[Mick]

Answers to Professor's Mick's baseball trivia mid-term:

1) Who are the only two players to win League MVP, World Series MVP and All Star Game MVP?  Brooks Robinson & Frank Robinson.
2) Which pitcher started the All Star game, then only played one more MLB game the rest of his career?  J.R. Richard. Pitched one game after the All Star game and had a stroke, ending his career.
3) Who is the only player to play for all four original expansion franchises and ONLY those franchises?  Nolan Ryan.  Mets, Angels, Rangers, Astros.
4) Which pitcher threw 14 consecutive scoreless innings in All Star games?  Juan Marichal.
5) The 1927 Pirates were swept by the Yankees in the World Series.  Which two hall of famers on the Pitt roster didn't play an inning during the WS?  Kiki Cuyler, who ticked off first-year manager Donie Bush who benched him for the rest of the year, and Joe Cronin, who was just 20 years old. 
6) Who is the only player to have appeared in a WS game at both Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park?  Babe Ruth.  His Red Sox beat the Cubs in 1918 when the WS was held at the larger Comiskey Park and the Yankees beat the Cubs at Wrigley in 1932.
7) Which four modern MLB clubs were originally in the American Association?  Dodgers, Pirates, Reds and Cardinals.
8) Walter Johnson beat Jack Bentley in the last game of the 1924 WS.  What else did they have in common?  They have the highest WS OPS among pitchers, Big Train had 1.033 (hit .433) for the Senators and Bentley had 1.019 (hit .427) for the Giants
9) Who was the first African American player inducted into the Hall of Fame, who did not play in the Negro leagues?  Bob Gibson.
10) What Hall of Famer was the first St. Louis Browns player to hit two home runs in a game?  Branch Rickey.
11) Five Hall of Famers played for only one manager during their career who was also a Hall of Famer.  Name the five players.  Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax (Walt Alston), Walt Alston himself (Frankie Frisch), Ross Youngs (John McGraw), and Harry Wright (himself).
12) Of the sluggers with at least 600 HRs, name the only one who never won an MVP award.  Jim Thome.  Closest he got was 4th place.
13) Who won a Gold Glove despite having handled just 17 chances all season?  Bobby Shantz, Yankees.
14) Of the original 16 franchises of the modern two league era, which is the only team that has never won more than 100 games in a season?  Chicago White Sox won 100 games in 1917 and never surpassed it.
15) Who is the only player who played with five different teammates who had either already won two consecutive MVP awards or would win two consecutive MVP awards in four different decades?  Jim Bouton.  Played with Berra ('54-'55), Mantle ('56-'57), Maris ('60-'61), Joe Morgan ('75-'76) and Dale Murphy ('82-'83)
16) Which four men played in the postseason in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s?  Mays, Norm Cash, Don McMahon and Stan Williams.
17) Who led his league in ERA more seasons than any other pitcher?  Lefty Grove led the AL in ERA for nine seasons, non-consecutive.
18) Who is the only American League batting champ without a homer during their batting championship season?  Three NL winners did it (Wee Willie Keeler, Ginger Beaumont and Zack Wheat, all during the dead ball era.  The American Leaguer was not during the dead ball era).  Rod Carew, 1972, hit .318, no homers.
19) Four players have hit homers as teenagers and after 40.  Name them.  Ty Cobb, Rusty Staub, Alex Rodriguez and Gary Sheffield.
20) Three pitchers won a game as a teenager and after turning 40.  Name them.  Herb Pennock, Bert Blyleven and Mike Morgan.
21) Which batter hit into the most triple plays in his career?  Brooks Robinson hit into four triple plays to lead the career MLB stat.  He fielded three triple plays starting at 3B.
22) Who is the position player with the most innings pitched in the Wild Card era? (hint: he started a game for the Padres and gave up one run in six innings).  Jason Lane, who was a position player between 2002 and 2007 mainly for Houston, lost his hitting stroke, played in AAA for six more years, then decided he wanted to pitch.  Tried it as a lark in 2009 and 2010, got six starts (again, all at AAA) in 2011, then started 24 games at AAA in 2014.  He got called up to MLB, seven years after he appeared as a batter.  He got a start, gave up one run in six innings, pitched 10 1/3 innings overall with a 0.87 ERA in the majors, and a 0.677 WHIP.  Next year, back to the minors, where he went 10-10 in 28 starts.  Allowed a .202 OBP in MLB.

re: #22…

Rick Ankiel pitched 242 innings in his career.  The catch is that he started his career as a pitcher and ended it as a position player.  Wouldn’t that be the correct answer?

No.  The same could be said for Babe Ruth and Lefty O'Doul.  All three were professional pitchers, either successfully or unsuccessfully, but they were pitchers in the main at the start of their careers.  And conversely, there were many players who started out as position players, but became professional pitchers (Tim Wakefield, Trevor Hoffman, Dave Stieb, Troy Percival, etc.)

I was referring exclusively to players like Pablo Sandoval who were full time position players from the beginning.

