E-mail still dribbling in over that trivia question from Friday about what players with a last name beginning with โMโ had hit 40 homers in a season. If there was one you couldnโt get, it probably was Kevin Mitchell. Hereโs the list, for the record:
Mark McGwire (1987, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999) Roger Maris (1961) Mickey Mantle (1956, 1958, 1960, 1961) Tino Martinez (1997) Eddie Mathews (1953, 1954, 1955, 1959) Willie Mays (1954, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965) Willie McCovey (1963, 1969) Johnny Mize (1940, 1947, 1948) Dale Murphy (1987) Kevin Mitchell (1989)
UPDATE: I fixed spelling of Mathews. Also, notable about him, as an e-mailer points out: played for one team in three cities, the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta.






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