Can you name the two MLB players who hit for the cycle in the same season they recorded a 30-30 (HR-SB) campaign\u00a0 Hint: One of the two has rolled a perfect (300) game in the Professional Bowling Association World Series of Bowling and hit a home run in the MLB World Series.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n TRIVIA TEASER ANSWER <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Ian Kinsler (2009) and Mookie Betts (2018) are the only two major leaguers to record a 30-30 campaign and hit for the cycle in the same season.\u00a0 Betts has also bowled three sanctioned 300 games, including one in the 2017 PBA World Series of Bowling qualifying round \u2013 and hit a home run in the final game of the 2018 MLB World Series.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n As you consider the membership of the 30-30 Club, you’ll see lots of familiar names – from Hank Aaron and William Mays to Alex Rodriguez and Jeff Bagwell to Mike Trout and Mookie Betts.\u00a0 You’ll also find some surprises – like Tommy Harper and Brandon Phillips.\u00a0 And, of course, the father-son combination of Bobby and Barry Bonds dominate the roster.<\/p>\n This post will look at each of member of the 30-30 Club in detail, but first a few bits of 30-30 \u00a0trivia.<\/p>\n A few other \u201cfactoids.\u201d<\/p>\n JUST HOW HARD IS IT TO GET TO 30-30?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Among the 40 players with at least one 30-30 season, three joined the “Club” in the only season in which they reached either 30 home runs or 30 steals (although one of those players, Jose Ramirez is still active). Another fourteen members of the 30-30 Club reached 30 steals just once and five reached 30 home runs just one time in their careers.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Running the Table<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 30-30 … MVP … All Star … Gold Glove … Silver Slugger<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Just four players have achieved a 30-30 campaign, been an All Star, won a Gold Glove and earned a Silver Slugger Award all in the same season: Dale Murphy<\/strong>\u00a0(Braves, 1983); Barry Bonds<\/strong> (Pirates, 1990 & Pirates, 1992); Larry Walker<\/strong> (Rockies 1997); Mookie Betts<\/strong> (Red Sox, 2018).\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n Jimmy Rollins<\/strong> is a unique outlier in this group. In his 2007, 30-30 season, he won a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger at the shortstop position and was the National League MVP \u2013 but did not make the All Star team.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Now a look at each member of the 30-30 Club \u2013 chronologically based on the season they joined.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n MLB’S 30-30 CLUB<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Ken Williams, OF, Saint Louis Browns (LH) \u2026 39 home runs\/37 stolen bases in 1922<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The left-handed hitting Ken Williams was in his seventh MLB season (age 32) when he became the first member of MLB\u2019s 30-30 club. It was a banner year for the 6-foot, 170-pound fly chaser, as he notched what would be his career highs in games (153), runs (128), home runs (39), RBI (155) and total bases (367) for the second-place (93-61) Browns. Williams led the AL in homers, RBI and total bases.<\/p>\n Williams played 14 MLB seasons (1915-16, with the Reds; 1918-27 with the Browns; 1928-29 with the Red Sox).\u00a0 He collected 1,552 hits (.319 average), with 196 home runs and 154 stolen bases. He hit 30 or more home runs only once (twenty-plus an additional three times) and stole at least 30 bases only once (reaching 20 an additional two times).<\/p>\n Ken Williams was the first American Leaguer to hit two home runs in one inning \u2013 August 7, 1922, in the sixth inning of a Saint Louis Browns 16-1 win over the Senators.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n —————————————<\/p>\n Willie Mays, OF. Giants (RH) \u2026 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 36 home runs\/40 stolen bases in 1956<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 35 home runs\/38 stolen bases in 1957<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The \u201cSay Hey Kid,\u201d in 1956, became the first right-handed hitter and first National Leaguer to join the 30-30 club.\u00a0 The following year, Mays became the first player to have multiple (and consecutive) 30-30 seasons.\u00a0 In both 1956 and 1957, Mays led the NL in steals (he would also lead in the category in 1958 and 1959) and, in 1956, he also had 26 doubles and 20 triples to go with his 35 home runs. 38 steals \u2013 making Mays just the second member of the 20-20-20-20 Club (doubles-triples-home runs-stolen bases). The first was the Cubs\u2019 Wildfire Schulte<\/strong> (1911).\u00a0 Mays and Schulte were joined in the 20-20-20-20 Club in 2007 by the Tigers\u2019 Curtis Granderson<\/strong> and Phillies\u2019 Jimmy Rollins<\/strong>. Rollins and Mays are the only player whose 20-20-20-20 seasons also included 30 HRs and 30 SBs.<\/p>\n It\u2019s no surprise to find Mays in the 30-30 Club.\u00a0 In 22 MLB seasons, Mays led his league in home runs four times (topping thirty 11 times, with a high a 52 in 1965) and led his league in steals four times (stealing thirty or more three times, with a high of 40 in 1956). He also was the league leader in triples three times, total bases three times, runs twice, hits once and batting average once.\u00a0 In addition, he earned Rookie of the Year honors, a pair of NL MVP Awards and a dozen Gold Glove recognitions. Mays played for the Giants (1951-52, 1954-72) and Mets (1972-73).\u00a0 He collected 3,283 hits (.302 average), 660 home runs, 1,903 RBI and 338 stolen bases.<\/p>\n Willie Mays hit 51 home runs as a 24-year-old in 1955 and 52 long balls as a 34-year-old in 1965 \u2013 the longest time ever between two MLB 50-HR seasons.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n ——————————————-<\/p>\n Hank Aaron, OF, Braves (RH) \u2026 44 home runs\/31 stolen bases in 1963<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n In 1963, Aaron hit an NL leading 44 home runs and swiped 31 bases (the\u00a0 only 30-steal season in his MLB career \u2013 although he did top 20 steals in five additional campaigns).\u00a0 That season, Aaron led the league in home runs (44), runs (121), RBI (130) and total bases (370) \u2013 while hitting .319. In his 23-season MLB career Aaron hit thirty or more home runs in 15 campaigns (forty or more eight times).<\/p>\n![\"William30Art\"](\"https:\/\/baseballroundtable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/William30Art.jpg\")
<\/a>In 2018, two major leaguers achieved 30-30 (HR-SB) seasons \u2013 Mookie Betts<\/strong><\/span> of the Red Sox and Jose Ramirez<\/strong><\/span> of the Indians.\u00a0 That brings the total number of players to achieve a 30-30 campaign to thirty-nine.\u00a0 Those thirty-nine players have produced a total of 62 30-30 campaigns.<\/p>\n\n
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