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Between games trivia

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Tough one from today's Baseball Reference Newsletter so I'll include hints.

Yesterday JJ Wetherholt tied Stan Musial for the 8th most walks (62) in a single season by a Cardinals rookie. Name the seven rookies ahead of them.

I'll start the hints by giving you the two obscure names. Joe Orengo had 65 walks in 1940 and Steve Evans had 66 in 1909. If you know anything about these two, please share.

So we're down to five. Most of you will recognize the names of the others. There's a HoFer, a future manager, and a couple of RoY. Three debuted in the 50s, one in the 90s, one in the 20th century aughts.

The top guy had just 75 walks so Wetherholt is likely to be the Cardinals Walking Man at the end of the year.

I'll check back in an hour or so.
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jcgmoi wrote: 17 Aug 2026 17:08 pm Tough one from today's Baseball Reference Newsletter so I'll include hints.

Yesterday JJ Wetherholt tied Stan Musial for the 8th most walks (62) in a single season by a Cardinals rookie. Name the seven rookies ahead of them.

I'll start the hints by giving you the two obscure names. Joe Orengo had 65 walks in 1940 and Steve Evans had 66 in 1909. If you know anything about these two, please share.

So we're down to five. Most of you will recognize the names of the others. There's a HoFer, a future manager, and a couple of RoY. Three debuted in the 50s, one in the 90s, one in the 20th century aughts.

The top guy had just 75 walks so Wetherholt is likely to be the Cardinals Walking Man at the end of the year.

I'll check back in an hour or so.
I’ll go with pujols as one of them lol
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Yes, Pujols is one of them. Who would have imagined.

Here is the full list. Columns are walks, year, age, games.

1 Solly Hemus 75 1951 28 120
2 Don Blasingame 72 1956 24 150
3 Wally Moon 71 1954 24 151
4 Albert Pujols 69 2001 21 161
5 Todd Zeile 67 1990 24 144
6 Steve Evans 66 1909 24 143
7 Joe Orengo 65 1940 25 129
8 Stan Musial 62 1942 21 140
9 JJ Wetherholt 62 2026 23 118
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jcgmoi wrote: 17 Aug 2026 17:08 pm Tough one from today's Baseball Reference Newsletter so I'll include hints.

Yesterday JJ Wetherholt tied Stan Musial for the 8th most walks (62) in a single season by a Cardinals rookie. Name the seven rookies ahead of them.

I'll start the hints by giving you the two obscure names. Joe Orengo had 65 walks in 1940 and Steve Evans had 66 in 1909. If you know anything about these two, please share.

So we're down to five. Most of you will recognize the names of the others. There's a HoFer, a future manager, and a couple of RoY. Three debuted in the 50s, one in the 90s, one in the 20th century aughts.

The top guy had just 75 walks so Wetherholt is likely to be the Cardinals Walking Man at the end of the year.

I'll check back in an hour or so.
Albert and Wally Moon I know for sure. Will guess Zeile and Donny as two others. The others I have no clue.
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jcgmoi wrote: 17 Aug 2026 17:08 pm Tough one from today's Baseball Reference Newsletter so I'll include hints.

Yesterday JJ Wetherholt tied Stan Musial for the 8th most walks (62) in a single season by a Cardinals rookie. Name the seven rookies ahead of them.

I'll start the hints by giving you the two obscure names. Joe Orengo had 65 walks in 1940 and Steve Evans had 66 in 1909. If you know anything about these two, please share.

So we're down to five. Most of you will recognize the names of the others. There's a HoFer, a future manager, and a couple of RoY. Three debuted in the 50s, one in the 90s, one in the 20th century aughts.

The top guy had just 75 walks so Wetherholt is likely to be the Cardinals Walking Man at the end of the year.

I'll check back in an hour or so.
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