FanGraphs Weekly Mailbag: July 4, 2026

Blissful Fourth of July! To commemorate the USA’ Semiquincentennial, I’m going to run by some enjoyable baseball stats that characteristic the quantity 250, and in addition ask a couple of trivia questions, which you’ll be able to reply within the feedback. As of Thursday morning, there’s one participant in MLB historical past with precisely 250 profession house runs. He’s an lively participant for an NL West staff. Are you able to title him? Seven gamers have recorded precisely 250 doubles of their profession; solely one among them is within the Corridor of Fame. The six non-Corridor of Famers are Ozzie Albies, Travis Hafner, Deivi Cruz, Bruce Bochte, Irish Meusel, and Jake Daubert. The Corridor of Famer is a nineteenth century catcher. Who’s it?

There are 25 members of the 250 Residence Run/250 Stolen Base Membership, 9 of whom are Corridor of Famers. Sorted by house runs, these 9 are Willie Mays (660 HR, 339 SB), Andre Dawson (438, 314), Carlos Beltrán (435, 312), Rickey Henderson (297, 1,406), Craig Biggio (291, 414), Ryne Sandberg (282, 344), Joe Morgan (268, 689), Derek Jeter (260, 358), and Robin Yount (251, 271). Two others are lively: José Ramírez (295, 311) and Jose Altuve (263, 326). Are you able to title the opposite 14 members of the 250/250 Membership? Lastly, seven gamers have tallied at the very least 250 hits in a season. Six of them — Ichiro Suzuki (262 in 2004), George Sisler (257 in 1920), Invoice Terry (254 in 1930), Al Simmons (253 in 1925), Chuck Klein (250 in 1930), and Rogers Hornsby (250 in 1922) — are Corridor of Famers. Are you able to title the one non-Corridor of Famer?

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