Update on Granderson

Here is a followup on two baseball posts I made recently. As part of the 8th post I made in Baseball Lists series, I noted the five players who have had 20 HR, 20 Triples, and 20 Doubles all in one season. Curtis Granderson hit his 20th HR yesterday. Then more recently I posted on Curtis Granderson's season this year, focusing on his triples total, but also noting that he had already joined the group of players who have had 15 HR, 15 T, 15 D, and 15 stolen bases all in one season.

Well, Curtis hit his 20th HR yesterday. So he is now the 6th player to make the 20/20/20 HR/T/D club. Further, he has 19 SB this year, so with just one more he'll join only Willie Mays (1957) and oldtimer Frank "Wildfire" Schulte (1911) in the 20/20/20/20 club for HR/T/D/SB.

Here are the stats for the six in the first club:

• Curtis Granderson: 2007
  .297, 20 HR, 21 T, 36 D, 19 SB, 104 R, 67 RBI
  
• George Brett: 1979
  .329, 23 HR, 20 T, 42 D, 17 SB, 119 R, 107 RBI
  
• Willie Mays: 1957
  .333, 35 HR, 20 T, 26 D, 38 SB, 112 R, 97 RBI
  
• Jeff Heath: 1941
  .340, 24 HR, 20 T, 32 D, 18 SB, 89 R, 123 RBI
  
• Jim Bottomley: 1928
  .325, 31 HR, 20 T, 42 D, 10 SB, 123 R, 136 RBI
  
• Frank Schulte: 1911
  .300, 21 HR, 21 T, 30 D, 23 SB, 105 R, 107 RBI

I'll note that the 1979 season Brett had is very impressive, and he followed it up with his more famous 1980 season when he batted .390. That is a good two-year span!

Also, Jeff Heath only had a few good seasons in his career. The 1941 season above is one, and notice that he was just 2 SB short of making the 20/20/20/20 club. But in 1938, his first full season he also did quite well: .343, 21 HR, 18 T, 31 D, 104 R, 112 RBI, 3 SB. Although he didn't run much, he was just 2 triples shy of the 20/20/20 club that year.

Interestingly, Jimmy Rollins is also having an impressive season along these same lines. Could we have two members of the 20/20/20 and 20/20/20/20 clubs in the same season? He just needs 3 more triples:

• Jimmy Rollins: 2007
  .296, 25 HR, 17 T, 35 D, 28 SB, 120 R, 79 RBI