Curtis Granderson did it.This afternoon, he stole his 20th base of the season and also hit his 21st homerun for good measure.
This means he now has 36 doubles, 22 triples, 21 homeruns, and 20 steals. This also means he is the third 20-20-20-20 player in baseball history and the first in 50 years. Add to that, an average right around .300 and 110+ runs scored and it's easy to see why the Tigers love this guy.
Because you're probably wondering, Willie Mays went 26-20-35-38 in 1957 for the New York Giants and Frank Schulte went 30-21-21-23 for the 1911 Chicago Cubs en route to winning the MVP.
Granderson won't win the MVP, he's still a virtual unknown to casual baseball fans, and at the beginning of the season even fantasy owners didn't think much of him, selecting him, on average, 177th overall after guys like Dustin Hermanson, Kei Igawa, and Jorge Cantu. I bet that changes next season, though.
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