[net.sport.baseball] trivia favorites -- answers and more

ugclemon@sunybcs.UUCP (Robert Clemons) (03/14/85)

      Here's the answers to some trivia I recently posted...

      1. Rookie and MVP ... Fred Lynn
      2. Rookie and Cy Young ... Fernando Valenzuela
      3. Last spitballer ... Burleigh Grimes   *CLASSIC*

    ...and the one you've all been waiting for...

      It seems when a baseball trivia question is obscure the answer
is a well known player (i.e. Who was on deck when Bobby Thompson hit
his famous home run ?).  However, the last pitcher to hit a home run
in the American league defies this general rule.  That's probably
why no one got it right.  He was Roric Harrison, then of the Baltimore
Oreoles.

 ...and now some more...

      1. Who is the all-time hit by pitch leader ?

      2. Who gave up Carl Yastrzemski's 3000th hit ?

      3. What starting pitcher made his last major league appearance in
         the same game ?

      4. Name the first pennant winning team in the 20th century to use
         more than one manager in their pennant winning year. (Interim
         managers do not count)

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rkp@drutx.UUCP (Russ Pierce) (03/18/85)

      >1. Who is the all-time hit by pitch leader ?

Ron Hunt--Montreal Expos.

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stevev@tekchips.UUCP (Steve Vegdahl) (03/28/85)

> 
>       >1. Who is the all-time hit by pitch leader ?
> 
> Ron Hunt--Montreal Expos.

Did Hunt not spend most of his time with the Mets and Giants?
I remember the infamous (if you're a Giant fan) non-HBP at Dodger
Stadium when Drysdale hit Hunt with a pitch with the bases loaded,
but the umps ruled that Hunt did not try to get out of the way (as
if he ever made much of an effort to do so).  This preserved a
consecutive scoreless innings streak by Drysdale; he went on to set
a record.  I don't remember if it was a Major League record, or a team
or NL record.  Can anyone fill in the details?  Has it been broken since?

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