Hall of Fame Kwiz

[Guest Edgy DC]

One more Polish-American guy, to clarify.

[Diamond Dad]

OK, I cheated, so I won't post the answer -- but Never -- not in a million, billion years -- would I have gotten that one. not even if you gave me a list of all the players on the mets in history and I went down the list, one by one. Never. No way.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I guess that means it's not Phil Mankowski.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Diamond Dad: Big fat cheater.

Don Aase
Kurt Abbott
Juan Acevedo
Benny Agbayani
Tommie Agee
Rick Aguilera
Jack Aker
Manny Alexander
Edgardo Alfonzo
Neil Allen
Jermaine Allensworth
Bill Almon
Edwin Almonte
Roberto Alomar
Sandy Alomar
Jesus Alou
George Altman
Luis Alvarado
Craig Anderson
Jason Anderson
Marlon Anderson
Rick Anderson
Bob Apodaca
Kevin Appier
Jerry Arrigo
Richie Ashburn
Tucker Ashford
Bob Aspromonte
Pedro Astacio
Benny Ayala
Manny Aybar
Wally Backman
Mike Bacsik
Carlos Baerga
Kevin Baez
Bob Bailor
Billy Baldwin
James Baldwin
Rick Baldwin
Lute Barnes
Jeff Barry
Kevin Bass
Ed Bauta
Billy Beane
Larry Bearnarth
Blaine Beatty
Jim Beauchamp
Rich Becker
Derek Bell
Gus Bell
Heath Bell
Jay Bell
Carlos Beltran
Rigo Beltran
Armando Benitez
Dennis Bennett
Gary Bennett
Kris Benson
Butch Benton
Juan Berenguer
Bruce Berenyi
Dwight Bernard
Yogi Berra
Jim Bethke
Steve Bieser
Mike Birkbeck
Mike Bishop
Willie Blair
Terry Blocker
Bruce Bochy
Tim Bogar
Brian Bohanon
Bruce Boisclair
Danny Boitano
Mark Bomback
Bobby Bonilla
Mike Bordick
Toby Borland
Don Bosch
Daryl Boston
Ken Boswell
Ricky Bottalico
Ed Bouchee
Larry Bowa
Ken Boyer
Mark Bradley
Darren Bragg
Craig Brazell
Ed Bressoud
Rico Brogna
Hubie Brooks
Terry Bross
Kevin Brown
Leon Brown
Mike Bruhert
Brian Buchanan
Jerry Buchek
Damon Buford
Tim Burke
Jeromy Burnitz
Larry Burright
Ray Burris
Brett Butler
Paul Byrd
Miguel Cairo
Mike Cameron
Eric Cammack
John Candelaria
John Cangelosi
Chris Cannizzaro
Buzz Capra
Jose Cardenal
Don Cardwell
Duke Carmel
Chuck Carr
Mark Carreon
Gary Carter
Alberto Castillo
Juan Castillo
Tony Castillo
Ramon Castro
Roger Cedeño
Jaime Cerda
Rick Cerone
Elio Chacon
Dean Chance
Kelvin Chapman
Ed Charles
Bruce Chen
Rich Chiles
Harry Chiti
John Christensen
McKay Christensen
Joe Christopher
Galen Cisco
Brady Clark
Mark Clark
Tony Clark
Donn Clendenon
Gene Clines
Brad Clontz
Choo Choo Coleman
Vince Coleman
Kevin Collins
David Cone
Bill Connors
Cliff Cook
Dennis Cook
Tim Corcoran
Mark Corey
Mardie Cornejo
Reid Cornelius
Billy Cowan
Roger Craig
Jerry Cram
Joe Crawford
Mike Cubbage
Jeff D'Amico
Vic Darensbourg
Ron Darling
Brian Daubach
Ray Daviault
Kane Davis
Tommy Davis
Mike DeJean
Wilson Delgado
John DeMerit
Bill Denehy
Joe DePastino
Mark Dewey
Carlos Diaz
Mario Diaz
Victor Diaz
Mike DiFelice
Jack DiLauro
Steve Dillon
Jerry Dipoto
Chris Donnels
Octavio Dotel
D. J. Dozier
Sammy Drake
Mike Draper
Jeff Duncan
Shawon Dunston
Jim Dwyer
Duffy Dyer
Lenny Dykstra
Tom Edens
Dave Eilers
Larry Elliot
Dock Ellis
Kevin Elster
Scott Erickson
Alex Escobar
Nino Espinosa
Alvaro Espinoza
Shawn Estes
Chuck Estrada
Francisco Estrada
Carl Everett
Jorge Fabregas
Pete Falcone
Pedro Feliciano
Chico Fernandez
Sid Fernandez
Tony Fernandez
Sergio Ferrer
Tom Filer
Jack Fisher
Mike Fitzgerald
Shaun Fitzmaurice
