Hint: #1 Not many people know that he hit home runs in double figures for thirteen consecutive seasons.

Hint: #2 He holds the league record for most times leading the league in outfield assists.

Sunday’s question answered:

Q. Who hit the most career home runs by a player who spent his entire major league career with a single team?

Hint: #1 The New York Times posits that he was the most successful draft pick in the history of the major league draft.

Hint: #2 He received MVP votes in twelve different seasons during his career.

A. MIKE SCHMIDT [SABR Bio]

– Ans. Schmidt’ 548 HR were all hit for PHI in his 18-year MLB career.

– #1 The NYT writer Tyler Kepner* lays out the case that Schmidt’s career performance for the team that drafted him (PHI) out of Ohio U. in 1971, shows their choice to be the best one that any team has ever made.

– #2 Schmidt’s NL MVP votes

1.     1974 (6^th)

2.     1975 (16^th)

3.     1976 (3^rd)

4.     1977 (10^th)

5.     1979 (13^th)

6.     1980 (1^st)*

7.     1981 (1^st)

8.     1982 (6^th)

9.     1983 (3^rd)

10.    1984 (7^th)

11.    1986 (1^st)

12.    1987 (14^th)

*Longtime Horsehide Trivia subscriber

FCR – William Middleton, Salt Lake City