Quiz for you - lets see who knows

[Shoeless Moe]

WITHOUT use of the ---damn internet!!!!!!

Who played in 4 decades?.....not Minnie Minoso.....yes he did, but looking for someone else, hint he was decent with the bat.

Well?

[bnorth]

Teddy Ballgame AKA Ted Williams

[Bpm0014]

Rickey Henderson too I beleive.

[39special]

Tim McCarver

[seattlerainiers]

....Mickey Vernon comes to mind.

[WillowGrove]

Rick Demsey? ☺

[ctownboy]

Willie McCovey???

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Luke Appling missed it by one year 1930-50!

[Shoeless Moe]

Ben got it out of the gate with T-Dub.

Williams played in the 30's, 40's, 50's & 60's.

How many other HOFers played in 4 decades.

[Shoeless Moe]

Nice job Brendon!

[Shoeless Moe]

A HOF 2B and amazingly a HOF Catcher too!!!! who dammit who?

[dougiedshow]

I think Rickey Henderson and griffey Jr. would qualify.

[bnorth]

We can add a pitcher in Nolan Ryan.

[Shoeless Moe]

Ryan is the only HOF pitcher.....Cy Young was close, but no cigar!

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

A HOF 2B and amazingly a HOF Catcher too!!!! who dammit who?

Fisk is the catcher

Schoendienst for 2B?

[39special]

Early Wynn played in four decades.

[Shoeless Moe]

Not Red...he was only 40 50 & 60s

the guy i'm looking for played with SJJ

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by 39special

Early Wynn played in four decades.

my error on Early Wynn, u are correct.

so 2 pitchers 4 hitters

[clydepepper]

How about Anson? Not sure without looking.

[Shoeless Moe]

but only in 3 decades

[Scott Garner]

Somebody stole my Nolan Ryan answer, but HOF Eddie Collins, no?

[milkit1]

Arlie Latham?

[milkit1]

Jack Quinn

[Shoeless Moe]

that's it for the HOFers.

[nolemmings]

A deserving Hall of Famer, although he'll likely never make it--Jim Kaat.

[egri]

I've heard it's rumored that Elmer Valo got into 1 game with the 1939 Philadelphia Athletics; if so then he would be another four-decade player.

[jason.1969]

McCovey was the guy who jumped out at me as a kid. I thought it was cool to have a 1980 Topps card with stats going back to 1959.

[jhs5120]

My first thought was Jamie Moyer and I just looked him up - he played from 1986 to 2012!

WOW!

[bn2cardz]

Jamie Moyer
Jack Quinn
Nick Altrock
Nolan Ryan
Jesse Orosco

Jim O'Rourke
Deacon McGuire
Dan Brouthers
Carlton Fisk
Omar Vizquel

This isn't all of them, but just ones that I know played past the age of 45 and hit the 4 decades.

Including Negro leagues you would have a few more including Satchel Paige

[perezfan]

Jim Kaat was celebrated as a 4 decade player at the end of his career. And he could really hit!

Edit: Oops- sorry, I missed Todd's post !��

[nolemmings]

Kitty could field too--16 Gold Gloves, all in a row!

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Jim Kaat was celebrated as a 4 decade player at the end of his career. And he could really hit!

Kaat had a reputation as being a good hitter, but .185 lifetime isn't all that great, even for a pitcher. This is his lifetime average compared to some of the guys he played with on the Twins:

Pascual .205
Boswell .202
Perry .199
Kaat .185

Although Kaat did have more home runs than those other guys...

And he was, no question, a great and smart fielder.

[perezfan]

I guess he was a better fielder, then. Not sure why I remember him as being a good hitter.

I think he hit a few clutch (or perhaps game winning) homers that drew some good publicity. Perhaps his .185 average was offset by having some power or clutch hitting ability. I thought maybe he was used as a pinch hitter a few times as well. Could be wrong...

[nolemmings]

You are not misremembering-- Kaat was often used as a pinch hitter, and was a great athlete. One blogger noted that he was used as a pinch hitter or pinch runner 106 times in his career.

Twins fans of my vintage remember that 1972 season when he broke his hand/wrist sliding into second. He continued to pitch through a couple more innings, won the game and was 10-2 less than halfway through the season, with an ERA barely over 2. Oh, and he was batting .289 with a couple of dingers!! The broken wrist ended his season and messed him up in 1973 as well.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

You are not misremembering-- Kaat was often used as a pinch hitter, and was a great athlete. One blogger noted that he was used as a pinch hitter or pinch runner 106 times in his career.

Twins fans of my vintage remember that 1972 season when he broke his hand/wrist sliding into second. He continued to pitch through a couple more innings, won the game and was 10-2 less than halfway through the season, with an ERA barely over 2. Oh, and he was batting .289 with a couple of dingers!! The broken wrist ended his season and messed him up in 1973 as well.

What I remember is after that, Calvin sent him to the White Sox, and then stated in the papers that the Twins were in need of a left-handed starter... Kaat went on to win 20 games each of the next 2 years in Chicago.

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by Mark17

What I remember is after that, Calvin sent him to the White Sox, and then stated in the papers that the Twins were in need of a left-handed starter... Kaat went on to win 20 games each of the next 2 years in Chicago.

Yep, and the Twins drafted Eddie Bane

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by jhs5120

My first thought was Jamie Moyer and I just looked him up - he played from 1986 to 2012!

WOW!

Jamie Moyer was the last player in the Major Leagues who was older than me....made me sad to see him retire.