Thoughts on the best trio’s of all time? I couldn’t think of many - quite a few duos I laid below, though.
Great things often come in threes. Be it Little Pigs, Blind Mice, Tenors, Musketeers, Stooges or Wise Men, our culture contains a ton of terrific trios. Where would Huey and Dewey be without Louie? Where would Snap and Crackle be without Pop? Where would Ear and Nose be without Throat?
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‘27 Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig - 445 OPS+
Ruth .356, 60 HR, 165 RBI, 1.258 OPS
Gehrig .373, 47 HR, 173 RBI, 1.240 OPS
‘37 Lou Gehrig & Joe DiMaggio - 342 OPS+
Gehrig .351, 37 HR, 158 RBI, 1.116 OPS
DiMaggio .346, 46 HR, 167 RBI, 1.085 OPS
Ted Williams never had a running mate
But he put up 235+ in ‘41 & 233+ in ‘57
‘59 Hank Aaron & Eddie Matthews - 351 OPS+
Aaron .355, 39 HR, 123 RBI, 1.037 OPS
Eddie .306, 46 HR, 114 HR, .983 OPS
‘65 Willie Mays & Willie McCovey - 339 OPS+
Mays .317, 52 HR, 112 RBI, 1.043 OPS
McCovey .276, 39 HR, 92 RBI .920 OPS
Johnny Bench & Joe Morgan broke 300 OPS+ a couple times, but their peaks didn’t align
Mike Schmidt & George Brett both had 200+ seasons, but never had a running mate
‘93 Lil’ Barry & Matt Williams - 343 OPS+
Bonds .336, 46 HR, 123 RBI, 1.136 OPS
Williams .294, 38 HR, 110 RBI, .886 OPS
‘97 Ken Griffey & Edgar Martinez - 330 OPS+
Griffey .304, 56 HR, 147 RBI, 1.028 OPS
Edgar .330, 28 HR, 108 RBI, 1.009 OPS
Acuna, Olson, Riley with 458 OPS+
Betts, Freeman, JD Mart with 458 OPS+
Gehrig, Joe, & Bill Dickey put up 458 OPS+
All edge out Ruth & Gehrig 445 OPS+
Betts, Freeman, Ohtani
would 509+
Ruth & Gehrig + Lazzeri put up 570+ lol