More high total, low season options: Musial, Ripken, Murray?

Ken Griffey Jr and Willie Mays?

I think I remember Mays having 660ish, and I thought KGJ was somewhere around there.

^ I think Willie hit 50 once. Griffey had several 50+.

posted by justincredible

Willie Mays

No...he went 50 a time or 2

posted by justincredible

Ken Griffey Jr and Willie Mays?

I think I remember Mays having 660ish, and I thought KGJ was somewhere around there.

I think you are reading it wrong or I worded it bad

posted by GOONx19

More high total, low season options: Musial, Ripken, Murray?

Murray is the top answer

posted by Ironman92

I think you are reading it wrong or I worded it bad

No, I got it, though I don't think it hit me until now that one person never got out of the 30s in HRs.. I did whiff big on Willie Mays.

posted by Ironman92

Murray is the top answer

So somewhere in the 400-500 range. Chipper? Frank Thomas? Ernie Banks? I don't know the HR leaders after about the first 10.

Murray has like 540-560, right?

Ok, I cheated again. This was a good one, never would've thought of the other guy. And I was way off on my Murray estimate.

Murray high was 33, only 3x over 30....just got over 500 in his 20th or 21 st season

Hank Greenberg? Don’t think he has enough Hrs cause of the war. But he led the league in Hrs like 5x, which is the reasoning.

Frank Thomas? Murray and Thomas both just cleared 500 HR, so has to be close...

Vladdy? Did he get close enough to 500 to be by Murray?

Yaz? Doubt he got 40 five times, but he did a few.

Duke Snider? Crazy power streak in the 50s, but relatively low number.

Last 2 guesses are Eddie Mathews and Ernie Banks.

Going with Lou Gehrig. I think he just missed 500. Can't think of any else to be just below Murray.

posted by cat_lover

Going with Lou Gehrig. I think he just missed 500. Can't think of any else to be just below Murray.

This is a duh. And I’m mad at myself. 

posted by cat_lover

Going with Lou Gehrig. I think he just missed 500. Can't think of any else to be just below Murray.

Yep....493 and 40+ 5x

posted by cat_lover

Going with Lou Gehrig. I think he just missed 500. Can't think of any else to be just below Murray.

Gehrig actually tied with Fred McGriff

Question #4

The great Walter Johnson held the career strikeout record from 1922 (when he passed Cy Young) to late April 1983, then he was passed again in May 1983....then passed again 2 months later! He was in first place for 60+ years and then in 4 months he was 4th all-time. (Stay with me here).....Going into 1980 1 of these guys had 3141 career K, another one of these guys had 2909 and the 3rd guy had 2685 career strikeouts....the guy with 3141 after 1979 NEVER was the all-time leader, both guys behind him beat him to surpassing Johnson....the guy with 2909 got to pass Johnson first, but the 3rd guy at 2685 not only passed Johnson that year but passed the first guy to pass him....at the end of 1983 the guy with 2685 after 1979 was now the all-time strikeout leader and would remain so until late 1985.....when the first guy to pass Johnson also went back passed him.

Name the 3 HOFers that passed Walter Johnson in 1983

I’m guessing Nolan Ryan is out given those parameters. 
 

Jim Palmer
Tom Seaver
 Bert Blyleven

I'm guessing Tom Seaver, Steve Carlton, and Gaylord Perry.

I like your guesses better.