# First Occasional No Googling Baseball Trivia Quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 5, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189 "2008-05-05T21:04:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189/121 "2008-05-19T17:23:30Z")
1. Who is the only person to have played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (NL), the New York Rangers (NHL), and the New York Knicks (NBA)? (Hint-trick question) ---
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1. – I don’t recall her name, but it was the organist for all three teams. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189/123 "2008-05-19T18:14:43Z")
1. Which pitcher is credited with a victory for an All Star Game even though he didn’t throw a single pitch in the game? Zev Steinhardt ---
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48a. Who got the first hit at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta? 48b. Who got the first hit at Fulton County for the Braves? 48c. Who got the last hit at Fulton County Stadium? ---
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1. F.P. Adams, no pseudonym. 2. Nap Lajoie never played (or managed) in a World Series. ---
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[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] 43. F.P. Adams, no pseudonym. [/quote] No, the poem was credited to his pen name, FPA. > [@](#): > > 1. Nap Lajoie never played (or managed) in a World Series. That’s one. What the other (which only applies to the regular season). ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189/127 "2008-05-19T21:58:24Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] That’s one. What the other (which only applies to the regular season). [/QUOTE] The only person to hit .426 or better in a season? Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189/128 "2008-05-19T23:59:35Z")
Rogers Hornsby. What major-leaguer’s name consists of the names of four body parts? ---
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Who threw the \*first \* pitch ever at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, and (ceremonially) the \*last \* one too? ---
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[QUOTE=zev\_steinhardt] The only person to hit .426 or better in a season? Zev Steinhardt [/QUOTE] As I said, all the others on the list did something that Lajoie did not. The World Series appearance is correct, but my original thought was something else entirely (I spotted the WS answer after it was too late to modify the question). ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189/131 "2008-05-20T03:01:58Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] 1. Speaking of Casey, a vaudeville performer made his career by reciting it on stage. What what the name of this person’s daughter? On what TV show did his grandson become a dependable second lead? [/QUOTE] DeWolf Hopper, but, if I’m remembering correctly, Hedda and William (of _Perry Mason_) were his wife and son, not daughter and grandson. ---
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[QUOTE=zev\_steinhardt] The only person to hit .426 or better in a season? Zev Steinhardt [/QUOTE] Hugh Duffy hit .438 one season, but that was back when the rules were different. Hornsby holds the record for the modern era at ,424 in 1924. ---
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[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] Who threw the \*first \* pitch ever at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, and (ceremonially) the \*last \* one too? [/QUOTE] Mel Harder. ---
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[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] DeWolf Hopper, but, if I’m remembering correctly, Hedda and William (of _Perry Mason_) were his wife and son, not daughter and grandson. [/QUOTE] You’re correct. My mistake. The two left: 1. Who holds the major league record for consecutive putouts? (Hint: he’s a catcher). And what did Nap Lajoie not do on the field (other than play in a world series) that all other players (elected solely for their playing careers) in the first two Hall of Fame classes all did do? ---
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[QUOTE=Lamar Mundane] Except that the fielding team still must make an appeal and the umpire must make the call. Calls on whether a runner laves early are not made by umpires without an appeal to generate it. That would be changing the very nature of the game. [/QUOTE] But… aaargh… that’s my point. You’re NOT changing the nature of the game; lots of runs do not count because of the nature of the preceding out. You can’t score a run on a force play, or if the third out is a ball caught in the air. I’m just suggesting the same rule can be applied here. It’s ludicrous to require a “fourth out.” [QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] Hugh Duffy hit .438 one season, but that was back when the rules were different. Hornsby holds the record for the modern era at ,424 in 1924. [/QUOTE] He used to. The answer to the question is actually Napoleon Lajoie, who batted .426 in 1901. For quite some time LaJoie was credited as having hit .422, if I recall correctly. Recent research showed that this was incorrect, and that his hits had been miscounted. He actually went 232 for 544, which is .426 and change. These sorts of things were quite common; the records of early baseball are not very trustworthy. ---
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[QUOTE=zev\_steinhardt] 47. Which pitcher is credited with a victory for an All Star Game even though he didn’t throw a single pitch in the game? [/QUOTE] Dean Stone, who entered with two outs in an inning, picked off a runner, and subsequently saw his team (I believe it was the AL, when he was a member of the Senators) score the winning run in the next half-inning. ---
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[QUOTE=RickJay] But… aaargh… that’s my point. You’re NOT changing the nature of the game; lots of runs do not count because of the nature of the preceding out. You can’t score a run on a force play, or if the third out is a ball caught in the air. I’m just suggesting the same rule can be applied here. It’s ludicrous to require a “fourth out.” [/QUOTE] But you are. You’re taking a call that is only ever made on the basis of an appeal and turning it into an automatically generated call. It would be like allowing the first and third base umpires to automatically overrule the homeplate umpire on balls and strikes if they felt the batter “went around.” ---
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[QUOTE=Lamar Mundane] But you are. You’re taking a call that is only ever made on the basis of an appeal and turning it into an automatically generated call. It would be like allowing the first and third base umpires to automatically overrule the homeplate umpire on balls and strikes if they felt the batter “went around.” [/QUOTE] FWIW, high school baseball is different: if a runner misses a base they’re called out immediately, without requiring an appeal. I’m not sure if that’s also true of leaving early on a fly. But the concept should please RickJay. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189/139 "2008-05-21T02:34:19Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Dean Stone, who entered with two outs in an inning, picked off a runner, and subsequently saw his team (I believe it was the AL, when he was a member of the Senators) score the winning run in the next half-inning. [/QUOTE] Correct! Zev Steinhardt ---
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[QUOTE=RealityChuck] 40. Who holds the major league record for consecutive putouts? (Hint: he’s a catcher). [/QUOTE] Jerry Grote. He caught the game when Tom Seaver struck out 10 batters in a row, and putouts are credited to the catcher on a strikeout. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189.md?page=8)