10-22-2021, 10:10 AM
'56 Reds?
Outside Topic Sports trivia thread 2020-2021
10-22-2021, 01:29 PM
10-22-2021, 03:39 PM
1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings.
1944 Havana Blue Socks
1901 Maracaibo Lavender Socks
1888 Capetown Boers.
1944 Havana Blue Socks
1901 Maracaibo Lavender Socks
1888 Capetown Boers.
None of the above, although the Boers were a great team (I think)…..
The answer…
Arguably, the greatest team in baseball history…..
The 1927 New York Yankees.
158 HR’s hit
42 HR’s given up
Ruth and Gehrig accounted for 107 of the Yankee HR’s…
The answer…
Arguably, the greatest team in baseball history…..
The 1927 New York Yankees.
158 HR’s hit
42 HR’s given up
Ruth and Gehrig accounted for 107 of the Yankee HR’s…
None of the above, although the Boers were a great team (I think)…..
The answer…
Arguably, the greatest team in baseball history…..
The 1927 New York Yankees.
158 HR’s hit
42 HR’s given up
Ruth and Gehrig accounted for 107 of the Yankee HR’s…
The answer…
Arguably, the greatest team in baseball history…..
The 1927 New York Yankees.
158 HR’s hit
42 HR’s given up
Ruth and Gehrig accounted for 107 of the Yankee HR’s…
I played infield, won five World Series rings, once led the league in runs scored, only played for the Yankees, always wore #2, mostly batted 2nd in the batting order, and my last regular season game was a September 27th game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. In that game, I had one hit, and my manager (named Joe) didn't let me play the whole game. Who is this player?
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I played infield, won five World Series rings, once led the league in runs scored, only played for the Yankees, always wore #2, mostly batted 2nd in the batting order, and my last regular season game was a September 27th game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. In that game, I had one hit, and my manager (named Joe) didn't let me play the whole game. Who is this player?
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10-22-2021, 09:48 PM
Obvious but a trick so I would venture that the manager was Joe McCarthy. Rizzuto was #10, I think Gordon was #8. Gehrig was #4. I can’t remember the third basemen. So it had to be Snuffy Stirnweis.
10-23-2021, 09:18 AM
(10-23-2021, 08:10 AM)BobK Wrote: Asking again what player played for all 4 expansion teams?
I thought Mick answered that - Nolan Ryan…
I was stumped by the Q because I wrongly interpreted the answer as having to be someone who was drafted by one of the four in ‘61/‘62. Obviously, none of those guys played for all four.
Speaking of which, here is another expansion question. Who were the first choices of the Houston Colt 45’s and the New York Mets in the 1962 expansion draft? Hint - both guys were SF Giants.
(10-23-2021, 08:10 AM)BobK Wrote: Asking again what player played for all 4 expansion teams?
I thought Mick answered that - Nolan Ryan…
I was stumped by the Q because I wrongly interpreted the answer as having to be someone who was drafted by one of the four in ‘61/‘62. Obviously, none of those guys played for all four.
Speaking of which, here is another expansion question. Who were the first choices of the Houston Colt 45’s and the New York Mets in the 1962 expansion draft? Hint - both guys were SF Giants.
10-23-2021, 09:45 AM
(10-21-2021, 05:20 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Some more near no-no trivia:
Which players (there are three) share the record for most times being the only players on their team to record a hit in a game?
Which players (there are two) share the record for breaking the most no-hitters in the ninth inning?
Which pitcher has had the most no-hitters broken up in the ninth inning?
Which pitcher has had two perfect games broken up in the ninth inning?
BC
No takers?
Cesar Tovar, Billy Williams, and Eddie Milner hold the record for having been the only players on their teams to record a hit in five games. However, only Milner in 1983 and Tovar (twice) in 1969 did it in the ninth inning to break up a no-hitter.
Horace Clarke of the New York Yankees broke up three no-hitters in the ninth inning, all within a month in 1970; Joe Mauer broke up three no-hitters in the ninth, between 2008 and 2013.
Nolan Ryan, who owns the major league record for one hitters, also has had the most no-hitters broken up in the ninth-inning with five.
As noted by Bob, Mike Mussina had two perfect games broken up in the ninth inning; he lost a perfect game on a one-out single by Sandy Alomar in 1997 and a two-out single by Carl Everett in 2001.
