Frday Nite BB trivia.......

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Who was the 1st player to hit 3 - HR's in a game in his Rookie year ?

TED Z

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Posted By: David Vargha

Eddie Mathews?

DavidVargha@hotmail.com

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Posted By: Steve f

the Beast?

aka "Double X"

Go Red Sox!

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Posted By: Steve Murray

Cal Ripken? Who is the Beast?

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Posted By: Randy Trierweiler

How about Johnny Mize?

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Posted By: Dave S

Joe DiMaggio

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Posted By: Greg

Did McGwire do it the year he set the rookie record of 49 HRs?

I'm hoping I'm wrong, and it was The Beast.

Greg

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Posted By: Aaron C

Not sure if he was the first, but was it Jim Pendelton of the Braves? In 1953 he had a 3 homer game which was his rookie season.

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Posted By: Jim VB

I know Jeff Francour (sp?) did it, but I can't believe he was the first one to do so.

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Posted By: jay behrens

My money is on someone from the 19c. For an era not known for HRs there sure were a lot multi-HR games back then.

Jay

The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.

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Posted By: Jim VB

OK. I had to look it up.

Mickey Cochrane did it in 1925. (He only had 6 HR's for the entire season.)

Butch Henline had done it in 1922, but he had 112 ABs in 1921 which I think was enough to disqualify him from rookie status (but I don't know for sure, because that is one of those rules they change from time to time.)

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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

was Jimmie Foxxxxxx

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Posted By: barrysloate

Okay- I'll start Saturday morning off with one:

Who is the only manager to lose two different games with two different teams by the identical score of 26-7? And name the teams for extra credit.

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Posted By: Rich Klein

Mets and another team

Rich

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Posted By: barrysloate

I guess that one was too easy. Davey Johnson was managing the Mets in 1985 when the Phillies beat them 26-7 (it was 16-0 in the 2nd inning).

He was also managing the Orioles a few years later when the Texas Rangers beat them by the same score. In that game, the Rangers were leading 10-7 and then scored 16 runs in the 8th inning (I think).

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

There is a correct answer to the 3-HR, Rookie TRIVIA on the board.

Let's see if anyone else can "2nd it" ? ?

TED Z

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Posted By: Rich Klein

To your question Ted

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Posted By: John Kalafarski

These are the only two pitchers who were involved in both Babe Ruth's 60 home runs and Joe D's 56 game streak.

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Posted By: Rich Klein

Lefty Grove and Ted Lyons

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Posted By: John Kalafarski

Lefty and Beloved Ted.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Rich- do you know these all by heart?

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Posted By: Rich Klein

Barry:

As an FYI, I'm now a 3-time SABR team trivia titlist and a six-time finalist. While I know whom is better then me on trivia, I'm still probably in the top 10 in the country or so.

You can see me for about 3 seconds on MLB.Com during their recap of the SABR convention

I used to be better at trivia (top 5 or so); but something about marriage took away much of my time. Teddy Z will verify that I'm pretty darned good on this subject

Regards
Rich

Edited to eliminate a small typo and a minor grammar mistake. Can't let the English professors on the board get too persnickity.

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Posted By: barrysloate

I didn't know that. I'm pretty good too, but not at that level.

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Posted By: Jim VB

Rich,

I'm waffling on my Cochrane answer. MLB currently states: "Determining rookie status:
A player shall be considered a rookie unless, during a previous season or seasons, he has (a) exceeded 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the Major Leagues; or (b) accumulated more than 45 days on the active roster of a Major League club or clubs during the period of 25-player limit (excluding time in the military service and time on the disabled list). "


Henline did not have enough ABs but I have no way to determine if he was on the roster for more than the 45 days. Moreover, who knows what the rule was (if they even had one) back in 1921-22.


Any ideas?

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Posted By: S Gross

Barry,
Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
I was at that Mets/Phillies game.
Von Hayes () hit 2 HRs in first inning.

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

And which two major league players have pitched in 100 games or more and have at least 1500 hits?

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Posted By: Jim VB

John Montgomery Ward and that other guy who batted third for the NY Yankees... what was his name???

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Posted By: dennis

who gave up home-runs to babe ruth and mickey mantle?

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Posted By: Bob Pomilla

I know Al Benton faced both of them, but did he give up homers to both?

Does this include the minors?

