Trivia Time at The Rx.....Baseball of course...

[MIMS]

500 homers

Under 1000 strikouts

 

[wilheim]

Nice job Mims

Mel Ott and Ted Williams are the only players to hit over 500 career homers with less than 1000 career strikeouts.
Mel Ott, New York Baseball Giant Hall of Famer hit 511 career homers while striking out just 896 times.
Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox all of Famer hit 521 career homers while striking out only 709 times.

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[wilheim]

From the black bag but not real deep.

Name the two players that never had 10 or more HR's in a single season before their first year with 40+ HR's in a single season.



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[steaktartar]

mcguire one of them?

 

[Gravy]

Im thinking Brady Anderson is one of them

 

[HarryCaray]

Juan Gonzalez?

 

[wilheim]

mcguire one of them?
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Yep..Mark McGwire hit 3 homers in 18 games in 1986 before breaking out with 49 in 1987 with the Oakland A's.

Still waiting for the second player.



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[wilheim]

Gonzalez and Anderson are Nopes..


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[MIMS]

Frank Thomas?

 

[wilheim]

The Big Hurt is a nope.




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[MIMS]

I know Canseco started strong, but 40 is a big number.

 

[stosh]

Cecil Fielder?

 

[MIMS]

Cecil Fielder?

Oh, good guess he didn't play much in Toronto

 

[HarryCaray]

A Rod?

 

[wilheim]

All nopes....



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[stosh]

Oh, good guess he didn't play much in Toronto

had a year in Japan too, but hit 14 in '88

 

[MIMS]

It isn't Ruth is it? He didn't break 40 first year after moving to OF from P?

 

[MIMS]

Killebrew?

 

[steaktartar]

killebrew fuckin mims........arent you supposed to be banneD?

 

[wilheim]

Ruth is a nope. The Bambino hit 11 homers in 1918 for the Boston Red Sox and 29 in 1919 during his final seson as a Red Sox. His first year as a Yankee (1920 of course) Babe clouted an astounding at the time 54 round trippers.



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