supreising pete rose fact

[statman]

the major leagues all time hit king finished in triples 1 behind babe ruth.

[Brooklyn]

the major leagues all time hit king finished in triples 1 behind babe ruth.

To show how much the game has changed, Ruth was 35th in triples between 1901 and 1950 (159 behind the leader, Cobb, and 151 behind #2, Crawford). Rose was 7th in triples between 1951 and 2000, and was only 12 behind second (Willie Wilson) and 31 behind first (Clemente)

[beisbolfiebre]

As an old schooler I always wish MLB would push back the fences 30-40 feet, loosen up the baseball so we could have fewer HR's with more triples, and a lot more strategy to the games.

[fabio61]

Very surprising, considering he hit 30 triples in the minors in 1961.

[BigRon]

As said earlier, there were fewer triples in Rose's era than in Ruth's, partly due to ballpark dimensions. Rose was the consummate hustler, but he really never was fast- pretty good speed early on, trending toward average by his late 20s. He also played much of his career in Riverfront, a park with very normal gap distances. Not surprising that he had fairly typical triples rates.