In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 20β20β20 club is the group of batters who have collected 20 doubles, 20 triples and 20 home runs in a single season. [1] [2] [3] Frank Schulte was the first to achieve this, doing so in 1911. The last players to reach the milestone β Curtis Granderson and Jimmy Rollins β attained 20β20β20 during the 2007 season. [4] This marked the first time that two players accomplished the achievement in the same season. [5]
In total, seven players are members of the 20β20β20 club. [6] Of these, five were left-handed batters, one was right-handed and one was a switch hitter, meaning he could bat from either side of the plate. Two players β George Brett and Willie Mays β are also members of the 3,000 hit club, [7] and Mays is also a member of the 500 home run club. [8] Schulte, Rollins, and Jim Bottomley won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in the same year as their 20β20β20 season. [9] [10] [11] Both Mays and Rollins joined the club while also hitting 30 home runs and stealing 30 bases that same season to join the 30β30 club. [12] [13] [14] Brett and Rollins collected more than 200 hits alongside achieving 20β20β20. [9] [15] Furthermore, four players amassed 20 or more stolen bases during their 20β20β20 season. These players are collectively referred to as the 20β20β20β20 club. [16] [17] [18]
Historically, there have been numerous players who have hit 20 doubles and 20 home runs in a year. It is the component of triples, however, that makes the 20β20β20 club so difficult to achieve. This is because hitting triples often comes under a similar hit placement as doubles, but may require impressive speed on the part of the runner. [19] This would pose a challenge for both a slugger, who may be slower at running the bases and have the tendency to hit line drives and fly balls out of the park for a home run, [20] [21] as well as a speedster, who may be more swift around the bases but may not supply much power to drive the ball far. [21]
Due to the rare occurrence and low membership of the 20β20β20 club, Baseball Digest called it "the most exclusive club in the Majors" in 1979, [22] when there were only four members. Of the five members eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame, three have been elected and two were elected on the first ballot. [23] Players are eligible for the Hall of Fame if they have played in at least 10 MLB seasons, and have either been retired for five seasons or deceased for at least six months. [24] These requirements leave 2 players ineligible who are living and have played in the past five seasons.
Year | The year the player's 20β20β20 season occurred |
---|---|
Player | Name of the player |
Team | The player's team for his 20β20β20 season |
2B | Number of doubles in that year |
3B | Number of triples in that year |
HR | Number of home runs in that year |
SB | Number of stolen bases in that year |
β | Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame |
Year | Player | Team | 2B | 3B | HR | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1911 | Frank Schulte | Chicago Cubs | 30 | 21 | 21 | [10] |
1928 | Jim Bottomleyβ | St. Louis Cardinals | 42 | 20 | 31 | [11] |
1941 | Jeff Heath | Cleveland Indians | 32 | 20 | 24 | [25] |
1957 | Willie Maysβ | New York Giants | 26 | 20 | 35 | [26] |
1979 | George Brettβ | Kansas City Royals | 42 | 20 | 23 | [15] |
2007 | Curtis Granderson | Detroit Tigers | 38 | 23 | 23 | [27] |
2007 | Jimmy Rollins | Philadelphia Phillies | 38 | 20 | 30 | [9] |
Year | Player | Team | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1911 | Frank Schulte | Chicago Cubs | 30 | 21 | 21 | 23 | [10] |
1957 | Willie Maysβ | New York Giants | 26 | 20 | 35 | 38 | [26] |
2007 | Curtis Granderson | Detroit Tigers | 38 | 23 | 23 | 26 | [27] |
2007 | Jimmy Rollins | Philadelphia Phillies | 38 | 20 | 30 | 41 | [9] |
How many players have had 20 or more doubles, triples, and home rune in the same season? ... To further narrow the 20β20β20 club, has anybody else, besides Mays added 20 stolen bases ...[ permanent dead link]
The first year, I almost made the 20-20-20 club: I had 19 triples and 19 homers, and more than 20 stolen bases.
Granderson [was] just the sixth player since 1900 with at least 20 home runs, 20 doubles and 20 triples in one season..., join[ing] the 20-20-20 club.
Granderson has 22 triplesβthe most by a Tiger since Ty Cobb had 24 in 1917βand 36 doubles. He hit his 20th homer Friday, becoming the sixth player since 1900 in the 20-20-20 club and the first since Kansas City's George Brett in 1979.
In baseball, the club is for ballplayers who belt 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season.
In 1956, Willie Mays became the second player to score a 30-30 season; a year later, he became the first to turn the trick twice.[ permanent dead link]
Phillies star Jimmy Rollins tripled against Washington on today and joined Curtis Granderson, Willie Mays and Frank "Wildfire" Schulte as the only players in major league history with 20 stolen bases, 20 homers, 20 triples and 20 doubles.
He joined Willie Mays and Frank "Wildfire" Schulte as the only players in major league history with 20 steals, 20 homers, 20 triples and 20 doubles. Philadelphia shortstop Jimmy Rollins became a part of the 20-20-20-20 club later in the season.
