We Are The Champions

[RuthMayBond]

Name at least a couple of guys who played in a Major League baseball championship that was NOT a World Series, and who ALSO played in a Major League Baseball World Series.

[KingSwisher]

Hideki Matsui

[RuthMayBond]

Hideki MatsuiGood guess, but I don't believe the Japan Series is considered a Major League championship

[KingSwisher]

Good guess, but I don't believe the Japan Series is considered a Major League championship

Semantics. In Japan it is.

Otherwise:

In 1969, the centennial of professional baseball, a commission chartered by Major League Baseball identified the following leagues as "major leagues". The list is sometimes disputed by baseball researchers. The MLB list included the following:

* 1876—: National League of Professional Baseball Clubs
* 1882–1891: American Association
* 1884: Union Association
* 1890: Players League
* 1901—: American League
* 1914–1915: Federal League

Some researchers contend that the following leagues deserve consideration as major leagues due to the caliber of player and the level of play exhibited:

* The National Association (1871–1875)
* The first year of the American League (1900)
* The Negro Leagues (primarily during the years from 1921–1946)

In general, the official stance is that game and statistical records for these particular leagues were not kept in a consistent manner and/or those leagues did not have a significant direct impact on the major leagues.

[RuthMayBond]

Semantics. In Japan it is.I guess, but then you could include Cuba, Mexico ...
So the key would be to go with the centennnial commission

[KingSwisher]

I guess, but then you could include Cuba, Mexico ...
So the key would be to go with the centennnial commission

I'd also include the World Baseball Classic

[RuthMayBond]

I'd also include the World Baseball ClassicI wasn't intending to include them, but I don't think it would make a diff

[KingSwisher]

I wasn't intending to include them, but I don't think it would make a diff

Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) have joined together to establish the World Baseball Classic. The tournament, sanctioned by the International BAseball Federation (IBAF), will be conducted jointly by MLB and the MLBPA in cooperation with Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), their respective players associations and other professional leagues from around the world.

That sounds like a "Major League championship".

That would put Johnny Damon, Roger Clemens, Derek Jeter,Al Leiter in the mix.

[RuthMayBond]

Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) have joined together to establish the World Baseball Classic. The tournament, sanctioned by the International BAseball Federation (IBAF), will be conducted jointly by MLB and the MLBPA in cooperation with Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), their respective players associations and other professional leagues from around the world.

That sounds like a "Major League championship".

That would put Johnny Damon, Roger Clemens, Derek Jeter,Al Leiter in the mix.You're right, I did say play in the championship, not win. Please exclude the WBC for purposes of this question

[KingSwisher]

You're right, I did say play in the championship, not win. Please exclude the WBC for purposes of this question

It has been removed with extreme prejudice, Mission Impossible style.

Now back to our regularly scheduled trivia.

[Sean Casey]

Offhand, Cy Young is the only player that i can think of, but I'm sure there's plenty of lesser-known players out there.

[RuthMayBond]

Offhand, Cy Young is the only player that i can think of,
Cha CHING :clapping

[Budtaff]

George Davis

[KingSwisher]

Cha CHING :clapping

Isn't Cy Yung that young South Korean phenom who lit it up in the World Baseball Classic?

[RuthMayBond]

George DavisThere may be another or two, but those were the two I was thinking of :clapping

[Budtaff]

There may be another or two, but those were the two I was thinking of :clapping

Since there was no Federal League postseason I can't see who else it could be either.

[Sean Casey]

If you count the 1900 Chronicle-Telegraph Cup Series as being a major league championship, then almost anyone who played for the Pirates that year and in 1903 would also be on the list.