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25 Hall of Fame pitchers—which ones were left-handed?
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Steve Carlton
Dizzy Dean
Don Drysdale
Dennis Eckersley
Bob Feller
Whitey Ford
Bob Gibson
Tom Glavine
Carl Hubbell
Randy Johnson
Sandy Koufax
Greg Maddux
Juan Marichal
Pedro Martinez
Christy Mathewson
Phil Niekro
Satchel Paige
Eddie Plank
Mariano Rivera
Robin Roberts
Nolan Ryan
Tom Seaver
Warren Spahn
Cy Young
Two players have stolen at least one base every year since 2009. Who are they?
One is a shortstop who has played for three American League teams. He was second in the
2009 Rookie of the Year voting, played in the 2010 and 2011 World Series. Has played 13 of his
15 seasons in the AL west.
The other is a right-handed outfielder. He was 2013 NL MVP, has played 10 of his 15 seasons
with the team he won the MVP award for. Never played in the World Series. 5 time All-Star, 4
time Silver Slugger.
Name the multiple Cy Young Award winners.
2018, 2019, NL right hander
1968, 1970 NL right hander
1991, 1998 NL left hander
2003 AL, 2010 NL right hander
2014, 2017 AL right hander
2008, 2009 NL right hander
1968, 1969 AL right hander
1972 AL, 1978 NL right hander
1985, 1989 AL right hander
2004, 2006 AL left hander
2018 AL, 2023 NL left hander
2011, 2013, 2014 NL left hander
1963, 1965, 1966 NL left hander
1997 NL, 1999 AL, 2000 AL right hander
1973, 1975, 1976 AL right hander
1969, 1973, 1975 NL right hander
2013 AL, 2016 NL, 2017 NL right hander
2011 AL, 2019 NL, 2022 NL right hander
1972, 1977, 1980, 1982 NL left hander
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 NL right hander
1995 AL, 1999 NL, 2000 NL, 2001 NL, 2002 NL left hander
1986 AL, 1987 AL, 1991 AL, 1997 AL, 1998 AL, 2001 AL, 2004 NL right hander
MLB players who have had a season with 20 or more home runs, whose fathers ALSO had a season with 20 or more home runs
Son—Blue Jays (2019-present)
Father-Expos, Angels, Rangers, Orioles (1996-2011)
Son-Padres (2019-present)
Father-Rangers, Cards, Expos, Orioles, Mets (1997-2010)
Son-Brewers, Tigers, Rangers (2005-2016)
Father-Blue Jays, Tigers, Yankees, Angels, Indians (1985-1998)
Son-Pirates, Expos, Marlins, Astros, Cubs, Giants, Mets (1990-2008)
Father-Giants, Braves, A’s, Yankees, Expos, Brewers (1958-1974)
Son-Pirates, Giants (1986-2007)
Father-Giants, Yankees, Angels, White Sox, Rangers, Indians, Cards, Cubs (1968-1981)
Son-Mariners, Reds, White Sox (1989-2010)
Father-Reds, Yankees, Angels, Mariners (1973-1991)
Son-Indians, Rangers, Reds, Astros (1972-1989)
Father-Pirates, Reds, Mets, Braves (1950-1964)
Son-Indians, Cards, Mariners, Giants, Phillies, Brewers (1995-2006)
Father-Indians, Rangers, Reds, Astros (1972-1989)
Son-Blue Jays (2019-present)
Father-Angels, Brewers, Rockies, Reds, Red Sox (1988-2001)
Son-Royals, Cubs, Mets, Rockies, Blue Jays (1990-1999)
Father-Reds, Royals (1968-1987)
Son-Astros, Dodgers, Pirates, Nationals, Braves, Cubs (1998-2008)
Father-Twins, Rangers, Yankees, Tigers (1979-1990)
Son-A’s, Rays, Brewers, Cubs (1997-2005)
Father-Senators, Rangers, Mets, Cards (1970-1979)
Four pitchers, each won multiple Cy Youngs, threw multiple no-hitters and won multiple World Series championships.
Lefty, 1955-1966
Righty, 2007-2016
Righty, 2008-present
Righty, 2005-present
I played 18 years in the majors.
Six time American League All-Star infielder, all with my first team.
I was traded for a future Hall of Famer in 1972.
Never played in the post-season.
