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.