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Baseball Bats for the Professional and Amateur
From the time small children are old enough to hold a baseball bat many have longed to be part of the great American pastime. Baseball bats have been around ever since the game was created and there are baseball museums that have collections of...
More Unusual Baseball Statistics
Back By Popular Demand Come and See Those Interesting Baseball Stats For some people this is Baseball Fantasy For some people this is Baseball Memorabilia For me it is joy and amazement. I love perusing the baseball stats. Walter Johnson - One...
My Top Baseball Teams of All Time - Part two (Also in no particular order)
My Top Baseball Teams of All Time
Part two (Also in no particular order)
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers
They won the pennant by 13.5 games.
Scored 857 runs while allowing 650 runs
Finally beat the New York Yankees in
The World Series. They had five...
Ness Notes (Jan 11)
Was it really just a week ago that Texas beat USC 41-38 in the
Rose Bowl? Can Vince Young possibly be as good in the NFL as he
was in his two Rose Bowl appearances? Is the 'monkey' finally
off Mack Brown's back?
Putting to rest the CFB...
Pedro, Beltran, and the Mets as seen by one true Yankee Fan:
Pedro, Beltran, and the Mets as seen by one true Yankee Fan: It’s the middle of the NFL playoffs, and what has grabbed the interest of many sports fans has been the off-season maneuvering and acquisitions of the Mets and Yankees. In the past, the...
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By Their 30th Birthday
Some Interesting Baseball Statistics
By their 30th birthday. many players had made a name for
themselves. Here are some facts.
By the year they turned 30 years of age..
Ty Cobb had a lifetime batting average of .370 He finished with
a mark of .367 when he retired
Wade Boggs had a lifetime batting average of .356 When done his
lifetime average was .328
Joe Jackson had a .356 average and completed his career with
.358
Ken Griffey Jr. had 438 home runs when he completed his season
in his 30th year. That was year 2000. As of August 28th 2005, he
has 531 home runs He has averaged less than 20 home runs per
year over the last 4.8 years.
Lou Gehrig By his 30th birthday he had 1285 Runs Batted In. That
year was up to and including 1933. From 1934 to 1938 he had 709
RBIs. And in 1939 in eight games he had one more RBI. His
falloff was not too severe after he turned 30. He averaged 141
RBIs in his last five full years of his career.
Mickey Mantle had 1251 walks when he ended the 1962 season. He
is
number one on the list of most walks by your 30th birthday.
He finished with 1733 after his final year in 1968.
Lou Brock Completed his career with 938 stolen bases. 604 of
those stolen bases took place during and after he turned 30
years of age. In 1974 when he turned 35 he stole 118 bases. He
was also thrown out 33 times in 1974 That's a lot of running.
Otis Nixon Stole 515 of his 620 bases from the time he turned 30
to when he retired. The latter part of his career proved to be
his most productive time. 83% of his stolen bases were swiped.
when most players start to slow down. I guess he was revving up.
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