Through Thursday, Colorado’s Todd Helton needed four walks to become the eighth major-leaguer to record 200 hits, 100 runs, 100 RBIs and 100 walks in a season. The feat has been accomplished 16 times. Lou Gehrig posted seven such seasons in his career and Stan Musial and Babe Ruth are the only other players who had more than one such year. Hack Wilson, Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg and Bernie Williams are the others. The 16 times a player went 200-100-100-100 are:
Player Year Team Hits-Runs-RBIs-BB
Ruth 1921 Yankees 204-177-171-144
Ruth 1923 Yankees 205-151-131-170
Ruth 1924 Yankees 200-143-121-142
Gehrig 1927 Yankees 218-149-175-109
Gehrig 1930 Yankees 220-143-174-101
Gehrig 1931 Yankees 211-163-184-117
Gehrig 1932 Yankees 208-138-151-108
Gehrig 1934 Yankees 210-128-165-109
Gehrig 1936 Yankees 205-167-152-130
Gehrig 1937 Yankees 200-138-159-127
Wilson 1930 Cubs 208-146-191-105
Foxx 1932 A’s 213-151-169-116
Greenberg 1937 Tigers 200-137-183-102
Musial 1949 Cardinals 207-128-123-107
Musial 1953 Cardinals 200-127-113-105
Williams 1999 Yankees 202-116-115-100
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RUNNING MAN
Houston’s Jeff Bagwell has perfected the art of scoring runs. The first baseman recently became only the third major-leaguer to score 287 runs or more over a two-year period. He scored 143 runs last year and has crossed the plate 147 times so far this season. Bagwell joins Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig (both of whom did it five times) as the only players to accomplish the feat. Bagwell would have to score another 45 runs this season to break Ruth’s record of 335. The five highest run totals in back-to-back seasons were:
Player Seasons Total
Ruth 1920-21 335
Ruth 1927-28 321
Gehrig 1930-31 306
Gehrig 1931-32 306
Gehrig 1936-37 305
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DOUBLE DOWN
Colorado’s Jeff Cirillo had two doubles (51 total) Wednesday to join teammate Todd Helton (57) as just the sixth pair of teammates to each stroke 50 or more in a season. The last such duo was Alex Rodriguez and Edgar Martinez who combined for 106 for the Seattle Mariners in 1996. The five other sets of 50-50 teammates are:
Year Team, Teammates (Doubles)
1926 Indians, George Burns (64) and Tris Speaker (52)
1934 Tigers, Hank Greenberg (63)and Charlie Gehringer(50)
1936 Tigers, Charlie Gehringer (60) and Gee Walker (55)
1946 Senators, Mickey Vernon (51) and Stan Spence (50)
1996 Mariners, Alex Rodriguez (54) and Edgar Martinez(52)
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