Obscure sports trivia

Rice is closer. He had five times, which is impressive considering the power hitters he had as teammates.

 

Kingman?

 

He wasn't even in the league until the mid-70s.

 

I'm aware, I'm a Red Sox fan. But if Schmidt only led four times, I could see Rice leading five between 1975 and 1979, that's all.

 

A great guess especially since he bounced around on some bad teams, but he is a member of the only five club.

 

Whatever happened to that rat he gifted, anyway?

 

Reggie Jackson?

 

I ALREADY GUESSED THAT!!!

 

Reggie is at seven. Tied for second place.

 

Harmon had three straight for the twins and then no more.

 

Stargell is at six. He started to miss a lot of time time after 1975.

 

The question got me thinking about Steve Garvey, but I didn't think it was him because of the Dodgers other sluggers. Garvey, Ron Cey, Reggie Smith and Dusty Baker became the first set of four teammates to hit at least 30 home runs in the same season in 1977. I was surprised to find out that it was the only season that Garvey, Cey and Baker hit at least 30 and Smith had just one other season of 30. All of them were consistently in the mid-teens to mid-20s for most of the 70 into the early 80s.