Baseball Trivia

[Supreme Olajuwon]

You know, because it's fun.

Since 2000, 4 players have collected at least 200 base hits and 40 home runs in a single season. Name them.

[CNM]

Todd Helton, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, and.... I can't come up with a fourth player

[McLegend]

I'm going to say ManRam

[The Miz]

Arod did it with Mariners and then later w/ Rangers. Helton, Pujols, and I am going to guess Soriano w/ Yankees. Might be Vlad but I don't think sp.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

The Miz I'm disappointed you don't know the last guy.

[MVP]

Adrian Beltre is the last one

[Supreme Olajuwon]

ding ding ding

[The Miz]

Yeha like I pay attention to the Dodgers :mad:

[The Miz]

Alfonso Soriano
2002 26 NYY (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2002.shtml) AL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL_2002.shtml) 156 696 128 209 51 2 39 102 41 13 23 157 .300 .332 .547 131 381 1 7 1 14 8

Damn.

[The Miz]

This outfielder is the only played to ever be intentionally walked 5 times in one game.

[Skippord]

Bonds?

[The Miz]

Naw

[toxic rooster]

I thought Bonds had pretty much every intentional walk record possible :-\

[Shisen Kopf]

Andre Dawson, that was easy.

[toxic rooster]

Google easy.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Name the two players to hit 50 homers in a season and steal 50 bases in another season.

[Loose Cannon]

well I know Bonds is surely one.

[Shisen Kopf]

Brady Anderson is one of them I think

[YOUR Hero]

Brady ever steal 50 bases?

[YOUR Hero]

just looked, yup in '93 he had 53 stolen bases.


-weird career, that Mr. Anderson. 53 stolen bases in a season, but never again came close to those type of #'s, just like the 50 HR year.

[OssMan]

I think Bonds only stole 50 bases once and it was in the same year he hit 50 HR so that does not count. I think Willie Mays did it and I am gonna guess Frank Robinson.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

it was Bonds and Anderson

Bonds only hit 50 homers once and that was his 73 year

[OssMan]

oh. new question

[The Miz]

Who R the only two players with 50 doubles and 50 steals in a season

[Skippord]

Craig Biggio and ???

[McLegend]

Craig Biggo and Tris Speaker

[The Miz]

:y:

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Name the 6 members of the 300-300 club.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

that's homers and stolen bases btw

[McLegend]

Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonds, Wille Mays, Andre Dawson, Reggie Sanders, and Steve Finlay

[The Miz]

Rickey's gotta be there....right??

[McLegend]

nope he has hit 297 home runs

[The Miz]

All the more reason for him to unretire and hit leadoff for the Mets

[McLegend]

I argee

[Nervous Ferret]

Is Griffey seriously not 300-300

[McLegend]

He has only stolen 184 bases.

[YOUR Hero]

Who holds the record for the most HRs as a teenager

[The Miz]

I have heard the answer to this before, I remeber it being an older player. I think Griff is second with 16

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I know Ott has more than Griffey because he started playing when he was 17 but I'm not sure if he's #1.

[McLegend]

Tony Conigliaro

[The Miz]

It's amazing how easy it is when you use Google

[McLegend]

Baseball-reference.com there, sir.

[The Miz]

Isn't the point of trivia to see whether or not you know it. I know some handicapped kids that could probably look it up

[Nervous Ferret]

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[McLegend]

Isn't the point of trivia to see whether or not you know it. I know some handicapped kids that could probably look it up
Isn't the point to answer the questions so the game can still go on?

[Supreme Olajuwon]

No, it is not.

Name the player with the most World Series rings who never played for the Yankees.

[YOUR Hero]

yeah, don't google shit :(

Make it hard/fun

[YOUR Hero]

Tony C.

read up on him last year and a bit again this year, pretty interesting career.

[YOUR Hero]

In regards to Supreme's question: Barry Bonds.

[YOUR Hero]

I'd think it's a Giant or Dodger. Most likely a New York Giant or Brooklyn Dodger

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Hints:

-He never played for a New York team period
-He is a Hall of Famer
-He is in the top 30 all time in avg, OBP, runs, hits, triples, and stolen bases

[Adder]

I'd think maybe an Oakland A from their 70's teams.

[The Miz]

My guess is Eddie "College Boy" Collins

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Eddie Collins would be the correct answer.

5 rings with the Philadelphia A's, 1 with the Chicago White Sox

[The Miz]

Shoulda been 2

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Reds would've won anyway :shifty:

[Loose Cannon]

lol.

Collins hit like shit in that series. I thought it had to have been someone from the A's. I was going to post Stuffy McGinnis, but it didn't sound right to me. Miz :y:

[Supreme Olajuwon]

There have only been 15 times in major league history that a player has collected at least 240 hits in a season. Of those 15 cases, only 3 times did the player who had at least 240 hits win the MVP award. Name those 3 players.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Daren Erstad is not one of them.

