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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Sunday, May 21, 2023The staggering numbers behind Acuña’s push for baseball history
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Posted: May 21, 2023 at 06:01 PM | 10 comment(s)
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1. Walt Davis Posted: May 22, 2023 at 02:16 AM (#6129444)In 1957 Mays led not just in SB and OPS, but in triples, Slg., and OPS+. In 1958 he also led in runs and OPS+. In 1955 he led in triples, HR, Slg., OPS, OPS+, and TB, and while he didn't lead the league in SB (he was second), he went 24/4. In 1954 he led in triples, BA, Slg., OPS, OPS+. So while Acuna is a very good player, we should appreciate him for that and not anoint him (yet) as Willie or even Rickey.
I think the point is to highlight the fact that his blend of skills and athleticism is on par with two all-time greats, not that he is necessarily their equal in production. I think it's always worth calling out unusual markers like this, they are fun to track over the course of the season. Acuna is a physical freak and I'm super glad he's going to get a chance to show what he can do in an environment that (relatively) encourages base stealing.
I also appreciate learning about these things as I didn't know it had been done once, much less 5 times (3 in the modern era). Fascinating that Rickey did it, he would not have been at the top of my list. None of the 40-40 guys did it, Eric Davis never did it.
Man, Rickey's 1990 was something else. 28 HRs, 65 SBs, walked way more than he struck out. He was 31 when he did that, too! BABIP was the same as his Avg, don't see that every day.
Jim Rice did it in 78.
Ty Cobb.
Maybe Acuna.
We've seen Ohtani become the 21st-century Babe Ruth. I never imagined that would be possible. I was shocked when Miggy won the Triple Crown, I didn't think that was gonna happen again . . . but Ohtani is an order of magnitude more unimaginable.
Acuna could be the 21st century Ty Cobb.
Well, the triple crown is half luck that nobody else happened to exceed your numbers in a given season. Miggy did it with only 44 HR. Josh Hamilton was only one behind and got 60 fewer PA. Granderson was also only one behind Miggy.
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