Baseball Trivia

[The Crimson King]

Hints for the no hitter quiz:

QUES 1:

The no-hitter pitcher was born with the last name of Braun.

The pitcher who gave up the hit was later traded to the Mets for Rob Gardner and spent the last two years of his career in the Mets farm system.  

The guy who got the hit: 

a) Was missing the top of an ear because of an automobile accident. Actually it wasn't missing, it was sewn onto his chest at the accident scene for re-attachment which they never did and his skin around grew so it stayed there

b) Spent most of his first 12 seasons in the minors before he got called up because a player broke his ankle. That player later came to the Mets in a trade that also brought Derrell Griffith

QUES 2:

Well you gotta know the year by the clue. Pretty much a famous baseball event. 

a) The no hitter pitcher has two other baseball records. He pitched 2 complete game 3 hitters in both ends of a double header for the record for least hits allowed in a double header. The other is the longest no hitter in pro baseball history with a 17 inning no hitter in the minors

b) The losing pitcher won the pitching triple crown the following year

QUES 3:

C'mon, you gotta know this.  If he didn't throw the no hitter no one would have ever heard of him. He had the same nickname as a teammate who was more well known due to a 20 year MLB career.

 

BONUS QUESTION:

The Mets had a no hitter in spring training. Two pitchers combined. A righty and a lefty. Name them. 

 

[Lith]

2 hours ago, The Crimson King said:

QUES 3:

C'mon, you gotta know this.  If he didn't throw the no hitter no one would have ever heard of him. He had the same nickname as a teammate who was more well known due to a 20 year MLB career.

Must be referring to Athens, GA's very own Bobo Holloman.  No hitter in his first ever start, but out of the league by the end of his first season.

[The Crimson King]

44 minutes ago, Lith said:

Must be referring to Athens, GA's very own Bobo Holloman.  No hitter in his first ever start, but out of the league by the end of his first season.

Yessir !

I knew one of you mavens would know this

Interesting story. Apparently, he got hit hard the whole game and all of the balls found gloves.

Isn't baseball a great game for stories?

 

[The Crimson King]

1. The perfect game/no-hitter, one-hitter question is still open. 

An easy hint:

The perfect game catcher was Jeff Torborg

2. Only once in MLB history did both pitchers throw a no hitter through 9. The game was lost in the 10th however and although counted as a no hitter for the loser for many years, baseball took it away with a stats rule change in the 80's (?) 

The answer to # 2 is Fred Toney (Reds) and Hippo Vaughn (Cubs). Guess you had to know that specifically.

The bonus question of the no-hitter the Mets threw in spring training

Year was 1965; Two pitchers, a hard throwing righty named Gary Kroll, who they got from the Phillies for Frank Thomas went 6 (IIRC) and lefty Gordon Richardson, who they got in the Tracy Stallard trade threw 3. 

 

[section314]

1 hour ago, The Crimson King said:

1. The perfect game/no-hitter, one-hitter question is still open. 

An easy hint:

The perfect game catcher was Jeff Torborg

2. Only once in MLB history did both pitchers throw a no hitter through 9. The game was lost in the 10th however and although counted as a no hitter for the loser for many years, baseball took it away with a stats rule change in the 80's (?) 

The answer to # 2 is Fred Toney (Reds) and Hippo Vaughn (Cubs). Guess you had to know that specifically.

The bonus question of the no-hitter the Mets threw in spring training

Year was 1965; Two pitchers, a hard throwing righty named Gary Kroll, who they got from the Phillies for Frank Thomas went 6 (IIRC) and lefty Gordon Richardson, who they got in the Tracy Stallard trade threw 3. 

 

Pitcher has to be Sandy Koufax. Guess 1963?

[The Crimson King]

2 hours ago, section314 said:

Pitcher has to be Sandy Koufax. Guess 1963?

Koufax indeed pitched the perfect game, but it couldn't be '63 because Jim Bunning's famous PG at Shea in '64 was the first regular season PG in over 40 years and only the 4th in over 6 decades of MLB, but it was the next one in '65. 

The opponent was Bob Hendley, a forgettable pitcher other than this event who was also forgettable on the mostly forgettable 1967 Mets which we won't forget because it was Seaver's rookie year.

The only hit in the game was a 2B by Lou Johnson (thought that the ear thing or replacing Tommy Davis would give it away) in the 7th but he also scored the game's only run early in the game when he stole third and the Cubs catcher threw the ball away.  

