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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 06-25-2025
Who was the best CFer in NY in the 50s
Few said Duke Snider. But that’s who hit the most HRs
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Giants - 06-25-2025
(06-25-2025, 11:00 AM)BobK Wrote: Who was the best CFer in NY in the 50s
Few said Duke Snider. But that’s who hit the most HRs
I think Mays would have hit more than Snider had he not been in the military for most of 1952 and all of 1953.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 06-25-2025
(06-25-2025, 01:48 PM)Giants Wrote:Mays played just over eight years of the 10, Mantle played nine, Duke played ten. During that time, Mantle had a 173 OPS+, Mays had a 158 OPS+ and Snyder had a 147 OPS+(06-25-2025, 11:00 AM)BobK Wrote: Who was the best CFer in NY in the 50s
Few said Duke Snider. But that’s who hit the most HRs
I think Mays would have hit more than Snider had he not been in the military for most of 1952 and all of 1953.
Or if Snider had played in the Polo Grounds. Snider was a lefty. The right field foul pole in Ebbetts Field was just 297 feet, 344 to right center:
Angle / Ebbetts Field
Left field pole: 348 ft
Left-center field: 351 ft
Deep left-center: 393 ft
Deep right-center bleacher corner: 376 ft
Deep right-center notch: 395 ft
Right-center, scoreboard edges: 344 ft and 318 ft
Right field pole: 297 ft
Polo Grounds
Left field: 279 ft (85 m)
Left-center: 450 ft (137 m)
Center field: 483 ft (147 m)
Yankee Stadium (in 1950s)
Left Field – 318 feet (97 m)
Left-Center – 399 feet (122 m)
Center Field – 408 feet (124 m)
Right-Center – 385 feet (117 m)
Right Field – 314 feet (96 m)
Right-center: 449 ft (136 m)
Right field: 258 ft (78 m)
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - qwerty49 - 06-25-2025
(06-25-2025, 02:45 PM)Mick Wrote:(06-25-2025, 01:48 PM)Giants Wrote:Mays played just over eight years of the 10, Mantle played nine, Duke played ten. During that time, Mantle had a 173 OPS+, Mays had a 158 OPS+ and Snyder had a 147 OPS+(06-25-2025, 11:00 AM)BobK Wrote: Who was the best CFer in NY in the 50s
Few said Duke Snider. But that’s who hit the most HRs
I think Mays would have hit more than Snider had he not been in the military for most of 1952 and all of 1953.
Or if Snider had played in the Polo Grounds. Snider was a lefty. The right field foul pole in Ebbetts Field was just 297 feet, 344 to right center:
Angle / Ebbetts Field
Left field pole: 348 ft
Left-center field: 351 ft
Deep left-center: 393 ft
Deep right-center bleacher corner: 376 ft
Deep right-center notch: 395 ft
Right-center, scoreboard edges: 344 ft and 318 ft
Right field pole: 297 ft
Polo Grounds
Left field: 279 ft (85 m)
Left-center: 450 ft (137 m)
Center field: 483 ft (147 m)
Yankee Stadium (in 1950s)
Left Field – 318 feet (97 m)
Left-Center – 399 feet (122 m)
Center Field – 408 feet (124 m)
Right-Center – 385 feet (117 m)
Right Field – 314 feet (96 m)
Right-center: 449 ft (136 m)
Right field: 258 ft (78 m)
Mick -- Why 2 measurements for right and right-center for Yankee Stadium? I remember it was notorious for the "short porch" in right....
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Giants - 06-25-2025
Counting the two partial seasons as full year, Mays played seven seasons in the 1950’s.
1951 - 121 games: called up after season started
1952 - 34 games: left for military duty early in the season
1954 - 59: full seasons
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 06-26-2025
(06-25-2025, 05:09 PM)qwerty49 Wrote:(06-25-2025, 02:45 PM)Mick Wrote:(06-25-2025, 01:48 PM)Giants Wrote:Mays played just over eight years of the 10, Mantle played nine, Duke played ten. During that time, Mantle had a 173 OPS+, Mays had a 158 OPS+ and Snyder had a 147 OPS+(06-25-2025, 11:00 AM)BobK Wrote: Who was the best CFer in NY in the 50s
Few said Duke Snider. But that’s who hit the most HRs
I think Mays would have hit more than Snider had he not been in the military for most of 1952 and all of 1953.
