Continuing the theme from last week, we move on to a new hitting category. Last week was home runs, so this week let's move back a base and focus on triples. As you might recall, it was Yoan Moncada --of all players-- who led the 2020 White Sox in triples, with 3. That's nearly good enough to qualify for this Sporcle, where the cutoff to make the list is 5. (Jose Abreu nearly made last week's cutoff, he had 19 home runs, finishing one shy)
As a reminder, this list only goes back to 1990, but there are still 54 entries for you to fill out. How many can you name? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I've allotted 10 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I've provided the year, number of triples, and position of the player.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- The average triple-slash of the players on this list: .275/.333/.414
- From this list, 5 players led the league in triples.
- Shoeless Joe Jackson has the most in a single season in franchise history, with 21. (Though his personal best was 26 with Cleveland in 1912)
- Speaking of 1912, that was the season in which the MLB record for triples was set: Chief Wilson had an insane 36 for Pittsburgh. That's 6 more than the number of doubles and home runs he had combined (19 and 11, respectively)
All data from stathead.com
