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A Real American Turkey

Posted by Steve Lombardi on November 26, 2008
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Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Season Finder:

Single Seasons, Born in USA, From 1901 to 2008, (requiring OPSp<=10 and Qualified for league batting title), sorted by greatest Seasons matching criteria

So, when you're enjoying your turkey tomorrow - and hopefully you are! - think of America's biggest batting turkey of a season:  Bill Bergen's 1909

Gobble, gobble!

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 at 7:57 pm and is filed under Season Finders. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

3 Responses to “A Real American Turkey”

  1. gerry Says:
    November 27th, 2008 at 5:39 pm

    Yes, Bergen was an atrocious hitter, but he was a catcher. Was he any worse a hitter for his position than, say, 1st baseman Ivy Griffin in 1920? or left fielder Brian Hunter in 1999?

  2. JohnnyTwisto Says:
    November 28th, 2008 at 11:50 am

    Yes.

  3. Stat of the Day » Tony Pena Jr. - You Ain’t No Bill Bergen Says:
    November 30th, 2008 at 1:12 am

    [...] A few days ago, Steve made mention of Bill Bergen as the only player to ever qualify for a batting title and have an OPS+ less than or equal to 10. [...]

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