Trivia/History thread

[Scraps 13,560]

Maybe ocugolf doesn't know what half of 1406 is?

[ztejas 43,411]

55 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

I feel like Nelly Cruz was with Seattle and the Twins long enough to get 100 at each.   I'm going with him.

He was my guess. He got to 76 with MIN. 2020 was a shortened season although I'm not sure he would have gotten to 100 either way. 

[ocugolf 1,214]

More like I’m an idiot. I meant to say 2. Hamilton easy one. Tim Raines last appeared like 9 days after Rickey retired. My apologies. I’ll do better. 

[Scraps 13,560]

9 minutes ago, ocugolf said:

More like I’m an idiot. I meant to say 2. Hamilton easy one. Tim Raines last appeared like 9 days after Rickey retired. My apologies. I’ll do better. 

yeah you are all kinds of fucked up.  

Raines retired the year before Rickey not 9 days after.  

Billy Hamilton the guy from our lifetime only has 317 steals.  

Billy Hamilton the guy who died in 1940 has 911 

Ban user 

[Scraps 13,560]

So in conclusion there are ZERO fucking players who have reached half as many steals as Rickey Henderson's total amount since he retired 

lol 

[ocugolf 1,214]

Twitters fault. My apologies 

[WBT 20,559]

Gave up and googled the 5th 100 HR with 3 teams guy and I also hadn't heard of him.  So the 5 in chronological order are:

Spoiler

Reggie Jackson, Darrell Evans, Arod, Jim Thome, and Adrian Beltre 

 

[shadow_operative2.0 15,941]

How have y’all not heard of him?! 

[Beau Vine 54,203]

1 hour ago, ocugolf said:

More like I’m an idiot. I meant to say 2. Hamilton easy one. Tim Raines last appeared like 9 days after Rickey retired. My apologies. I’ll do better. 

You are a real fucking idiot.

[ocugolf 1,214]

7 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

You are a real fucking idiot.

Self admitted 

[Scraps 13,560]

50 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

How have y’all not heard of him?! 

Dwight always got more pub (even if not related) 

[Beau Vine 54,203]

1 hour ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

How have y’all not heard of him?! 

No shit, Darrell Evans played for about 20 years.   IIRC, Bill James once called him the most underrated player in MLB history.  If people had valued OBP instead of BA when he played, he'd likely be in the HoF.

[WBT 20,559]

I would have only been aware of baseball his last few years and I was still pretty much Astros/NL only at that time.  Of course I now know about plenty of guys from before I was born but somehow I don't remember ever coming across him before.  I probably do have a couple of copies of his '87 Topps though. 

[dcar00 14,144]

5 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

How have y’all not heard of him?! 

because he played in the era of some great 3rd Basemen(end of Robinson and Santo, Schmidt, Brett, beginning of Boggs, even Rose played some 3rd, even Molitor is in as a 3B)  and didn't really hit for a decent average in an era that rewarded it, average fielder also.  Kind of like Simmons and catchers. You could say the late 60's to mid 80's were the salad days for third sackers.

damn good player like Cey, Buddy Bell, Nettles just not HOF.

[shadow_operative2.0 15,941]

Yeah, he was mostly a 1B in the late Tiger years that I remember him from. 

[WBT 20,559]

Oh hi

 

[dcar00 14,144]

6 hours ago, Scraps said:

So in conclusion there are ZERO fucking players who have reached half as many steals as Rickey Henderson's total amount since he retired 

lol 

now that is a trivia question.  how many players have 703 stolen bases since Henderson retired?     ZERO

I have another one.  How many people have more career home runs since Barry Bonds retired?    Don't google.

[ztejas 43,411]

D Evans is 12th all time in walks. He finished with 2200+ hits and 400+ homers and a career OPS+ of 119 (Beltre for his career was 116) with seasons of 156, 150, 138 and  135 and outside of his first and last seasons was only sub-100 once. 

He made two all-star games and never finished higher than 12th in MVP voting. 

Funny game. 

Edited July 14, 2022 by ztejas

[Beau Vine 54,203]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

D Evans is 12th all time in walks. He finished with 2200+ hits and 400+ homers and a career OPS+ of 119 (Beltre for his career was 116) with seasons of 156, 150, 138 and  135 and outside of his first and last seasons was only sub-100 once. 

He made two all-star games and never finished higher than 12th in MVP voting. 

Funny game. 

He played back when everyone considered walks solely to be mistakes by the pitcher.

[Beau Vine 54,203]

20 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Yeah, he was mostly a 1B in the late Tiger years that I remember him from. 

He seemed to absolutely own the Rangers when I was a kid.  Of course, everyone owned the Rangers back then.  And now.

[WBT 20,559]

Here's a simple one I like.  Who has more career runs scored, Hank Aaron or Babe Ruth?

Answer below

Spoiler

Tied at 2174, 4th on the all-time list

 

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

Has to be Aaron, right?

[dcar00 14,144]

someone may know this randomly.  I'd never really thought about it before.  Who is the only catcher to catch 2 perfect games?

[dcar00 14,144]

Rick Wise 1971 is the answer to last pitcher to homer and throw no hitter in same game.  If Ohtani doesn't do it, it may not happen again.

