OT: Give your best sports trivia question (rules in thread)

[storrsroars]

It's not any of the obvious one (strikeouts, wins), so I'm going to guess some esoteric things like pickoffs or errors by a pitcher.

Pickoffs is one of them.

 

[storrsroars]

What family has had multiple (most) members play at the highest level in any Olympic sport? This includes the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, Olympic teams, and any NCAA championship team, etc.

(multi generation up to 1st cousins)

Since you mentioned 1st cousins this probably isn't right, but most I know of from one family is the Sutters. The six original brothers and three of their sons all played in NHL.

 

[DemonDeac22]

Only two players in major league history have over 450 HRs and 10 or more steals of home plate. Name them.

 

[buckley503]

Who had the unenviable task of starting at catcher for the Yankees the first game after Thurman Munson died?

 

[lavuuk153]

Pickoffs is one of them.

Hah I only looked this up because I assumed “as a lefty” wouldn’t count and the only other silly stat I could think of is balks.

 

[temery]

Who had the unenviable task of starting at catcher for the Yankees the first game after Thurman Munson died?

Fran Healey? Spoke with him many times when his daughters were taking lessons and playing tennis tournaments in the late 80s and early 90s.

Very nice family.

 

[AidanFan20]

What two horses are the only ones to win the Kentucky Derby without crossing the wire first?

 

[formerlurker]

Fran Healey? Spoke with him many times when his daughters were taking lessons and playing tennis tournaments in the late 80s and early 90s.

Very nice family.

It was Jerry Narron, no?

 

[temery]

It was Jerry Narron, no?

Yep. I googled after I posted. I had thought Fran was back up to Munson, but apparently he retired just before Munson died.

 

[Stew Crew]

Fran Healey? Spoke with him many times when his daughters were taking lessons and playing tennis tournaments in the late 80s and early 90s.

Very nice family.

I think it was Jerry Narron. I was at that game. Sat 3 rows from the top in right field with my brother and godfather. I still get teary-eyed thinking about it.

 

[Stew Crew]

What was Don Mattingly's first uniform number with the Yankees?

 

[Jaydumo20]

Only two players in major league history have over 450 HRs and 10 or more steals of home plate. Name them.

Willie mays and hank aaron? Or frank Robinson? Actually, I'll throw hank Greenberg.
(This is an awesome question btw)

 

[Jaydumo20]

Pickoffs is one of them.

walks? Or bean balls?

 

[Jaydumo20]

I’ll say……

1) Mantle
2) Barry Bonds
3) Mays
4) Jimmie Foxx
5) Gehrig
6) Pete Rose
7) Roger Maris
8) Frank Thomas
9) Johnny Bench
10) Joe Maurer
11) Cobb
12) Lou Brock
13) Yaz

I’m sure of 5, rest are guesses

Good stuff on your first guess:
Mantle
Bonds
Foxx
Maris
Thomas are the correct answers

 

[Jaydumo20]

Damn Dumo... That's a good one.

1B Frank Thomas, Pujols... Not sure on the third.
2B Joe Morgan
SS Ernie Banks?
3B Schmidt
OFs Mantle, Bonds, Dale Murphy, Maris
C Yogi or Bench

No idea on Pitcher

Man, you continue to impress me with your baseball knowledge.
Thomas
Everyone of these is correct. Except for Bench

 

[buckley503]

It was Jerry Narron, no?

Correct!!

He and Brad Gulden would split time for the rest of the year.

Incredibly sad story.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Very good, I figured if a senile DF like me knew this you would too.

That's impressive @storrsroars plus I love the question

 

[boog204]

Only two players in major league history have over 450 HRs and 10 or more steals of home plate. Name them.

Whoa... Totally wild guess but I'll say Mays and Ruth. And Ruth only because he was an idiotic baserunner and would have attempted to steal home far too many times.

 

[boog204]

What was Don Mattingly's first uniform number with the Yankees?

46!

 

[Smp7598]

It's not any of the obvious one (strikeouts, wins), so I'm going to guess some esoteric things like pickoffs or errors by a pitcher.

Balks?

 

[storrsroars]

Hah I only looked this up because I assumed “as a lefty” wouldn’t count and the only other silly stat I could think of is balks.

winner!

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Here’s three………

1) Name the MLB player holds the record for the most RBI’s in a season (191) and the player who had the 2nd most (185) in a season?

2) Who hit 58 HR’s in 1938?

3) Who had a batting average of 364, hit 58 HR’s and had 169 RBI’s in 1932.


No fair Googling

1 & 3 - Hack Wilson
1b - Lou Gehrig (although I contend that his best RBI year was 1927 as Ruth emptied the bases in front of him 60 times).
2 - Hank Greenberg (?) not fully sure as I thought it wsa 59

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Damn Dumo... That's a good one.

1B Frank Thomas, Pujols... Not sure on the third.
2B Joe Morgan
SS Ernie Banks?
3B Schmidt
OFs Mantle, Bonds, Dale Murphy, Maris
C Yogi or Bench

No idea on Pitcher

This was an alltime great trivia question a few decades ago when only nine players had done it, coincidentally, one for each position. Yogi was the cathcher, Hal Newhouser was the pitcher (during WWII so not against a full complement of MLB caliber players). Jimmy Foxx was the other first baseman.

 

[Jaydumo20]

46!

Thats wild. I had no clue.

 

[Jaydumo20]

This was an alltime great trivia question a few decades ago when only nine players had done it, coincidentally, one for each position. Yogi was the cathcher, Hal Newhouser was the pitcher (during WWII so not against a full complement of MLB caliber players). Jimmy Foxx was the other first baseman.

Correct with Newhouser. I had no idea about the ww2