TOP 99 TRIVIA QUESTIONS
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Baseball Roundtable Trivia Top 99
1. BBRT’s favorite kwestion. What was the score of the October 1, 1961 game in which Roger Maris hit his record-breaking 61st home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s 34-year-old single-season record? Hint: Think about why the kwizmaster might have thought the score was significant.
Yankees 1 … Red Sox 0
Other facts:
Attendance – 23,154
Pitcher – Boston rookie Tracy Stallard
Recognition – Maris got $5,000, a trip to Sacramento (offered by a Sacramento restaurant) and a round trip to the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair.
2. Let stay with 1961. How many intentional walks did Roger Maris get in his 61 home run season? Hint: He was usually hitting in front of Mickey Mantle.
Zero
3. Name the first player born in the 2000’s’s and the first player born in the 1990’s to appear in a major league game. Hints: 1) Elvis has left the building; 2) This “star” tied a record (held by many) belting a homer in his first at bat and drove in a first-game record six runs.
- Elvis Luciano – born February 15, 2000 – made his MLB debut on the mound for the for the Blue Jays on March 31, 2019 (19 years-44 days of age). He pitched in 25 games for the Jays that season, going 1-0, 5.25. In 2021 and 2022, he pitched for Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
- Cubs’ shortstop Starlin Castro – born March 24, 1990 – made his MLB debut on May 7, 2010 (20 years-44 days of age); going two-for-five, with a triple and a home run, one run scored and six RBI. Castro, released by the Nationals during the 1921 season, played in 12 MLB seasons (2010-21 … Cubs, Yankees, Marlins, Nationals), going .280-138-678. He was a four-time All Star.
4. Name the first AL expansion team to accomplish each of the following: Your hint is the year.
First Division Title (1976) … Kansas City Royals
First League Pennant (1980) … Kansas City Royals
First World Series Champion (1985) … Kansas City Royals
5. Name the pitcher with the best won-lost percentage of any hurler with at least with 15 wins against the New York Yankees. Hint (but not a very good one), he was a 20-game winner twice, with a lifetime .671 winning percentage.
Babe Ruth … 17-5 .773 … while with the Red Sox. Gotta admit, iconic and ironic.
6. For one point, what was the original name of the NY Yankees franchise? Hint: A little birdie told me.
The Yankees started out as the Baltimore Orioles (1901), moving to NY (1903) to become the Highlanders and later the Yankees.
7. Early in the 2010 season, Albert Pujols broke the record for most home runs in the first ten seasons of a big league career. Who held the previous record (at 370 homers over the first ten years)? Hint: This Hall of Famer was featured on the cover of the first issue of Sports Illustrated.
Eddie Mathews, 3B, Braves (Baseball Roundtable’s personal favorite player.
8. Name the only player to hit a major league home run and score an NFL touchdown in the same week. Hint: If he’d concentrated on one sport, this guy might have truly been “lights out?”
“Neon” Deion Sanders, who on September 5, 1989, hit a home run for the NY Yankees and followed up on September 9 with a 68-yard touchdown return for the Atlanta Falcons. Sanders’ MLB career covered the years 1989-1995, 1997, 2001; his NFL career included the 1989-2000 and 2004 seasons.
9. Sticking with multi-sport athletes, who is the only player to play on a championship team in both MLB and the NBA? Hint: Hurler / Forward.
6’ 9” Gene Conley with the 1957 Milwaukee Braves World Series Champs and 1959-61 Boston Celtics NBA Champs. Conley played 11 season in MLB and 6 NBA seasons.
Extra Tidbit: Chuck Connors of multiple movie and TV series fame (most known as TV’s the Rifleman) is one of 12 people to play in the NBA (Celtics) and MLB (Dodgers/Cubs). Connors was also drafted by the NFL’s Chicago Bears and is credited, in 1946, with shattering the first NBA backboard.
10. On June 9, 1966, the Minnesota Twins became the first American League team to hit five home runs in one inning – the 7th inning of a 9-4 home victory over the Kansas City A’s. The feat of five home runs in an inning has been accomplished eight times. This is one of those “ironic” rather than “iconic” questions. In four of the eight instances, the same team has been the victim. Name the team. Hint: This city gained some level of fame for a “dancing pig.”
The Cincinnati Reds:
- June 6, 1939, fourth inning … New York Giants hit 5 home runs as they beat the Reds 17-3 at NY.
- June 2, 1949, fourth inning … Phillies do the damage in a 12-3 win over the Reds in Philadelphia.
- August 23, 1961, ninth inning … Giants again (this time the SF Giants), beating the Reds 14-0 at Cincy, with a 12-run ninth.
- April 22, 2006, fourth inning … Milwaukee Brewers are the bad boys in an 11-0 victory over the Reds at Milwaukee.
Oh, about that hint. Vic Damone’s “Cincinnati Dancing Pig,” a hit in the 1950s, was revived in the 2001 movie “Riding in Cars with Boys.”
11. Let’s stick with multiple home run games. Name the teams that hold the record for most home runs in a game in the NL and AL. Hint: One of these team has more often been victim than victor in record-setting slugfests (see question 10).
AL – Toronto Blue Jays … 10 homers in an 18-3 win over the Orioles on September 14, 1987,
NL – Cincinnati Reds … 9 homers in a 22-3 win over the Phillies September 4, 1999.
12. Question 12 focuses on batting and HR titles. Babe Ruth holds the record with 12 HR titles, while fellow Ty Cobb earned 12 batting titles (one disputed). Eight is the next most hallowed number, as second place on both lists (HR titles and batting titles) is held by players with eight of each (two tied with 8 batting titles.) Name these weight-time leaders (all in the Hall.). Hint: two infielders and an outfielder – initials MS, HW, TG.
8 HR titles: Mike Schmidt
8 batting titles: Honus Wagner, Tony Gwynn
13. Everyone likes the long ball, so let’s include another home run question. In the decade of the 1960s (which I remember fondly) five players hit their 500th home run. All are now in the Hall of Fame. Name them. Hint: One also hit his 600th during the decade and three of them have last names that start with “M.”
Ted Williams
Mickey Mantle
Ed Mathews
Hank Aaron
Willie Mays (500 & 600)
14. Here’s one of those “off the wall” questions, but one baseball fans should be (or become) aware of. Juan Marichal was the starting pitcher in Major League Baseball’s only Hispanic-American All-Star Game, won by the National League by a 5-2 score. What year was the game played? Hints: It was the last MLB game ever played at the Polo Grounds in New York and Vic Power (honored as MLB’s top Latin American player) was a Minnesota Twin at the time.
