Wednesday non-political thread - Sports Trivia

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,584]

1 minute ago, vuduchile said:

Willie Wilson? He played for the Royals, A's and Cubs I believe. 

already guessed and no

 

[vuduchile 1,941]

I was also thinking Gary Templeton, but I don't think he ever played in the AL

[vuduchile 1,941]

Lance Johson played for a few teams,  White Sox, Mets, Yankees?

[posty 2,296]

Checked out the answers, never would have thought of them...

Great question @RaiderHaters Revenge!!!

[vuduchile 1,941]

1 minute ago, posty said:

Checked out the answers, never would have thought of them...

Great question @RaiderHaters Revenge!!!

Who are they?!!!!

[Mike Honcho 4,034]

2 hours ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

lets keep it to baseball

almost the same exact question I asked originally

Sam Crawford led the NL in 3B in 1902, and 3 times in the AL

only 1 other person has lead both leagues, also combining for 4 total crowns

 

 

1 minute ago, posty said:

Checked out the answers, never would have thought of them...

Great question @RaiderHaters Revenge!!!

If Posty doesn't know the answer then....
 

 

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1 hour ago, vuduchile said:

Lance Johson played for a few teams,  White Sox, Mets, Yankees?

hes one of them

the other is Brett Butler

 

[vuduchile 1,941]

3 minutes ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

hes one of them

the other is Brett Butler

 

Ahh.  Butler played for several different teams too.  Makes sense.  

[posty 2,296]

3 minutes ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

hes one of them

the other is Brett Butler

 

Was them having at least four a requirement?  Denard Span led the NL in 2013 and the AL in 2010...

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1 minute ago, posty said:

Was them having at least four a requirement?  Denard Span led the NL in 2013 and the AL in 2010...

no it wasnt and thats a good catch, there is a story behind my question, a couple of you guys might like

I played college ball under a guy named Eddie Olsen in 1993-94 https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=olsen-001edw

dude was as old school as they get and a baseball historian, traditional yankee, played in the minors with Maris and Mantle, great story teller, hard ass, no facial hair pants at our knees type of guy. He used to read the baseball encyclopedia and knew everything, every stat, every player.  Ironically he didn't watch much baseball or follow current action.  Well he had a trivia question contest every year, and if anyone could ever stump him, he would buy the team a keg and host a pizza party.  I watched as guys came up with questions that were pretty obscure, and he would nail him.  So I had to think outside of the box.  you got one chance to ask a question and you could ask him 3 and you were out for the year.  He had never been stumped.  Living in San Diego the Padres were a regular talk of discussion, and I kinda got the feeling he didnt follow the local team.  Well it was the year after Sheffield won the batting title and Mcgriff won homers and rbis, and he didnt really know the roster.  So I came up with the home run question.

I asked him, Skip, there are two men that have led both leagues in homers name them.  Immediately he says Sam Crawford and says the year, and total, I was like damn, ok hes going to nail this.  He then sits there for the next 15 minutes listing every single home run leader by year and total, and he finally says, nope Smitty, thats it, Crawford is the only one.  At which point I got a big grin on my face and said Skip, who lead the Padres in homeruns last year?

"God damn you sob smitty!!! You got me expletives, for minutes"  I had stumped him.  I told him I came up with another question of similar about triples and he knew  right away Crawford and Butler

morale to the story, the 1993 baseball encyclopedia hadn't been released yet

 

[posty 2,296]

[Cruzer 1,992]

Damn, that was a tough one.

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,584]

another followup, there was at the time only 2 guys who had been 20-20-20-20 (HR, 3B, 2B, SS) my coach nailed it Frank Schulte, and Willie Mays, but since 1993 there have been two others and they did it in the same season

name them

 

[posty 2,296]

1 minute ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

another followup, there was at the time only 2 guys who had been 20-20-20-20 (HR, 3B, 2B, SS) my coach nailed it Frank Schulte, and Willie Mays, but since 1993 there have been two others and they did it in the same season

name them

 

First, that should be "SB", not "SS"...

Jimmy Rollins was one of them...

Curtis Granderson I think was the secone one...

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2 minutes ago, posty said:

First, that should be "SB", not "SS"...

Jimmy Rollins was one of them...

Curtis Granderson I think was the secone one...

nice job Posty, I thought it might take a minute

and no its 20 homers, and 20 games played at 3b-2b-and SS jk

 

 

[Mike Honcho 4,034]

1 minute ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

nice job Posty, I thought it might take a minute

and no its 20 homers, and 20 games played at 3b-2b-and SS jk

 

 

[posty 2,296]

2 minutes ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

nice job Posty, I thought it might take a minute

and no its 20 homers, and 20 games played at 3b-2b-and SS jk

 

 

Granderson playing SS would be a disaster...

