Goose Goslin: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1968

Born: October 16, 1900

1917: Left home to play semi-pro baseball

1921: Purchased by Washington Senators from Columbia (South Atlantic League)

Debut: September 16, 1921 (Senators)

1924: Hit for cycle

1924: Washington won the World Series

1925: Senators lost the World Series

1928: Won Batting Title (.379)

1930: Traded to St Louis Browns

1932: Traded to Senators

1933: Senators lost the World Series

1933: Traded to the Detroit Tigers

1934: Tigers lost the World Series

1935: Had GW walk-off hit in Game 6 of World Series to clinch title for Detroit

1935: Goslin is one of three players to be the final at bat in two World Series (Edgar Renteria and Boss Schmidt)

1935: Tigers win World Series

1938: Signed by Senators

1938: Retired

1968: Elected to Hall of Fame

1969: Retired from a Boat Rental company

1971: Died

Accomplishments:

2x World Champion

1928 Batting Champion

Most home runs by a visiting player at Yankee Stadium (32)

1936 All Star

.316 Average

248 Home Runs

1610 RBI

1483 Runs

500 Doubles

173 Triples

176 SB

949 walks-585 strikeouts

.387 OBP

.500 Slugging

.887 OPS

4325 TB

100 runs: 7x

200+ hits: 2x

30+ doubles: 10x

42 doubles (1931)

10+ triples: 9x

15+ triples: 5x

20 triples (1925)

Led league in triples: 2x

20+ HR: 3x

37 HR (1930)

100+ RBI: 11x

Led league in RBI (1924)

20+ SB: 2x

Hit .300: 10x

.400 OBP: 5x

.500 slugging: 8x

.600 slugging: 2x

300 TB: 6x

Postseason: .287, 7 HR, 19 RBI, .836 OPS (5 World Series)