[Lith]

To close the loop on the Hall of Fame question.  First player at each position voted to the Hall:

Manager: Mack and Mcgraw.

P: Mathewson/Johnsont
C  Buck Ewing
1B: Gehrig, Anson, Sisler
2B: Nap Lajoie.
SS: Honus Wagner
3B Jimmy Collins
LF: Fred Clarke, Ed Delehanty, Jim O'rourke
CF Ty Cobb
RF: Babe Ruth

Delehanty and O'Rourke were the two guys not guessed.  Not sure if anyone guessed Sisler at 1B either.  Delehanty is the guy who fell to his death near Niagara Falls in '03.  Jim O'Rourke played until he was in his 40s, then continued his career in the Minor Leagues.  Coming back to play one game for John Mcgraw's Giants in 1904 at age 53.

[The Crimson King]

Another minor league question (and one that someone NOT collecting soc sec may remember)

The longest game in pro baseball history was 33 innings. 

1. What two teams?

2. Two HOF players were in the game, one for each team

3. The winning pitcher was a future Met. 

HINTS later

[The Crimson King]

On 1/22/2020 at 6:06 PM, The Crimson King said:

Another minor league question (and one that someone NOT collecting soc sec may remember)

The longest game in pro baseball history was 33 innings. 

1. What two teams?

2. Two HOF players were in the game, one for each team

3. The winning pitcher was a future Met. 

HINTS later

No? Guess not much interest here. Maybe when the season starts?

Anyway, this happened early in 1981 between the Orioles Rochester AAA farm club and the Red Sox farm club Pawtucket. The venue. located in an industrial area of the downtrodden town of Pawtucket opened during WWII and is a wonderful throwback to the way things used to be. For years, they embraced the 33 inning game with memorabilia, drink cups and even the winding ramps leading to the seats emblazoned with the long line score of that game.

The two HOF players were Wade Boggs and Cal Ripken, both at 3B. They went 32 innings before suspending the game just after 4am. According to league rules, it should have been stopped at 1am or so but for some reason, the umpires' rule book didn't not state that.

Fans in attendance at the end, all 19 of them, were awarded lifetime season tix.

One player (sorry, forgot who) struck out a pro record 7 times. Many records were set that night that will probably never be broken.

The game resumed in the 33rd inning later in the year when Rochester came back to town, They were going to do it in Fenway but since the MLB strike was going on the players voted to not cross the picket line so they played it in McCoy in front of a sold out crowd and press from all over the world (there was a lottery for the press).  The teams used their regularly scheduled starters and it only took one inning to decide the game (to the disappointment of all) it in favor of the home team. The Pawsox pitcher got two wins on his record that day because after the one inning, he started the regularly scheduled game. I vaguely remember the guy,  I think he was a lefty with a hellova changeup named Bob Ojeda

The stories for this game were priceless, from wives not believing players why they were out so late to the police being called for missing children that seemingly did not come home. My favorite was about one of the pitchers who was taken out earlier on the game and spent 20 or so innings in the clubhouse. Apparently when the players came in early that AM looking for a post game beer, the pitcher had drank all of it and was laying out hammered. 

This is a lot more detail than I put forth here. Surprised no one ever wrote a book about it. If you are unfamiliar with all of this, it is worth looking into as a great part of baseball lore.  

[Lith]

17 hours ago, The Crimson King said:

No? Guess not much interest here. Maybe when the season starts?

Anyway, this happened early in 1981 between the Orioles Rochester AAA farm club and the Red Sox farm club Pawtucket. The venue. located in an industrial area of the downtrodden town of Pawtucket opened during WWII and is a wonderful throwback to the way things used to be. For years, they embraced the 33 inning game with memorabilia, drink cups and even the winding ramps leading to the seats emblazoned with the long line score of that game.

The two HOF players were Wade Boggs and Cal Ripken, both at 3B. They went 32 innings before suspending the game just after 4am. According to league rules, it should have been stopped at 1am or so but for some reason, the umpires' rule book didn't not state that.

Fans in attendance at the end, all 19 of them, were awarded lifetime season tix.

One player (sorry, forgot who) struck out a pro record 7 times. Many records were set that night that will probably never be broken.

