Good morning!
With news coming the other day of the White Sox' decision to decline Tim Anderson's option, the major league club now adds shortstop to its list of needs over the offseason. Anderson was always an interesting guy to watch; not only was he easy to root for as someone who overcame a variety of obstacles and heartbreaking situations: you never knew what sort of baseball feat he'd pull off on a game-to-game basis.
But for the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Anderson almost certainly would have logged three consecutive seasons of 4 Wins Above Replacement or better. The last time a Sox shortstop accomplished that? 1939-1941. (There have been multiple back-to-back seasons, but the three-peat has been difficult to achieve)
Today's Sporcle will test you on other 4+ WAR seasons by Sox shortstops. In all, there are 31 player-seasons. How many can you name? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I’ve allotted just seven minutes for completion attempts, since there are a variety of repeats on this list.
- For hints, I’ve provided the season and the WAR.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- The average triple-slash of the players on this list: .292/.367/.499
- No player has hit more than 28 home runs on this list, while three players tallied zero.
- Just one player on this list went over the 200-hit mark: 204, in 1936.
All data from stathead.com
