McGwire?
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Schmidt?
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I took a guess, now I'm off to look up the answer.
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All good guesses
Not the answer
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posted by Ironman92All good guesses
Not the answer
I looked it up, so I won't answer. I was close with Schmidt.
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I’m going back to my boys. Lajoie, Cobb, Hornsby
Cobb I HIGHLY doubt with Babe overlapping. The other two maybe.
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posted by Laley23I’m going back to my boys. Lajoie, Cobb, Hornsby
Cobb I HIGHLY doubt with Babe overlapping. The other two maybe.
Go the other direction
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Bagwell? Musial? Papi?
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Hey, I did look up those 3 after I guessed. Lajoie is incorrect -- but ONLY because he did it (13) year apart!!!
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posted by Laley23Hey, I did look up those 3 after I guessed. Lajoie is incorrect -- but ONLY because he did it (13) year apart!!!
1897 Lajoie was special
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posted by Laley23Bagwell? Musial? Papi?
Papi 12 years apart
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Question #6
In 1910 Cleveland went 71-81 for the season and in 1910 Nap Lajoie only played for Cleveland….so how the fuck did he play 159 games that season?
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posted by Ironman92Question #6
In 1910 Cleveland went 71-81 for the season and in 1910 Nap Lajoie only played for Cleveland….so how the fuck did he play 159 games that season?
didnt they have ties back then? So 9 ties?
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I'll go with either BAD MATH or MISPRINT.
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posted by Laley23didnt they have ties back then? So 9 ties?
Then it should be 71-81-9
Per baseball reference of course
My guess was 9 games called for darkness or weather and weren’t official for standings but maybe stats counted
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Baseball Almanac says 146 games for Nap in 1910
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posted by Ironman92Then it should be 71-81-9
Per baseball reference of course
My guess was 9 games called for darkness or weather and weren’t official for standings but maybe stats counted
Roaming through the game log shows 9 ties. Did they count stats for ties back then, but they didnt go towards the record??
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posted by Laley23Roaming through the game log shows 9 ties. Did they count stats for ties back then, but they didnt go towards the record??
That has to be it….I tagged Jeremy Frank in a tweet for his thoughts.
Ties/incomplete games….I think we have it
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Question #7
Since 1985 1 catcher has led the league in RBI
Name him
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Ill go Pudge as "obvious" and McCann as "surpise" guesses.