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maurice93

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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
 

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

*Spring Training in Arizona.
 

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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?
 

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