Baseball Photo Trivia

[fan_since79]

9 minutes ago, True Grich said:

Hit for the cycle?

Yes!

And it was a reverse natural cycle. HR, triple, double, single in that order.

[T.G.]

Lucky guess on my part.

[fan_since79]

Strangely enough, Walker had only 1 RBI that day, on the home run. It was enough, as Detroit won 4-3.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET193704200.shtml

[Angel Oracle]

I had to look this one up.    Nicely done.

 

[fan_since79]

2 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

I had to look this one up.    Nicely done.

 

If Walker had had a little more cooperation from the rest of the offense that day, he might have had more than 1 RBI.

He finished his career with 998.

[Tank]

2 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

If Walker had had a little more cooperation from the rest of the offense that day, he might have had more than 1 RBI.

He finished his career with 998.

that's brutal, like tim salmon hitting 299 career homers or andres galarraga hitting 399.

[fan_since79]

He's the only outfielder in baseball history with more career double plays (37) than errors (33).

He also had a 37-game hitting streak one year.

In 1945 he had 28 home runs and only 9 strikeouts, an all-time record for differential (19). In his first career 233 PA he struck out only once.

Not an easy answer. He is not a household name among baseball fans, but one of you smart guys will probably get it.

[Redondo]

Spoiler

Had to look it up

Tommy Holmes

 

[Tank]

I’m going with William Howard Taft.

[fan_since79]

Okay, the answer is Tommy Holmes.

Yeah, I never heard of him either, but he had a decent career.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/holmeto01.shtml

[Angel Oracle]

I guessed right on it, before seeing Redondo's post.    I remembered that Holmes played for the Braves in the 1940s.

He's more famously known for who Pete Rose surpassed when Rose set the NL record when hitting in his 38th straight game in 1978.   Holmes hit in 37 straight in 1945.  

[fan_since79]

Holmes is in 4th place all-time for lowest strikeout percentage. His ratio of K's/at-bats is 2.44%.

Who are the top three (players since 1901)?

They played most of their careers for Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and the Chicago White Sox respectively. All three are in the Hall of Fame.

 

[Angel Oracle]

Joe Sewell, Pie Traynor, and Nellie Fox?   I knew all 3, although I guessed one of them amongst 2 options before looking both up. 

Sewell's was the most ridiculous rate.  He had several straight single digit K seasons. 

 

[T.G.]

3 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Holmes is in 4th place all-time for lowest strikeout percentage. His ratio of K's/at-bats is 2.44%.

Who are the top three (players since 1901)?

They played most of their careers for Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and the Chicago White Sox respectively. All three are in the Hall of Fame.

 

Where's the photo?

[fan_since79]

3 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Joe Sewell, Pie Traynor, and Nellie Fox?   I knew all 3, although I guessed one of them amongst 2 options before looking both up. 

Sewell's was the most ridiculous rate.

 

Lloyd Waner is second, at least according to Baseball Reference. Traynor is down the list a bit.

[Angel Oracle]

33 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Lloyd Waner is second, at least according to Baseball Reference. Traynor is down the list a bit.

I got two out of three then, the sure guesses Sewell and Fox?   

I'm slipping, forgot about the Waners, the only brothers to both go into the HOF.

Bonus question: who are the only father and son to both go into the HOF?  

[Redondo]

4 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Joe Sewell, Pie Traynor, and Nellie Fox?   I knew all 3, although I guessed one of them amongst 2 options before looking both up. 

Sewell's was the most ridiculous rate.  He had several straight single digit K seasons. 

 

That's a stat we will never see again. Single digit K's....

[fan_since79]

During DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak he struck out five times.

[fan_since79]

(an encore post)

1,345 wins between them. 

 

[T.G.]

The two guys in uniform... were they actually still playing?  The second guy from the left looked like he was in his 70's then.

The guy in the stands sporting a suit and hat... man - I can't imagine what it was like back then to go to the ball park in a suit.  When people say "I'm a traditionalist" - I ask them - do you wear a suit to the game?

No idea who those four guys are - but they could probably out pitch the Angels current rotation.

[Roy Hobbs]

4 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

(an encore post)

1,345 wins between them. 

 

Too easy,Smokey Joe Wood, Denton"Cy" Young, Lefty Grove and of course local boy Walter"The Big Train" Johnson.

[Angel Oracle]

No takers on my earlier question of the only father son combo in the HOF?

Here are their pics.   The one on the right likely makes this an easy one.

    

[Roy Hobbs]

15 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

No takers on my earlier question of the only father son combo in the HOF?

Here are their pics.   The one on the right likely makes this an easy one.

    

I missed your question earlier but that is Larry and Lee MacPhail

[fan_since79]

19 hours ago, True Grich said:

The two guys in uniform... were they actually still playing?  The second guy from the left looked like he was in his 70's then.

The guy in the stands sporting a suit and hat... man - I can't imagine what it was like back then to go to the ball park in a suit.  When people say "I'm a traditionalist" - I ask them - do you wear a suit to the game?

No idea who those four guys are - but they could probably out pitch the Angels current rotation.

Walter Johnson lost 26 career 1-0 games and 65 games total where his team failed to score a run.

He would feel right at home with this Angels offense.

[Tank]

On 4/3/2019 at 9:41 AM, fan_since79 said:

Walter Johnson lost 26 career 1-0 games and 65 games total where his team failed to score a run.

He would feel right at home with this Angels offense.

we'd also probably refer to it now as WJS instead of TJS.