1950's Player Quiz

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

My guess will be the Alou brothers...3 of them?

That would have been in the 60's.

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

That would have been in the 60's.

That...would...be correct.


Pirates - Gene and George Freese - 1955, 17 HRs

Couldn't find it with google...just looked up brothers team mates manually from the 50s and did the math...that's pretty obscure!

[Seven]

Who hit the most Home Runs in the 1950's?

[Cliff Bowman]

Considering he started in 1951 and didn’t have to do any military service and was relatively healthy in the 50’s I would guess it’s Mickey Mantle. ETA, nope, looked it up and I’m wrong, three other guys hit more and one of them shocked me.

[Seven]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Considering he started in 1951 and didn’t have to do any military service and was relatively healthy in the 50’s I would guess it’s Mickey Mantle. ETA, nope, looked it up and I’m wrong, three other guys hit more and one of them shocked me.

A certain first basemen, perhaps is the one that shocked you? I was also shocked when I saw the answer. Mostly because at the career total he ended up with.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by Seven

A certain first basemen, perhaps is the one that shocked you? I was also shocked when I saw the answer. Mostly because at the career total he ended up with.

Yep, that certain first baseman shocked me. I actually thought of #2 first but I knew Mantle had a year head start on him.

[Seven]

Originally Posted by Seven

Who hit the most Home Runs in the 1950's?

He was a man of royalty, not a King or Prince, but a Duke!

Duke Snider's prime was downright incredible. Averaging 40 Homers to the tune of a .311 batting average. Not half bad for the third best outfielder, in New York, in the 1950's!

While the move to the larger stadium definitely hindered his performance, later on in his career, I'd attribute his decline to Knee troubles. Something that his fellow NY outfielder, Mickey Mantle also experienced.