By now you've almost certainly heard the news that all-time great, Hank Aaron, has passed away. Aaron's Baseball Reference page is a favorite of mine to peruse from time to time, as it's fun to marvel at not only his consistent home run production, but just how good he was at everything else. A fun fact you likely already know: take away his 755 home runs and he still has over 3,000 career hits. Even in the offense-heavy era we've been in for awhile now, he remains the record holder in total bases, extra-base hits and runs batted in.
From 1955 (his second year in the league) to 1973 he hit 25+ dingers in every season but one: 1964, when he hit 24. Over that same period of time, White Sox hitters had just six seasons where a player hit at least 25 home runs. In total, there have been 89 instances in franchise history where a White Sox batter logged 25 or more home runs. So, by himself, Aaron would account for 20% of those Sox seasons. (Even adding his total seasons to the Sox total still makes it 17%)
For today's Sporcle, you're tasked with naming those 89 White Sox players to hit 25+ home runs in a single season. It starts in 1934 and runs to the present day. How many can you name? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I've allotted 10 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I've provided just the year and number of home runs.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- Getting back to total bases for a moment: Aaron has a 722 TB lead over second place, which is Stan Musial's 6,134.
- Aaron led all of MLB in runs twice, hits twice, home runs once, RBI four times, and total bases four times. (Not to mention a variety of other NL-specific categories: his black ink is prolific)
- His career triple-slash: .305/.374/.555, good for a career 155 OPS+.
All data from stathead.com and baseballreference.com
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