The game was played on October 12, 1963 … at NY’s Polo Grounds (the last MLB game at the Polo grounds, the Mets moved to Shea Stadium in 1964.) It featured players like Roberto Clemente, Orlando Cepeda, Juan Marichal and Tony Oliva. Of interest to Baseball Roundtable, the winning pitcher was Virgin Island native Alvin O’Neal McBean.
15. Back in 1966, Jim Kaat of the Minnesota Twins won 25 games and did not win the Cy Young Award. (From 1956-66 there was only one Cy Young winner each year, and Kaat lost out to 27-game winner Sandy Koufax.) But Kaat had no reason to complain. Can you name the NL pitcher who won 25 or more games three times and never won the Cy Young? Hint: He could also hit, just ask Johnny Roseboro.
Juan Marichal, who went 25-8 in 1963; 25-6 in 1966; and 26-9 in 1968 without a Cy Young … and was also fined and suspended nine games for hitting Dodgers’ catcher Johnny Roseboro in the head with a bat in a 1965 on-field skirmish.
16. Let’s stick with pitching honors. What major league pitcher racked up the most career wins without ever winning the Cy Young Award? Hint: This is an irony kwestion.
Cy Young, with 511 career victories. Now, if the question has been who was the best pitcher never to win a Cy Young, I might have accepted two answers. Cy Young or Nolan Ryan. Note: Stole this question from another HOF pitcher – Bert Blyleven.
17. How the game has changed! This hurler, now in the Hall of Fame, averaged – yes, averaged – 301 innings pitched per year for the decade of the 1950s, completing 237 of 370 games started in that ten-year span. Can you name him? Hint: Not really a hint, but a hint of irony – made the 1956 NL All-Star team in a year in which he led the league in losses.
Robin Roberts of the Phillies. Ended his career 286-245 with a 3.41 earned run average. Made the All-Star team with an 8-10 record (4.28 ERA) at the break, on the way to a 19-18 year, with a 4.45 ERA.
18. As noted, the answer to question 17 made the All-Star team in a year in which he led NL in losses. The AL calls and raises one MVP. Can you name the only player to win an MVP Award while leading the league in errors as fielder and strikeouts as a hitter? Hint: Despite his 39 errors, this shortstop won his second Gold Glove in his MVP year.
The Minnesota Twins’ Zoilo Versalles, who also led the AL in plate appearances, at bats, runs, doubles, triples and total bases.
19. A case of less is more? Perhaps. Name the player who holds the low-water mark for the lowest batting average ever by a league leader. Hint: A Triple Crown winner and member of the Hall of Fame.
Carl Yastrzemski, who won the AL batting title with a .301 average in 1968 … the infamous “Year of the Pitcher.” How dominating were the pitchers that year? In the AL, the second-best qualifying batting average was .290, .274 got you into the top 10; and a .250 average made the top 25.
20. 1968 was considered the year of the pitcher (Hey, maybe that can help with #19). What was the score of the All-Star Game that year? Here’s a bonus query, who got the game winning RBI? Hint: Again, it was the year of the pitcher.
Score: NL 1 … AL 0
Appropriately, no one got an RBI. The only run scored on a double play in the first inning.
21. 1968 may have been the year of the pitcher, but that year, this big bopper set a record with ten homers in one week … six games … only 20 at bats. Can you name him? Hint: Former All-American in basketball and baseball at Ohio State, he was one big guy.
Frank Howard, 1968 Senators.
22. Which pitcher holds the MLB record for the most strikeouts in a single game? Hint: A very weak hint, it’s not Roger Clemens, Kerry Wood or Randy Johnson, and I didn’t say a nine-inning game.
Washington Senator Tom Cheney, who fanned 21 in a 16-inning, 2-1 win over the Orioles on September 12, 1962.
23. With only 23 perfect games in MLB history, 2012 proved a boon, with three perfect games in the regular season. Here’s a multiple kwestion. Who threw 2012’s “perfectos?” Finally, a bonus, what is the most popular score for a perfect game – with seven of the 23 ending with this tally? Hint: You rise to the level of the competition.
2012 perfect games … Felix Hernandez (Mariners), Phil Humber (White Sox), Matt Cain (Giants). As a side comment, Humber’s perfecto was the only complete game in eight MLB seasons (51 starts).
Seven perfect games have ended in a score of 1-0.
Another perfecto fact. The largest attendance for a perfect game was 65,519 for Don Larsen’s 1956 World Series perfect game. The smallest – 6,298, when Catfish Hunter shut down the Twins in Oakland on May 8, 1968, although tens of thousands claim to have been there.
24. Retired numbers are pretty common these days, but they had to start somewhere. Whose number was the first ever retired by a MLB team? Hint: Some iron-y here.
On July 4, 1939, the Yankees retired Lou “The Iron Horse” Gehrig’s number four.
25. Can you name the Hall of Famer who led the NL in home runs as a rookie … and went on to win the HR crown in each of his first seven seasons. Hint: Eddie Mathews broke the string of home run titles in 1953. Not much of a hint, but I did get to mention my favorite player – Mathews
The Pirates’ Ralph Kiner, who won the 1946-52 HR crowns and whose career was cut short (10 years) by a back injury. Also the only player to hit home runs in three consecutive All-Star games.
26. The 1969 TOPPS #10 baseball card (1968 Pitching Leaders) featured three NL hurlers who all went on to the Hall of Fame. One was Juan Marichal. Can you name the other two? Hint: The other two both played for the Harlem Globetrotters (like that’s gonna help).
Fergie Jenkins and Bob Gibson.
27. Can you name the three pitchers pitcher who share the record for striking out ten consecutive batters in a game. Hint: Think New York, Milwaukee and Philadelphia.
The Mets’ Tom Seaver, on April 22, 1970, struck out ten consecutive Padres in a two-hit, 19 strikeout, 2-1 complete game win.
The Brewers’ Corbin Burnes fanned ten consecutive Cubs in eight innings in a 10-0 win. Burnes gave up four hits and no walks, while fanning 15.
