Jimmy Rollins / most 30SB 80R 50XBH seasons for SS
Posted by Andy on September 1, 2007
Reasonably quietly, Jimmy Rollins has put together a very good first 7 years of his career. His offensive game is more akin to shortstops of yore, as opposed to the power production of more recent SS's such as Nomar Garciaparra, Miguel Tejada, and Alex Rodriguez.
I did a Play Index Batting Season Finder search for seasons by shortstops (minimum 80% of games played there) with at least 30 stolen bases, 80 runs scored, and 50 extra base hits. Here are all players with at least two such seasons:
From To Ages Seasons Link to Individual Seasons +-----------------+----+----+-----+-------+------------------------------+ Honus Wagner 1903 1912 29-38 7 Ind. Seasons Jimmy Rollins 2001 2006 22-27 6 Ind. Seasons Derek Jeter 1998 2006 24-32 5 Ind. Seasons Barry Larkin 1991 1998 27-34 4 Ind. Seasons Rafael Furcal 2003 2006 25-28 3 Ind. Seasons Alex Rodriguez 1997 1999 21-23 3 Ind. Seasons Orlando Cabrera 2003 2006 28-31 2 Ind. Seasons Cristian Guzman 2000 2001 22-23 2 Ind. Seasons Alan Trammell 1986 1987 28-29 2 Ind. Seasons
An additional 15 players have done it once. Rollins is right up there, behind only the great Honus Wagner. Rollins and Wagner alike have gotten their extra base hits with a nice mix of doubles, triples, and homers.
This season (2007), Rollins already has 117 runs scored (#1 in the NL) and 73 XBHs (tied for #1 in the majors with Prince Fielder, Matt Holliday, and Curtis Granderson.) He needs just 3 more stolen bases to achieve a 7th such season above, tying Honus Wagner.
His extra base hits this season are quite a mix: 34 doubles, 15 triples, and 24 homers.
In fact, Rollins already has the record for most seasons by a shortstop with double digits for 2B, 3B, and HR:
From To Ages Seasons Link to Individual Seasons +-----------------+----+----+-----+-------+------------------------------+ Jimmy Rollins 2001 2007 22-28 5 Ind. Seasons Robin Yount 1980 1983 24-27 3 Ind. Seasons Zoilo Versalles 1963 1965 23-25 3 Ind. Seasons Rafael Furcal 2003 2005 25-27 2 Ind. Seasons Neifi Perez 1999 2000 26-27 2 Ind. Seasons Nomar Garciaparra 1997 2003 23-29 2 Ind. Seasons Arky Vaughan 1934 1935 22-23 2 Ind. Seasons Glenn Wright 1925 1930 24-29 2 Ind. Seasons
An addition 14 players have done it once, but among the notables who have never done it are Jeter, A-Rod, Tejada, and Trammell.