Posted by contrarian23 on 8/23/2022 10:14:00 PM (view original):

Posted by Sodlsa on 8/23/2022 9:49:00 PM (view original):
1990 Eddie Murray.

Yep. Murray batted .330, the highest average in the majors. George Brett hit .329 to lead the AL. Murray, a national leaguer in '90, lost the NL batting title to none other than...Willie McGee. McGee hit .335 for St. Louis (in 542 PA) before being traded to Oakland late in the season. His NL stats were sufficient for him to qualify for - and win - the NL batting title. However in Oakland, he hit just .274 in 123 PA, dragging his overall season average down to .324.

So Murray hit for the highest average in MLB in 1990...but has no batting title to show for it.

great question.... learned something new today (I had guessed Willie Wilson on the 100 hits/both sides of the plate question, but was a year off. ha.)

Posted by Funksteady1 on 8/23/2022 11:09:00 PM (view original):
You're totally right Trentonjoe, both Templeton and Wilson were free swingers and rarely ever walked, and yeah, there's also a Topps special card about Wilson's "At Bat record" for 1980.

Hey FunkSteady....you realize Garry Templeton's nickname early on was "JumpSteady" right?

Knew the answer to that as a lifelong Cardinal fan but didnt know the 2nd one.

Posted by The_Creeper on 8/25/2022 9:12:00 PM (view original):

Posted by Funksteady1 on 8/23/2022 11:09:00 PM (view original):
You're totally right Trentonjoe, both Templeton and Wilson were free swingers and rarely ever walked, and yeah, there's also a Topps special card about Wilson's "At Bat record" for 1980.

Hey FunkSteady....you realize Garry Templeton's nickname early on was "JumpSteady" right?

Knew the answer to that as a lifelong Cardinal fan but didnt know the 2nd one.

Haha, yeah Jumpsteady! As I was saying, Templeton was my favorite player back then. He got the nickname from a cousin when they went out dancing at some club. They were dancing to Aretha Franklin's Rocksteady when the cousin made the remark that Garry was doing more jumping than rocking of dancing so he called him Jumpsteady. I chose Funksteady cause I like funk music a lot!