I was curious as to the longest slumps incurred by some of the great of the game (since my slump is moving beyond its 10th season).
Here are nine random Hall of Famers and how even they would sometimes struggle (I’m sure there is a lesson here somewhere).
Nine Slumpers to Know
Babe Ruth
| Rk |
Strk Start |
End |
Games |
AB |
R |
SO |
BB |
BA |
Tm |
| 1 |
1935-04-23 |
1935-05-12 |
9 |
20 |
3 |
9 |
8 |
.000 |
BSN |
| 2 |
1934-06-17 |
1934-06-23 |
8 |
21 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
.000 |
NYY |
| 3 |
1916-08-01 |
1916-08-19 |
8 |
13 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
.000 |
BOS |
Ted Williams
| Rk |
Strk Start |
End |
Games |
AB |
RBI |
SO |
BA |
Tm |
| 1 |
1960-04-22 |
1960-05-20 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
.000 |
BOS |
| 2 |
1956-04-25 |
1956-05-02 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
BOS |
Stan Musial
| Rk |
Strk Start |
End |
Games |
AB |
SO |
BB |
BA |
Tm |
| 1 |
1963-07-12 |
1963-07-18 |
8 |
12 |
4 |
2 |
.000 |
STL |
| 2 |
1963-08-20 |
1963-08-31 |
6 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
.000 |
STL |
| 3 |
1960-05-28 |
1960-06-11 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
.000 |
STL |
| 4 |
1959-08-10 |
1959-08-20 |
6 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
.000 |
STL |
| 5 |
1958-07-30 |
1958-08-03 |
6 |
17 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
STL |
| 6 |
1958-06-08 |
1958-06-15 |
6 |
17 |
2 |
3 |
.000 |
STL |
| 7 |
1947-05-07 |
1947-05-18 |
6 |
20 |
1 |
6 |
.000 |
STL |
Willie Mays
| Rk |
Strk Start |
End |
Games |
AB |
R |
SO |
BB |
BA |
Tm |
| 1 |
1965-07-22 |
1965-07-28 |
7 |
19 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
.000 |
SFG |
| 2 |
1973-04-14 |
1973-04-26 |
6 |
17 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
.000 |
NYM |
| 3 |
1971-09-12 |
1971-09-19 |
6 |
14 |
4 |
8 |
8 |
.000 |
SFG |
| 4 |
1971-06-20 |
1971-06-28 |
6 |
17 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
.000 |
SFG |
| 5 |
1965-05-30 |
1965-06-06 |
6 |
17 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
.000 |
SFG |
Pete Rose
| Rk |
Strk Start |
End |
Games |
AB |
SO |
BB |
BA |
Tm |
| 1 |
1983-05-31 |
1983-06-07 |
7 |
20 |
0 |
2 |
.000 |
PHI |
| 2 |
1985-10-02 |
1986-04-30 |
5 |
13 |
3 |
4 |
.000 |
CIN |
| 3 |
1983-08-27 |
1983-08-30 |
5 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
PHI |
| 4 |
1982-07-25 |
1982-07-30 |
5 |
18 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
PHI |
| 5 |
1971-05-04 |
1971-05-08 |
5 |
17 |
3 |
5 |
.000 |
CIN |
| 6 |
1967-06-11 |
1967-06-16 |
5 |
15 |
4 |
1 |
.000 |
CIN |
Carl Yastrzemski
| Rk |
Strk Start |
End |
Games |
AB |
RBI |
SO |
BB |
BA |
Tm |
| 1 |
1983-07-19 |
1983-07-26 |
7 |
19 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
.000 |
BOS |
| 2 |
1966-05-27 |
1966-05-31 |
6 |
23 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
.000 |
BOS |
Frank Robinson
| Rk |
Strk Start |
End |
Games |
AB |
R |
RBI |
SO |
BB |
BA |
Tm |
| 1 |
1975-08-27 |
1976-05-21 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
.000 |
CLE |
| 2 |
1968-07-21 |
1968-07-26 |
5 |
15 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
.000 |
BAL |
| 3 |
1968-05-22 |
1968-06-04 |
5 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
.000 |
BAL |
| 4 |
1960-06-17 |
1960-06-21 |
5 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
.000 |
CIN |
Roberto Alomar
| Rk |
Strk Start |
End |
Games |
AB |
SO |
BB |
BA |
Tm |
| 1 |
2003-04-25 |
2003-05-01 |
6 |
19 |
2 |
4 |
.000 |
NYM |
| 2 |
2003-05-27 |
2003-06-06 |
5 |
15 |
4 |
1 |
.000 |
NYM |
| 3 |
2000-04-30 |
2000-05-04 |
5 |
19 |
4 |
1 |
.000 |
CLE |
| 4 |
1994-07-04 |
1994-07-08 |
5 |
16 |
4 |
4 |
.000 |
TOR |
| 5 |
1994-05-03 |
1994-05-09 |
5 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
.000 |
TOR |
Joe Morgan
| Rk |
Strk Start |
End |
Games |
AB |
SO |
BB |
SB |
CS |
BA |
Tm |
| 1 |
1983-06-29 |
1983-07-24 |
14 |
34 |
3 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
PHI |
| 2 |
1971-08-24 |
1971-09-05 |
11 |
31 |
3 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
.000 |
HOU |
| 3 |
1979-07-14 |
1979-07-24 |
7 |
23 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
CIN |
| 4 |
1974-05-07 |
1974-05-12 |
6 |
16 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
CIN |
| 5 |
1967-04-19 |
1967-04-26 |
6 |
22 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
HOU |
I’ll do this again, so feel free to suggest some names to be included.
