Tuesday Trivia: First 30-30 players

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by bk400

As a Mets fan, I would guess them, but I can only name three members of the 30-30 club. HoJo definitely, Strawberry and Lindor. Maybe Nails did it.

YES! The Mets are the other franchise--Howard Johnson did it 3 times ('87, '89' and '91), Strawberry once (1987), David Wright (2007) and Lindor last year and hopefully this year!

[D. Bergin]

Joe Morgan?

[cgjackson222]

Dawson is a great guess, as he stole at least 30 bases 3 times early in his career, but his power didn't really get going until a little later in his career.

Winfield is a great guess as well, but he never got to 30 steals.

Joe Morgan is another great guess, but the most HRs he had was 27.


Hint: the 5th player to have a 30/30 year, stole a lot of bases in his career, but only hit 30 HRs once. The next most he hit was 18 HRs in a season.

Also, the only time the player was an All Star was his 30/30 year.

[bk400]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Dawson is a great guess, as he stole at least 30 bases 3 times early in his career, but his power didn't really get going until a little later in his career.

Winfield is a great guess as well, but he never got to 30 steals.


Hint: the 5th player to have a 30/30 year, stole a lot of bases in his career, but only hit 30 HRs once. The next most he hit was 18 HRs in a season.

Also, the only time the player was an All Star was his 30/30 year.

How does Dave Winfield, the guy who gets drafted by the NFL, NBA, and MLB not get to 30 steals? That's shocking to me. He must have been fast.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by bk400

How does Dave Winfield, the guy who gets drafted by the NFL, NBA, and MLB not get to 30 steals? That's shocking to me. He must have been fast.

Winfield stole over 20 bases 4 times but never got to 30. I think when he was playing, power hitters (especially ones his size) weren't expected to steal bases.

[bk400]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Winfield stole over 20 bases 4 times but never got to 30. I think when he was playing, power hitters (especially ones his size) weren't expected to steal bases.

Makes sense. But I wonder whether Dave Winfield could have been the original Ohtani if the old school baseball guys back then let him.

[Beercan collector]

Id imagine sliding and quickly stopping would be hard on a player his size .
Anyhow it’s not a slugger so it’s gotta be somebody like Reggie Sanders except he didn’t play until about 1990 - No way it’s Bert Campaneris

[Peter_Spaeth]

Grich. Amos Otis.