The game resumed in the 33rd inning later in the year when Rochester came back to town, They were going to do it in Fenway but since the MLB strike was going on the players voted to not cross the picket line so they played it in McCoy in front of a sold out crowd and press from all over the world (there was a lottery for the press).  The teams used their regularly scheduled starters and it only took one inning to decide the game (to the disappointment of all) it in favor of the home team. The Pawsox pitcher got two wins on his record that day because after the one inning, he started the regularly scheduled game. I vaguely remember the guy,  I think he was a lefty with a hellova changeup named Bob Ojeda

The stories for this game were priceless, from wives not believing players why they were out so late to the police being called for missing children that seemingly did not come home. My favorite was about one of the pitchers who was taken out earlier on the game and spent 20 or so innings in the clubhouse. Apparently when the players came in early that AM looking for a post game beer, the pitcher had drank all of it and was laying out hammered. 

This is a lot more detail than I put forth here. Surprised no one ever wrote a book about it. If you are unfamiliar with all of this, it is worth looking into as a great part of baseball lore.  

I should have known that one -- at least that it waas the PawSox.  Never would have guessed it was that long ago, but I do remember hearing about it.  Wouldn't have know the answers to the other questions, because I would have guessed that it happened in the late 90s, not 1981.

Can't imagine what it would be like to sit through a 32 inning minor league game.  I was at the Mets-Brewers 18 inning game in Milwaukee last year, which was great for 17 1/2 innings, until we blew the lead and the game in the bottom of the 18th.  That was brutal.  Would have been one thing if the Brewers just won it, but taking the lead in the 18th only to blow it was such an empty feeling when they lost.

 

[Jetsfan80]

@Lith  @The Crimson King  @section314 let's do another batch of questions!

 

1.  Name the only MLB team that did NOT have a winning season in the 2010s (2010-19):  Answered correctly by @SAM SAM HE'S OUR MAN - Marlins

2.  Rickey Henderson played with 15 different Hall of Famers over the course of his career (4 with OAK, 3 with NYY, 3 with TOR, 2 with SDP, 1 with ANA, 1 with BOS, 1 with SEA).  How many can you name?   6 left to go!  1 Answered by @The Crimson King:  Mike Piazza (NYM); 8 Answered by @section314:  Tony Gwynn (SDP), Trevor Hoffman (SDP), Edgar Martinez (SEA), Goose Gossage (NYY & OAK), Dave Winfield (NYY), Paul Molitor (TOR), Jack Morris (TOR), Pedro Martinez (BOS)

3.  I’ll give you the franchise and year, you give me the 3 players who combined for the most HR by a trio in a single season in that franchise’s history:

• Diamondbacks (1999? 2/3 Answered by @section314 - Matt Williams (35); Steve Finley (34)
• Braves (1973):  Answered correctly by @The Crimson King and @section314 - Davey Johnson (43); Darrell Evans (41); Hank Aaron (40)
• Reds (1970):  Answered correctly by @The Crimson King and @section314 - Johnny Bench (45); Tony Perez (40); Lee May (34)
• Indians (1996):  Answered correctly by @Lith - Albert Belle (48); Jim Thome (38); Manny Ramirez (33)
• Rockies (1997):  Answered by @section314 and @Lith - Larry Walker (49); Andres Galarraga (41); Vinny Castilla (40)
• Astros (2000):  2/3 Answered by @section314 and @Lith - Jeff Bagwell (47); Richard Hidalgo (44)
• Angels (2000):  1/3 Answered by @Lith - Troy Glaus (47)
• Brewers (2007):  2/3 Answered by @Lith - Prince Fielder (50); Ryan Braun (34)
• Twins (1964):  Answered correctly by @The Crimson King - Harmon Killebrew (49); Bob Allison (32); Tony Oliva (32)
• Mets (2019):  Answered correctly by @SAM SAM HE'S OUR MAN - Pete Alonso (53); Michael Conforto (33); Jeff McNeil (23)
• Yankees (1961):  Answered correctly by @SAM SAM HE'S OUR MAN - Roger Maris (61); Mickey Mantle (54); Bill Skowron (28)
• Mariners (1996):  Answered correctly by @Lith - Ken Griffey Jr. (49); Jay Buhner (44); Alex Rodriguez (36)
• Blue Jays (2015):  2/3 Answered by @section314:  Josh Donaldson (41); Jose Bautista (40)