Don Florence
Gil Flores
Cliff Floyd
Doug Flynn
Tim Foli
Rich Folkers
Brook Fordyce
Bartolome Fortunato
Larry Foss
George Foster
Leo Foster
Joe Foy
John Franco
Matt Franco
Jim Fregosi
Bob Friend
Danny Frisella
Mike Fyhrie
Brent Gaff
Bob Gallagher
Dave Gallagher
Danny Garcia
Karim Garcia
Ron Gardenhire
Jeff Gardner
Rob Gardner
Wes Gardner
Wayne Garrett
Rod Gaspar
Gary Gentry
John Gibbons
Bob Gibson
Paul Gibson
Shawn Gilbert
Brian Giles
Bernard Gilkey
Joe Ginsberg
Matt Ginter
Mike Glavine
Tom Glavine
Ed Glynn
Jesse Gonder
Dicky Gonzalez
Raul Gonzalez
Dwight Gooden
Greg Goossen
Tom Gorman
Jim Gosger
Mauro Gozzo
Bill Graham
Wayne Graham
Danny Graves
Dallas Green
Pumpsie Green
Charlie Greene
Kenny Greer
Tom Grieve
Jeremy Griffiths
Jerry Grote
Joe Grzenda
Lee Guetterman
Eric Gunderson
Mark Guthrie
Ricky Gutierrez
Don Hahn
Tom Hall
Shane Halter
Darryl Hamilton
Jack Hamilton
Ike Hampton
Mike Hampton
Tim Hamulack
Todd Haney
Jason Hardtke
Shawn Hare
Tim Harkness
Pete Harnisch
Bud Harrelson
Greg Harris
Lenny Harris
Greg Harts
Andy Hassler
Tom Hausman
Ed Hearn
Richie Hebner
Danny Heep
Jack Heidemann
Aaron Heilman
Bob Heise
Ken Henderson
Rickey Henderson
Steve Henderson
Bob Hendley
Phil Hennigan
Doug Henry
Bill Hepler
Ron Herbel
Felix Heredia
Anderson Hernandez
Keith Hernandez
Manny Hernandez
Roberto Hernandez
Tom Herr
Rick Herrscher
Orel Hershiser
Jim Hickman
Joe Hicks
Richard Hidalgo
Joe Hietpas
Chuck Hiller
Dave Hillman
Eric Hillman
Brett Hinchliffe
Jerry Hinsley
Gil Hodges
Ron Hodges
Scott Holman
Jay Hook
Wayne Housie
Mike Howard
Pat Howell
John Hudek
Jessie Hudson
Keith Hughes
Todd Hundley
Ron Hunt
Willard Hunter
Clint Hurdle
Jonathan Hurst
Butch Huskey
Jeff Innis
Kaz Ishii
Jason Isringhausen
Al Jackson
Darrin Jackson
Roy Lee Jackson
Mike Jacobs
Jason Jacome
Gregg Jefferies
Stan Jefferson
Chris Jelic
Bob Johnson
Bob Johnson
Howard Johnson
Lance Johnson
Mark Johnson
Barry Jones
Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones
Chris Jones
Cleon Jones
Randy Jones
Ross Jones
Sherman Jones
Ricardo Jordan
Mike Jorgensen
Jeff Kaiser
Rod Kanehl
Takashi Kashiwada
Jeff Kent
Jeff Keppinger
Dave Kingman
Mike Kinkade
Wayne Kirby
Bobby Klaus
Jay Kleven
Lou Klimchock
Ray Knight
Kevin Kobel
Gary Kolb
Satoru Komiyama
Dae-Sung Koo
Cal Koonce
Jerry Koosman
Ed Kranepool
Gary Kroll
Clem Labine
Jack Lamabe
David Lamb
Hobie Landrith
Ced Landrum
Frank Lary
Bill Latham
Matt Lawton
Terry Leach
Tim Leary
Aaron Ledesma
Al Leiter
Johnny Lewis
Dave Liddell
Cory Lidle
Jim Lindeman
Doug Linton
Phil Linz
Mark Little
Graeme Lloyd
Ron Locke
Skip Lockwood
Mickey Lolich
Phil Lombardi
Kevin Lomon
Terrence Long
Braden Looper
Luis Lopez
Al Luplow
Ed Lynch
Barry Lyons
Rob MacDonald
Julio Machado
Ken MacKenzie
Elliott Maddox
Mike Maddux
Dave Magadan
Pat Mahomes
Pepe Mangual
Phil Mankowski
Jim Mann
Felix Mantilla
Barry Manuel
Josias Manzanillo
Dave Marshall
Jim Marshall
Mike Marshall
Mike Marshall
J. C. Martin
Jerry Martin
Tom Martin
Pedro Martinez
Pedro Martinez
Ted Martinez
Roger Mason
Jon Matlack
Kaz Matsui
Gary Matthews
Mike Matthews
Jerry May
Brent Mayne
Willie Mays
Lee Mazzilli
Jim McAndrew
Bob McClure
Rodney McCray
Terry McDaniel
Roger McDowell
Chuck McElroy
Joe McEwing
Tug McGraw
Ryan McGuire
Jeff McKnight
Greg McMichael
Roy McMillan
Brian McRae
