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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - skip75 - 04-30-2025
(04-30-2025, 06:09 AM)Mick Wrote: Here's a few fun ones. Bob Feller had multiple no-hitters, but he also threw 12 one-hitters. The same hitter broke up two of those 12 potential no-hitters. Who was that hitter? Kubek, Doerr, Cepeda or McCovey?Doerr? - only one to play in AL during Feller era
Quote:Until it was demolished in 1964, which player had the most total home runs (home and away) during a consecutive three year period? Mel Ott, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle or Duke Snider?Ruth? - seems obvious, so probably wrong
Quote:Who was the first player to have his number retired?Gehrig?
Quote:What was the first team to wear numbered jerseys?Yankees? - numbers corresponded to spot in batting order
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 04-30-2025
(04-30-2025, 07:32 AM)skip75 Wrote: [quote="Mick" pid='432293' dateline='1746018557']
Here's a few fun ones. Bob Feller had multiple no-hitters, but he also threw 12 one-hitters. The same hitter broke up two of those 12 potential no-hitters. Who was that hitter? Kubek, Doerr, Cepeda or McCovey?
Doerr? - only one to play in AL during Feller era
Until it was demolished in 1964, which player had the most total home runs (home and away) during a consecutive three year period? Mel Ott, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle or Duke Snider?
Ruth? - seems obvious, so probably wrong
Who was the first player to have his number retired?
Gehrig?
What was the first team to wear numbered jerseys?
Yankees? - numbers corresponded to spot in batting order
Babe Ruth had the most home runs in a three year period. The Yankees played at the Polo Grounds from 1920 to 1922, so it was a home stadium for him. His HR totals were 54, 59 and 35 in those three seasons. of the 54, 41 were at the Polo Grounds, of the 59, 32 were at the Polo Grounds. So he had 90 at the PG in a three year span. Most Mel Ott had was 54.
Lou Gehrig's was the first number to be retired.
I thought the first team to wear numbered jerseys was the Yankees as well. Turns out it was the Cleveland Indians in 1916. Scorekeepers, vendors and fans all complained they couldn't tell the players apart. The experiment lasted only a few weeks. The Cardinals tried it in 1923, but Branch Rickey scrapped it, saying it was "embarrassing to the players." The Yankees announced they were numbering uniforms on Jan. 22, 1929, and they were there to stay. Ironically, the Indians followed their announcement, and because the Yankees' first game was rained out, the Indians were the first to wear permanent uniform numbers in a live game.
(04-30-2025, 06:09 AM)Mick Wrote: Here's a few fun ones.
Bob Feller had multiple no-hitters, but he also threw 12 one-hitters. The same hitter broke up two of those 12 potential no-hitters. Who was that hitter? Kubek, Bobby Doerr, Cepeda or McCovey?
Which pitcher has the worst ERA with at least 30 starts? Jose Lima, Ken Cloude, LaTroy Hawkins or Pat Caraway?
Until it was demolished in 1964, which player had the most total home runs (home and away) during a consecutive three year period? Mel Ott, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle or Duke Snider?
Who was the first player to have his number retired? Gehrig
What was the first team to wear numbered jerseys? Indians, 1916 just a short experiment. Cardinals, 1923, also a short experiment. Yankees made it permanent in 1929, though Indians actually wore them first that year.
Who was the first player in MLB history to hit a home run on the first pitch of a baseball game? It's exactly who you think it is...
Who was the first MLB player to wear a batting helmet? Who got thrown at the most?
Over 30 MLB pitchers have thrown two or more no-hitters. Two finished with less than 100 wins. Which two? A Royal and an Expo.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 05-03-2025
(04-30-2025, 07:57 AM)Mick Wrote: Who was the first player in MLB history to hit a home run on the first pitch of a baseball game? It's exactly who you think it is...
Who was the first MLB player to wear a batting helmet? Who got thrown at the most?
Over 30 MLB pitchers have thrown two or more no-hitters. Two finished with less than 100 wins. Which two? A Royal and an Expo.
In order:
Rickey Henderson
Jackie Robinson
Steve Busby and Bill Stoneman
Who are the only brothers to be elected to MLB's Hall of Fame and which of them played for the San Francisco Seals?
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 05-03-2025
Big Poison and Little Poison The Waners are in the Hall of Fame
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Giants - 05-03-2025
Speaking of brothers…
Who are the only two brothers who played in the majors and had a son who also made it to the big leagues?
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - skip75 - 05-03-2025
(05-03-2025, 09:59 AM)Giants Wrote: Speaking of brothers…Al & Mark Leiter - fathers of Jack Leiter & Mark Leiter Jr.
Who are the only two brothers who played in the majors and had a son who also made it to the big leagues?
All pitchers.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 05-03-2025
All 19 horses in this year's Kentucky Derby have a common horse in their lineage. This horse has also won a Kentucky Derby. Which horse?
