Good morning!
Miguel Vargas has been quite the revelation this season. After Friday evening's shellacking against the Royals, Vargas is slashing .246/.357/.484, good for a 134 wRC+, 6th among third basement in MLB: with 18 home runs, he's already surpassed his season-high total.
To that, he's already accrued 2.9 WAR per Baseball Reference, something not seen at third base for the White Sox in several years. Today's Sporcle will look back at those other seasons throughout franchise history where the hot corner provided average or better value. In all, you'll be tasked with trying to name 70 player-seasons. How many can you get? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- To qualify, the player must have appeared in at least 50% of their games at third base and logged at least 2 bWAR over the course of the season.
- I've allotted 10 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I've provided the year and the total bWAR accrued.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- Only a few guys have led the league in notable offensive categories: triples (2018), home runs (1971), and walks (1925).
- Other categories where guys were leaders: intentional walks (1998), sacrifice hits AND caught stealing (1966), and strikeouts (1902).
- The only 10 WAR season by a third baseman in baseball history is Al Rosen, with 10.2 for Cleveland in 1953.
All data from baseballreference.com and stathead.com
