Baseball 40-40 Club
The most elite club of any i have selected as it only has 4 members. 40 homers and 40 stolen bases in the same season is a truly elite category for the truly elite skilled baseball players. Power and speed are 2 of the 5 tools, you add a .300 season, gold glove, and 20 outfield assists and you will have the perfect baseball player.
Year | Player | Team | HR | SB |
---|---|---|---|---|
1988 | José Canseco | Oakland Athletics | 42 | 40 |
1996 | Barry Bonds | San Francisco Giants | 42 | 40 |
1998 | Alex Rodriguez | Seattle Mariners | 42 | 46 |
2006 | Alfonso Soriano | Washington Nationals | 46 | 41 |
Basketball 50-40-90 club
Basketball is all about putting the biscuit in the basket. Those that do it better than others, are considered the better players. One of the most challenging clubs is the 50-40-90 club representing 50% shooting from the field, 40% from the 3-point line, and 90% from the free throw line. Some of you may be thinking whats the big deal. There are numerous guys every year who do that. Yes, there are, but they don't do all 3 things at the same time. Sure you will have a bunch of centers who shoot over 50% cause all they do it dunk. A lot of 3 point specialists shoot 40%, hell Kyle Korver shot 54% last year, but they usually have a low field goal percentage overall. Notable absent from the list is Ray Allen, who has never shot 50% from the field.
Larry Bird - 53-40-91
Larry Bird - 53-41-92
Mark Price - 53-44-90
Reggie Miller - 50-42-91
Dirk Nowitzki - 50-42-90
Steve Nash - 51-44-92
Steve Nash - 50-47-91
Steve Nash - 50-44-93
Steve Nash - 51-43-94
Hockey 70 goal club
There have been many great goal scorers in the NHL. Every year there is someone who puts up 50 goals, maybe even a 60 goal season every blue moon, but only the very elite have netted 70 goals. Now the NHL has go through many phases in it's history, much like baseball had the dead ball and steroid eras, but none the less it is a truly great achievement to put 70 pucks through the net.
Wayne Gretzky 4X - 92-87-73-71
Brett Hall 3X - 86-72-70
Mario Lemieux 2x - 85-70
Phil Esposito - 76
Alexander Mogilny - 76
Teemu Selanne - 76
Jari kurri - 71
Bernie Nicholls - 70
Football 2000 yards rushing
It takes a truly special season for a running back to rush for 2000 yards. Think of how great a season Chris Johnson had last year, and he just barely exceeded the 2000 yards mark. It takes high carries, a great line, a high average, and most importantly a bunch of talent
1984 - Eric Dickerson - 2,105 yards
2003 - Jamal Lewis - 2,066 yards
1997 - Barry Sanders - 2,053 yards
1998 - Terrell Davis - 2,008 yards
2009 - Chris Johnson - 2,006 yards
1973 - O.J. Simpson - 2,003 yards
2003 - Jamal Lewis - 2,066 yards
1997 - Barry Sanders - 2,053 yards
1998 - Terrell Davis - 2,008 yards
2009 - Chris Johnson - 2,006 yards
1973 - O.J. Simpson - 2,003 yards
5 comments:
If there was a "like" button like what facebook has for this blog, I would "like" this post
i'm flattered..now if i only knew what this facebook thing was
Great article! If you had to pick one from these four major sports as the hardest to achieve what would it be?
initially i just wanted to write about the 50-40-90 club, cause that is something i really admire, but then decided to expend the post to all sports.
Dirk is on pace for a monumentally amazing shooting season, he just needs to get his 85% free throw percentage up
With baseball being my favorite sport I wanted to say the 40-40 Club. I think it has to be the 50-40-90 club tohugh, because onlt a very talented player can do that.
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