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Posted By: dennis

bob that was the guy i had in mind....seems like bobo newsome should have too,even if he didn't!

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Posted By: barrysloate

Wow, you were at the 26-7 game! I remember now that Hayes hit two homers in one inning. I guess it's safe to say you will never see a higher scoring one. That's a once in a lifetime.

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Posted By: Bob Pomilla

Yeah, Dennis, before I remembered Benton, Bobo was the the first guy to pop into my mind because of his longevity.

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Posted By: Anonymous

Poking around the 'net, regarding Benton, it turns out thst his other distinction is being the only guy to have two sacrifice bunts in the same inning.......... In case anyone asks .

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Posted By: barrysloate

Okay- this is not a question but a memory I have of a bizarre day in baseball history. Let's see if anyone else remembers it.

In July, 1969, the Mets were hosting the Astros in a doubleheader. Seaver pitched the first game and left after 8 innings (I think) trailing 5-3. In the top of the 9th the Astros scored 11 runs and won 16-3. Seaver took the loss and his record dropped to 15-7.

In the second game of the doubleheader the Astros scored 10 runs in the 4th inning and won that game 11-5. It was one of the very few times in baseball history that a team had two innings of 10 or more runs on the same day.

But it would probably be the last bad day the Mets would have in 1969. Seaver would not lose again until Game 1 of the World Series, and the Mets went on one of the greatest two-month tears in history.

Rich, do you remember that doubleheader?

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Here is the correct answer to the 3-HR, Rookie TRIVIA quiz......

Eddie Mathews in 1951 with the Boston Braves.

David Vargha is the Trivia King for a day.

TED Z

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Posted By: Rich Klein

I remember vividly that season; and I remember the Miracle Mets album in which that doubleheader was the spur to the Mets finishing kick.

Rich

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Posted By: Rich Klein

Teddy:

I'll purchase you a 1952 Topps Mathews card -- me thinks your memory is not quite what it used to be

Regards
Rich

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Barry, if I recall correctly, Seaver went on a streak that took him into the World Series of 8 straight complete games in which he gave up a total of 8 earned runs.

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Posted By: Rich Klein

Mickey Cochrane did HIT 3 homers in an 1925 game during his rookie season. While David Vargha is a legend in PSA forum circles -- his answer is not the right one

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_hitters_with_three_home_runs _in_one_game

Regards
Rich

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Posted By: John Kalafarski

Who was the only man (I think it still stands) to steal a base in four decades?

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Posted By: dennis

who was the last of the brooklyn dodgers to retire as an active player?

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Posted By: dennis

the stealer the greatest of all time mr. henderson!

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Posted By: John Kalafarski

Rickey did it (I just checked the Baseball reference page). But who else?

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Posted By: barrysloate

I know that Seaver won his last ten decisions, and that the Mets went from 62-51 to finish at 100-60. And although they only lost 9 games for nearly two months, they were no-hit in one of them- by Bob Moose. I'm doing all that from memory- does it sound right?

And on the subject of no-hitters, legend has it that Doc Ellis threw his no-hitter on LSD. Is that truth or fiction?

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Posted By: S Gross

The most unappreciated HOF, Edward Trowbridge Collins, Sr. (1906-1930).


OK, as far as longevity, name the only 2 players to hit a HR as a teenager and 40+ ?????



(Oh, and Barry, my friend I was with was a big, big Mets fan, and was so pissed, he wanted to leave. I said, no way, someday I'll be able to say I was at this game. I guess my day has come !!!)

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Posted By: barrysloate

The Phillies scored 9 in the 1st and 7 in the 2nd, so when it's 16-0 after two innings, you don't know whether to leave because the game is over or stay on the hope of watching history. Wish I went to a game like that!

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Posted By: Rich Klein

I've asked this q myself

The first player to steal a base in four decades was

Theodore Samuel Williams

Regards
Rich

Bob Aspromonte was the last Brooklyn Dodger standing. -- This one I know without looking up either

Edited for spelling flaws

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Posted By: barrysloate

Don Mattingly hit six grand slams in 1987 to establish the major league record (which he now shares with Travis Hafner).

How many grand slams did Mattingly hit in his career?

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Posted By: Rich Klein

For those were the ONLY grannies in Donald Arthur Mattingly's career -- I remember that one too

Rich

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Posted By: barrysloate

I know- he never hit another before or after, yet holds the major league record. One of the oddest statistics out there.