4.  Name the 8 players banned in the 1919 Black Sox scandal.  Answered Correctly by @section314 and @Lith:  P Eddie Cicotte; P Claude “Lefty” Williams; 1B Chick Gandil; 3B George “Buck” Weaver; SS Charles “Swede” Risberg; LF “Shoeless” Joe Jackson; CF Oscar “Happy” Felsch, UT Fred McMullin

5.  In the history of the White Sox, 13 different players have hit 35+ HR in a season.  How many can you name?  10/13 Answered by @The Crimson King, which includes 4/13 by @section314, 2 others answered by @Lith:  Albert Belle (49 - 1998); Jim Thome (42 - 2006; 35 - 2007); Jermaine Dye (44 - 2006); Frank Thomas (43 - 2000; 42 - 2003; 41 - 1993; 40 - 1995; 40 - 1996; 38 – 1994; 35 – 1997); Adam Dunn (41 - 2012); Paul Konerko (41 - 2004; 40 - 2005; 39 – 2010; 35 – 2006); Todd Frazier (40 – 2016); Magglio Ordonez (38 – 2002); Dick Allen (37 – 1972); Carlton Fisk (37 – 1985); Jose Abreu (36 - 2014); Ron Kittle (35 – 1983)

[SAM SAM HE'S OUR MAN]

1 - Florida MARLINS

3 - yANKEES 1961 - mANTLE , mARIS , sKOWRON

      mETS 2019 - Alonso , conforto , mcneil

 

[Jetsfan80]

1 minute ago, SAM SAM HE'S OUR MAN said:

1 - Florida MARLINS

3 - yANKEES 1961 - mANTLE , mARIS , sKOWRON

      mETS 2019 - Alonso , conforto , mcneil

 

Correct on all!

[The Crimson King]

Yeah baseball trivia ! Thank you Mr. 80

start with some low hanging fruit from the Strat-o-Matic years

'73 Braves: The Davey Johnson 43 HR year and Eddie Mathews was long gone by then so ...

Johnson, Aaron (Hank, not Tommie), Evans 

'70 Reds

Lee May still around because it was before the Morgan trade, Perez playing 3B back then

Bench, May, Perez

'64 Twins

Killebrew, Oliva, Bob Allison (that was an easy one)

[section314]

18 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

@Lith  @The Crimson King  @section314 let's do another batch of questions!

 

1.  Name the only MLB team that did NOT have a winning season in the 2010s (2010-19)

2.  Rickey Henderson played with 15 different Hall of Famers over the course of his career (4 with OAK, 3 with NYY, 3 with TOR, 2 with SDP, 1 with ANA, 1 with BOS, 1 with SEA).  How many can you name? 

3.  I’ll give you the franchise and year, you give me the 3 players who combined for the most HR by a trio in a single season in that franchise’s history:

• Diamondbacks (1999):  
• Braves (1973):    
• Reds (1970):  
• Indians (1996):  
• Rockies (1997):  
• Astros (2000):  
• Angels (2000):  
• Brewers (2007):  
• Twins (1964):  
• Mets (2019):  
• Yankees (1961):  
• Mariners (1996):  
• Blue Jays (2015):  

4.  Name the 8 players banned in the 1919 Black Sox scandal.  

5.  In the history of the White Sox, 13 different players have hit 35+ HR in a season.  How many can you name?

4) Buck Weaver, Eddie Chilcot, Joe Jackson

5) Dick(don't call me Richie) Allen, Ron Kittle, Ken Berry, Frank Thomas, Bill Melton Harold Baines, Todd Frazier

3)  Braves.. Hank Aaron, Darrell Evans, Davey Johnson     Twins...Harmon Killebrew, Bob Allison, Zolio Versailles or Don Mincher    Reds  Johnny Bench, Lee May,Tony Perez    Dbacks....Matt Williams, Steve Finley, Carlos Gonzales   Astros....Camminiti, Bagwell, Biggio    Rockies....Walker, Gallaraga, Bichette

[The Crimson King]

4. John Cusack, David Stratharn, Charlie Sheen and D.B. Sweeney were 4 of them

5. This is a fun one:

Hmmm ...

