Where Amazing Happens

Where Amazing Happens

June 17, 2013

.300 / .400 / .500 Club

With a minimum of 10,000 Plate Appearances for a career (78 players have reached that total, and none will surpass it over the course of the 2013 season), only 7 players ever have finished with a Batting Average of .300 or higher, an On-Base % of .400 or higher, and slugged .500 or higher (source: baseball-reference.com):

1.) Ty Cobb: 13,082 PA, .366 BA / .433 OBP / .512 SLG
2.) Stan Musial: 12,717 PA, .331 BA / .417 OBP / .559 SLG
3.) Tris Speaker: 11,992 PA, .345 BA / .428 OBP / .500 SLG
4.) Mel Ott: 11,348 PA, .304 BA / .414 OBP / .533 SLG
5.) Babe Ruth: 10,622 PA, .342 BA / .474 OBP / .690 SLG
6.) Chipper Jones: 10,614 PA, .303 BA / .401 OBP / .529 SLG
7.) Frank Thomas: 10,075 PA, .301 BA / .419 OBP / .555 SLG

Honorable mention: If you keep PAs at a minimum of 10,000 and lower the parameters to a career .290 BA, .390 OBP, and .490 SLG, only two additional players make the list:

Barry Bonds: 12,606 PA, .298 BA / .444 OBP / .607 SLG
Gary Sheffield: 10,947 PA, .292 BA / .393 OBP / .514 SLG

To be continued over the next couple of days in order to show how rare this accomplishment is at even a very low minimum career PA requirement.







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