Trivia Association

[AstrosFan]

This may have been done, so stop me if it has. I will write a trivia question. Somebody answers that trivia question, and posts a new trivia question where the answer to that question is in some way connected to the answer to the previous question. The person who answers the second question will post the answer, how the two answers are connected, and the next question. And so on down the line. All questions must have an answer that is a baseball player. No questions like, "What do all these players have in common?"

[RuthMayBond]

This may have been done, so stop me if it has. I will write a trivia question. Somebody answers that trivia question, and posts a new trivia question where the answer to that question is in some way connected to the answer to the previous question. The person who answers the second question will post the answer, how the two answers are connected, and the next question. And so on down the line. All questions must have an answer that is a baseball player. No questions like, "What do all these players have in common?"

In Joe DiMaggio's debut, he had three hits, and was the only Yankee to get a hit off this pitcher, who pitched the eighth inning.
A Browns pitcher :hide: (I don't see a lot of big names)

[AstrosFan]

A Browns pitcher :hide: (I don't see a lot of big names)

Would you prefer I keep it to big name players? I'm concerned we'd run out if I did that.

[AstrosFan]

Question changed.

[RuthMayBond]

Would you prefer I keep it to big name players? I'm concerned we'd run out if I did that.I think that is the way to go, and nice thread idea :bowdown::highfive:

[AstrosFan]

Okay, big name players it is. The REAL question (see first post for how this thread works) is:

What pitcher signed with the Yankees on June 12, 1923? (Hint: be careful of the word pitcher)

[RuthMayBond]

Okay, big name players it is. The REAL question (see first post for how this thread works) is:

What pitcher signed with the Yankees on June 12, 1923? (Hint: be careful of the word pitcher)As if I wasn't :crazy enough already

[Gee Walker]

Well, it was three days before Lou Gehrig made his debut, so I'll guess that he was the Yankee pitcher.

[AstrosFan]

That is correct. Gehrig was a pitcher for Columbia University when he signed. Your turn, sir.

[Gee Walker]

Well, my first thought was "who was in attendance at Briggs Stadium on the day when Gehrig's consecutive games streak ended?" - the answer being my dad.

But this one will have to do. Who went golfing with Gehrig after the 1938 season, and commented that it was strange that Lou wasn't wearing golf shoes, but sneakers, and that his legs were sliding across the ground when he walked?

[Dodgerfan1]

Well, my first thought was "who was in attendance at Briggs Stadium on the day when Gehrig's consecutive games streak ended?" - the answer being my dad.

But this one will have to do. Who went golfing with Gehrig after the 1938 season, and commented that it was strange that Lou wasn't wearing golf shoes, but sneakers, and that his legs were sliding across the ground when he walked?

That would be Wes Ferrell. I read this in Donald Honig's great book, "Baseball - When the Grass Was Real". It's a book inspired by Lawrence Ritter's "The Glory of Their Times", featuring interviews and anecdotes by players who also played in the majors.

[AstrosFan]

Dodgerfan, you need to post a question where the answer connects to Ferrell in some way.

[RuthMayBond]

Dodgerfan, you need to post a question where the answer connects to Ferrell in some way. . . . or someone else will ;)

[Dodgerfan1]

Sorry guys, I was indisposed.... One trivia question coming up....

[Dodgerfan1]

Okay, I'll give you an easy one since I don't know a whole lot about Wes Ferrell.....

Who was the very first hitter Wes Ferrell ever faced as a big league pitcher? He was a HOFer who once saved a woman from drowning and had a seven year span where he batted an incredible .379 over that stretch.

[RuthMayBond]

Okay, I'll give you an easy one since I don't know a whole lot about Wes Ferrell.....

Who was the very first hitter Wes Ferrell ever faced as a big league pitcher? He was a HOFer who once saved a woman from drowning and had a seven year span where he batted an incredible .379 over that stretch.I thought it would be someone on the '27 Bosox

[Dodgerfan1]

Nope. Not one of those boys....

[RuthMayBond]

Nope. Not one of those boys....Then he must not have pitched in his first game :confused:

[Dodgerfan1]

:lookitup:lookitupThen he must not have pitched in his first game :confused:

That's not what I said. Read the question again. Unless I'm misunderstanding you. Is this 20 questions or a trivia quiz?? Stumped are we? From the clues, I thought this would be an easy one. :noidea

Maybe you should look it up.... :lookitup

[RuthMayBond]

:lookitup:lookitup

That's not what I said. Read the question again. Unless I'm misunderstanding you. Is this 20 questions or a trivia quiz?? Stumped are we? From the clues, I thought this would be an easy one. :noidea

Maybe you should look it up.... :lookitupI'd guess Cobb

[Dodgerfan1]

I'd guess Cobb

Nope, but you're close.... in a certain way.....

[RuthMayBond]

Nope, but you're close.... in a certain way.....Heilmann :blush:

[Dodgerfan1]

Heilmann :blush:

Give that man a CEEEEgar! You're up, RMB. One question somehow pertaining to Heilmann.....

[RuthMayBond]

Give that man a CEEEEgar! You're up, RMB. One question somehow pertaining to Heilmann.....This isn't a very good one, and I hope the player is famous enough, but ...
this player wrote to Heilmann in December 1926, telling him of the two letters that this player had sent to Ban Johnson implicating Joe Wood and Ty Cobb in betting on games.

[Dodgerfan1]

This isn't a very good one, and I hope the player is famous enough, but ...
this player wrote to Heilmann in December 1926, telling him of the two letters that this player had sent to Ban Johnson implicating Joe Wood and Ty Cobb in betting on games.

This sounds familiar. That wasn't Dutch Leonard, was it??

[RuthMayBond]

This sounds familiar. That wasn't Dutch Leonard, was it??You're better than my question :bowdown::party:

[Dodgerfan1]

You're better than my question :bowdown::party:

Been a long time since I read that! I'm shocked I got that right the first time! We're monopolizing the boards.... Give me a bit to come up with a Leonard question.

