Trivia question: 5/9/08

[DirtyKash]

Mickey Mantle was the first ever switch-hitter to hit 40 homeruns in a season. Who is the second switch-hitter to ever do so?

[browntown653]

Chipper Jones.

[DirtyKash]

Chipper Jones.

Incorrect

[browntown653]

That's wrong, it's Todd Hundley

[ljshorty89]

I think it might have been Hundley...I think Ken Caminiti did it too though, but I don't remember if it was before or after

[henks]

Caminiti did it the year after, then Chipper did it a year or 2 after he did.

[ljshorty89]

Caminiti did it the year after, then Chipper did it a year or 2 after he did.

Are you sure about that? I know Hundley hit his 41 in 1996. And I thought that that was the year Caminiti won MVP(which I assumed was his 40 HR year). And Chipper did it in 1999, that one I remember pretty well, seeing as how it felt like 30 of those HR were against my Mets.

[henks]

American League
Mickey Mantle 54 - 1961
Mickey Mantle 52 - 1956
Mickey Mantle 42 - 1958
Mickey Mantle 40 - 1960
National League
Chipper Jones 45 - 1999
Todd Hundley 41 - 1996
Ken Caminiti 40 - 1997

Courtesy of BaseballLibrary.com

[ljshorty89]

According to Baseball Reference, Caminiti had his 40 in 1996(and only 26 in 1997).

[henks]

hmm it appears that our references disagree

[ljshorty89]

interesting. I mean, I could very well be wrong, but I'm honestly not sure

[HollywoodLeo]

hmm it appears that our references disagree

baseball-reference owns all, so I'm apt to believe them.

[henks]

I'd agree with you because that was the first site that popped up on my search, so I just went with it. My bad for the wrong info.

[ljshorty89]

It's no big deal man. All in good fun.

[henks]

I know now, though, that Baseball Reference is the way to go. Thanks for the heads up, because I really don't want to be throwing around bad stats trying to sound smart then end up lookig like a tool in the end lol.