Surprising baseball facts

jayshum · #1 02-17-2025, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

On a similar yet opposite note, I just learned today that John Kruk never had a 100 RBI season. I had taken it for granted that he would have had at least a few.

I think I would have been more surprised to learn that John Kruk had a 100 RBI season. I watched him play for 6 seasons with the Phillies, and he hit for average and got on base a lot, but he was never considered a power hitter or big RBI guy for them. Also, for all but one season he was there, the Phillies weren't very good so usually weren't scoring a ton of runs.

BillyCoxDodgers3B · #2 02-17-2025, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jayshum

I think I would have been more surprised to learn that John Kruk had a 100 RBI season. I watched him play for 6 seasons with the Phillies, and he hit for average and got on base a lot, but he was never considered a power hitter or big RBI guy for them. Also, for all but one season he was there, the Phillies weren't very good so usually weren't scoring a ton of runs.

I did figure that out by looking at the rest of his stats. I didn't have much of a chance to watch him, as the three cities who broadcasted games in my viewing area were all AL East teams. He just looked like such an intimidating presence that it was an assumption on my part!

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