The Double Your Fun Quiz

[Guest Swan Swan H]

George Burns was God. He could have hit 600 doubles in a season if he felt like it.

Rickey?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Wright




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[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

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[metsmarathon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: metsmarathon wrote: bah, not mientkiewicz. i was thinking hte other alphabet souper, mark grudzielanek, never a met. I was wondering about your Minky guess, and whether you were just fucking with me.

he actually turned out to be a better guess than i thought. he had a high of 39 doubles, more than many, many other guys guessed. only keith (48), alomar (43), jeffries(40), mays (43) and green (49) top him.

[G-Fafif]

Tommy Davis?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Wright




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I'll post the answer around first pitch tonight.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Oh, wait! That's not Chef Boyardee. That's the generic chef on a pizza box.

Wright




Wrong



I'll post the answer around first pitch tonight.

[G-Fafif]

Joe Torre?

[G-Fafif]

No, that was crazy.

[G-Fafif]

Looked it up. Almost had it in the sense that I guessed one of his erstwhile teammates who came mighty close. Actual answer guy did not occur to me.

[batmagadanleadoff]

G-Fafif wrote: Joe Torre?

G-Fafif wrote: No, that was crazy.

Why crazy? Because Torre was slow?

[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Joe Torre? G-Fafif wrote: No, that was crazy. Why crazy? Because Torre was slow?

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I'll post the answer around first pitch tonight.

[G-Fafif]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Joe Torre? G-Fafif wrote: No, that was crazy. Why crazy? Because Torre was slow?

I thought maybe 1971, all that hitting, not enough speed for triples even in Busch. Crazy slow.

[batmagadanleadoff]

G-Fafif wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Joe Torre? G-Fafif wrote: No, that was crazy. Why crazy? Because Torre was slow? I thought maybe 1971, all that hitting, not enough speed for triples even in Busch. Crazy slow.

Having seen the list, I'd say that Torre was a great guess. Especially after MM set me straight with Minky. Olerud was another one who ran the bases with an invisible piano strapped to his back. After looking at the list of single-season doubles leaders, it seems that, all things being equal, slugging is more important than speed in accumulating two-baggers.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Double your fun with double Blue Jays. The only two Mets to hit 50 or more doubles in one season are Carlos Delgado (57, 2000, Toronto Blue Jays) and John Olerud (54, 1993, Toronto Blue Jays).

Honorable Mention:
Shawn Green (49, 2003, Los Angeles Dodgers)
Jeff Kent (49, 2001, San Francisco Giants)
Keith Hernandez (48, 1979, St. Louis Cardinals)

The NY Mets record for most doubles in a season is held by Bernard Gilkey (44, 1996).

Wright




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[Edgy MD]

Brett Butler.

[G-Fafif]

The top four were all Blue Jays at one point or another. Fleet birds!

[batmagadanleadoff]

G-Fafif wrote: The top four were all Blue Jays at one point or another. Fleet birds!

And three of the top five seasons occurred within three years of each other, during the you-know-what era. Apparently, HR's weren't the only thing on the rise.

[Edgy MD]

I just figured that Delgado, offensive machine that he may have been, had two many potential doubles clearing the wall. The good-but-not-excellent-power guys were more attractive: the Wrights, Staubs, Heredeces, and Oleruds.

Good quiz.

[Frayed Knot]

Eight of the top twelve single-season doubles marks of all time were made within a six year span by seven different players

Earl Webb - 67 in 1931
George Burns - 64 in 1926
Joe Medwick - 64 in 1936
Hank Greenberg - 63 in 1934
Paul Waner - 63 in 1932
Charlie Gehringer - 62 in 1936
Todd Helton - 59 in 2000
Chick Klein - 59 in 1930
Tris Speaker - 59 in 1923
Carlos Delgado - 57 in 2000
Billy Herman - 57 in 1935
Billy Herman - 57 in 1936