Citi Field['s] high walls and quirky outfield dimensions...has certainly played a role in the frequency of Reyes' triples, not only allowing a greater percentage of them to fall safely on the outfield grass, but also ensuring that only a few of his line drives will clear the fence for homers.[ permanent dead link]
The only thing a hitter can control...is his baserunning effort
It may sound like an eye test for a three-eyed monster in a sci-fi movie, but the combination of 20-20-20 is the criterion for membership in one of baseball's most exclusive clubs.[ permanent dead link]
In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 20β20β20 club is the group of batters who have collected 20 doubles, 20 triples and 20 home runs in a single season. [1] [2] [3] Frank Schulte was the first to achieve this, doing so in 1911. The last players to reach the milestone β Curtis Granderson and Jimmy Rollins β attained 20β20β20 during the 2007 season. [4] This marked the first time that two players accomplished the achievement in the same season. [5]
In total, seven players are members of the 20β20β20 club. [6] Of these, five were left-handed batters, one was right-handed and one was a switch hitter, meaning he could bat from either side of the plate. Two players β George Brett and Willie Mays β are also members of the 3,000 hit club, [7] and Mays is also a member of the 500 home run club. [8] Schulte, Rollins, and Jim Bottomley won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in the same year as their 20β20β20 season. [9] [10] [11] Both Mays and Rollins joined the club while also hitting 30 home runs and stealing 30 bases that same season to join the 30β30 club. [12] [13] [14] Brett and Rollins collected more than 200 hits alongside achieving 20β20β20. [9] [15] Furthermore, four players amassed 20 or more stolen bases during their 20β20β20 season. These players are collectively referred to as the 20β20β20β20 club. [16] [17] [18]
Historically, there have been numerous players who have hit 20 doubles and 20 home runs in a year. It is the component of triples, however, that makes the 20β20β20 club so difficult to achieve. This is because hitting triples often comes under a similar hit placement as doubles, but may require impressive speed on the part of the runner. [19] This would pose a challenge for both a slugger, who may be slower at running the bases and have the tendency to hit line drives and fly balls out of the park for a home run, [20] [21] as well as a speedster, who may be more swift around the bases but may not supply much power to drive the ball far. [21]
Due to the rare occurrence and low membership of the 20β20β20 club, Baseball Digest called it "the most exclusive club in the Majors" in 1979, [22] when there were only four members. Of the five members eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame, three have been elected and two were elected on the first ballot. [23] Players are eligible for the Hall of Fame if they have played in at least 10 MLB seasons, and have either been retired for five seasons or deceased for at least six months. [24] These requirements leave 2 players ineligible who are living and have played in the past five seasons.
Year | The year the player's 20β20β20 season occurred |
---|---|
Player | Name of the player |
Team | The player's team for his 20β20β20 season |
2B | Number of doubles in that year |
3B | Number of triples in that year |
HR | Number of home runs in that year |
SB | Number of stolen bases in that year |
β | Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame |
Year | Player | Team | 2B | 3B | HR | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1911 | Frank Schulte | Chicago Cubs | 30 | 21 | 21 | [10] |
1928 | Jim Bottomleyβ | St. Louis Cardinals | 42 | 20 | 31 | [11] |
1941 | Jeff Heath | Cleveland Indians | 32 | 20 | 24 | [25] |
1957 | Willie Maysβ | New York Giants | 26 | 20 | 35 | [26] |
1979 | George Brettβ | Kansas City Royals | 42 | 20 | 23 | [15] |
2007 | Curtis Granderson | Detroit Tigers | 38 | 23 | 23 | [27] |
2007 | Jimmy Rollins | Philadelphia Phillies | 38 | 20 | 30 | [9] |
Year | Player | Team | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1911 | Frank Schulte | Chicago Cubs | 30 | 21 | 21 | 23 | [10] |
1957 | Willie Maysβ | New York Giants | 26 | 20 | 35 | 38 | [26] |
2007 | Curtis Granderson | Detroit Tigers | 38 | 23 | 23 | 26 | [27] |
2007 | Jimmy Rollins | Philadelphia Phillies | 38 | 20 | 30 | 41 | [9] |
How many players have had 20 or more doubles, triples, and home rune in the same season? ... To further narrow the 20β20β20 club, has anybody else, besides Mays added 20 stolen bases ...[ permanent dead link]
The first year, I almost made the 20-20-20 club: I had 19 triples and 19 homers, and more than 20 stolen bases.
Granderson [was] just the sixth player since 1900 with at least 20 home runs, 20 doubles and 20 triples in one season..., join[ing] the 20-20-20 club.
Granderson has 22 triplesβthe most by a Tiger since Ty Cobb had 24 in 1917βand 36 doubles. He hit his 20th homer Friday, becoming the sixth player since 1900 in the 20-20-20 club and the first since Kansas City's George Brett in 1979.
In baseball, the club is for ballplayers who belt 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season.
In 1956, Willie Mays became the second player to score a 30-30 season; a year later, he became the first to turn the trick twice.[ permanent dead link]
Phillies star Jimmy Rollins tripled against Washington on today and joined Curtis Granderson, Willie Mays and Frank "Wildfire" Schulte as the only players in major league history with 20 stolen bases, 20 homers, 20 triples and 20 doubles.
He joined Willie Mays and Frank "Wildfire" Schulte as the only players in major league history with 20 steals, 20 homers, 20 triples and 20 doubles. Philadelphia shortstop Jimmy Rollins became a part of the 20-20-20-20 club later in the season.
Citi Field['s] high walls and quirky outfield dimensions...has certainly played a role in the frequency of Reyes' triples, not only allowing a greater percentage of them to fall safely on the outfield grass, but also ensuring that only a few of his line drives will clear the fence for homers.[ permanent dead link]
The only thing a hitter can control...is his baserunning effort
It may sound like an eye test for a three-eyed monster in a sci-fi movie, but the combination of 20-20-20 is the criterion for membership in one of baseball's most exclusive clubs.[ permanent dead link]