[Dodgerfan1]

In 1914, Dutch Leonard came into a game in relief of a young pitcher who had just started his first major league game. The pitcher was Babe Ruth. Leonard's running feud with Ty Cobb is legendary. Look it up sometime. Good reading!

In 1920, the spitball was outlawed. 17 pitchers were allowed to continue using it for the remainder of their careers. Leonard was one of them. Three of these pitchers became HOFers. Who were they?

Whoever answers correctly can choose which one of the three they wish to ask a trivia question about....

[RuthMayBond]

In 1914, Dutch Leonard came into a game in relief of a young pitcher who had just started his first major league game. The pitcher was Babe Ruth. Leonard's running feud with Ty Cobb is legendary. Look it up sometime. Good reading!

In 1920, the spitball was outlawed. 17 pitchers were allowed to continue using it for the remainder of their careers. Leonard was one of them. Three of these pitchers became HOFers. Who were they?

Whoever answers correctly can choose which one of the three they wish to ask a trivia question about....Stan Coveleski, Red Faber and Burleigh Grimes?

[Dodgerfan1]

Stan Coveleski, Red Faber and Burleigh Grimes?

Yep! Not necessarily in that order..... Go for it.

[RuthMayBond]

Yep! Not necessarily in that order..... Go for it.I didn't know there WAS an order.
Another bad one.
In 1927, Burleigh Grimes had the most errorless chances by a pitcher that year with eighty-seven.
I believe that Frank Owen has the record for a pitcher for most errorless chances in a season with 151. Who is in second place?

[Utter Chaos]

I didn't know there WAS an order.
Another bad one.
In 1927, Burleigh Grimes had the most errorless chances by a pitcher that year with eighty-seven.
I believe that Frank Owen has the record for a pitcher for most errorless chances in a season with 151. Who is in second place?Randy Jones in 1976 with 112? Is so that's a pretty big difference.

[RuthMayBond]

Randy Jones in 1976 with 112? Is so that's a pretty big difference.I don't know how you found this. :bowdown: Randy Jones actually is in second place but I missed that. I'm actually talking about the guy in third place, and he's a little more famous than RJ

[Utter Chaos]

I don't know how you found this. :bowdown: Randy Jones actually is in second place but I missed that. I'm actually talking about the guy in third place, and he's a little more famous than RJ

1904 Frank Owen 151
1976 Randy Jones 112
1896 Kid Nichols 111
1964 Larry Jackson 109
1917 Eppa Rixey 108
1908 Mordecai Brown 108
1913 Walter Johnson 103
1935 Hal Schumacher 103

FWIW I could probably come up with a Randy Jones trivia question.

[RuthMayBond]

1904 Frank Owen 151
1976 Randy Jones 112
1896 Kid Nichols 111
1964 Larry Jackson 109
1917 Eppa Rixey 108
1908 Mordecai Brown 108
1913 Walter Johnson 103
1935 Hal Schumacher 103

FWIW I could probably come up with a Randy Jones trivia question.Yep, Hall of Famer Kid Nichols is who I was thinking of, but if you got a Randy Jones trivia question that links to another fairly well-known guy, go for it

[Utter Chaos]

In 1976 Randy Jones won the Cy Young award in the National League after finishing 2nd in 1975. He was the second pitcher to do that.

Who was the first pitcher to do win a Cy Young award the year after finishing second?



Alternate question:
In 1976 Jones won 22 games despite having only 93 strikeouts. Since 1901 that feat has been accomplished 132 times.

Since 1901, which 20-game winner had the fewest strikeouts in a season?

[Dodgerfan1]

In 1976 Randy Jones won the Cy Young award in the National League after finishing 2nd in 1975. He was the second pitcher to do that.

Who was the first pitcher to do win a Cy Young award the year after finishing second?


Alternate question:
In 1976 Jones won 22 games despite having only 93 strikeouts. Since 1901 that feat has been accomplished 132 times.

Since 1901, which 20-game winner had the fewest strikeouts in a season?

Oh Good! I get to cherry-pick my question! I opt to answer the latter. I see that in 1919, Slim Sallee won 21 games yet had only 24 strikeouts. Would it be him, by chance? I kinda hope not! I don't know any question I could ask about Slim Sallee!:noidea

[Erik Bedard]

The second one is definitely Slim Sallee. The first is Mike Marshall.

[Erik Bedard]

Here's a semi-Mike Marshall related question:

Mike Marshall holds the record for most batters faced by a pitcher who did not start any games. Since 1957, who holds the record for fewest batters faced in a single season while they started every game they pitched in, and qualified for the ERA title?

[Utter Chaos]

Oh Good! I get to cherry-pick my question! I opt to answer the latter. I see that in 1919, Slim Sallee won 21 games yet had only 24 strikeouts. Would it be him, by chance? I kinda hope not! I don't know any question I could ask about Slim Sallee!:noideaSlim Sallee is correct. I thought I'd have to give a hint for that one (skinny Charlie Brown's sister).

You should be able to come up with a Slim Sallee related question. He did have 1 win and 1 loss against the 1919 Black Sox in the World Series. There should be lots of related questions there.

Or of course you could choose door #1 and answer the other question.


Edit: Never mind, Erik Berdard correctly came up with Mike Marshall

[Dodgerfan1]

Slim Sallee is correct. I thought I'd have to give a hint for that one (skinny Charlie Brown's sister).

You should be able to come up with a Slim Sallee related question. He did have 1 win and 1 loss against the 1919 Black Sox in the World Series. There should be lots of related questions there.

Or of course you could choose door #1 and answer the other question.


Edit: Never mind, Erik Berdard correctly came up with Mike Marshall



Oh, I'm sure I can find some good trivia about Sallee, however I will defer to Mr. Bedard who has posted a semi-related question about Mike Marshall...

[AstrosFan]

The answer to EB's question is Dave Righetti, who faced 422 batters for the Yankees in 1981 while starting all fifteen games he pitched in.

I'll wait for confirmation before giving my question.

[Erik Bedard]

Yep, it's Dave Righetti. Go ahead.

