Baseball Photo Trivia

[lbjames 33]

Johnny Damon and Gene Stephens.  Three hits in an inning.

[Roy Hobbs 927]

1 hour ago, lbjames said:

Johnny Damon and Gene Stephens.  Three hits in an inning.

Correct

[fan_since79 10,669]

What else do these two have in common?

[Roy Hobbs 927]

1 hour ago, fan_since79 said:

What else do these two have in common?

Cal Ripken replaced Rayford to start his streak and Minor replaced Ripken at the end of his streak.

[fan_since79 10,669]

These questions are too easy.

[fan_since79 10,669]

Rare color footage of the 1947 Old Timers Game at Yankee Stadium with many all-time greats present. At the end is a clip from 1942 of the 47-year old Babe Ruth hitting a home run off the 55-yr old Walter Johnson.

Hope you can see this video. It's from Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1382597308682072/permalink/2532493740359084/

[fan_since79 10,669]

What do the two guys with Ruth have in common?

Nobody else in baseball history matches this achievement.

[Inside Pitch 16,657]

On 8/4/2020 at 2:59 PM, Tank said:

Who are two people who have never been in my kitchen, Alex?

Cliff Claven!

[Redondo 2,639]

11 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Rare color footage of the 1947 Old Timers Game at Yankee Stadium with many all-time greats present. At the end is a clip from 1942 of the 47-year old Babe Ruth hitting a home run off the 55-yr old Walter Johnson.

Hope you can see this video. It's from Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1382597308682072/permalink/2532493740359084/

That was great!

Thanks for sharing.

[fan_since79 10,669]

Nobody up for answering the question?

hint: the achievement does tend to help the slugging percentage.

[Tank 25,152]

2 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Nobody up for answering the question?

hint: the achievement does tend to help the slugging percentage.

they are the only players to lead the league in homers, triples, and doubles in a season.

[Angel Oracle 13,177]

On ‎8‎/‎12‎/‎2020 at 1:29 PM, fan_since79 said:

These questions are too easy.

Ripkin Jr. actually played 3B for the first 1/2 of 1982, and then moved to SS in July.

[Angel Oracle 13,177]

49 minutes ago, Tank said:

they are the only players to lead the league in homers, triples, and doubles in a season.

If the other guy with Ty Cobb is indeed Tris Speaker, that can't be the answer because Speaker never led the league in triples if Baseball Reference is accurate.

Edited August 14, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[Tank 25,152]

26 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

If the other guy with Ty Cobb is indeed Tris Speaker, that can't be the answer because Speaker never led the league in triples if Baseball Reference is accurate.

putting you on ignore...

[fan_since79 10,669]

You guys are getting warm...has to do with doubles and triples. Only two players with _____________________.

[fan_since79 10,669]

5 hours ago, Tank said:

they are the only players to lead the league in homers, triples, and doubles in a season.

Nobody has ever accomplished that feat. The closest was Stan Musial in 1948, who led the NL in doubles and triples,  but fell one short of leading in home runs.

[Tank 25,152]

26 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Nobody has ever accomplished that feat. The closest was Stan Musial in 1948, who led the NL in doubles and triples,  but fell one short of leading in home runs.

clearly, you fail to recognize the genius of my 5th grade  year at school. 

to say i dominated would be a gross understatement of just how much i crushed ricky, mark, ray, and rik.

[fan_since79 10,669]

One more clue, then I'll give the answer if nobody can get it.

Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker are the only two players in baseball history with at least ____________________________________.

Think extra-base hits.

[Redondo 2,639]

200 triples and 700 doubles?

Ty Cobb 297 triples and 724 doubles

Tris Speaker 222 triples and 792 doubles

[fan_since79 10,669]

53 minutes ago, Redondo said:

200 triples and 700 doubles?

Ty Cobb 297 triples and 724 doubles

Tris Speaker 222 triples and 792 doubles

You are correct, but I was thinking of it in a different way.

The only two players with at least 1,000 combined doubles and triples.

But yes, your answer is also right.

[fan_since79 10,669]

By the way, Albert Pujols needs only 20 extra-base hits to pass Babe Ruth for 4th place on the all-time list.

 

[Redondo 2,639]

1 hour ago, fan_since79 said:

By the way, Albert Pujols needs only 20 extra-base hits to pass Babe Ruth for 4th place on the all-time list.

 

As slow as he is it might take a while 

[fan_since79 10,669]

One of these players is still with us today. Who is he?

 

[Angel Oracle 13,177]

It's got to be either the Indians or A's player to Yogi's left.   But I don't recognize them right away.    Rocky Colavito?

Edited August 17, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[fan_since79 10,669]

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

It's got to be either the Indians or A's player to Yogi's left.   But I don't recognize them right away.    Rocky Colavito?

Photo is from 1953 All-Star Game. He's the A's player. It was his only season with the A's. He played on seven different teams in his 13-year career.

Oh, and he is currently the oldest living former MLB player.