OT: Baseball Trivia

[wicker]

Name the five players who share the record for most games with a hit in one season. It's 135 games

 

[Colonel HR]

Tony Gwynn, Wade Boggs, Pete Rose, Derek Jeter, Ichiro? That's my quick guess with no Googling..

 

[rubaseball78_rivals]

I might throw Ted Williams into that group.

 

[RULoyal]

Carew?

 

[DJ Spanky]

Let's not forget that the MLB season used to be 154 games. They changed to 162 games in 1961.

 

[rudad02]

I might throw Ted Williams into that group.

I was thinking of Musial, though Williams & Musial played a 154 game schedule.

 

[Colbert17!]

I'm going to throw in one of the greatest players in history that no one ever talks about: Rogers Hornsby

 

[rubaseball78_rivals]

I'm going to throw in one of the greatest players in history that no one ever talks about: Rogers Hornsby

Always nice to see an ex-Met on the list.

 

[famousbill19]

Rose, Carew, Molitor, Gwynn, Ichiro is my guess

 

[Shelby65]

I’d replace Rose with Boggs.

 

[WhiteBus]

Chuck Klein did it with the Phillies.

 

[Source]

Joltin' Joe Dimaggio

 

[LeapinLou]

Chuck Klein did it with the Phillies.

All old Mets fans will recall that Ralph Kiner was a big Chuck Klein fan. Always talked about what a good player he was.

 

[LeapinLou]

I googled the answer because I was curious. I won't give it away, but it is noteworthy that DiMaggio is NOT on the list despite hitting safely in 72 out of 73 games in 1941, For the balance of the season, he would have only needed 63 hits spread over 82 games but didn't get it done.

I have to admit, I was surprised by one of the guys on the list. The other four weren't necessarily easy guesses, but if you know baseball history, they made sense.

 

[hoquat63]

All old Mets fans will recall that Ralph Kiner was a big Chuck Klein fan. Always talked about what a good player he was.

Didn’t he (Klein) hold record for most RBIs in a season? Will have to look it up

 

[hoquat63]

Didn’t he (Klein) hold record for most RBIs in a season? Will have to look it up

Only 7th most, 170. Hack Wilson is 1 with 191

 

[rudad02]

Looked up answer. Surprised Musial is not on it. Hit over .300 for 16 straight yrs, & played a lot of games each season, most of them in 154 game season.

 

[WhiteBus]

All old Mets fans will recall that Ralph Kiner was a big Chuck Klein fan. Always talked about what a good player he was.

Apparently he was a better drinker!

 

[Doctor Worm]

I googled the answer because I was curious. I won't give it away, but it is noteworthy that DiMaggio is NOT on the list despite hitting safely in 72 out of 73 games in 1941, For the balance of the season, he would have only needed 63 hits spread over 82 games but didn't get it done.

I have to admit, I was surprised by one of the guys on the list. The other four weren't necessarily easy guesses, but if you know baseball history, they made sense.

DiMaggio only played in 139 games in 1941.

 

[Mufasa94]

I googled the answer because I was curious….
…I have to admit, I was surprised by one of the guys on the list. The other four weren't necessarily easy guesses, but if you know baseball history, they made sense.

I did the same. Interesting question, not sure there would be a way to try and figure out the answer without just knowing it. Seems like it would be a lucky guess.

 

[zappaa]

Bill Madlock

 

[zappaa]

I’d replace Rose with Boggs.

Hitting machine with Sox, wouldn’t be surprised if he’s one

 

[Colbert17!]

What's the final answer??

 

[Doctor Worm]

What's the final answer??

Scroll down to the section in dark green.

https://ask.metafilter.com/38642/Record-number-of-games-with-a-hit-in-a-season

 

[WhiteBus]

The guy who surprised me the most was, as a Yankees fan, was Jeter.
People were making a big deal about the 154 games season. Look at the hits before the change. I'm surprised that anyone was thinking the downside of less games.

 

[LeapinLou]

The guy who surprised me the most was, as a Yankees fan, was Jeter.
People were making a big deal about the 154 games season. Look at the hits before the change. I'm surprised that anyone was thinking the downside of less games.

Jeter was also the guy that surprised me the most. The others didn't surprise me at all.

 

[RUTGERS95]

surprised by the list but great stat

 

[rudad02]

Bill Madlock

Know you don't agree, but would still like to see him in the Hall.

 

[wicker]

Sorry I wasn't around to post the answers but I see someone did. Hornsby, Klein, Boggs, Jeter, Ichiro are the five.

How about this one. What is the lowest number not retired by any team? Can also be phrased as lowest number available on all 30 clubs

 

[WhiteBus]

Sorry I wasn't around to post the answers but I see someone did. Hornsby, Klein, Boggs, Jeter, Ichiro are the five.

How about this one. What is the lowest number not retired by any team? Can also be phrased as lowest number available on all 30 clubs

Zero