[AstrosFan]

This player was on the 1979 Yankees with Righetti and has the lowest rate of GIDP/PA (since the statistic has been kept regularly) of any player with at least 5000 PA.

[RuthMayBond]

This player was on the 1979 Yankees with Righetti and has the lowest rate of GIDP/PA (since the statistic has been kept regularly) of any player with at least 5000 PA.Bucky Dent? (what was his middle name? :eek:

[AstrosFan]

Nope, not Dent. Keep guessing.

[Erik Bedard]

Mickey Rivers?

[RuthMayBond]

This player was on the 1979 Yankees with Righetti and has the lowest rate of GIDP/PA (since the statistic has been kept regularly) of any player with at least 5000 PA.please delete

[AstrosFan]

Mickey Rivers?

Yep. You're up, EB.

[RuthMayBond]

Mickey Rivers?Are you with us, EB?

[Erik Bedard]

Okay, here you go:

Mickey Rivers, prior to be called up to the majors, played for the El Paso Sun Kings, later renamed the Diablos. This guy pitched for El Paso, and is the only person ever to throw a no-hitter by himself on the last day of the season.

[Utter Chaos]

Okay, here you go:

Mickey Rivers, prior to be called up to the majors, played for the El Paso Sun Kings, later renamed the Diablos. This guy pitched for El Paso, and is the only person ever to throw a no-hitter by himself on the last day of the season.Would that be Mike Witt?

[Erik Bedard]

That it would. Go ahead.

[Utter Chaos]

Hopefully this player is famous enough.

Mike Witt attended Cypress Junior College.

Which one of Witt's former batterymates also attended Cypress Junior College?

[Erik Bedard]

Brian Downing, though calling him Mike Witt's batterymate is a bit of a stretch, as Downing only caught 37 games in Witt's rookie year, then stopped catching.

[Utter Chaos]

Brian Downing, though calling him Mike Witt's batterymate is a bit of a stretch, as Downing only caught 37 games in Witt's rookie year, then stopped catching.Downing is correct. He was the catcher when Witt made his debut.

[Erik Bedard]

Downing was born on October 9th, the same day as this Hall of Famer who went to the University of Alabama.

[RuthMayBond]

Downing was born on October 9th, the same day as this Hall of Famer who went to the University of Alabama.Joe Sewell

[Erik Bedard]

It took you a whole minute? Okay, go ahead.

[RuthMayBond]

It took you a whole minute? Okay, go ahead.Sorry I'm getting slow in my OLD age.
This is a really poor one, someone can make a better one if they want. Joe Sewell was thrust into a pennant race with fewer than a hundred professional games when the guy who he would ultimately replace was "sidelined" by a toss from this pitcher

[Erik Bedard]

I almost don't want to answer this one since I'm so tired of making up questions, but it's Carl Mays.

Mays was regarded as a good hitting pitcher, and he hit 5 HRs over his career. Who holds the single-season mark for full-time pitchers in this category, with six?

[RuthMayBond]

I almost don't want to answer this one since I'm so tired of making up questions, but it's Carl Mays.

Mays was regarded as a good hitting pitcher, and he hit 5 HRs over his career. Who holds the single-season mark for full-time pitchers in this category, with six?Didn't Wes Ferrell have nine in 1931?

[Erik Bedard]

That's why I added in the "full-time" qualifier, meaning that they only appeared as a pitcher.

[Dodgerfan1]

I almost don't want to answer this one since I'm so tired of making up questions, but it's Carl Mays.

Mays was regarded as a good hitting pitcher, and he hit 5 HRs over his career. Who holds the single-season mark for full-time pitchers in this category, with six?

Are you asking who hit the most homers for a pitcher with six? If that's your question, the number is more than six. I know that Wes Ferrell hit 9 homers one year. He also hit 7 in another. Or have I misinterpreted the question?

[Dodgerfan1]

Does this cover it?

In the AL it is Wes Ferrell of Cleveland with 9 home runs in 1931 and 7 in 1933 and 1935.

In the NL it has been done 4 times by:

Don Drysdale, Los Angeles 7 in 1958

Don Drysdale (again) Los Angeles 7 in 1965

Mike Hampton,Colorado 7 in 2001

Don Newcombe, Brooklyn 7 in 1955

[Erik Bedard]

All those guys appeared in games where they did not pitch in each of the seasons in question.

[Dodgerfan1]

All those guys appeared in games where they did not pitch in each of the seasons in question.

Ah! Got it.....

[RuthMayBond]

All those guys appeared in games where they did not pitch in each of the seasons in question.What else did Ferrell do in '31?

[Dodgerfan1]

What else did Ferrell do in '31?

I was just looking at that too, RMB. Baseball Reference shows his position just as pitcher in 1931. Maybe he was a pinch-hitter?? :shrug:

[Erik Bedard]

Probably pinch hit in a few games. The answer to my question never did that.

Oh, and since there may be more than one answer, I'll add in one more qualifier: he is in the Hall of Fame.

[Utter Chaos]

Probably pinch hit in a few games. The answer to my question never did that.

Oh, and since there may be more than one answer, I'll add in one more qualifier: he is in the Hall of Fame.Fergie Jenkins and Sonny Siebert both hit 6 in 1971. Since the only way Siebert gets in the Hall of Fame is by buying a ticket then the answer is Ferguson Jenkins.

[RuthMayBond]

What about Bob Lemon, 1949 (or 1950)?

[Utter Chaos]

What about Bob Lemon, 1949 (or 1950)?I think what EB is looking for is where the number of games pitched = the number of games played. In 1949 Lemon played in 46 games but pitched in only 37 of them. In 1950 it was 72 and 44.

In 1971 Jenkins pitched and played in 39 games.

[Erik Bedard]

That was how I was checking it, and Jenkins is indeed the answer I was looking for.

[Utter Chaos]

Since 1901, Fergie Jenkins is one of 4 pitchers to win 24 or more games in a season in the American League and the National League. Jack Chesbro and Joe McGinnity are two of the other three.

