Sporcle Saturday: 200+ home runs
With the Edwin Encarnaciรณn signing finally official, the Sox have fashioned their lineup into one that has the potential to be a legitimate power threat. Are they likely to bang out 307 home runs like the Twins did last year? No, probably not. Will they broach the 200 home run barrier? Yes, they probably will, and that would make them the first Sox team to do so since 2012.
The bigger question is, can they break the franchise record for team home runs in a season –242– set in 2004? That’s what today’s Sporcle will be testing you on: how many of the players from that team who hit a home run can you name? There are 18 players, good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I’ve allotted just 6 minutes for completion attempts.
- I’ve provided the number of home runs and the position of the player as hints.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- Nine Sox teams have hit 200+ home runs in a season, all from 2000 or later.
- The first team in MLB history to cross the 200 dinger barrier was the 1947 New York Giants, with 221. Johnny Mize accounted for 51.
- Just two current franchises have not crossed the 200 home run threshold: the Kansas City Royals (closest is 2017, with 193) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (closest is 171, in 1999).
All data from baseballreference.com
Got 15, only really regret missing one.
12/18. Got the obvious but drew blanks on the others. Even after the names were revealed, I am confident that I never would have remembered them.ย
17/18. I got those 17 quickly and then spent four minutes failing to remember
It took me a couple of seconds to get
16/18. I don’t remember
Only 9.ย
By the way, looks like the 2004 team changed four starting positions going into 2005 (the championship year) – two outfielders, the catcher, and another upgrade. Sound familiar. Go Sox!
17/18. I could picture the last guy. ย I guessed plenty of names similar to his. Stupid Boomer was 18/18. Chalk one up for the jabronie.ย
Boomer is on a bit of a streak, is he not?
16/18
Missed
and
neither of whom I remember ever existing.
I remember being hopeful for
16. Forgot who replaced Mags in right.
16/18 – Missed
I remember
Missed