Immortality Defined

posted by BH

On my way out the door at 5:15 am PST, heading up to Squaw Valley, I heard Tim Kurkjian on ESPNews talking about Kirby Puckett. In an effort to demonstrate how great a player Puckett was in his time, Kurkjian said

In 1988, he became the first player since Joe Medwick in 1937 to have at least 234 hits and at least 121 RBI's (in a season).

I feel bad for the poor bastard who had 234 hits and 120 RBI's in a season. He doesn't get to be mentioned in the same breath as Puckett and Medwick. There's no better way of figuring out how good a guy is than by coming up with random stats. What about the guy who was the first to go .245, 17 HR, 73 RBI, 142 H, 23 BB, .308 OBP?