I still hold an AL west team record for career triples with 70. Until the late 1980’s I held the team record for career games (1,429), hits (1,408), doubles (219), runs (691), and runs batted in (546).
Later managed 4 teams (3 AL) for over 2,100 games.
I managed the NL league champs in 1993 who were victims of Joe Carter’s World Series walk-off.
Who am I?
Since 1960 five second basemen have won MVP.
2017 AL batting champion, hit .347 with 204 hits.
2008 AL led MLB with 213 hits, 54 doubles, rookie of the year in 2007
2000 NL hit 33 HRs and delivered 125 RBI.
1984 NL won second of his 9 straight gold gloves, traded in 1982 for Ivan de Jesus, later an NL manager.
1975-1976 NL only member of this group to bat lefty, only back-to-back MVP in the 1970’s.
Name them.
In honor of the Cy Young Award this week, two questions for the price of one.
11 pitchers have won 3 or more Cy Young awards. 4 left handers and 7 right handers. All starters. Two won their first in the 1960’s, two won their first in the 1970’s, one won his first in the 1980’s, the rest after 1990. How many of the 11 can you name?
Rangers, Rockies have never had a Cy Young winner
This year Sandy Alcantara became the first Marlins winner. Expos (Pedro Martinez), Nationals (Max Scherzer), Reds (Trevor Bauer) each have had only one pitcher win.
Six teams have had two (and only two) pitchers win the Cy Young. Can you name the 12 pitchers?
Angels 1964 and 2005
Cardinals 1968 & 1970, 2005
Diamondbacks 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002, 2006
Giants 1967, 2008 &2009
Mariners 1995, 2010
Pirates 1960, 1990
13 players played for only one MLB team and are not in the Hall of Fame:
Hit 200+ HRs
All of them played in 1970 or later
Angels, Brewers, Mets, Nationals, Phillies, Red Sox, Rockies, Tigers, 2 Twins, 3 Yankees.
Name them.
150 players have won Rookie of the Year. 18 went on to enter the Hall of Fame. Here are the years and teams, how many of the 18 can you name?
1947 Dodgers
1951 Giants
1956 Reds
1956 White Sox
1958 Giants
1959 Giants
1961 Cubs
1964 Twins
1967 Twins
1967 Mets
1968 Reds
1972 Red Sox
1977 Orioles
1977 Expos
1982 Orioles
1991 Astros
1993 Dodgers
1996 Yankees
Since 2000, besides this year’s Houston Astros, 5 teams have played in back-to-back World Series. How many can you name?
2000 won, 2001 lost
2008 won, 2009 lost
2010 lost, 2011 lost
2014 lost, 2015 won
2017 lost, 2018 lost
Five players this season hit at least 30 home runs and stole 10 or more bases. The only one whose team didn’t make the playoffs is, you guessed it, Shohei Ohtani. The four:
One Dodger
One Yankee
And two playing in the World Series—one for each team.
Can you name them?
Pitchers don’t often win the MVP award. 12 times since 1956. How any can you name?
1956 NL righthanded starter
1963 NL lefthanded starter
1968 AL and NL righthanded starters
1971 AL lefthanded starter
1981 AL righthanded reliever
1984 AL lefthanded reliever
1986 AL righthanded starter
1992 AL righthanded reliever
2011 AL righthanded starter
2014 NL lefthanded starter
2021 AL righthanded starter
A question that salutes the Yankees and the Mets making the post-season (first time ever both teams won 98 or more in same season).
Five managers have skippered both the Yankees and the Mets.
Name Them
Want to feel old? Roberto Clemente got his 3,000th hit 50 years ago. In honor of Clemente and Cabrera, a 3K hits question. 33 players have had 3,000 or more hits in the majors.
Clemente is the only right handed batter to reach 3,000 playing less than 20 seasons.
Four left handed batters surpassed 3,000 hits and played less than 20 seasons. Here are the years they reached 3K, name the 4 hitters.
Though he played the majority of his career in the AL, this lefty got his 3,000th hit while playing for the Marlins in 2016.
1999 this AL infielder reached 3,000 hits in his 18th and final season.
1985 this AL infielder played 19 seasons.
Most of you could probably name the top career saves leaders—Mariano Rivera (652), Trevor Hoffman (601), and Lee Smith (478).
