New sports trivia

[K Douglas]

Which Art Ross Trophy winner also led the NHL in penalty minutes in one of his seasons?

2nd guess: Ted Lindsay

 

[onomatopoeia]

Which Art Ross Trophy winner also led the NHL in penalty minutes in one of his seasons?

2nd guess: Ted Lindsay

Correct!

Lindsay had a career-high 184 PIM for the 1958-59 Chicago Black Hawks. He won the Art Ross Trophy in 1949-50, with 141 minutes, but Gus Kyle of the NY Rangers had 143 and the Maple Leafs' Bill Ezinicki had 142.

 

[onomatopoeia]

He was the first player born in the 2000s to play in one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

What's his name?

Answered correctly by K Douglas.

 

[K Douglas]

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He was the first player born in the 2000s to play in one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

What's his name?

That's Jesperi Kotkaniemi

 

[onomatopoeia]

He was the first player born in the 2000s to play in one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

What's his name?

That's Jesperi Kotkaniemi

Correct!

 

[tml]

Two athletes were teammates in baseball's minor league system before becoming teammates in the NHL. Name both players, and for a bonus the MLB and NHL teams involved.

 

[onomatopoeia]

On September 19, 2024, Shohei Ohtani had 17 Total bases, going 6-6 with a single, two doubles, and three home runs.

Three Major League Baseball players have had more than 17 Total Bases in one game, and three others also had 17.

Name as many as you can.

Hints:

All of the players with 17 or more Total Bases in one game, other than Ohtani, also hit four home runs in that game.

a) Two of these players are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Mike Schmidt, Gil Hodges.

b) One of the players on the list spent his entire Big League career with one team.

Mike Schmidt.

c) Other than Ohtani, two other players on this list were named League MVP at least once in their major League career.

Josh Hamilton, Mike Schmidt.

d) One player on this list was a three time World Series Champion; twice as a player and once as a manager.

Gil Hodges.

e) One player on this list had less than 100 Home Runs in his Major League career.

Scooter Gennett.

f) One of the players on this list is a former Toronto Blue Jay.

tml correctly identified Shawn Green, (19 Total Bases, Major League record, while playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers).

g) None of these hints are about one of the players on the list, (except this one).

Joe Adcock.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who was the last player in the NFL to wear a helmet without a face mask, (1966)?

Garo Yepremian.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who am I?

I turned 30 before the end of my rookie season in Major League Baseball.

I played for only one Major League Team, for all or part of 11 seasons.

I was a four time All-Star, and a six time World Series Champion.

I won 20 games in two different seasons, including one year in which I lead the league in ERA, and I was named MVP that year.

I hold the Major League record for highest lifetime winning percentage, (not including the Negro Leagues), among players with 100 or more wins who played after the 19th Century.

Spud Chandler.

109-43 record, (.717), for the New York Yankees, 1937-47.

 

[unassuming]

What player holds the MLB record for reaching base most times, career, on catcher's interference?

Answered

 

[onomatopoeia]

What player holds the MLB record for reaching base most times, career, on catcher's interference?

Don Baylor?

 

[unassuming]

Don Baylor?

Nope

 

[unassuming]

How many ways can a baseball player reach first base without having bat make contact with the ball?
Answered

 

[K Douglas]

How many ways can a baseball player reach first base without having bat make contact with the ball?

1. hit by pitch
2. walk
3. catcher's interference
4. passed ball 3rd strike

 

[K Douglas]

What player holds the MLB record for reaching base most times, career, on catcher's interference?

Harold Baines

 

[unassuming]

1. hit by pitch
2. walk
3. catcher's interference
4. passed ball 3rd strike

1-Correct
2-be more specific
3-Correct
4-be more specific

 

[unassuming]

How many ways can a baseball player reach first base without having bat make contact with the ball?

Harold Baines

Nope

 

[unassuming]

What player holds the MLB record for reaching base most times, career, on catcher's interference?

Answer: Jacoby Ellsbury , 30 times

 

[tml]

Name the PGA tour golfer whose regular caddy was drafted by the NY Islanders in the past. For bonus points name the caddy.

Answered correctly by K Douglas. See post #5957.

 

[K Douglas]

Answer: Jacoby Ellsbury , 30 times

Wow really. Never would have guessed that.