- Minnie Minoso
Maybe I will tonight.
You are O for One. 
We get to Google? Yowie! This should be… still difficult. 
- 1921 and 1922, both the Yankees and the Giants used the Polo Grounds
- Larry Doby, Cleveland Indians, 1947
- Pumpsie Green, Boston, 1959
4.Didn’t know about ole’ Fleet Walker until now… but I’ll still go with Jackie Robinson, if you want MLB
Fleet Walker played for the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings. Jackie, of course, played for the 1947 Dodgers - According to Google: Goose Goslin. Astonishing, considering his career started two years before the stadium was built, and he spent three years of his prime in the NL.
- Ducky
- Brooks Robinson
- Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson,Walter Johnson
9.Jim Kaat - Ernie Harwell, “It’s Gone!” (the Shot Heard 'Round the World)
- Candy Cummings, Fred Goldsmith
- Couldn’t find this, even with the powers of the internet
- George “Rube” Walberg, with 17
- Max “Cameron Eye” Bishop was the leadoff hitter for Connie Mack’s last 3 pennant-winning teams. Mack’s final three games of 1950 were also wins, and Ferris “Cocky” Fain was the leadoff hitter for those games.
- Dodgers
- Jake Daubert and Walter Johnson
- Joe Morgan
- “Iron Man” for starting both ends of a double hitter 3 times in a month. Or because he worked in a foundry between seasons while in the minor leagues.
- Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra
- I couldn’t see any Dope-specific names amongst Hall of Famers… so I’ll go with Tris Speaker, because any Dopefest he attended would almost certainly be attended by yours truly. And what more could a Dopefest want?
So that’s all but one. If I win, pass my prize off to the next highest person… interwebbing answers feels like cheating.
How did you come up with your 2nd answer for #14? I assumed (wrongly?) that the question was asking about the last 3 winning games of the 1950 season. I could not for the life of me find any box score for the games or any lineup for 1950. I guessed Fain, because he had the highest OBP (a good indication of a leadoff man) and then went with Dillinger because his was also high but he had a better nickname 
Also, how did everyone come up with Morgan for #17? I am not acclimated with the Win Shares system (well, I am now that I looked it up) and did not know how to find that stat.
For the record, #12 (player that played in 1800s) was my best guess after scouring this list on the Baseball Almanac and confirming my answer with Wikipedia.
Diomedes: 16 correct puts you in the lead.
I’m going to use yours to display the answers that are correct so far. Correct answers are Bolded and in Blue, Wrong answers in Red, Notes in black and if someone else got the correct answer, I will note that in Dark Orange, with their name.
- 1921 and 1922, both the Yankees and the Giants used the Polo Grounds 1944 Sportsman’s Park from zev_steinhardt is the only other one that occur from my research, 1906 was the North Side park and the South Side Park.
2. Larry Doby, Cleveland Indians, 1947
3. Pumpsie Green, Boston, 1959
4.Didn’t know about ole’ Fleet Walker until now… but I’ll still go with Jackie Robinson, if you want MLB Fleet Walker played for the 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings. Jackie, of course, played for the 1947 Dodgers. Moses Fleetwood Walker had played for Toledo of the American Association which was a Major League challenging the NL.
**5. According to Google: Goose Goslin. Astonishing, considering his career started two years before the stadium was built, and he spent three years of his prime in the NL. ** Leon Allen (Goose) Goslin with 32
**6. Ducky ** Joseph Michael Medwick was Ducky
7. Brooks Robinson Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr.
8. Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson,Walter Johnson
9.Jim Kaat Jim Kaat with 16, now surpassed by Greg Maddox.
10. Ernie Harwell, “It’s Gone!” (the Shot Heard 'Round the World) William Earnest “Ernie” Harwell Harwell (including his call of Bobby Thomson’s “shot heard 'round the world” in the 1951 National League pennant playoff game on NBC television)
11. Candy Cummings, Fred Goldsmith William Arthur “Candy” Cummings & Fredrick Ernest Goldsmith, I only learned about Goldsmith when I was verifying my answer of Candy Cummings.
- Couldn’t find this, even with the powers of the internet
Nick Altrock answered by **ZipperJJ ** was the last player to have played major league baseball in the 19th century to play in a game. He was the second oldest pitcher to ever play Major League Baseball when he played his last season in 1933.
