Monday Trivia: Crossing the plate

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Now that I think about it, McGwire? His 70 HR year as I recall he walked a ton (although his average wasn't great and he couldn't run for shit).

That gave me the hint I needed...Sosa?




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[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

That gave me the hint I needed...Sosa?




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Ah that makes more sense than McGwire.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

That gave me the hint I needed...Sosa?
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Sosa is correct! He scored 146 R in 2001. (McGwire only got to 130, Molitor had 136). Tied for #4 on the list.


And a final, bonus question: all-time MLB, who scored the most runs in a season and how many?

[bk400]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Sosa is correct! He scored 146 R in 2001. (McGwire only got to 130, Molitor had 136). Tied for #4 on the list.


And a final, bonus question: all-time MLB, who scored the most runs in a season and how many?

Probably some guy who played with Jack Glasscock. Definitely not Keith Hernandez. Even though Keith Hernandez is awesome.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Maybe Ruth, between the HR and Gehrig hitting behind him.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Maybe Ruth, between the HR and Gehrig hitting behind him.

Ruth is tied for #2. 177 R in 1921.

Originally Posted by bk400

Probably some guy who played with Jack Glasscock. Definitely not Keith Hernandez. Even though Keith Hernandez is awesome.

It's not Keith, but I agree he's awesome. A fact about Jack Glasscock that most people don't know: his gravesite in Wheeling, WV was moved during the construction of I-70, which was built through parts of the cemetery where he was buried in the 1940s.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Back in the 1970s I hitchhiked west from D.C. and passed through Wheeling on I-70. While of course I was a baseball devotee even then, I had no idea I was so close to history.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Back in the 1970s I hitchhiked west from D.C. and passed through Wheeling on I-70. While of course I was a baseball devotee even then, I had no idea I was so close to history.

The history of baseball is, in many ways, the history of the country.

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

And a final, bonus question: all-time MLB, who scored the most runs in a season and how many?

“Sliding” Billy Hamilton had the mist runs in a year. I think it was near 200.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

“Sliding” Billy Hamilton had the mist runs in a year. I think it was near 200.

Correct! Hamilton scored 198 R in 1894.

[bk400]

So he did basically play with Jack Glasscock!

How do you score 198 runs in a season? It just goes to show how impossible it is to compare players across eras.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by bk400

So he did basically play with Jack Glasscock!

How do you score 198 runs in a season? It just goes to show how impossible it is to compare players across eras.

They overlapped in the NL for a few years (although Glasscock was already a veteran when Hamilton broke in).

1893-94 had an explosion of offensive stats when they moved the mound back from 50 ft to the current distance. '94 was also when Hugh Duffy hit .440.

[Beercan collector]

Has anyone else scored more than a run per game for their career ?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bk400

So he did basically play with Jack Glasscock!

How do you score 198 runs in a season? It just goes to show how impossible it is to compare players across eras.

You hit .400, get over 100 walks, steal 100 bases, and have two .400 hitters (Delahanty and Sam Thompson) behind you.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

You hit .400, get over 100 walks, steal 100 bases, and have two .400 hitters (Delahanty and Sam Thompson) behind you.

They batted .350 as a team....LOL!

....and came in 4th place.