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Originally Posted by Questdog
What's the records in the league for the triple crown categories?
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All time records in Batting Triple Crown categories so far:
Batting avg.: Jeremiah Carrell (CIN, 1979) with
.3944
Home Runs: Gabriel Cruz (DAL, 1984) with
35
Runs batted in: Ralph Nixon (NYC, 1978) and Tom McDonald (ATL, 1985) with
136 each
Only considering the Continental League, you get the following numbers:
Batting avg.: Claudio Rojas (SFB, 1984) with
.3623 (ranks 8th overall)
Home Runs: Daniel Hall (POR, 1984) with
29 (ranks 3rd overall)
Runs batted in: Ralph Nixon (NYC, 1978) and Tom McDonald (ATL, 1985) with
136 each
And now we're only considering the Raccoons:
Batting avg.: Pedro Sánz (1977) with .308 (ranks nowhere near the happy zone) *
Home Runs: Daniel Hall (1984) with
29 (ranks 3rd overall)
Runs batted in: Mark Dawson (1983) with
119 (ranks t-14th overall)
* The team page gives that, but if I'm not totally stupid he's not even qualifying with too few plate appearances due to injuries that season (as in every season he was with us). Tetsu Osanai's second half of last year was a .315 outing, but also does not qualify for the team page. Next in line is Ralph Nixon with .299 in 1981.
That .299 or .308 mark (whatever) is going to be pulverized. Right now we have three batters over .300 (Osanai, Sanchez, Barrios), although only two (sans Sanchez) will qualify.
So, Tetsu should smash all the team records, and has a good shot at the CL AVG and RBI records as well, but Jeremiah Carrell's mark is a strong one to beat. He was (and still is) an elite contact batter. He leads the career batting average leader board with an incredible .3489 mark. Who's second there? Tetsu! (.3354);
Unfortunately for Carrell, he's as fragile as a porcelain ballerina and has not qualified for the batting title for four straight seasons. Despite playing since 1977, he ranks only 24th on the all time hits list with 1,333!