[Mick]

Answers to Professor's Mick's baseball trivia mid-term:

1) Who are the only two players to win League MVP, World Series MVP and All Star Game MVP?  Brooks Robinson & Frank Robinson.
2) Which pitcher started the All Star game, then only played one more MLB game the rest of his career?  J.R. Richard. Pitched one game after the All Star game and had a stroke, ending his career.
3) Who is the only player to play for all four original expansion franchises and ONLY those franchises?  Nolan Ryan.  Mets, Angels, Rangers, Astros.
4) Which pitcher threw 14 consecutive scoreless innings in All Star games?  Juan Marichal.
5) The 1927 Pirates were swept by the Yankees in the World Series.  Which two hall of famers on the Pitt roster didn't play an inning during the WS?  Kiki Cuyler, who ticked off first-year manager Donie Bush who benched him for the rest of the year, and Joe Cronin, who was just 20 years old. 
6) Who is the only player to have appeared in a WS game at both Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park?  Babe Ruth.  His Red Sox beat the Cubs in 1918 when the WS was held at the larger Comiskey Park and the Yankees beat the Cubs at Wrigley in 1932.
7) Which four modern MLB clubs were originally in the American Association?  Dodgers, Pirates, Reds and Cardinals.
8) Walter Johnson beat Jack Bentley in the last game of the 1924 WS.  What else did they have in common?  They have the highest WS OPS among pitchers, Big Train had 1.033 (hit .433) for the Senators and Bentley had 1.019 (hit .427) for the Giants
9) Who was the first African American player inducted into the Hall of Fame, who did not play in the Negro leagues?  Bob Gibson.
10) What Hall of Famer was the first St. Louis Browns player to hit two home runs in a game?  Branch Rickey.
11) Five Hall of Famers played for only one manager during their career who was also a Hall of Famer.  Name the five players.  Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax (Walt Alston), Walt Alston himself (Frankie Frisch), Ross Youngs (John McGraw), and Harry Wright (himself).
12) Of the sluggers with at least 600 HRs, name the only one who never won an MVP award.  Jim Thome.  Closest he got was 4th place.
13) Who won a Gold Glove despite having handled just 17 chances all season?  Bobby Shantz, Yankees.
14) Of the original 16 franchises of the modern two league era, which is the only team that has never won more than 100 games in a season?  Chicago White Sox won 100 games in 1917 and never surpassed it.
15) Who is the only player who played with five different teammates who had either already won two consecutive MVP awards or would win two consecutive MVP awards in four different decades?  Jim Bouton.  Played with Berra ('54-'55), Mantle ('56-'57), Maris ('60-'61), Joe Morgan ('75-'76) and Dale Murphy ('82-'83)
16) Which four men played in the postseason in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s?  Mays, Norm Cash, Don McMahon and Stan Williams.
17) Who led his league in ERA more seasons than any other pitcher?  Lefty Grove led the AL in ERA for nine seasons, non-consecutive.
18) Who is the only American League batting champ without a homer during their batting championship season?  Three NL winners did it (Wee Willie Keeler, Ginger Beaumont and Zack Wheat, all during the dead ball era.  The American Leaguer was not during the dead ball era).  Rod Carew, 1972, hit .318, no homers.
19) Four players have hit homers as teenagers and after 40.  Name them.  Ty Cobb, Rusty Staub, Alex Rodriguez and Gary Sheffield.
20) Three pitchers won a game as a teenager and after turning 40.  Name them.  Herb Pennock, Bert Blyleven and Mike Morgan.
21) Which batter hit into the most triple plays in his career?  Brooks Robinson hit into four triple plays to lead the career MLB stat.  He fielded three triple plays starting at 3B.
22) Who is the position player with the most innings pitched in the Wild Card era? (hint: he started a game for the Padres and gave up one run in six innings).  Jason Lane, who was a position player between 2002 and 2007 mainly for Houston, lost his hitting stroke, played in AAA for six more years, then decided he wanted to pitch.  Tried it as a lark in 2009 and 2010, got six starts (again, all at AAA) in 2011, then started 24 games at AAA in 2014.  He got called up to MLB, seven years after he appeared as a batter.  He got a start, gave up one run in six innings, pitched 10 1/3 innings overall with a 0.87 ERA in the majors, and a 0.677 WHIP.  Next year, back to the minors, where he went 10-10 in 28 starts.  Allowed a .202 OBP in MLB.

re: #22…

Rick Ankiel pitched 242 innings in his career.  The catch is that he started his career as a pitcher and ended it as a position player.  Wouldn’t that be the correct answer?

No.  The same could be said for Babe Ruth and Lefty O'Doul.  All three were professional pitchers, either successfully or unsuccessfully, but they were pitchers in the main at the start of their careers.  And conversely, there were many players who started out as position players, but became professional pitchers (Tim Wakefield, Trevor Hoffman, Dave Stieb, Troy Percival, etc.)

I was referring exclusively to players like Pablo Sandoval who were full time position players from the beginning.