Or if Snider had played in the Polo Grounds. Snider was a lefty. The right field foul pole in Ebbetts Field was just 297 feet, 344 to right center:
Angle / Ebbetts Field
Left field pole: 348 ft
Left-center field: 351 ft
Deep left-center: 393 ft
Deep right-center bleacher corner: 376 ft
Deep right-center notch: 395 ft
Right-center, scoreboard edges: 344 ft and 318 ft
Right field pole: 297 ft
Polo Grounds
Left field: 279 ft (85 m)
Left-center: 450 ft (137 m)
Center field: 483 ft (147 m)
Yankee Stadium (in 1950s)
Left Field – 318 feet (97 m)
Left-Center – 399 feet (122 m)
Center Field – 408 feet (124 m)
Right-Center – 385 feet (117 m)
Right Field – 314 feet (96 m)
Right-center: 449 ft (136 m)
Right field: 258 ft (78 m)
Mick -- Why 2 measurements for right and right-center for Yankee Stadium? I remember it was notorious for the "short porch" in right....
I think I left in Polo Grounds measurements at the bottom...good catch. These measurements are straight from Wikipedia, so you know it's right...
Left field 318 feet (97 m)
Left center 399 feet (120 m)
Center field 408 feet (124 m)
Right center 385 feet (120 m)
Right field 314 feet (96 m)
According to Wikipedia, the outfield measurements were exactly the same at the old and new stadium, though the backstop is about 20 feet closer. I've been to the new stadium a few times, it has a similar feel in the seats and on the concourses to the new Detroit stadium (never been to either of the old stadiums).
(06-25-2025, 05:27 PM)Giants Wrote: Counting the two partial seasons as full year, Mays played seven seasons in the 1950’s.
1951 - 121 games: called up after season started
1952 - 34 games: left for military duty early in the season
1954 - 59: full seasons
Agreed. Here's a comparison of games played between 1950 and 1959, along with 2Bs, 3Bs and HRs; total bases, BBS and K's for each player. As Giants notes, Mays played the equivalent of seven seasons, Mantle played nine, and Snider played ten:
Player, Games, 2Bs, 3Bs, HRs, TBs, BBs, SOs
Mays, 1,065, 204, 79, 250, 2,403, 505, 435
Mantle, 1,246, 208, 54, 280, 2,548, 892, 899
Snider, 1,418, 274, 57, 326, 2,971, 711, 851
And here is a fielding comparison during the same time period. The difference is stark:
Player, Games, POs errs, Assts, DPs, Fld%, Rtot RF (Range Factor vs. league avg.)
Mays, 1,058, 2,936, 58, 105, 36, .981, 64, +.60
Mantle, 1,222, 2,906, 58, 94, 25, .981, 19, +.20
Snider, 1,372, 3,149, 46, 87, 12, .986, -5, +.13
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 06-29-2025
Three Stanford golfers have won the NCAA Men's individual Golf Championship. Name them.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - skip75 - 06-29-2025
(06-29-2025, 08:58 AM)Mick Wrote: Three Stanford golfers have won the NCAA Men's individual Golf Championship. Name them.Tiger Woods, Tom Watson, Sandy Tatum
Pretty sure about Woods & Tatum, not so sure about Watson
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 06-29-2025
(06-29-2025, 09:42 AM)skip75 Wrote:(06-29-2025, 08:58 AM)Mick Wrote: Three Stanford golfers have won the NCAA Men's individual Golf Championship. Name them.Tiger Woods, Tom Watson, Sandy Tatum
Pretty sure about Woods & Tatum, not so sure about Watson
Woods and Tatum are correct. Cameron Wilson won in 2014. Watson tied for 6th in the 1969 and 1970 NCAA championships. He played on the web.com tour, the PGA Tour Latinoamerica and the PGA Tour Canada. He played in three U. S. Opens, was cut twice (2012, 2014) and was 64th in 2018 (shot a 301, 21 over par).
He played in 66 events, made 28 cuts, had one Top 5 finish and three Top 10 finishes.
https://www.pgatour.com/player/36685/cameron-wilson
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Sam Leopold - 06-29-2025
This isn't quite trivia and it's only tangentially related to Stanford, but it's more a silly kind of fun than anything.
