Ultimate Baseball Trivia

[DW711]

I had to look it up. It was driving me crazy.

 

Good question. On the first question, I have no idea.

 

What'd ya come up with? Pm me

[DW711]

I tried to think of someone with those stats and drew a blank.  I am guessing it is someone that doesn't get a lot of playing time.

 

Nope.

[DW711]

Someone knows this.

 

I figured it out (a while ago) in less than 2 minutes.

 

Yes, it was a bit of a fluke.

 

Just think about it..what the hell do these guys have in common?

 

It has nothing to do with stats..nothing to do with play time and nothing to do with teams/teams played for.

[tdawg87]

Madison Bumgarner is another one for the 2nd question.

 

Is it players who throw left handed and hit right handed? I know Henderson did and I know Bumgarner does, but I have no idea about the other guys.

[DW711]

see, someone got it!

[Hollyw00d]

Is that your answer or does he have to do with the above players?!

 

Either way, you're wrong!

 

Edit: Oh..you meant for the doubles, triples, homers question. Good guess, but no.

 

Madison Bumgarner is another one for the 2nd question.

 

 

vernon wells

[fan_since79]

Vernon Wells is the answer to another trivia question:

 

Who had the lowest season OBP ever for an outfielder with at least 25 home runs? 

 

It was in 2011, and his OBP was .248, lowest ever all-time in this category.

[DW711]

vernon wells

 

No.

[fan_since79]

Is it players who throw left handed and hit right handed? I know Henderson did and I know Bumgarner does, but I have no idea about the other guys.

 

Add Collin Cowgill to that list. 

 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324678604578342351973242678.html

[DW711]

Add Collin Cowgill to that list. 

 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324678604578342351973242678.html

 

Yeah, I knew I forgot about him.

[fan_since79]

Inspired by Homer Bailey's no-hitter yesterday:

 

Who is the only pitcher in major league history to pitch no-hitters in his first and last career complete games?

 

His career was post-1950.

[fan_since79]

The pitcher in question finished his career with the Angels.

[fan_since79]

His first no-hitter also set a ML record for his team.

[fan_since79]

One more hint, and I'm just giving it away here:

 

His name is mentioned every now and then on this forum.

[nate]

Stoneman?

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Ralston Schmidt?

[fan_since79]

Stoneman?

Bill Stoneman it is.

 

His first no-hitter in 1969 was also only the 9th game of the new Montreal Expos franchise. 

 

Both no-hitters were won by 7-0 scores. Tim McCarver was the Expos catcher for the second one, on the final day of the 1972 season.

 

Stoneman almost had another no-hitter in 1971 against the Padres. He settled for a one-hitter and struck out 14 batters. The one hit was a clean single by Cito Gaston, the only hard-hit ball of the game.

[nate]

Couldn't remember if Stoneman had one or two no hitters.  Nice.

[fan_since79]

Okay, time to dust off this thread.

 

 

What is the record for fewest combined hits in a major league game? This part's easy to guess.

 

Now for the harder part. Which two teams were involved and who were the pitchers?

 

 

[fan_since79]

Hint: Post 1960

[nate]

Pure guess.

 

1

 

Pedro & Clemens - Yanks and Bo Sox

 

Probably a bad guess since both of those teams had a lot of offense and it was the steroid era and I don't think one has ever no hit the other.

[fan_since79]

Correct on the one hit, but not Pedro and Clemens.

 

 

National League, post 1960.

[nate]

Cardinals/Dodgers

 

Gibson/Koufax?

[fan_since79]

Correct on Koufax.

 

The losing pitcher won 48 games in a 7-year career. This game was his finest performance.

[nate]

No clue.