13. George “Rube” Walberg, with 17
14. Max “Cameron Eye” Bishop was the leadoff hitter for Connie Mack’s last 3 pennant-winning teams. Mack’s final three games of 1950 were also wins, and Ferris “Cocky” Fain was the leadoff hitter for those games.
I never knew this until I did the trivia.
15. Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn Grooms, Brooklyn Grays, and Brooklyn Atlantics.
16. Jake Daubert and Walter Johnson I never knew this.
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Joe Morgan Edward Trowbridge “Eddie” Collins, Sr. answered of course by **RickJay ** I was surprised.
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“Iron Man” for starting both ends of a double hitter 3 times in a month. Or **because he worked in a foundry between seasons while in the minor leagues. ** Something I only learned in the last year, and I have come with a few cites: http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/joe-mcginnity-hof.htm & Home - This Day In Baseball
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Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra The only answer left, Yogi has the most championships was a player, someone else has more overall.
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I couldn’t see any Dope-specific names amongst Hall of Famers… so I’ll go with Tris Speaker, because any Dopefest he attended would almost certainly be attended by yours truly. And what more could a Dopefest want?
Harold Joseph “Pie” Traynor of course riddled correctly by **Lamar Mundane ** , you should always bring pie. Nicely done, I like the fact you left his nickname off in your answer to prevent it from being obvious. Honorable mention to another great answer from ZipperJJ. Most dopers are happy to “Kill a Brew”.
So only one answer to go, I didn’t think it was one of the tough ones, so obviously my wording is very poor.
19. What person has received the most World Series Shares in baseball history?
indent a. What was his nickname?
Jim
I’m still going to be shocked if it’s not Casey Stengel. If not him, Hank Bauer.
Well, Yogi was an initial guess of mine, and I figured it was a stone-cold lock. I knew he was the player with the most rings, and I knew he went on to manage the Mets and the Yankees to Series titles.
I rang my father up on this one, and he scoffed at my guess, telling me that any fool knew it was Frankie Crosetti. According to wikipedia, Frank’s nickname was “The Crow”.
Great game, Jim.
Your Dad got it in one. He was on 17 winning World Series teams as a player and coach and several more losing World Series teams. He played or coached for the NY Yankees from 1932 to 1968. 17 as a player and 20 more as a coach. He would still show up to spring training up to at least 2000. He passed away February 11, 2002 at age 91.
It looks like **ZipperJJ ** will be getting the membership extension.
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Wait, what? I thought Diomedes won?
Oh, I guess he is too much of a gentleman to take the prize. Heh.
Ah well, I think we all had a grand time. Now we all have some fun “bar trivia” to throw around like Nick Altrock and Ernie Harwell being traded
Thanks, Jim!
Your welcome, I have always loved the Ernie Harwell story and Crow’s claim to trivia fame.
I know diehard Tiger fans that had no clue that Harwell called the shot heard around the world.
This was fun, we should do some more (minus the prize I think)
Jim
I love Ernie Harwell (I miss the Tiger broadcasts on WJR) but is it fair to say the 1951 NL playoff call is his most famous, considering that the famous call of that game is the one he didn’t make? Russ Hodges and not Harwell made the famous, “THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT, THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT ETC” call after all.
Open to debate of course, but the Hall of Fame page on him, backs me up somewhat. However, that probably was not the best sub question and should have been in green as an optional or opinion answer.
Jim
If I watch the *Baseball *series again over the holidays (which I think I will), perhaps I’ll write down some trivia from there and post it as a game. How much do you guys think I can trust Ken Burns as a source? Do I have to validate everything on the 'net too?
I’m also for more games from What Exit? and while the prize is cool, there’s no need, dude
Hodges’s call became famous only well after the fact, it being only on a local station. It was Harwell’s call - the call people heard on the NBC nationwide broadcast - that was much better known at the time, and is certainly his personal most famous call.
You could preface the questions with “according to Ken Burn’s baseball series.”
I am sure you are wondering, the Detroit announcer before Harwell was Van Patrick. He gave the Tiger games, The Detroit Lions and Notre Dame Football. He was a busy man.