Comments on: Trivia time: who had this season?

By: mikeyjax

mikeyjax — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:46:57 +0000

Hey guys - here's one from the pitching side of the aisle - in 1960, Ike Delock - had a winning %age of .473 and an ERA 4.73. Not the same as the year career totals I grant you - but who out there want's to find similar type seasons?

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:16:45 +0000

At first I thought wbunchpike's comment was totally wrong, but then I realized that s/he's absolutely right.

Here's the thinking:

Imagine that Barry Bonds does get his 2007th RBI in 2007. Then you could say--well it wouldn't have happened if his career started 2 years earlier...he would have gotten to 2007 in 2005, then. But, then we would be noting that he got his 2005th RBI in 2005, not his 2007th in 2007.

By: wbunchpike

wbunchpike — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:25:22 +0000

It's a cool stat, but not all that hard to figure. When you get to the 1900's you're going to have a good chance of reaching that figure in the year in question. Ty Cobb got RBI 1928 in 1928 and Lou Gehrig got RBI 1938 in 1938 and Stan Musial played one more year he would have gotten RBI 1964 in 1964. If Bonds doesn't get 2007 this year and he plays next year, he'll easily reach 2008 in 2008.

By: vonhayes

vonhayes — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:11:39 +0000

Cool stat

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:27:17 +0000

THAT is really unusual...for all those guys at the top of the RBI career leaderboard to have all accomplished that.

By: spartanbill

spartanbill — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:07:56 +0000

Cap Anson got RBI #1896 in 1896, likewise for Babe Ruth in 1932, and Hank Aaron in 1972.

Bonds is currently at 1996 so he has an outside shot at getting 2007 this year.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:34:01 +0000

Well since nobody has posted the actual answer about what's interesting about Johnson's 1975 season, here it is:

In 1975, he had 19 homers and 75 RBI. 19/75 in 1975.

As you can see from the comments above, other players have done it in other years, such as Scott Brosius' 1998 when he had 19 HR and 98 RBI.

By: vonhayes

vonhayes — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:03:37 +0000

Are you kidding? In '75, the season in question, Deron Johnson's OPS+ was 93, while Ryne's was 139. You want to give the MVP of the league to a guy who is 7% below average offensively, be my guest...

By: try122583

try122583 — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:10:29 +0000

I find it funny that with these simular stats, Ryne Sandburg won an MVP and the other guys weren't really considered.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:11:34 +0000

Nope....keep trying. Look at some of the other players nmorrow14 mentioned.