Boston hit 39 more than the second-place team (Blue Jays, 319) and a whopping 131 more than the lowly Padres (227).
1 376 2008 RangersAdrian Beltre led all MLB hitters with 49, which was also good for the 9th-best season in team history.
2 373 1930 Cardinals
373 1997 Red Sox
373 2004 Red Sox
5 371 2003 Red Sox
6 358 1930 Cleveland
358 2010 Red Sox
8 357 1936 Cleveland
357 2003 Blue Jays
357 2006 Rangers
11 355 1921 Cleveland
The Red Sox record is also the MLB record: 67, by Earl Webb, at age 33, in 1931. Webb hit 20 more doubles than any other player that year. It's one of the least-known "unbreakable" records; no one has hit as many as 60 doubles in 74 years. (Here is the SABR bio for the Earl of Doublin'.)
Ok but what percentage is at home? The Wall might have something to do with it, right?
ReplyDeleteOk but what percentage is at home?
ReplyDeleteB-Ref is your friend, yo.
Home - 189 (52.8%)
Road - 169
Check out 2003 and 2004!
2003
Home - 216
Road - 155
2004
Home - 218
Road - 155
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ReplyDeleteThe Red Sox record is also the MLB record: 67, by Earl Webb, at age 33, in 1931.
ReplyDeleteI somewhat remember Webb being a baseball oddity, so I also looked at his B-Ref page.
He hit 30 doubles the year before and 28 the following season, splitting his time between Boston and Detroit. In his seven-year career, he hit 155 doubles, so he collected 43% of his career total in one season... and set the record doing it!
Oh, and why he was traded the following season, according to the Bullpen, was to get Dale Alexander who, like Webb, was a doubles hitter with a short career.
Cool stuff!
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ReplyDeleteI should collect 50 cents from each of you to pay for my Play Index subscription! :>)
& "The Earl of Doublin'" is a great nickname!!
ReplyDeleteFenway Park existed then, but there was no "Green Monster" yet off which to hit doubles."
It was not green, but hasn't FP always had a big-ass wall in left? The third picture down on this post is from 1917-1918. The 4th one is from 1912. Maybe it was not quite 37 feet high -- though it might have been -- but there was a high wall there that was not in CF or RF.
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ReplyDeleteDo we need a "let me B-Ref that for you" button?
Is there a way to know how many potential home runs or doubles were turned into singles by the Wall?
ReplyDeleteL-girl said...
ReplyDeleteIs there a way to know how many potential home runs or doubles were turned into singles by the Wall?
I think that would invove alot of physics.........yuck
Re: $0.50. I would donate, but it is an ad-free blog with no tip jar. Keep on keepin' on.
ReplyDeletep.s. Weird hearing Orsillo but watching TX vs. FL