Ultimate Baseball Trivia

[Angel Oracle]

I knew Delahanty right away, and remembered reading that he drowned, but wasn't aware of the mysterious circumstances around his death.

Another HOF who died young was Rube Waddell.

Edited November 2, 2013 by Angel Oracle

[fan_since79]

Sam Thompson has the best all-time ratio of RBI to games played, .926.

 

He averaged 150 RBI per 162 games. Gehrig is second all-time with a .919 ratio.

[fan_since79]

Gonna revive this thread and see what happens. Ultimate trivia, without photos to slow it down.

What player hit a home run in his first major league at-bat, a triple in his second season, and never had another home run or triple for the rest of his 21-year career?

Edited June 21, 2017 by fan_since79

[Stradling]

20 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Gonna revive this thread and see what happens. Ultimate trivia, without photos to slow it down.

What player hit a home run in his first major league at-bat, a triple in his second season, and never had another home run or triple for the rest of his 21-year career?

I'm going to throw a wild guess out there.  I'll say Tom Seaver.

[fan_since79]

Not Seaver.

Primarily a reliever, in his 7th season he started some games. He pitched a no-hitter in his fourth ML start.

 

[Angel Oracle]

I had to look it up, but it made perfect sense.

[fan_since79]

He appeared in 44 games for the Angels in 1969, at the age of 46.

[Angel Oracle]

FS79's clue should give it away.

[fan_since79]

Here's another one.

He disdained the fastball and the curve.

 

[Stradling]

Hoyt Wilhelm?

[fan_since79]

Just now, Stradling said:

Hoyt Wilhelm?

Winner!

 

[Homebrewer]

Had it but Strad beat me to it. 

Shouldn't you be on the train to the Bronx?

[Stradling]

9 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

Had it but Strad beat me to it. 

Shouldn't you be on the train to the Bronx?

We are in the city already and we will be on the subway around 4:45, it says we are about 30 minutes away.  

As far as the trivia question, I was looking for pitchers that came up just before the DH was implemented.  The other option was pitchers that turned reliever relatively quickly.  I don't know much about Hoyt's career other than he threw the knuckler.

[fan_since79]

Wilhelm, in his rookie season in 1952 with the Giants, led the NL in ERA, at 2.43. He had enough innings to qualify.

It's the only time in MLB history that a pitcher used exclusively in relief has won a league ERA title.

He came in second in the Rookie of the Year balloting to another reliever, Joe Black of the Brooklyn Dodgers.