Belle, Thome, Frank Thomas. Dunn and Konerko from modern times

I think Todd Frazier is one

Carlton Fisk had a big HR year

Ron Kittle

DIck f/k/a Richie Allen

Pretty sure about those so some guesses as I need 4 more 

J.C. Martin and Al Weis (ha-ha)

Robin Ventura

Bill Melton

Magglio Ordonez

Richie Zisk

[Lith]

7 minutes ago, section314 said:

4) Buck Weaver, Eddie Chilcot, Joe Jackson

+ Swede Risberg, Lefty Williams, Happy Felsch., Chick Gandil.  Can't think of the last guy right now, but it will come to me

[Lith]

56 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

Mariners (1996):  

Griffey, Arod, and Buhner?  Last guy has to be either Edgar or Buhner, I am guessing Buhner.  

[section314]

3 minutes ago, Lith said:

+ Swede Risberg, Lefty Williams, Happy Felsch., Chick Gandil.  Can't think of the last guy right now, but it will come to me

Was just gonna type him in.?

[section314]

Blue Jays....Bautista, Donaldson, Tulowitski.

[Jetsfan80]

1 hour ago, The Crimson King said:

Yeah baseball trivia ! Thank you Mr. 80

start with some low hanging fruit from the Strat-o-Matic years

'73 Braves: The Davey Johnson 43 HR year and Eddie Mathews was long gone by then so ...

Johnson, Aaron (Hank, not Tommie), Evans 

'70 Reds

Lee May still around because it was before the Morgan trade, Perez playing 3B back then

Bench, May, Perez

'64 Twins

Killebrew, Oliva, Bob Allison (that was an easy one)

Braves:  Correct!  Davey Johnson (43); Darrell Evans (41); Hank Aaron (40)

Reds:  Correct!  Johnny Bench (45); Tony Perez (40); Lee May (34)

Twins (1964):  Correct!  Harmon Killebrew (49); Bob Allison (32); Tony Oliva (32)

 

 

1 hour ago, section314 said:

4) Buck Weaver, Eddie Chilcot, Joe Jackson

5) Dick(don't call me Richie) Allen, Ron Kittle, Ken Berry, Frank Thomas, Bill Melton Harold Baines, Todd Frazier

3)  Braves.. Hank Aaron, Darrell Evans, Davey Johnson     Twins...Harmon Killebrew, Bob Allison, Zolio Versailles or Don Mincher    Reds  Johnny Bench, Lee May,Tony Perez    Dbacks....Matt Williams, Steve Finley, Carlos Gonzales   Astros....Camminiti, Bagwell, Biggio    Rockies....Walker, Gallaraga, Bichette

 

3.  Correct on Braves and Reds (see above from Crimson King).  Twins you got 2/3 (also see above).

For the others:  

Rockies (1997):  2/3 Correct!  Larry Walker (49); Andres Galarraga (41)

Diamondbacks (1999):  2/3 correct!   Matt Williams (35); Steve Finley (34)

Astros (2000):  1/3 correct!  Jeff Bagwell (47)

4.  Weaver, Cicotte, Joe Jackson are correct!

5.  Correct on the following:  Dick Allen (37 – 1972); Ron Kittle (35 – 1983); Frank Thomas (43 - 2000; 42 - 2003; 41 - 1993; 40 - 1995; 40 - 1996; 38 – 1994; 35 – 1997); Todd Frazier (40 – 2016)

 

 

1 hour ago, The Crimson King said:

4. John Cusack, David Stratharn, Charlie Sheen and D.B. Sweeney were 4 of them

5. This is a fun one:

Hmmm ...

Belle, Thome, Frank Thomas. Dunn and Konerko from modern times

I think Todd Frazier is one

Carlton Fisk had a big HR year

Ron Kittle

DIck f/k/a Richie Allen

Pretty sure about those so some guesses as I need 4 more 

J.C. Martin and Al Weis (ha-ha)

Robin Ventura

Bill Melton

Magglio Ordonez

Richie Zisk

 

5.  Correct on the following:  Albert Belle (49 - 1998); Jim Thome (42 - 2006; 35 - 2007); Adam Dunn (41 – 2012); Todd Frazier (40 – 2016); Magglio Ordonez (38 – 2002); Dick Allen (37 – 1972); Ron Kittle (35 – 1983)

Zisk, Ventura and Melton were close!  They hit 30+ but not 35+.  

[Jetsfan80]

4 minutes ago, Lith said:

Griffey, Arod, and Buhner?  Last guy has to be either Edgar or Buhner, I am guessing Buhner.  