[Beau Vine 54,203]

5 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

someone may know this randomly.  I'd never really thought about it before.  Who is the only catcher to catch 2 perfect games?

I know it because of my left-handed hitting catcher fetish.

[dcar00 14,144]

6 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

I know it because of my left-handed hitting catcher fetish.

I distinctly remember the first one because it hadn't been done in 13 years. It was a huge deal. we are on a 10 year streak right now.

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

15 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

I know it because of my left-handed hitting catcher fetish.

Batted left, threw right. Caught two perfect games. What a weird dude.

[Beau Vine 54,203]

14 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Batted left, threw right. Caught two perfect games. What a weird dude.

Don't judge me.  This is a real problem.

I drafted Yasmani Grandal in the first round of my fantasy league draft.

[dcar00 14,144]

29 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Batted left, threw right. Caught two perfect games. What a weird dude.

he'd be weirder if he batted right and threw left

[dcar00 14,144]

14 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Don't judge me.  This is a real problem.

I drafted Yasmani Grandal in the first round of my fantasy league draft.

so spill the fetish beans...

[Scraps 13,560]

Don't judge me.  This is a real problem.
I drafted Yasmani Grandal in the first round of my fantasy league draft.

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[Helobious 9,461]

A little different but it’s something I read today, should be easy… what’s the most amount of hits you could possibly get in an inning without scoring a run? 

[WBT 20,559]

6?   I'm assuming there's some bullshit rule where the last out of the inning is made but the batter still gets a hit.  A runner getting hit by the ball maybe?

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11,669]

i think 6 too.

single

single 

single

two runners get out

single

single

single with runner interference preventing the run.

[Helobious 9,461]

35 minutes ago, WBT said:

6?   I'm assuming there's some bullshit rule where the last out of the inning is made but the batter still gets a hit.  A runner getting hit by the ball maybe?

 

16 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

i think 6 too.

single

single 

single

two runners get out

single

single

single with runner interference preventing the run.

Nailed it, 6 is the answer. Simplest scenario is 2 singles, 2 pickoffs, 3 singles to load the bases, then a batted ball that hits a base runner for out #3 (batter is awarded a hit when this happens)

[Serak The Preparer 3,431]

I saw this on reddit/baseball but haven't verified myself. At the risk of pulling an @ocugolf, who is the only pitcher to face the last three single-season HR record holders? Bonus: how many homers did he give up to this trio?

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

Curt Shilling? That name is somewhere in my brain for this answer.

[Serak The Preparer 3,431]

Nope. An exercise left to the reader is to determine who the last three single-season HR record holders are.

[Scraps 13,560]

Nolan Ryan

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

Maybe I haven't had enough coffee. We're talking Bonds, Sosa, and McGwire, right?

[Scraps 13,560]

Maybe I haven't had enough coffee. We're talking Bonds, Sosa, and McGwire, right?

Nope. Maris. Sosa never led MLB because he was always behind Big Mac or Bonds in those years

[Serak The Preparer 3,431]

Yeah - even if you hadn't seen that before it's not a long list of pitchers who pitched to both Roger Maris and Barry Bonds. Sammy is not a single-season HR record holder since McGuire beat him in 98.

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11,669]

2 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Maybe I haven't had enough coffee. We're talking Bonds, Sosa, and McGwire, right?

It'd be Bonds, McGwire and Maris, right?  It's have to be Nolan.

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

Just now, Scraps said:

2 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Maybe I haven't had enough coffee. We're talking Bonds, Sosa, and McGwire, right?

Nope. Maris. Sosa never led MLB because he was always behind Big Mac or Bonds in those years

Very cool. Hadn't though of that.

Then my answer is Jim Kaat. I think he gave up an HR to Ruth and Abner Doubleday too.

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

Easier one for everyone:

 

Everyone knows Cal Ripkin Jr broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak. Few know that Gehrig passed Everett Scott on the list.   All three of those were in the AL.

Who hold the NL consecutive game streak?

[henrygandorf 29,189]

one of the first baseball trivia questions i remember, from decades ago, but i still like it - what's the fewest amount of pitches you need to throw a complete game.  full game, nothing weather related.  i think i heard it in the 80's or 90's.

the one that always accompanied it (though unrelated) - what are the only two days of the year without a major league sporting event?

[ztejas 43,411]

14 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

one of the first baseball trivia questions i remember, from decades ago, but i still like it - what's the fewest amount of pitches you need to throw a complete game.  full game, nothing weather related.  i think i heard it in the 80's or 90's.

Isn't it 0 now with the no-pitch IW rule?

[Helobious 9,461]

27? Not sure Im getting that one, that’s way too easy.
 

And day before & after the all star game. 

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

Just now, ztejas said:

Isn't it 0 now with the no-pitch IW rule?

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. IW & 27 pick offs.

[Helobious 9,461]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

Isn't it 0 now with the no-pitch IW rule?

You’d never get anyone out so it can’t be a complete game. 
 

Cheeseweasel got it. Whoops. 

Edited July 26, 2022 by Helobious