If pressed I bet you cold name a bunch in the top 25—John Franco (5th with 424), Billy Wagner (6th with 422), Rollie Fingers (15th with 341), Aroldis Chapman (24th with 315) come to mind. You might be surprised that Rich Gossage (27th with 310), Bruce Sutter (30th with 300) and Dan Quisenberry (39th with 244) didn’t crack the top 25.
Your question this morning—since the save rule envisioned by sports writer Jerome Holtzman in 1959 and adopted as an official stat by MLB in 1969, 5 pitchers have had 55 or more saves in a single season. Can you name them?
Four managers have taken four teams to the post-season—one of them has taken five teams.
The earliest managed his first post season team in 1969. Two managed the Mets, two managed the Yankees, two managed the Orioles and two will manage in this season’s playoffs.
Name the four managers and the teams.
A pretty exclusive club. What did these 8 players accomplish?
Mark Teixeira
Nick Swisher
Carlos Beltran
Chili Davis
Eddie Murray
Tony Clark
Ken Caminiti
Mickey Mantle
Back-to-back Cy Young awards—same team, different pitchers. It has happened eight times—name the pitchers:
2008 and 2007 Cleveland Indians (two left-handed starters).
1997 and 1996 Toronto Blue Jays (two right handed starters)
1996 and 1995 Atlanta Braves (two right handed starters)
1983 and 1982 Philadelphia Phillies (two left handed starters)
1982 and 1981 Brewers (right handed starter and right hander reliever)
1980 and 1979 Orioles (right handed starter and left handed starter)
1978 and 1977 New York Yankees (left handed starter and left handed reliever)
1963 and 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers (left handed starter and right handed starter)
Since 1934 there have been 13 back-to-back MVP seasons. The years and league are below—how many can you name?
2012-2013 AL
2008-2009 NL
2001-2002-2003-2004 NL
1993-1994 AL
1992-1993 NL
1982-1983 NL
1980-1981 NL
1975-1976 NL
1960-1961 AL
1958-1959 NL
1956-1957 AL
1954-1955 AL
1944-1945 AL
Color commentary last night from John Smoltz during Cards-Braves game when asked about Braves chances to make it back-to-back World Series wins, “you don’t see National League teams winning back-to-back, it’s been a long time.”
Name the last NL to win back-to-back World Series, and the 3 AL teams that won back-to-back since.
50 HR seasons—41 times by 27 players. Some obvious like Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa. Some famous like Roger Maris, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays. Some old guys like Ralph Kiner, Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg. Some you may not have guessed like Brady Anderson, Andruw Jones, George Foster, Albert Belle, Jose Bautista, Chris Davis and Luis Gonzalez.
All three active MLB players who have hit 50 HRs in a season currently play in NY. Name them.
He led the AL in HRs leading off a game in 2003 with 13, then led the NL in HRs leading off a game in 2006 with 12.
7x All-Star, hit 412 career HRs and stole 289 bases.
Finished 3rd in AL rookie of the year vote in 2001, then in 2002 led the majors in at bats, hits, runs scored. His HR high was in the NL in 2006 with 46.
16 years, 4 teams (2 AL, 2 NL)
Who is he?
33 players have 3,000 or more career hits. Five of them had more than 3,500 hits. Name the five.
With Robinson Cano released this week there are four active players with more than 2,000 career hits. Name the four
American League single season HR records:
Right-handed batter—Hank Greenberg 58 in 1938 and Jimmie Foxx 58 in 1932
Left-handed batter – Roger Maris 61 in 1961
Switch hitter – Mickey Mantle 54 in 1961
The single season HR leaders in the National League are much more recent. Name them.
Right-handed batter–
Left-handed batter–
Switch hitter —
Ron LeFlore, Ty Cobb, Omar Moreno and Tim Raines all stole between 90 and 99 bases in a season. None of them stole 100 or more. Name the four players who did steal 100 or more bases in a season. They all did it between 1962 and 1987.
Lou Gehrig’s consecutive games streak ended in 1939 at 2130 games. Cal Ripken Jr. broke the record, his streak ended in 1998 at 2632 games.
You need to name the next three longest post-Gehrig streaks?
