Who was once thrown out forty-two times in one season while trying to steal?

Hint: #1 One season he scored exactly as many times as he got a hit.

Hint: #2 He was born on Christmas Day in the back seat of a taxi.

Sunday’s question answered:

Q. Who is the only batter to hit more than fifty doubles in a season in the 1960s?

Hint: #1 He is the only black player to win the Triple Crown in the American League or the National League.

Hint: #2 He hit a home run in his first at-bat as a player-manager.

A. FRANK ROBINSON  [SABR Bio]

– Ans. Hit 51 2B in 1962 for CIN. From 1954 through 1976, only he had a season w/50+ 2B.

– #1 TC in the AL in 1966: 49 HR, 122 RBI, .316 BA. He never led his league in any of the TC categories in any other season of his career.

– #2 As player/manager of CLE n 1975, Robinson homered in the 1^stinning off NYY’s Doc Medich on 08-Apr-1975.

FCR – Robert Osman, Great Neck, New York