Our readers may be aware that COG balloting has been temporarily suspended in the middle of the 1910 round. To tide us over until Part 2 of that round, here’s a quiz involving players born in 1910 and who also share the distinction of a certain seasonal batting accomplishment. What might that be?
| Rk | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Mayo |
| 2 | Lou Finney |
| 3 | Wally Moses |
| 4 | Burgess Whitehead |
| 5 | Frank Demaree |
| 6 | George Stumpf |
| 7 | Larry Rosenthal |
| 8 | Joe Bowman |
Not much interest in solving this one, so I’ll cut to the chase. These are the only players born in 1910 to have a season with matching double-digit totals for walks and RBI and who also played, at some point in their careers, on the same team as another such player. More after the jump.
There was one other player born in 1910 with such a season, but Billy Myers never played on the same team with any of our 8 quiz players, all of whom played with at least one of the others.
| Rk | Year | Tm | Lg | #Matching | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1944-45 | Boston Red Sox | AL | 2 | Joe Bowman / Lou Finney |
| 2 | 1939-41 | New York Giants | NL | 2 | Frank Demaree / Burgess Whitehead |
| 3 | 1935-39 | Philadelphia Athletics | AL | 2 | Lou Finney / Wally Moses |
| 4 | 1936 | Chicago White Sox | AL | 2 | Larry Rosenthal / George Stumpf |
| 5 | 1936 | New York Giants | NL | 2 | Eddie Mayo / Burgess Whitehead |
