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ShareThisSome 1988 Topps trivia
Here are a few bits of trivia inspired by baseball cards from the 1988 Topps set, plus a shameless plug for a new blog of mine (see below.)
- Most of us know that Don Mattingly hit a record 6 grand slams in the 1987 season. But did you know that he didn't hit any other grand slams in his entire career? Check out his home run log for proof.
- Mark McGwire set a record with 49 homers in his rookie season, and that's the 4th highest total for a player within his first 3 seasons.
- Eddie Murray has the most 20-HR seasons among switch-hitters.
- The Niekro brothers have 8 out of 60 seasons since 1901 in which a pitcher at least 40 years old threw 200+ innings.
- Nolan Ryan has the most 200-strikeout seasons, and he might hold onto that record for a long time.
- Sure, Benito Santiago had a 34-game hitting streak as a rookie, but he never topped 13 games after that.
If you like this kind of stuff, check out my new blog 88 Topps Cards, where I'm posting each and every card from the 1988 Topps set. In addition to cool stats like those above, I'm also commenting on the cards themselves. I won't ordinarily double-post the same stats here and there. Keep reading this blog, of course...I'll still be posting here every day.
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This entry was posted on Friday, January 11th, 2008 at 9:21 am and is filed under Event Finders, Season Finders, Streak Finders. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
OK, that has to be one of the greatest blog ideas ever. I look forward to two years of great reading!
I remember completing the Topps and Donruss sets in 1986. My friend and I did it by buying pack after pack, the old school way. We'd trade each other cards we needed. Great days. I think the 1986 Donruss set is very handsome.
I don't have many 1988 cards, so it'll be fun to read the blog!
January 11th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Well if you like that, be sure to check out some of the links on the sidebar of the 88 Topps Cards blog. My particular favorite is the 83F Project, where a guy named Scott is collecting autographed copies of all the cards in the 1983 Fleer set. He's posted very nice quality scans of all the cards he gotten so far, which is a ton.