Surprising baseball facts

[Peter_Spaeth]

Mantle had seasons of 40 and 42 HR with RBI totals only in the 90s, meaning he only drove in 50 or so runners other than himself. That does seem odd given that he played on the best team in baseball at the time and was I believe batting clean up. And not like he was Adam Dunn who couldn't hit for average. I am not sure the walks completely explain it, but maybe they do.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Mantle had seasons of 40 and 42 HR with RBI totals only in the 90s, meaning he only drove in 50 or so runners other than himself. That does seem odd given that he played on the best team in baseball at the time and was I believe batting clean up. And not like he was Adam Dunn who couldn't hit for average. I am not sure the walks completely explain it, but maybe they do.

Mantle almost always batted third. His career OB% was .421, allowing cleanup hitters like DiMaggio, Berra and Maris to hit in the first inning with a runner on base. Mantle had 9 straight seasons of 100+ runs scored.

He led the league in WAR 6 times, runs 5 times, home runs 4 times and OPS+ 8 times. He had 9 seasons where he finished in the top 5 in MVP voting.

[texmrsport]

For the 1971 Phillies, pitcher Rick Wise was tied for 5th on the club with 6 home runs.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by texmrsport

For the 1971 Phillies, pitcher Rick Wise was tied for 5th on the club with 6 home runs.

Two of those were in the same game. He also happened to pitch a no-hitter that day.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by texmrsport

For the 1971 Phillies, pitcher Rick Wise was tied for 5th on the club with 6 home runs.

In 1968, pitcher Earl Wilson was 9th in offensive WAR for the Tigers, ahead of 3 of their regular infielders. Also 9th in home runs with 7, ahead of Gates Brown who hit .370 and slugged .685.

[Tomi]

Rube Waddell was born on Friday the 13th and died on April Fool's Day. Not a big deal but adds to the weirdness that he displayed.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by texmrsport

For the 1971 Phillies, pitcher Rick Wise was tied for 5th on the club with 6 home runs.

In 1965 Don Drysdale was by FAR the Dodgers best hitter with an .839 OPS. Second place was Jim Gilliam at only .758. He only finished 7th on the team in HR's with 7, but the team leader only had 12.

I always have a hard time deciding which Dodger team that won a World Series was the most offensively challenged, but I think this team takes it over 1988.