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Off Season Baseball Trivia
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NC is killing me. Kyle Seager?
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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More Hints:
Maine - Played 4 seasons, was a catcher, had never heard of him (66 HR)
Montana - 16 seasons as a true utility guy in 70s-80s, only had one season of more than 350 ABs
Virginia - 4-time all star,played part of 18 seasons, primarily for Detroit
Iowa - Played whole career for Indians, had a son who pitched two games in the Majors
Maine - Played 4 seasons, was a catcher, had never heard of him (66 HR)
Montana - 16 seasons as a true utility guy in 70s-80s, only had one season of more than 350 ABs
Virginia - 4-time all star,played part of 18 seasons, primarily for Detroit
Iowa - Played whole career for Indians, had a son who pitched two games in the Majors
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No to Seager, though if you added Corey's numbers they would lead by 1!
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RF + HoF + 500 HR club ... Reggie?
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Berra was born in MO, but is 24 HR behind the leader, who was definitely on a HOF track and will NOT be a HOFer.
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I'm trying to think of hints for the others, but they aren't giving me a lot to work with. MS, AR, MO, KS,and ND definitely names Baseball fans would reasonably know, however.
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Best Career Comps:
Bold means this is a very good hint!
Alaska - Ryan Garko, Jesus Aguilar
Arkansas - Chili Davis, Dave Parker
Colorado - Charlie Hayes, Jason Heyward
Indiana - Norm Cash, George Foster
Iowa - Wally Berger, Freddie Freeman
Kansas - Anthony Rizzo, Jason Thompson
Kentucky - hank Sauer, Pat Burrell
Louisiana - Frank robinson, Gary SHeffield
Maine - Joe Hauser, Reggie Jefferson
Michigan - Andre Thronton, jeff Burroughs
Mississippi - Moises Alou, Matt Holliday
Missouri - Mo Vaughn, Prince Fielder
Montana - Chuch Hinton, Austin Kearns
North Carolina - Vernon Wells, Evan Longoria
North Dakota - Anthony Rizzo, Adam Lind
Oregon - Adam Dunn, Greg Vaughn
South Dakota - Ryan Ludwick, Cody Ross
Utah - Bob Brenly, Ozzie Virgil
Virginia - Joe Adcock, George Foster
Wisconsin - Goose Goslin, Harry Heilmann
Wyoming - Rod Barajas, Jody Davis
Bold means this is a very good hint!
Alaska - Ryan Garko, Jesus Aguilar
Arkansas - Chili Davis, Dave Parker
Colorado - Charlie Hayes, Jason Heyward
Indiana - Norm Cash, George Foster
Iowa - Wally Berger, Freddie Freeman
Kansas - Anthony Rizzo, Jason Thompson
Kentucky - hank Sauer, Pat Burrell
Louisiana - Frank robinson, Gary SHeffield
Maine - Joe Hauser, Reggie Jefferson
Michigan - Andre Thronton, jeff Burroughs
Mississippi - Moises Alou, Matt Holliday
Missouri - Mo Vaughn, Prince Fielder
Montana - Chuch Hinton, Austin Kearns
North Carolina - Vernon Wells, Evan Longoria
North Dakota - Anthony Rizzo, Adam Lind
Oregon - Adam Dunn, Greg Vaughn
South Dakota - Ryan Ludwick, Cody Ross
Utah - Bob Brenly, Ozzie Virgil
Virginia - Joe Adcock, George Foster
Wisconsin - Goose Goslin, Harry Heilmann
Wyoming - Rod Barajas, Jody Davis
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Howard Correct, David Wright is not.
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Arkansas's guy is probably more known for his glove than his bat.
And Dunn has 20 more Homers than the OR guy, but 700+ more walks and 500+ more strikeouts in just over 1000 more PAs.
And Dunn has 20 more Homers than the OR guy, but 700+ more walks and 500+ more strikeouts in just over 1000 more PAs.
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Louisiana - Billy Williams?
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No on Williams.
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NC - ZIMMERMAN
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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Yes!
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OR is going to be Dave Kingman. the two outcome guys that stick out to me most are for whatever reason Kingman and Deer.
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King man is correct.
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Bob Skinner?
