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January 13, 2006
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Only two Yankees players have had 9+ seasons of 500+ AB with <=50 K's:
Don Mattingly (9) and Joe DiMaggio (10).
Now, for fun, add 15+ HRs to the equation and look in the entire history of the American League.
How many AL batters have had at least 7 seasons with 500+AB/<=50Ks/>=15 HRs? The answer - just three, all Yankees:
Joe DiMaggio (10) and Yogi Berra & Don Mattingly (each with 7).
Al Simmons, Al Kaline, Goose Goslin, and Lou Gehrig did it 6 times. Ted Williams, Charlie Gehringer, Bobby Doerr and Earl Averill are the only AL'ers to do it 5 times.
Source: Sabermetric Baseball Encyclopedia
Posted by Steve Lombardi at January 13, 2006 09:16 PM