BC
(10-21-2021, 05:20 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Some more near no-no trivia:
Which players (there are three) share the record for most times being the only players on their team to record a hit in a game?
Which players (there are two) share the record for breaking the most no-hitters in the ninth inning?
Which pitcher has had the most no-hitters broken up in the ninth inning?
Which pitcher has had two perfect games broken up in the ninth inning?
BC
No takers?
Cesar Tovar, Billy Williams, and Eddie Milner hold the record for having been the only players on their teams to record a hit in five games. However, only Milner in 1983 and Tovar (twice) in 1969 did it in the ninth inning to break up a no-hitter.
Horace Clarke of the New York Yankees broke up three no-hitters in the ninth inning, all within a month in 1970; Joe Mauer broke up three no-hitters in the ninth, between 2008 and 2013.
Nolan Ryan, who owns the major league record for one hitters, also has had the most no-hitters broken up in the ninth-inning with five.
As noted by Bob, Mike Mussina had two perfect games broken up in the ninth inning; he lost a perfect game on a one-out single by Sandy Alomar in 1997 and a two-out single by Carl Everett in 2001.
BC
What was Casey Stengel’s reason for Hobie being first
His answer
Without a catcher the ball goes to the backstop every time.
Hobie lived in Sunnyvale at the time. Not far from me
What Hall of Fame pitcher had the same number of hits as wins.
One more:
What unusual feat do Elmer Valo, Ron Fairly, Don Mincher and Diego Segui share in common?
His answer
Without a catcher the ball goes to the backstop every time.
Hobie lived in Sunnyvale at the time. Not far from me
What Hall of Fame pitcher had the same number of hits as wins.
One more:
What unusual feat do Elmer Valo, Ron Fairly, Don Mincher and Diego Segui share in common?
What was Casey Stengel’s reason for Hobie being first
His answer
Without a catcher the ball goes to the backstop every time.
Hobie lived in Sunnyvale at the time. Not far from me
What Hall of Fame pitcher had the same number of hits as wins.
One more:
What unusual feat do Elmer Valo, Ron Fairly, Don Mincher and Diego Segui share in common?
His answer
Without a catcher the ball goes to the backstop every time.
Hobie lived in Sunnyvale at the time. Not far from me
What Hall of Fame pitcher had the same number of hits as wins.
One more:
What unusual feat do Elmer Valo, Ron Fairly, Don Mincher and Diego Segui share in common?
10-23-2021, 11:42 AM
(10-23-2021, 09:18 AM)Giants Wrote:(10-23-2021, 08:10 AM)BobK Wrote: Asking again what player played for all 4 expansion teams?
I thought Mick answered that - Nolan Ryan…
I was stumped by the Q because I wrongly interpreted the answer as having to be someone who was drafted by one of the four in ‘61/‘62. Obviously, none of those guys played for all four.
Speaking of which, here is another expansion question. Who were the first choices of the Houston Colt 45’s and the New York Mets in the 1962 expansion draft? Hint - both guys were SF Giants.
Ryan is the only player who solely played for the four expansion teams. Bu he's not the only one who played for all four teams. That would include Darren Oliver, who played for Texas (10 years), Angels (3 years), Mets (1 year) and Astros (1 year). But he also played for Boston, Florida, Colorado, Toronto and St. Louis.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/playe...da02.shtml
As for the Mets and Colt 45s draft selections, I would suggest Ed Kranepool and Joe Morgan. Maybe Dennis Menke.
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(10-23-2021, 09:18 AM)Giants Wrote:(10-23-2021, 08:10 AM)BobK Wrote: Asking again what player played for all 4 expansion teams?
I thought Mick answered that - Nolan Ryan…
I was stumped by the Q because I wrongly interpreted the answer as having to be someone who was drafted by one of the four in ‘61/‘62. Obviously, none of those guys played for all four.
Speaking of which, here is another expansion question. Who were the first choices of the Houston Colt 45’s and the New York Mets in the 1962 expansion draft? Hint - both guys were SF Giants.
Ryan is the only player who solely played for the four expansion teams. Bu he's not the only one who played for all four teams. That would include Darren Oliver, who played for Texas (10 years), Angels (3 years), Mets (1 year) and Astros (1 year). But he also played for Boston, Florida, Colorado, Toronto and St. Louis.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/playe...da02.shtml
As for the Mets and Colt 45s draft selections, I would suggest Ed Kranepool and Joe Morgan. Maybe Dennis Menke.
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