 

Mariners (1996):  Correct!  Ken Griffey Jr. (49); Jay Buhner (44); Alex Rodriguez (36)

[Jetsfan80]

1 minute ago, section314 said:

Blue Jays....Bautista, Donaldson, Tulowitski.

 

Blue Jays (2015):  2/3 correct!  Josh Donaldson (41); Jose Bautista (40)

[Jetsfan80]

Grabbing lunch!  I'll be back to update the post so you know what's been answered so far.  

[Jetsfan80]

Remaining unanswered:

2.  Rickey Henderson played with 15 different Hall of Famers over the course of his career (4 with OAK, 3 with NYY, 3 with TOR, 2 with SDP, 1 with ANA, 1 with BOS, 1 with SEA, 1 with NYM).  How many can you name?  7 left to go!  

3.  I’ll give you the franchise and year, you give me the 3 players who combined for the most HR by a trio in a single season in that franchise’s history:

• Diamondbacks (1999):  2/3 Answered by @section314 - Matt Williams (35); Steve Finley (34)
• Astros (2000):  2/3 Answered by @section314 and @Lith - Jeff Bagwell (47), Richard Hidalgo (44)
• Angels (2000):  
• Brewers (2007):  2/3 Answered by @Lith - Prince Fielder (50); Ryan Braun (34)
• Blue Jays (2015):  2/3 Answered by @section314:  Josh Donaldson (41); Jose Bautista (40)

4.  Name the 8 players banned in the 1919 Black Sox scandal.  1 more to go!

5.  In the history of the White Sox, 13 different players have hit 35+ HR in a season.  How many can you name?  You collectively named 10 of them (Belle, Thome, Thomas, Konerko, Dunn, Frazier, Ordonez, Allen, Fisk, Kittle).  3 more to go!

[Lith]

7 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

Remaining unanswered:

2.  Rickey Henderson played with 15 different Hall of Famers over the course of his career (4 with OAK, 3 with NYY, 3 with TOR, 2 with SDP, 1 with ANA, 1 with BOS, 1 with SEA).  How many can you name? 

3.  I’ll give you the franchise and year, you give me the 3 players who combined for the most HR by a trio in a single season in that franchise’s history:

• Diamondbacks (1999):  2/3 Answered by @section314 - Matt Williams (35); Steve Finley (34)
• Indians (1996):  
• Rockies (1997):  2/3 Answered by @section314 - Larry Walker (49); Andres Galarraga (41)
• Astros (2000):  1/3 Answered by @section314 - Jeff Bagwell (47)
• Angels (2000):  
• Brewers (2007):  
• Blue Jays (2015):  2/3 Answered by @section314:  Josh Donaldson (41); Jose Bautista (40)

4.  Name the 8 players banned in the 1919 Black Sox scandal.  1 more to go!

5.  In the history of the White Sox, 13 different players have hit 35+ HR in a season.  How many can you name?  You collectively named 10 of them (Belle, Thome, Thomas, Konerko, Dunn, Frazier, Ordonez, Allen, Fisk, Kittle).  3 more to go!

3rd Dback - Luis Gonzalez?

3rd Rockie - Vinny Castilla?

2nd Astro - Richard Hidalgo?  No guess right now for 3rd guy.

Indians: Ramirez, Thome, Belle?

Brewers. Fielder, Sexson, Braun?

 

[Jetsfan80]

11 minutes ago, Lith said:

3rd Dback - Luis Gonzalez?

3rd Rockie - Vinny Castilla?

2nd Astro - Richard Hidalgo?  No guess right now for 3rd guy.

Indians: Ramirez, Thome, Belle?

Brewers. Fielder, Sexson, Braun?

 

No on Luis Gonzalez.  He hit 26 HR that season but wasn't among the trio of top HR hitters.  

Castilla is correct!  40 that year.

Hidalgo is correct!  44 that year.  

Correct for the 3 Indians:  Albert Belle (48); Jim Thome (38); Manny Ramirez (33)!

Fielder (50) and Braun (34) are correct!  No on Sexson; he was with Seattle in 2007.  

[Jetsfan80]

Bonus question:

6.  Turning to the College Baseball world:  Founded in 1859, which program is, by far (1,000+ wins), the winningest in College Baseball history?

