March quiz

[Erik Bedard]

the quiz will be coming up later tonight...

prizes will be announced at a later date.

[Erik Bedard]

1. Total strikeouts by the top ten in strikeouts in 1884.
2. Where the money went from the tie game in the 1912 World Series.
3. The only player with a pinch hit from both sides of the plate in one World Series.
4. The 1st black pitchers with a World Series win in each league
5. Birthplace of one-time All-Star Max West
6. The number of times Eddie Stanky was named to the All-Star game
7. Position Bobby Wallace played his first season
8. The number of games Brooks Robinson played from 1961 to 1964
9. One of the players with three pinch hits in the same World Series
10. The most earned runs allowed in a World Series complete game
11. Most losses by one pitcher in one World Series
12. Best single World Series pitching record
13. Highest ERA in a World Series with a minimum of five IP
14. Lowest attendance of a World Series game
15. Lowest score of a World Series game
16. Only pinch-hitter for Babe Ruth
17. Last pitcher to lead the league in wins and batting average in a single season
18. Debut date of Dave “Boo” Ferriss
19. The number of days between the debuts of Mike and Greg Maddux
20. The number of hits off of Duffy Lewis as a pitcher
21. The number of games Jim “They won’t use me” Bouton got into in 1969
22. First alphabetical All-Star without a winning record
23. Debut date of 1909 rookie sensation Babe Adams
24. Player who hit home run number 10,000 at Fenway Park
25. Player who hit home run number 10,001 at Fenway Park
26. 1st alphabetical rookie all-star as a pitcher
27. Abraham Lincoln Bailey’s nickname
28. 1st alphabetical strikeouts leader without a winning record
29. Birthplace of Steve Barber
30. Career winning percentage of Matt Beech
31. Birthplace of Tim Belcher
32. First name of O’s pitcher Benson
33. “Campy” Campaneris’ actual first name
34. Current or former MLB player with most points for a valid scrabble word as their last name, all scrabble rules apply
35. The total runs Steve Carlton allowed in 1965
36. 5th place in all-time walk percentage
37. 31st place in all-time walk percentage
38. The highest non-Hall of Famer on the HR percentage list
39. 4th most triples all-time
40. 1st and 2nd on HR percentage list from 1893-1919
41. 38th on the HR percentage list
42. 5th lowest K’s per AB
43. 90th all-time strikeouts (batter)
44. The letter that the first names of the people from 29-34 on the all-time Games Started list start with
45. NY pitcher that allegedly started Yanks-Sox rivalry
46. 3rd best Pinch Hit Average
47. Inning the winning pitcher entered the highest-scoring game in WS history
48. All-time Players League leader in hits
49. Birthdate of Dutch Zwilling
50. This player was an All-star his last five seasons, then retired at age 31

Sorry if this caused any confusion...

Just 50 questions. Documentation is not necessary. There might be prizes, but then again, there might not. Please PM me with your answer sheets by next Saturday, March 11th at midnight EST.

[Erik Bedard]

51. RuthMayBond and MapleSyrupMan are the only members of Baseball-Fever who can claim this.

[RuthMayBond]

Six ta go (these will take me the rest of the week )

[KCGHOST]

Maybe I am paranoid but it seems like the % questions would benefit from a minimum number of attempts condition.

[Erik Bedard]

Maybe I am paranoid but it seems like the % questions would benefit from a minimum number of attempts condition.

Yeah, they probably would, and I probably should throw one in there, but the place I got them from didn't have it. :o I mostly chose people with names that stood out (the one about 31st in walk % is kind of obvious why).

[KCGHOST]

Heck, there are 27 guys with 100% walk rates.

[Erik Bedard]

Yeah... sorry about that. Let's just say 50 pinch hit appearances and 1000 plate appearances, for the respective questions about pinch hit average and walk percentage. For the questions about HR percentage, I'll say 1000 at-bats.

[Erik Bedard]

One day to go.

Remember, you must turn in your answer sheets to me via PM by midnight tonight, EST. If you're in the Central time zone, then that's 11:00 tonight, Mountain time is 10:00 tonight, and Pacific is 9:00 tonight.