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Trivia - One Season Wonders

Chad Ochoseis Jan 29 2010 04:34 PM

Four players have hit 40 home runs in a single season and ended their careers with 200 or fewer home runs in total. Name them. Operative word is "ended"...not counting active players on their way to 200. Hint - I came up with this kwiz while I was looking at Adam LaRoche's stats and wondering how the Mets managed to let him get away for the cost of a utility player. One of the four is among A LaR's top ten comps on BBref.

G-Fafif Jan 29 2010 04:45 PM Re: Trivia - One Season Wonders

Ex-Met Richard Hidalgo.

Chad Ochoseis Jan 29 2010 04:47 PM Re: Trivia - One Season Wonders

And one of New York's best bloggers is on the scoreboard. 44 home runs for the Astros in 2000. 21 for the Mets in 2004, of which I remember exactly none. 171 on his career.

Number 6 Jan 29 2010 04:50 PM Re: Trivia - One Season Wonders

Ex-Met Davey Johnson.

G-Fafif Jan 29 2010 04:51 PM Re: Trivia - One Season Wonders

Oh Henry! Rodriguez...did not hit 40 HRs, so never mind.

Chad Ochoseis Jan 29 2010 04:53 PM Re: Trivia - One Season Wonders

Ex-Met manager Davey Johnson. 43 home runs in 1973, 93 home runs otherwise.

G-Fafif Jan 29 2010 04:55 PM Re: Trivia - One Season Wonders

Diamond Jim Gentile.

G-Fafif Jan 29 2010 04:59 PM Re: Trivia - One Season Wonders

Al Rosen.

Chad Ochoseis Jan 29 2010 05:01 PM Re: Trivia - One Season Wonders

You know, I thought this was going to be a difficult kwiz. Jim Gentile, one of Adam LaRoche's top ten comps, managed the most single-season home runs among retired players with fewer than 200 career HRs. 46 in something like 1963. I'm stuck here at the office and probably shouldn't be looking it up again if I want to get home tonight. And, yup, just as I posted this, Fafif comes up with #4, Al Rosen, who also hit 40+ home runs once in his short career. Thank you, Fafif, for playing (And, yeah, #6, too. But nobody can stop the Fafif juggernaut).

Frayed Knot Jan 29 2010 05:20 PM Re: Trivia - One Season Wonders

Didn't see this kwiz until it was all set in concrete, but my first notion upon reading the question was Brady Anderson. Turns out he was close but not quite: he hit 50 once, never again hit over 40, and finished with 210 lifetime. Almost certainly would have come with with Davey, but those other couple were much tougher.

G-Fafif Jan 29 2010 05:40 PM Re: Trivia - One Season Wonders

Good quiz, particularly in light of all it taking to gain 200 homers in a career was a couple of well-timed shots to the buttocks in the late '90s. First guess was Todd Hundley, but he crossed the finish line with 202.

TheOldMole Jan 29 2010 09:00 PM Re: Trivia - One Season Wonders

Al Rosen, if memory served, retired in his prime because he could make more money in business. He was a hell of a hitter.

MFS62 Jan 30 2010 08:29 AM Re: Trivia - One Season Wonders

When I saw the question, I immediately thought of Brady Anderson, who hit 50 one year, and never more than 24 in any other year. But I checked. Brady had 210 for his career. Nice question. Yeah, Al Rosen was a helluva hiter. Later