Posted by contrarian23 on 2/12/2016 9:11:00 AM (view original):
Let's do a couple more random questions today...no real theme this time:
1.) The only player to steal 60 or more bases in a season during the 1940s.
2.) This list of Yankees who won a batting title is incomplete. What name is missing: Bernie Williams, Paul O'Neill, Don Mattingly, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth.
3.) There have been more than 100 Cy Young awards given out in baseball history...I assume everyone know who won the most games during a Cy Young winning season (Denny McLain 31, in 1968) and who posted the lowest ERA (Bob Gibson, 1.12, same season). But Who posted the highest ERA? Not including relievers or strike-shortened seasons, who posted the fewest wins?
4.) Ten managers in baseball history won 2000 or more games. How many can you name?
Answers:
1.) George Case, whom no one remembers today
2.) Snuffy Stirnweiss, 1945...also led the league in slugging percentage that year, which puts him in the company of Ruth, Gehrig, and Mantle as the only four Yankees to do both (AVG and SLG) in the same season.
3.) Lamarr Hoyt 1983 for the ERA (3.66), Felix Hernandez 2010 (13) for the wins
4.) Listed on a previous page