Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 6:56 am

Barry Bonds?

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:07 am

Cal? He played for some baaaaad O's teams.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 8:15 am

Mel Ott

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 8:20 am

Nope. Cal was 5th, others outside the top 10.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 8:34 am

Rusty Staub? He's always the sneaky answer for games played questions.

duff · Post by **duff** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 8:37 am

Musial?

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 8:48 am

mister d wrote:Rusty Staub? He's always the sneaky answer for games played questions.

1633 losses. Next was Yaz at 1589. Only played in one postseason (1973 Mets), would have won a WS if he had hung on for one more season.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 9:08 am

Rusty Staub : Games Played :: Todd Helton (pre-2015) : Active Leaders

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 9:09 am

Jimmie Foxx

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 9:10 am

Ooo, I think Giff got it.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 9:25 am

As a side note, in looking up Ernie Banks' splits, he is listed as having been involved in 15 "ties", which I assume to mean games suspended for darkness while tied. Could well be a modern record, and no I'm not aware of any way to look it up.

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:05 pm

He played in the era where I followed the game most closely. But I had no idea Staub played so long, much less that he was the biggest loser. He did come up young, but his last season in Detroit was the end of his time as a regular. That was just his mid thirties. I'm going to have to look into why this was not Banks.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:32 pm

Staub played in many more games than Banks. Pinch hitting makes a big difference.

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:39 pm

So true. Banks didn't just hang around. Once he wasn't a regular, he was gone. But while he was there, he was an iron man.

A factor I may have ignored was that great as Banks was, he didn't make it to the majors at a young age, as Staub did. In Banks' era, guys like Kaline, Killebrew, and Mathews came up young too. The difference? Banks may have eventually become Mr. Cub, but I imagine he may have still been dealing with racism. Robinson hit the Dogers only in '47. It took many franchises a long time to sign black players, and in the beginning they weren't leaning over backwards to give a major league shot to a black teenager who hadn't put up a track record.

Too, he may have also been delayed by military service in the Korean era. Mays was his peer, and he lost a couple seasons that way. But he was up with the Giants first.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:22 am

That is what the wiki says. Started with the KC Monarchs at age 19, in 1950. Then two years in the service, back to the Monarchs, then the Cubs in September 1953. Next season, '54 was his first full in the bigs, at age 23. 'Only' 17 full seasons.

I had forgotten that Durocher managed the Cubs.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:45 am

Staub being the same age as my dad and still playing was one of the most mindblowing parts of my youth.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:51 am

New trivia question: Due to blurry memories of being a kid, Staub wasn't this lone ancient dude like I remembered. A quick B-Ref check shows 8 other players besides Staub were active the first year I really remember baseball (1985) and born during my dad's birth year (1944) or earlier. Name them.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:01 am

P. Niekro

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:13 am

Gaylord Perry

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:13 am

Pete Rose

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:20 am

Jamie Moyer

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:23 am

Joe niekro

Post by **Sabo** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:35 am

Don Sutton

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:47 am

Darrell Evans

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:49 am

Willie McGee

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:50 am

Tommy-John Surgery

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:21 am

04-01-39: Phil Niekro (Rass)
04-14-41: Pete Rose (Chedda)
05-14-42:
12-23-42:
05-22-43: Tommy John (TurdRyan)
04-01-44: Rusty Staub
08-20-44:
11-07-44: Joe Niekro (Rex)
11-17-44:
12-22-44:

There's actually 9 because I forgot just how fucking old Phil Niekro was and didn't go back to that year. Rass gets a tie-breaker if one is needed. 5 to go, dummies.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:24 am

Tom Seaver. I remember having a card of him from around that time where he looked like a pudgy middle-aged guy on a company softball team. (The 80's White Sox uniforms were a big part of that.)

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:28 am

Steve Carlton

Post by **Sabo** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:30 am

Tony Perez

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:31 am

Rod Carew

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:36 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:Rod Carew

He had mad hits.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:37 am

04-01-39: Phil Niekro (Rass)
04-14-41: Pete Rose (Chedda)
05-14-42: Tony Perez (Sabo)
12-23-42:
05-22-43: Tommy John (TurdRyan)
04-01-44: Rusty Staub
08-20-44:
11-07-44: Joe Niekro (Rex)
11-17-44:
12-22-44: Steve Carlton (AB)

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:44 am

Hal McRae?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:52 am

04-01-39: Phil Niekro (Rass)
04-14-41: Pete Rose (Chedda)
05-14-42: Tony Perez (Sabo)
12-23-42: Jerry Koosman (Mister D)
05-22-43: Tommy John (TurdRyan)
04-01-44: Rusty Staub
08-20-44: Graig Nettles (Mister D)
11-07-44: Joe Niekro (Rex)
11-17-44: Tom Seaver (Mister D)
12-22-44: Steve Carlton (AB)

WOW HUGE COME FROM BEHIND WIN FOR MISTER D!!!

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:27 am

Jimmie Foxx

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 5:25 pm

A_B wrote:Jamie Moyer

funny

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Sep 01, 2015 2:50 pm

Seahawks backup running back Robert Turbin holds a unique record in NFL history. What is it?

Note: because he's obscure, you're allowed to look at his profile/stats to help with your guess.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Tue Sep 01, 2015 2:54 pm

Most rush attempts without a TD?

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Sep 01, 2015 2:56 pm

Gunpowder wrote:Most rush attempts without a TD?

It's yards (928), but I'll give it to you.

His passing/receiving counterparts would be Mike Kruczek (1185) and Gerald Riggs (1516), respectively.