Archive I 92's Baseball Trivia....Need Some Hits!!!!!

Ironman92

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Jun 17, 2011 4:20pm

good god you are old...lol

Is he Martina's grand father?

Good work MHS...you are winning now

BigAppleBuckeye

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Jun 17, 2011 4:21pm

Hmmm, a few more guesses:

Mario Mendoza?
Tony Clark?
Bill Bergen?

This is a tough one

Ironman92

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Jun 17, 2011 4:23pm

lol....we better just say 4 are left over 500

Jay Johnstone is the other 400+ I had

Only over 500 now....4 more

Ironman92

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Jun 17, 2011 4:26pm

Bergen over 400

ONLY OVER 500 NOW.....4 left (that I know of) still 2 over 670

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mhs95_06

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Jun 17, 2011 4:29pm

1976 Red, career pinch hitter, Mike Lum. Looked up the Reds rosterfor 1976 for this one. I remember him playing a long time for the Braves.

Ironman92

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Jun 17, 2011 4:40pm

Wasn't he the first Hawaiin born player?

Lum at 640 is the 5th most all-time

Need 3 more....2 with Reds connections.....one current

BigAppleBuckeye

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Jun 17, 2011 4:40pm

George McBride? I remember a message board comparing his HRs to ABs (which was a horrible ratio), but I don't know if he was a good hitter in general

Ironman92

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Jun 17, 2011 5:04pm

Let's try Duane Kuiper...worst HR/AB ratio

Ironman92

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Jun 17, 2011 5:06pm

nope ol Kuiper was at 140

Ironman92

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Jun 17, 2011 5:15pm

Here are the TOP most career games played......with fewer career hits

#1. Rickey Henderson 3081 games (26) Insane # of walks got him

#2. Barry Bonds 2986 games (51) no one will ever walk more

#3. Rusty Staub 2951 games (235) several years to start and end carrer way under

#4 Brooks Robinson 2896 games (48) same as Staub

#5 Omar Vizquel 2879 games (56).......same as two above, defensive replacement

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dave

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Jun 17, 2011 5:22pm

can't wait til janish is on this list

Ironman92

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Jun 17, 2011 5:26pm

I hope Dunn can get there!

Ironman92

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Jun 17, 2011 5:30pm

Here is where we stand

#1 ?????? (848) C'mon Man!
#2 Mark Belanger (700)
#3 ?????? (673) Old catcher
#4 Rafeal Belliard (647)
#5 Mike Lum (640)
#6 Jim Hegan (579)
#7 Cesar Geronimo (545)
#8 Matt Stairs (518)
#9 Juan Castro (502)
#10 Chris Speier (501)

Azubuike24

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Jun 17, 2011 5:40pm

Researching catchers, I've found quite a few.

Al Lopez
Jim Sundberg
Ray Schalk
Jim Hegan

Ironman92

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Jun 17, 2011 5:41pm

any of those over 500?

Ironman92

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Jun 17, 2011 5:46pm

Jim Hegan 579...nice find...that gives us 10 over 500....still 3 undiscovered as an answer

Ironman92

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Jun 17, 2011 5:57pm

Paul Janish is off to a good start with 99....but in his defense....his whole damn coaching staff is over.....Baker, Hatcher, FREAKING hitting coach Jacoby and the other one is our #10

Ironman92

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Jun 17, 2011 6:11pm

3 more including #1 and #3....I'm outta here!

Ironman92

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Jun 17, 2011 9:17pm

Still no #1 or #3

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mhs95_06

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Jun 20, 2011 10:29am

Lenny Harris, another long term pinch hitter
Rick Dempsey, 24 yr defensive catcher, season leader twice in caught stealing %

Ironman92

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Jun 20, 2011 11:20am

Thank You mhs95 for finishing this marathon triavia question

Lenny Harris is #1 at 848 and Rick Dempsey is #3 at 673

I'm not aware of Dempsey playing 24 seasons...but I'll take your word for it as you haven't been wrong all thread.

Ironman92

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Jun 20, 2011 11:24am

lol @ Dempsey He had 5 seasons with single digit hit totals and it took him into his 8th season before his 100th career hit.....I knew he played in 4 decades (kind of).....didn't know he made it 24 years