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  • What do these three guys have in common?

    Bobby Abreu
    Alex Rodriguez
    Grady Sizemore

    It has something to do with reaching a certain combination of single-season milestones, though not necessarily in the same season.
    My top 10 players:

    1. Babe Ruth
    2. Barry Bonds
    3. Ty Cobb
    4. Ted Williams
    5. Willie Mays
    6. Alex Rodriguez
    7. Hank Aaron
    8. Honus Wagner
    9. Lou Gehrig
    10. Mickey Mantle

  • #2
    30 doubles 30 stolenbases and 30 homeruns in a season?
    "(Shoeless Joe Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. I always thought he was more sinned against than sinning." -- Connie Mack

    "I have the ultimate respect for Whitesox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Redsox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country."--Jim Caple, ESPN (Jan. 12, 2011)

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    • #3
      Originally posted by chicagowhitesox1173 View Post
      30 doubles 30 stolenbases and 30 homeruns in a season?
      I'm sure lots of players have done those three. You're on the right track, though.
      My top 10 players:

      1. Babe Ruth
      2. Barry Bonds
      3. Ty Cobb
      4. Ted Williams
      5. Willie Mays
      6. Alex Rodriguez
      7. Hank Aaron
      8. Honus Wagner
      9. Lou Gehrig
      10. Mickey Mantle

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      • #4
        Originally posted by chicagowhitesox1173 View Post
        30 doubles 30 stolenbases and 30 homeruns in a season?
        I was going to go with this along with not being top-5 in MVP voting for that season.

        Then I found Ron Gant and Vladdy Guerrero, so that knocks that idea out.
        "Chuckie doesn't take on 2-0. Chuckie's hackin'." - Chuck Carr two days prior to being released by the Milwaukee Brewers

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Ben Grimm View Post
          I was going to go with this along with not being top-5 in MVP voting for that season.

          Then I found Ron Gant and Vladdy Guerrero, so that knocks that idea out.
          Two of the milestones guessed by chicagowhitesox1173 are correct.

          All three players accomplished certain single-season milestones at least once each during their careers, though not necessarily in the same season.

          For example: Maury Wills and Lou Brock are the only two players to have a 100 stolen base season and 200-hit season at least once during their careers.
          My top 10 players:

          1. Babe Ruth
          2. Barry Bonds
          3. Ty Cobb
          4. Ted Williams
          5. Willie Mays
          6. Alex Rodriguez
          7. Hank Aaron
          8. Honus Wagner
          9. Lou Gehrig
          10. Mickey Mantle

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          • #6
            Hint: we are looking for 4 distinct single-season milestones being reached at least once in each player's career. Two of them were guessed in post #2.
            My top 10 players:

            1. Babe Ruth
            2. Barry Bonds
            3. Ty Cobb
            4. Ted Williams
            5. Willie Mays
            6. Alex Rodriguez
            7. Hank Aaron
            8. Honus Wagner
            9. Lou Gehrig
            10. Mickey Mantle

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            • #7
              100 walks, R, RBI?

              To empty the entire pocketful of darts 10 3B, though I doubt A-Rod did that, but what the heck.

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              • #8
                30-30 season(30 home runs and 30 stolen bases), season with at least 50 doubles, season with at least 100 bases on balls.
                pb::

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Allonsanfan View Post
                  30-30 season(30 home runs and 30 stolen bases), season with at least 50 doubles, season with at least 100 bases on balls.
                  You nailed it. Good job. Though the 30-30 don't necessarily need to be in the same year.
                  My top 10 players:

                  1. Babe Ruth
                  2. Barry Bonds
                  3. Ty Cobb
                  4. Ted Williams
                  5. Willie Mays
                  6. Alex Rodriguez
                  7. Hank Aaron
                  8. Honus Wagner
                  9. Lou Gehrig
                  10. Mickey Mantle

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