Trivia day

[MVSNYC]

Even before scrolling down to see anyone's answers, I said Chipper Jones to myself. I remember reading an SI article on him years ago which sited those statistics. Guy was very consistent.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by BeanTown

Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Stan Musial and Mel Ott and ________ are the only players to compile a .300 batting average, .400 on-base percentage, .500 slugging percentage, at least 450 home runs and at least 2,700 hits over a career.

TED WILLIAMS is the man.

Check-out his numbers......

BA = .344

Hits = 2654

HR = 521

OBP = .482

SLG = .634


Of course, his honorable WWII (1943-45) and Korean War (1952-53) Military Service as a Naval Aviator
keeps him from qualifying for this quiz (only 46 Hits short of the criteria).

Suggestion: Change the Hits number to 2600.....we cannot leave "Teddy Ballgame" out of this answer.







By the way, I'm a long-time Yankees fan (1947 > now). Anyway, I was lucky to see Ted play when I was young.
Ted was tremendous. In 1957 (at age 39), Ted was flirting with another .400 year. Finished with a .388 BA.


TED Z

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