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NBA: Players of the 50-40-90 Club (FG: 50%, 3P: 40% and FT: 90% in a Season)
Kevin Durant Became the 8th Member of the 50-40-90 Club in 2012-13
Last week, LeBron James told reporters “he could become a 50-40-90 shooter.” According to cbssports.com,
“LeBron says can shoot 90 percent from foul line, 50 pct from field and 40 percent on 3-pointers if makes it a goal: ‘I can achieve anything if I just make it a goal of mine,’ James said. ‘I never made it a goal of mine. If I decided to do it, I can make it happen.’”
I believe it. James’ Achilles’ Heel is actually the free throw line. He was just a career-typical 75% from the stripe in 2012-13 while a career-best (and amazing) 57% from the field and career-best 41% from long distance.
No wonder he won his fourth MVP. But James will need to shake the yips if he wants to join the eight members (12 times) of the 50-40-90 club.
Steve Nash is the President. Incredibly, Nash has done it four times. Larry Bird is the Vice President. Bird did it twice.
Kevin Durant did it this season.
No old timers here. The NBA didn’t adopt the three-point field goal until the 1979-80 season.
Follow @VinGetz| PLAYER | SEASON | TEAM | FG% | 3P% | FT% | G | MP* | |
| 1. | Kevin Durant | 2012-13 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 51.0 | 41.6 | 90.5 | 81 | 3,118 |
| 2. | Steve Nash | 2009-10 | Phoenix Suns | 50.7 | 42.6 | 93.8 | 81 | 2,660 |
| 3. | Steve Nash | 2008-09 | Phoenix Suns | 50.3 | 43.9 | 93.3 | 74 | 2,484 |
| 4. | Jose Calderon | 2007-08 | Toronto Raptors | 51.9 | 42.9 | 90.8 | 82 | 2,484 |
| 5. | Steve Nash | 2007-08 | Phoenix Suns | 50.4 | 47.0 | 90.6 | 81 | 2,780 |
| 6. | Dirk Nowitzki | 2006-07 | Dallas Mavericks | 50.2 | 41.6 | 90.4 | 78 | 2,820 |
| 7. | Steve Nash | 2005-06 | Phoenix Suns | 51.2 | 43.9 | 92.1 | 79 | 2,796 |
| 8. | Steve Kerr | 1995-96 | Chicago Bulls | 50.6 | 51.5 | 92.9 | 82 | 1,919 |
| 9. | Reggie Miller | 1993-94 | Indiana Pacers | 50.3 | 42.1 | 90.8 | 79 | 2,638 |
| 10. | Mark Price | 1988-89 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 52.6 | 44.1 | 90.1 | 75 | 2,728 |
| 11. | Larry Bird | 1987-88 | Boston Celtics | 52.7 | 41.4 | 91.6 | 76 | 2,965 |
| 12. | Larry Bird | 1986-87 | Boston Celtics | 52.5 | 40.0 | 91.0 | 74 | 3,005 |
*Minimum 1,000 minutes played.
Thanks to the folks over at basketball-reference.com and their play index where I ran this query, and where you can see each player’s full stats from his 50-40-90 years.
Photo: grantland.com
Ichiro Suzuki and the Top 20 Baseball Players with the Most Hits in a Season
Ichiro Suzuki After His 258th Hit, Breaking George Sisler’s 84-Year Old Single-Season Hits Record
Ichiro Suzuki holds the all-time single season hit record. In 2004, Ichiro broke George Sisler‘s 84-year old record of 257 hits in one season. Suzuki got him by five more.
Ichiro appears three times on the below list of the top 20 players with the most hits in a season. Sisler, twice.
Most of these amazing hitters made their mark pre-1930: 13 of the 20.
Then, in 1977 Rod Carew hit 239. He was followed by Wade Boggs and Don Mattingly in the 1980s. Three of the purest hitters the game has ever seen, I might add.
Ichiro makes up three of the final four slots. He’s joined by one-off Darin Erstad who out of nowhere had 240 hits in 2000. Hmm.
Lotta lefties. Hmm again.
Follow @VinGetz| PLAYER | HITS | BATS | YEAR | TEAM | |
| 1. | Ichiro Suzuki | 262 | L | 2004 | Seattle Mariners |
| 2. | George Sisler | 257 | L | 1920 | St. Louis Browns |
| 3. | Lefty O’Doul | 254 | L | 1929 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 3. | Bill Terry | 254 | L | 1930 | New York Giants |
| 5. | Al Simmons | 253 | R | 1925 | Philadelphia Athletics |
| 6. | Rogers Hornsby | 250 | R | 1922 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 6. | Chuck Klein | 250 | L | 1930 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 8. | Ty Cobb | 248 | L | 1911 | Detroit Tigers |
| 9. | George Sisler | 246 | L | 1922 | St. Louis Browns |
| 10. | Ichiro Suzuki | 242 | L | 2001 | Seattle Mariners |
| 11. | Babe Herman | 241 | L | 1930 | Brooklyn Robins |
| 11. | Heinie Manush | 241 | L | 1928 | St. Louis Browns |
| 13. | Wade Boggs | 240 | L | 1985 | Boston Red Sox |
| 13. | Jesse Burkett | 240 | L | 1896 | Cleveland Spiders |
| 13. | Darin Erstad | 240 | L | 2000 | Anaheim Angels |
| 16. | Rod Carew | 239 | L | 1977 | Minnesota Twins |
| 16. | Willie Keeler | 239 | L | 1897 | Baltimore Orioles (def.) |
| 18. | Ed Delahanty | 238 | R | 1899 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 18. | Don Mattingly | 238 | L | 1986 | New York Yankees |
| 18. | Ichiro Suzuki | 238 | L | 2007 | Seattle Mariners |
Photo: seattlepi.com