Kevin McReynolds
Doc Medich
Carlos Mendoza
Orlando Mercado
Butch Metzger
Jason Middlebrook
Doug Mientkiewicz
Felix Millan
Bob Miller
Bob Miller
Dyar Miller
Keith Miller
Larry Miller
Ralph Milliard
Randy Milligan
John Milner
Blas Minor
John Mitchell
Kevin Mitchell
Vinegar Bend Mizell
Dave Mlicki
Herb Moford
Willie Montanez
Joe Moock
Tommy Moore
Bob Moorhead
Melvin Mora
Jerry Morales
Al Moran
Jose Moreno
Orber Moreno
Kevin Morgan
Billy Murphy
Dale Murray
Dan Murray
Eddie Murray
Dennis Musgraves
Jeff Musselman
Randy Myers
Bob Myrick
Danny Napoleon
Tito Navarro
Charlie Neal
Randy Niemann
C. J. Nitkowski
Junior Noboa
Joe Nolan
Hideo Nomo
Dan Norman
Edwin Nunez
Jon Nunnally
Charlie O'Brien
Tom O'Malley
Alex Ochoa
Jose Offerman
Bob Ojeda
John Olerud
Jose Oquendo
Rey Ordóñez
Jesse Orosco
Joe Orsulak
Junior Ortiz
Brian Ostrosser
Ricky Otero
Amos Otis
Rick Ownbey
John Pacella
Tom Paciorek
Juan Padilla
Craig Paquette
Harry Parker
Rick Parker
Jose Parra
Tom Parsons
Jay Payton
Bill Pecota
Al Pedrique
Brock Pemberton
Alejandro Pena
Timo Perez
Yorkis Perez
Robert Person
Roberto Petagine
Bobby Pfeil
Jason Phillips
Mike Phillips
Tony Phillips
Mike Piazza
Jimmy Piersall
Joe Pignatano
Grover Powell
Todd Pratt
Rich Puig
Charlie Puleo
Bill Pulsipher
Gary Rajsich
Mario Ramirez
Lenny Randle
Willie Randolph
Bob Rauch
Jeff Reardon
Prentice Redman
Darren Reed
Rick Reed
Steve Reed
Desi Relaford
Mike Remlinger
Hal Reniff
Jose Reyes
Ronn Reynolds
Tommie Reynolds
Armando Reynoso
Dennis Ribant
Gordie Richardson
Jerrod Riggan
Royce Ring
Luis Rivera
Jason Roach
Kevin Roberson
Dave Roberts
Grant Roberts
Rich Rodriguez
Kenny Rogers
Les Rohr
Mel Rojas
Luis Rosado
Brian Rose
Don Rose
Don Rowe
Glendon Rusch
Dick Rusteck
Nolan Ryan
Bret Saberhagen
Ray Sadecki
Joe Sambito
Amado Samuel
Juan Samuel
Rey Sanchez
Ken Sanders
Rafael Santana
Jose Santiago
Mackey Sasser
Doug Saunders
Rich Sauveur
Mac Scarce
Jimmie Schaffer
Dan Schatzeder
Calvin Schiraldi
Al Schmelz
Dave Schneck
Dick Schofield
Pete Schourek
Ted Schrieber
Don Schulze
Mike Scott
Marco Scutaro
Ray Searage
Tom Seaver
David Segui
Dick Selma
Frank Seminara
Jae Seo
Art Shamsky
Bob Shaw
Don Shaw
Norm Sherry
Tsuyoshi Shinjo
Craig Shipley
Bart Shirley
Bill Short
Paul Siebert
Doug Simons
Ken Singleton
Doug Sisk
Bobby Gene Smith
Charley Smith
Dick Smith
Pete Smith
Esix Snead
Duke Snider
Warren Spahn
Tim Spehr
Shane Spencer
Bill Spiers
Dennis Springer
Steve Springer
Larry Stahl
Roy Staiger
Tracy Stallard
Leroy Stanton
Mike Stanton
Rusty Staub
John Stearns
Johnny Stephenson
Randy Sterling
Kelly Stinnett
George Stone
Pat Strange
Darryl Strawberry
Scott Strickland
John Strohmayer
Brent Strom
Dick Stuart
Tom Sturdivant
Bill Sudakis
John Sullivan
Darrell Sutherland
Craig Swan
Rick Sweet
Ron Swoboda
Pat Tabler
Shingo Takatsu
Jeff Tam
Frank Tanana
Kevin Tapani
Tony Tarasco
Randy Tate
Jim Tatum
Frank Taveras
Billy Taylor
Chuck Taylor
Hawk Taylor
Ron Taylor
Sammy Taylor
Dave Telgheder
Garry Templeton
Walt Terrell
Ralph Terry
Tim Teufel
George Theodore
Frank Thomas
Ryan Thompson
John Thomson
Lou Thornton
Marv Throneberry
Gary Thurman
Dick Tidrow
Rusty Tillman
Jorge Toca
Jackson Todd
Andy Tomberlin
Joe Torre
Mike Torrez
Kelvin Torve
Steve Trachsel
Bubba Trammell
Alex Treviño
Rick Trlicek
Wayne Twitchell
Jason Tyner
Del Unser

