Hint: #1 He led his league in WHIP a few years later the season after his team won the World Series.

Hint: #2 He was the Most Valuable Player of the first postseason series he ever played in.

Tuesday’s question answered:

Q. Who banged out 210 hits in “the year of the pitcher”?

Hint: #1 In fact, he amassed two hundred hits per year, minimum, for each of a record ten seasons?

Hint: #2 He set an unmatched record by being chosen a National League All-Star at five different positions.

A. PETE ROSE  [SABR Bio]

– Ans. Rose had 210 safeties in 1968 & another 218 in 1969.

– #1 Rose had at least 200 H in:

1. 1965 (209)
2. 1966 (205)
3. 1968 (210)
4. 1969 (218)
5. 1970 (205)
6. 1973 (230)
7. 1975 (210)
8. 1976 (215)
9. 1977 (204)
10. 1979 (208)

Rose being upset that the strike-shortened ‘72 season cost him 200 hits.  CIN missed 8 games that year & he had 198 H. Ichiro later tied his record of 10 seasons with 200 hits.

– #2 Rose was an NL All-Star 17 X & at least once at each of 1B, 2B, 3B, LF & RF, though not necessarily in that order.

FCR – Jay Herdson, Ellicott City, Maryland