Baseball Photo Trivia

[Angel Oracle]

Elroy Leon Face

Middle name = my grandson’s first name 

[fan_since79]

His first four MLB game appearances were as a pinch runner, but never again.

[Angel Oracle]

The Killer (Harmon Killebrew)

[fan_since79]

These two in their playing days combined for 16 batting titles and more than 7,000 hits.

[fan_since79]

Nobody?

Hello...

[fan_since79]

Man on the left owns the record for highest single-season batting average in the modern era (since 1901). Career BA of .338.

One of the two or three greatest second basemen ever.

The man on the right is more recognizable.

[arch stanton]

Hornsby and Cobb

[fan_since79]

5 hours ago, arch stanton said:

Hornsby and Cobb

No on Hornsby, yes on Cobb.

Man on left played for a team that was named after him.

[Redondo]

Only person I can come up with is Jesse Burkett

This is a list of career batting averages and you said .338

 

[jsnpritchett]

It's Lajoie and the Cleveland team was called the Naps for a while.

[fan_since79]

Sorry, got his career batting average wrong by one point. It was .339

Nap Lajoie. Pronounced LAH-zhu-way.

[Blarg]

Thanks for the correction because the other option was Tony Gwynn and you know Cobb wouldn't have posed with him. 

[fan_since79]

32 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Thanks for the correction because the other option was Tony Gwynn and you know Cobb wouldn't have posed with him. 

Cobb's "racism" was overblown and several stories were downright false. The book "Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty" by Charles Leerhsen sets the historical record straight. He was no saint though.

[Angel Oracle]

14 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Cobb's "racism" was overblown and several stories were downright false. The book "Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty" by Charles Leerhsen sets the historical record straight. He was no saint though.

Al Stump was a chump.

[Tank]

who is this, and what has he done on opening day that no one else has done?

 

[jsnpritchett]

14 minutes ago, Tank said:

who is this, and what has he done on opening day that no one else has done?

 

Bob Feller.  He threw a no-hitter on opening day.

[Tank]

well done!

i was pretty sure AO would know it, and figured a couple others might as well.

[fan_since79]

My late father saw Bob Feller pitch a couple times against the A's back in the day. Dad grew up in Philadelphia. Both the A's and Phillies were pretty bad during those years. 

[Tank]

3 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

My late father saw Bob Feller pitch a couple times against the A's back in the day. Dad grew up in Philadelphia. Both the A's and Phillies were pretty bad during those years. 

my mom was a fan of his, too, though she never got to see him play. she grew up in a factory town south of chicago but they were so poor she never got to go to a game. her first game was a PCL game in san diego while she was attending nursing school during the early 50's. 

i'm thankful she became a fan because she was the one that took me and my brother to most of the games we attended as kids.

[fan_since79]

He was the premiere pitcher in the 1870's. Career record of 251-65, 2.13 ERA. A good hitter too, career BA of .313. He also helped found the National League and later, owned a sporting goods company.

 

 

[fan_since79]

Initials are A.S.

Last name begins with Sp......, 8 letters.

 

 

[Roy Hobbs]

[fan_since79]

Haha. Yes, but without the "u".

I was hoping AO might get it too.

[fan_since79]

Final clue, then I give the answer:

He died in 1915 but continues to have a significant presence in the sport of basketball.

[Blarg]

It was Spaulding. The sporting goods clue was the dead giveaway. 

He created the first official baseball of the Major Leagues, first for the National and then American league. Before that each team brought their own balls to the game with no standardization.

He also created the first specific baseball glove. Many players were playing bare handed or used whatever work gloves they owned.