An NL righty hitter infielder 1975-1983, 1207 games (won an MVP, played in 4 World Series)
An AL righty hitter infielder 2000-2007, 1152 games (won an MVP)
Lefty hitting outfielder 1963-1970, 1117 games (won a rookie of the year, 1987 elected to HOF)
44 players have hit 100 or more HRs for the Yankees.
12 of them also hit 100 or more home runs as non-Yankees.
How many of the 12 can you name?
Who was the last player to hit 50 or more home runs in a season when his team won the World Series?
Hint 1. It was in 2001.
Hint 2. This lefty batter hit 57 HRs in 2001. He had 354 career HRs including 45 in 1999 and 47 in 2000.
Skip the Ty Cobbs and Tris Speakers and Honus Wagners. Can you name the 12 of the top 20 career hit leaders who played in the last 50 years (since 1972)?
On the Fenway scoreboard it mentioned that JD Martinez is one of five players who have hit 3 HRs in a game for three different teams.
The other four:
Rangers-Braves-Yankees, retired 2016
Mets-Cubs-A’s, retired 1986
Mariners-Rangers-Yankees, retired 2016
Cardinals-New York Giants-Yankees, retired 1953
Name them.
There are 28 members of the 500 HR club. 15 were right-handed batters, 11 were left-handed, and 2 were switch hitters. In August 1929 Babe Ruth became the first member. Miguel Cabrera in August 2021 became the latest.
Two teams have 4 members of the 500 HR club—players who hit their 500th homerun while on that team’s roster. Name the teams and the 8 players.
The answer:
Max Scherzer
Andy Pettitte
Greg Maddux
Jack Morris
Jim Palmer
Juan Marichal
Warren Spahn
Hal Newhouser
Left Grove
What’s the Question?
Mickey Mantle (1956, 1958, 1960, 1961)
Todd Hundley (1996)
Chipper Jones (1999)
Lance Berkman (2002, 2006)
Mark Teixeira (2005)
Carlos Beltran (2006)
What do the six of them have in common?
Only five players have hit 100 or more homers for three different teams. Two of them are Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson and Jim Thome. The others are: Adrián Beltré, Darrell Evans and Alex Rodriguez.
To win this week’s trivia challenge, name the three teams each of the five hit more than 100 HRs for.
Name the five active players in the top 200 career Total Bases leaders
Career HR leaders by Number of letters in Last Name…3 through 9.
If we asked 10 letters it would be Curtis Granderson 344 HRs or 11 letters Carl Yastrzemski 452 HRs. But 3-9 are pretty straight forward.
Seven members of the 3,000 hit club were born outside the continental U.S.,
Two are active.
Last season played for the other 5:
2019
2018
2005
1985
1972
Name the seven players.
Since 1967 six Red Sox managers have led Boston to the World Series. Name them.
Three teams have never had an MVP. Name the teams.
Bonus question, name the last MVP for 10 of the other 27 teams
1972-2021—50 Years. 10 teams have won 1, and only 1 World Series. (So Yankees (7) and Red Sox (4) would be incorrect). Name the teams.
Since 1950, 13 managers have won multiple World Series. Name them.
BONUS Since 1950 17 managers have lost multiple World Series. Name them.
30 different players have hit 50 or more HRs in a season a total of 46 times. How many of the 30 can you name?
Top HR hitters by decade. Player hit majority of his HRs that decade for the listed team. Must answer both or all three players for correct answer. Answers are below in the HRs by Decade piece.
1. Blue Jays had 2 of top 10 HR hitters in 2010’s.
2. A’s had 2 of the top 10 in 1990’s
3. Giants had 2 of the top 10 in the 1990’s
4. Red Sox had 2 of the top 10 in the 1980’s
5. Tigers had 2 of the top 10 in the 1980’s.
6. Reds had 2 of the top 10 in the 1970’s
7. Giants had 3 of the top 10 in the 1960’s
8. Dodgers had 2 of the top 10 in the 1950’s
9. Yankees had 2 of the top 10 in the 1950’s.
10. Red Sox had 2 of the top 10 in the 1940’s.
11. Yankees had 3 of the top 10 in the 1940’s.
12. Yankees had 2 of the top 10 in the 1930’s.
13. A’s had 3 of top 10 in 1930’s.
14. Yankees had 3 of the top 10 in the 1920’s.
15. Cardinals had 2 of the top 10 in the 1920’s.