Mike Vail
Eric Valent
John Valentin
Bobby Valentine
Ellis Valentine
Julio Valera
Mo Vaughn
Jorge Velandia
Robin Ventura
Tom Veryzer
Fernando Vina
Frank Viola
Joe Vitko
Jose Vizcaino
Bill Wakefield
Chico Walker
Pete Walker
Tyler Walker
Donne Wall
Derek Wallace
Gene Walter
Claudell Washington
Allen Watson
Matt Watson
Dave Weathers
Hank Webb
Al Weis
Turk Wendell
Dave West
Mickey Weston
Dan Wheeler
Rick White
Wally Whitehurst
Ty Wigginton
Rick Wilkins
Carl Willey
Nick Willhite
Charlie Williams
Gerald Williams
Mookie Wilson
Paul Wilson
Preston Wilson
Tom Wilson
Vance Wilson
Herm Winningham
Gene Woodling
Chris Woodward
David Wright
Billy Wynne
Tyler Yates
Masato Yoshii
Anthony Young
Joel Youngblood
Pat Zachry
Victor Zambrano
Todd Zeile
Don Zimmer

[seawolf17]

That's a lot of Mets.

Don Zimmer.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Grover Powell!

[Guest Edgy DC]

That's two elimnated.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hint: In the original "Gimme a Met" thread, he was the roadie who picked out groupies for a famous metal band's debauchery.

[seawolf17]

And you can delete all the black and Latin guys from that list, along with anyone else who has any kind of "Z" or weird consonant combination, because I'm assuming his name doesn't "sound Polish."

[Willets Point]

Wally Whitehurst.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

D-Dad is NOT fat!