The Philllies Aaron Nola fanned ten consecutive Mets on June 25, 2021. He pitched just 5 1/3 innings the the game – which the Phillies lost 2-1 – giving up two its, walking one and fanning a dozen. He was pulled after hitting a batter and walking one in the sixth. Side Note: In the game, Nola was two-for two and drove in the Phillies only tally.
28. Who is the only pitcher to lead (tie) both the Al and NL in shutouts in the same season. Hint: I “initially” wasn’t going to include this one.
C.C Sabathia, who started the 2008 season with the AL Indians and went 6-8, with a 3.83 ERA and 2 shutouts (which tied with 7 others for the AL lead) and, in July, was traded to the NL Brewers and went 11-2 with a 1.65 ERA and 3 shutouts (which tied teammate Ben Sheets for the NL lead.)
29. Name the Oakland A’s player who, in the late 1970s, scored 33 runs and stole 31 bases without ever making a plate appearance – and is the only player to have his position listed as “pinch runner” on his baseball card. Hint: Michigan State All-American sprinter with a president’s last name.
Herb Washington, another Charlie Finley experiment, who played only as a pinch runner.
30. What do the following Hall of Famers have in common? Sparky Anderson. Tom Seaver. Babe Ruth. Rube Waddell. Ken Griffey, Jr. “Gee” Whiz! That’s your hint.
They are all named George. George Lee Anderson; George Herman Ruth. George Thomas Seaver; George Edward Waddell; George Kenneth Griffey, Jr.
31. Another Hall of Fame combo. On April 30, 1946, Bob Feller no-hit the Yankees (winning 1-0) … the first time the Yankees had been no-hit at Yankee Stadium. Can you name future Hall of Famer who started in centerfield in that game? Hint: As the Brits say, “Bob’s your uncle!”
Bob Lemon, who started his career as a 3B-OF, then switched to pitcher, where he went 207-128 in 13 seasons and was a 5-time 20-game winner, earning his spot in the Hall as a hurler. Note: In 1948, Lemon tossed a no-hitter of his own.
32. Name the only player ever to pinch hit for Ted Williams. Hint: You’ll get some career perspective knowing he also pinch-hit for Carl Yastrzemski and hit his first home run pinch-hitting for Roger Maris. Oh yeah, and he caught four touchdown passes for the San Francisco 49ers in the 1955 NFL season.
Carroll Hardy, who played for the 49ers in 1955 and went on to an eight-season Major League baseball career (1958-67) for the Indians, Red Sox, Colt .45s and Twins. On September 20, 1960, Hardy pinch hit for Williams after the Splendid Splinter fouled a ball off his foot. Hardy hit into a double play.
33. Can you name the only two players to hit five homers in a double header?. Hint and a bit of irony: An iconic National Leaguer accomplished the feat in 1954 and when he did, a future major leaguer (who, in 1972, would become the second National Leaguer to achieve the feat) was in the ballpark (at 8-years-old) as a fan.
Stan Musial, Cardinals and Nate Colbert, Padres
34. Name the only pitcher to throw consecutive no-hitters. Hint: He was no Johnny-come-lately.
Johnny Vander Meer of the Reds no-hit the Braves on June 11, 1938 and repeated the feat against the Dodgers on June 15.
35. Easy one here. Name the five original HOF electees. Hint: 1 infielder; 1.5 outfielders; 2.5 pitchers.
Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson
36. A rarity, only twice in ML history has a player driven in 12 runs in a single game … and both times it was a St. Louis Cardinal. I’ll give you the first one “Sunny Jim” Bottomley, who drove in 12 runs with six hits (2 HR, 1 2B, 3 singles) as the Cardinals bested the Brooklyn Robins (later Dodgers) at Ebbetts Field on September 16, 1925. Name the other 12-RBI Cardinal. Hint: The year was 1993 and this player also tied a major league record with 4 home runs in the game.
Mark Whiten, who on September 7, 1993, in a 15-12 win over Cincinnati (at Cincy) hit a Grand Slam (1st inning), a pair of 3-run homers (6th and 7th innings) and a 2-run shot (9th).
Additional Note: Mark Whiten came as close as any major leaguer to hitting for the “home run cycle” – solo, 2-run, 3-run and grand slam in a single game. Only twice in professional baseball has that been done. It was by Tyrone Horne of the AA Arkansas Travelers (a Cardinals’ farm team) in a July 27, 1998, 13-4 victory over the San Antonio Mission. Horne hit a 2-run shot in the first inning, a grand slam in the second, a solo homer in the fifth and a 3-run dinger in the sixth. The next night, Horne won the AA All-Star game home run derby and he finished the season with 37 homers, 139 RBIs and a .312 average, capturing league MVP honors. Despite his record, Horne played 13 minor league seasons never getting a call to the “show.”
The second home run cycle was achieved on August 10, 2022 by Cardinals farmhand Chandler Redmond, playing for the Double-A Springfield Cardinals (in a 21-4 win over the Amarillo Sod Poodles). Redmond had a two-run shot in the fifth inning, a Grand slam in the sixth, a solo shot in the seventh and a three-run blast in the eighth. For the game, the 25-year-old first baseman, was five-for-six, with four runs scored and 11 RBI. Redmond, drafted by the Cardinals in the 32 round of the 2019 MLB Draft (out of Gardner-Webb University) ended the 2022 Double -A season with a .236-21-79 stat lie (94 games).
37. Let’s go iconic again. Rank the iconic power combinations below in terms of home runs hit while teammates (one holds the record at 863). Hint: The leading combo had one hitter on each side of the plate.
Hank Aaron / Ed Mathews …863
Bave Ruth / Lou Gehrig … 859
Willie Mays / Willie McCovey … 814
38. As long as we’re talking long ball, let’s take a look at the most exciting long ball – the Grand Slam. We’ll go through a series of grand slam questions, getting progressively more difficult – some might say more inane, or even more insane. First, what player holds the record for the most career grand slams. Hint: Yankee ties.
Alex Rodriguez with 25, second place goes to another Yankee – Lou Gehrig – at 23. the only other player with 20 or more is Manny Ramirez (21).
39. This shouldn’t be too hard, it got plenty of publicity. Who was the only player to hit two grand slams in one inning? Hint: They were a couple of long “Tat-ers.”
Cardinals third baseman Fernando Tatis, who hit two grand slams in an 11-run third inning as the Cards beat the Dodgers 12-5 on April 23, 1999.
