Peter,

Which rangy shortstop from Great Plains of the River led the majors in strikeouts in his first full season?

Hint: #1 He made the All-Star team every year he played at least 160 games.

Hint: #2 He completed one of baseball’s rarest and most delightful plays by stealing third and home on successive pitches.

Thursday’s question answered:

Q. Which one-time Colorado Rockies player began his major league career as a teenager, but in each of his first three full seasons, led the National League in stolen bases, all but the first of those, leading the majors?

Hint: #1 He leads the Mets franchise in career triples and stolen bases, both by outlandish margins.

Hint: #2 In recorded major league history, only he and Hall of Famer Tim Raines are switch-hitters with at least 100 triples, 100 home runs and 500 stolen bases.

A. JOSE REYES  [B-R Bio]

– Ans. In 2005, 2006 & 2007, Reyes stole 60, 64 & 78 bases.  He played for the Rockies the 2^nd half of 2015 before returning to the Mets for the final 3 seasons of his playing career. His debut game was the only one he spent in the majors as a teenager—he turned 20 the very next day.

– #1 Reyes leads the Mets’ [The New York Metropolitans] franchise in triples 113 to Mookie Wilson’s 2^nd-place 62. Wilson cedes the lead to Reyes by 45%, 408 to 281.

– #2   Reyes has 131 3B, 145 HR & 517 SB. Raines’s corresponding numbers are 113, 170 & 808 as shown here.

FCR – Anthony Jablonski, Evanston, Illinois

~ D. Bruce Brown

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