[metirish]

I can't believe you guys haven't got this player yet, yeah so I cheated earlier today and found his name but still....a crate of schaefer to the person that gets him.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Not Whitehurst.

He shares something with Darren Bragg and Bob Friend.

[metsmarathon]

ron swoboda!!!!

aw, hell. i cheated. i was ][ this close to guessing him, instead of the above...

[Guest Edgy DC]

Not Rocky. Maybe soon.

[Valadius]

They all played for the Yankees.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Did you do peaky-peaky, too?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Should we go to Twenty Questions?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yes.

[MFS62]

If we can use some of the weird ancestral associations some athletes use to get on Olympic teams, then Ron Swoboda might also be in the Chinese-American Baseball Hall Of Fame. I remember that his grandmother (when she was widowed) got a job in a Chinese Restaurant and later married the owner. So Ron had a Chinese grandfather.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

Is he a pitcher?

[Guest Edgy DC]

1) Yes, he is a pitcher.

[Valadius]

Actually, no, I don't know who it is. And there's 92 Mets who played for the Yankees as well, so that doesn't help too much.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Did he make his Mets debut before the beginning of the 1986 season?

[Guest Edgy DC]

2) No, he made not his Mets debut before the beginning of the 1986 season.

[metirish]

Does he have a winning record as a Mets pitcher?

[Guest Edgy DC]

3) No, he does not have a winning record as a Mets pitcher.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Is he Turk Wendell?

[Benjamin Grimm]

126 possibilities
(pitchers with losing or .500 records who debuted in 1986 or later)

Don Aase
Edwin Almonte
Jason Anderson
Manny Aybar
Mike Bacsik
James Baldwin
Blaine Beatty
Heath Bell
Rigo Beltran
Mike Birkbeck
Willie Blair
Brian Bohanon
Toby Borland
Terry Bross
Kevin Brown
Tim Burke
Eric Cammack
Juan Castillo
Jaime Cerda
Brad Clontz
Mark Corey
Reid Cornelius
Jeff D'Amico
Vic Darensbourg
Kane Davis
Mike Draper
Tom Edens
Scott Erickson
Shawn Estes
Pedro Feliciano
Tom Filer
John Franco
Mike Fyhrie
Paul Gibson
Bob Gibson
Matt Ginter
Tom Glavine
Mauro Gozzo
Danny Graves
Jeremy Griffiths
Lee Guetterman
Eric Gunderson
Tim Hamulack
Pete Harnisch
Aaron Heilman
Doug Henry
Felix Heredia
Manny Hernandez
Eric Hillman
Brett Hinchliffe
John Hudek
Jonathan Hurst
Jeff Innis
Kaz Ishii
Jason Isringhausen
Jason Jacome
Bobby Jones
Ricardo Jordan
Jeff Kaiser
Satoru Komiyama
Dae-Sung Koo
Graeme Lloyd
Kevin Lomon
Braden Looper
Rob MacDonald
Mike Maddux
Jim Mann
Barry Manuel
Josias Manzanillo
Pedro Martinez
Roger Mason
Chuck McElroy
Greg McMichael
John Mitchell
Dave Mlicki
Dan Murray
Jeff Musselman
Hideo Nomo
Yorkis Perez
Robert Person
Bill Pulsipher
Steve Reed
Mike Remlinger
Jerrod Riggan
Royce Ring
Jason Roach
Grant Roberts
Rich Rodriguez
Brian Rose
Glendon Rusch
Jose Santiago
Rich Sauveur
Dan Schatzeder
Pete Schourek
Don Schulze
Frank Seminara
Jae Seo
Doug Simons
Pete Smith
Dennis Springer
Mike Stanton
Pat Strange
Scott Strickland
Jeff Tam
Frank Tanana
Kevin Tapani
Billy Taylor
John Thomson
Steve Trachsel
Rick Trlicek
Julio Valera
Joe Vitko
Donne Wall
Derek Wallace
Gene Walter
Allen Watson
Dave Weathers
Dave West
Mickey Weston
Dan Wheeler
Rick White
Wally Whitehurst
Paul Wilson
Tyler Yates
Anthony Young
Victor Zambrano

[Guest Edgy DC]

4) No, it's not Turk Wendell. But he may be in the Turkish-American Sports Hall of Fame.