Not Your Average Triple Crown

JMDurron · 03-27-2014, 06:35 PM

Doing a historical league, fixing the stupid stuff my team did in real life, I came across a rather...remarkable 1924 season by a notable player. He didn't just win the Triple Crown, he apparently had a fantastic time in a good offensive year in Fenway Park...

bwburke94 · 03-27-2014, 11:34 PM

Only 43 HRs?

fuzzy_patters · 03-28-2014, 09:22 AM

It looks like he hit 67 with a lower batting average two years earlier. He probably was tired of Boston sportswriters criticizing his homerun or bust approach.

JMDurron · 03-28-2014, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by bwburke94

Only 43 HRs?

Re-calc was using a 3-year average (double weight of current year). From 1923-1925, Ruth hit 41, 46, and 25 HRs, so 43 makes sense.

Adding to the hilarity, he won the Gold Glove for LF as well.

Ike348 · 03-28-2014, 03:41 PM

"Babe arrives early, takes extra BP..."

LOL

JMDurron · 03-30-2014, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Ike348

"Babe arrives early, takes extra BP..."

LOL

That's from the Bull Durham Cliche Generator module in the OOTP code, to be certain.

Phantom9in · 05-01-2014, 07:16 PM

[QUOTE=Ike348;3665585]"Babe arrives early, takes extra BP..."/QUOTE]

And by BP, they mean Banana Puddings

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fuzzy_patters All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,804	It looks like he hit 67 with a lower batting average two years earlier. He probably was tired of Boston sportswriters criticizing his homerun or bust approach.