Baseball, By The Numbers
OK, all you so-called baseball experts out there! Did you know that, when the New York Mets Dave Kingman led the National League in home runs last season with 37 while (you should pardon the the expression) compiling a batting average of 204, it represented the lowest BA of any HR king in history,
Baseball, By The Numbers
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OK, all you so-called baseball experts out there! Did you know that, when the New York Mets Dave Kingman led the National League in home runs last season with 37 while (you should pardon the the expression) compiling a batting average of 204, it represented the lowest BA of any HR king in history, easily eclipsing Gavvy Cravaths mark of 232 set in 1918? And, speaking of averages, are you aware that, in 1982, ballplayers who were in the lineup on their birthdays in June collectively hit a whopping 419? How about the fact that the chances of the White Soxs Tom Paciorek swatting all 11 of his 82 round trippers on the road were, randomly speaking, an almost unfathomable 1 in 2000? And, lastly, depending on when youre reading this article, how did you, or how are you going to, celebrate the August 20th anniversary of Kansas City slugger Willie Mays Aikens firstever big league triple, which came against Chicago last year just in time to get Aikens off the non-three bagger schneid after a mere 1,300 plus at-bats?