Good morning! When Munetaka Murakami went off for 6 RBI against Houston on his bobblehead day, he cemented a franchise first: four separate players, in their first 140 games, to log at least five RBI in a game in the same season. Are there a few qualifiers in there to make it a first? Sure.
At the same time, though, only two other iterations managed three instances: 1991 (the same player each time), and 1921 (three different players). This has been a fun season thus far, likely continues to be fun, and will result in fond remembrances in the years and decades to come. If you had told me two years ago that this is where the Sox would stand as I write prior to the August 7th game against Cleveland, I would have been...skeptical.
So: today's Sporcle looks at White Sox batters who had a 5+ RBI game over the course of their first 140 career games. While not perfect, I felt that 140 games would accurately reflect a player's early portion of their career (Stathead doesn't have a great way to define rookie eligibility in this particular instance, so 140 games is a hedge). In all, there are 51 entries: how many can you name? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I've allotted 15 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I've provided the date of the game and the position of the player in question.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- Just one player on this list had 7 RBI in a game, from 8/27/2002.
- The White Sox are 46-5 over these instances.
- The franchise opponent most victimized by games such as these are the Minnesota Twins, with 9 such instances. 4 against the Twins and 5 against their predecessor, the Washington Senators/Nationals.
All data from stathead.com
