Surprising baseball facts

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Chet Lemon has the same career OBP and very nearly the same WAR as Ichiro.

[packs]

Many people would be surprised to know that Carlton Fisk led the American League in triples in 1972 with 9. No other catcher has led either league in triples since.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Chet Lemon has the same career OBP and very nearly the same WAR as Ichiro.

Same with Darrell Evans I believe and his OPS+ was significantly better.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Chet Lemon has the same career OBP and very nearly the same WAR as Ichiro.

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Same with Darrell Evans I believe and his OPS+ was significantly better.

Of course, Ichiro didn't play in the MLB until he was 27. If he had, his WAR would definitely be higher but his OBP and OPS+ might be around the same or maybe a little better.

[stlcardsfan]

Ty Cobb could have gone 0 for his last 2530 at bats and still hit .300.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Same with Darrell Evans I believe and his OPS+ was significantly better.

I was going more apples to apples for position, and people talk about Darrell Evans being underrated, never heard Chet Lemon brought up!