How do Prince/Ryan compare to any Milwaukee MLB duo?

[2hoophead]

The dynamic duo this year has clubbed 82 big flys in 2007 as of this posting.

 

How does this compare to any Milwaukee MLB duo? ??

I checked baseball-reference.com and came up with this little nugget:

 

The best in Braves history, 1953-1965, was 85 taters accomplished in 1959. That was the sum of Eddie Mathews' 46 and Hammerin' Hank Aaron's 39. So, there is another record that can be broken yet during the regular season!

 

Edit: To remove unneeded question mark. - Toby

[Playmaker13]

Good find man...but what record does that break?? That's a Braves franchise record not a Brewers one...but hey it does beat a Milwaukee record any

[valpocrewsader]

And if Braun hadn't been slugging in Nashville while we suffered with Counsanino, that "record" would be shattered.

[TooLiveBrew]

Imho that's a pretty interesting stat/record - with some significance, too. Not that the Brewers necessarily "need" any more fans (seeing as how ticket sales haven't been a problem), but I know for a fact that there are quite a few older baseball fans who lived & died with that club - and never forgave the Braves for leaving, and never really even cared to follow the Brewers. While this may be marginal, I think surpassing that total will really perk up the ears of some (older) long-dormant baseball fans - and I hope they can learn to love the game again.

[2hoophead]

Just a city of Milwaukee major-league stat, that's all.

[IIAY]

I would actually be interested to see how many times in major league history a team has had an infield of all 25-and-under guys hit 122 home runs in a year (which is more than 3 whole teams have hit this year).

[2hoophead]

The late Eddie Mathews and Hank's record will now stand until at least next year.

[1992casey]

Using OPS+, the 1959 Aaron-Matthews combo is still very far ahead of the 2007 Fielder-Braun combo offensively. It'd be interesting to see how other Brewer or Brave combos might stack up using that stat, though.

• OPS+ / Fielder, 2007: 157
• OPS+ / Braun, 2007: 154

• OPS+ / Aaron, 1959: 181
• OPS+ / Matthews, 1959: 167

[Fatter than Joey]

That and the Braves probably had a better supporting cast with mashers like Covington Adcock and Frank Torre -- and decent hitters for their position like Bruton, Crandell and Logan.

[JohnBriggs12]

"That and the Braves had a better supporting cast with mashers like Covington, Adcock and Frank Torre."

 

Frank Torre was known more for his glove than his bat. He was mostly a singles hitter and backup to Adcock who was often hurt. As a hitter, he wasn't anything like his brother.

 

Had Adcock not suffered so many catastrophic injuries, he would have easily surpassed 400 career HR. He was definitely the third masher on that team.

 

Covington had power too, but was platooned.

 

Don't forget Del Crandall from those Braves teams. He was a top catcher in his day. And both Spahn and Burdette were threats to not only get hits, but hit HR. Between them Spahn and Burdette hit 47 career homers.

[NeedMoreFans]

Not that the Brewers necessarily "need" any more fans

Every team needs more fans!

 

I think in the very short future, Fielder/Braun will be about as synonymous as McGuire/Canseco, ARod/Griffey...you get the idea. They are the next incarnation of the Bash Brothers.

[1992casey]

Several posts which deviated quite a bit from the "Duo" topic have been moved to this thread: Brewer infield: defense and hitting issues.