Baseball Trivia Game

[metsguy234]

I'll ask a question, whoever gets it right asks their own question, etc.

Out of the 67 pitchers enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame, there is only 1 who has never recorded a save in his career. Who is that one pitcher?

[haveacigar]

Babe Ruth

[metsguy234]

Babe Ruth

Nope.

[metsguy234]

Note: This doesn't include guys who pitched only a couple of innings (i.e. Ted Williams), the list includes all guys with at least 450 IP who are HOFers

[metsguy234]

Hint: This guy pitched before 1900

[gosensgo101]

I'm looking for a modern era starter, but am not finding one :D

I'm going to go with Tom Seaver. IIRC he came up as a starter and finished as a starter. He's one of the youngest pitchers in the HOF (surprisingly) so he's the least likely to have been used in relief when he was starting.

[metsguy234]

I'm looking for a modern era starter, but am not finding one :D

I'm going to go with Tom Seaver. IIRC he came up as a starter and finished as a starter. He's one of the youngest pitchers in the HOF (surprisingly) so he's the least likely to have been used in relief when he was starting.

Nope. Seaver had 1 career save (in 1968).

Note: I said, he pitched before 1900.

[gosensgo101]

Hint: This guy pitched before 1900I looked it up now that I see that and Tom Seaver's Baseball HOF page (http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=121961) says I'm right. Baseball-Reference (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/seaveto01.shtml) says I'm wrong though.

[metsguy234]

I looked it up now that I see that and Tom Seaver's Baseball HOF page (http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=121961) says I'm right. Baseball-Reference (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/seaveto01.shtml) says I'm wrong though.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI196807072.shtml

Seaver's save.

[gosensgo101]

I was posting before I saw your post. I trust B-R more than the HOF website though. I let them know of their error.

[metsguy234]

So does anyone have another guess? Remember, this pitcher played his entire career before 1900.

[metsguy234]

Your mom

Reported.

And the answer is Candy Cummings (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cummica01.shtml). Someone else ask a question now.

[gosensgo101]

Reported.

And the answer is Candy Cummings (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cummica01.shtml). Someone else ask a question now.Ah, 19th century baseball. Look at his 1872 line. 497 IP. Did they still throw underhand back then? (And if he did get a save, would it have been recorded?)


Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1872 23 NYU NA 33 20 .623 2.52 55 55 53 3 0 497.0 600 347 139 2 30 43 0 137 1.268 10.9 0.0 0.5 0.8 1.43

[metsguy234]

Ah, 19th century baseball. Look at his 1872 line. 497 IP. Did they still throw underhand back then? (And if he did get a save, would it have been recorded?)


Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1872 23 NYU NA 33 20 .623 2.52 55 55 53 3 0 497.0 600 347 139 2 30 43 0 137 1.268 10.9 0.0 0.5 0.8 1.43


B-R has save stats even for pitchers who pitched before the save came into being.

[gosensgo101]

B-R has save stats even for pitchers who pitched before the save came into being.Even in the 19th century? I would think they'd need a boxscore/game log to do that. I don't see any before 1950.

[metsguy234]

Even in the 19th century? I would think they'd need a boxscore/game log to do that. I don't see any before 1950.

They have a save listed for Cy Young in 1893.

[kellys11]

Reported.

And the answer is Candy Cummings (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cummica01.shtml). Someone else ask a question now.


crap I just found it.

[metsguy234]

crap I just found it.

OK ask the next question then.

[StreetMedic]

Isn't Candy one of a handful of guys who get credited with throwing the first curve ball?

[haveacigar]

He was also the first baseball player to have a porn star name. Shannon Stewart is the most recent.

[kellys11]

Previously a ball that was hit and bounced over the fence was considered a home run. In what year was the ground rule double created.

[haveacigar]

previously a ball that was hit and bounced over the fence was considered a home run. In what year was the ground rule double created.

1884

[bleyton94]

Who are the only two American League outfielders to win the Gold Glove in this decade to not win a Silver Slugger in their career.

