I checked--be happy.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 September 2016 21:26 (seven years ago) link
clem pretty much otm: giancarlo, longoria and braun
― mookieproof, Sunday, 18 September 2016 01:25 (seven years ago) link
who is the youngest active hitter with more career WAR than mike trout
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:31 (seven years ago) link
Cabrera?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
Just checked--tough question, easy guy to overlook.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
my guess would be longoria
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:54 (seven years ago) link
ah! longoria would have been right a couple of months ago
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:58 (seven years ago) link
actually if you go by fan graphs i was right!
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 15:00 (seven years ago) link
I automatically checked Baseball Reference--different answer.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 15:01 (seven years ago) link
My no-cheating guess was Tulo, but he's 4 WAR behind Trout. After that I looked it up -- it's a great question, and definitely not obvious.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 20:26 (seven years ago) link
for the record, the answer is dustin pedroia, who is seven years and 355 days older than mike trout
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 September 2016 00:43 (seven years ago) link
@sabrA Golden Pitch is any pitch thrown when *both* teams could win or lose WS on one swing of the bat. 1912, '26, ’62, ’72, ’97, 2001, ’14, ’16.
mike montgomery became the eighth pitcher to throw one
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 November 2016 20:36 (seven years ago) link
@ajacksonevansBarry Bonds homered on every day between Apr 1st-Sep 29th in his career, except Aug 5thAug 5th is the date Bobby Bonds homered on the most
Aug 5th is the date Bobby Bonds homered on the most
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
i can't parse that, help?
― mint challop (Will M.), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 17:12 (seven years ago) link
oh its two different names
― mint challop (Will M.), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link
there are eight hall of famers* whose on-base percentage was higher than their slugging percentage. how many can you name?
*inducted as batters, not pitchers/managers/etc
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
(only two of them played during any of our lifetimes, and one just barely)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
quite a few from Deadball i imagine, incl some notorious inductions from the 'Frisch' VC period of late '60s
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
dang, my first guess of rickey was .018 off
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 22:57 (seven years ago) link
Pure guess for one of the modern players: Nellie Fox?
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 January 2017 01:59 (seven years ago) link
Nope--slugging .015 higher.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 January 2017 02:01 (seven years ago) link
One of them has to be Ozzie.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 January 2017 02:02 (seven years ago) link
Yes: .337/.328.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 January 2017 02:03 (seven years ago) link
Billy Hamilton 1888-1901 .344/.455/.432Roger Bresnahan 1897-1915 .279/.386/.377Johnny Evers 1902-1929 .270/.356/.334Ray Schalk 1912-1929 .253/.340/.316Rick Ferrell 1929-1947 .281/.378/.363Luke Appling 1930-1950 .310/.399/.398Richie Ashburn 1948-1962 .308/.396/.382Ozzie Smith 1978-1996 .262/.337/.328
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 January 2017 03:20 (seven years ago) link
hmmm only 2.5 deadballers really
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 January 2017 03:42 (seven years ago) link
I remember during the first baseball strike as a hid, ESPN had on tv an old-timers game in DC and Luke Appling hit a home run and I think he was like 70 years old.
― earlnash, Thursday, 26 January 2017 09:46 (seven years ago) link
I knew Richie Ashburn hit a lot of singles, but I don't think I ever realized just how good he was--led the league in walks four times (high of 125), stole a fair number of bases in a station-to-station decade, a lot of triples, good defense. Must have been next among '50s CF after Mays, Mantle, and Aaron.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 January 2017 12:45 (seven years ago) link
Snider, I meant to say.
name the two hall-of-fame pitchers who won world series games in stadiums that also hosted a super bowl
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 January 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link
one has to be the lefty from Brooklyn
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 January 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link
or maybe the righty from Van Nuys
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 January 2017 18:27 (seven years ago) link
one is indeed the righty from van nuys, in the la coliseum in 1959
weird that you didn't tell me to not mention football, though -- are you okay
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 January 2017 18:30 (seven years ago) link
i thought about it ;)
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 January 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
i thought the other park was in Florida, but that does not seem to be the case
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 January 2017 18:36 (seven years ago) link
btw the other (besides drysdale) is bert blyleven
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 16:50 (seven years ago) link
guess which two i missed
(not the interim from the '60s)
http://www.amazinavenue.com/2017/2/27/14719378/new-york-mets-trivia-managers
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 27 February 2017 15:35 (seven years ago) link
first auto-IBB: yadier molina, with mike montgomery pitching
― Karl Malone, Monday, 3 April 2017 04:10 (seven years ago) link
The Yankees' first 12 batters of the game either walked or struck out. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, they are the first team in the expansion era (since 1961) with a strikeout, walk or hit by pitch in each of their first 12 plate appearances of a game.
carlos 'true outcomes' martinez
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 April 2017 19:32 (seven years ago) link
A most unimpressive 8/15.
http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/mlb-baseball-trivia-quiz-random-players
― clemenza, Sunday, 28 May 2017 23:04 (six years ago) link
I got 12/15. I did not know the guy on the Rays, missed on the Hunley/Hollingsworth and I got Shannon Stewart of the Twins wrong.
― earlnash, Monday, 29 May 2017 00:37 (six years ago) link
Stewart was one of the few I was 100% sure of.
― clemenza, Monday, 29 May 2017 00:56 (six years ago) link
What 2 MLB parks are tied for hosting the most all-time "cycles"? The answer is hi-larious.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 25 June 2017 13:44 (six years ago) link
it's Fenway and Coors.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 21:19 (six years ago) link
ELIAS: The Dodgers have held leads at some point in their last 44 games. That's an MLB record. Previous high: 1906 Cubs (43 straight).— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 20, 2017
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 July 2017 15:27 (six years ago) link
jaime garcia will soon make a start for his third different team in one season, something no pitcher has done since 2007.
who was that pitcher?
― mookieproof, Monday, 31 July 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
i don't know but i just saw that LAD trivia you posted and that is incredible
― Karl Malone, Monday, 31 July 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
(the answer to the above question is the benighted Byung-hyun Kim)
but also
According to the Patrik Eliáš Sports Bureau, Jon Lester joined John Smoltz as the only pitchers since 1900 to hit a HR and record his 2000th strikeout in the same game.
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 02:08 (six years ago) link
According to @EliasSports, Jaime García is the 1st pitcher to make 3 straight app. as a starter for 3 diff. teams since Gus Weyhing in 1895.— Yankees PR Dept. (@YankeesPR) August 4, 2017
― mookieproof, Friday, 4 August 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
martin perez is the first rangers pitcher to fan four times in a game
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
Rich Hill's loss was only 40th time since 1920 a pitcher had a 90+ gamescore and lost. Warren Spahn did it 3 times: https://t.co/xqxGaLQjKa— Ted Berg (@OGTedBerg) August 24, 2017
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 August 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link