Good day everyone!
Today's
blog post has me adding the great, and overlooked, Lou Brock to my
National league team of the 1970s, as one of my outfielders for the
Senior League:
It's easy to forget about Brock sometimes, as he put in season after season of All-Star level play in the quietest way.
But
when you go and look at his performance over both his career and the
1970s, you'll see that he deserves this spot as he averaged around .300
with five seasons of 190+ hits, two of this 200+, with four 100-run
years and of course four stolen base titles among his eight overall.
He
hit .300 or better seven times in the decade, while making five
All-Star teams, and was a national news story in 1974 when he ran mad on
the bases and set a new Major League record with 118 stolen bases.
The man made six All-Star squads, finished second in the
MVP race for the National League in 1974, and would go on to a Hall of
Fame induction thanks to 3000+ hits, an MLB record 938 stolen bases, and
1610 runs scored.
Did you realize that between 1964 and 1974 the LEAST amount of hits he collected in any one season was 182!?
As a matter of fact in those eleven seasons he collected over 190 hits eight times, while scoring less than 90 only once.
Just an amazing 19-year career!
Did you realize that between 1964 and 1974 the LEAST amount of hits he collected in any one season was 182!?
As a matter of fact in those eleven seasons he collected over 190 hits eight times, while scoring less than 90 only once.
Just an amazing 19-year career!