[kellys11]

1884

nope

[bleyton94]

previously a ball that was hit and bounced over the fence was considered a home run. In what year was the ground rule double created.
1930

[kellys11]

who are the only two american league outfielders to win the gold glove in this decade to not win a silver slugger in their career.

mike cameron and torii hunter

[kellys11]

1930

OTHER ONE WAS CLOSER....http://www4.stat.ncsu.edu/~reiland/baseball.html

[gosensgo101]

He was also the first baseball player to have a porn star name. Shannon Stewart is the most recent.I found this out when I was about 10 and was looking for a picture of Shannon Stewart. Google safesearch isn't all its cracked up to be.

[200tang]

He was also the first baseball player to have a porn star name. Shannon Stewart is the most recent.

Go away

[bleyton94]

mike cameron and torii hunter

Yup

[200tang]

Name the baseball player I'm thinking of.

[StreetMedic]

Who was the last major league player who won a batting title without hitting a single homerun?

[kellys11]

Name the baseball player I'm thinking of.

George Bell?

[ragecage]

Rod Carew in '72?

[kellys11]

Who was the last major league player who won a batting title without hitting a single homerun?


Or even tougher ... Who was the last major league player who won a batting title without hitting a single steriod injection.

[StreetMedic]

Rod Carew in '72?

Bingo, Rage. :)

Anyone else ever do it? :confused:

[gosensgo101]

Bingo, Rage. :)

Anyone else ever do it? :confused:Nap Lajoie?

[StreetMedic]

Nap Lajoie?

Nope, but you're around the right time. You do have to go back about that far.

[asianinvasion]

Name the baseball player I'm thinking of.

Ichiro! or Felix

[gosensgo101]

Nope, but you're around the right time. You do have to go back about that far.He was the first to come to mind. I don't recognize enough of the names from that era to make a guess, looking at the battng title winners of that era.

[StreetMedic]

He was the first to come to mind. I don't recognize enough of the names from that era to make a guess, looking at the battng title winners of that era.

Nor did I. I stumbled onto that accidentally when double-checking the Rod Carew answer, before posting.

How about: This same guy had a 44-game hitting streak that season, which beat the previous standing single-season record of 42 games.

[gosensgo101]

Nor did I. I stumbled onto that accidentally when double-checking the Rod Carew answer, before posting.

How about: This same guy had a 44-game hitting streak that season, which beat the previous standing single-season record of 42 games.Zach Wheat in 1918. (It was my first guess, I checked, and I'm right :))

[gosensgo101]

Here's another:

The last player to lead the Major Leagues with less than 10 homers.

[StreetMedic]

Zach Wheat in 1918. (It was my first guess, I checked, and I'm right :))

Did he win a batting title in 1918?

EDIT: Well whadaya know... (still not my guy, tho') :p

[asianinvasion]

Willie Keeler
1897 .424 average 0 homers

[gosensgo101]

Did he win a batting title in 1918?The NL batting title (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/batting_avg_leagues.shtml)

[StreetMedic]

Willie Keeler
1897 .424 average 0 homers

That's my guy. :cool:

And I may be wrong about this (checking for confirmation), but I seem to remember reading that he was such a good bunter, he's partly why a fouled-off bunt, with two strikes on the batter, is now an out.

[asianinvasion]

And for gosens question: Gavvy Cravath in 1918

[gosensgo101]

And for gosens question: Gavvy Cravath in 1918He did lead the NL in homers with 8, but ALers Babe Ruth and Tilly Walker hit 11. Who was the last to lead all of Major League Baseball with less than 10 homers?

[asianinvasion]

Ty Cobb 1909

[gosensgo101]

Ty Cobb 1909yup

[asianinvasion]

Who had the lowest batting average to win the title and who was it and what year?

[metsguy234]

Who had the lowest batting average to win the title and who was it and what year?

Yaz 1968 AL .301

[asianinvasion]

yup

[metsguy234]

I flew out to record the final out playing against this team in their first World Series win. I managed this same team to their second World Series win.

Name the guy and the team.

[asianinvasion]

Davey Johnson of the 1969 Orioles flew out and lost the World Series to the Mets. Then managed the 1986 Mets to the title

[metsguy234]

Davey Johnson of the 1969 Orioles flew out and lost the World Series to the Mets. Then managed the 1986 Mets to the title

Correct.

[asianinvasion]

For those eligible for the Hall of Fame, only two have won two or more MVP awards and are not in the HoF. Name them

[Coach Owens]

For those eligible for the Hall of Fame, only two have won two or more MVP awards and are not in the HoF. Name them

Roger Maris and Dale Murphy

[asianinvasion]

yessir

[Coach Owens]

This player won the Pitcher Triple Crown, an MVP award and was elected to six AS games and is not in the Hall of Fame.

[asianinvasion]

Vida Blue

[metsguy234]

This player won the Pitcher Triple Crown, an MVP award and was elected to six AS games and is not in the Hall of Fame.

Dwight Gooden.

[asianinvasion]

Gooden never won a MVP

[Coach Owens]

Vida Blue

He never won the Pitcher Triple Crown


Dwight Gooden.

No MVP and only four AS games.

[200tang]

Bucky Walters, but I don't feel like asking a question so someone else go ahead

[asianinvasion]

Bucky Walters

[Coach Owens]

Bucky Walters, but I don't feel like asking a question so someone else go ahead

Winner!!!! Just barely! :p

[asianinvasion]

This player was a 17 time all-star and was an all-star at 5 different positions. He played for 3 teams.

[Coach Owens]

This player was a 17 time all-star and was an all-star at 5 different positions. He played for 3 teams.

Pete Rose. You can ask again if you want.

[200tang]

Pete Rose, same as last time

[asianinvasion]

Nah, I choose an easy one so someone else would ask a question :p

[200tang]

What is the most home runs ever hit without an intentional walk? Players name/year/total HRs

[Edit : Clarity :)]

[SirKodiak]

61

[200tang]

61

yep

[Coach Owens]

61

You frustrate me. I got that just now. :mad:

[metsguy234]

I'm pretty sure they didn't track intentional walks then.

[200tang]

I'm pretty sure they didn't track intentional walks then.

they did, he just had Mickey Mantle hitting behind him :)

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marisro01.shtml

You can check the year's before, they all have IBBs

[metsguy234]

I guess I'll ask one:

Name 3 players with unique initials (as in, no other MLB player has ever shared their initials). There are 57 such players.

[200tang]

what about stuff like Ken Griffey Jr. Do we count the Jr part, or no?

Jorge De La Rosa?

[SirKodiak]

Only team to walk a batter in every game of the season?

[SirKodiak]

You frustrate me. I got that just now. :mad:

:confused:

[metsguy234]

what about stuff like Ken Griffey Jr. Do we count the Jr part, or no?

Jorge De La Rosa?

1) No, Jr. and Sr. doesn't count, just first letter of first name and first letter of last name.

2) His initials would be JD (since De La Rosa is his last name) so no.

[Coach Owens]

:confused:

I actually posted it and then looked up and saw that you had already! WHY?!?! :( :p

[metsguy234]

Hint for mine: 1 unique-initialed player was controversially awarded the MVP award.

[SirKodiak]

I actually posted it and then looked up and saw that you had already! WHY?!?! :( :p

Ahhh, Old age and treachery beats youth and skill every time. ;) Well, relatively :p

[Coach Owens]

1) No, Jr. and Sr. doesn't count, just first letter of first name and first letter of last name.

2) His initials would be JD (since De La Rosa is his last name) so no.

What about players like C.C. Sabathia and Ryan Rowland-Smith?

[Coach Owens]

Ahhh, Old age and treachery beats youth and skill every time. ;) Well, relatively :p

Yeah? Well at least I'll live longer! MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! TAKE THAT, OLD MAN!!!! :p

[metsguy234]

What about players like C.C. Sabathia and Ryan Rowland-Smith?

CC Sabathia's initials are CS

Ryan Rowland-Smith is the only player ever with a hyphenated last name, and he's not on the list.

[metsguy234]

Another hint: One of these guys was a 2009 All Star, another one was a member of the 1927 Yankees, and of course there was the controversial MVP pick that I mentioned earlier.

[SirKodiak]

Yeah? Well at least I'll live longer! MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! TAKE THAT, OLD MAN!!!! :p

Life won't be worth living when we take 90% of your income for Social Security :p

Only team to walk a batter in every game of the season?

[metsguy234]

Life won't be worth living when we take 90% of your income for Social Security :p

Only team to walk a batter in every game of the season?

1962 Mets?

[metsguy234]

Does everyone give up on my question?

[200tang]

Life won't be worth living when we take 90% of your income for Social Security :p

Only team to walk a batter in every game of the season?

totally stumped

[200tang]

Does everyone give up on my question?

Well, it was SirK's time to ask a question :)

[200tang]

I'm wondering if it happened during a strike shortened year?

[metsguy234]

OK, the answer to my question:

http://reconditebaseball.blogspot.com/2009/01/baseballs-most-and-least-common.html

Notable guys on there:
-Dan Quisenberry
- the 2009 All Star, Zack Greinke
-member of the 1927 Yankees, Urban Shocker
-controversial MVP choice, Zoilo Versailles
-Omar Quintanilla
-Ubaldo Jimenez
-Pete Incaviglia
-Ugueth Urbina
-Victor Zambrano

[metsguy234]

Not the 1962 Mets, they had 2 games where they didn't walk someone.

[asianinvasion]

Does everyone give up on my question?

Eddie Quick
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quicked01.shtml

Art Quirk
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quirkar01.shtml

Wimpy Quinn
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quinnwi01.shtml

[200tang]

stumped, so I'll throw out this random trivia I came across.

The Chicago Cubs' Augie Galan set a record in 1935 when he batted 646 times without hitting into a double play. However, he did hit into one triple play.

[SirKodiak]

I'm wondering if it happened during a strike shortened year?

Nope. Funny thing is, they allowed the 3rd fewest walks that year in the league. And the best ERA.

[SirKodiak]

and only used 12 pitchers the entire season, and one of them was The Barber, who only appeared in 2 games.

[SirKodiak]

and every pitcher on that staff that year was an all star at some point in his career, and 3 would become hall of famers.

[asianinvasion]

56 Cleveland Indians

[SirKodiak]

56 Cleveland Indians

http://www.sportsmogul.com/vbulletin2/attachment.php?attachmentid=25904&stc=1&d=1249520332 Score one for my kid neighbor!

[asianinvasion]

Who was the first Japanese player to hit a home run in a MLB game?

[200tang]

Masato Yoshii ?

[asianinvasion]

no

[200tang]

no..wait...nomo, right?

[asianinvasion]

There you go

[SirKodiak]

who was second?

[200tang]

Earl Averill & Hoyt Willhelm both hit a HR in their first ever AB. Can you name the other HOFer (yes, hint) that accomplished this feat?

[Coach Owens]

Earl Averill & Hoyt Willhelm both hit a HR in their first ever AB. Can you name the other HOFer (yes, hint) that accomplished this feat?

Edit: Ace Parker is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame.

[200tang]

Edit: Ace Parker is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame.

yep

[Edit : Weird, I posted this exactly 2 hours after you posted the answer :p]

[KowboyKoop]

Who hit a home run on April 29, 1997 that I caught? Who was the pitcher?

Hint: The pitcher is still active. The hitter is retired and last played for Boston.

[ewing6]

trot nixion was the batter

[haveacigar]

Who hit a home run on April 29, 1997 that I caught? Who was the pitcher?

Hint: The pitcher is still active. The hitter is retired and last played for Boston.

Ellis Burks, Jamie Walker

[KowboyKoop]

nope to both

[ewing6]

you didn't catch a homer :D

[Jeffy25]

Who am i?

I am a current MLB broadcaster

I was a pitcher for over 20 years who won and lost over 200 games and pitched for six different teams.

I also got a few saves in my time.

[KowboyKoop]

yes i did. not a trick question in any way

[ewing6]

jose offerman hit it?

[haveacigar]

yes i did. not a trick question in any way

Was it a Royals game?

[KowboyKoop]

Who am i?

I am a current MLB broadcaster

I was a pitcher for over 20 years who won and lost over 200 games and pitched for six different teams.

I also got a few saves in my time.

sounds like it could be Jim Kaat. Not sure about the saves though.

[haveacigar]

I woulda guessed Kaat too, but he only pitched for 5 teams

[KowboyKoop]

Was it a Royals game?

no.

The player had a 112 OPS+ for his career

[KowboyKoop]

I woulda guessed Kaat too, but he only pitched for 5 teams

just looked him up on BR, depends on if he is counting the Senators and Twins as two different teams or not..for the purpose of this question. Fits the other categories.

[ewing6]

I got it kowboypoop

javy lopez off chan ho park!!

[Jeffy25]

I woulda guessed Kaat too, but he only pitched for 5 teams

no it is Kaat.

six teams:

Washington, Minnesota, New York, St. Louis, Philadeplhia, and the Chicago White Sox

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kaatji01.shtml

obviously i didn't think about WAshington and Minnesota

[KowboyKoop]

I got it kowboypoop

javy lopez off chan ho park!!

Winner

[Jeffy25]

first Major Leaguer to sign a deal worth 1 million a year?

[Jeffy25]

what pitcher has the most all time wins that never won a world series?

[HoustonGM]

first Major Leaguer to sign a deal worth 1 million a year?
Nolan Ryan

[KowboyKoop]

i know Tommy John never won a WS and had a lot of wins...so that'll be my guess. Probably wrong.

[haveacigar]

Took me forever to figure out it was Javy Lopez.

[Jeffy25]

yup /hgm

[ewing6]

Took me forever to figure out it was Javy Lopez.

i got it first :D

It was easy. I brought a list of winning and losing pitchers for that day. I looked for any that was active. Then if I found any that was active I clicked on the box of that game to see if any 1 took them deep. First I clicked on hoffman but he didn't. Then I saw Chan HO Park saw that Javy took him deep and remembered he played for the Sox in 06.

[Jeffy25]

Pud Galvin, but he never had the chance either.

[OregonDuck1989]

He was also the first baseball player to have a porn star name. Shannon Stewart is the most recent.

Nick Swisher.

[haveacigar]

Nick Swisher.

I should specify, female porn star name.

[ewing6]

3 HOf pitchers with a losing record?

[ragecage]

Bruce Sutter

[metsguy234]

Only HOf pitcher with a losing record?

There are 3.

Fingers, Paige, Sutter.

[metsguy234]

Name the 3 active major league players that went straight to the major leagues without any time in the minors at the beginning of their careers.

[metsguy234]

Hint: One is a Yankee, one is a Phillie, and one is a White Sock currently.

[ewing6]

Andy petite, Hamels, and peavy :D

[haveacigar]

Hint: One is a Yankee, one is a Phillie, and one is a White Sock currently.

nick swisher

[metsguy234]

Andy petite, Hamels, and peavy :D

No, no, and no.

[ewing6]

jeter, utley,jenks

[metsguy234]

nick swisher

No.

[metsguy234]

moyer, cc and danks :D

Still all wrong.

Only the Phillie is a pitcher.

[metsguy234]

jeter, utley,jenks

No, no, no./

[ewing6]

blanton, getz and swisher

[metsguy234]

blanton, getz and swisher

Still all wrong.

Another hint: The 3 of them have 1 combined ASG appearance.

[haveacigar]

Hideki Matsui, Alexei Ramirez

[metsguy234]

Hideki Matsui, Alexei Ramirez

Alexei is one. Matsui isn't.

[metsguy234]

It's Ramirez, Xavier Nady, Chan Ho Park.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_baseball_players_who_went_directly_to_the_major_leagues

[haveacigar]

Alexei is one. Matsui isn't.

Do you mean no minor league games ever? Or just at the beginning of their career?

[haveacigar]

You should've just said "played their first professional game in MLB"

[HoustonGM]

Do you mean no minor league games ever? Or just at the beginning of their career?
From Wiki:

More precisely, they are distinguished as a group by the fact that they made their North American professional debut with a Major League Baseball franchise without previously having played at the professional level, such as minor league affiliates of major league teams, the Negro Leagues, Japanese professional leagues, or independent professional teams.

[ragecage]

What team and from what year was the first to use an electric scoreboard?

[KowboyKoop]

what team and from what year was the first to use an electric scoreboard?

red sox 1966!!!!!!

N-A-I-L-E-D IT!

[ragecage]

nope

[asianinvasion]

Yankees in 1959

[Jeffy25]

who is the only yankee to win an MVP and a rookie of the year in their yankee career?

[ewing6]

thurman munson

of if that;s wrong

yogi berria

[Jeffy25]

it's Munson

[ragecage]

Yankees in 1959

Nope.


George Baird is credited with inventing the first electric scoreboard that used a series of switches to change the score and outs. The first of its kind was installed for the Chicago White Sox in 1908.

[200tang]

Only 51 years off asianinvasion :p

[Jeffy25]

I hit one major league home run in my career, and i hit it off my brother......... I was also an all-star...........who am i?

[metsguy234]

I hit one major league home run in my career, and i hit it off my brother......... I was also an all-star...........who am i?

Joe Niekro, brother is Phil Niekro.

[Jeffy25]

yup

[Jeffy25]

who are the only father son duo to ever hit back to back homers in a game?

[ewing6]

ken griffey sr and ken griffey jr

[Jeffy25]

who is the only pitcher to appear in all seven games of a seven game series in the world series?

[Coach Owens]

who is the only pitcher to appear in all seven games of a seven game series in the world series?

Darold Knowles, who appeared in all seven games for the Oakland A's in the 1973 WS.

[Jeffy25]

yup

[Jeffy25]

who has the most career home runs in the world series?

[metsguy234]

who has the most career home runs in the world series?

Mantle?

[bigpapi]

Yep, Mantle with 18.

[bigpapi]

First Major League homerun hit outside of North America? Who hit it, against who, and when?

[metsguy234]

First Major League homerun hit outside of North America? Who hit it, against who, and when?

Shane Andrews 3/29/2000 in the Tokyo Dome for Chicago against the Mets

[metsguy234]

What current AL Central outfielder was once traded twice in the same day?

[asianinvasion]

Jermaine Dye

[Jeffy25]

I thought it was Snider with 11 WS home runs, not Mantle.....i'll look it up.

[HoustonGM]

I thought it was Snider with 11 WS home runs, not Mantle.....i'll look it up.
Snider did have 11, but Mantle had 18.

[Jeffy25]

yup....mantle 18........i was told wrong :(

[metsguy234]

He hit the first HR in an expansion team's history and later managed them during their first World Series win.

Name the guy and the team.

[HoustonGM]

Gil Hodges, Mets

[metsguy234]

Gil Hodges, Mets

Correct.

[haveacigar]

Who's the first (and I believe only) player to 1: reach base via dropped 3rd strike AND 2: hit a homer, in the same game.

[ragecage]

What bust of a player hit two homeruns today to make me fall outta my chair in disbelief?

[SirKodiak]

What bust of a player hit two homeruns today to make me fall outta my chair in disbelief?

2004 RoY?

[ragecage]

2004 RoY?

;)

[metsguy234]

Robin Ventura hit his famed "Grand Slam Single" in the 1999 NLCS off of what Braves pitcher?

[President]

Kevin McGlinchy

[metsguy234]

Kevin McGlinchy

Correct.

[asianinvasion]

Who are the only two player to hit for the cycle and turn an unassisted triple play in their career?

[haveacigar]

Who's the first (and I believe only) player to 1: reach base via dropped 3rd strike AND 2: hit a homer, in the same game.

Since no one is ever going to get this, Alfonso Soriano is correct.

[200tang]

Since no one is ever going to get this, Alfonso Soriano is correct.

Oddly enough, Felix Hernandez did it too.

[skudplayr]

Who are the only two player to hit for the cycle and turn an unassisted triple play in their career?

George Burns and John Valentin.

[skudplayr]

In 1998, Kerry Wood became just the 2nd player to strike out 20 batters in a 9 inning game. Who became his 20th K victim of the day to end the ballgame?

[SirKodiak]

Derek Bell

[stevereno159]

Who are the only two player to hit for the cycle and turn an unassisted triple play in their career?

john valentin and recently troy tulowitsky - pays to watch sportscenter at 5am lol

it also pays to be a cubs fan, bell was wood's 20th K

[asianinvasion]

john valentin and recently troy tulowitsky - pays to watch sportscenter at 5am lol

it also pays to be a cubs fan, bell was wood's 20th K

Correct. Lol,

[skudplayr]

Correct. Lol,

Ugh, I didn't realize that there were two George Burns. One of them hit for the cycle and the other had an unassisted triple play.

That's crazy stuff.

This one hit for the cycle.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=burnsge01

This one had the triple play.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=burnsge02

[Jeffy25]

what hall of fame pitcher won over 200 games in his career but never gave up a grand slam?

[asianinvasion]

Jim Palmer

[Jeffy25]

yes, fast ass

[200tang]

yes, fast ass

that's what she said.

[Jeffy25]

name three players that had their numbers retired by more than one team.

[asianinvasion]

I'm not here to ask questions so someone else ask one

[asianinvasion]

name three players that had their numbers retired by more than one team.

Jackie Robinson
Hank Aaron
Reggie Jackson

[200tang]

Jackie Robinson
Hank Aaron
Reggie Jackson

cheater.

[asianinvasion]

cheater.

How am I a cheater?
Robinson is retired everywhere. I know Aaron was retired by the Brewers for his contributions when the Braves were in Milwaukee and I guessed with Jackson.

[Jeffy25]

I know of ryan, carew, robinson for sure. and now maddux...is henderson too? i can't belive that san diego retired his number

[Jeffy25]

who said, i didn't come to new york to become a star, i brought my star with me?

[asianinvasion]

Deion Sanders?

[Jeffy25]

nope, try again

[asianinvasion]

Rickey Henderson

[Jeffy25]

nope, but rickey would have made sense.

[asianinvasion]

Reggie Jackson?

[Jeffy25]

yes sir!

[asianinvasion]

It took me a while but I finally got that Bronx is Burning scene going where he said that lol

[asianinvasion]

Who was once ejected because he wouldn't take off his earrings?

[Jeffy25]

what year was the first five sided home plate used?

[Jeffy25]

Who was once ejected because he wouldn't take off his earrings?

bo jackson? haha

[asianinvasion]

nope

[Jeffy25]

i won't know this one, i am guessing it happened in the 70's?

[asianinvasion]

Nope, pretty recent actually

[Jeffy25]

Barry? haha, i hate Bonds and that gay ass earring he always had.

[asianinvasion]

nope...actually as a hint, I was at this game

[Jeffy25]

so a mariner?

[asianinvasion]

Sure

[asianinvasion]

what year was the first five sided home plate used?

1900

[Jeffy25]

who said "I was not successful at baseball, as it was a game of skill"?

[asianinvasion]

Bob Uecker?

[Jeffy25]

casey stengall.

what was the first team to have four managers in the same season?

[asianinvasion]

1907 Americans

[Jeffy25]

77 rangers


didn't know the answer to your question

[asianinvasion]

77 rangers


didn't know the answer to your question

Its the 1907 Americans (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1907.shtml). Cy Young (3-3), George Huff (2-6), Bob Unglaub (9-20) and Deacon McGuire (45-61)

The answer to mine was Arthur Rhodes in 2001

[Jeffy25]

who is the only hall of famer to hit a home run in his first major league at bat?

[asianinvasion]

Hoyt Wilhelm

[Jeffy25]

damn you

[Jeffy25]

ur good! or you are constantly right on top of google

[asianinvasion]

So did Earl Averill

[asianinvasion]

ur good! or you are constantly right on top of google

eh, a little bit of both

[asianinvasion]

Who is the only person (to my knowledge) to throw out first pitch in two different franchises history?

[Jeffy25]

W? no clue

[asianinvasion]

I meant as being the opening day pitcher for both teams