What other pitcher has won 24 or more games in a season in both leagues since 1901?

[Gee Walker]

Wild Bill Donovan won 25 games for Brooklyn in 1901 and for Detroit in 1907.


OK, I didn't know much about Wild Bill Donovan, and he obviously wasn't the guy who founded the OSS in the U.S. during WWII. But there's one interesting piece of trivia, sort of like the Buddy Holly/Waylon Jennings trivia, about Donovan's death.

[Dodgerfan1]

I know he was killed in a train wreck. Supposedly, he had traded berths with someone prior to the wreck and that other person was uninjured. Is that the trivia you are looking for?

[RuthMayBond]

I know he was killed in a train wreck. Supposedly, he had traded berths with someone prior to the wreck and that other person was uninjured. Is that the trivia you are looking for?If that person was a fairly famous ML player

[Gee Walker]

Not a player, but VERY famous in the baseball world...

[AstrosFan]

John Heydler

Let's keep this to players. I'll have a question up tomorrow.

[Dodgerfan1]

Not a player, but VERY famous in the baseball world...

According to Wikipedia, the man Donovan swapped berths with was George Weiss. Here is what I found:

In June 1923, while traveling on the 20th Century Limited train to Chicago, Illinois for Major League meetings, Donovan, the New Haven manager, died when the train wrecked in Forsyth, New York. [6]New Haven president George Weiss had swapped berths with Donovan and escaped with a minor injury. Phillies owner William F. Baker (the man who accused him of wrongdoing in the Black Sox scandal) was also on the train, but he was unhurt.

[AstrosFan]

Dammit, I should have guessed. I saw an old NY Times article that mentioned Weiss in connection to Donovan. Another mentioned Heydler. Neither mentioned switching berths. It was a 50-50 shot. Good job, Dodgerfan.

[Dodgerfan1]

Well, since I don't really know much at all about George Weiss, and this is, after all, trivia association, I'm going to go out on a limb (if I'm allowed to) and take the last name of Weiss and ask a question vaguely associated with another Weiss....

Walt Weiss was part of a trio of Oakland Athletics who won the Rookie of the Year Award in three consecutive years- 1986-88. The Dodgers can lay claim to having more ROYs than any other team with fifteen (and would have had sixteen had the prize been awarded in 1947). They had two remarkable skeins when they fielded four consecutive ROYs (1979-82) and FIVE in a row (1992-96). There were only two years in which both the NL and AL ROY went on to HOF careers. (2001 will be the third once both Ichiro Suzuki and Albert Pujols are enshrined).

My incredibly easy question: What were the years and who were the HOFers who won the award?

[AstrosFan]

Well, since I don't really know much at all about George Weiss, and this is, after all, trivia association, I'm going to go out on a limb (if I'm allowed to) and take the last name of Weiss and ask a question vaguely associated with another Weiss....

Walt Weiss was part of a trio of Oakland Athletics who won the Rookie of the Year Award in three consecutive years- 1986-88. The Dodgers can lay claim to having more ROYs than any other team with fifteen (and would have had sixteen had the prize been awarded in 1947). They had two remarkable skeins when they fielded four consecutive ROYs (1979-82) and FIVE in a row (1992-96). There were only two years in which both the NL and AL ROY went on to HOF careers. (2001 will be the third once both Ichiro Suzuki and Albert Pujols are enshrined).

My incredibly easy question: What were the years and who were the HOFers who won the award?

I'm not so much bothered by the George Weiss to Walt Weiss transition (though I would prefer you asked a question that related to George), but your question needs to have an answer that is a single player.

[Dodgerfan1]

I'm not so much bothered by the George Weiss to Walt Weiss transition (though I would prefer you asked a question that related to George), but your question needs to have an answer that is a single player.

Okay then, name just one of them. I changed to Walt because you wanted it confined to players, not execs, but I get the point.

[AstrosFan]

I'll name the worst player among them. Luis Aparicio.

This was in the New Historical Baseball Abstract, so whoever has read it will probably know the answer. What exec for the Indians failed to get Aparicio to sign when the two sides couldn't reach a salary agreement, leading Aparicio to go to the White Sox? (I think that's how the story goes). Note: he was a very famous player.

[Gee Walker]

Hank Greenberg was the General Manager of the Indians who tried to undercut Aparicio's $10,000 signing bonus.

Going into the last day of the 1938 season, Greenberg had 58 home runs. The Tigers were scheduled to play a doubleheader that day, and Greenberg failed to hit a home run in either game. The second one was called early because of darkness. Who pitched for the opponents in the first game, and why, perhaps, wasn't Greenberg able to hit a home run off of him?

[RuthMayBond]

I'll name the worst player among them. Luis Aparicio.

This was in the New Historical Baseball Abstract, so whoever has read it will probably know the answer. What exec for the Indians failed to get Aparicio to sign when the two sides couldn't reach a salary agreement, leading Aparicio to go to the White Sox? (I think that's how the story goes). Note: he was a very famous player.I thought it was Hank Greenberg?

[Dodgerfan1]

Hank Greenberg was the General Manager of the Indians who tried to undercut Aparicio's $10,000 signing bonus.

Going into the last day of the 1938 season, Greenberg had 58 home runs. The Tigers were scheduled to play a doubleheader that day, and Greenberg failed to hit a home run in either game. The second one was called early because of darkness. Who pitched for the opponents in the first game, and why, perhaps, wasn't Greenberg able to hit a home run off of him?

The pitcher was Bob Feller. The reason Greenberg didn't homer was because the games were played in a different ballpark than usual. It was a much longer distance to the fences. I'm pretty sure I read that he hit a ball off the fence that would have been a home run if they were playing in the regular stadium.

[Dodgerfan1]

To keep the ball rolling, I will assume my answer is correct (it is...) and throw out my Bob Feller question:

In an interview in the early 1970's, Bob Feller said there was only one pitcher he ever saw who threw harder than he did. Who was that pitcher?

[AstrosFan]

Shot in the dark here. Is it Sandy Koufax?

