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Who Am I? #7

Posted by Raphy on January 7, 2010

Although I was primarily known as  a ferocious #3 hitter, my game was at its best from the 2 hole. In fact, over a 3 year period I batted second 105 times and put up these gaudy numbers:

Games PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS ▾ SH SF IBB HBP GDP
105 491 442 97 162 35 1 33 90 42 26 .367 .419 .674 1.093 2 4 14 1 12

Translated into 162 games those numbers would look like this:

Games PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS ▾ SH SF IBB HBP GDP
162 758 682 150 250 54 2 51 139 65 40 .367 .419 .674 1.093 3 6 22 2 19

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19 Responses to “Who Am I? #7”

  1. Andy Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    I got it on my second guess, but I won't spoil the fun by posting the answer. If you want a hint, notice that one of the statistical categories above is fairly unusual and a hallmark of the player in question.

  2. ollie1000 Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 4:24 pm

    without looking it up, is it Barry Bonds?

  3. Raphy Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 5:02 pm

    Nope

  4. Devon Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 5:06 pm

    I'm totally guessing....David Ortiz? Manny Ramirez? (can't remember which hit #3 typically) ...I'm thinking maybe 1 of them hit #2 a lot early on..

  5. Raphy Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 5:12 pm

    Neither.
    "I" played at a time when 51 home runs was still considered a really big number.

  6. dermitage Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 5:23 pm

    MM.
    This guy wears #7.
    Bonds never wore that number.

  7. TheGoofyOne Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 5:35 pm

    My first guess proved right ... Don Mattingly!

  8. vftb Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    Is it Tony Gwynn?

  9. ollie1000 Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 5:54 pm

    another guess, Frank Robby?

  10. JDV Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 5:56 pm

    Mattingly was my guess.

  11. Raphy Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 6:02 pm

    I am neither.

    Might I suggest considering all of my statistics. There are some combinations in my numbers that are rather unique.

  12. Raphy Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 6:07 pm

    I am Don Mattingly!
    Sorry TheGoofyOne. I overlooked your post for a minute.
    The numbers are from 1985-1987, Mattingly's biggest seasons.

  13. Raphy Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 6:37 pm

    dermitage - The #7 refers to the Guess Who am I post number (there had been 6 previous ones), not the player's uniform number.

  14. cliffordsbrb Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    Best part of that is that Bonds did wear #7 as a rookie: http://www.cardsone.com/store/images/87%20topps%20bonds.jpg

    My first thought was Mattingly. Cool.

  15. Andy Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 8:58 pm

    This was a good one, Raphy

  16. Raphy Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 9:03 pm

    Thanks, Andy.

  17. Devon Says:
    January 8th, 2010 at 10:44 am

    I never thought of Mattingly as "ferocious"...and I watched him day in day out. He was too cool & slick to be ferocious.

  18. TheGoofyOne Says:
    January 8th, 2010 at 1:11 pm

    I thought Mattingly was ferocious for a while. But our view of "ferocious" was a bit different in that era, when it could mean .300, 35 HR and 35 2B, not 40 HR and 150 Ks.

  19. mebejoe Says:
    January 12th, 2010 at 3:16 am

    Anybody have a theory of why Mattingly had so few strike outs, a very solid OPS+, high batting average, but also so few walks? He was always one of my favorites, but never did understand why he had such low BB. Thoughts?

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