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[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by jayshum

5 years and $200m is the same amount per year that Judge got. He just got a 9 year deal which I agree was a mistake given his injury history and the way he is likely to age, but as you said, the Yankees had to do it.

While teams may try to learn from that mistake once teams start bidding against each other, you never know how it will end up if someone decides they really want to sign him.

It's the same amount per year but leaves off 4 unproductive years at the end. At least at 5 years you have a decent chance of meeting expectations.

[jethrod3]

Guess who is leading the league in both triples and home runs...

If this holds at the end of the season this will have only been the 3rd time it has been accomplished, and never by the Bambino. You need power and speed to pull of this incredible feat!

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by jethrod3

Guess who is leading the league in both triples and home runs...

If this holds at the end of the season this will have only been the 3rd time it has been accomplished, and never by the Bambino. You need power and speed to pull of this incredible feat!

Interesting trivia question. Since 1900, it looks like there are actually 6 different players that have done it (based on what I found via Google searching). 3 of them I'm not that familiar with considering when they played so not sure about their speed. For the other 3, there is one that is surprising because speed is not something you would say about him.

Let's see some guesses.

[Casey2296]

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Here's a guess Jay.
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[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

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Here's a guess Jay.
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All time leader in triples but never led in both triples and homers the same season.

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Interesting trivia question. Since 1900, it looks like there are actually 6 different players that have done it (based on what I found via Google searching). 3 of them I'm not that familiar with considering when they played so not sure about their speed. For the other 3, there is one that is surprising because speed is not something you would say about him.

Let's see some guesses.

Willie Mays

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Willie Mays

That's one - 1955

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I have to assume Cobb did it

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

I have to assume Cobb did it

No, Cobb is not one of the answers.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Interesting trivia question. Since 1900, it looks like there are actually 6 different players that have done it (based on what I found via Google searching). 3 of them I'm not that familiar with considering when they played so not sure about their speed. For the other 3, there is one that is surprising because speed is not something you would say about him.

Let's see some guesses.

Jim Rice?

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Jim Rice?

Yes, Jim Rice in 1978. He's the one that I would not think speed would be a word to describe him, but he had 15 triples that year.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Yes, Jim Rice in 1978. He's the one that I would not think speed would be a word to describe him, but he had 15 triples that year.

Yeah, thought so.


I've gone down the Jim Rice rabbit hole before. He came one triple away from doing it two seasons in a row. He had 30 triples in a two year span, and 38 in a 3 year span.

Don't know how common it is, but he had far more career triples, then he had stolen bases.

Jim Rice has more career triples then Mickey Mantle.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Yeah, thought so.


I've gone down the Jim Rice rabbit hole before. He came one triple away from doing it two seasons in a row. He had 30 triples in a two year span, and 38 in a 3 year span.

Don't know how common it is, but he had far more career triples, then he had stolen bases.

Jim Rice has more career triples then Mickey Mantle.

Which leads me down another rabbit hole.

Stan Musial led the league in triples 5 times. 177 triples against only 78 stolen bases (and a rotten stolen base percentage of barely over 50% at that).

As a matter of fact, Stan has more triples then anybody whose career was entirely in the post-deadball era, except for Paul Waner (who also didn't steal many bases).


.....and the more I look, the more I see that hitting prowess may actually have more to do with triples production, then simply blazing speed.