# Quick Trivia Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-trivia-question/452268>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 8, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-trivia-question/452268 "2008-06-08T21:37:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-trivia-question/452268/1 "2008-06-08T21:37:45Z")

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What do these men have in common?  
Tommy McCarthy  
John Kerins  
Chief Roseman  
Count Campau  
Joe Gerhardt  
Jack Glasscock  
Cub Stricker  
Jack Crooks  
George Gore  
Bob Caruthers  
Bill Watkins  
Doggie Miller  
Al Buckenberger  
Chris Von der Ahe  
Joe Quinn  
Lew Phelan  
Harry Diddlebock  
Arlie Latham  
Roger Connor  
Tommy Dowd  
Hugh Nicol  
Bill Hallman

I would guess there is at least one name on the list that should give a good clue.

A quick search will certainly provide the answer.

Anyone know without looking?

They are the 22 men who managed the St.Louis Browns baseball club between 1890-1897

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-trivia-question/452268/2 "2008-06-09T22:24:10Z")

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I didn’t get the specific answer, but I knew the general area because of Roger Connor, who is better known for being

the man who held the home run mark until Babe Ruth broke it – Connor’s 138 currently puts him in a five-way tie for 456th.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-trivia-question/452268/3 "2008-06-09T22:25:43Z")

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…None of them have been in my kitchen…
