# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189/141 "2008-05-21T03:19:18Z")
1. Pete Rose only hit one grand slam in his career. The pitcher who yielded it later became Rose’s manager. Who was the pitcher? ---
**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:** [May 21, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189/142 "2008-05-21T04:57:19Z")
Dallas Green, maybe? Fred Hutchinson was a pitcher, but he was Rose’s first manager (I think). ---
**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:** [May 21, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189/143 "2008-05-21T12:47:01Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] 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. [/QUOTE] Yes. As for the Nap Lajoie question, the other answer is that he is the only one in the group that never pitched in the majors. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189/144 "2008-05-21T21:37:13Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] putouts are credited to the catcher on a strikeout. [/QUOTE] Except, of course, when the catcher drops the ball and has to throw to the first baseman\* to complete the out. In that case, the catcher gets an assist, but the recipient of the toss is credited with the putout. - or other fielder, in such rare cases as the pitcher covering first on an anticipated bunt or the toss going to the third baseman in a bases loaded, two out situation ---
**Author:** ![CateAyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@CateAyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CateAyo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189/145 "2008-05-21T22:08:28Z")
[QUOTE=CateAyo] 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? [/QUOTE] I gonna go ahead and give the answer for these, as I think they are too esoteric to matter. The answers are more interesting than the questions. 48a. Who got the first hit at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta? **Matty Alou** 48b. Who got the first hit at Fulton County for the Braves? **Matty’s brother Felipe Alou** 48c. Who got the last hit at Fulton County Stadium? **Matty’s nephew and Felipe’s son, Moises Alou** ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189/146 "2008-05-22T11:30:19Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] Dallas Green, maybe? Fred Hutchinson was a pitcher, but he was Rose’s first manager (I think). [/QUOTE] Dallas Green is exactly right ---
**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:** [June 5, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189/147 "2008-06-05T18:49:50Z")
1. In the history of Major League Baseball, only two #1 (overall) draft picks never made the Majors. Who are they? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-occasional-no-googling-baseball-trivia-quiz/448189/148 "2008-06-05T19:19:49Z")
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