And don’t I get credit for the one I got right?
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I think I've got KY. Guy who looks like he'd be from Kentucky as well as the Hank Sauer / Pat Burrell comps means he's going to be Jay Buhner.
Who of course is immortalized in the classic Seinfeld episode where Frank Costanza, upon learning of his son's death from George Steinbrenner, unloads on him about trading him away.
And then the message he leaves on Jerry's answering machine:
Jerry it's Frank Costanza, Mr. Steinbrenner is here, George is dead, call me back.
Who of course is immortalized in the classic Seinfeld episode where Frank Costanza, upon learning of his son's death from George Steinbrenner, unloads on him about trading him away.
And then the message he leaves on Jerry's answering machine:
Jerry it's Frank Costanza, Mr. Steinbrenner is here, George is dead, call me back.
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I admittedly did not era adjust my comments because I’m not a sociopath.
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I didn’t see. My bad!
Buhner is correct.
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He pretty much led the league in strikeouts through my little league years (age 7-12). I should've mentioned Gorman Thomas too, come to think of it.
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Louisiana. Is it a shit-ton more HR than Albert Belle?
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It is and the guy is an all time great.
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Sigh. Mel Ott (appears as the #2 comp for both Sheffield and Robinson).
If you'd instead said "he spent his 22 year career for one team, approximately 1300 miles from his birthplace" I'd have probably pulled my hair out.
If you'd instead said "he spent his 22 year career for one team, approximately 1300 miles from his birthplace" I'd have probably pulled my hair out.
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Many years ago a young bfj was tasked to write an article for his little Jewish day school newspaper. He wanted to reach out to the only MLB ballplayer on his favorite ball club with a jewish sounding name. He wrote some questions on a piece of loose leaf paper and mailed them off to his favorite team to that player’s attention.
He asked his birthday, his hometown and his Hebrew name. This player answered all the questions.
I learned a few things when he wrote back.
1. He was from Montana
2. He wasn’t a Jew
3. A bunch of other crap I’ve since forgotten.
That man was John “Brother Lo” Lowenstein.
He asked his birthday, his hometown and his Hebrew name. This player answered all the questions.
I learned a few things when he wrote back.
1. He was from Montana
2. He wasn’t a Jew
3. A bunch of other crap I’ve since forgotten.
That man was John “Brother Lo” Lowenstein.
BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
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That’s the best way that one could have been answered! Awesome. The rest of you take note. Shit look up the answer and make it up if you can make that good of a post!
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Never considered him until I saw your clue.
BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
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5,000+ PAs, debut 1947 or later, Kingman is actually 39th in 3TO percentage. No one above him has a lower BB%. Fuck.
The inverse of Dunn, the All False Outcomes leader, is Felix Millan at 9.2% 3TO.
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Is this what passes for you admitting you were wrong?
t any rate I will consider today a success that mister d has taken so much time on bbref. He probably does too.
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Absolutely. I researched it, admitted it and said "fuck". I'm not about to go the rest of the way and give an HJ to the dude who stole Hank Aaron from my score and like an hour later let someone else get credit for three at a time.
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Hafner - ND
Gil Hodges - IN
Gil Hodges - IN
To quote both Bruce Prichard and Tony Schiavone, "Fuck Duff Meltzer."
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Both correct
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CO is Chase Headley.
What is up with CO's all time HR hitter at only 130?
Only two players from CO are in the HOF. They're both pitchers.
What is up with CO's all time HR hitter at only 130?
Only two players from CO are in the HOF. They're both pitchers.
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Elliot Maddox is in the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. I thought Lowenstein was Jewish. oh well...bfj wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:42 pm Many years ago a young bfj was tasked to write an article for his little Jewish day school newspaper. He wanted to reach out to the only MLB ballplayer on his favorite ball club with a jewish sounding name. He wrote some questions on a piece of loose leaf paper and mailed them off to his favorite team to that player’s attention.
He asked his birthday, his hometown and his Hebrew name. This player answered all the questions.
I learned a few things when he wrote back.
1. He was from Montana
2. He wasn’t a Jew
3. A bunch of other crap I’ve since forgotten.
That man was John “Brother Lo” Lowenstein.
How long have you been a Black quaterback?