Posted by OleProfessor on 3/21/2017 12:14:00 PM (view original):
Posted by PennQuaker on 3/21/2017 9:24:00 AM (view original):
Posted by OleProfessor on 3/19/2017 8:03:00 PM (view original):
Who was the first AL player to get both 3,000 hits and 400 home runs?
Who was the first switch hitter to get 100 hits in a season from each side of the plate?
hint: both players accomplished these things in the same season.
Yaz and Garry Templeton in 1979.
correct !
Now...to add some controversy here....
While it is often reported that Templeton has 100 hits from each side of the plate, see his baseballreference split page:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=templga01&year=1979&t=b
Notice that it shows him having 94 hits versus LHP.
Retrosheet (http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1979/Jtempg0010041979.htm) also shows Templeton with only 94 hits versus LHP.
So, while it was originally reported Templeton had 100 from both sides, reviews if the baseball records are not so clear.
Who was next?
Well, Wilson Wilson reported accomplished that same feat in 1980......but...
check his Retrosheet....http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1980/Jwilsw0010051980.htm
It shows him with only 99 hits versus LHP.....same for baseballreference......
If those sources are correct, then the answer is really no one.....