Trivia question - very obscure - HOF B18 Prize

Wondo · May 1, 2011 6:38AM

Identify this pitching line and win your choice of a Zack Wheat or Case Stengel B18 Blanket

Wins Losses PCT GS CG SHO IP H ER BB SO ERA
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38 25 .603 73 36 7 574.1 472 173 163 287 2.71

John

tennesseebanker · May 1, 2011 6:58AM

John Clarkson ?

Wondo · May 1, 2011 7:02AM

<< John Clarkson ? >>

No, it is a bit more involved than that, plus wrong league.

Beck6 · May 1, 2011 7:09AM

George Bradley's stats

Wondo · May 1, 2011 7:11AM

<< George Bradley's stats >>

Very close, but far away. What is interesting is that Bradley is from Reading, PA (where I live) and he pitched in the city that pertains to the question during his career.

Dboneesq · May 1, 2011 7:23AM

Well ... it is NOT the LIFETIME stats of any individual pitcher .... now to keep looking for the answer ...

Wondo · May 1, 2011 7:25AM

<< Well ... it is NOT the LIFETIME stats of any individual pitcher .... now to keep looking for the answer ... >>

Very good. It is obscure and nothing says that it is only one pitcher...........................

Question: When were you born, Doug?

Dboneesq · May 1, 2011 7:32AM

NOT when George Bradley was pitching for the Cleveland Blues! LOL

1958

Edited to add: I THOUGHT that it may have been an entire teams pitching record from the 1800s, but just hard to find that answer! LOL

Wondo · May 1, 2011 7:35AM

Hint: It was not accomplished within a quarter of a century of you birth year, but it was of mine!

Dboneesq · May 1, 2011 7:37AM

So we are talking about current stats ... within the past 28 years and it happened in either:

St. Louis
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Cincinnati OR
Baltimore

Wondo · May 1, 2011 7:40AM

<< So we are talking about current stats ... within the past 28 years and it happened in either:

St. Louis
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Cincinnati OR
Baltimore >>

Not sure where your math is coming from (it's not identified the correct era), but the city is correct.

Dboneesq · May 1, 2011 7:43AM

It was not accomplished within a quarter of a century of you birth year, but it was of mine!

I ASSUMED you were younger than me ... Is that incorrect?

Wondo · May 1, 2011 7:44AM

<< It was not accomplished within a quarter of a century of you birth year, but it was of mine!

I ASSUMED you were younger than me ... Is that incorrect? >>

I am, but I saw Al Kaline (my hero) play.

Dboneesq · May 1, 2011 7:46AM

Combined STATS of Jim and Gaylord Perry in 1974 while pitching for the INDIANS!!!!

Wondo · May 1, 2011 7:47AM

<< Combined STATS of Jim and Gaylord Perry in 1974 while pitching for the INDIANS!!!! >>

WINNER!!!

That was freakin' amazing!

Dboneesq · May 1, 2011 7:49AM

You threw me off on one thing you said ... "It was not accomplished within a quarter of a century of you birth year, but it was of mine!" It was accomplished 16 years after my birth!

Wondo · May 1, 2011 7:51AM

Doug,

Sorry, my math skills failed me..........I was thinking 26 not 16 - sorry. PM to me your shipping address and I'll pop your choiceof B18 to you. Who do you want?

Dboneesq · May 1, 2011 8:35AM

Being a NY fan, I'll take 'Ole Casey. Thanks very much for the quiz.

This was probably the biggest hint:

"Very close, but far away. What is interesting is that Bradley is from Reading, PA (where I live) and he pitched in the city that pertains to the question during his career."

PM Sent.

magellan · May 1, 2011 8:57AM

Nice going Doug, I was still back in the 19th & early 20th century for guesses.

Dboneesq · May 1, 2011 9:00AM

<< Nice going Doug, I was still back in the 19th & early 20th century for guesses. >>

That's what I was looking at after I found out there is NO PITCHER with those career stats. Then John made reference to a time frame.

Trivia question - very obscure - HOF B18 Prize

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