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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - PalmTree - 08-08-2025

(08-08-2025, 09:22 AM)BobK Wrote:  Great guesses but no

My SWAG - Clemens?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 08-08-2025

Warren Spahn?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 08-08-2025

Not Spahn or Clemens.
Hint he was not from Latrobe PA

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Giants - 08-08-2025

(08-08-2025, 02:18 PM)BobK Wrote:  Not Spahn or Clemens.
Hint he was not from Latrobe PA

Your clue did the trick - since it was not Arnold Palmer, it has to be Jim Palmer.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 08-08-2025

LOL Good one Giants yes Jim Palmer. Thank you Eric great question.

OK Most wins by a pitcher in the 90s
in the 2000-2009 era ?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 08-08-2025

I feel like we did this before.  90’s was Maddux; 2000’s was Pettitte, 2010’s was Scherzer.

BC

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Eight players have struck out over 2000 times, who are they?

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 08-08-2025

Maybe a repeat or you’re fast BC

2,000 Strike outs
Dave Kingman
Reggie Jackson
Sammy Sosa

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 08-08-2025

Rob Deer. Giancarlo Stanton.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 08-08-2025

(08-08-2025, 03:38 PM)BobK Wrote:  Maybe a repeat or you’re fast BC

2,000 Strike outs
Dave Kingman
Reggie Jackson
Sammy Sosa

Jackson is #1, Sosa is #4.

Kingman only had 1816 strikeouts, so no.

BC

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(08-08-2025, 03:42 PM)Mick Wrote:  Rob Deer. Giancarlo Stanton.

Staton is currently #7 and the only active player with over 2000 strikeouts.  
Rob Deer only had 1409 strikeouts.

BC

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Like Jackson, #2 on the list is in the Hall of Fame.
#3 played in the 2000’s and retired in 2014.
#5 had a 20+ year career and also retired in the 2010’s.
#6 and #8 are both Venezuelan.

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 08-08-2025

A Rod

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Adam Dunn

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 08-08-2025

Correct on both.  Dunn was #3 and ARod was #5.

Waiting on the Hall of Famer (think 90’s and 2000’s) and the two Venezuelans.

BC

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Just for fun, since Bob asked for the most wins by a pitcher in each decade, which pitcher had the most losses in the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s?  The blog I found the info on was published in 2007 so it only has the most losses in 2000-2007, not the full decade.

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - terry - 08-09-2025

(08-08-2025, 07:07 PM)BostonCard Wrote:  Correct on both.  Dunn was #3 and ARod was #5.

Waiting on the Hall of Famer (think 90’s and 2000’s) and the two Venezuelans.

BC

Jim Thome?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 08-09-2025

Andres Galarraga

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Giants - 08-09-2025

Miguel Cabrera?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 08-09-2025

Nice teamwork!

Thome (#2), Cabrera (#6), and Galarraga (#8) were the remaining strikeout kings.

Anyone want to take a stab at pitchers with the most losses in each decade?  It’s a tough question because the pitcher has to be good enough (and healthy enough) to essentially be a starter the entire decade, but bad enough to rack up the losses.

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 08-09-2025

Robin Robers in the 50s. I had this as trivia just last week :)

So from my friend. What player was caught the most times trying to steal a base ?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 08-09-2025

Has to be Ricky Henderson.  He had almost 500 more steal attempts than anyone else, so that even though he was very successful, he has to have accumulated the most caught stealings.

BC

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And yes, Roberts had the most losses in the 50’s.

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 08-09-2025

Yes Ricky Henderson

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 08-10-2025

Other “biggest losers” by decade:
1960’s: Jack Fisher (133)
1970’s: Phil Niekro (151)
1980’s: Jim Clancy (126)
1990’s: Andy Benes (116)
2000 - 2007 (the blog was published in 2007): Jeff Weaver

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 08-11-2025

In high school, I played center and forward in basketball, and wide receiver and safety in football. I was a star pitcher who threw a no-hitter in my final high school game -- in which I also hit four home runs.

I was drafted by the Angels but decided to go to junior college. My college team won the NCAA Championship. My first year on the varsity, I had a 1.38 ERA and went 11-4. I batted .250. I was later named All American, and later drafted by the Orioles.

I was continually traded and set the Mets' club record for most home runs with 36, but I only scored 65 runs that season...the highest percentage of runs scored on homers for any player who hit more than 30 in a season. I hit 37 the next season, then my record was broken by Darryl Strawberry.

I am one of only a handful of players who played for four teams in a single season. At the end of that season, I hit four home runs and had seven RBIs for the Yankees but couldn't play in their postseason because they acquired me after the August 31 trade deadline (at the time).

I led the majors with 48 home runs and 115 RBIs. I hit a 536-foot home run that season in Wrigley Field. Three years later, I led the league with 37 home runs. I was a three-time All-Star and had MVP votes in five of my 16 MLB seasons.

I played 1B, 3B, RF, LF, DH, PH and was fast enough that early in my career I was a pinch runner 21 times. I was an erratic fielder, leading the league in Rtot at 1B one year (+4), then leading the league in errors at the same position the next year (13).

In my last three seasons for a small-market MLB team, I hit 100 home runs with 303 RBIs. They refused to renew my contract. My last appearance in professional baseball was for the SF Giants AAA ball club in which I hit .203 with two home runs in 20 games.

I was part of a free agent group that was awarded damages because MLB owners colluded to hold salaries down. I was awarded $829,000. 

I only appeared in the MLB postseason once, in which I went 1 for 10 with three strikeouts.

In my career, I played for seven major league teams. When I retired, I was #19 in career home runs. I'm tied with Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron for 4th most on the All-Time Grand Slam list with 16. I also have the lowest career WAR (17.3) of any player with more than 400 home runs, and 23% of that WAR came in a single season. Until David Ortiz broke my record with 38 HRs, I held the record of most home runs of any player in their final season (35).

I had a terrible relationship with the media, and in my first year of Hall of Fame eligibility, I only received three votes. I was the first player with more than 400 home runs who did not make the HoF.

Who am I?

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