My Baseball Fantasy: Trivia: Rookie Sluggers

Monday, June 7, 2010

Trivia: Rookie Sluggers

As of June 6th this season, Jason Heyward was slugging .531. Back in 1987, Mark McGwire set the then-record for rookie slugging at .618. But it has since been broken. Can you name the rookie who topped that mark?

2 comments:

Pauly said...: pujols is my first choice. Miggy Cabrera is my second.; June 7, 2010 at 11:45 AM
Greg McConnell said...: OK, let's look at the numbers. During Pujols' rookie year (2001), he slugged an amazing .610. That's pretty close to McGwire's .618, but not quite.

During Miggy Cabrera's rookie year (2003), he slugged .468.

How about Ryan Howard? During his rookie year (2005) he slugged .567.

The answer is actually a Brewer. And no, it's not Prince Fielder. The answer is Ryan Braun, who slugged .634 during his rookie year of 2007.; June 7, 2010 at 8:13 PM

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The first year that I really started paying attention to Major League Baseball was 1990. I was 10 living in Ohio and my favorite team was the Cincinnati Reds. As it turned out, the Reds started that season 9-0 and the excitement pulled this 10-year-old boy along for the ride. I remember quite a bit from that season, including the Reds' eventual sweep of the Oakland A's in the World Series.

The lesson I took from that season was that dreams can come true. Of course, given what's happened to the Reds in the many years that followed, I've learned that nightmares can come true too. ;-)

I've since moved to Chicagoland and now follow the White Sox, Cubs, and Reds. In general, I'm just a baseball fan who enjoys the beauty of the game no matter which teams are playing.