[YOUR Hero]

Ichiro, Williams, Brett?

[The Miz]

Ichiro, Cobb, Hornsby

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Ichiro and Cobb are correct. Hornsby despite having one of the greatest individual seasons of all time in 1922 where he had 250 hits, .401 avg, 141 runs, 42 homers, 152 rbis did not win the MVP because nobody in the National League won the MVP.

The final person had 240+ hits twice.

[YOUR Hero]

Joe Jackson?

[Loose Cannon]

Jackson never won an MVP. his 1911 season was very close to Cobbs though.

pretty sure it has to be Sisler. He won an MVP in the 20's and I'm just taking a guess it was the same year he had around 240 hits.

[YOUR Hero]

I didn't realise Sisler won any MVP's, thought of him right away.... As for Jackson, no MVPs? Huh.

[Loose Cannon]

nope. his 1911 and 1912 seasons could be argued, but it went to Cobb and then Speaker.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Sisler is correct. He won in 1922 by hitting .420 with 246 knocks. He benefited from Cobb, Ruth and Speaker all missing a number of games that year.

Interestingly enough Ichiro and Sisler both had seasons with more hits than they did the year they won.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Name the 4 sets of teammates who've each driven in at least 150 runs in the same season. One player did it with two separate teammates.

[Loose Cannon]

Gehrig and Ruth
Gehrig and Dimaggio

:cool:

I have to think about the others

[Loose Cannon]

Simmons and Foxx.

having trouble with the final one

[loopydate]

Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth
Jimmie Foxx and Al Simmons
Joe DiMaggio and Lou Gehrig
Ted Williams and Vern Stephens

[Supreme Olajuwon]

correct

you know when talking about greatest players of all time, Gehrig's name does not get brought up nearly enough

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Name the only person in baseball history to have 3 straight seasons of hitting 40 or more homers and striking out 40 or less times.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

hint: he's not a hall of famer

[Loose Cannon]

Ted Kluzewski (sp)

[OssMan]

Name one player post-1900 who has driven in over 100 runs and hit less than 10 home runs.

Note: Sam Thompson and Cap Anson did it, but this was before 1900 so those are not one the answers.

Hint: At least 3 people have done it

[Loose Cannon]

lol, you know those are dead ball era guys. let me think about it.

[Loose Cannon]

Wagner
Lajoie
Speaker

There's probably a ton more too.

[Loose Cannon]

oh, you said one.

[Loose Cannon]

k, I'll do one until Supreme comes back.

Most baseball fans know about the 1919 Sox scandal and all the players from that team that were banned because of it. But here's my question.

What other current (at that time) mlb player also recieved a lifetime ban from baseball along with the Sox players for being associated with the fix?

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Joe Gedeon of the St. Louis Browns...have heard that question before :cool:

I'll post a question later when I can think of one</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>OK, another ban related question:

believe it or not - these two Hall of Fame players were banned from organized baseball for a short while before new Commissioner Peter Uberroth lifted the suspension in 1985</font>

[Loose Cannon]

Mantle and Mays. That commisioner was a moron.

[YOUR Hero]

Why were Mantle ands Mays banned :?:

[OssMan]

Mantle and Mays were both retired by 1985 :?:

[Loose Cannon]

cause they both worked at or were involved with a casino. it was stupid

[Loose Cannon]

also, you can get banned from baseball whether you're retired or not.

[Loose Cannon]

here's a cool one for you.

On the 50th anniversary of a particular all-star game, a Hall of Fame pitcher was on hand to throw out the first pitch. During the game, 2 NL pitchers combined to strikeout 6 AL batters in a row, an All-Star game record. That record broke the previous record of 5, which was held by the very same guy throwing out the first pitch.

Name the HOF player who threw out the first pitch?

Name the two pitchers who combined to strike out 6 in a row?

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I have no idea what the answer to that question and I doubt anyone else does so I'm going to do a slightly easier one:

Name the two members of the 30 HR/50 SB club.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

and after this season Hanley Ramirez might be the 3rd member

[Loose Cannon]

my answer was Carl Hubbell (struck out Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, Simmons and Cronin)

and Fernando Valenzuela and Dwight Gooden

Supreme's answer is Barry Bonds and Eric Davis

[YOUR Hero]

Hanley got # 29 tonight. 51 SBs... Go Hanley.

[OssMan]

Ramirez hurt his hand pretty bad today :(

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Fuck, Eric Davis was so good. 86-87 combined for 64 homers and 130 stolen bases

anyway bringing this back lemme think of a good question

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Four players have had at least 130 runs, 130 rbi's, and 130 walks in a single season. Name them.

