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On Hart and 20/20

So I mentioned in this morning’s Mug that I was surprised that no Brewer has ever gone 20/20 twice. I decided to take a minute to take a deeper look at it.

First, here are the five Brewers who have done it:

Tommy Harper, 1970: (31 HR, 38 SB)
Robin Yount, 1980 (23 HR, 20 SB)
Jeromy Burnitz, 1997: (27 HR, 20 SB)
Marquis Grissom, 1999: (20 HR, 24 SB)
Corey Hart, 2007: (24 HR, 23 SB)

Among players with 20 SB, here are the nearest misses:

Paul Molitor, 1982: (19 HR, 41 SB)
Paul Molitor, 1987: (16 HR, 45 SB)
Paul Molitor, 1983: (15 HR, 41 SB)
Eric Young, 2003: (15 HR, 31 SB)

And among players with 20 HR:

Robin Yount, 1987: (21 HR, 19 SB)
Robin Yount, 1989: (21 HR, 19 SB)
Cecil Cooper, 1980: (25 HR, 17 SB)
Jose Valentin, 1996: (24 HR, 17 SB)
George Scott, 1972: (20 HR, 16 SB)

Coming into 2008, only 31 Brewers had ever hit 20 HR in a season:

Geoff Jenkins (1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007)
Jeromy Burnitz (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
Cecil Cooper (1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983)
Rob Deer (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)
Gorman Thomas (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
Greg Vaughn (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996)
Robin Yount (1980, 1982, 1987, 1989)
Ben Oglivie (1979, 1980, 1982)
George Scott (1972, 1973, 1975)
Richie Sexson (2001, 2002, 2003)
Johnny Briggs (1971, 1972)
Prince Fielder (2006, 2007)
Jose Hernandez (2001, 2002)
John Jaha (1995, 1996)
Carlos Lee (2005, 2006)
Sixto Lexcano (1977, 1979)
Dave Nilsson (1997, 1999)
Ryan Braun (2008)
Marquis Grissom (1999)
Bill Hall (2006)
J.J. Hardy (2007)
Tommy Harper (1970)
Corey Hart (2007)
Wes Helms (2003)
Larry Hisle (1978)
Dave May (1973)
Don Money (1977)
Dave Parker (1990)
Ted Simmons (1982)
Dale Sveum (1987)
Jose Valentin (1996)

But only 20 Brewers have ever picked up 20 SB:

Paul Molitor (1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992)
Mike Felder (1987, 1989, 1990)
Jim Gantner (1988, 1989)
Marquis Grissom (1999, 2000)
Darryl Hamilton (1992, 1993)
Tommy Harper (1970, 1971)
Eric Young (2002, 2003)
Robin Yount (1980, 1988)
Pat Listach (1992, 1996)
Rick Auerbach (1972)
Jeromy Burnitz (1997)
Corey Hart (2007)
Don Money (1973)
Scott Podsednik (2003)
Alex Sanchez (2002)
Gary Sheffield (1990)
B.J. Surhoff (1988)
Fernando Vina (1998)
Rickie Weeks (2007)
Gerald Williams (1997)

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The TV trivia question recently about .300/30 Brewers surprised me that there were only three such players (Oglivie, Cooper, Jaha) in team history. I guess having only 16 players who ever hit 30 HR in a season in your franchise’s history makes it tough to have more than three guys hit for average, too. I thought there’d be more. Yount had 29 HR and hit .331 in 1982 which is probably the closest miss for that club.

Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.

by TheJay on Aug 20, 2008 12:01 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That's funny

I was just reading this article:

Prognosticators in this field are notoriously wild. After all Paul Erlich, in his 1968 bestseller The Population Bomb, predicted: “If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.” No wonder that in Dante’s Inferno, a special punishment was reserved for diviners: their heads were permanently rotated to the rear, so those who in life sought to peer too far ahead into the future are condemned to study the past for all eternity.

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 20, 2008 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

oooh

deep
I’ll have to read me some Inferno one of these days

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 20, 2008 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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