Irony? Dodgers’ starting pitcher Chan Ho Park gave up both grand slams (Why was he still in there?) in a 2 2/3 inning, 8-hit, 11-run performance. Thus becoming the answer to the question, who is the only pitcher to give up two grand slams to the same batter in one inning?
40. Just a little more difficult, name the only major leaguer to a grand slam hitting right-handed and left-handed in the same game. Hint: Red Sox, 2003.
Boston third baseman Bill Mueller who rapped bases-loaded homers in the 7th and 8th innings of a 14-7 Red Sox win at Texas. Mueller also hit a solo shot in the third.
41. A tougher grand slam question. Who was the first National Leaguer to hit two grand slams in one game? Hint: A good argument against the DH.
Atlanta Braves’ pitcher Tony Cloninger, who drove in 9 runs in a 17-3 complete game victory over the Giants at Candlestick.
42. One more grand slam question, then we’ll give the pitchers a chance. Players have hit two grand slams in a game 13 times. How many times this has been accomplished in the hitter’s home park. Hint: Lots of disappointment for the fans in this one.
Just once, Nomar Gariciparra, for the Red Sox at Fenway in a May 10, 1999, win over the Mariners. Garciaparra hit three homers and drove in ten runs in the 12-4 victory.
43. Okay, this will take you back, but not as far as you might expect. Name the last major league hurler to notch a season of 30 or more victories. Hint: You might have a “hard time” with one.
Detroit Tiger Denny McLain, who went 31-6 with a 1.96 ERA in 1968 … and later served some hard (prison) time for a variety of transgressions.
44. In 1968, an NL hurler tossed a still-record six consecutive complete-game shutouts on the way a record 58 consecutive scoreless innings. Twenty years later, that scoreless “innings” streak was broken by another National Leaguer. Name these two hurlers. Hint: Both were Dodgers.
Don Drysdale, with 58 consecutive scoreless innings, Orel Hershiser with 59. Note: At one time, the streaks were counted at 58 2/3 and 59 1/3, but it has since been rules that credit will not be given for a partial scoreless inning.
45. Way back now. Name the pitcher who in 1884, playing for the National League’s Providence entry, compiled a 59-12 record (disputed, some say it was 60-12, either way a record for wins in a season), pitched a record 678 2/3 innings, tossed 73 complete games in 75 starts, achieved a 1.38 ERA and 441 strikeouts. Due to the suspension of Providence’s second-best pitcher, this stalwart started 40 of Providence’s final 43 games, winning 36 and bringing Providence the pennant.
Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn … who had gone a less impressive 48-25 the year before and won 309 games in 11 big league seasons. Oh, and Radbourn also spent some time at first base, shortstop, second base and in the outfield in his record-setting season. In 2010, somebody (Edward Achorn) finally wrote a book about Radbourn: Fifty-nine in 84: barehanded baseball and the greatest season a pitcher ever had.
46. Name the HOFer who is the oldest pitcher to throw a no-hitter. Hint: “Express” your inner baseball self.
Nolan Ryan tossed his seventh no-hitter at age 44 on May 1, 1991 … beating Toronto 3-0.
47. Enough fastballs (another hint to #46) how about a change of pace? Name the Hall of Famer holds the career record for hitting into triple plays (4 times). Hint: Ironically known for his glove work, he hit into one more triple play than he participated in as a fielder.
Oriole third basemen and 16-time Gold Glove winner Brooks Robinson
48. More on triple plays, what was the score of the game in which the Minnesota Twins became the only team ever to turn two triple plays in a single game? Hint: See question 1.
Minnesota 0 … Red Sox 1 (July 17, 1990)
49. Barry Bonds hold the career record for intentional bases on balls at 688. The second player on the list has fewer than half that many (311, coming into 2020). Name that player. Hint: Still Active.
Albert Pujols
Note: IBB were not tracked during Babe Ruth’s career.
Another factoid. Bonds drew a record 120 IBBs in a 2004 232-walk season. That year the AL leader in total walks had 95 … 25 fewer than Bonds had intentional passes.
50. Back to a bit of irony or, perhaps, tom-foolery. Name the future Hall of Famer who was pitching when pitcher Joe Niekro smacked his only career homer, in 1976. Hint: Think about why this might have caught the kwizmaster’s attention.
Joe’s brother, Phil Niekro. It came in the 7th inning on May 10, 1976, and was no “gimmee,” The dinger tied the game at 2-2 and Joe and the Astros eventually beat Phil and the Braves 4-3.
51. Brotherly love is wonderful (hint to number 50). Can you name the trio of brothers who, in the eighth inning of a game played on September 15, 1963, made history by playing together in the outfield for the San Francisco Giants. Hint: The team was the San Francisco Giants and the NL leader in hits came from among these brothers in 1966, 1968 and 1969.
Felipe, Jesus and Matty Alou.
Felipe started the game – a 15-5 Giants win over the Pirates at Pittburgh – in RF. In the 7th, Jesus replaced left fielder Willie McCovery, with Felipe moving to LF and Jesus taking over in RF. Then, in the eighth, Matty came into the game for CF Willie Mays, with Felipe moving to CF and Matty taking over in LF. Felipe led the NL in hits in 1966 and 1968, while Matty led the league in hits and batting average .342 in 1960.
52. Ouch! Name the ex-Twin hurler who holds the career record for most losses without ever notching a win. Hint: Lots of folks “felt” bad for him.
Terry Felton, 0-16 for the Twins (1979-82). 0-13 in 1982 alone.
53. Another “How the game has changed.” Name the pitcher who holds the NL and AL records for most appearances in a season. Hint: Only one answer.
Mike Marshall … 106 games pitched with the Dodgers (NL Record in 1974) 90 games pitched with the Twins (AL Record in 1979). In 1974, Marshall pitched 208 1/3 innings in relief, going 15-12 with 21 saves.
54. Don Mattingly set the Major League record for grand slams in a season with 6 in 1987 (tied by Travis Hafner in 2006). How many grand slams did Mattingly hit in his 14-year career? Hint: Think irony.
6 … Donnie Ballgame never hit one before or after that 1987 splash.
55. Time for a little “guesswork.” Get within three of the fewest number of pitches ever thrown in a nine-inning complete game. No hint, you’re supposed to be guessing.
58 … Red Barrett, with a 2-hit shutout (1 hour 15 minutes) as the Braves beat the Reds on August 10, 1944.
