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

Triples were huge until about 1928....then the numbers fell off

posted by Ironman92

Question #94

This HOFer never won 20 games until his 18th and FINAL season. He won 18-19 5x. Name this HOF pitcher

ttt

posted by Ironman92

Molitor a great guess for about every question

I'm noticing that.  Him and Eddie Murray.  LOL
 

posted by Ironman92

Question #94

This HOFer never won 20 games until his 18th and FINAL season. He won 18-19 5x. Name this HOF pitcher

This is Mike Mussina.  I saw this a couple days ago.

Dude doesn't get NEARLY enough credit for how good a pitcher he was.

Question #95:

Which is the only OTHER Hall of Fame pitcher to win 20+ games in his final season on an active roster?

Hint: He's also top-10 in no-hitters.

posted by O-Trap

I'm noticing that.  Him and Eddie Murray.  LOL
 

posted by Ironman92

Question #94

This HOFer never won 20 games until his 18th and FINAL season. He won 18-19 5x. Name this HOF pitcher

This is Mike Mussina.  I saw this a couple days ago.

Dude doesn't get NEARLY enough credit for how good a pitcher he was.

 

He does not. Dude was nasty

posted by O-Trap

Question #95:

Which is the only OTHER Hall of Fame pitcher to win 20+ games in his final season?

Hint: He's also top-10 in no-hitters.

Koufax won like 26 his last season I think

posted by Ironman92

He does not. Dude was nasty

Yep.  I remember watching him as a kid.  Never was an Orioles fan, but he just seemed WAY too good to get as piss-poor run support as he did in Baltimore.

posted by Ironman92

Koufax won like 26 his last season I think

Yep.  I figured that'd be a quick one.

And he's #2 in no-hitters with (I think) four.

posted by O-Trap

Yep.  I figured that'd be a quick one.

And he's #2 in no-hitters with (I think) four.

I’m ready for national baseball trivia competition I feel. I’ve worn out baseball reference researching these questions and when I get irritated and stumped on answers.

Question #96

Most players end their careers with more doubles than home runs.  These six non-pitching Hall of Famers since 1969 didn't.  Who are they?

posted by O-Trap

Question #96

Most players end their careers with more doubles than home runs.  These six non-pitching Hall of Famers since 1969 didn't.  Who are they?

So no one that played before 1970 correct?

Reggie, Schmidt, Thome, Chipper, Piazza?

Thomas 

Bagwell?

posted by Ironman92

So no one that played before 1970 correct?

Correct.
 

posted by Ironman92

Reggie, Schmidt, Thome, Chipper, Piazza?

You got half of them.  Thome is #1 with 161 more homers than doubles.  Schmidt is #2 with 140 more.  Piazza is #4 with 83 more.

Looking for #3, #5, and #6.

posted by Ironman92

Thomas 

Bagwell?

Thomas is #5.  26 more homers than doubles.

Bags had 39 more doubles than homers.

Vlad?

Bench?

Griffey duh

posted by Ironman92

Vlad?

Bench?

Vlad just missed.  He's actually the closest to even with more doubles at 28.

Bench started in 1967.
 

posted by Ironman92

Griffey duh

Yep.  The Kid is #3 on the list with 106 more bombs than doubles.

Jim Rice?

Fun tidbit, despite being so high on the list, Griffey is the only one on the list who also has over 500 doubles, and he ranks #5 all-time in XBHs among HOFers (below just Mays, Ruth, Musial, and Hank).