[Nervous Ferret]

Ruth, Gehrig, Ted Williams, Bonds

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Ruth, Gehrig, and Williams are correct. Bonds is not, although he did come close in 04 with 129 R, 137 RBI, and 177 BB.

[Nervous Ferret]

Giambi? McGwire? Bagwell? :(

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Mark McGwire is the final man. 130 R, 147 RBI, 162 BB in his 70 HR season.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Name the 7 clubs that have had 10 or more players win the MVP while on the team

multiple winners are ok, count the award not the player

[RoXer]

Yankees
Dodgers
Red Sox
Cubs
Athletics
Braves
Reds


I was just going name older clubs to have a better chance but 90's Braves might help me out as well as some Big Red Machine.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox, Cubs, Athletics, Reds are correct

Braves have only had 7

[Supreme Olajuwon]

actually it's 8 clubs so we need 2 more

whoops

[Jeritron]

Giants?

[RoXer]

Yeah, looking at it now. Glavine or Maddux never won an MVP in 90's. Wow.

Cardinals btw

[Jeritron]

Gonna say Tigers for the second one

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Giants and Cardinals are the other two

[Jeritron]

I win

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Since the creation of the Cy Young award in 1956, 4 pitchers have won at least 25 games in a season and did not win the Cy Young. Name them.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Hints:
2 of them are Hall of Famers
1 won a Cy Young during a different season
2 were screwed over by Sandy Koufax

[Triple Naitch]

One is definitely Juan Marichal. He did it like 3 times. I think the others are Bob Welch, Ferguson Jenkins, and Jim Kaat.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Marichal, Jenkins, and Kaat are correct. Bob Welch and his 27 wins in 1990 were awarded the Cy Young

[Triple Naitch]

Detroit World Series hero Mickey Lolich.

[Triple Naitch]

3 players have stolen a base in 4 different decades. Who dey?

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Ricky Henderson is 1

dunno the rest

[Triple Naitch]

Name the only two pitchers to have double digit wins and saves and win the Cy Young in the same year.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa what's your rush baby

don't give the answers up that quick

[Triple Naitch]

Figured we were the only two playing and you said dunno.

[Jeritron]

Ken Griffey Jr., Hank Aaron, Ted Williams (despite his speed)?

Those are my guesses.

[Jeritron]

Just going from 4 decade players I can think of off who aren't pitchers

[Jeritron]

I'm assuming using the internet to help you is against the rules, or at the very least lame

[McLegend]

I would say Lou Brock, but there is no way he played in 3 decades.

I'm gonna take a ridiclious guess, and say Tim McCarver.

[McLegend]

I'm assuming using the internet to help you is against the rules, or at the very least lame

Miz yelled at me for it.

[McLegend]

Wait Barry Bonds played in the 80's did he not?

Then I say Barry Bonds is also one.

Edit

O 4 decades. I'm a moron then.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Nobody who started in the 80s is eligible because their 4th decade starts this coming season

[Supreme Olajuwon]

So Griffey and Vizquel could both do this in the coming months.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Name the only two pitchers to have double digit wins and saves and win the Cy Young in the same year.
Sparky Lyle and Mark Marshall

I saw Marshall's #s when I was looking up my Cy Young question :o

[Triple Naitch]

Supreme got one of the base stealers, Jeritron got another one with Ted Williams. He stole 2 bases in 1939 and one stolen base in 1960.

[Jeritron]

So are we moving on or are you waiting for the last answer?

I know it, but I was comprimised by Supreme.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Tim Raines let's move on.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Who are the only two players to hit home runs in their first at-bat of the season for three consecutive seasons?

(Disclaimer: I honestly thought only one person had done it when I went to double-check the answer, learn something new every day)</font>

[Triple Naitch]

Kaz Matsui is one.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Yep. Interesting how he did it. Homered on the first pitch of his big league career in 2004, homered in his first AB of 2005, then started 2006 on the DL only to come back and hit an inside-the-parker in San Diego. Led to plenty of jokes from Mets fans that he should've been hypnotized to think every AB was his first.

Like I said though, I thought Kaz was the only one...only to find out someone else did it as well.</font>

[screech]

Griffey the other?

[Jeritron]

Brady Anderson

[Evil Vito]

Griffey the other?

<font color=goldenrod>Yeah.</font>

[screech]

Since 1990, four players have hit four home runs in a single game. Name them.

[DaveWadding]

Shawn Green is one
Mike Cameron

[McLegend]

Hard Hittin Mark Wittin

Shawn Green

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Carlos "Del Got It" Delgado

[screech]

Delgado, Green, Cameron and Whiten are the four.

Cameron and Green actually did it in the same year.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

same month too I believe

[screech]

Yup. May of 2002