Jim took us on a deep dive into Moncada's problems with the strikeout on Thursday; meanwhile Nick Madrigal appears to be the opposite down in Winston-Salem, having struck out just once (as of this writing on Friday) in 88 plate appearances. Heck, there's even a Twitter account chronicling whether the guy struck out :
https://twitter.com/DidMadrigal/status/1027018314499977218
This got me a-thinkin': which White Sox players have struck out the least over a full season? Originally, I was going to go back to the beginning of the DH era, but that left too many rows. Even setting the date to 1990 left over a hundred instances, so I decided to set the earliest date at 2000. Additionally, a player must have logged at least 502 plate appearances in a season, and struck out less than 100 times. That gives you 58 instances to guess: how many can you name? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I've allotted 10 minutes for completion attempts, though I suspect many of you will finish much quicker than that.
- For hints, I've provided the year, the number of strikeouts, and the position of the player in question.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, or confound your friends
- Unsurprisingly, the White Sox leader all-time for fewest strikeouts in a season came during the early part of the 20th century. Eddie Collins leads the way with just 8 in both the 1923 and 1925 seasons.
- The only White Sox team that didn't have at least one player qualify for this list was the 2017 iteration. I think the 2018 version likely won't qualify, either.
- You'll see some names on this list with, uh, not-great seasons. Just because they didn't strike out a lot doesn't mean they were very good. Thus, the venerable average triple-slash sits at: .279/.335/.448. Definitely less robust than many of the triple-slashes that have appeared in past editions of Sporcle Saturday.
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All data from baseballreference.com