[Dodgerfan1]

Good guess, but no, it's not Koufax. This is not a superstar of Koufax's caliber, but is very much recognized as one of the hardest throwers ever. This may be one of those questions which, if you don't know the answer, will elicit nothing but educated guesses, but then the list of 'hardest throwers ever' isn't a very long one, either. If you need a clue, let me know.

[Gee Walker]

This is just a complete guess, but I'll stick with the Indians and say that the hard-throwing pitcher was Sam McDowell.

[Dodgerfan1]

Nope, not McDowell. Think National league.

[KingSwisher]

Here's a semi-Mike Marshall related question:

Mike Marshall holds the record for most batters faced by a pitcher who did not start any games.

Except that Mike Marshall did start games in his career. About 24 of them.

[RuthMayBond]

Nope, not McDowell. Think National league.Johnny Vander Meer & Sam Jones were pretty much contemporaries of Feller and did pretty well in K/9IP

[Dodgerfan1]

Johnny Vander Meer & Sam Jones were pretty much contemporaries of Feller and did pretty well in K/9IP

Nope. Neither of them. Here's a clue that will give it away....

He played before Koufax came into the league and he was with the same team....

[AstrosFan]

Rex Barney

[Dodgerfan1]

Rex Barney

Bingo. Barney was the only man whom Feller said threw harder than he did.

AstrosFan is up.

[AstrosFan]

The day Rex Barney was acquired from the Dodgers' Montreal farm club along with Hal Gregg, the Dodgers won. Who was the winning pitcher for the Dodgers?

[Gee Walker]

The day Rex Barney was acquired from the Dodgers' Montreal farm club along with Hal Gregg, the Dodgers won. Who was the winning pitcher for the Dodgers?

If it's August 18, 1943 that you're looking at, the Dodgers lost both ends of a doubleheader that day. Gregg and Barney were the starting pitchers, but the Dodgers were swept by the Cubs, 7-5 and 15-6.

[AstrosFan]

If it's August 18, 1943 that you're looking at, the Dodgers lost both ends of a doubleheader that day. Gregg and Barney were the starting pitchers, but the Dodgers were swept by the Cubs, 7-5 and 15-6.

No, I mean the day they were acquired, not their debut.

[KingSwisher]

How many bad Mike Marshall trivia facts does it take to render this thread useless?

[AstrosFan]

Thank you for that irrelevant post.

[Dodgerfan1]

How many bad Mike Marshall trivia facts does it take to render this thread useless?

What are you talking about??

[Utter Chaos]

Here's a semi-Mike Marshall related question:

Mike Marshall holds the record for most batters faced by a pitcher who did not start any games.

Except that Mike Marshall did start games in his career. About 24 of them.


If you would have read the entire you post you would have realized that EB was talking about a single season.

Here's a semi-Mike Marshall related question:

Mike Marshall holds the record for most batters faced by a pitcher who did not start any games. Since 1957, who holds the record for fewest batters faced in a single season while they started every game they pitched in, and qualified for the ERA title?

[RuthMayBond]

How many bad Mike Marshall trivia facts does it take to render this thread useless?What baseball-related incident was Mike Marshall arrested for, and on what campus? (oops, might be wrong Mike Marshall)

July 4, 1974 marked how many consecutive games that Marshall pitched in?

What scout "discovered" Marshall, and what other two HOFers did he "discover"?

[KingSwisher]

If you would have read the entire you post you would have realized that EB was talking about a single season.

I did..and no he wasn't in regards to Marshall.

[Utter Chaos]

I did..and no he wasn't in regards to Marshall.Well he wasn't talking about career in regards to Marshall either.

[AstrosFan]

Is everyone baffled by my question?

[RuthMayBond]

The day Rex Barney was acquired from the Dodgers' Montreal farm club along with Hal Gregg, the Dodgers won. Who was the winning pitcher for the Dodgers?
It says Barney was acquired before the 43 season began

http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/barnere02.shtml

and Gregg was acquired before the 41 season began

http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/greggha01.shtml

Otherwise, how dare you interrupt the arguing about Mike Marshall with an actual on-topic question :highfive::hide::rolleyes:;):laugh

[Utter Chaos]

It says Barney was acquired before the 43 season began

http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/barnere02.shtml

and Gregg was acquired before the 41 season began

http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/greggha01.shtml

Otherwise, how dare you interrupt the arguing about Mike Marshall with an actual on-topic question :highfive::hide::rolleyes:;):laughHe's probably referring to when they were called up from Montreal. From 7/28/43 to 8/18/43 (when Barney made his debut) only two pitchers won games for the Dodgers, Kirby Higbe and Whit Wyatt. I'll guess Whit Wyatt just because it sounds like a cool name.

[RuthMayBond]

From 7/28 to 8/18 of 1943 only two pitchers won games for the Dodgers, Kirby Higbe and Whit Wyatt. I'll guess Whit Wyatt just because it sounds like a cool name.Not exactly the biggest of names (if we're still doing that :shrug::noidea

[AstrosFan]

He's probably referring to when they were called up from Montreal. From 7/28/43 to 8/18/43 (when Barney made his debut) only two pitchers won games for the Dodgers, Kirby Higbe and Whit Wyatt. I'll guess Whit Wyatt just because it sounds like a cool name.

Yes, when they were called up from Montreal. And Whit Wyatt should definitely be a familiar name to everyone who has a good degree of familiarity with baseball history. He was a good pitcher. And he's the answer. The date was Aug. 16, 1943, in case anyone's wondering.

[Utter Chaos]

During World War II the US Army instituted dim out regulations which restricted use of lights at night, as to make a city less visible from the air in wartime. This applied to baseball as well. Whit Wyatt was the winning pitcher in the first game affected by these regulations when a game he was pitching in was called with 1 out in the bottom of the 7th.

Who was the losing pitcher in the first baseball game that was shortened due to the dim out rule?

...and no, the answer isn't Mike Marshall.