[posty 2,296]

What major league pitcher racked up the most career wins without ever winning the Cy Young Award?  

[Cruzer 1,992]

1 minute ago, posty said:

What major league pitcher racked up the most career wins without ever winning the Cy Young Award?  

Cy Young.

 

[Mike Honcho 4,034]

Just now, Cruzer said:

Cy Young.

 

Damn it, ,I finally knew one but was too slow.   

[posty 2,296]

Just now, Cruzer said:

Cy Young.

 

Dammit...  I was hoping that it would trick some of you guys...

But alas...

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4 minutes ago, posty said:

Dammit...  I was hoping that it would trick some of you guys...

But alas...

in 1884, Charles Radbourn, just had his stats updated to include his 60th win

dude posted 19.1 WAR and 678 IP that season

[Cruzer 1,992]

This pitcher was the first Canadian inducted into the Hall of Fame. Born in Chatham, Ontario, he pitched for four teams throughout his 19 seasons in the big leagues. He was a 1971 Cy Young winner, and 20 years later inducted into the hall. Who is this Canadian pitcher?

 

(I actually did know this one............. To date - he is also the only Canadian in the HOF)

[TimmySmith 2,782]

Just now, Cruzer said:

This pitcher was the first Canadian inducted into the Hall of Fame. Born in Chatham, Ontario, he pitched for four teams throughout his 19 seasons in the big leagues. He was a 1971 Cy Young winner, and 20 years later inducted into the hall. Who is this Canadian pitcher?

 

(I actually did know this one............. To date - he is also the only Canadian in the HOF)

Fergie Jenkins

[Cruzer 1,992]

1 minute ago, TimmySmith said:

Fergie Jenkins

As a Rangers fan - he is one of few pitchers we can hang or hat on..............proudly that is.

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3 minutes ago, Cruzer said:

As a Rangers fan - he is one of few pitchers we can hang or hat on..............proudly that is.

One of the 70's greats. The best decade in pitching IMO.

This question is not really one in the books, but it is very interesting.

This pitcher in the 70's once threw 4 complete game wins in 10 calender days.

 

[posty 2,296]

22 minutes ago, TimmySmith said:

This pitcher in the 70's once threw 4 complete game wins in 10 calender days.

J.R. Richard?

[Mike Honcho 4,034]

24 minutes ago, TimmySmith said:

One of the 70's greats. The best decade in pitching IMO.

This question is not really one in the books, but it is very interesting.

This pitcher in the 70's once threw 4 complete game wins in 10 calender days.

 

Amanda Whurlitzer

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Just now, posty said:

J.R. Richard?

No. If this were presented to me there would be 3-4 names that come to mind for a specific reason.   

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Bob Gibson would have been my first guess

Phil Neikro maybe since he was a knuckler?

 

[Cruzer 1,992]

This screams finesse, not bronze -

Tommy John or Niekro

[Mike Honcho 4,034]

screw it, I'll go farm boy strong and take Nolan Ryan.  

[posty 2,296]

To me this also would sound like a pitcher in the post-season since I don't think many pitchers threw during the regular season four games in ten days even in the 1970s...

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9 minutes ago, posty said:

To me this also would sound like a pitcher in the post-season since I don't think many pitchers threw during the regular season four games in ten days even in the 1970s...

thats what I think too.  Jim Palmer is out cause their staff was strong

Vida Blue?

 

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a little research tells me its not the playoffs, as Luis Tiant is the only pitcher to have 3 CG's in the playoffs in the 70's

so I am going back to 

Neikro

 

[posty 2,296]

6 minutes ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

Neikro

 

I know you mean Phil, but it would be funny as hell if it was Joe that accomplished this...

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5 minutes ago, posty said:

I know you mean Phil, but it would be funny as hell if it was Joe that accomplished this...

thats why I didnt put a first name, I can double dip

Phil had 5 straight CG's a couple times that I have found, but none over 10 days I am seeing

even with a couple 8 ip and 11 ip varieties

oh could it be a trick question?  Like baseball calendar days?  Guy finishes 75 with 2 CG's and starts 76?

 

 

[posty 2,296]

I give up...  My last guess will be Gaylord Perry...

[TimmySmith 2,782]

Answer  

Keep guessing if you like.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

1 minute ago, TimmySmith said:

Answer  

Keep guessing if you like.

The last one, he pitched 11 innings for the CG.