Don't Walk Trivia

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ozzie Guillen, both of his first two years, walked only 12 times in over a 150 games played, a record that he set and equaled.

He would go on to break that record with an 11 in 1991 and a 10 in 1996. How embarrassing. How hard to beat. He is now a similarly shameless manager.

Which ex-Met's record did he break?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, not everybody so fast.

Try this one on: Three Met starters won ERA titles after being dealt by the Mets. Who are these guys?

[Centerfield]

Guessing:

Nolan Ryan
David Cone

um. That's all I got.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

1. Millan.

2. Um.. Roy Leee Jackson and Jerry Koosman

[Guest Edgy DC]

]Nolan Ryan

No.

]David Cone

No.

]Millan.

No.

]Roy Leee Jackson

Roy Lee Jackson?

]Jerry Koosman

No.

[DocTee]

Ryan won an ERA title with Houston in a year when he was 8-16. Are you asking for guys who won in the year immediately folllowing their departure?

I'll guess Seaver is one.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ryan is correct.

George Thomas Seaver won three ERA titles in four years from 1970 to 1973, all with the Mets.

Two more fellas. They don't have to have won in the year after they were traded, as the correctness of Ryan has demonstrated.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Buzz Capra.

Mike Scott?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Correct and correct.

Buzz could never break an unbreakable Mets rotation, so he was sold to Atlanta, where he was suddenly busted up to 218 innings, won an ERA title, and never pitched effectively again.

The Mets might have known he was capable of something like that, as he went something like 44-18 in the minors.

[Benjamin Grimm]

As I've been reviewing Mets minor league stats, I've seen a bunch of really impressive seasons. I then think, wow, this guy could turn out to be pretty good and I momentarily get a surge of excitement.

Then I realize that the player is now deep into his fifties and it's become too late for him to fulfill his promise.

[smg58]

Edgy DC wrote: Ozzie Guillen, both of his first two years, walked only 12 times in over a 150 games played, a record that he set and equaled. He would go on to break that record with an 11 in 1991 and a 10 in 1996. How embarrassing. How hard to beat. He is now a similarly shameless manager. Which ex-Met's record did he break?

Mookie Wilson?

[Guest Edgy DC]

No.

The ex-Met, for what it's worth, didn't set the record with the Mets.

[RealityChuck]

Edgy DC wrote: Correct and correct. Buzz could never break an unbreakable Mets rotation, so he was sold to Atlanta, where he was suddenly busted up to 218 innings, won an ERA title, and never pitched effectively again. The Mets might have known he was capable of something like that, as he went something like 44-18 in the minors.

he was probably traded because Ralph Kiner never could pronounce his name. "Buzz Capray" was the best he could do.

[Fman99]

Edgy DC wrote: No. The ex-Met, for what it's worth, didn't set the record with the Mets.

Was it Shaw(o)n Dunston? I seem to recall he rarely took a BB in his playing days.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, but, next to the his crosstown rival Guillen, Dunston was downright picky about swinging the bat.

I'll hint this one out of youse so's'n we can close the book on it before the holidays. Five big fat hints coming.

1. He had a great nickname.



2. He had two tours of duty with the Mets.



3. I didn't think he was very good.



4. Nonetheless, when he was traded the second time, many on the team that received him would consider the deal the turning point to a championship.



5. It were a challenge trade.

[Valadius]

Tim Foli?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Tim Foli.

Crazy Horse walked 14 times in 150 gmes for the 1982 Angels.

[Fman99]

Edgy DC wrote: Tim Foli. Crazy Horse walked 14 times in 150 gmes for the 1982 Angels.

I was close... I looked it up and Dunston took 16 walks in 150 games for the '88 Cubs.