June 22, 2024

The Long Road to 50

Andrew McCutchen hit the 50th triple of his career as his Pirates beat the Rays 4-3 on Saturday. For McCutchen it was a long wait. His 49th triple came on 4/7/2021. In between he played 446 games with 75 doubles, 66 homer runs, but no triples. Congratulations to McCutchen on holding on long enough to reach that milestone. It turns out that since 1920, not too many players hit 400 doubles, 50 triples, and 300 home runs. While there are a lot of Hall of Famers on the list McCutchen is closer to the ones who would be in the Ha

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