For a little fun for today, we are throwing out a trivia question. Look carefully at the list of players below and see if you can determine all 3 things they all have in common.

Question Answer

What do all of these players have in common?

Name	Batting Average	Slugging	Hits	HRs	RBI	Runs	Stolen Bases
Luis Aparicio	.262	.343	2,677	83	791	1,335	506
Luke Appling	.310	.398	2,749	45	1,116	1,319	179
Dave Bancroft	.279	.358	2,004	32	591	1,048	145
Ernie Banks	.274	.500	2,583	512	1,636	1,305	50
Lou Boudreau	.295	.415	1,779	68	789	861	51
Joe Cronin	.301	.468	2,285	170	1,424	1,233	87
George Davis	.295	.405	2,660	73	1,435	1,540	615
Travis Jackson	.291	.433	1,768	135	929	833	71
Hughie Jennings	.311	.406	1,527	18	840	994	359
Derek Jeter	.310	.440	3,465	260	1,311	1,923	358
Barry Larkin	.295	.444	2,340	198	960	1,329	379
Pop Lloyd
Rabbit Maranville	.258	.340	2,605	28	884	1,255	291
Pee Wee Reese	.269	.377	2,170	126	885	1,338	232
Cal Ripken, Jr.	.276	.447	3,184	431	1,695	1,647	36
Phil Rizzuto	.273	.355	1,588	38	563	877	149
Joe Sewell	.312	.413	2,226	49	1,055	1,141	74
Ozzie Smith	.262	.328	2,460	28	793	1,257	580
Joe Tinker	.262	.353	1,687	31	782	774	336
Arky Vaughan	.318	.453	2,103	96	926	1,173	118
Honus Wagner	.327	.466	3,415	101	1,732	1,736	722
Bobby Wallace	.268	.358	2,309	34	1,121	1,057	201
John Ward	.275	.341	2,104	26	867	1,408	540
Willie Wells
Robin Yount	.285	.430	3,142	251	1,406	1,632	271

1. They were all shortstops.

2. They are all enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

3. They wouldn’t be Hall of Fame Shortstops if it weren’t for:

Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams!

 

 

If you’d like more trivia, check out the rest of our Doc Adams Quiz.