Which of the following can have its letters re-arranged to make a word that is playable in North American tournament Scrabble?
STANFARD
STANFERD
STANFIRD
STANFORD
STАNFURD
STANFYRD
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 06-30-2025
You can make indrafts with Stanfird.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Sam Leopold - 06-30-2025
(06-30-2025, 05:30 AM)Mick Wrote: You can make indrafts with Stanfird.
That's right -- STANFIRD anagrams to INDRAFTS.
There are monthly one-day Scrabble tournaments in the Bay Area which alternate between San Mateo and San Francisco. I used to play against Bennett Jacobstein, who co-directs the series in San Mateo.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 07-02-2025
In honor of Clayton Kershaw becoming the 20th pitcher to throw 3,000 strikeouts, who was the last pitcher to accomplish this feat?
Who was the first pitcher to do so?
How many years elapsed between the first and second pitcher in the 3000K club?
BC
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Leftcoast - 07-02-2025
(07-02-2025, 09:22 PM)BostonCard Wrote: In honor of Clayton Kershaw becoming the 20th pitcher to throw 3,000 strikeouts, who was the last pitcher to accomplish this feat?
Who was the first pitcher to do so?
How many years elapsed between the first and second pitcher in the 3000K club?
BC
Walter Johnson for the first club member.
I'll pass on the other two questions as my guess was Justin Verlander which was not correct. (I checked, and am now disqualified)
It's amazing that I've watched most members pitch in person or on TV during my lifetime. I guess that might be a hint for the "how long" question.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 07-02-2025
I knew Walter Johnson was first. I actually think Nolan Ryan was second, so about...45 years?
The last one? Randy Johnson?
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 07-02-2025
Johnson is correct for the first pitcher with 3000 strikeouts; nice job leftcoast and mick.
Verlander was an excellent guess for most recent; he was actually the second most recent.
Nolan Ryan was the fourth member of the club, and 45 years was a good guess on how long between the first and second 3000k members, but was actually too low.
By the way, the 45th anniversary of Nolan Ryan’s 3000th strikeout will be, perhaps fittingly, on the 4th of July.
BC
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - skip75 - 07-03-2025
Bob Gibson as the second member of the 3,000 K club?
Justin Verlander's former teammate Max Scherzer as the most recent member prior to Kershaw?
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 07-03-2025
(07-03-2025, 03:08 PM)skip75 Wrote: Bob Gibson as the second member of the 3,000 K club?
Justin Verlander's former teammate Max Scherzer as the most recent member prior to Kershaw?
Nicely done, skip! Both are correct.
It took almost 51 years (technically 50 years and 360 days) between when Walter Johnson scored his 3,000th strikeout in 1923 and Bob Gibson got his 3,000th in July 1974.
Kind of an interesting distribution of 3,000th strikeouts:
* There was Walter Johnson all alone in 1923
* 9 pitchers got their 3,000th strikeout between 1974 and 1986 (Bert Blyleven)
* Then no one got their 3,000th strikeout for over a decade; Roger Clemens broke the drought in 1998
* Six pitchers got their 3,000th strikeout over the ensuing 10 years ending when John Smoltz got his 3,000th in 2008.
* Then another 10+ year drought, that ended when C.C. Sabathia got his 3,000th in 2019.
* Over the last 6 years starting with Sabathia, four pitchers have thrown their 3,000th strikeout (Sabathia, Verlander, Scherzer, and now Kershaw)
BC
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 07-03-2025
Some more 3,000 strikeout trivia.
Kershaw is one of four left-handed pitchers to get to 3000 strikeouts. WHO were the other three?
Kershaw is one of only five pitchers to get 3000 strikeouts with a single team, who were the other four? Of those, only two of them spent their entire career on the same team (assuming Kershaw doesn’t play for anyone else, he’ll be the third). Who are those two?
Kershaw reached 3000 strikeouts in 2,787 and a third innings. Only three pitchers got there faster; who are they?
Who was the first player Kershaw struck out? What became of him?
BC
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 07-04-2025
Lefties
Randy Johnson
Steve Chalton
Plus one named above.