56. Guess again. If you liked that last exercise in the informed guess, how about this one? How long (time) did the major league’s shortest doubleheader last? Count it right if you get within 45 minutes. Note: Do not include the time between games (usually 20 minutes).
Wow! How times have changed … 2 hours and 7 minutes, which means a total time of less than 2 ½ hours including the time between games. On September 26, 1926 (last games of regular season), the St. Louis Browns swept the New York Yankees.
Game one. Saint Louis 6 – NY 1 … 1 hour and 12 minutes
Game two. Saint Louis 6 – NY 2 … 55 minutes. This is the second shortest 9-inning game in history. The shortest ever was 51 minutes – NY Giants 6 – 1 over the Phillies on September 28, 1919.
Note: The Yankees were also involved in the longest 18-inning double header ML history … taking 8 hours and 40 minutes to sweep the Red Sox on August 18, 2006. The longest ever doubleheader goes to a May 31, 1964 Mets/Giants twin bill – 9 hours and 52 minutes, with the second game going 23 innings.
57. Not a serious question, just proof that baseball fans will count anything. Yankee pitcher Jim Bouton, of the small hats and violent follow-through, holds the record for the most times having his hat fall of in a World Series game. What is the record? Hint: If you guess 37, you’ll be right.
37 times in a 1964, game 3, World Series win against the Cardinals. Don’t you just love statistics?
58. How many innings was the longest game (innings) in major league history? Not a hint, but another look at how the game has changed – both starting pitchers went the distance in a 1-1 tie.
Brooklyn versus Boston May 1, 1920 – a 26-inning 1-1 tie. The two starting pitchers (Leon Cadore and Joe Oeschger) shared the record for the longest pitching appearance.
How times have changed! The longest MLB game in terms of time was an 8 hour and 6 minute (25-inning) game between the Brewers and White Sox on May 8-9, 1984. Home team Sox won 7-6. Consider this. In the 1920, 26-inning contest the teams used a total of 22 players and just two pitchers and took 3 hours and 50 minutes. In the 1984 game, 44 players, including 14 pitchers participated.
59. On August 25, 2011, the Yankees hit a record 3 grand slams in a nine-inning game, topping Oakland 22-9. How many (another record) plate appearances with the based loaded did NY record? Hint: They went 6 for 13 with the sacks full, but remember the question asks for plate appearances not at bats.
16 … producing 3 HRs, 3 singles, a fielder’s choice, one strikeout, 5 additional outs – and non-at bat plate appearances of 2 walks and a sac fly.
60. Only four players have hit home runs before they turned twenty and after they turned forty. Can you name three of the four? Hint: A peach, an orange, a chef (sp.) and a player who created a lot of “suspense.” The played their final games in 1928, 1985, 2009 and 2016.
Ty Cobb (the Georgia Peach) … 1905-28
Rusty Staub (Le Grande Orange) … 1963-85
Gary “Sheff” Sheffield … 1988-2009
Alex Rodriguez … 1994-2016
61. Only four players have won the home run title in both the American and National Leagues. The first was Buck Freeman who led the NL in 1899 and the AL in 1903, then came Sam Crawford, who captured the NL title with the Reds in 1901 and the AL title with the Tigers in 1908. Name the other two. Hint: Their last names each started with the same three letters – all consonants.
Fred McGriff … Blue Jays (AL) 1989 / Padres (NL) 1992
Mark McGwire … As (AL) 1987 & 96 / Cardinals (NL) 1998 & 99
62. Someone you can count on. In 2017, The Dodgers’ Brandon Morrow pitched in all seven games of the World Series (an 8.44 ERA in 5 1/3 innings). Name the Oakland A’s hurler who also pitched in all 7 games of a World Series (1973); notching 2 saves and a o.oo ERA, as the A’s beat the Mets 4 games to 3. Hint: I “know” you’ll like this one.
Darold Knowles, who tossed three 6 1/3 innings.
Added note: Most starts in a single World Series? In 1903, in an eight-game series, Deacon Phillippe of the Pittsburgh Pirates started 5 games (in 13 days), winning three and losing two as the Pirates lost to the Boston Americans 5 games to 3. Phillippe threw five complete games, giving up 15 earned runs.
63. Everyone recognizes Jackie Robinson for breaking baseball’s color line in 1947 (April 15, to be exact), and for racking up a list of “firsts” for black players: to get a hit; win Rookie of the Year; earn MVP honors; lead the league in hitting; play in a World Series and more. Who was the second black to cross the MLB color line and be the first black: American Leaguer: to to lead his league in home runs; and to homer in a World Series? Hint: Initials are LD.
Lary Doby, who played his first game for the Cleveland Indians on July 5, 1947. Played for the Indians, White Sox and Tigers (1947-59), earning 7 All-Star selections.
64. Other side of the integration coin … in what year did the last major league team integrate? As a hint, I’ll give you the team and player: Red Sox, Pumpsie Green.
1959
65. Another color line question. Name the players making up the first instance of a black pitcher facing a black hitter in the major leagues. Hint: 1949, Dodgers versus Giants.
Only July 8, 1949, the Giants Hank Thomson faced the Dodgers Don Newcombe – and grounded out to first.
66. Final color line question. Who was the first black pitcher to play in a World Series? Hint: This is one of those iconic questions.
Thanks to one of BBRT’s readers, I will accept two answers to this question. The original answer – Satchel Paige, who – at age 42 – came in with one out in the 7th in Game Five (October 10, 1948) and retired the only two men he faced – as his Cleveland Indians lost to the Boston Braves 11-5. Satch was the first black pitcher to take the mountdin the World Series.
I will also accept Dan Bankhead (as the BBRT reader correctly pointed out), who pitched in four games for the Dodgers during the 1947 regular season and then appeared in Game Six of the World Series as a pinch runner (in the sixth inning, running for Bobby Bragan, who had doubled while pinch-hitting for pitcher Ralph Branca). Bankhead later scored on a single by Pee Wee Reese). So, while Paige was the first Black player to pitch in the World Series, Bankhead was the first Black pitcher to appear in the World Series – albeit as a pinch runner.
Both answers are legitimately iconic. Satchel becaue he was Satchel, Bankhead because he was the first Black pitcher in MLB.
67. The “save” was ordained an official baseball statistic in 1969. In a bit of an irony, who recorded the first “official” save (historians later went back to compute earlier saves) on April 7, 1969. The irony? The hurler who earned that 3-inning save, pitched in 40 more games that year (all starts) and MLB’s first official save was the only one he recorded that year (to go with a 20-12 record). Hint: He was a Dodger … and his name would do Frank Sinatra proud.
