pick offs, but picked up speed with distant accounting for the triples.

[howard38]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Correct.

Also Dale Mitchell.

[nat]

Sometimes weird things happen. The only major offensive category that Carlton Fisk ever led the league in? Yep, triples. With 9 in 1972. He was kind of fast for a catcher, but still, dude was a catcher.

[NiceDocter]

If you hit a walk off HR back in those days with a man on first, didnt they record it as a triple since you didnt need to score the second run to win? Just asking..... also, remembering that great Baseball Scoops card I had as a kid MAYS HITS 3 TRIPLES IN ONE GAME! AWESOME

[steve B]

Originally Posted by nat

Sometimes weird things happen. The only major offensive category that Carlton Fisk ever led the league in? Yep, triples. With 9 in 1972. He was kind of fast for a catcher, but still, dude was a catcher.

I was a catcher for the softball team I was on. in three years I had all of two extra base hits, both triples.

Triples are strange things.

Steve B

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by nat

Sometimes weird things happen. The only major offensive category that Carlton Fisk ever led the league in? Yep, triples. With 9 in 1972. He was kind of fast for a catcher, but still, dude was a catcher.

just like Tim McCarver with 13 in 1966.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by howard38

Also Dale Mitchell.

You're correct Howard, my mistake. Should have said "since 1950."

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by Kco

Only reason I know this is he was s favorite player of mine before he became a Yankee and I loved him as a Yankee, though he did strike out way too much in the Bronx, but that would be Curtis Grandyman Granderson

One of my favorite players too! A buddy of mine always gets front row tickets next to the visiting teams on deck circle when the Mets come to town.