The players in this quiz debuted with a bang, becoming the only expansion era players to start a career with a certain seasonal accomplishment that involves the sum of two hundred and a ratio of two out of three. What is this unusual batting feat?
| Rk | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Albert Pujols |
| 2 | Dan Uggla |
| 3 | Rocco Baldelli |
| 4 | Hideki Matsui |
| 5 | Wally Joyner |
| 6 | Marty Cordova |
| 7 | Carl Yastrzemski |
| 8 | Ichiro Suzuki |
| 9 | Eric Hinske |
| 10 | Bryce Harper |
| 11 | Kris Bryant |
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Generated 11/15/2016.
The solution is that only these expansion era players debuted with a season of 200 Times on Base (TOB) measured as the sum of Hits, Walks and Times-Hit-By-Pitch, and recorded a ratio of two Runs Produced (R + RBI – HR) per three TOB. Here is how the eleven quiz players stack up with all such major league debuts since 1901.
