Tuesday Trivia....What TWO HOFers wore #7......

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by tedzan

And hey, looky here....the Ohio/Texas "tandem dudes" have entered the fray !

TED Z

I may have lived in Ohio for 10 years, and Texas for the last 4, but I'm a born and raised New York guy.

I am the type guy who has been a Yankee fan my whole life. I was ridiculing the post that suggests that Yankee fans aren't rational about who deserves the Hall of Fame.

Sorry if that attempt at humor sailed right over your head. I'll try to keep it more lowbrow going forward.

[FrankWakefield]

The "17" question is for everyone...

Good try, Peter. But a famous member of the St. Louis Cardinals wore #17 after Dizzy did.

[tbob]

I'm still waiting for this guy to get in. A poll of the top pitchers in the AL of the 60's said this guy was the best hitter in baseball. His career was cut short by knee surgeries but he had a rifle for an arm, speed, and several silver bats in his closet.

1676 6879 6301 870 1917 329 48 220 947 86 55 448 645 .304 .353 .476 .830

[ElCabron]

Tony O.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by tbob

I'm still waiting for this guy to get in. A poll of the top pitchers in the AL of the 60's said this guy was the best hitter in baseball. His career was cut short by knee surgeries but he had a rifle for an arm, speed, and several silver bats in his closet.

1676 6879 6301 870 1917 329 48 220 947 86 55 448 645 .304 .353 .476 .830

Oliva I assume.

[FrankWakefield]

The Cards got around to retiring #17 in 1974.

Where did you get such great uniform number information, oh Dinosaur???

[Kawika]

Frank: Baseball Almanac.com has year-by-year team rosters complete with uniform numbers.
http://baseball-almanac.com/teammenu.shtml
(pick a team and look for "franchise facts at a glance")

DMcD
Young Dinosaur

[base_ball]

Mickey Mantle and Ed Kranepool....just kidding...Mantle and Leo Durocher, as stated below. Leo was the first Yankee to wear the number in 1929, the first year the team used numbers.