Good morning!
Today's Sporcle is actually inspired by this past Thursday's Immaculate Grid. When playing the Grid each day, I try to fill in as many of the boxes as possible with White Sox players: one particular box I struggled with that day was the intersection of 40+ doubles in a season and played for the Dodgers. For the life of me, I couldn't summon up a name of a Dodger who hit 40 doubles and also played for the White Sox at one point (there are several as it turns out; I won't spoil them here, in case you haven't played); it was the last box I had to fill in, so I went with last season's doubles leader, who had 59 doubles and 29 home runs.
Had that particular Dodger hit 60 doubles, it would have been the first 60-double season since 1936, when Charlie Gehringer and Joe Medwick accomplished the feat! Still, 59 doubles is eleven more than the White Sox single-season record. That particular player famously also socked 49 home runs, one of just two 40 double-40 dinger seasons in White Sox history. And that's what today's Sporcle is all about: doubles and home runs. I've lowered the threshold to at least 20 doubles in a season and 30 home runs: in all, that's 44 player-seasons. How many can you name? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I've allotted 10 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I've provided the year and the position of the player in question.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- The average triple-slash of the players on this list: .292/.375/.550.
- The single-season record for doubles is 67, set by Earl Webb playing for the Boston Red Sox in 1931.
- Only 25 player-seasons have had at least 50 doubles: the only guy to do it twice (in back-to-back years, no less!) was the aforementioned Joe Medwick.
All data from stathead.com
