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Originally Posted by chucksabr
By the way, since the dawn of the DH, 242 players have played at least 50% of their games at the DH position and also qualify for a batting title. Here's the list of all of them age 25 or younger:
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Player Year Age Tm
Jesus Montero 2012 22 SEA
Billy Butler 2011 25 KCR
Adam Lind 2009 25 TOR
Brad Fullmer 2000 25 TOR
Carlos Delgado 1996 24 TOR
Albert Belle 1992 25 CLE
Frank Thomas 1991 23 CHW
Gene Larkin 1988 25 MIN
Jim Rice 1977 24 BOS
Eddie Murray 1977 21 BAL
Oscar Gamble 1974 24 CLE
Carlos May 1973 25 CHW
It's not too common. |
I will take Albert Belle, since he is a lightning of the 90s. It is trust he DH'd at a young age, but really was not a full time DH ever.
Albert Belle Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com
Eddie Murray DH'd alot his rookie year due to Lee May blocking his way to the bag, then did not DH much until he was in the twilight of career, even was in the NL for the Dodgers and Mets for his glove and bat.