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K Douglas

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2. 4 pitch walk
4. strikeout without bat contact and passed ball or wild pitch on 3rd strike?
 

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Which Baseball Hall of Fame member had the most Blown Saves* in his career?

*Data from 1956 onward, but Saves were not an official statistic before 1969.

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Which Major League Baseball pitcher, (post 1969), had a Won or Lost decision in 38 of his 39 starts in one season?

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Which former MVP and Hall of Fame member led the league in Grounded Into Double Play in four consecutive seasons?

Note: Three different players are the correct answers for #s 5,945, 5946 and 5947.

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Which Major League Baseball player played in the most consecutive games, (1,152), after Cal Ripken Jr. retired in 1998?

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Which Major League Baseball player, (entire career after 1999), played in 809/810 games over five consecutive seasons, then only played in 289 games during the remainder of his career?

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Who was the last Major League Baseball pitcher to have 15 or more Complete Games in a season?

Answered correctly by K Douglas.
 
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Which two current members of the Toronto Blue Jays have a Stolen Base success rate of 84%* or more in their career, (minimum 100 attempts)?

*They rank in the top 25 all time for Stolen Base %.

Answered correctly by K Douglas.
 
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How many ways can a baseball player reach first base without having bat make contact with the ball?
Answers:

1- HIt by Pitch

2- walk: 4 pitches thrown outside strike zone

3-walk: Pitcher's manager signals to ump that batter is to be intentionally walked

4-pinch runner

5-batter swings and misses ball, catcher fails to catch ball, recovers ball , throws to first base, but batter beats throw, or throwing error by catcher or failure to catch ball by first baseman.

6- 4 pitch clock violations by pitcher
 

onomatopoeia

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Which two current members of the Toronto Blue Jays have a Stolen Base success rate of 84%* or more in their career, (minimum 100 attempts)?

*They rank in the top 25 all time for Stolen Base %.


Bichette and Springer
Nope and Nope.

Bichette: 60/81, (74.1%), and less than 100 attempts.

Springer: 109/149 (73.2%)
 

K Douglas

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K Douglas

Half Man Half Amazing
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