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O-Trap

Chief Shenanigans Officer

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 6:08 PM
posted by Ironman92

You sure? 

Hmm ... no, I'm not.  Not sure How I missed him.

Well hell.  I'll take him.  You obviously caught something I didn't.

O-Trap

Chief Shenanigans Officer

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 6:10 PM

The other was Bonds.  Was never "suspended" for PEDs.  We all know he used them, but there was no official suspension.  His 2005 was derailed by "injury."

O-Trap

Chief Shenanigans Officer

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 6:14 PM

Oh, wait.  I said they'd been out long enough to be eligible for the Hall.  Beltran isn't.  That's why he wasn't on that list.

I had my spreadsheet filtered by stats up to 2014, so the 2,300ish hits was how many he had up to that point.

Laley23

GOAT

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 6:32 PM

My guess was Sheffield. Either he was suspended and I missed it, or he falls JUST short of 2,700. Because I watched him get 2,500 and he played a bit longer.

O-Trap

Chief Shenanigans Officer

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 6:37 PM
posted by Laley23

My guess was Sheffield. Either he was suspended and I missed it, or he falls JUST short of 2,700. Because I watched him get 2,500 and he played a bit longer.

Just short.  2,689 hits over his career.

justincredible

Honorable Admin

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 6:37 PM
posted by Laley23

My guess was Sheffield. Either he was suspended and I missed it, or he falls JUST short of 2,700. Because I watched him get 2,500 and he played a bit longer.

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Ironman92

Administrator

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 6:44 PM

I wish Sheffield was HOF. So damn many of his cards ~120

O-Trap

Chief Shenanigans Officer

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 6:48 PM

Question #63:

If you can believe it, only three HOF hitters have ever had even one season in which they hit 55+ HRs and batted .350+.  One of them never even won an MVP award.

They're all in the 1900s, don't worry.

Laley23

GOAT

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 6:56 PM

Jimmie Foxx. Hank Greenberg?

Laley23

GOAT

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 6:57 PM

Ruth has to have done it.

Ironman92

Administrator

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 6:58 PM
posted by Laley23

Jimmie Foxx. Hank Greenberg?

My two thoughts as well

Ironman92

Administrator

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 6:59 PM

Hack?

Laley23

GOAT

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 6:59 PM

Hack Wilson or Maris are the only others who I can think of with that type of power (aside from 1990s on who I know didn’t do it)

O-Trap

Chief Shenanigans Officer

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 7:04 PM
posted by Laley23

Jimmie Foxx. Hank Greenberg?

Yes to Double X.  Foxx did it in '32.
 

posted by Laley23

Ruth has to have done it.

 

Of course.  He knocked 59 homers and hit .378 in '21.
 

posted by Ironman92

Hack?

 

Yep.  Never won an MVP (they didn't have it during his best year), but put up a .356 average and 56 homers in '30.
 

posted by Laley23

Hack Wilson or Maris are the only others who I can think of with that type of power (aside from 1990s on who I know didn’t do it)

If you can believe it, Maris isn't in the Hall.  His average wasn't that good, and it was mostly just the one year.  I'm not sure he even cleared 300 homers on his career.

 

justincredible

Honorable Admin

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 7:09 PM

Back to back MVPs and 61 for Maris, but that's about it.

O-Trap

Chief Shenanigans Officer

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 7:54 PM
posted by justincredible

Back to back MVPs and 61 for Maris, but that's about it.

Yep.  His actual career numbers are pretty pedestrian.  Pat Burrell pedestrian.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burrepa01.shtml

O-Trap

Chief Shenanigans Officer

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 8:03 PM

BRF

Senior Member

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 8:49 PM

Ironman92

Administrator

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 10:03 PM

Question #64

This HOFer had 564 career HR his entire time while  playing for the Dodgers....played for other teams

Name him

Laley23

GOAT

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 10:07 PM
posted by Ironman92

Question #64

This HOFer had 564 HR his entire time while  playing for the Dodgers

Name him

This question confused me.

BRF

Senior Member

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 10:11 PM

Duke Snider

Ironman92

Administrator

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 10:12 PM
posted by BRF

Duke Snider

About 150 HR short

Ironman92

Administrator

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 10:13 PM
posted by Laley23

This question confused me.

I’ve worded it the best I could.

justincredible

Honorable Admin

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 10:14 PM

Did they play for the Dodgers their entire career?

Ironman92

Administrator

Tue, Apr 14, 2020 10:17 PM
posted by justincredible

Did they play for the Dodgers their entire career?

Reread it...I changed wording