Trivia Break
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.
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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.
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