Baseball Trivia #1 (1 Viewer)

[comfortably numb]

Of the 23 members of the 500 Home Run club, I have the lowest career batting average.

Who am I?

And guess my career average.

 

[guru_007]

Mark McGwire because he sucks.

Probably like .255 or something

 

[Darth Cheney]

Mark McGwire .260.

 

[guru_007]

Mark McGwire because he sucks.Probably like .255 or something

Mark McGwire .260.

close....third lowest average...he still sucks.

 

[comfortably numb]

Mark McGwire .260.

No, good guessMcgwire is currently 3rd lowest with .263

 

[Kevin Ashcraft]

My first thought is either Mike Schmidt, who was more power than average.....or Killebrew.....M dad, who saw him play his final season here in KC, says that Killer never was much of a hitter -- calls him one of the most overrated of the 500 HR club.

 

[comfortably numb]

My first thought is either Mike Schmidt, who was more power than average.....or Killebrew.....M dad, who saw him play his final season here in KC, says that Killer never was much of a hitter -- calls him one of the most overrated of the 500 HR club.

BingoKillebrew 259

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

Mark McGwire because he sucks.Probably like .255 or something

Sucks? He and Sosa single (double) handedly saved baseball from itself. Admittedly, it was probably (definitely) due to anhanced body chemistry...but that magical summer put baseball back on the map.

 

[Eephus]

My first thought is either Mike Schmidt, who was more power than average.....or Killebrew.....M dad, who saw him play his final season here in KC, says that Killer never was much of a hitter -- calls him one of the most overrated of the 500 HR club.

By the time he DHed for the Royals, Killebrew was at the end of the line. That's like seeing Henry Aaron play out the string for the Brewers and concluding he was a bum too.Killebrew played his prime years in the worst offensive era since the dead ball. His .270 AVG looks mediocre by today's standards but it was more impressive when the league average was in the low .240s. His .281 average in 1966 was fifth in the entire AL (!).Even with three decline years and some early struggles as a teenager in Washington, his career OPS+ is an impressive 143. He hit a ton of HRs in the context of his era and regularly drew more walks than strikeouts. He may have been overrated a bit by contemporary sportswriters because he was a nice guy but as the years have gone on, I think he's swung over to the underrated side. Killebrew has little of the mystique of guys like Mantle, Mays and Clemente. His name seldom gets brought up among the all-time power hitters but he should at least be in the discussion. Stick him in the 1990s and he'd challenge 60 HRs on a consistent basis.

 

[Please See Mine]

My first thought is either Mike Schmidt, who was more power than average.....or Killebrew.....M dad, who saw him play his final season here in KC, says that Killer never was much of a hitter -- calls him one of the most overrated of the 500 HR club.

By the time he DHed for the Royals, Killebrew was at the end of the line. That's like seeing Henry Aaron play out the string for the Brewers and concluding he was a bum too.

My dad watched Willie Mays for his entire final season with the Mets and he says he's totally overrated.

 

[Eephus]

My first thought is either Mike Schmidt, who was more power than average.....or Killebrew.....M dad, who saw him play his final season here in KC, says that Killer never was much of a hitter -- calls him one of the most overrated of the 500 HR club.

By the time he DHed for the Royals, Killebrew was at the end of the line. That's like seeing Henry Aaron play out the string for the Brewers and concluding he was a bum too.

My dad watched Willie Mays for his entire final season with the Mets and he says he's totally overrated.

Greg Maddux is an overrated 5 inning nibbler