Great Baseball Sayings and Curious Facts Topic

3) Speaker is the obvious one. Other ones.... not so sure. Maybe Eddie Collins and Willie Keeler?
2/19/2016 2:33 PM
Did Cravath lead the league in RBI 3 seasons in a row?
2/19/2016 2:35 PM
Or Ernie Banks?
2/19/2016 2:36 PM
How long is a long time? I know Curtis Granderson went 20-20-20-20 like 7 years ago. Was it him for triples?
2/19/2016 2:39 PM
Albert Belle, Cecil Fielder, Harmon Killebrew, George Foster

That's 5 guesses for 3 spots. I feel good about Fielder and Killer.
2/19/2016 2:40 PM
Crap, Willie McCovey....
2/19/2016 2:41 PM
Triples might be Chief Wilson but I feel like there was probably at least someone in the 20s or 80s
2/19/2016 2:42 PM
Posted by dahsdebater on 2/19/2016 2:25:00 PM (view original):
1) Elbie Fletcher
Correct. Good get, assuming you didn't need to look it up. Fletcher was pretty underrated during his career, and largely unknown today, but was a very effective player. OBP was as important in his day as it is today, and there were some very good players who probably didn't get the recognition they deserved at the time. Lu Blue was another one in the same category.
2/19/2016 2:58 PM
Posted by dahsdebater on 2/19/2016 2:28:00 PM (view original):
I can't come up with anything for 2. There were some ridiculous offensive numbers in the Federal League, but realistically it doesn't seem to have been on par with the other Major Leagues, since most of those guys were unimpressive on AL & NL franchises.

For 4, it's either Daubert or Medwick I think. I thought they both did, though.
Jake Daubert is correct, in 1913-1914. Medwick only won one batting title, in his triple crown year of 1937.
2/19/2016 2:59 PM
Posted by ozomatli on 2/19/2016 2:30:00 PM (view original):
6) First thought is Kiner but Chuck Klein might've done it too. Not sure if he got to 40 twice
Klein is correct, in 1929-30.
2/19/2016 3:00 PM
Posted by ozomatli on 2/19/2016 2:31:00 PM (view original):
2) Benny Kauff?
Kauff is a good guess...he led the FL in SLG in 1915, but he's not our guy.
2/19/2016 3:00 PM
Posted by dahsdebater on 2/19/2016 2:31:00 PM (view original):
For the triples...

Shoeless Joe Jackson hit 25 triples. I think Wahoo Sam Crawford did, too. I don't know if anybody has done it in the live-ball era or not.

I'm guessing the 40+ HRs question isn't Hornsby. So maybe Ott?
It was done after Jackson and Crawford.
2/19/2016 3:01 PM
Posted by ozomatli on 2/19/2016 2:34:00 PM (view original):
3) Speaker is the obvious one. Other ones.... not so sure. Maybe Eddie Collins and Willie Keeler?
Speaker is the obvious one, yes, in 1916. Neither Collins nor Keeler is correct.
2/19/2016 3:02 PM
Posted by dahsdebater on 2/19/2016 2:35:00 PM (view original):
Did Cravath lead the league in RBI 3 seasons in a row?
No
2/19/2016 3:02 PM
Posted by dahsdebater on 2/19/2016 2:36:00 PM (view original):
Or Ernie Banks?
No
2/19/2016 3:02 PM
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