# Baseball trivia question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-trivia-question/201333 "2003-09-13T03:45:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-trivia-question/201333/21 "2003-09-13T07:53:09Z")
Most recent player to hit home runs in his first TWO major league at-bats? (I sure hope I’ve got the right info on this one…) ---
**Author:** ![VladAntlerkov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c68b51/32.png) [@VladAntlerkov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VladAntlerkov)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-trivia-question/201333/22 "2003-09-13T10:37:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Casey1505 \* > \*\*What pitcher threw a no-hitter in his first career start? \*\* [Bumpus Jones](http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jonesbu01.shtml) 1892 line: 1 GS, 1 CG, 9 IP, 0 H, 4 BB, 3 K, 0.00 ERA. Career line: 7 GS, 3 CG, 41.7 IP, 42 H, 37 BB, 10 K, 7.99 ERA. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-trivia-question/201333/23 "2003-09-13T10:51:32Z")
Who scored baseball’s millionth run? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-trivia-question/201333/24 "2003-09-13T12:41:07Z")
OK, to clean things up… The actual first home run in the Astrodome was hit by Richie Allen. If you count Mantle’s exhibition homer, you have to count Dick’s batting practice homer as well. The guy Lou Gehrig really replaced was Pee Wee Wanninger, whom he pinch-hit for the day before he took over for Wally Pipp. Tricky, yes? The guy who scored the millionth run in MLB history is Bob Watson, in 1975. That should take care of the unanswered questions. Easy one to get us started again: Who was the only man to die in a Major League Baseball game? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-trivia-question/201333/25 "2003-09-13T12:58:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\*Wally Pipp, the most famous Trivia Question Answer in all of sports. \*\* Oh, you can still get fool even major trivia buffs with the name. Who was the only player present the day Gehrig started his streak and the day he ended it? Pipp, who was in the stands when Gehrig took himself out of the lineup As to the answer: Ray Chapman And I’ll ask a new one, too: What hall of famer did Babe Ruth replace in right field when he was traded to the Yankees? ---
**Author:** ![Muldoon\_s\_Squishiness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Muldoon\_s\_Squishiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muldoon_s_Squishiness)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-trivia-question/201333/26 "2003-09-13T14:37:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > \*\*As to the answer: Ray Chapman > > \*\* Semi-major nitpick. Chapman wasn’t declared dead on the field, in fact he died the following day at the hospital. However, a few years ago an umpire suffered a fatal heart attack during a game in Cinncinatti. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-trivia-question/201333.md?page=1)