Great Baseball Sayings and Curious Facts Topic

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2/11/2016 4:20 PM
Thanks contrarian23, GREAT post and trivia quiz. 
2/11/2016 4:48 PM
Just discovered this thread.  Awesome reading.

Here's one of my favorites.  You are sure to win a bar bet with this one (especially if you don't give the hint).

Who is the last American League MVP who was a switch hitter?

Hint: It's not Mantle.
2/11/2016 5:24 PM
Vida Blue
2/11/2016 5:44 PM
Posted by DoctorKz on 2/11/2016 5:44:00 PM (view original):
Vida Blue
Yup
2/11/2016 7:02 PM
Who are the only five players to reach base 300 times in a season they were under 23 years old during?
2/12/2016 9:00 AM
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?
2/12/2016 9:11 AM
Posted by ozomatli on 2/12/2016 9:00:00 AM (view original):
Who are the only five players to reach base 300 times in a season they were under 23 years old during?
Good one ozo.

I assume Ted Williams must have done this in 1941 (didn't turn 23 until August, so I assume he counts).
Mike Trout must be one of the others.

Not sure after that.
2/12/2016 9:13 AM
Both of those are correct. There's a third one that I think is easy, then a more difficult one, then one I would have never guessed at all.
2/12/2016 9:16 AM
Boggs didn't reach the majors until he was 24.
Was going to guess Frank Thomas in 1991, but he was born in early 1968 (same day as Bagwell I think), so it can't be him.

Gonna have to think about this some more.
2/12/2016 9:16 AM

One more:

 

Who hit the most home runs ever in a single ballpark?

2/12/2016 9:35 AM
Someone stole 70 bases in the 1940s? Wow. Not Jackie Robinson. Maybe Pepper Martin but he must have been too old at that point. Have to think.

The other Yankee to win a batting title...not sure, have to think. 

The managers:

John McGraw
Connie Mack
Joe McCarthy
Casey Stengel
Leo Durocher
Tony La Russa (his last name means "The Russian Woman")
Whitey Herzog
Sparky Anderson
Earl Weaver
Tommy Lasorda 

I am sure that half this list is probably wrong.

2/12/2016 9:40 AM
ozomati's question. hmm, I will go with:

Ty Cobb
Ken Griffey Jr.
Barry Bonds
2/12/2016 9:41 AM
Posted by italyprof on 2/12/2016 9:41:00 AM (view original):
ozomati's question. hmm, I will go with:

Ty Cobb
Ken Griffey Jr.
Barry Bonds
None are correct, though good guesses
2/12/2016 9:58 AM
italyprof, the following are correct:

McGraw
Mack
McCarthy
Durocher
LaRussa
Anderson

So 6/10...not bad.
Weaver, Lasorda, Herzog, and believe it or not Stengel did not do it.  Casey came the closest (1905 wins...he's 11th on the career list.)

So four more out there, 3 of which I think are pretty easy, one of which is definitely not.
2/12/2016 9:58 AM
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