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Archive for March, 2009
120 BBs & 120 Ks – The Jim Thome Award
Prior to 1958 no player had ever walked and struck out 120 times in times in the same season. (In fact there had only been 8 seasons of 120 SO to that point.) In 1958 Mickey Mantle became he charter member of the 120/120 club with 120 strikeouts and 129 walks. Over the next 28 years only Jimmy Winn (1969), Frank Howard (1970) and Mike Schmidt (1983) would match Mantle's feat. However, since 1987 there have been 16 such seasons by 9 players, including 4 by Jim Thome and multiple seasons by Jack Clark, Jeff Bagwell, Mark McGwire and Adam Dunn. Dunn was the only player to do it in '08.
Here are the members of the 120/120 club:
Cnt Player Year SO BB Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions ----+-----------------+----+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------- 1 Adam Dunn 2008 164 122 28 TOT NL 158 651 517 79 122 23 0 40 100 13 7 0 5 7 2 1 .236 .386 .513 .899 *793/D 2 Bobby Abreu 2006 138 124 32 TOT ML 156 686 548 98 163 41 2 15 107 6 3 2 9 13 30 6 .297 .424 .462 .886 *9/8D 3 Jason Giambi 2003 140 129 32 NYY AL 156 690 535 97 134 25 0 41 107 9 21 0 5 9 2 1 .250 .412 .527 .939 *3D 4 Jim Thome 2002 139 122 31 CLE AL 147 613 480 101 146 19 2 52 118 18 5 0 6 5 1 2 .304 .445 .677 1.122 *3D 5 Adam Dunn 2002 170 128 22 CIN NL 158 676 535 84 133 28 2 26 71 13 9 1 3 8 19 9 .249 .400 .454 .854 *739/D 6 Jim Thome 1999 171 127 28 CLE AL 146 629 494 101 137 27 2 33 108 13 4 0 4 6 0 0 .277 .426 .540 .966 *3D 7 Jeff Bagwell 1999 127 149 31 HOU NL 162 729 562 143 171 35 0 42 126 16 11 0 7 18 30 11 .304 .454 .591 1.045 *3/D 8 Mark McGwire 1999 141 133 35 STL NL 153 661 521 118 145 21 1 65 147 21 2 0 5 12 0 0 .278 .424 .697 1.121 *3 9 Mark McGwire 1998 155 162 34 STL NL 155 681 509 130 152 21 0 70 147 28 6 0 4 8 1 0 .299 .470 .752 1.222 *3 10 Jeff Bagwell 1997 122 127 29 HOU NL 162 717 566 109 162 40 2 43 135 27 16 0 8 10 31 10 .286 .425 .592 1.017 *3/D 11 Jim Thome 1997 146 120 26 CLE AL 147 627 496 104 142 25 0 40 102 9 3 0 8 9 1 1 .286 .423 .579 1.002 *3 12 Jim Thome 1996 141 123 25 CLE AL 151 636 505 122 157 28 5 38 116 8 6 0 2 13 2 2 .311 .450 .612 1.062 *5/D 13 Tony Phillips 1996 132 125 37 CHW AL 153 719 581 119 161 29 3 12 63 9 4 1 8 6 13 8 .277 .404 .399 .803 *7/843 14 Mickey Tettleton 1992 137 122 31 DET AL 157 654 525 82 125 25 0 32 83 18 1 0 6 5 0 6 .238 .379 .469 .848 *2D/379 15 Jack Clark 1989 145 132 33 SDP NL 142 593 455 76 110 19 1 26 94 18 1 0 5 10 6 2 .242 .410 .459 .869 *39 16 Jack Clark 1987 139 136 31 STL NL 131 558 419 93 120 23 1 35 106 13 0 0 3 5 1 2 .286 .459 .597 1.056 *3/9 17 Mike Schmidt 1983 148 128 33 PHI NL 154 669 534 104 136 16 4 40 109 17 3 0 4 10 7 8 .255 .399 .524 .923 *5/6 18 Frank Howard 1970 125 132 33 WSA AL 161 706 566 90 160 15 1 44 126 29 2 0 6 23 1 2 .283 .416 .546 .962 *73/9 19 Jimmy Wynn 1969 142 148 27 HOU NL 149 653 495 113 133 17 1 33 87 14 3 2 5 5 23 7 .269 .436 .507 .943 *8 20 Mickey Mantle 1958 120 129 26 NYY AL 150 654 519 127 158 21 1 42 97 13 2 2 2 11 18 3 .304 .443 .592 1.035 *8
Jack Clark's seasons both stand out. In 1987 he managed to do 130/130 without the benefit of 600 PA. In 1989 Clark once again had more than 130 Ks and BBs, but this time with only 110 hits.
Also of note were Jeff Bagwell's 1999 and McGwire's 1998 seasons in which they added more than 120 runs and RBI to their walks and strikeouts.
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