Bill Singer, who in 14 MLB seasons pitched in 322 games (308 starts) recording only 2 saves.
68. What are the original names of the Milwaukee Brewers and Houston Astros? Hint(s): The names didn’t last long – 1 year and 3 years – and the changes were driven by a move to a new city for one team and objections from a well-armed opponent and a new stadium for the other.
The Seattle Pilots existed in Seattle as an expansion team for one year (1969) before MLB acquired the team in bankruptcy court and moved it to Milwaukee.
The Astros started out as the Houston Colt .45s (1962) before objections from the gun company led to the Astros’ name, honoring the Houston area’s aerospace prominence (NASA Mission Control Center). At the same time, the team moved from Colt Stadium to the “Astrodome” in 1965.
69. Get ‘em on and then get ‘em out. What is the highest number of base runners allowed in a nine-inning no-hitter?
14 – The Orioles’ Steve Barber (8 2/3 innings and Stu Miller 1/3 inning no-hit the Tigers in 2-1 Baltimore loss on April 30, 1967. The Oriole hurlers gave 10 walks, hit two batters and two were safe on errors.
70. Lovable loser. Who is the only World Series MVP to play for the losing team? Hint: Hit .305 in a total of 36 World Series games.
Bobby Richardson, second base, 1960 Yankees. Despite outscoring the Pirates 55-27, the Yankees lost the series 4 games to 3 on Bill Mazeroski’s game-seven walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth. Richardson, who had 11 hits, 8 runs scored and 12 runs batted in over the seven games was selected the Sporting News World Series MVP. (Mazeroski was honored as the Babe Ruth Award Series MVP.) Richardson, a lifetime .266 hitter who only topped .300 in a regular season once, was a World Series hitting machine. He averaged .305 in 36 WS games and, in 1964, had a Series record 13 hits (with a .406 average).
71. Power and speed. Name the two players to hit fifty homers in one season and steal 50 bases in another. Hint: A Giant and an Oriole – and, while Willie Mays would be a good guess (he did lead the league in homers and stolen bases four times each) – that would be wrong. This all happened between 1990 and 2001.
Brady Anderson, Orioles – stole 53 bases in 1992, hit 50 homers in 1996. (Also led off a record four straight games with a home run.)
Barry Bonds, Giants – stole 52 bags in 1990, hit 73 home runs in 2001. (Your call if this should count.)
72. Power and patience. Tommy Holmes of the Boston Braves led the NL in home runs in 1945 with 28 – while striking out only 9 times in 636 at bats (the best percentage ratio of homers to strikeouts ever for a league leader. Going less obscure, only ten times in MLB history has a player hit 40 or more homers, while striking fewer times than he hit round trippers. It’s been done by six players, name four of them. Hint: Initials, in the order they accomplished the feat. Are: MO, LG, JD, JM, TK, BB. A bonus if you can name which one of these gentlemen achieved this feat 3 years in a row.
1929 … Mel Ott 42 HRs, 38 Ks
1934 … Lou Gehrig, 49 HRs, 31 Ks
1936 … Lou Gehrig, 49 HRs, 46 Ks
1937 … Joe DiMaggio, 46 HRs, 37 Ks
1947 … Johnny Mize, 51 HRs, 42 Ks
1948 … Johnny Mize, 40 HRs, 37 Ks
1953 … Ted Kluszewski, 40 HRs, 34 Ks
1954 … Ted Kluszewski, 49 HRs, 35 Ks
1955 .. Ted Kluszewski, 47 HRs, 40Ks
2004 … Barry Bonds, 45 HRs, 41Ks
73. 1968 was, indeed, the year of the pitcher. Name the two pitchers who captured both Cy Young Award and MVP honors that year. Hint: A Tiger and a Cardinal. Bonus kwestion, name the three relief pitchers who have won a Cy Young and MVP in the same season. Hint: A Brewer, a Tiger and an A.
1968: Bob Gibson Cardinals and Denny McLain, Tigers
Relievers: Rollie Fingers, Brewers (1981). Willlie Hernandez (Tigers 1984) and Dennis Eckersley, As (1992)
Other starters who have won both the Cy Young and MVP in the same year: Don Newcombe (Dodgers, 1956); Sandy Koufax (Dodgers, 1963); Vida Blue (A’s, 1971); Roger Clemens (Red Sox, 1986); Justin Verlander, (Tigers,,2011); Clayton Kershaw (Dodgers, 2014).
74. Catchers with speed are a rarity. Name the two catchers who have led their league in triples. Hint(s): Both played in games for the Boston Red Sox during the 1974 and 1975 seasons, both played in four different decades and one led the NL in triples as a Cardinal and one the AL with the a Red Sox.
Tim McCarver, 13 triples with the Cardinals in 1976 (played 1959-80)
Carlton Fisk, 9 triples with the Red Sox in 1972 (played 1969-93)
75. On the topic of MVP awards, who was the last switch hitter to win the American League MVP award? Hint: He was a five-time All-Star in the 1970s – and the only other AL switch-hitting MVP was Mickey Mantle.
Oakland A’s pitcher Vida Blue (he hit .118 in 102 at bats, but also went 24-8 with a 1.82 ERA.)
Switch-hitting MVPS;
1931, Frankie Frisch, Cardinals
1956, 57, 62 Mickey Mantle, Yankees
1971 Maury Wills, Dodgers
1973 Pete Rose, Reds
1985 Willie McGee, Cardinals
1991 Terry Pendleton, Braves
1996 Ken Caminiti, Padres
1999 Chipper Jones, Braves
2007 Jimmy Rollins, Phillies
76. Since the first All-Star game in 1933, more than two dozen players have won the MVP in same season they earned their first All-Star appearance. Rarer is the player who won an MVP before ever being selected to an All Star team. That’s happened only 3 times: Justin Morneau, AL MVP in 2006, first All-Star selection in 2007; Terry Pendelton NL MVP in 1991, first All-Star game 1992; and Hank Greenberg, AL MVP in 1935, first All-Star team in 1937. Can you name the only MVP Award winner (NL) to never make an All-Star team? Hint: He was also an American League Championship Series MVP, albeit in a different year.
Kirk Gibson, who was never an All-Star selection in his 17-year ML career.
