| Some Interesting Baseball Statistics | | | | His falloff was not too severe after he turned 30. |
| By their 30th birthday. many players had made | | | | He averaged 141 RBIs in his last five full years of |
| aname for themselves. Here are some facts. | | | | his career. |
| By the year they turned 30 years of age.. | | | | Mickey Mantlehad 1251 walks when he ended the |
| Ty Cobbhad a lifetime batting average of .370 | | | | 1962season. He is number one on the list of most |
| He finished with a mark of .367 when he retired | | | | walks byyour 30th birthday. He finished with 1733 |
| Wade Boggshad a lifetime batting average of .356 | | | | after his final yearin 1968. |
| When done his lifetime average was .328 | | | | Lou Brock |
| Joe Jacksonhad a .356 average and completedhis | | | | Completed his career with 938 stolen bases. |
| career with .358 | | | | 604 of those stolen bases took place duringand |
| Ken Griffey Jr.had 438 home runs when he | | | | after he turned 30 years of age. |
| completedhis season in his 30th year. That was | | | | In 1974 when he turned 35 he stole 118 bases. |
| year 2000. | | | | He was also thrown out 33 times in 1974 |
| A rate of 36.5 home runs per yearduring his first | | | | That's a lot of running. |
| 12 seasons. | | | | Otis Nixon |
| He now has 536 home runs | | | | Stole 515 of his 620 bases from thetime he |
| He has averaged 18.6 home runs per year,from | | | | turned 30 to when he retired. |
| 2001 to 2005. | | | | The latter part of his career proved to behis |
| Lou Gehrig | | | | most productive time. |
| By his 30th birthday he had 1285 Runs Batted In. | | | | 83% of his stolen bases were swiped.when most |
| That year was up to and including 1933. | | | | players start to slow down. |
| From 1934 to 1938 he had 709 RBIs. And in | | | | I guess he was revving up. |
| 1939in eight games he had one more RBI. | | | | |