Good morning!
Evidently it's Jose Abreu Appreciation Month over here at Sporcle Saturday. I was perusing various player splits yesterday morning when one in particular caught my eye: throughout much of his tenure on the White Sox, Jose Abreu has led the team in RBI when there are runners in scoring position and two out. And, in the seasons in which he placed second, he was either injured or off the lead by just one or two RBI.
In fact, if you look at combined seasons from 2014 to the present, Abreu blows away the field with 192 RBI in such situations: the next-highest White Sox total is 80. Further, if you're interested in expanding that to MLB as a whole, Abreu places third. The two guys ahead of him? J.D. Martinez (197) and Nolan Arenado (205). While it may not come as much of a surprise to those of us who have watched Abreu expand his zone with runners on, it still ain't too shabby!
So today, we celebrate Abreu's clutchness by looking at other players throughout franchise history who have come up big in similar situations. I've set the qualification cutoff at a minimum of 30 RBI in such situations over the course of a season. That leaves 54 entries: how many can you name? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- As noted above: a player must have recorded at least 30 RBI with RISP and two outs to qualify.
- I've allotted 10 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I've provided the season, number of RBI, and position of the player.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- Abreu is currently 11th in White Sox history with those 192 RBI. The franchise leader has 347 RBI.
- The MLB record holder is actually someone who appears on this list (1933) with 520 over the course of his career, just edging out Henry Aaron, who had 512.
- The average triple-slash of the guys on this list: .320/.419/.545
(Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire)
All data from stathead.com
