dilley@pur-ee.UUCP (06/20/83)
>From Pucc-H.ag3 Mon Jun 20 15:35:30 1983
Okay, here's a bit of trivia for baseball fans. Since the American
League instituted the designated hitter rule, pitchers have never had to
worry about facing their opposite numbers at bat. BUT, there have been
occasions when pitchers have been put in the lineup. Who are they?
A couple of caveats: i don't remember myself, so don't send me mail
expecting me to grade your answers. I do remember that it has happened
at least two and maybe three times. One of the times was in Detroit,
when the manager (either Houk or Anderson) mixed up his lineup cards to
give to the umpire, and the ump ruled that the pitcher was to be the DH.
Another question: did any of these pitchers ever come to bat?
If i am violating some rule by asking trivia questions without
knowing the answers beforehand, i apologize, but i have been wondering
for some time now, and i'd really like to know...
tnx,
-jmg
... I am posting this for a friend, so please post to the net or mail to
...!pur-ee!pucc-h!ag3tommyo@ihuxw.UUCP (07/29/83)
1. The last man to hit .400 in a season was Ted Williams.
Incredibly, he was NOT the A.L. MVP that year. Who was?
2. When Roger Maris hit 61 homers in 1961, how close did he
come to breaking Ruth`s 60 homer record. That is, after
154 games, how many homers did Maris have?
3. Who won the 1904 World Series?
4. What is the least number of hits there have ever been in
a 9 inning baseball game (no extra innings)?
Bonus:
Who did Ernie Banks hit his 500th home run off of?
(Gotta have one in here for the die-hard Cub fans)
Mail answers only. I`ll post the answers & winners in a couple days.
Tom O`Connor
ihuxw!tommyoschneider@vlnvax.DEC (02/07/85)
>>Since 1970 or so, the Cards have traded away three pitchers who have >>totalled over 500 wins, and one of the best if not the best >>player they got in return was Spicio Spinks!! >I remember the Cards traded Steve Carlton for Rick Wise, but who >are the other two pitchers you mention? Who were they traded for? >(I honestly feel that Wise was a better pitcher than Spinks!!!) > Did these guys win over 500 games AFTER being traded from >St. Louis, or during their entire career (Jim Kaat comes to mind)? > Aha! I just thought of Jerry Reuss!!! Who did the Cardinals >get for him? Who is that last one? Maybe John Denny? >Dave Van Handel >druut!djvh Yes, they won 500 games after their respective trades. Sorry, I have no exact figures without my Baseball Encyclopedia. You may be right about Wise but A)he never turned in any particularly good years with the Cards or Red Sox (best years with Phils, I think) and B)I like the name Spicio Spinks. (It figures the Cards later got Jauquin Andujar (:-).) Anyway, you got two of the three and after yours the responses ceased to roll in (Spring is almost here...stop hibernating) so the answer is: Carlton, Ruess (I thought he'd be the hard one), and Mike Torrez. This leads to a follow-up trivia question: Name the three players who were also involved in the Mike Torrez deal when he left the Expos. (Hint: it doesn't involve the Cardinals). Let's hear it this time!! Daniel Schneider {...decvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vlnvax!schneider