No. He didn’t play for the Giants, and also played for several other teams not based in New York.
No. Loria sold the Expos before buying the Marlins. The person I was asking about had ownership stakes in two teams simultaneously (and AFAIK, for at least a decade).
I’m looking for something they did as Blue Jays.
Got it in one. The Senators/Rangers had a winning season in 1969, under Ted Williams, which was their ninth season.
This is correct within the confines of modern major league baseball (e.g. since the formation of the American League.) Technically, however, someone has even more. I guess I just made it easy to narrow it down.
- What 2 MLB teams played in different stadiums with the same name in the same season?
Wrigley Field in 1961, but it was the Cubs in Chicago and Angels, not Dodgers, in Los Angeles.
Nowadays, both Dayton OH and Toledo OH have minor league ballparks named after Fifth Third Bank.
Eddie Matthews (sp?), Boston-Milwaukee-Atlanta Braves, is my guess.
(a) If, while running the bases, Speedy catches up & passes Slowpoke, which one is called out?
Bonus question: name the historic game in which this call was made.
(b) Slowpoke was on 2B, Speedy was on 1B. After a base hit, they both wind up on 3B. Which one is entitled to the base (and by process of elimination, which one will be out)? What has to happen before anybody is called out?
a) Speedy is out. As best as I can recall, Joe Adcock hit the ball over the fence with a couple of men on to beat Harvey Haddix in the twelfth inning of a game in which Haddix had been perfect for eleven innings. Because Adcock passed somebody, the score ended up being 1-0 instead of 3-0.
b) Slowpoke is entitled to the base. Before Speedy can be put out, however, the pitcher has to get the ball back while on the mound, step off the rubber, and make an appeal throw (I forget whether to second or third, but I know I read about an instance in which this happened, and possibly saw one – I do recall Victor Cruz screwing up an appeal play when he was on the Indians because he didn’t understand the manager’s instructions precisely, and thus didn’t accomplish the goal of retiring an errant runner).
Really? Applying a tag to Speedy wouldn’t do the trick?
That didn’t take long. Good job.
To retire Speedy in scenario (b), though, it’s not that complicated. What you’re describing is an appeal play after a dead ball (eg, a missed base or a runner leaving early on a sac fly). All they really have to do is tag Speedy. (or to be safe [Raiders’ Toht]Tag zem both.[/toht]
Boy, you guys are good! The only one of mine left is:
- Which pitcher made Opening Day starts in the very first game for two expansion franchises?
I assure you, RickJay , there was such a pitcher. Hint: having him start the second one was more a publicity thing than anything.
I’ll take a crack at #20–was it the Robison brothers? In 1899, they owned the Cleveland Spiders and purchased the St. Louis Browns, shipping all the good players to St. Louis. The 1899 Spiders had the worst record in the history of the major leagues that year.
I’m pretty sure of my facts; just not sure it was the last occurrence of cross-ownership.
- During the time that there were 4 MLB divisions (AL/NL East and West), only one player ever player in all 4 divisions in one season. Name him and the teams he played for.
Dave Kingman. He played for the Yankees, Mets, Angels, and Padres.
And I really can’t seem to find a pitcher who started for two expansion teams on their first day. Could you PM it to me?
Note the wording of the question:
He could have been the opposing pitcher both times or he could have started for an expansion team once and started against another in their first game.
Tricky wording, though.
Incidentally, Diego Segui, father of David Segui, started the first game in the history of the Mariners and closed out the first game in the history of the Pilots, making him the only player ever to play for both Seattle teams. But he didn’t start for the Pilots.
That’s an instance (and one reason why there’s a rule against it), but it last happened in the 1960s.
John Henry had a share of the Yankees while he owned the Marlins.
Then I apologize–I was under the impression because of all the publicity surrounding his start in 1977 that he had started the first Pilots game.
:smack:
And RickJay is correct on Dave Kingman.
Interesting to note that Segui faced the Angels both times.
Where are we, #26? Okay.
- Other than Pete Rose, who was the last player/manager in the Majors?
Joe Torre for the Mets?