Dwight Evans

posted by O-Trap

Mickey

Close! He took the lead in 1964 from someone (Musial retired in 1963)....Mantle took the lead during 64 season and Mays passed him up later in the 1965 season

Frank Robinson

posted by O-Trap

Dwight Evans

No he was entire 1990 and a few games of 1991.....the player Mantle passed is the answer

posted by BRF

Frank Robinson

He retired in 76, he never led

Duke Snyder?

Eddie Matthews?

Ted Williams

And good night to all

Eddie Murray.

posted by O-Trap

Duke Snyder?

Eddie Matthews?

Eddie Mathews was the active leader for a while from the start of 1964 until the still healthy Mantle passed him.....Mathews and Mantle very similar careers start to finish. Both got old pretty fast and stayed ahead of Mays until 65 and Mays left em and stayed a little ahead of Hank until into the 1972 season

I enjoyed researching this. I didn’t notice it on baseball reference until I was about 1/2 way done and even then it didn’t show when someone new surpassed someone else....just showed the leader at the end of every year.

posted by Ironman92

Eddie Mathews was the active leader for a while from the start of 1964 until the still healthy Mantle passed him.....Mathews and Mantle very similar careers start to finish. Both got old pretty fast and stayed ahead of Mays until 65 and Mays left em and stayed a little ahead of Hank until into the 1972 season

I enjoyed researching this. I didn’t notice it on baseball reference until I was about 1/2 way done and even then it didn’t show when someone new surpassed someone else....just showed the leader at the end of every year.

That's a fun question.

Question #109:

Which two players (non-HOF) led their respective leagues in HRs in the same year AND share the same last name?

1921-1935 Babe Ruth (15)
1936-1939 Lou Gehrig
1940-1942 Jimmie Foxx
1943 Mel Ott
1944-1945 Jimmie Foxx (5)
1946-1947 Mel Ott
1948-1951 DiMaggio
1952-1953 Johnny Mize
1954-1960 Ted Williams (7)
1961-1963 Stan Musial
1964 Mathews-Mantle
1965 Mantle-Mays
1966-1971 Mays (8)
1972 Mays-Aaron
1973-1976 Aaron (5)
1977-1980 McCovey
1981-1982 Stargell
1983-1987 Reggie Jackson (5)
1988-1989 Mike Schmidt
1990  Evans-Murray/
1991, Evans/Murray-Winfield
1992-1994 Winfield (5)
1995 Winfield-Murray
1996-1997 Murray (5)
1998-2001 McGwire
2002-2007 Barry Bonds (6)
2008-2010 Ken Griffey Jr
2011-2016 Alex Rodriguez (6)
2017- current Albert Pujols

posted by O-Trap

Question #109:  Which two players led their respective leagues in HRs AND share the same last name?

Same year or whenever ?

posted by Ironman92

Same year or whenever ?

Ah, same year. 

I'll edit the question.

I’m either confused or dumbfounded

posted by Ironman92

I’m either confused or dumbfounded

Don't blame you.  I just re-read the trivia question, and it was awkwardly phrased.

Was supposed to be "team."  Not league.

Serves me right for venturing off BR for a question.

I'll come up with a different question (or you can).

Question #109:

Though a weird statistic, this player held the record for the most singles in a single season for over 100 years.

posted by O-Trap

Question #109:

Though a weird statistic, this player held the record for the most singles in a single season for over 100 years.

Cobb, Keeler

Was your other question Frank and Brooks or Chipper and Andruw?

posted by Ironman92

Cobb, Keeler

Nice.  Wee Willie Keeler held it from 1897 to 2003 (206 singles) before Ichiro smashed it in 2004 with 225.

posted by Ironman92

Was your other question Frank and Brooks or Chipper and Andruw?

It was actually cousins Mo and Greg.  In '98, Greg Vaughn popped 50 HRs to lead the Padres, and Mo got 40 to lead the Red Sox.

posted by O-Trap

It was actually cousins Mo and Greg.  In '98, Greg Vaughn popped 50 HRs to lead the Padres, and Mo got 40 to lead the Red Sox.

Thought you said same team and I had no clue

posted by Ironman92

Thought you said same team and I had no clue

Ah, yeah.  They led their respective teams in HRs in the same year with the same last name, neither being HOFers.  That was what I was going for, but I was only half paying attention when I wrote the question, and it came out looking like a tire fire.

Question #110

What player in MLB history was the ACTIVE career strikeout leader longer than Nolan Ryan?

Walter Johnson