Labor Day Kwiz

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm on the board. I quit.

[Chad ochoseis]

One is a living Carribean native

White Sox - Minnie Minoso

[Fman99]

I am stumped. Happy with my own contributions though.

[Frayed Knot]

Not Minoso.
The guy we're looking for was involved in a quirky "record" on this date in 1965

[Valadius]

I said Kirby Puckett for Twins hits upthread.

[stevejrogers]

Not Minoso.
The guy we're looking for was involved in a quirky "record" on this date in 1965[/quote:1yx0fzkd]

Luis Aparicio?

[stevejrogers]

And I'll say Eddie Collins for A's hits

[Valadius]

Luke Appling for White Sox hits.

[Frayed Knot]

I said Kirby Puckett for Twins hits upthread.[/quote:2om5l9tl]

And it was wrong then too.

Appling is the White Sox guy

Aparicio is not the mystery Latin

Eddie Collins is wrong


So we're looking for a Latin in the A's org whose career started past mid-century and was not only active on this date 44 years ago but did something memorable (though a bit odd) on the field that day.
Oh yeah, and he played a long time and got a lot of hits, mostly, although not exclusively, for the A's.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Bert Campaneris?

[Frayed Knot]

There ya go!

TEAM	HITS	#	HRs	#
PHILS	Schmidt	2,234	Schmidt	548
METS	Kranepool	1,418	Strawberry	252
BRAVES	Aaron	3,600	Aaron	733
MARLINS	Castillo	1,273	Lowell	143
EXPOS/NATS	Wallach	1,694	Guerrero	234
ASTROS	Biggio	3,060	Bagwell	449
PIRATES	Clemente	3,000	Stargell	475
CUBS	Anson	2,995	Sosa	545
BREWERS	Yount	3,142	Yount	251
CARDS	Musial	3,630	Musial	475
REDS	Rose	3,358	Bench	389
DODGERS	Wheat	2,804	Snider	389
GIANTS	Mays	3,187	Mays	646
PADRES	Gwynn	3,141	Colbert	163
DBACKS	L. Gonzalez	1,337	L. Gonzalez	224
ROCKIES	Helton	2,109	Helton	324
ORIOLES	Ripken	3,184	Ripken	431
YANKS	Gehrig	2,721	Ruth	659
RED SOX	Yasztremski	3,419	Williams	521
BLUE JAYS	T. Fernandez	1,583	Delgado	336
RAYS	Crawford	1,270	Huff	128
TIGERS	Cobb	3,900	Kaline	399
INDIANS	Lajoie	3,046	Thome	334
WHITE SOX	Appling	2,749	Thomas	448
SENS/TWINS	Sam Rice	2,889	Killebrew	559
ROYALS	Brett	3,154	Brett	317
A�s	Campaneris	1,882	McGwire	363
SENS/RANGERS	I. Rodriguez	1,734	J. Gonzalez	372
MARINERS	E. Martinez	2,247	Griffey	412
ANGELS	Anderson	2,368	Salmon	299

Nice guesses/knowledge by all.

[Frayed Knot]

btw, the "odd" circumstance that occurred 44 years ago today was Campaneris playing all 9 positions in one game.
Seeing that note prompted me to look up the game.
- it was a late-season (obviously) meaningless-for-both teams game vs the Angels and Charlie Finley did like a good stunt every now and then
- Campy started at his usual SS then went to 2B & 3B (switching with Ed Charles) then made the rounds of the OF, then 1B, then P, then C
- he made one error in the game, as a RF
- pitching the 8th inning of a game the A's were losing by one, he gave up one run
- catching in the 9th he was run into by an Angel player (a pissed off one maybe?) on the last out of the inning and knocked out of the game
- A's scored twice in their half of the 9th to tie it (so they would have won it had Campy not given up the 8th inning run)
- game wound up going 13 inning (with the A's losing) but Campy, having been knocked out of the game, wasn't around to play his 10th, 11th, 12th & 13th positions

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think somebody (perhaps a minor leaguer) has managed to play ten positions, under the theory that DH is a position.

[Frayed Knot]

btw, looks like the next closest to taking over a team hit mark are:
* Vernon Wells with the Jays and Ichiro in Seattle - both are in the 200-250 hits away range
* Wright is some 450 behind Eddie Krane
* Hanley Ramirez needs around 500 for Castillo's Florida mark


Expect a little less fanfare when/if those happen.