Of course, you can find even wilder runs in the 1890s, the high-watermark of high batting averages. 1893-99, the Phillies batted .307 over a seven-year period. 1893-98, the Orioles batted .324 over a six-year period.
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In 1894, the Orioles hit 150 triples in a 129 game season. Aside from catcher Wilbert Robinson (who hit .353), their other 7 regulars averaged 26 triples, 39 doubles, 240 hits, 54 steals, 182 Runs, 140 RBI per 162 games. That brand of baseball had to be fun to watch.
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That's the Rogers Hornsby era, right?
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Yes, but they traded him after 1926, & the team hit .314 in 1930 without him.
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You need to compare how the Cards did vs other teams in the 20's. That is what makes Ruth's home run total so amazing. He had more home runs in some years that entire teams had. Today, no player could outhit an entire team.
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Not particularly germane, but I was impressed when doing some recent research about the star power of WS champs by how comparatively *little* those Cards teams had. Even on the '26 team, that was Hornsby's worst year, and Pete Alexander was 39. Pepper Martin was no Gehringer.
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It's much less impressive on paper than a number of the other Cards teams of that era.
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The league average in 1930 was .303! And having Rogers Hornsby put up not one, not two, but three .400 seasons during that stretch certainly helps. His 1924 season is an all-time great. .424, 25 hr, 222 OPS+, and 12.2 WAR. Outside of Babe and Bonds, those are rare numbers.
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