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  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 29, 2022 7:38AM

    Cal Jr and Kaline????

    Edit to add that both are wrong but very close.

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  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    one is from the correct team.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I will add another hint. both players are from AL East teams

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Brooks Robinson and Carl Yastrzemski.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @countdouglas said:
    Brooks Robinson and Carl Yastrzemski.

    You got it!!!

    amazing they played so long for one team!

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here is another one:

    Only 2 players hit over 300 home runs in the 1980's.
    Name them.

    I got one

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Murray and Winfield?

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Alfonz24 said:
    Murray and Winfield?

    nope, good guess though.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @craig44 said:
    Here is another one:

    Only 2 players hit over 300 home runs in the 1980's.
    Name them.

    I got one

    Mike Schmidt and Dale Murphy?

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @countdouglas said:

    @craig44 said:
    Here is another one:

    Only 2 players hit over 300 home runs in the 1980's.
    Name them.

    I got one

    Mike Schmidt and Dale Murphy?

    ding ding ding!!

    I only got Schmidt.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ok, here is a tough one. At least it was for me. I never would have gotten it without looking.

    Name the pitcher who holds the MLB record for the longest streak of consecutive starts to begin his mlb career.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • BrickBrick Posts: 4,981 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just a guess. Walter Johnson

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    Ralph

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    nope, not Walter. as a hint, it is a hall of famer, but I could not guess it.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Jim Palmer?

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Palmer is a good guess, but this pitcher made even more consecutive starts than Jim did!

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Tom Terrific

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I will give out another hint. The HOF pitcher you are looking for is left handed.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Steve Carlton?

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • georgebailey2georgebailey2 Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭

    I checked my guess (at least the player). It looks like I would have to be correct as, according to what I can tell, it appears the player I thought of never had a relief appearance.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    not lefty. it was a NL pitcher though

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • georgebailey2georgebailey2 Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭

    And all 35 of his post-season games were also starts.

    Definitely eliminates Randy Johnson.

  • TabeTabe Posts: 6,060 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @craig44 said:
    not lefty. it was a NL pitcher though

    Tommy G!

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    you got it!!

    Tom Glavine for the win

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    here is a tough one. name the first 3 pitchers to in MLB history to have both a 40 save season and a 20 win season.

    one of them is pretty tough.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 9, 2022 6:08AM

    Oops! Wrong!

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I had 2. I'll let others guess the third. It is indeed tough.

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    smoltz, eck and ?

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Smoltz and Eck are the 2 hall of famers. I ONLY got the 3rd one because he played for the team I follow in the last 20 years.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    and yes, it is a tough one

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • georgebailey2georgebailey2 Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭

    @countdouglas said:
    I had 2. I'll let others guess the third. It is indeed tough.

    Agreed. I partially cheated by looking up a list of 40 save seasons.

    I looked up a "D" as I got confused as to whether the guy had his award winning season as a starter or reliever (it was as a reliever).

    2nd guess from further down the list was correct. I recall the 20 win season, didn't recall the 40 save season.

    I would have never gotten it.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    the third pitcher, for those interested, was Derek Lowe.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Can you name the first two pitchers to win 4 consecutive CY Young awards?

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Big Unit and Mad Dog.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You got it!! and they both did it just a few years apart.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,104 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This baseball player became a harness horse driver after he retired. Probably an easy one.

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  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    eddie gadell(sp)

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    was it Eddie?

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Who was the first relief pitcher to win the CY Young award?

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I believe Mike Marshall was the first relief pitcher to win the Cy Young.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    you are correct!!!

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The MLB record for consecutive .300 BA seasons is 19. Who is the only player to accomplish this feat?

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • BrickBrick Posts: 4,981 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just guessing again. Musial?

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    Ralph

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not Stan the man. good guess though

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • georgebailey2georgebailey2 Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭

    @craig44 said:
    The MLB record for consecutive .300 BA seasons is 19. Who is the only player to accomplish this feat?

    I might be missing something, but it looks as though the most obvious guy had 23 in a row.

  • firstbase23firstbase23 Posts: 457 ✭✭✭

    Ty Cobb??

    Matt

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    for the first time this year, the daily calendar is incorrect. I just double-checked the answer and it is in fact Ty Cobb with 23 consecutive seasons. the calender had Gwynn as the record holder with 19.

    thank you for setting me, and the daily trivia calender straight!

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • georgebailey2georgebailey2 Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭

    @craig44 said:
    for the first time this year, the daily calendar is incorrect. I just double-checked the answer and it is in fact Ty Cobb with 23 consecutive seasons. the calender had Gwynn as the record holder with 19.

    thank you for setting me, and the daily trivia calender straight!

    They maybe meant NL record then, not MLB.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    first baseball trivia of the new year!!!

    name the first team to have 2 pitchers with at least 20 wins and at least 300 strikeouts in the same season.

    good luck!

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Arizona Diamondbacks.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @countdouglas said:
    Arizona Diamondbacks.

    I think this is a new record!!! a 2-minute correct answer! great job countdouglas.

    2001 diamondbacks with Johnson and Schilling. what a top 2!

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

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