77. This question goes back to the 1979 All-Star game, which was interrupted by the planting of a kiss on future Hall of Famer George Brett. Name the kisser. No hint, I’m giving you a good part of the name.
Morganna the Kissing Bandit
Morganna planted kisses, during the games, on such future HOFers as Brett, Nolan Ryan, Johnny Bench and Cal Ripken, Jr. (and “bussed” 37 players in all – 1971-1990). The “stats” of this well-known exotic performer included measurements of 60-23-39, nearly 20 arrests, actually rushing the batter’s box and being hit by a pitch in Milwaukee, appearances on the Tonight Show and Letterman, 3 appearances in Playboy, and the movie Kingpin.
78. Name the HOF pitcher who won the most games (in a single season) for a last place team. Hint: A lefty.
Steve Carlton of the 1972 (59-97) Phillies. Carlton went 27-10, leading the league in wins (27), era (1.97), starts (41), CG (30), IP (346.1) and strikeouts (310).
79. Name the Twin who, on July 4, 1961, hit the first inside-the-park home run at the Twins’ original home, Met Stadium. Hint: Not considered the fleetest afoot.
Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew
80. What do baseball fans have Reuben Berman to thank for? Think souveniers. Hint: I had a ball with this question.
Berman’s 1921 lawsuit against the New York Giants established a fan’s right to keep a baseball hit into the stands.
81. In 2011, two unique streaks came to an end, consecutive years striking out 200 or more times and consecutive years with a .300+ batting average, 30+ home runs and 100+ RBIs. Name the two players whose streaks were broken. Hint: One of these players was the only player to ever strike out 200 times in a season until joined by the Reds’ Drew Stubbs who whiffed 205 times in 2011. He has now been joined in the 200-strikeout circle by Adam Dunn, Chris Davis, Chris Carter, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, Joey Gallo, Yoan Moncada, Matt Chapman and Kyle ?Schwarber. The other was not a Red, but a Redbird.
Mark Reynolds, who K’d 204 times in 2008, a still-record 223 times in 2009 and 211 times in 2010 and a mere 196 in 2011.
Albert Pujols ran up the remarkable .300-30-100 string over his first ten seasons (2001-2010), before just missing with .299-37-99 in 2011.
82. A total of 13 player have won league Most Valuable Player Awards in consecutive seasons. Of those 13, 11 have appeared on the BB Hall of Fame Ballot (Miguel Cabrera and Albert Pujols are still active). Only three of the 11 who have been on the ballot are NOT in the Hall of Fame. One, of course, is Barry Bonds, and we all are aware of that controversy. Who are the other two? Hint: Both last names start with M.
Roger Maris, Yankees … AL MVP, 1960-61
Dale Murphy, Braves … NL MVP, 1982-83
83. Name the two switch hitters who share the career record for most games with a home run from both sides of the plate at 14. Hint: They were teammates from 2009-12.
Mark Tiexiera and Nick Swisher.
Note: Ken Caminiti, who accomplished this feat ten times, popped dingers from both sides of the plate three times in four days as a Padre – September 16, 17 and 19, 1995. On the 18th he went 0-4 with two strikeouts, in the other three games he was 10 for 11 with 6 homers, 2 doubles, 3 walks, 7 runs scored and 12 RBI.
84. Can you name the three players have hit home runs from both side of the plate in one inning? Hint: Their initials and teams: CB (Indians); MB (Cubs); KM (Angels).
Carlos Baerga, Indians, 1993
Mark Bellhorn, Cubs, 2002
Kendrys Morales, Angels, 2012
85. Name the first switch hitter to win a batting title in the AL and the first switch hitter to win the NL title. Hint: Once of them once said of the other: “If I’d had to hit all those singles, I would have worn a dress.”
Mickey Mantle (1956-AL) said it of fellow former batting champ Pete Rose (1968-NL).
86. Name the last pitcher to lead the league in wins and losses in the same season. Hint this Hall of Famer tied his brother for the league lead in wins that year.
Phil Niekro, who went 21-20 for the Atlanta Braves in 1979, tying his brother Joe (who went 21-11 for the Houston Astros for the NL wins title, while also leading the league in losses. Phil led the NL in losses from 1977-80, going 71-76. on his way to a 318-274 record and a spot in the Hall of Fame.
87. MVPs are supposed to deliver victories. Right? Seven players have won the MVP while playing for a losing team. Try this multiple question. Name the two most recent playersto do it; the only player to win two consecutive league MVP awards while playing for a team with a losing record; the only player to win a league MVP award while playing for a last place team. Get one of three to count this as correct. Hint(s): Your answers come from the Cubs and Angels.
Most Recent: Shohei Ohtani, 2021 Angels (77-85) and Mike Trout, 2019 Angels (72-90).
Two consecutive seasons: Ernie Banks, Cubs, 74-80 in 1958 and 72-82 in 1959.
Last place: Andre Dawson, Cubs, 76-85 in 1987.
88. Who is the only catcher to win three batting titles? Hint: Bet he eats Twinkies.
Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins … AL batting leader 2006, 2008, 2009
89. To date, 20 pitchers have notched wins against all 30 major league teams. I won’t ask you to name them all, just the first to accomplish this feat and the most recent. Your hints: The initials are A.L. (first) and CG., the most recent.
Al Leiter, who started the all-30 club in 2002.
Gerrit Cole, who qualified in 2021.
9o. No sophomore jinx here. Who is the only player to lead the league in batting average in his rookie and sophomore seasons? Hint: Hard to believe you could stay this hot in a place so cold.
Minnesota Twins’ outfielder Tony Oliva … .323 in 1964, .321 in 1965. Tony-O is also the only player to lead his league in hits his first three seasons.
91. Talk about getting off to a great start. In 1898, Philadelphia pitcher Bill Duggleby hit a grand slam home run in his first major league at bat. It wasn’t until 2005 that anyone duplicated that accomplishment (Jeremy Hermida, Marlins). Since then, two players have gone Duggleby and Hermida one better, hitting a grand slam not only in their first at bat, but on the first pitch they ever saw in “bigs.” For one point each, name them. Hint: Initials, year and team. KK, Indians, 2006; DN, Red Sox, 2010.
