# Post your favorite sports trivia question **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [September 15, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164 "2023-09-15T14:45:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/1 "2023-09-15T14:45:44Z")
If it’s not your favorite I won’t be checking just pretend. One question per post please. Who is the only player in Major League Baseball who served in combat in both WWII and Korea? Jerry Coleman. The answer most people will think of is Ted Williams but he was never in combat in WWII. The closest he got was Hawaii getting ready to ship out to the Pacific Theater. Jerry Coleman was also a Marine aviator. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/2 "2023-09-15T14:58:03Z")
Who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Penguins during the same year? [Vince Lascheid](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lascheid). (He played the organ for both team’s home games) ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/3 "2023-09-15T15:12:33Z")
Who is the most recent pitcher to lose a game via a “Walk-off Balk”? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/4 "2023-09-15T15:15:19Z")
Are we supposed to post both the question and answer, or just the question? Which NFL wide receiver caught only 1 pass in his entire career, but that pass was for a touchdown in the Super Bowl? Percy Howard. He caught a touchdown pass from Roger Staubach to cut the Steelers’ lead to 21-17 in Super Bowl X. Later on, in the final seconds of the game, Staubach threw the ball to him in the end zone, twice, but he failed both times to make the catch what would have been a game-winning touchdown. Howard never caught another NFL pass for the remainder of his short career. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/5 "2023-09-15T15:15:31Z")
Who is the best picter who never won the Cy Young Award? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/6 "2023-09-15T15:24:10Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Are we supposed to post both the question and answer, or just the question? > > Which NFL wide receiver caught only 1 pass in his entire career, but that pass was for a touchdown in the Super Bowl? It’s anarchy. There are no rules. I would prefer it if the spoiler answer was there but it’s up to you. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/7 "2023-09-15T15:24:38Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Who is the best picter who never won the Cy Young Award? Walter Johnson, followed up by Satchel Paige and Nolan Ryan. I’d guess Cy Young himself to be about 10th on the list, maybe lower. > [@Jasmine](#): > > Who is the most recent pitcher to lose a game via a “Walk-off Balk”? I know it was a White Sox player against the Royals. My question: Who was the best Hall of Fame outfielder born in Donora, PA on November 21? I’d rank Stan Musial slightly better than Ken Griffey, Jr. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/8 "2023-09-15T15:42:32Z")
Who scored the only winning run in MLB history against a pitcher throwing a complete-game no-hitter in nine innings? Pete Rose. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/9 "2023-09-15T15:47:11Z")
Which three MLB players who scored 500 or more home runs began and ended their careers in the same city on different teams and in different leagues? ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/10 "2023-09-15T15:49:44Z")
Which US city has two professional teams which both originated in different cities where they were named the Browns? Baltimore. The Orioles were once the St. Louis Browns, and the Ravens were once the Cleveland Browns. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/11 "2023-09-15T15:54:51Z")
Technically speaking, the Ravens were never the Browns. The Cleveland Browns franchise was put on hiatus, and the Baltimore Ravens began their history in 1996. The Browns resumed their franchise in 1999. > [@TriPolar](#): > > Which three MLB players who scored 500 or more home runs began and ended their careers in the same city on different teams and in different leagues? I’m not sure I follow this question. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/12 "2023-09-15T15:58:32Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Technically speaking, the Ravens were never the Browns Most of the organization – owners, staff, coaches and players – ended the 1995 season in Cleveland as the Browns and started the 1996 season in Baltimore as the Ravens. In all but the most hairsplitting sense, the Ravens used to be the Browns. And it’s still a fun trivia question. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/13 "2023-09-15T16:01:39Z")
Here’s another that stumps many Bears fans. Who holds the record for most games played in a Bears uniform? Nope, not Walter Payton or George Halas. It’s long-snapper Patrick Mannelly, who played in 245 games between 1998 and 2013.) ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/14 "2023-09-15T16:03:37Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Which three MLB players who scored 500 or more home runs began and ended their careers in the same city on different teams and in different leagues? I’d say “Ruth, Aaron, and Mays” except the Mets are in the same league as the Giants. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/15 "2023-09-15T16:15:01Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I’m not sure I follow this question. Three MLB players. Each of them scored 500 or more home runs in their careers. The first MLB team, and the last MLB team they played for were different teams located in the same city. The teams were in different leagues. > [@slicedalone](#): > > I’d say “Ruth, Aaron, and Mays” except the Mets are in the same league as the Giants. Close. First thing that occurred to me when I first heard this too. I don’t why Jimmy Foxx didn’t get the recognition that came to others in his time. Triple Crown winner, 100+ RBIs in 13 consecutive seasons, 30+ home runs in 12 consecutive seasons, and a career .325 average and 524 home runs. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/16 "2023-09-15T17:21:54Z")
Who was the first Ram to throw a touchdown pass in the Super Bowl? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/17 "2023-09-15T17:28:50Z")
Who is the only player to die as the result of injuries sustained during a MLB game? Ray Chapman, Cleveland Naps, 1920. He got hit in the head with a pitch. Helmets weren’t required for another 30 years but the spitball was outlawed immediately. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/18 "2023-09-15T17:36:24Z")
Who holds the NHL record for the most goals scored by a set of brothers? The Gretzkys. Wayne scored 2,857 and Brent scored 4 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/19 "2023-09-15T18:04:49Z")
Love this one! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/20 "2023-09-15T18:14:02Z")
Possibly better phrased as something like: “Which pitcher with 3 no hitters, one of them a perfect game, never won a Cy Young award?” Trouble is when you start listing his records the answer may become obvious. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164.md?page=2)