Posted by italyprof on 3/28/2016 7:05:00 AM (view original):
The St. Louis Browns had a winning record?

Nope but lol

Both Browns and Cards won over 80 games in all three seasons?

Posted by gbakker on 3/28/2016 3:02:00 PM (view original):
Both Browns and Cards won over 80 games in all three seasons?

That might be true, but not the answer I'm looking for

April 2, 1982:

During an inter-league exhibition game between the Oakland Athletics and the San Diego Padres, A's pitcher Steve McCatty stepped up to the plate swinging a children's toy bat on the instructions of manager Billy Martin, who was upset that his club was not allowed to use a DH in spring training games at National League ballparks. Jim Quick, the home plate umpire, refused to allow the 15" bat and McCatty was called out on three strikes.

Posted by d_rock97 on 3/28/2016 4:13:00 AM (view original):
What do 1921, 1922, and 1944 have in common?

All world series games played in same ballpark?

Polo Grounds in '21-'22
Sportsmans Park '44

Posted by contrarian23 on 3/29/2016 1:45:00 PM (view original):

Posted by d_rock97 on 3/28/2016 4:13:00 AM (view original):
What do 1921, 1922, and 1944 have in common?

All world series games played in same ballpark?

Polo Grounds in '21-'22
Sportsmans Park '44

Correct! And I was about to post the answer too

Three MLB managers have had careers of three or more seasons maintaining a 100-loss a season average. Two of them are Doc Prothro (320 losses for the 1939-41 Phillies) and Roy Hartsfield (318 losses for the expansion Blue Jays, 1977-79).

The third one managed four seasons averaging 100+ losses. Who was he?

Posted by crazystengel on 3/29/2016 2:28:00 PM (view original):
Three MLB managers have had careers of three or more seasons maintaining a 100-loss a season average. Two of them are Doc Prothro (320 losses for the 1939-41 Phillies) and Roy Hartsfield (318 losses for the expansion Blue Jays, 1977-79).

The third one managed four seasons averaging 100+ losses. Who was he?

Alan Trammell?
he managed those terrible Tigers teams 10 years ago.

Good guess, but Trammell only lasted 3 seasons with the Tigers, although he did lose 300 on the button with them. He wasn't included in my post above because he got in a few games as manager of Arizona in 2014, so officially he has 302 losses in four seasons, thus destroying the 100-loss a season average.

The guy I'm thinking of managed in the early part of the 20th century...

Posted by d_rock97 on 3/29/2016 2:12:00 PM (view original):

Posted by contrarian23 on 3/29/2016 1:45:00 PM (view original):

Posted by d_rock97 on 3/28/2016 4:13:00 AM (view original):
What do 1921, 1922, and 1944 have in common?

All world series games played in same ballpark?

Polo Grounds in '21-'22
Sportsmans Park '44

Correct! And I was about to post the answer too

Good one ! We were dancing around the right answer but never had more than one piece out of 5 or 6 to get it.

Posted by crazystengel on 3/29/2016 2:28:00 PM (view original):
Three MLB managers have had careers of three or more seasons maintaining a 100-loss a season average. Two of them are Doc Prothro (320 losses for the 1939-41 Phillies) and Roy Hartsfield (318 losses for the expansion Blue Jays, 1977-79).

The third one managed four seasons averaging 100+ losses. Who was he?

Casey Stengel with the Mets?

I'm guessing it was a player-coach, like Lajoie or Eddie Collins or something

Posted by crazystengel on 3/29/2016 3:05:00 PM (view original):
Good guess, but Trammell only lasted 3 seasons with the Tigers, although he did lose 300 on the button with them. He wasn't included in my post above because he got in a few games as manager of Arizona in 2014, so officially he has 302 losses in four seasons, thus destroying the 100-loss a season average.

The guy I'm thinking of managed in the early part of the 20th century...

Oh. I see. I was thinking, he went 1-2 as the D-Backs manager, so if you averaged that out to a full season, that's 54-108.

Okay, EARLY part of the 20th Century so it is not Casey. How about Wilbert Robinson?

Had to look this one up. Ummm, had NFI who this guy was, although I was glad to learn that he was indeed a player-coach.

p.s. Alan Trammel is in the bottom-10 for managerial win % in MLB history.