Kevin Kouzmanoff and Daniel Nava
92. Only twice in MLB history has a team boasted four twenty games winners in a single season. The 1920 White Sox (Red Faber – 23; Lefty Williams – 22; Dicky Kerr – 21; Ed Cicotte – 21) and the 1971 Orioles (Dave McNally – 21, Mike Cueller – 20; Pat Dobson – 20) and the answer to this question: Who was the other Oriole who won 20 that year and also became the only player to draw two bases loaded walks in a single World Series game?
20-game winner Jim Palmer, who walked with the bases loaded in the fourth and fifth innings of Baltimore’s 11-3 win over Pittsburgh in Game 2 of the Series (October 11, 1971). It was a pretty “wild” series game. Palmer got the win despite giving up 7 hits and 8 walks in eight innings – 3 runs and 10 Ks – and overall the game featured 22 hits, 15 walks and 2 errors.
93. And they say fans shouldn’t vote on the All-Stars. Each year the Rawlings Gold Glove is awarded to the premier fielder at each position, based on a vote of managers and coaches. In 1999, the Gold Glove Awards set a new low – particularly in terms of games played in the field by a GG winner. Name the position player who that year played a record low number of games in the field for a Gold Glove winner. Hint: It was this AL player’s third consecutive, and appropriately final, Gold Glove.
Rafael Palmeiro, Texas Rangers’ first baseman (and primarily a designated hitter in 1999), was awarded a Gold Glove despite playing only 28 of his 158 games in the field. He did hit .324, with 47 home runs and 148 RBIs, appropriately earning a Sliver Slugger Award. He deserved the Silver, but the Gold – no so much.
94. Back-to-back homers are not that rare, but how about back-to-back homers by the same two teammates twice in the same inning? It’s happened just once. Name the two players. Hint: 2002 Seattle Mariners.
Brett Boone and Mike Cameron, who each connected twice in a 10-run first inning as the Mariners defeated the White Sox (sadly, at Chicago) on May 2, 2002. Cameron was only getting started. He homered again in his next at-bat (3rd inning) and again in his next at-bat (fifth inning) tying the major league record for home runs in a game with four innings left. In the 7th, the Sox’ Mike Porzio took a bit of revenge, hitting Cameron with a pitch. Then in the ninth, Cameron flied out to deep right. For the night, Cameron was 4 for 5, with four solo homers. Boone was 2 for 4, with four RBIs (both his first-inning shots came with Ichiro on base), two walks and two strikeouts.
95. Can you name the five pitchers to toss two complete-game no-hitters in a season? Hints: Initials of the five pitchers to toss two no-no’s in one season: JVM; AR; NR; VT; MS. Note: Roy Halladay can be added to this list if you count the post-season as part of the season.
Two consecutive no-hitters … Johnny Vander Meer, Reds, June 11 & 15, 1938
Additional players with two no-hitters in one season: Allie Reynolds, Yankees, 1951; Virgil Trucks, Tigers, 1952; Nolan Ryan, Angels, 1973; Max Scherzer, Nationals, 2015. Notes: Trucks went 5-19 in 1952, despite his two no-hitters; Roy Halladay threw a regular-season no-hitter (perfect game) and a ost-season no-hitter (NLDS) in 2010.
96. In Game Four of the 2022 World Series, the Astros Cristian Javier, Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero and Ryan Pressly combined to throw just the third-ever MLB post-season no-hitter, Can you name the two pitchers who tossed complete-game post-season no-nos. Hint: A Doc and a Don,
Don Larsen tossed a perfect game in the 1956 World Series.
Roy Halladay became the second pitcher to toss a no-hitter in the post season. He did it in the first game of the 2910 National League Division Series. It was Halladay’s first-ever post-season appearance, coming in his 134th MLB season.
97. 2011, saw the release of the movie Magic Trip (about the 1964 LSD-fueled, cross-country trip of author Ken Kesey – author of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – and his Merry Pranksters). On June 12, 1970, one major league pitcher took an even more impressive “trip”, tossing a no-hitter while high on LSD. Name him. Hint: This Doc has his own pharmacy.
Pittsburgh’s Dock Ellis admitted to no-hitting the San Diego Padres (at San Diego) on June 12, 1970, while high on acid. It all started two days earlier, when Ellis – realizing he had an off-day before he had to pitch that Friday – reportedly combined marijuana, vodka and acid, before drifting off to sleep. As Ellis told it, he woke up Thursday morning and dropped another tab of acid, figuring he had a day to come down. The problem, Ellis had slept through Thursday and was slated to pitch the first game of a double header in just a few hours. With a little help from friends, Ellis managed to get to the ball park, where he downed a handful of amphetamines to try and even things out.
As Ellis recounted the game, the ball kept changing sizes, he aimed down a “multi-colored path” to the plate and at one point, after successfully covering first for a put out, he exclaimed “Ooh, I just made a touchdown.” Ellis, known as a fierce competitor, went 13-10 that year, with a 3.21 ERA and 9 complete games. He followed this up with a stellar 19-9 campaign in 1971. Ellis, who passed away in 2008 at age 63, cleaned up his act and served as a drug and alcohol abuse counselor after a 12-year major league career.
98. Like father, like son. Name the only father-son combination to hit back-to-back homers in a major league game. Hint: The pair were a “senior” and “junior” and were both outfielders.
It was Ken Griffey, Sr. and Ken Griffey, Jr., who went deep back-to-back for the Mariners in the first inning of a September 14, 1990 loss to the California Angels.
99. Finally, what do the following players have in common? George Brett, Royals; Walter Johnson, Senators; Al Kaline, Tigers; Ted Lyons, White Sox; Stan Musial Cardinals; Mel Ott, Giants; Cal Ripken, Jr., Orioles; Brooks Robinson, Orioles; Willie Stargell, Pirates.; Carl Yastrzemski, Red Sox. Hint: Think staying power.
If you get half of this right, count it as correct. They each played more than 20 seasons in the majors and spent their entire playing careers with one team. Robinson and Yastrzemski share the record of 23 seasons with only one team. An honorable mention could go here to Cap Anson, who played his entire NL career (22 seasons) with the Cubs, but did play five season in the National Association (1871-75) before the National League was formed. Also, if you drop the time requirement to 20 seasons (all with one club), the following players would make the list: Luke Appling (White Sox); Craig Biggio (Astros); Red Faber (White S0x); Tony Gwynn (Padres); Mel Harder (Indians); Derek Jeter (Yankees); Alan Trammel (Tigers); Robin Yount (Brewers).
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