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Giants - 05-03-2025
(05-03-2025, 10:36 AM)skip75 Wrote:(05-03-2025, 09:59 AM)Giants Wrote: Speaking of brothers…Al & Mark Leiter - fathers of Jack Leiter & Mark Leiter Jr.
Who are the only two brothers who played in the majors and had a son who also made it to the big leagues?
All pitchers.
Yep.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - skip75 - 05-03-2025
(05-03-2025, 02:32 PM)Mick Wrote: All 19 horses in this year's Kentucky Derby have a common horse in their lineage. This horse has also won a Kentucky Derby. Which horse?Secretariat - or as Kruk & Kuip called him, the Wilt Chamberlain of the horse world.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 05-03-2025
(05-03-2025, 02:52 PM)skip75 Wrote:(05-03-2025, 02:32 PM)Mick Wrote: All 19 horses in this year's Kentucky Derby have a common horse in their lineage. This horse has also won a Kentucky Derby. Which horse?Secretariat - or as Kruk & Kuip called him, the Wilt Chamberlain of the horse world.
Correct! Secretariat/WC won the Kentucky Derby. And the Preakness. And the Belmont Stakes. All in the same year...
Secretariat set speed records at each distance (KDerby, 1 mile; Preakness, 1 1/4 mile; Belmont, 1 1/2 mile) in all three races and won the Belmont Stakes by a record 31 lengths, in a still-existing record of 2:24. Secretariat also holds the fastest 1⁄2-, 3⁄4-, 1- and 1+1⁄4-mile fractions in Belmont history.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 05-04-2025
Most hits allowed in a shutout?
Most hits allowed in a complete game shutout?
BC
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 05-04-2025
(05-04-2025, 01:58 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Most hits allowed in a shutout?
Most hits allowed in a complete game shutout?
BC
I don't know if this is a record, but I recall reading a story that Christy Mathewson pitched a game at his peak when he purposely allowed the first two hitters to get on base via hit, then got the next three hitters out through the seventh inning...then mowed down the last six batters when Coach McGraw voiced his impatience.
So I'll say 14.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 05-05-2025
14 is the correct answer, but not by Christy Matthewson. Milt Gaston pitched a shutout for the Washington Nationals against the Cleveland Indians in 1928. How's this for a discordance between hits and runs:
The Nationals had 9 runs on 13 hits; the Indians had 0 runs on 14 hits.
BC
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - terry - 05-06-2025
(05-05-2025, 02:43 PM)BostonCard Wrote: 14 is the correct answer, but not by Christy Matthewson. Milt Gaston pitched a shutout for the Washington Nationals against the Cleveland Indians in 1928. How's this for a discordance between hits and runs:
The Nationals had 9 runs on 13 hits; the Indians had 0 runs on 14 hits.
BC
I never knew that the Washington AL franchise was officially named the Nationals. I had only heard it called the Senators.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 05-06-2025
I went by the baseball reference box score:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WS1/WS1192807102.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool
Per wikipedia:
Quote:The team was officially named the "Senators" during 1901–1904, the Nationals during 1905–1955 and the Senators again during 1956–1960, but nonetheless was commonly referred to as the Senators throughout its history (and unofficially as the "Grifs" during Clark Griffith's tenure as manager during 1912–1920).[1][2] The name "Nationals" appeared on the uniforms for only two seasons, and then was replaced with the "W" logo. However, the names "Senators," "Nationals" and shorter "Nats" were used interchangeably by fans and media throughout the team's history; in 2005, the latter two names were revived for the current National League franchise that had previously played in Montreal.
BC
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 05-06-2025
In 1954 Bobby Thompson slides into third and breaks his ankle. Who replaced him?? Yes a well known name
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 05-06-2025
Special NBA postseason trivia. Last night the Knicks came back from a 20 point deficit in the third quarter to tie the game, and then win it in overtime, while the Nuggets came back from 11 points down with under five minutes left to win in regulation. When was the last time that two lower-seeded teams had come back from double-digit halftime deficits on the road?
BC
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 05-07-2025
(05-06-2025, 10:50 AM)BobK Wrote: In 1954 Bobby Thompson slides into third and breaks his ankle. Who replaced him?? Yes a well known name
Willie Mays.
And not a question, but interesting trivia: the Giants scored nine runs in the 11th inning in last night's shellacking of the Cubs. It was the most runs the Cubs have ever given up in an extra inning at Wrigley Field, and the most runs the Giants have scored in an extra inning since at least 1901.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 05-07-2025
Phogge had the answer quickly. Hank Aaron. Thompson had been traded to the Braves
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - terry - 05-07-2025
To whom did the phrase "from Cy Young to sayonara" refer?
Who coined the phrase, and why?