More Impossible Trivia

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Topic: Dubious Records

1. Most Career RBI without ever leading his league?



2. Who had the most career double-plays grounded into?



3. Who, with at least 100 games, was the easiest to strike out?



4. Who had the highest ERA in a 20-win season?



5. Who had the most errors by a modern-day third baseman?



6. Who had the fewest lifetime RBI for a player with a 100-RBI season?



7. Who has the lowest career batting average by a pitcher?



8. Who has the most games played in a losing cause (since 1957)?

Three Mets are part of our pool of correct answers.

[Benjamin Grimm]

A few wild guesses:

4. Phil Neikro

5. Matt Williams (by "modern day" do you mean since 1900?)



8. Ernie Banks

[Guest Edgy DC]

No

No (Yes)

No

[Valadius]

1. Harold Baines

[HahnSolo]

4 Scott Erickson?

5 Harry Steinfeldt?

8 Ed Kranepool?

[Guest Rotblatt]

3. Adam Dunn?

[Gwreck]

I think #1 is Rafael Palmiero.

[Gwreck]

#4 John Burkett?

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Bill Gullickson posted a 3.90 ERA when he won 20 with the Tigers. (Homers in the office were saying he should have won the Cy Young that year. I said no way.)

[Guest Edgy DC]

]1. Harold Baines

Nope.

]4 Scott Erickson? 5 Harry Steinfeldt? 8 Ed Kranepool?

No, no, no.

]3. Adam Dunn?

No.

]I think #1 is Rafael Palmiero.

It's not.

]#4 John Burkett?

NoNo

]Bill Gullickson posted a 3.90 ERA when he won 20 with the Tigers. (Homers in the office were saying he should have won the Cy Young that year. I said no way.)

Higher than 3.90.

[Frayed Knot]

#2 = Cal Ripken

[Guest Edgy DC]

Frayed Knot wrote: #2 = Cal Ripken

Yeah, sometimes Iron Man means "Iron Feet."

1) Cal Ripken 350
2) Hank Aaron 328
3) Carl Yastrzemski 323
4) Jason Phillips 317

[HahnSolo]

3 Dave Kingman?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Seems like it, but no.

[Valadius]

1. If not Harold Baines, it's got to be Tony Perez.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Does not.

[HahnSolo]

6 Ryan Howard

[Guest Edgy DC]

No.

[Valadius]

1. Willie Mays?

[Benjamin Grimm]

6. Joe Charboneau?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Valadius wrote: 1. Willie Mays?

Indeed. It didn't have to be Harold Baines at all.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: 6. Joe Charboneau?

Charbo-no.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

3. Rob Deer

[Frayed Knot]

#6 - David Wright?

[Valadius]

Fathead Sabathia hasn't had a 20-win season, has he?

[metsmarathon]

7. leiter

[Guest Edgy DC]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: 3. Rob Deer

Brilliant!

Rob tops the Brewer-heavy list at 2.74 at-bats per strikeout

2) Pete Incaviglia (3.31, amazingly, never a Brewer)

3) Jose Hernandez (3.32)

[Guest Edgy DC]

Frayed Knot wrote: #6 - David Wright?

David Wrong. It would seem sort of unfair for the answer to be an active guy at the start of his career, anyhow. Good try.

[Valadius]

4. Or maybe it's that other tub of lard, David Wells?

[metsmarathon]

6. garret atkins