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dahsdebater
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Gehrig
Pujols
Rickey

I'm guessing at most one of those are right.  You said one was hard.  I'm betting it's somebody from the 19th century we may or may not be particularly aware of.
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Rickey Henderson is correct!

The last one isn't quite as tricky as the 2000 hits in a decade was but it's close.
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Interesting fact: Rickey and Bryce did NOT make it on hits and walks alone. They both totaled 196. The other three didn't need errors and/or fielder's choices in order to make it.
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When Babe Ruth hit 20.07% of the league's total home runs in 1920, whose record did he break for highest percentage of a major league's HR total?
2/12/2016 3:28 PM
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Posted by ozomatli on 2/12/2016 3:06:00 PM (view original):
Interesting fact: Rickey and Bryce did NOT make it on hits and walks alone. They both totaled 196. The other three didn't need errors and/or fielder's choices in order to make it.
I'm pretty sure errors and FC don't count in that stat, the way it is kept. HBP does though, and that's what pushed them over 300.
2/12/2016 3:51 PM
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I would think either Gavvy Cravath or another one of those 19th century guys nobody ever heard of.
2/12/2016 3:53 PM
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Or it could be himself from 1919 I suppose...
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By the way, his name was Gavy Cravath. Gavvy was a typo by a journalist. Bill James makes this clear in the Historical Baseball Abstract. One v. 
2/12/2016 3:57 PM
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Posted by contrarian23 on 2/12/2016 3:51:00 PM (view original):
Posted by ozomatli on 2/12/2016 3:06:00 PM (view original):
Interesting fact: Rickey and Bryce did NOT make it on hits and walks alone. They both totaled 196. The other three didn't need errors and/or fielder's choices in order to make it.
I'm pretty sure errors and FC don't count in that stat, the way it is kept. HBP does though, and that's what pushed them over 300.
Oh, sorry, you're correct. Forgot about HBPs
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Posted by toddcommish on 2/12/2016 1:03:00 PM (view original):
Posted by italyprof on 2/12/2016 9:35:00 AM (view original):

One more:

 

Who hit the most home runs ever in a single ballpark?

Sosa at Wrigley?
Mel Ott at the Polo Grounds. 323 home runs. Most by one player in one ballpark ever.
2/12/2016 3:58 PM
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Posted by jowchasers on 2/12/2016 3:28:00 PM (view original):
When Babe Ruth hit 20.07% of the league's total home runs in 1920, whose record did he break for highest percentage of a major league's HR total?

I would guess, but when I logged on it was to post another question:



Whose record for most career home runs did Babe Ruth break? 



I think it might be the same person, though I am not sure. So I won't say. 
2/12/2016 4:00 PM
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Roger Connor
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Posted by ozomatli on 2/12/2016 2:25:00 PM (view original):
Rickey Henderson is correct!

The last one isn't quite as tricky as the 2000 hits in a decade was but it's close.
Pete Reiser?  
2/12/2016 4:52 PM
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Posted by ozomatli on 2/12/2016 9:00:00 AM (view original):
Who are the only five players to reach base 300 times in a season they were under 23 years old during?
Gotta be Mr. Tiger Al Kaline, right?
2/12/2016 5:46 PM
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Posted by ozomatli on 2/12/2016 2:25:00 PM (view original):
Rickey Henderson is correct!

The last one isn't quite as tricky as the 2000 hits in a decade was but it's close.
Jeter?
2/12/2016 5:49 PM
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