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Jay Gibbons

Posted by Andy on June 11, 2008

I was just reading Jay Gibbons' letter to all 30 major league teams and noticed this nearly-worthless but interestingly quirky stat: most seasons batting exactly .277 over the last 5 years.

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10 Responses to “Jay Gibbons”

  1. Raphy Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    Make that all time:
    http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/fWnM
    There are some pretty big names in that list.

  2. wboenig2 Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 11:29 am

    Other notable marks of consistency:

    John Lowenstein hit exactly .242 three times in four years (1974, 1975, 1977); in the first two of those years, he had an OBP of .313 each year.

    Vinny Castilla had back-to-back seasons (1996-97) where he hit 40 HR with 113 RBI and a .304 BA

  3. Johnny Twisto Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    Jon Garland's strikeouts 2002-2006:

    112
    108
    113
    115
    112

  4. Johnny Twisto Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    Hank Aaron hit 44 HR in a season 4 times.

  5. ImAShark Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    Barry Bonds hit 49 HR in a season 1 time.

  6. statboy Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 5:43 pm

    Runs scored by Ichiro...
    Four times he's had 111, and one season with 110. He's currently on pace for 110.45 this season.

    In 5 consecutive seasons, Albert Pujols had 590, 590, 591, 592, and 591 ABs.

  7. vincent75 Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    Albert Pujols at bats 2001-2005:

    590
    590
    591
    592
    591

  8. BunnyWrangler Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 8:13 pm

    Cecil Fielder stolen bases, career:

    0
    0
    0
    0
    DNP
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
    0
    0

  9. Johnny Twisto Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 9:40 am

    Eric Gagne pitched 82.1 IP in 2002, 2003, 2004.

  10. mmayes Says:
    June 18th, 2008 at 12:19 pm

    Cecil was sure consistent. What happened in 1996? Was there an experiment of putting jelly doughnuts on 2nd base that I missed?

    What's really freaky (and making this post relevant with consistency) is that the batter on both of Fat Cecil's stolen bases was Melvin Nieves.

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