Trivia: 200 Hits and 100 Walks in Same Season

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Seven

I'm near positive Jon Olerud is one of them. He had a few great seasons at the dish and a great batting eye.

Yes! Olerud had 200 hits and 114 walks to go along with his 109 Runs and 107 RBIs in 1993 with Toronto. His OBP was .473!

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Dykstra?

A fine guess. Dykstra had 194 hits and 129 walks in 1993, so he was very close.

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Maybe Pujols early on? Miggy?

Great guesses as well. Both Pujols and Miggy have had seasons where they had 200 hits OR 100 walks, but never in the same season. Cabrera was 3 hits shy of 200 in 2011, when he had 108 walks.

Originally Posted by packs

I know at least one of them for sure: my man Bernie Williams.

Yes! Bernie Williams had 202 hits and 100 walks in 1999.

The last guy is more obscure, and player earlier than Olerud or Bernie.

[Seven]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Yes! Olerud had 200 hits and 114 walks to go along with his 109 Runs and 107 RBIs in 1993 with Toronto. His OBP was .473!


A fine guess. Dykstra had 194 hits and 129 walks in 1993, so he was very close.


Great guesses as well. Both Pujols and Miggy have had seasons where they had 200 hits OR 100 walks, but never in the same season. Cabrera was 3 hits shy of 200 in 2011, when he had 108 walks.



Yes! Bernie Williams had 202 hits and 100 walks in 1999.

The last guy is more obscure, and player earlier than Olerud or Bernie.

Wouldn't surprise me if it was someone someone from all the way back in either the 1930s or dead ball era. Lefty O'Doul perhaps? I know he had a few seasons with over 200 hits.

[jimmer77]

Wally Joyner?...

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Seven

Wouldn't surprise me if it was someone someone from all the way back in either the 1930s or dead ball era. Lefty O'Doul perhaps? I know he had a few seasons with over 200 hits.

O'Doul had 200 hits 3x, but was not a big BBs guy.

Originally Posted by jimmer77

Wally Joyner?...

Wally Joyner topped out at 176 hits and 69 walks.

Clue: The last player played for a team that scored 998 runs on the season, the franchise record for the team, and the 8th most by any team since the start of the 20th century. Amazingly, he was not the only player on his team to achieve the feat that season.

[Beercan collector]

Tony Lazzeri
Earl Combs

[jimmer77]

Mike Cameron

[jimmer77]

My last guess was awful....not sure how I thought of Mike Cameron

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

Tony Lazzeri
Earl Combs

Great guesses, but Combs never got to 100 walks, and Lazzeri never got to either.

Originally Posted by jimmer77

Mike Cameron

Mike Cameron never got to 200 hits or 100 walks. But I do like Cameron. Underrated player.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Clue: The last player played for a team that scored 998 runs on the season, the franchise record for the team, and the 8th most by any team since the start of the 20th century. Amazingly, he was not the only player on his team to achieve the feat that season.

From that clue I'll bet it's a 1930 Cubs teammate of Hack Wilson but it can't be Cuyler, Hornsby, or Hartnett. Riggs Stephenson?

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

From that clue I'll bet it's a 1930 Cubs teammate of Hack Wilson but it can't be Cuyler. Hornsby, or Hartnett. Riggs Stephenson?

You are on the right track! But it isn't Cuyler, Hornsby, Hartnett or Stephenson.

[Seven]

I caved and looked up the answer. All I'm going to say is that it certainly was a statistical outlier of a season

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Seven

I caved and looked up the answer. All I'm going to say is that it certainly was a statistical outlier of a season

Yeah, definitely the player in question's best season, although he had another good year the following year, and was an All Star in '33.

So we have narrowed it down to someone on the 1930's Cubs.
Another clue: the player's last name might be something that you study in school or Major in in college.