# 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:** 27
**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:** [June 17, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/521 "2026-06-17T15:17:42Z")
Why would I? Postseason stats dont count. If Ohtani hit five homers in a World Series game it wouldn’t be the single game homerun record. It would be irrelevant. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/522 "2026-06-17T15:23:22Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Postseason stats dont count. Nonsense, of course they count. Post-season and regular seasons stats aren’t commingled, but they are both certainly real things that reflect actual events that really happened and are recorded. “Whoops, you got me on a technicality.” That’s all you gotta say. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/523 "2026-06-17T18:39:34Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > If Ohtani hit five homers in a World Series game it wouldn’t be the single game homerun record. Is that true? I believe that records like “most home runs in a season” only include the regular season. That makes sense, because some players would be at a disadvantage for having fewer games to try to set the record. Would a single-game record not count if it was in the postseason? There’s no advantage to it; a game is a game. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/524 "2026-06-17T18:49:44Z")
When I said ‘ghost runner era’ the postseason became irrelevant because there isn’t a ghost runner in the postseason. It’s not exactly complicated. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/525 "2026-06-17T18:56:45Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Would a single-game record not count if it was in the postseason? In a word, no. Separate record/statistics are counted for postseason games. But…I’m not sure that there currently are any postseason or WS individual records that exceed regular season records. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/526 "2026-06-17T19:02:10Z")
I think @Munch is right, he got you on a technicality. The ghost runner era began on a certain date and continues to today. The era doesn’t get put on hold when the playoffs commence. The ghost runner, however, does. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/527 "2026-06-17T21:31:02Z")
Which just points out how ridiculous the rule is. Are they saying, well, regular season games aren’t that important, so we can have this Mickey Mouse rule, but when we get to the postseason, it’s time to get serious? ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/528 "2026-06-18T15:08:38Z")
See NHL overtime regulations. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/529 "2026-06-18T15:11:07Z")
> [@gregorio](#): > > See NHL overtime regulations As well as the NFL. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/530 "2026-06-18T19:17:03Z")
For that matter see much of soccer. For example, there are no penalty kicks to decide ties in the group games. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/531 "2026-06-19T00:30:12Z")
Who had more inside the park home runs, Rickey Henderson or Prince Fielder? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/532 "2026-06-19T00:38:39Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > 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. Pitchers by WAR who did not win a Cy Young Award, bearing in mind Satch can’t be on the list because Negro League players didn’t play enough regular season games to pile up their numbers: 1. Cy Young, 166 2. Walter Johnson, 155 3. Kid Nichols, 199 4. Grover Cleveland Alexander, 117 5. Lefty Grove, 113 6. Christy Mathewson, 101 7. Phil Niekro, 97 8. Bert Blyleven, 96 9. Tim Keefe, 89 10. Eddie Plank, 88 If we go by pitchers in the Cy Young Award era: 1. Phil Niekro, 97 2. Bert Blyleven, 86 3. Nolan Ryan, 84 4. Mike Mussina, 83 5. Curt Schilling, 81 6. Don Sutton, 68 7. Kevin Brown, 68 8. Rick Reuschel, 68 9. Luis Tiant, 66 10. Tommy John, 62 ---
**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:** [June 22, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/533 "2026-06-22T15:00:30Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Pitchers by WAR who did not win a Cy Young Award, bearing in mind Satch can’t be on the list because Negro League players didn’t play enough regular season games to pile up their numbers: Ha, guess I’ll take that back! I always underestimate the deadball era and prior pitchers, because they could rack up so many innings and games each season, with relatively low counting stats in other categories. I mean, in 1896 Cy Young led the league in Ks with all of 140 over the course of 414 IP (which didn’t even lead the league!). ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/534 "2026-06-22T17:19:04Z")
Cy WAS legitimately great though. If you change his innings pitched to more 20th century standards he’s still piling up value, basically as great a pitcher over his career as Bob Gibson. The real knock against him is I’m not sure the NL in 1892 is “major league baseball” but I guess you have to draw a line somewhere. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/535 "2026-06-22T23:43:19Z")
Kind of a new occurrence just happened: The Cubs/Blue Jays game was rained out in Chicago yesterday. The Cubs went on the road to New York for a series against the Mets. The game today was rained out. When was the last time that occurred? According to Google, a team hadn’t been rained out two successive games in different cities since the Detroit Wolverines vs. St. Louis Browns (October 20–21, 1887). ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/536 "2026-06-23T01:36:57Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > According to Google, a team hadn’t been rained out two successive games in different cities since the Detroit Wolverines vs. St. Louis Browns (October 20–21, 1887) That is unbelievable. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/537 "2026-06-23T02:42:48Z")
I never would have guessed. You’d figure it had to have happened at least _once_ between now and then. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/538 "2026-06-23T02:48:52Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > You’d figure it had to have happened at least _once_ between now and then. Well, really. Especially considering there were no domed stadiums until the Astrodome opened in 1965. And even today there are only eight, out of 30. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/539 "2026-06-23T14:45:09Z")
And there are often road trips to very nearby cities that could be impacted by the same storm system, particularly in the northeast. It is honestly one of the most unbelievable stats I’ve ever read. If someone had asked me how often it happens, I would have guessed somewhere between 1x every year to 1x every 2 years. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/540 "2026-06-23T16:36:09Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I never would have guessed. You’d figure it had to have happened at least _once_ between now and then. I actually am struggling to believe this, but this is a weirder thing to verify than you might think, and Google is shit. One cite said the Phillies endured ten rainouts in a row in 1909. I went to the season results and of course they didn’t. The claim was that August 18 was their tenth in a row - but they played a game on August 18, and had played one on August 14. That said this seems SO unlikely to me, especially when back in the day you had more games between teams in parks close enough to one another that they’d be affected by the same weather systems., [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164.md?page=28)