Answer to Trivia Question

Over at Cybermetrics, there's a post asking two trivia questions.  First, who are the only two players with 1200+ RBI, 250+HR, 300+ SB, and 3000+ Hits.

Easy.  Got it on my first guesses.  Willie Mays and Derek Jeter.

But that's actually the lesser question.  The primary question is, "Through 1990, Who Were The Only 3 Players With 1000+ RBIs, 250+ HRs, 250+ SBs and 2500+ Hits?"

Answer:

Willie Mays

Joe Morgan

Vada Pinson

Since 1990 (since it's only seven more guys):

Craig Biggio

Barry Bonds

Andre Dawson

Steve Finley

Derek Jeter

Gary Sheffield

Robin Yount

Actually, both Yount and Paul Molitor narrowly miss on the first question.  Yount finished 29 SBs shy... Molly missed by 26 HRs.

For the second trivia question, I noticed that including RBI actually has no bearing on the answer to the question.  As to the first question, Biggio misses by 25 RBI.  I guess Biggio and Jeter are pretty closely tied in my mind.  I've watched them both throughout my life, both are middle infielders, both are part of a core "group" of players (Bags and Bigg in Houston, the "Core Four" in New York), both are associated with just one team (though, who knows, Jeter may finish his career elsewhere).  It doesn't surprise me to see them this close statistically on such a list.  The only real difference is that the media had a positive effect on Jeter's popularity; the media was more or less neutral on Biggio, though it could be argued that they had an averse effect, by not appreciating what he did well.  Anyway, that's that.