[RuthMayBond]

During World War II the US Army instituted dim out regulations which restricted use of lights at night, as to make a city less visible from the air in wartime. This applied to baseball as well. Whit Wyatt was the winning pitcher in the first game affected by these regulations when a game he was pitching in was called with 1 out in the bottom of the 7th.

Who was the losing pitcher in the first baseball game that was shortened due to the dim out rule?

...and no, the answer isn't Mike Marshall.But Mike Marshall WAS born in 1943 :dance:highfive::hide:

[EricDavis]

Mort Cooper

[EricDavis]

Assuming I was right... If not disregard.

These two players hit homeruns off Mort Cooper in the 1942 AS game.

Pick your player to have a question about.

[Utter Chaos]

Mort CooperMort Cooper is correct.

[RuthMayBond]

Assuming I was right... If not disregard.

These two players hit homeruns off Mort Cooper in the 1942 AS game.

Pick your player to have a question about.Boudreau & RYork

[EricDavis]

That's correct. Except the typo, but I know what you meant.

[RuthMayBond]

That's correct. Except the typo, but I know what you meant.I don't know what typo you mean.
Here's my poor one.
Lou Boudreau was one of the first to use this defensive shift against what batter?

[Dodgerfan1]

I don't know what typo you mean.
Here's my poor one.
Lou Boudreau was one of the first to use this defensive shift against what batter?

Teddy Ballgame?

[RuthMayBond]

Teddy Ballgame?Your answer was better than my question :applaud::clapping

[Dodgerfan1]

I haven't had much time to devote to thinking up a good Ted Williams question, so in order to keep the ball rolling, I'll toss you a softball....

Which pitcher surrendered the first major league hit, a double, to Ted? This pitcher was also missing four toes on his left foot due to a mining accident he suffered as a youth.

[RuthMayBond]

I haven't had much time to devote to thinking up a good Ted Williams question, so in order to keep the ball rolling, I'll toss you a softball....

Which pitcher surrendered the first major league hit, a double, to Ted? This pitcher was also missing four toes on his left foot due to a mining accident he suffered as a youth.Red Ruffing (the passer ;)

[Dodgerfan1]

Red Ruffing (the passer ;)

Correct-o-mundo!

[RuthMayBond]

Correct-o-mundo!Probably too easy, but this player is alleged to have fouled off TWENTY-FOUR pitches in a plate app against Red Ruffing :bowdown:

[Gee Walker]

Probably too easy, but this player is alleged to have fouled off TWENTY-FOUR pitches in a plate app against Red Ruffing :bowdown:

That would be Old Aches and Pains himself, Luke Appling.

About fifty years later, Appling hit a home run in an Old-timers game. Who was the pitcher?

[RuthMayBond]

That would be Old Aches and Pains himself, Luke Appling.

About fifty years later, Appling hit a home run in an Old-timers game. Who was the pitcher?Warren Spahn?

[Gee Walker]

Warren Spahn?

Right you are, RMB. You're up.

[RuthMayBond]

Right you are, RMB. You're up.In 1963, Spahn pitched a game where he and this Hall of Famer went the distance. The only score was a HR by Mays in the sixteenth. Who was the enemy pitcher?

[AstrosFan]

In 1963, Spahn pitched a game where he and this Hall of Famer went the distance. The only score was a HR by Mays in the sixteenth. Who was the enemy pitcher?

Juan Marichal

[RuthMayBond]

Juan MarichalYou da man! :dance:highfive::bowdown::cool::party::applaud: :clapping

[Utter Chaos]

Here's a full list of the questions so far:

1. What pitcher signed with the Yankees on June 12, 1923? (Hint: be careful of the word pitcher)
2. Who went golfing with Lou Gehrig after the 1938 season, and commented that it was strange that Lou wasn't wearing golf shoes, but sneakers, and that his legs were sliding across the ground when he walked?
3. Who was the very first hitter Wes Ferrell ever faced as a big league pitcher? He was a HOFer who once saved a woman from drowning and had a seven year span where he batted an incredible .379 over that stretch.
4. Which player wrote to Harry Heilmann in December 1926, telling him of the two letters that this player had sent to Ban Johnson implicating Joe Wood and Ty Cobb in betting on games.
5. In 1920, the spitball was outlawed. 17 pitchers were allowed to continue using it for the remainder of their careers. Dutch Leonard was one of them. Three of these pitchers became HOFers. Who were they? (Stan Coveleski, Red Faber and ??????)
6. In 1927, Burleigh Grimes had the most errorless chances by a pitcher that year with eighty-seven. I believe that Frank Owen has the record for a pitcher for most errorless chances in a season with 151. Who is in second place?
7. In 1976 Randy Jones won the Cy Young award in the National League after finishing 2nd in 1975. He was the second pitcher to do that. Who was the first pitcher to do win a Cy Young award the year after finishing second?
8. Mike Marshall holds the record for most batters faced by a pitcher who did not start any games. Since 1957, who holds the record for fewest batters faced in a single season while they started every game they pitched in, and qualified for the ERA title?
9. This player was on the 1979 Yankees with Dave Righetti and has the lowest rate of GIDP/PA (since the statistic has been kept regularly) of any player with at least 5000 PA.
10. Mickey Rivers, prior to be called up to the majors, played for the El Paso Sun Kings, later renamed the Diablos. This guy pitched for El Paso, and is the only person ever to throw a no-hitter by himself on the last day of the season.
11. Mike Witt attended Cypress Junior College. Which one of Witt's former batterymates also attended Cypress Junior College?
12. Brian Downing was born on October 9th, the same day as this Hall of Famer who went to the University of Alabama.
13. Joe Sewell was thrust into a pennant race with fewer than a hundred professional games when the guy who he would ultimately replace was "sidelined" by a toss from this pitcher
14. Carl Mays was regarded as a good hitting pitcher, and he hit 5 HRs over his career. Which Hall of Famer shares the single-season mark for full-time pitchers in this category, with six?
14. Since 1901, Fergie Jenkins is one of 4 pitchers to win 24 or more games in a season in the American League and the National League. Jack Chesbro and Joe McGinnity are two of the other three. What other pitcher has won 24 or more games in a season in both leagues since 1901?
16. But there's one interesting piece of trivia, sort of like the Buddy Holly/Waylon Jennings trivia, about Bill Donovan's death. Who did Donovan trade berths with?
17. George Weiss has the same last name as Walt Weiss who was part of a trio of Oakland Athletics who won the Rookie of the Year Award in three consecutive years- 1986-88. There were only two years in which both the NL and AL ROY went on to HOF careers. My incredibly easy question: Name one of the HOFers?
18. What exec for the Indians failed to get Luis Aparicio to sign when the two sides couldn't reach a salary agreement, leading Aparicio to go to the White Sox?
19. Going into the last day of the 1938 season, Hank Greenberg had 58 home runs. The Tigers were scheduled to play a doubleheader that day, and Greenberg failed to hit a home run in either game. The second one was called early because of darkness. Who pitched for the opponents in the first game?
20. In an interview in the early 1970's, Bob Feller said there was only one pitcher he ever saw who threw harder than he did. Who was that pitcher?
21. The day Rex Barney was acquired from the Dodgers' Montreal farm club along with Hal Gregg, the Dodgers won. Who was the winning pitcher for the Dodgers?
22. During World War II the US Army instituted dim out regulations which restricted use of lights at night, as to make a city less visible from the air in wartime. This applied to baseball as well. Whit Wyatt was the winning pitcher in the first game affected by these regulations when a game he was pitching in was called with 1 out in the bottom of the 7th. Who was the losing pitcher in the first baseball game that was shortened due to the dim out rule?
23. These two players hit homeruns off Mort Cooper in the 1942 AS game. (Rudy York and ????)
24. Lou Boudreau was one of the first to use this defensive shift against what batter?
25. Which pitcher surrendered the first major league hit, a double, to Ted Williams? This pitcher was also missing four toes on his left foot due to a mining accident he suffered as a youth.
26. Which player is alleged to have fouled off TWENTY-FOUR pitches in a plate app against Red Ruffing?
27. About fifty years later, Luke Appling hit a home run in an Old-timers game. Who was the pitcher?
28. In 1963, Warren Spahn pitched a game where he and this Hall of Famer went the distance. The only score was a HR by Mays in the sixteenth. Who was the enemy pitcher?

