More Home Runs than Strikeouts

With all the talk tonight about Victor Martinez having more home runs than strikeouts, here are all the players to have done so since 1901 in a qualifying season:

Rk		Yrs	From	To	Age
1	Joe DiMaggio	7	1937	1948	22-33	Ind. Seasons
2	Yogi Berra	5	1950	1956	25-31	Ind. Seasons
3	Bill Dickey	5	1932	1938	25-31	Ind. Seasons
4	Ted Kluszewski	4	1953	1956	28-31	Ind. Seasons
5	Frank McCormick	3	1939	1944	28-33	Ind. Seasons
6	Ernie Lombardi	3	1935	1939	27-31	Ind. Seasons
7	Lefty O'Doul	3	1929	1932	32-35	Ind. Seasons
8	Ken Williams	3	1922	1925	32-35	Ind. Seasons
9	Johnny Mize	2	1947	1948	34-35	Ind. Seasons
10	Tommy Holmes	2	1944	1945	27-28	Ind. Seasons
11	Charlie Gehringer	2	1935	1936	32-33	Ind. Seasons
12	Lou Gehrig	2	1934	1936	31-33	Ind. Seasons
13	Joe Sewell	2	1929	1932	30-33	Ind. Seasons
14	Mickey Cochrane	2	1927	1932	24-29	Ind. Seasons
15	Irish Meusel	2	1923	1925	30-32	Ind. Seasons
16	Barry Bonds	1	2004	2004	39-39	Ind. Seasons
17	George Brett	1	1980	1980	27-27	Ind. Seasons
18	Vic Power	1	1958	1958	30-30	Ind. Seasons
19	Don Mueller	1	1951	1951	24-24	Ind. Seasons
20	Andy Pafko	1	1950	1950	29-29	Ind. Seasons
21	Stan Musial	1	1948	1948	27-27	Ind. Seasons
22	Lou Boudreau	1	1948	1948	30-30	Ind. Seasons
23	Willard Marshall	1	1947	1947	26-26	Ind. Seasons
24	Ted Williams	1	1941	1941	22-22	Ind. Seasons
25	Arky Vaughan	1	1935	1935	23-23	Ind. Seasons
Rk		Yrs	From	To	Age
26	Bill Terry	1	1932	1932	33-33	Ind. Seasons
27	Al Simmons	1	1930	1930	28-28	Ind. Seasons
28	Mel Ott	1	1929	1929	20-20	Ind. Seasons
29	Billy Southworth	1	1926	1926	33-33	Ind. Seasons
30	Tris Speaker	1	1923	1923	35-35	Ind. Seasons
31	Jimmy Ryan	1	1902	1902	39-39	Ind. Seasons
32	Ed Delahanty	1	1902	1902	34-34	Ind. Seasons
33	Nap Lajoie	1	1901	1901	26-26	Ind. Seasons

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Generated 5/18/2014.

The Best Met Since ... Alex Ochoa?

David Wright has had a fantastic game today against the Phillies, going 4 for 5 with 2 doubles, a triple, and a home run. He becomes just the 40th known player to have such a game, as seen after the jump:

Mike Trout's Cycle

As most everyone knows by now, Mike Trout hit for the cycle last night, in the process becoming the youngest AL player ever to accomplish the feat. However, Trout also holds a dubious (if trivial) distinction: the lowest known WPA for a player achieving a cycle. As a matter of fact, Trout's is the first cycle to produce a negative WPA:

Player	Date	Tm	Opp	Rslt	1B	2B	3B	HR	WPA
Mike Trout	2013-05-21	LAA	SEA	W 12-0	1	1	1	1	-0.012
Rich Gedman	1985-09-18	BOS	TOR	W 13-1	1	1	1	1	0.047
John Mayberry	1977-08-05	KCR	CHW	W 12-2	1	1	1	1	0.068
Candy Maldonado	1987-05-04	SFG	STL	W 10-7	1	1	1	1	0.071
Gil Hodges	1949-06-25	BRO	PIT	W 17-10	1	1	1	2	0.079
Don Mueller	1954-07-11 (1)	NYG	PIT	W 13-7	1	1	1	1	0.083
Bob Elliott	1945-07-15 (2)	PIT	BRO	W 15-3	1	1	1	1	0.087
Eric Valent	2004-07-29	NYM	MON	W 10-1	1	1	1	1	0.089
Cristian Guzman	2008-08-28	WSN	LAD	W 11-2	1	1	1	1	0.091
Greg Colbrunn	2002-09-18	ARI	SDP	W 10-3	1	1	1	2	0.095
Alex Rodriguez	1997-06-05	SEA	DET	W 14-6	1	1	1	1	0.095
Scott Cooper	1994-04-12	BOS	KCR	W 22-11	1	2	1	1	0.096
Jeff DaVanon	2004-08-25	ANA	KCR	W 21-6	1	1	1	1	0.098
Kirby Puckett	1986-08-01	MIN	OAK	W 10-1	1	1	1	1	0.099
Bill White	1960-08-14 (1)	STL	PIT	L 4-9	1	1	1	1	0.102
John Olerud	2001-06-16	SEA	SDP	W 9-2	1	1	1	1	0.107
Stan Musial	1949-07-24	STL	BRO	W 14-1	1	1	1	1	0.113
Mark Grace	1993-05-09	CHC	SDP	L 4-5	1	1	1	1	0.114
Aaron Hill	2012-06-18	ARI	SEA	W 7-1	1	1	1	1	0.116
Todd Helton	1999-06-19	COL	FLA	W 10-2	1	1	1	1	0.121

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Generated 5/22/2013.

The reason for this odd occurrence can be found below the fold: