Baseball Trivia!!!

Thrillhouse · #1 07-18-2001, 11:58 PM

I will start with the first question. Which team had the worst record ever for a single season? Hint: the team plays in a city that has a baseball team now, yet the answer is a team that went defunct years back.

Thrillhouse · #2 07-20-2001, 10:42 AM

Sorry, good guesses though

newbie · #3 07-20-2001, 02:12 PM

Good question!!

VERY wild guesses...

Seattle Pilots, or
Houston Colt 45s, or
Los Angeles Angels?????????????????????

Have no clue whatsoever...

newbie · #4 07-20-2001, 02:18 PM

Here's another question!

Which Hall of Fame pitcher managed to win 266 games despite missing nearly 4 seasons due to service in WWII?

newbie · #5 07-20-2001, 02:48 PM

I think this is an interesting piece of trivia:

Which World Series (year and teams please) was notorious for having "monster crowds," so much so that "18,801 with as many as 10,000 fans were reported to have been turned away. Gate receipts from the eight games totaled just over $100,000 with the winning ABC team players taking home $1,182 each while the losers received even more - $1,316.25 - thanks to team owner Mr. Stone (I took out the real name), who contributed his entire share into the pool.

It was the only time in World Series history that the losers took home more than the winners."

Hint: This World Series was a best-of-9 series...

Second Hint: Best-of-9 series were utilized only through the years of 1903-04, and then 1919-21.

Yes...I'm bored

! Procrastinating so I don't have to study

! www.mlb.com is a great place for trivia...

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Thrillhouse · #6 07-23-2001, 12:25 AM

Newbie, is the answer to the first question Hal Newhouser? I have no idea about the second one.

Thrillhouse · #7 07-23-2001, 12:28 AM

hey is the second one Boston red sox?

The answer to my question is the Cleveland Spiders who went 20-134 in 1899.

Next question. Who holds the record for most saves in a single season?

KSig RC · #8 07-23-2001, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ex greek:
I will start with the first question. Which team had the worst record ever for a single season? Hint: the team plays in a city that has a baseball team now, yet the answer is a team that went defunct years back.

Cleveland Spiders

KSig RC · #9 07-23-2001, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ex greek:
hey is the second one Boston red sox?

The answer to my question is the Cleveland Spiders who went 20-134 in 1899.

Next question. Who holds the record for most saves in a single season?

That's Bobby Thigpen, with 57 . . . I still have the rookie card, which i snagged early in that season, thinking he'd get the record.

MY TURN!!!!

We've all heard the BS about Mike Hampton breaking the single-season home run record (for a pitcher), which currently stands at 11 . . . now, that's not entirely true - who holds the record for most HRs by someone who pitched at least 100 innings in a season? How many? (HINT: he was a left-handed pitcher who twice threw more than 300 innings in a season . . . )

KSig RC · #10 07-23-2001, 11:59 AM

OK - if you don't get the one above, here's a couple of general-knowledge ones to get us going:

Who holds the all time single-season records for:
-hits? how many?
-doubles? how many?
-triples? how many?
-total bases?
-most HRs given up?
-most wins in a season?
-most wins all-time? (easy)
-most losses all-time? (just as easy)

Some other interesting ones:

Who hit the "shot heard 'round the world"? Who threw it? What is the controversy surrounding the swing?

Who has the lowest OBP in the hall of fame?

Who holds the all-time record for lifetime BA?

ok more to come - Ex Greek can probably drop those back to me in about 5 seconds!

newbie · #11 07-23-2001, 04:59 PM

If I don't know the answer to that one, I wouldn't be a true Giants fan - the shot heard around the world was hit by Bobby Thomson...he was a NY Giant...and his HR in the bottom of the 9th inning of the rubber-match, 3 game playoffs between the Brooklyn-hated-Dodgers won the NL Pennant for the Giants in 1951!!!!!!!!!

One of the reasons why this was such an important moment in baseball history is b/c it draws attention to that time in baseball where there were 3 teams in one city - NY Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, and of course the Yanks. That was the "golden era" for baseball in NY, since the Yanks were pretty much there at the end of the season, and usually the Giants or Dodgers were in the playoffs at the end of the season too.

Another reason why this was so big, is b/c we were something like 12 1/2 or 13 1/2 games out by August, and the Dodgers came to play us and swept 3 games from us, giving them some damn record against us, like 12-3 or something (sorry I'm getting rusty here). Then after that, the Dodgers all sang , "the giants are dead, the giants are dead," all so the giants clubhouse (which was next door) could all hear.

Then, OF COURSE

, my giants started going on a tremendous run where we hardly lost...then we found us facing the hated Dodgers for the NL pennant. the controversy, Rob, was about the stealing of signs, which supposedly the giants did...

Branca was the losing Dodger pitcher.

The Shot around the World proved how great baseball was back then...the passion the fans and players BOTH had for the game. And of course, it's the greatest moment in history b/c the DODGERS WENT DOWN to the hands of the GIANTS!!!!

Always a great day in Giant-land when the Dodgers go down, especially if it's b/c of us.

Alright, now back to studying...

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newbie · #12 07-23-2001, 05:10 PM

ExGreek, answer to my first question was Bob Feller..which i already told you though in IM. Second question's answer was Boston Pilgrims...they were playing against the Pittsburgh Pirates. year: 1903.

Thrillhouse · #13 07-23-2001, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by newbie:
ExGreek, answer to my first question was Bob Feller..which i already told you though in IM. Second question's answer was Boston Pilgrims...they were playing against the Pittsburgh Pirates. year: 1903.

Damn newbie, I had the boston theme correct, do I get half credit?

Thrillhouse · #14 07-24-2001, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by KSig RC:
OK - if you don't get the one above, here's a couple of general-knowledge ones to get us going:

Who holds the all time single-season records for:
-hits? how many?
-doubles? how many?
-triples? how many?
-total bases?
-most HRs given up?
-most wins in a season?
-most wins all-time? (easy)
-most losses all-time? (just as easy)

Some other interesting ones:

Who hit the "shot heard 'round the world"? Who threw it? What is the controversy surrounding the swing?

Who has the lowest OBP in the hall of fame?

Who holds the all-time record for lifetime BA?

ok more to come - Ex Greek can probably drop those back to me in about 5 seconds!

Hits- number is 257 but by whom I don't know
doubles- 67 but I don't know who
triples-36 Tris speaker
Total bases, McGwire?
Most Hrs given up- Nomo?
Wins in a season-The number is 47 by walter Johnson?
Most wins Cy Young
Loses-Cy Young
Shot heard round the world- Willie MAys? I know it was in a world series which helped someone win

All time lifetime batting avergae is Cy young- .367

I was wondering when/if you were going to jump in ksigrc!

Thrillhouse · #15 07-24-2001, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by KSig RC:
That's Bobby Thigpen, with 57 . . . I still have the rookie card, which i snagged early in that season, thinking he'd get the record.

MY TURN!!!!

We've all heard the BS about Mike Hampton breaking the single-season home run record (for a pitcher), which currently stands at 11 . . . now, that's not entirely true - who holds the record for most HRs by someone who pitched at least 100 innings in a season? How many? (HINT: he was a left-handed pitcher who twice threw more than 300 innings in a season . . . )

Is it babe ruth? I know he pitched for awhile with the red sox.