Sunday, June 8, 2008

Joe Morgan's "trivia question" of the night

What player hit the hardest line drives the most consistently?

Joe's conjecture on this? He saw him play and he hit the ball hard the most consistently. That's the key. Also, he won a batting title. One of only dozens of players to do so. Sounds pretty good to me. And lo and behold, when i looked up this player's "hard line drive rate" i found he did in fact have the highest career percentage of hard line drives - a whopping 63%.

So who is this line drive God? Several hints: he is not in the Hall of Fame, he was a 7-time All Star, and finished with 2743 career hits. No peeking! If you know the answer, consider yourself as smart as Joe Morgan.


5 comments:

Corms said...

A lot of hits, a lot of All-Star appearances, a contemporary of Joe and not in the HOF? I'm gonna say Al Oliver.

smiff said...

You are correct, sir. Consider yourself as smart as Joe Morgan.

k-mad said...

Is Corms going to let Smiff get away with that?

Smiff said...

He knew da risks.

Corms said...

Homeland Security has been notified about a portly San Diegan with unAmerican proclivities.