New sports trivia

[onomatopoeia]

Who had a .397 batting average in 78 career at bats during his 16 year Major League career, (1979's/80's)?

Terry ' fat tub of goo' Forster.

 

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Who holds the record for most career Major League at bats with a .500 career batting average, (1972 is the only year he batted, and he hit two home runs)?

Don Durham.

Durham was a pitcher for the St Louis Cardinals, (1972), and the Texas Rangers, (1973). He didn't bat for Texas because 1973 was the first year for the designated hitter in the American League.

 

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What's his name?

Gustavo Chacin.

 

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What's his name?

Matt Hague.

Hague played briefly for the Blue Jays in 2015, the year he was MVP of the International League.

From 2021-24, he was the hitting coach for Dunedin, (A), New Hampshire, (AA), Buffalo, (AAA), and Toronto, (2024), before becoming the Pittsburgh Pirates' hitting coach in 2025.

 

[Pretzelmaster]

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Name the driver.

Michael Andretti

 

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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.

Goose Gossage, (112).

 

[onomatopoeia]

Name the driver.

Michael Andretti

Correct!

 

[Pretzelmaster]

Three players not named Jim Kelly started and won at least one game for the Buffalo Bills, AND started and lost at least one Super Bowl game.

Name as many as you can.

Lamonica, Farragamo, Bledsoe

 

[maurice93]

Goose Gossage, (112).

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Today's closers would have lots of blown saves as well if they were brought in for 2 and 3 inning saves like the closers of the 70s and 80s. So hard to compare post 1990 closers vs those closers that excelled when the role rose to relevancy in the 70's and through the 80's,

Closers and pens back then were not managed like today. I guess that is what happens when teams had 10 men staffs in those eras, and some of them barely pitched.

I'm not saying they were any better than the post 1990 elite closers, but those aces who pitched 120-140 innings in a season inherently provided more value because of usage.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Three players not named Jim Kelly started and won at least one game for the Buffalo Bills, AND started and lost at least one Super Bowl game.

Name as many as you can.

Lamonica, Farragamo, Bledsoe

Three Correct!

 

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Which former MVP holds the Major League career record, (426), for most Grounded Into Double Plays?

Albert Pujols.

 

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Who was the last Major League Baseball pitcher to have 10 or more Complete Games in a season, (2011)?

James Shields.

 

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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?

Prince Fielder.

 

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

Miguel Tejada.

 

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

Jim Rice, (1982-85).

 

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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?

Ferguson Jenkins, (22-16 in 1970).

 

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What's his name?

Serge Bernier.

 

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What's her name?

 

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What's his name?

Keith McCreary.

 

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What's his name?

Steve Pearce.

2018 World Series MVP is one of a handful of players who have played for every team in the American League Eastern Division.