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Covering the Front and Back Pages of the Newspaper
May 22, 2008
BASEBALL: Mets Trivia of the Day
Among players with 1000 or more plate appearances as a Met, only three have a lifetime Mets batting average of .300 or better. Name them. Answer here. Bonus: try to guess the all-time batting leader for the Rangers/Senators franchise; they have 8 career .300 hitters as Rangers/Senators. Comments
Well, I got the first place guy, and should have realized number three. Posted by: crankycon at May 22, 2008 6:36 PMWho would hae thunk that the Rangers\Senators would hae had more career .300 hitter than the Mets. Especially considering the difference in franchise success. Posted by: maddirishman at May 23, 2008 3:06 AMI'm gonna guess the three Mets are Piazza, Magadan, and Olerud. As to the Rangers/Senators -- Goslin, Sam Rice (was he even on the Senators?), Michael Young, Julio Franco, Buddy Myer, Palmiero, Joe Cronin. I know that's only 7 but I don't feel like guessing any more. Now . . . off to the answers. I'll be back in a minute. Posted by: Mike at May 23, 2008 6:48 AMOk, I'll accept my own failings as to the Mets. Number 1 was tricky, but no excuse not to get number 3. Yikes. But for the Senators you should've warned us that it's post-1957, so all the old time Sens I mentioned aren't calculated. And now I have to go to Baseball-Reference and look up the numbers for all the fellas I listed. Ugh. Posted by: Mike at May 23, 2008 6:52 AMWith the Mets I'd guess that one of them is Piazza. With the Senators/Rangers I'd guess that one is Frank Howard. Not very daring. And possibly not very right either. Posted by: soccer dad at May 23, 2008 8:32 AMMike, wrong Senators. Those Senators became the Twins. Posted by: The Crank at May 23, 2008 9:51 AMYou sure the Mets have three? The graph shows only two with more than 1000 AB. Posted by: joated at May 23, 2008 3:26 PMSorry. It does say "plate appearances". Need more coffee. Posted by: joated at May 23, 2008 3:29 PMwrong Senators. Those Senators became the Twins. Oh my. Now I'm just embarrassed. Let's say this whole conversation never happened. Yikes. Posted by: Mike at May 24, 2008 10:12 AMSCARY how similar Bonilla and Beltran's Mets numbers are Posted by: Luis Venituccci at May 25, 2008 6:48 PM
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