New sports trivia

[maurice93]

This was inspired by a tweet I just saw.

What is the most career penalty minutes by an actual hockey player who never got credited with playing an NHL game statistically? What was the circumstance? (Don't need the name - just the minutes amount and circumstance behind this statistical anomaly).

The correct answer is
a) 5 Minutes of Penalties with 0 official games played.
b) The context was a backup goalie of the Canadiens in the mid 70's got involved in a bench clearing brawl, and received a major for fighting. That being said he never appeared in that game since he was the backup goalie and goalies do not credited with a game played until they step into the pipes. He backed up some more games in his career but never officially got into a game. So he has 0 career games played and for that reason will not show up on hockeydb or hockey reference with the Canadiens.

His name was Dave Elanbaas

 

[downbound123]

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He holds the modern day record for most career goals scored, (683), in minor league hockey.

What's his name?

Robin Bouchard

 

[onomatopoeia]

He holds the modern day record for most career goals scored, (683), in minor league hockey.

What's his name?

Robin Bouchard

Correct!

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who's 2012 Topps baseball card showed his right foot and Rally Squirrel?

Stump.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Which Major League Baseball pitcher was called for a balk nine times in one March, 1988 Cactus League* game?

*Spring Training in Arizona.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who was the last Major League Baseball pitcher to win 20 games in four consecutive seasons?

Stump.

 

[tml]

Who was the last Major League Baseball pitcher to win 20 games in four consecutive seasons?

Wilbur Wood.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who was the last Major League Baseball pitcher to win 20 games in four consecutive seasons?

Wilbur Wood.

Nope.

Wilbur Wood did win 20 games in four consecutive seasons, (1971-74), but he was not the last to so do.

 

[onomatopoeia]

He let it all hang out in the July, 1981 issue of Playgirl magazine.

What's his name?

Answered correctly by downbound123.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals stole 13 bases during his Major League career, the most by any player born during the past 100 years.

The player next on the list, (and the only other one with more than 10), was born during Gibson's ML career, (1959-75).

The other guy has double digit League awards, which can include a Championship season, MVP in season or World Series, Rookie of the Year, All Star, Cy Young, Wins Leader, ERA Leader or Gold Glove. He has three or more in three or more of these categories. His number is retired on two teams. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot. He never had as many as eight strikeouts per nine innings in any of his seasons.

Which pitcher born in or after 1959 had 11 career stolen bases?

Stump.

 

[Adam_hadam]

Who was the last Major League Baseball pitcher to win 20 games in four consecutive seasons?

Jim Palmer

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who was the last Major League Baseball pitcher to win 20 games in four consecutive seasons?

Jim Palmer

Nope.

Jim Palmer won 20 games in four consecutive seasons twice during the 1970's, but he was not the last pitcher to accomplish this feat.

 

[tml]

Which NHL player scored the first regular season overtime winning goal in modern history?

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who was the last man to win the Indianapolis 500 driving for a team he owned?

Answered correctly by Pretzelmaster.

 

[Pretzelmaster]

Who was the last man to win the Indianapolis 500 driving for a team he owned?

Eddie Cheever

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who was the last man to win the Indianapolis 500 driving for a team he owned?

Eddie Cheever

Correct!
(1998).

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who was the last Major League Baseball pitcher to win 20 games in four consecutive seasons?

Dave Stewart.

Former Blue Jay Dave Stewart won 20, 21, 21 and 22 games in the 1987 -1990 seasons while playing for the Oakland A's.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals stole 13 bases during his Major League career, the most by any player born during the past 100 years.

The player next on the list, (and the only other one with more than 10), was born during Gibson's ML career, (1959-75).

The other guy has double digit League awards, which can include a Championship season, MVP in season or World Series, Rookie of the Year, All Star, Cy Young, Wins Leader, ERA Leader or Gold Glove. He has three or more in three or more of these categories. His number is retired on two teams. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot. He never had as many as eight strikeouts per nine innings in any of his seasons.

Which pitcher born in or after 1959 had 11 career stolen bases?

Greg Maddux.

Maddux led the National League in Wins three times and four times in ERA. He won four Cy Young Awards and one World Series ring. He was an eight time All Star and won a Gold Glove eighteen times.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who's 2012 Topps baseball card showed his right foot and Rally Squirrel?

Skip Schumaker.

 

[tml]

Quinn Hughes just became the 4th defenceman in NHL history to be traded less than 2 years after winning a Norris trophy. Name any of the other 3.

Answers:
Doug Harvey(answered by onomatopoeia). Harvey was the first.
Paul Coffey(answered by Fit1terb). I believe it happened twice to Coffey.
Erik Karlsson(answered by K Douglas).

Well done!!!! A real team effort.