This past Monday --the Daniel Palka and Matt Davidson game-- Victor Martinez broke a 1-1 tie in the 9th with a deep smash to left for his ninth home run of the season, and what felt like his millionth career home run against the White Sox. Turns out I wasn't that far off: it was number 32 against the Sox in V-Mart's career, so only 999,968 to go until number one million.
Running the numbers, while there have been some darned-good Sox killers in recent years since the formation of the AL Central, only a couple players have managed to surpass Martinez' total. Today's Sporcle will look at these hitters: since 1998, which players in baseball have gone deep the most against the White Sox over the course of their career? We've looked at AL Central killers only before: this will expand that to any home run of a player's career that was hit against the Sox regardless of the team they were on at the time. I think you'll find some similar answers; but, a few may surprise you, as well. Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I've given you 15 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints I've provided the team(s) the player was with, and the home runs hit against the Sox. The cut-off for home runs is 15.
- Note: if the player also played for the White Sox, I have NOT included that in the list of teams they played for.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family
- Expanding past home runs, Victor Martinez has a slash-line of: .323/.396/.498 against the Sox during this period. He has the most hits (258), most RBI (131), 2nd-most doubles (44), and 3rd-most runs scored (114).
- The average triple-slash from the players on this list: .281/.355/.509.
- Babe Ruth earns the distinction with the most home runs against the Sox all-time, with 98. His line? Pretty good: .340/.470/.681. I think an all-time White Sox dinger killer Sporcle is in order during the off-season.
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All data from baseballreference.com
