Doubleday Challenge

Doubleday Challenge

If you really read the National Pastime Double Page, or if you're just a good baseball fan, you know that Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball. We're using his name for the challenge anyway.

The Doubleday Challenge consists of a baseball run and a football run in the same day. Total mileage is combined (although the walk or run between the football and baseball fields may not count as official distance), and the distance you must run is determined by statistics from athletes who played Major League Baseball AND in the NFL. This is not supposed to be a complete list of athletes who played in both leagues.

Doubleday Challenge Levels

Official Miles may be lower than Actual Miles.

Football Statistics are tripled to determine the length of the run.

Bo Jackson Level (3,134 Yds and 141 HRs): 15 Miles

40 Laps on the Football Field; 141 HRs and Laps on the Baseball Field

Deion Sanders Level (6,492 Yds and 39 HRs): 13.8 Miles

82 Laps on the Football Field; 39 HRs and Laps on the Baseball Field

Brian Jordan Level (296 Yds and 184 HRs): 13.1 Miles

4 Laps on the Football Field; 184 HRs and Laps on the Baseball Field

Drew Henson Level (7 Yds and 1 Single): 0.01 Miles

21 Yards on the Football Field; Hit the ball and run to first base on the Baseball Field