# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/281 "2024-09-10T16:21:04Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The NFL record for interceptions returned for touchdowns in a game is 4. What two teams were involved, and who threw the fourth interception? The Seattle Seahwaks returned four interceptions for touchdowns in a game against the Chiefs in 1984. The last of which was thrown by Sandy Osiecki. The reason that stuck in my head is I happened to see a short film about the game on youtube, including interviews with some of the players involved. Even they couldn’t remember who threw the last pick. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/282 "2024-09-10T17:10:26Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The Seattle Seahwaks returned four interceptions for touchdowns in a game against the Chiefs in 1984. The last of which was thrown by Sandy Osiecki. As a fan of the team that threw the picks, I remembered the game. But I sure as hell don’t remember the guy who threw the last interception. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/283 "2024-09-10T17:45:09Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Over here in England, of the 12 founding members of the Football League in 1888, 4 (Accrington, Bolton, Notts County, and Stoke) are still waiting for their first title 135 years later. The longest gap between a team’s foundation and actually winning the league is 132 years by Leicester City (1884-2016) and may never be broken. To nitpick, none of those teams have ever won the First Division/Premier League, but they’ve all won multiple championships in lower leagues. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/284 "2024-09-10T20:10:47Z")
I know, but that’s not particularly remarkable nor makes an interesting trivia question. IMHO anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/285 "2024-09-11T14:50:07Z")
Of the 4 teams in the AFC East, the New York Jets rank 5th in number of division titles won. Who is in 4th place? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/286 "2024-09-11T17:51:40Z")
Ooh, good question. I assume it’s a team that that was in the AFC East prior to the realignment from three divisions to four, but I can’t remember what the old teams were. Without looking it up, I’ll guess the Indianapolis Colts, from their days in Baltimore. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/287 "2024-09-11T18:03:50Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Yep, same game, and 5 is correct. The first one to do it was in 1965. The first one to do it was Bert ‘Campy’ Campaneris, on 9/8/1965. It was a publicity stunt by Kansas City A’s owner Charlie Finley. In order, Campaneris played shortstop, second base, third base, left field, center field, right field, first base, pitcher, and catcher. His night ended when he injured his shoulder tagging out a runner at the plate to end the top of the ninth. BTW, the A’s lost the game to the Angels, 5-3. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/288 "2024-09-12T12:29:38Z")
I know the Oilers were originally placed on the AFC East though I don’t know how long they were there before the division realignment. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/289 "2024-09-13T00:59:22Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I know the Oilers were originally placed on the AFC East And in their first season the Tampa Bay Bucs were in the AFC West. (But in terms of the trivia question it’s the Colts, with 6 titles ) [http://nationalchamps.net/Helmet\_Project/ch\_afce.htm](http://nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/ch_afce.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/290 "2024-10-12T04:56:13Z")
Who is the only player in the Football Hall of Fame to never play in the NFL? Billy Shaw, who recently passed away. His entire career took place in the American Football League (AFL), which merged with the NFL, but he retired before the merger. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/291 "2024-10-13T01:23:18Z")
I’m workshopping this trivia question. Warning: it is a trick question. The question is straightforward. Who has been inducted into the Hall of Fame with the lowest WAR? The straightforward answer is Bruce Sutter with 24.1 career WAR. The trick question answer: I can’t think of anyone in the Hall with a lower career war than Bob Uecker at -1.0. Of course Uecker was inducted (deservedly) as an announcer, thus the trick question. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/292 "2024-10-14T17:57:37Z")
He’s not officially an inductee. Frick winners are not considered HoF members, at least according to Wiki. So, the question could still work, but only with some careful wording. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/293 "2024-10-14T19:25:56Z")
I found a lower WAR for an inductee: Sparky Anderson with a -1.2 WAR, inducted as a manager ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/294 "2024-10-14T21:29:24Z")
Tommy La Sorda edges out Sparky with a -1.3 WAR. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/295 "2024-10-14T22:12:08Z")
Dang, I plugged Lasorda in, but b-ref only pulled up his manager page. Good find. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/296 "2024-10-19T00:36:46Z")
This one isn’t a trivia question, per se, because I don’t know the answer, but I can’t think of how to word it correctly for a google search: Who has hit the highest number of home runs in a season that were solo home runs? That is, the lowest RBI total with the highest home runs? This was inspired by this phone app game I’m playing where my lead-off hitter has something like 28 home runs, but only 40-something RBIs (because generally no one is on base when they’re batting). So what’s the highest home run total with the lowest RBI total, in which the majority of those runs are scored from solo homers? ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/297 "2024-10-19T01:21:35Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > So what’s the highest home run total with the lowest RBI total, in which the majority of those runs are scored from solo homers? A quick Google search reveals that Kyle Schwarber had 46 home runs with 94 RBI in 2022. I’m not sure if that is what you are looking for, though. > **[Most Home Runs In Under 100 Rbi In A Season | StatMuse](https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/most-home-runs-in-under-100-rbi-in-a-season)** > > Kyle Schwarber and Alfonso Soriano are tied for the most homers with fewer than 100 RBIs in a season, with 46 home runs. ETA: I count 31 solo shots, based on stats found here > **[Kyle Schwarber Home Runs | Baseball Almanac](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/home_run.php?p=schwaky01)** > > Kyle Schwarber home runs includes every home run, the pitcher, date, inning, runners on base, and position, research by Baseball Almanac. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/298 "2024-10-19T01:21:42Z")
If you’re looking just for most solo home runs in a season… Probably Barry Bonds who hit 46 during 2001 when he hit 73 total homers. That’s [according to this chart](https://baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats0.shtml) and if I counted right. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/299 "2024-10-23T16:32:26Z")
I count 46 as well. That is the record. Bonds’s 2001 is also, by a **very** wide margin, the most home runs a person has ever hit in a season in which their RBI total is less than twice their home run total. The next guy on the list is the now forgotten Chris Duncan, who in 2006 with the Cards belted 22 bombs but only drove in 43 runs. He was a pretty good hitter for a couple of years but I think he got hurt or something in 2008. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/300 "2024-10-23T17:00:59Z")
They probably walked him most of the time he was up with men on base. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164.md?page=16)