Mets Homers vs. Hall of Fame Pitchers

[Gwreck]

Piazza/Hoffman is correct.

Agee never homered off Don Sutton.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Milner-->Jenkins

[Gwreck]

Kranepool (7)

1. Marichal

2. Niekro

3. Jenkins

Milner (6)

1. Carlton

2. Gibson

3. Jenkins

Agee (7)

1. Palmer

2. Carlton

Garrett (7)

1. Jenkins

Piazza (7)

1. Smoltz

2. Randy Johnson

3. Glavine

4. Maddux

Swoboda (7)

1. Carlton

Incorrect:

Piazza/Pedro
Agee/Sutton

[Edgy MD]

Tommie Agee hit 26 homers in 1969.  It is likely one of those was against his division rival Bob Gibson.

[Gwreck]

Tommie has no homers against Gibson, in 1969 or otherwise.

[Chad ochoseis]

Piazza-Sabathia

 

 

[The Hot Corner]

Wayne Garrett went deep in the 1973 World Series.  Since Jim "Catfish" Hunter is the only HOF in the A's  rotation, I'm going to guess Garrett got to Catfish.

[Edgy MD]

Kranepool came into games late in the tail-end of the 1970s.

You know who else was entering games late at that time?  A young Cub with a Hall-of-Fame future named Bruce Sutter.

[metirish]

Piazza - Eckersley ?

[Gwreck]

 

Kranepool (7)

1. Marichal

2. Niekro

3. Jenkins

Milner (6)

1. Carlton

2. Gibson

3. Jenkins

4. Niekro

5. Marichal

Agee (7)

1. Palmer

2. Carlton

3. Jenkins

4. Niekro

5. Marichal

Garrett (7)

1. Jenkins

2. Hunter

3. Niekro

4. Marichal

Piazza (7)

1. Smoltz

2. Randy Johnson

3. Glavine

4. Maddux

5. Hoffman

Swoboda (7)

1. Carlton

2. Jenkins

3. Niekro

4. Marichal

Incorrect:

Piazza/Pedro
Agee/Sutton
Piazza/Sabathia
Piazza/Eckersley
Agee/Gibson

Sutter/Kranepool
 

I filled in Jenkins, Marichal, and Niekro for everyone since they're correct answers for everyone other than Piazza.

 

[Edgy MD]

Nice.  You shook down all the low hanging fruit.

With all of those gone, only longshots remain, so Imma guess really young Ed Kranepool got some licks in on really old Warren Spahn, long about 1964.

[Gwreck]

No to Kranepool/Spahn.

[Edgy MD]

8 hours ago, Gwreck said:

No to Kranepool/Spahn.

 

With all of those gone, only longshots remain, so Imma guess really young Ed Kranepool got some licks in on really old JIM BUNNING, long about 1964.

[The Hot Corner]

Okay shot in the dark.  Just matching Mets hitters against HOF pitchers of the same era that haven't been matched up yet.  I will go with Ron Swoboda against Sandy Koufax.  If allowed a second guess in a single post, give me Swoboda against Don Drysdale.

[Gwreck]

Those three are all correct.  
I’ve also added Gibson, Carlton, Sutton, and Bunning to the players who have them (since multiple guys got each pitcher).  Takeaway: if a pitcher’s been guessed, he shows up here. But there are still a few tough answers out there.
 

 

Kranepool (7)

1. Marichal

2. Niekro

3. Jenkins

4. Bunning

5. Gibson

Milner (6)

1. Carlton

2. Gibson

3. Jenkins

4. Niekro

5. Marichal

6. Sutton

Agee (7)

1. Palmer

2. Carlton

3. Jenkins

4. Niekro

5. Marichal

6. Bunning

Garrett (7)

1. Jenkins

2. Hunter

3. Niekro

4. Marichal

5. Gibson

6. Sutton

Piazza (7)

1. Smoltz

2. Randy Johnson

3. Glavine

4. Maddux

5. Hoffman

Swoboda (7)

1. Carlton

2. Jenkins

3. Niekro

4. Marichal

5. Koufax

6. Drysdale

Incorrect:

Pedro Martinez
Sabathia

Eckersely

Sutter
 

[Benjamin Grimm]

Piazza... Roy Halliday?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Milner--->Seaver!

[Edgy MD]

1 hour ago, Johnny Lunchbucket said:

Milner--->Seaver!

I was thinking Krane/Seaver earlier, but I figured Milner was gone to the Pirates before Seaver was gone to the Reds, but no, Milner was a Met 'til the end of 1977.  Good guess!

[Edgy MD]

Oh, and Kranepool/Blyleven.

Bert only had a short stint in the National League at the tail end of Kranepool's career, and he was really good at the time.  But he was also particularly prone to the homer for a Hall-of-Fame pitcher.

[Gwreck]

Good answers here.

Piazza got Halladay in June 1999, Halladay’s rookie year.

Kranepool’s final homer of his career was off Blyleven in September 1979, during Bert’s brief stint in the National League.

3 more total pitchers on the the board.

Kranepool (7)

1. Marichal

2. Niekro

3. Jenkins

4. Bunning

5. Gibson

6. Blyleven

Milner (6)

1. Carlton

2. Gibson

3. Jenkins

4. Niekro

5. Marichal

6. Sutton

Agee (7)

1. Palmer

2. Carlton

3. Jenkins

4. Niekro

5. Marichal

6. Bunning

Garrett (7)

1. Jenkins

2. Hunter

3. Niekro

4. Marichal

5. Gibson

6. Sutton

Piazza (7)

1. Smoltz

2. Randy Johnson

3. Glavine

4. Maddux

5. Hoffman

6. Halladay

Swoboda (7)

1. Carlton

2. Jenkins

3. Niekro

4. Marichal

5. Koufax

6. Drysdale

Incorrect:

Pedro Martinez
Sabathia

Eckersely

Sutter

Seaver

[metirish]

I'm done and happy I got Hoffman, great quiz 

[Benjamin Grimm]

It looks like this is now about guessing the pitchers, independent of the hitters.

Is one of the three remaining pitchers... Gaylord Perry?

[Gwreck]

Yeah, it was seeming too cumbersome with having to guess Jenkins or Marichal or Carlton for each of six different guys.

Perry is correct: Agee, Kranepool, and Swoboda all got him.

Two answers left: one for Piazza, one for Garrett.

[The Hot Corner]

Piazza against Roger Clemens.  I can't believe none of us recalled this given their history.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Clemens isn't in the Hall. 

[Edgy MD]

17 minutes ago, Benjamin Grimm said:

Clemens isn't in the Hall. 

Well, he may be in A hall.

But you know who is in THE Hall?  Warren Spahn is.  And his crappy 1964 intersected with Ed Kranepool's first year with double-digit homers.

[The Hot Corner]

Damn, I forgot that he has been denied for having used inappropriate rocket fuel.

I am actually, glad to be incorrect on this one.  

[Gwreck]

Spahn did give up a few homers to the Mets - including to Al Jackson -  but not to the players here.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Hoyt Wilhelm? 

[Edgy MD]

53 minutes ago, Gwreck said:

Spahn did give up a few homers to the Mets - including to Al Jackson -  but not to the players here.

Then clearly, Kranepool caught up with Rich Gossage during that awesome year Goose had with Pittsburgh before joining the Yankees.

(I'm really stinking this kwiz up.)