Late Arriving Trivia

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

My roster maven buddy pointed out that Hisanori Takahashi last night became the 30th Met to make his Mets debut in extra innings. See if you can guess the other 29 from the clues provided! (I'll provide more as needed)

10th inning debuts (12):
pitcher, 1970
pitcher, 1974
outfielder, 1980
outfielder, 1985
pitcher, 1985
infielder, 1995
pitcher, 1995
pitcher, 1999
pitcher, 2006
pitcher, 2006
outfielder, 2007
Hisanori Takahashi, 2009

11th inning debuts (8):
outfielder, 1965
Pitcher, 1970
pitcher, 1978
pitcher, 1979
pitcher, 1985
outfielder, 1995
pitcher, 1995
pitcher, 1999

12th inning debuts (5)
pitcher, 1962
1B-OF, 1972
infleidler, 1981
C-1B, 1989
C-IF-OF, 1998

13th inning debut (1)
outfielder, 1970

14th inning debut (1)
Infielder, 1987

15th inning debut (1)
Pitcher, 1997

17th-inning debut (1)
pitcher, 1993

23rd-inning debut (1)
outfielder, 1974

[Guest Edgy DC]

10th inning debuts (12):
outfielder, 2007

Chip Ambres

23rd-inning debut (1)
outfielder, 1974

Benny Ayala

[metirish]

10th inning debuts (12):

Jeff Conine - OF 2007

[Gwreck]

12th inning debuts (5)
C-1B, 1989

Barry Lyons.

[HahnSolo]

10th inning debuts (12):
outfielder, 1985

Terry Blocker

14th inning debut (1)
Infielder, 1987

Gregg Jefferies

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

10th inning debuts (12): outfielder, 1985 Terry Blocker 14th inning debut (1) