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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - skip75 - 04-08-2023

(04-08-2023, 11:25 AM)lex24 Wrote:  

(04-08-2023, 11:18 AM)terry Wrote:  

(04-08-2023, 10:36 AM)skip75 Wrote:  Cobb is correct - 204 starts (Wood has 191).
Verlander is #2 with 482 starts.  The leader has 516.

Adam Wainwright?

Greinke. Tremendously underrated pitcher.

Lex got it - Greinke with 516.
Wainright is #6 with 390.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - Giants - 04-09-2023

(04-08-2023, 11:41 AM)lex24 Wrote:  

(04-08-2023, 11:31 AM)terry Wrote:  

(04-08-2023, 09:16 AM)Mick Wrote:  

(04-08-2023, 08:46 AM)terry Wrote:  Who are the six players with 18 or more career grand slams?

Gehrig
Aaron
McCovey
Foxx
Thome
McGuire

Gehrig and McCovey are correct! Gehrig had 23 grand slams, McCovey had 18.

Foxx and Aaron almost made this list. Foxx had 17 grand slams, Aaron had 16.

The list of players with 18+ grand slams looks like this:

25 ???
23 Gehrig
21 ???
19 ???
18 McCovey
18 ???

Thought I had No 1 and I did, but I looked it up after so I cant post.  

I’ll give a hint as to one on the list (not no 1). He beat Giants on home Opening Night (not a typo Giants home opener was at night that year) with a 9th inning Grand Slam in a tie game.  8 years later he had another AB with bases loaded game tied in 10th vs Giants. This one went better for the Giants.  And led to a former Stanford players most memorable moment….

I went to the GS opener game.  It was so damn cold I almost didn’t care. Sure as hell didn’t want extras.

Brian Johnson is the former Stanford player.  I don’t remember any of the Dodgers who were victims of Rod Beck that day.  I do remember listening to the game while driving on 680 in Walnut Creek. When Johnson went deep, the guy in the car next to me started waving his arms like crazy. I was just as happy; however, I moved over a lane to give him some space…..

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - terry - 04-09-2023

(04-08-2023, 11:31 AM)terry Wrote:  

(04-08-2023, 09:16 AM)Mick Wrote:  

(04-08-2023, 08:46 AM)terry Wrote:  Who are the six players with 18 or more career grand slams?

Gehrig
Aaron
McCovey
Foxx
Thome
McGuire

Gehrig and McCovey are correct! Gehrig had 23 grand slams, McCovey had 18.

Foxx and Aaron almost made this list. Foxx had 17 grand slams, Aaron had 16.

The list of players with 18+ grand slams looks like this:

25 ???
23 Gehrig
21 ???
19 ???
18 McCovey
18 ???

Three of the remaining players on this list were 500+ home run guys. 

The fourth player was a good player, but not someone you would expect to see among the all-time grand slam leaders. He had 294 career homers. He played third base, mostly for the White Sox and also for the Mets. 

All four of the remaining players were active in the 1990s, although they were at different stages in their careers.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - Mick - 04-09-2023

Sammy Sosa
Mike Schmidt

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - terry - 04-09-2023

(04-09-2023, 08:21 AM)Mick Wrote:  Sammy Sosa
Mike Schmidt

Good guesses, but no.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - BobK - 04-09-2023

A Rod

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Thome

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - skip75 - 04-09-2023

Ken Griffey Jr.?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - terry - 04-09-2023

(04-09-2023, 08:53 AM)BobK Wrote:  A Rod

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Thome

Yes, Alex Rodriguez is correct. He is the all-time leader in grand slams with 25.

Not Thome or Griffey Jr.

25 Rodriguez
23 Gehrig
21 ???
19 ???
18 McCovey
18 ???

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - qwerty49 - 04-09-2023

Eddie Murray?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - PalmTree - 04-09-2023

If the White Sox, Ventura?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - BobK - 04-09-2023

Puljos

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - terry - 04-09-2023

Eddie Murray and Robin Ventura are both correct!

25 Rodriguez
23 Gehrig
21 ???
19 Murray
18 McCovey
18 Ventura

The last player is not Pujols. He's a 500+ homer guy who played most of his career in the American League.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - PalmTree - 04-09-2023

Reggie Jackson?

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Oops, not Jackson - his last season was 1987

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Frank Thomas?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - terry - 04-09-2023

(04-09-2023, 09:36 AM)PalmTree Wrote:  Reggie Jackson?

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Oops, not Jackson - his last season was 1987

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Frank Thomas?

Not Thomas.

He played mostly with Cleveland and Boston.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - skip75 - 04-09-2023

Manny Ramirez

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - terry - 04-09-2023

(04-09-2023, 10:58 AM)skip75 Wrote:  Manny Ramirez

Yes, exactly, Ramirez had 21 grand slams.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - BobK - 04-09-2023

Wow great question

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - lex24 - 04-10-2023

(04-09-2023, 12:00 AM)Giants Wrote:  

(04-08-2023, 11:41 AM)lex24 Wrote:  

(04-08-2023, 11:31 AM)terry Wrote:  

(04-08-2023, 09:16 AM)Mick Wrote:  

(04-08-2023, 08:46 AM)terry Wrote:  Who are the six players with 18 or more career grand slams?

Gehrig
Aaron
McCovey
Foxx
Thome
McGuire

Gehrig and McCovey are correct! Gehrig had 23 grand slams, McCovey had 18.

Foxx and Aaron almost made this list. Foxx had 17 grand slams, Aaron had 16.

The list of players with 18+ grand slams looks like this:

25 ???
23 Gehrig
21 ???
19 ???
18 McCovey
18 ???

Thought I had No 1 and I did, but I looked it up after so I cant post.  

I’ll give a hint as to one on the list (not no 1). He beat Giants on home Opening Night (not a typo Giants home opener was at night that year) with a 9th inning Grand Slam in a tie game.  8 years later he had another AB with bases loaded game tied in 10th vs Giants. This one went better for the Giants.  And led to a former Stanford players most memorable moment….

I went to the GS opener game.  It was so damn cold I almost didn’t care. Sure as hell didn’t want extras.

Brian Johnson is the former Stanford player.  I don’t remember any of the Dodgers who were victims of Rod Beck that day.  I do remember listening to the game while driving on 680 in Walnut Creek. When Johnson went deep, the guy in the car next to me started waving his arms like crazy. I was just as happy; however, I moved over a lane to give him some space…..

Murray hit into DP, home to first with bases loaded no one out in 10th. 4-2- 3.  One hopper to Kent, playing in.  After about 8 , I couldn’t watch anymore. So, I started driving around listening.

He hit the GS in the 9th 8 years earlier on opening night.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - terry - 04-10-2023

The top five pitchers in career shutouts all are old-timers:

110  Walter Johnson
90  Grover Alexander
79  Christy Mathewson
76  Cy Young
69  Eddie Plank

The next five pitchers in career shutouts all played between 1940 and 2000. Who are they?

63  ???
61  ???
61  ???
60  ???
58  ???

Bonus question: Who is the active leader in career shutouts?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - Mick - 04-10-2023

(04-10-2023, 10:31 AM)terry Wrote:  The top five pitchers in career shutouts all are old-timers:

110  Walter Johnson
90  Grover Alexander
79  Christy Mathewson
76  Cy Young
69  Eddie Plank

The next five pitchers in career shutouts all played between 1940 and 2000. Who are they?

63  ???
61  ???
61  ???
60  ???
58  ???

Bonus question: Who is the active leader in career shutouts?

My total WAGs:

Bunning
Feller
Wilhelm
Marichal
Koufax
Drysdale

Current leader, Verlander.

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