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Special Sub-Topic: The Odd Man Out: Pt. 2


Which player did not have a career batting average above .315?

    Jackie Robinson. Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson had a .311 career batting average in his ten-year career with the Brooklyn Dodgers and is most famous for breaking baseball's color barrier.

Which slugger did not compile over 1500 RBIs during their career?
    Jose Canseco. Canseco drove in 1,407 runs during his career with the Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Toronto Blue Jays. He also cracked 462 home runs and had a career average of .266.

Which player did not score over 2,000 runs in their career?
    Ted Williams. Hall of Famer Ted Williams scored 1,798 runs during his illustrious career with the Boston Red Sox. He had a lifetime .344 batting average and scorched 521 home runs. His magnificent hitting earned him the nickname, "The Splendid Splinter".

What relief pitcher did not compile over 400 saves in their career?
    Dennis Eckersley. Eckersley was both a starter and a reliever in his Hall of Fame career as he compiled 390 saves. He also gave up one of the most famous home runs in baseball history when as a closer for the Oakland Athletics in game one of the 1988 World Series, he surrendered a game-winning bomb to Los Angeles Dodger Kirk Gibson.

What player didn't rip over 200 triples in their career?
    Joe Jackson. Jackson's .356 career batting average among the highest of all-time but he is not in the Hall of Fame because he was part of the infamous 'Black Sox Scandal'. He cracked 168 triples in his career. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago White Sox during his 13-year career.

Which fearsome hitters slugging percentage for their career was not over .600?
    Joe DiMaggio. DiMaggio had a career slugging percentage of .579, an incredible mark in his 13 seasons with the New York Yankees. "Joltin' Joe" or "The Yankee Clipper", had a career batting average of .325 and ripped 361 home runs in his playing days, including a career high 46 in just his second big league season.

Which player never recorded a season in which they collected over 245 hits?
    Wade Boggs. Boggs had single-season high for hits was 240 in 1985, when he batted .368 and won his second of five career batting titles. He played for the Red Sox and Yankees during his hall of fame career. Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners set the all time record when he ripped 262 hits in 2004.

Which player never smashed at least 50 home runs in a single season?
    Harmon Killebrew. Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew twice hit 49 home runs in a single season, but never hit 50. He walloped 573 home runs with the Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins, and Washington Senators, and knocked in 1,584 runs.

What pitcher did not hit over 150 batters in their career?
    Phil Niekro. Hall of Famer Phil Niekro plunked 123 hitters in his 24-year career, during which he pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, and Milwaukee Braves. He won 318 games.

What hitter did not win a batting Triple Crown award in their career?
    Babe Ruth. The great Babe Ruth never won a Triple Crown award, though his career numbers in those categories, .342 batting average, 714 home runs, and 2,217 RBIs were one of the bests of all-time. "The Great Bambino" was a great pitcher for the Boston Red Sox for six seasons before being traded to the New York Yankees and becoming perhaps the greatest hitter of all time. The "Curse of the Bambino" lurked in Boston until the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series.


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