Trivia: All Rollins, all the time.
Keeping with our Jimmy Rollins theme, here’s a stumper.
Rollins entered Sunday’s game against the Mets with 651 at-bats and 710 plate appearances, the most in the Major Leagues. While he’ll likely surpass his career highs of 689 at-bats and 758 appearances — set last season in 158 games — Rollins is also on pace to break the record for most at-bats in a season and most plate appearances in a season.
One More Dying Quail got the first part right — Willie Wilson holds the record for most at bats in a season.
Can you name the player who holds the record for most plate appearances in a season?
September 17th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
I\’m going to take a wild guess and say Johnny Damon. Lead-off guy, pretty durable over several seasons, now has several years of good ballclubs behind him since leaving the Royals. Someone has to get the guessing started!
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September 17th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Cal Ripken, Jr?
He must have had a shot, with so many games under his belt.
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September 17th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Ummm… Pete Rose? Ichiro?
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September 17th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Also, I’m guessing Wade Boggs. (I just realized we had to guess two names.)
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September 17th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
No one’s got it yet.
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September 17th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Rickey Henderson. He’s like, really old.
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September 17th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Nope, not Rickey.
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September 18th, 2007 at 12:54 am
I’m pretty sure Willie Wilson still holds the single season record for at-bats with 705 back in the mid-1980s (note to self: if that’s right, remember to thank the 1988 Topps baseball card set in acceptance speech).
Plate appearances? I might’ve guessed Ichiro, but you already said that was wrong, so I’ll go with Juan Samuel.
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September 18th, 2007 at 1:24 am
Willie Wilson is correct. Juan Samuel is not. But Samuel does share some history with the player who holds the record for most plate appearances in a season.
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September 18th, 2007 at 5:22 am
Well, it has got to be a leadoff hitter on a very, very good offensive team. And a guy who never gets hurt or misses any time…
What about Derek Jeter, in one of those seasons back he led off every day for the Yankees?
Although I dont think Jeter has any sort of Juan Samuel connection…
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September 18th, 2007 at 9:09 am
I guess everyone’s playing by the honor system and not looking it up on BaseballReference.com, so I’ll play by that rule.
We already got at-bats…
For plate appearances, I’m going to guess Dave Cash. My second guess is Maury Wills.
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September 18th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Not Dave Cash. Not Maury Wills.
Here’s a big hint. The guy who holds the record for most plate appearances in a season now owns a car wash in California.
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September 18th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
It’s Nails!
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September 18th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
It is, indeed, Mr. Lenny “Nails” Dykstra. Congrats, Paul.
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September 20th, 2007 at 2:09 am
The car wash clue made it too easy. Being from around the Philadelphia area, I hear too many Lenny Dykstra/car wash jokes.
For some reason, I would have never guessed it was The Dude.
Nice trivia question.
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