I 92’s Baseball Trivia....Hall of Fame thread

posted by cat_lover

I put my guesses by the stats

100%

Question #138

This HOF pitcher had a season that landed him top 5 MVP voting BUT did NOT finish top 5 Cy Young voting! (Yes you read that correctly)....post 1975

And....there were no pitchers above him in the MVP voting 

Seems like a closer. Eck?

posted by Laley23

Seems like a closer. Eck?

1989

Eck was 5th in MVP voting, behind no pitchers......then finished tied for 6th with 2 others in Cy voting. One player he tied with wasn’t top 25 MVP voting.......and SAME year Mark Davis won the NL Cy and was 6th place MVP voting and top pitcher.

No rhyme or reason

Seemed like it had to be a closer. I can see how voters view them as incredibly valuable, but throwing 1/3 the innings of the top guys, they don’t view them as top pitchers for the season. 

posted by Laley23

Seemed like it had to be a closer. I can see how voters view them as incredibly valuable, but throwing 1/3 the innings of the top guys, they don’t view them as top pitchers for the season. 

But then give a closer Mark Davis the Cy....makes no sense unless the MVP voters went way too far in on Eck

posted by Ironman92

But then give a closer Mark Davis the Cy....makes no sense unless the MVP voters went way too far in on Eck

Yeah, that makes no sense. It’s almost like some of them didn’t know he was eligible for both lol. 

posted by Ironman92

Question #136

This HOFer had 198 hits including 26 doubles in a season 

/o-trap

Damn.  Tough crowd.  ;)

Question #139:

This HOFer is tied for the most one-hitters ever thrown with 12.  In those 12 games, he still managed to lose a game.

posted by O-Trap

Question #139:

This HOFer is tied for the most one-hitters ever thrown with 12.  In those 12 games, he still managed to lose a game.

Nolan

posted by Ironman92

Nolan

Nope.  He's the guy my guy is tied with, but he won all his.

posted by O-Trap

Nope.  He's the guy my guy is tied with, but he won all his.

Feller

posted by Ironman92

Feller

Yep.  Lost a one-hitter in '52 against the Braves.  Walked a batter and gave up a triple as the only hit.  Lost 1-0.

Question #140

These 3 HOFers totaled 18 20 win seasons....but totaled 0 200 strikeout seasons .....all 20 win seasons post 1950

Name the 3

posted by Ironman92

Question #140

These 3 HOFers totaled 18 20 win seasons....but totaled 0 200 strikeout seasons .....all 20 win seasons post 1950

 

Name the 3

Marichal, Carlton, Palmer

posted by O-Trap

Marichal, Carlton, Palmer

Palmer is 1

Carlton big strikeout guy

posted by Ironman92

Palmer is 1

Carlton big strikeout guy

Duh.

Marichal 6x over 200, Carlton 8x

Glavine?

posted by Ironman92

Marichal 6x over 200, Carlton 8x

Yeesh.  Way off on those guesses, I guess.