Best Triples Hitter-- 2011 Shane Victorino? Topic

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Is 2011 Shane Victorino now the game's best triple hitter?  His performance history shows an average of 27 triples over only 624 PA.  In comparison 2007 Curtis Granderson hits an average of 30 in 710 PA.
6/24/2012 8:59 PM
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Lance Johnson put up a ton of triples for me before, I think it was his '96 season.....Bake McBride was the fastest player I ever saw running out a triple...Willie Wilson and Willie McGee rank up there too....
6/24/2012 10:52 PM
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My research is below.

I think Victorino is about equal to Granderson because Victorino e a switch hitter and a better real-life home-run hitter.
6/24/2012 11:41 PM (edited)
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Player Year 3B/PA # AB 3B BB HBP AVG OBP SLG 1B 2B 3B LF RF
1992 Sanders 4.5% 51 341 16 16 2 .298 .334 .461 -1 -1 1 -1 -1
1992 Alicea 4.4% 12 293 14 25 2 .274 .337 .414 -1 -1 2 -1 -1
2011 Victorino 4.3% 2 572 27 52 7 .293 .358 .491 1 0 1 0 0
2007 Granderson 4.2% 94 658 30 52 5 .292 .347 .485 0 0 2 -1 -1
1985 Wilson 3.8% 86 649 26 30 4 .292 .327 .422 0 0 2 -2 -2
2000 Guzman 3.7% 21 611 24 36 3 .246 .290 .371 0 -1 1 -2 -2
1994 Johnson 3.6% 183 629 24 31 3 .269 .307 .381 0 0 1 -1 -1
1998 Winn 3.6% 2 385 15 30 1 .284 .339 .392 2 3 1 2 2
1997 Perez 3.4% 20 356 13 21 1 .294 .337 .433 -1 -1 1 -1 -1
2007 Rollins 3.4% 48 682 25 44 5 .314 .359 .500 0 0 1 0 0
2011 Reyes 3.3% 60 616 22 39 3 .347 .388 .480 0 0 0 -1 -1
2008 Reyes 3.3% 51 701 25 54 3 .310 .361 .467 0 0 1 0 0
1990 Fernandez 3.2% 20 643 23 59 6 .284 .349 .400 0 -1 2 -1 -2
2003 Guzman 3.2% 14 557 19 27 4 .275 .313 .373 0 0 1 -2 -2
1984 Collins 3.1% 304 502 17 31 7 .311 .359 .433 0 0 0 -1 -2
2005 Reyes 3.1% 150 676 22 22 3 .286 .311 .399 0 0 0 -1 -1
2011 Fowler 3.1% 3 574 20 57 8 .264 .338 .410 0 0 0 0 0
1897 Davis 3.1% 14 567 19 36 8 .283 .335 .390 -1 -1 2 -2 -2
2001 Guzman 3.1% 151 554 18 21 5 .300 .331 .436 0 0 0 -1 -1
1994 Coleman 3.1% 52 619 20 27 3 .247 .282 .346 0 0 0 0 -1
1986 Sierra 3.0% 3 468 15 22 3 .292 .328 .450 1 0 0 1 0
1912 Wilson 3.0% 73 665 21 37 3 .300 .340 .457 0 0 2 -2 -2
1985 McGee 2.9% 1217 678 21 32 3 .366 .396 .499 0 0 0 -1 -1
1890 Reddy Mack 2.9% 3 505 16 36 11 .278 .340 .377 -1 -1 2 -2 -3
2009 Pagan 2.9% 7 393 12 25 1 .277 .323 .418 -1 -1 0 0 0
1987 Wilson 2.8% 115 668 20 28 6 .287 .321 .384 0 0 0 -1 -1
1977 Templeton 2.8% 69 665 19 15 3 .337 .354 .447 0 0 1 -1 -1
1915 Long 2.7% 13 586 17 36 4 .305 .348 .423 -1 -1 2 -2 -2
1979 Templeton 2.7% 35 693 19 18 3 .330 .350 .454 0 0 1 -1 -1
2006 Reyes 2.6% 319 676 19 46 3 .307 .353 .445 0 0 0 0 0
1993 Fernandez 2.5% 30 409 11 28 2 .294 .342 .403 0 0 0 -1 -1
2004 Figgins 2.5% 30 409 11 28 2 .294 .342 .403 0 0 0 -1 -1
1894 Reitz 2.4% 93 605 16 50 6 .283 .344 .388 0 0 2 -1 -2
1981 Baines 2.4% 2 474 12 25 2 .291 .328 .470 0 2 1 1 0
1898 Anderson 2.4% 14 626 16 34 11 .298 .343 .480 0 0 1 -1 -2
1889 Wilmot 2.4% 5 658 17 60 4 .307 .368 .473 0 1 0 0 0
1899 Jennings 2.2% 2 333 8 23 11 .287 .355 .351 -1 1 0 -1 -1
1885 Bennett 2.2% 10 572 14 74 3 .281 .364 .447 0 0 2 0 -1
1891 Joyce 2.1% 19 351 9 65 4 .301 .417 .432 0 0 1 -1 -1
1993 Davis 2.1% 11 657 15 56 7 .361 .415 .506 0 0 1 -1 -2
1896 McCreery 2.0% 12 634 14 52 2 .337 .388 .482 0 0 1 -1 -2
1931 Collins 1.8% 13 311 6 19 2 .295 .341 .439 0 0 1 -1 -1
1916 Roush 1.7% 1 333 6 15 9 .270 .318 .330 -3 -3 3 -3 -3
1906 Arndt 1.6% 7 300 5 21 1 .277 .327 .376 0 -1 1 -2 -2
6/24/2012 11:37 PM
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Was Victorino only used twice?
6/25/2012 5:43 AM
chisox378
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Are you sure that Davis guy at the bottom of the list isnt 1893 George Davis?  Has anyone used that guy, he looks like an animal.
6/25/2012 7:26 AM
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I think there is a Harry Davis who used to be a triples machine.   Before they turned down the park effects he used to be a lock for 35 or so triples a season.
6/25/2012 2:59 PM
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Def 1893 George Davis - checked the performance history
6/25/2012 3:57 PM
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Posted by DoctorKz on 6/24/2012 10:54:00 PM (view original):
Lance Johnson put up a ton of triples for me before, I think it was his '96 season.....Bake McBride was the fastest player I ever saw running out a triple...Willie Wilson and Willie McGee rank up there too....
Willie Wilson is the fastest player I have ever seen. Just look at his career inside the park home runs.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.cgi?id=wilsowi02&t=b

and the gw inside the park homer vs the yankees. just sick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaK1lF1G8iI
6/25/2012 10:27 PM (edited)
zubinsum
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What I learned in this study was that deadballers really underperform for trips.  Also switch hitters out perform lefties or righties.
6/25/2012 10:49 PM
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84 Dave Collins and 2001 Juan Uribe?  Lower PA is the 2009 Andres Torres who hits a lot of triples in parks like ATT and Petco
6/26/2012 11:15 AM (edited)
chisox378
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I dont think this is true, but for some reason I keep thinking that switch hitters hit right handed hitting better than lefties.
6/26/2012 1:07 PM
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Posted by chisox378 on 6/26/2012 1:07:00 PM (view original):
I dont think this is true, but for some reason I keep thinking that switch hitters hit right handed hitting better than lefties.
You are confusing the sim with reality. 
:-P
6/26/2012 10:49 PM
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