[The Crimson King]

49 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

Remaining unanswered:

2.  Rickey Henderson played with 15 different Hall of Famers over the course of his career (4 with OAK, 3 with NYY, 3 with TOR, 2 with SDP, 1 with ANA, 1 with BOS, 1 with SEA).  How many can you name? 

Good one !

This is going to take awhile

Add one with the Mets. Mike Piazza. Henderson was on the 2000 team at the beginning and then went to Seattle later in the year

 

 

[Jetsfan80]

4 minutes ago, The Crimson King said:

Good one !

This is going to take awhile

Add one with the Mets. Mike Piazza. Henderson was on the 2000 team at the beginning and then went to Seattle later in the year

 

 

Got plenty of time!  Long way to go until Opening Day!

Piazza is correct!  Sorry, I thought I put NYM in the question.  

He played with 15 different HOFers, one of them with 2 different teams.

[The Crimson King]

24 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

Bonus question:

6.  Turning to the College Baseball world:  Founded in 1859, which program is, by far (1,000+ wins), the winningest in College Baseball history?

Manhattan College Jaspers !

OK, OK I know that's not it but we did invent the 7th inning stretch

[Jetsfan80]

6 minutes ago, The Crimson King said:

Manhattan College Jaspers !

OK, OK I know that's not it but we did invent the 7th inning stretch

 

Good guess but no! 

And yes, that anecdote is correct, at least according to legend!  Though there is dispute on that:

 

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THE MYSTERIOUS ORIGINS

The origins of the seventh inning stretch are lost to the shadows of history. One popular story dates back to the days of President William Howard Taft, who was attending a game in 1910 and stood up during the middle of the seventh inning to stretch his legs. Naturally (the story goes) when all of the other fans in attendance saw Taft stand, they followed suit.

Another theory about the tradition’s origins cites an 1869 issue of the New York Herald, which documented a game in which the entire crowd simply stood up after a brutally long second inning of play, thus inventing “the stretch” (albeit a bit earlier in the game). Other competing accounts are out there, but no conclusive proof.

 

 

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Just like peanuts and Cracker Jack, the seventh-inning stretch is a baseball tradition. Precisely how this custom came about is unknown, but there are several theories. According to one popular tale, William Howard Taft, America’s 27th president, is to thank for the ritual. In 1910, Taft attended the opening-day game of the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium in the nation’s capital and threw out the ceremonial first pitch (thereby inaugurating the custom of first-pitch tossing by the commander-in-chief). As the story goes, by the seventh inning the president, who tipped the scales at more than 300 pounds, was feeling cramped in his seat and got up to stretch his legs. The crowd, thinking the chief executive was leaving, rose to its feet out of respect—and the stretch supposedly was born.

Meanwhile, another account holds that a man called Brother Jasper of Mary, the baseball coach and prefect of discipline at New York City’s Manhattan College, invented the ritual when he asked for a timeout in the middle of the seventh inning during a game on a hot day in 1882. Observing that fans were getting antsy, he told them to stand up and stretch. Satisfied with the results, Brother Jasper repeated this practice at subsequent games, and the ritual reportedly moved to the major leagues when Manhattan College played exhibition games against the New York Giants starting in the late 1880s.

However, in a letter penned in 1869 by Cincinnati Red Stockings manager Harry Wright, he noted that fans at hometown games got up between the halves of the seventh inning to stretch and in some cases walked around. Matt Rothenberg, manager of the Giamatti Research Center at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, says Wright’s letter is the earliest known reference to stretching activity during the seventh inning. (According to Sports Illustrated, at a game the Red Stockings played on the West Coast that same year there was a 10-minute intermission after the sixth inning, in an effort to get spectators to visit the concessions stand.)

 

 

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1 hour ago, Jetsfan80 said:

No on Luis Gonzalez.  He hit 26 HR that season but wasn't among the trio of top HR hitters.  

Castilla is correct!  40 that year.

Hidalgo is correct!  44 that year.  

Correct for the 3 Indians:  Albert Belle (48); Jim Thome (38); Manny Ramirez (33)!

Fielder (50) and Braun (34) are correct!  No on Sexson; he was with Seattle in 2007.  

Incredible middle of an order! That was a great team.

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54 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

Bonus question:

6.  Turning to the College Baseball world:  Founded in 1859, which program is, by far (1,000+ wins), the winningest in College Baseball history?

St.John's?

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13 minutes ago, section314 said:

St.John's?

Nope!