"The Babe was a great ballplayer, but Cobb was even greater. Babe could knock your brains out, but Cobb would drive you crazy."

Home |20th Century |Dead Ball Era |Spitballers |Sluggers Time |No Barriers |Subway Series |The Great One
Big Red Machine |New Hits King |No-hitters Era |Contemporary |Latin Stars |Negro Leagues |More Beisból

Sluggers Time
This is about "Hacking" RBIs...

The decade began with Hack Wilson's 190 RBI-season. Im sure most Major League hitters find this a record hard to break because it requires more than an individual effort; it largely depends on a combination of finding runners on base, and pitchers must be willing to pay the prize... The figures of Gehrig, Medwick, Ott, Greenberg, and Simmons symbolize power in their own exclusive ways. Others like Gehringer, Vaughan, Dickey, and Waner were high batting average finishers.

POS HITTERS POS PITCHING
C Bill Dickey SP Lefty Grove
C Rick Ferrell SP Lefty Gomez
1B Lou Gehrig SP Dizzy Dean
1B Rudy York SP Bill Walker
2B Charlie Gehringer SP Carl Hubbell
2B Tony Lazzeri RP Bill Lee
3B Willie Kamm RP Clint Brown
3B Jimmy Dykes RP Al Crowder
SS Joe Cronin RP Wes Ferrell
SS Arky Vaughan RP Pat Malone
OF Paul Waner
OF Mel Ott
OF Earl Averill
OF Joe Medwick
OF Hank Greenberg
OF Al Simmons
The Lineup...
1. Paul Waner (CF)
ranks 16th in hits (3,152); 11th in doubles (605); 10th in triples (191); 22nd in batting average (.333);
2. Charlie Gehringer (2B)
ranks 16th in doubles (574);
3. Lou Gehrig (1B)
ranks 24th in doubles (534); 34th in triples (163); 4th in RBIs (1,995); 15th in batting average (.340);
4. Mel Ott (RF)
5. Al Simmons (LF)
ranks 23rd in doubles (539); 14th in RBIs (1,827); 20th in batting average (.334);
6. Willie Kamm (3B)
7. Bill Dickey (C)
8. Joe Cronin (SS)

Home | 20th Century | Dead Ball Era | Spit Ballers | Sluggers Time | No Barriers | Subway Series | The Great One
Big Red Machine | New Hits King | No Hitters Era | Contemporary | Latinos | Negro Leagues | More Béisbol

Return to the top