Can U stand reading another post on Butler?

by loyal2sdad on Sep 22, 2009 4:26 PM EDT Comment 1 comment

I noticed that Butler now has 274 total bases on the season, giving him an outside shot at the coveted 300 TB figure.

This has been accomplished only 18 times in team history, by a total of only 10 players:

Brett 4 times

Beltran 3

Dye, McRae, Sweeney 2 times each

Damon, Cowens, Tartabull, Mayberry, Seitzer once each

Obviously, that reads like a who's who of Royals hitters. Would be great to see Billy stay hot enough to pick up 26 more TBs in the last 12 games. Odds are against that, as his pace is only for about 296.

Didn't bother to research the ages of any of these when accomplished - but I'll bet only two or three (at most) were able to do it at age 23 or less.

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Very interesting

When Billy won the AL Player of the Week award recently, he picked up 24 total bases (if I counted correctly) in those 7 games. So, it’s not impossible, but he’ll need to be one of the best hitters in the AL for about a week (again!).

Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau

by aHorseWithNoName on Sep 22, 2009 6:37 PM EDT reply actions