3-4-5 and out

[Buzzaldrin]

Was thinking about final seasons and did a little poking around. Only three players since 1876 have posted .300/.400/.500 (batting, OBP, slugging) in their final seasons with enough PA to qualify for the league batting title. Their names are?

1) Shoeless Joe Jackson
2) Will Clark
3) Dave Orr

If you lower the requirement to minimum 400 PA, one more name gets added to the list, and that is?

4)

If you lower it to minimum 300 PA, yet another name gets added to the list, and that name is?

5) Ted Williams

If you're feeling lucky, I'll go further- you have to lower it way down to a minumum of 150 PA to get another name on the list, and that name would be?

6) Ken Williams

As always, please no cheating. It's more fun when people just guess or take a good stab at it.

Buzz

[brett]

The two that come to mind right now are Ted Williams who may not have qualified, but I'm pretty sure he had 400 and Joe Jackson.

[Buzzaldrin]

The two that come to mind right now are Ted Williams who may not have qualified, but I'm pretty sure he had 400 and Joe Jackson.

Jackson is one of the top three. Williams is number five, actually, he had 390 PA in 1960. I'll fill in the blanks, sir.

[GiambiJuice]

Will Clark has got to be one of them. I remember him putting up fantastic numbers when he was traded to St Louis during his final season. Wish he wouldn't have retired while still in his prime. Otherwise he might be in the Hall of Fame.

[chicagowhitesox1173]

Maybe Kirby Puckett?

[Buzzaldrin]

Will Clark is indeed on the list.

Puckett didn't make .400 OBP his final season, but for the third guy at the top of the list you're thinking along the right lines, i.e. someone whose career ended abruptly and tragically.

[ian2813]

Might Lyman Bostock be one?

[Buzzaldrin]

He might, but he's not. Good guess though.

[Buzzaldrin]

The other three are (I think) pretty tough. I'm willing to drop hints.

[PlanetZoltan]

Roberto Clemente?

[brett]

Will Clark is indeed on the list.

Puckett didn't make .400 OBP his final season, but for the third guy at the top of the list you're thinking along the right lines, i.e. someone whose career ended abruptly and tragically.

Ed Delahanty? I know he was great in his last full season but not sure how much he played in the very last one.

[brett]

Lefty O'doul?

[Nimrod]

Lefty O'doul?

I posted a quiz regarding O`Doul recently(about having more homers than SO in his last season)and thought of him immediately.He fits the bill(for the 150 PA) EXCEPT his OBP was .383.

[Nimrod]

Williams is the answer to the 150 PA.But it is KEN Williams(not Ted).I have a feeling that the other answers are mostly pre-1900 players.

[Buzzaldrin]

Ken Williams 1929 season is indeed the answer to number 6. Clemente does not fill the bill (but good guess).

Nimrod- one of the remaining two is pre 1900, but let's be clear: it was ridiculously hard to post a .500 slugging percentage back then, so this was a pretty monster final season since it's the only one pre 1920 that makes the list.

The other one is quite recent- in fact it's within the past 15 years.