Over on Fangraphs' Effectively Wild Podcast, Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller marveled at Jose Abreu's large RBI total this season, particularly given the lineup wasn't exactly a world-beater.
As we've noted on this site before, however, Abreu consistently expanded his zone to drive in runs, so it isn't as much of a surprise to Sox fans that he logged such a large total. And, indeed, the numbers bear that out: whether one goes with runners in scoring position and any amount of outs, or runners in scoring position with two outs, Abreu finished second in baseball in the former category (87) and third (36) in the latter. (Anthony Rendon beat Abreu both times, and DJ LeMahieu finished first with RISP and two outs)
For today's Sporcle, we'll be looking at other Sox players throughout franchise history who were equally as clutch. I decided to go with two outs and RISP for the split: that gives us 109 player seasons to fill in. How many can you get? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- To qualify, a player must have logged at least 25 RBI in a season with runners in scoring position and two outs.
- I've allotted 15 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I've provided the season, RBI total, and position of the player in question.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- The average triple-slash from the players on this list: .309/.402/.524.
- The player with the most home runs from this split finished with 9, coming in 2004.
- The player with the most walks finished with 25, coming in 1991.
- The player with the worst average? .200, coming in 1992. (That same player also logged a .248 OBP in the split)
All data from baseballreference.com