[AstrosFan]

On Oct. 24, 1960, Marichal, a rookie, got a victory over an All-Star Japanese team, 1-0. Who drove in the winning run for the Giants?

[AstrosFan]

Is this dead, or is everyone just stumped? Should I give the answer so we can move on?

[Dodgerfan1]

On Oct. 24, 1960, Marichal, a rookie, got a victory over an All-Star Japanese team, 1-0. Who drove in the winning run for the Giants?

Well, I really have no idea but, since the answer is likely someone who is at least fairly well-known, and believing either McCovey, Cepeda or Mays to be too obvious an answer, I'll guess Felipe Alou?

[Utter Chaos]

I might as well throw out a guess too. I'll go with McCovey.

[AstrosFan]

It is a well known player, and neither McCovey nor Alou are correct.

[RuthMayBond]

It is a well known player, and neither McCovey nor Alou are correct.da Baby Bull?

[AstrosFan]

Is da correct ansah. Cepeda drove in Willie Mays for the winning run.

[RuthMayBond]

Is da correct ansah. Cepeda drove in Willie Mays for the winning run.Cepeda was released on the same day, from the same team, as this HoFer

[mojorisin71]

Cepeda was released on the same day, from the same team, as this HoFer
Luis Aparicio

[RuthMayBond]

Luis Aparicio
You da man! :highfive::bowdown::thumbsup::party::applaud: :clapping :dance

[mojorisin71]

How's this for Luis Aparicio trivia?

http://www.sportspickle.com/archives/volume1/index-02272002.html

[Dave Cash]

I don't the answer, but if someone knows it, i'd sure appreciate the answer to this question:

Name the pitchers who were credited with a win in a game in which they gave up at least 7 runs in the first inning.

[RuthMayBond]

I don't the answer, but if someone knows it, i'd sure appreciate the answer to this question:

Name the pitchers who were credited with a win in a game in which they gave up at least 7 runs in the first inning.Maybe the one where the Pirates got down like 10-0 in the first and the announcer said he'd walk home if they won (and they did)

[Dodgerfan1]

I don't the answer, but if someone knows it, i'd sure appreciate the answer to this question:

Name the pitchers who were credited with a win in a game in which they gave up at least 7 runs in the first inning.


This is an interesting question, however it may have been best if you had started a new thread in the Trivia forum to ask it, as this thread is all about trivia questions associated with the answer to a previous one. This question does not fit the format.

I'm not trying to be a stick-in-the-mud, and I can't speak for AstrosFan, who started the thread, but just my two cents. He seems pretty adamant about sticking to his format.

DF1

[soberdennis]

How's this for Luis Aparicio trivia?

http://www.sportspickle.com/archives/volume1/index-02272002.html
That is interesting. But I didn't see a question in there.
I am saddened to know that he is dead, though.
I think you are supposed to come up with an Aparicio question.
I love this thread. I have a great Feller question if we ever come to him again.

[RuthMayBond]

That is interesting. But I didn't see a question in there.
I am saddened to know that he is dead, though.
I think you are supposed to come up with an Aparicio question.
I love this thread. I have a great Feller question if we ever come to him again.16 years before Aparicio broke into the big leagues, his future team was no-hit on Opening Day by this pitcher :dance:hide::rolleyes::think:

[mojorisin71]

That is interesting. But I didn't see a question in there.
I am saddened to know that he is dead, though.
I think you are supposed to come up with an Aparicio question.
I love this thread. I have a great Feller question if we ever come to him again.

No question involved, but it is a fun Aparicio "fact."

[Dave Cash]

16 years before Aparicio broke into the big leagues, his future team was no-hit on Opening Day by this pitcher :dance:hide::rolleyes::think:

Bob Feller;

When Feller was 17, he struckout 17 batters. Who was the only other pitcher to strikeout his age?

