Sporcle Saturday: OBP leaders

Before the world was turned upside down, one of the aspects I was most looking forward to about the White Sox this season was their (hopefully) improved ability to get on base. With Yasmani Grandal in the fold, the team was about to have a proven OBP guy: last year with Milwaukee, he recorded an OBP of .380, and his career OBP sits at .348. For some context, Tim Anderson and Yoan Moncada were the OBP leaders on the team last year, with a .357 and .367, respectively.

Alas, we’ll have to wait a bit longer to see how things play out. In the meantime, today’s Sporcle will ask you to identify past White Sox players who recorded an OBP that high (so, at least .380) in a single season. That’s 135 player seasons, how many can you get? Good luck!

Quiz Parameters

• It’s a big list, and it goes all the way back to the olden days, so I’ve allotted 20 minutes for completion attempts.
• For hints, I’ve provided the season, OBP, and position of the player in question.
• To make the list, the player must have qualified for the batting title.

Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:

• The highest OBP of the players on this list: .487, coming in 1994.
• The lowest, all-time, belongs to Billy Sullivan, who recorded an anemic .226 in 1909. He also holds the next three-lowest spots on that list.
• Catcher is represented just twice on this list. Here’s hoping that Yasmani Grandal can make it a third.

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All data from baseballreference.com

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