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Throwback Thursday – Batting Leaders Of The 1990s

Our Throwback Thursday feature continues, as we point the wayback machine back to the 1990s and put our focus on the offensive leaders of that decade.  As a reminder, I’ve identified 32 games that I attended during this time period, when I would have been ages 15 through 24.

Home Runs

Name Total
Sammy Sosa 7
Robin Ventura 4
Jason Giambi 3
Matt Stairs 2
Mike Cameron 2
Mark Grace 2
Ellis Burks 2
Carlos Garcia 2
Glenallen Hill 2

Hits

Name Total
Robin Ventura 23
Frank Thomas 20
Ray Durham 17
Sammy Sosa 16
Mark Grace 15

Runs

Name Total
Frank Thomas 14
Sammy Sosa 14
Ray Durham 12
Mark Grace 11
Robin Ventura 8
Tim Raines 8

RBI

Name Total
Robin Ventura 18
Sammy Sosa 13
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Hall of Fame Musings

The 2011 Hall of Fame class was announced today and Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven get to make a summer trip to beautiful Cooperstown, New York.  Alomar, who should have made it last year, raised his vote total by 126, meaning that there are 126 people who don’t deserve to have a Hall of Fame vote. 

Blyleven needed to wait a little longer, making it in his 14th year of eligibility.  His numbers certainly didn’t improve over that time, so I don’t necessarily agree with his selection.  But, if Jim Rice is a Hall of Famer, why not Bert Blyleven?

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