Old Judge Trivia Question Thread

[Joe_G.]

Originally Posted by kkkkandp

Here's one...what member of the Old Judge set is the all-time leader in hit batsmen?

~12 1/2 years unanswered, Kevin and I gave everyone a fair chance . . .

Gus Weyhing, 277 hit batsmen over 14 years (4337 innings pitched)

Walter Johnson hit 205 over 21 years (5914.1 innings pitched) (4th all time)

I had to look this up.


Who is the oldest player depicted on Old Judge card (oldest during his N172 card issuance)?

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Joe_G.

~12 1/2 years unanswered, Kevin and I gave everyone a fair chance . . .

Gus Weyhing, 277 hit batsmen over 14 years (4337 innings pitched)

Walter Johnson hit 205 over 21 years (5914.1 innings pitched) (4th all time)

I had to look this up.


Who is the oldest player depicted on Old Judge card (oldest during his N172 card issuance)?

Harry Wright would be my guess.

[molenick]

I vote for Harry Wright as the oldest person. If it was someone who was still a player at the time, I vote for either Jim O'Rourke or Deacon White, just because I know both would have been playing for awhile at that point.

[oldjudge]

My guess would be Deacon White, especially since he is Joe’s favorite player

[Joe_G.]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

my guess would be deacon white, especially since he is joe’s favorite player

[Joe_G.]

OK, something more difficult.

29 subjects from the Old Judge set have been inducted into the BB HOF. Most of the players died before the HOF began inducting players (1936), still more would perish before being honored, however, four held on long enough to see their enshrinement, name them.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Joe_G.

OK, something more difficult.

29 subjects from the Old Judge set have been inducted into the BB HOF. Most of the players died before the HOF began inducting players (1936), still more would perish before being honored, however, four held on long enough to see their enshrinement, name them.

That's a hard one, Joe. I went 1 for 4. (I won't embarrass myself by listing all of them) 🤓

[Misunderestimated]

I think its Connie Mack, Hugh Duffy
Clark Griffith and Kid Nichols. Haven't double checked.

[Joe_G.]

All good guesses, Deacon White was oldest player (39 years old at time of April photo shoot, turning 40 in late 1888) and was the answer I was looking for.

Harry Wright would be oldest person (manager) during card issue with cards issued in 1887, 1888, 1889, & 1890 age 52-55yrs although the photo portraits used to make those cards seem to date to 1887 & 1888 (52 & 53 yrs old).