# Baseball game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 31, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184 "2010-08-31T21:28:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/61 "2010-09-07T17:22:05Z")
Guys from San Pedro de Macoris who won a Silver Slugger. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/62 "2010-09-07T19:48:16Z")
Bingo! Your turn. ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/63 "2010-09-07T20:00:46Z")
Awesome! I was waiting to post my challenge but wasn’t sure if it was something even more precise than that. Anyway: Ryan Freel Marcus Thames ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/64 "2010-09-08T03:37:16Z")
Nobody? I’ll add: Brandon Larson ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/65 "2010-09-08T04:42:07Z")
Major leaguers who played in the minors for 10 years? ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/66 "2010-09-08T13:58:43Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > Major leaguers who played in the minors for 10 years? Ha, true, but I was thinking about something more notable. Perhaps marginally more notable, but whatever. Think career milestones. Brandon Larson has had so few that it should be a cinch now! ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/67 "2010-09-09T23:14:56Z")
Well, Freel and Thames both hit their first HR off of Randy Johnson, but Larson’s first was off Bobby Jones; although his fourth was off Johnson ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/68 "2010-09-10T15:45:28Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > Well, Freel and Thames both hit their first HR off of Randy Johnson, but Larson’s first was off Bobby Jones; although his fourth was off Johnson Well shit, you are absolutely right. I was indeed going for the Randy Johnson link, but I unintentionally obfuscated the right answer with Larson. My apologies. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/69 "2010-09-10T19:26:53Z")
I’ll toss out a gimme Darryl Kile Joe Cowley ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/70 "2010-09-10T19:36:32Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > I’ll toss out a gimme > > Darryl Kile > Joe Cowley Pitchers who threw a no-hitter? ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/71 "2010-09-10T19:37:45Z")
> [@Hawkeyeop](#): > > > [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > > > I’ll toss out a gimme > > > > Darryl Kile > > Joe Cowley > > Pitchers who threw a no-hitter? On the right track, but I’m looking a little more specific. EDIT: Dean Chance is another one. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/72 "2010-09-10T19:41:19Z")
Is there a third? ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/73 "2010-09-10T19:47:33Z")
Dean Chance, from my edit. Bob Feller ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/74 "2010-09-10T19:49:30Z")
threw a no-hitter that wasn’t a shutout ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/75 "2010-09-10T19:50:13Z")
> [@Hawkeyeop](#): > > threw a no-hitter that wasn’t a shutout Yup. ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/76 "2010-09-10T19:53:41Z")
Tony Gwynn Babe Ruth ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/77 "2010-09-10T21:28:10Z")
Players who hit .372 in a single season and were inducted into the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility with at least 95% of the vote? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/78 "2010-09-10T23:39:41Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Players who hit .372 in a single season and were inducted into the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility with at least 95% of the vote? 😃 Don’t forget the “fat lefthanded hitter” part. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/79 "2010-09-10T23:50:42Z")
So close in that the answer also involves words. Gil Hodges [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184.md?page=3)