[Dodgerfan1]

Bob Feller;

When Feller was 17, he struckout 17 batters. Who was the only other pitcher to strikeout his age?

David Clyde?

[gojays]

Bob Feller;

When Feller was 17, he struckout 17 batters. Who was the only other pitcher to strikeout his age?

Kerry Wood, who struck out 20 batters when he was 20.

Who is the only pitcher to strike out 21 batters in one game?(16 innings)

[RuthMayBond]

Kerry Wood, who struck out 20 batters when he was 20.

Who is the only pitcher to strike out 21 batters in one game?(16 innings)Tom Cheney?

[gojays]

Tom Cheney?

Right. Post a question.

[RuthMayBond]

Right. Post a question.Tom Cheney's not a well-known player

[gojays]

Tom Cheney's not a well-known player

Sorry, I didn't read all of the first page. Should I post a new question, or just leave it?

[RuthMayBond]

Sorry, I didn't read all of the first page. Should I post a new question, or just leave it?I believe mojorisin from post #146 owes us a question :confused:

[gojays]

Well, anyway, here's a new question: Kerry Wood was the only Cubs representative in the 2003 All-Star Game, which the AL won 8-7. Which NL pitcher gave up the game-winning home run in the bottom of the eighth, giving him the loss and a blown save?

[AstrosFan]

Eric Gagne gave up the gopher, and the score was 7-6.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ALS/ALS200307150.shtml

[gojays]

Eric Gagne gave up the gopher, and the score was 7-6.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ALS/ALS200307150.shtml

Right, and sorry, it was 7-6.

[RuthMayBond]

Eric Gagne gave up the gopher, and the score was 7-6.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ALS/ALS200307150.shtmlI have almost as much trivia on Greg Gagne as I do on Eric :laugh

[AstrosFan]

Eric Gagne was the second Canadian to win the Cy Young Award. Who was the first? (This question should be really easy for most of you, but I can't think of any good Gagne trivia right now.)

[RuthMayBond]

Eric Gagne was the second Canadian to win the Cy Young Award. Who was the first? (This question should be really easy for most of you, but I can't think of any good Gagne trivia right now.)Ferguson Jenkins

[AstrosFan]

Yeah, I knew you'd be quick to get it, RMB. Go ahead.

[RuthMayBond]

Ferguson Jenkins shut out a NL West team in a mid 60's game the same day he hit a home run and had both of his team's RBI. Who was his enemy pitcher?

[Utter Chaos]

Ferguson Jenkins shut out a NL West team in a mid 60's game the same day he hit a home run and had both of his team's RBI. Who was his enemy pitcher? While pitching in relief, on 4/23/1966 Fergie hit a solo homer and a run scoring single off Don Sutton to enable the Cubbies to beat the Dodgers 2 to 0 for his first victory as a Cub.

[AstrosFan]

Don Sutton.

If that's the right answer, if someone wants to do a question, go ahead.

[RuthMayBond]

While pitching in relief, on 4/23/1966 Fergie hit a solo homer and a run scoring single off Don Sutton to enable the Cubbies to beat the Dodgers 2 to 0 for his first victory as a Cub.You are beyond good :bowdown::bowdown:

[Utter Chaos]

While pitching in relief, on 4/23/1966 Fergie hit a solo homer and a run scoring single off Don Sutton to enable the Cubbies to beat the Dodgers 2 to 0 for his first victory as a Cub.
You are beyond good :bowdown::bowdown:
Don Sutton's loss was the first of 13 in a row he would lose to the Cubs. Which Chicago pitcher did Sutton finally beat to end that streak?

[AstrosFan]

Ken Holtzman

[Utter Chaos]

Ken Holtzman


You got it dude!

[AstrosFan]

In 1965, Holtzman was named a collegiate All-American for the University of Illiniois. What Arizona State third baseman was named to the All-America team that year?

[RuthMayBond]

In 1965, Holtzman was named a collegiate All-American for the University of Illiniois. What Arizona State third baseman was named to the All-America team that year?
Maybe Sal Bando?

[AstrosFan]

Maybe you're right.

[RuthMayBond]

Maybe you're right.Maybe is it my turn to ask a question or not (the father of one of my daughter's friends played with Sal in high school :bowdown:

[RuthMayBond]

Maybe you're right.In case it is my turn, what famous pitcher was picked in the ML draft four rounds after Bando was picked?

[Utter Chaos]

Maybe is it my turn to ask a question or not (the father of one of my daughter's friends played with Sal in high school :bowdown:

:eek: Played with what? :rofl:

[RuthMayBond]

:eek: Played with what? :rofl:
Wouldn't YOU like to know?

[Dodgerfan1]

:eek: Played with what? :rofl:

I always wondered about Sal..... :D

[RuthMayBond]

I always wondered about Sal..... :DI always wondered why the A's got him, and we got his no-talent brother.
Oh wait, it was the 60s/70s :grouchy

[mojorisin71]

I always wondered why the A's got him, and we got his no-talent brother.
Oh wait, it was the 60s/70s :grouchy

Name at least three brothers of HOFers or future HOFers that played for the Dodgers at one point in their careers.

[gojays]

Name at least three brothers of HOFers or future HOFers that played for the Dodgers at one point in their careers.

Sandy Alomar Jr. is one...

[Gee Walker]

Name at least three brothers of HOFers or future HOFers that played for the Dodgers at one point in their careers.

Butts Wagner
Chris Gwynn
Ken Brett
Paul and Lloyd Waner (on a technicality, lol)

[NJMetfan4life]

Sandy Alomar Jr. is one...

And Roberto, and one more brother...

[Utter Chaos]

Name at least three brothers of HOFers or future HOFers that played for the Dodgers at one point in their careers.
Wes Ferrell (brother of Rick)
Mack Wheat (brother of Zack)
Wilton Guerrero (brother of Vlad)
Mike Maddux (brother of Greg)

And an extreme long shot.
Jeff Weaver (brother of Jared)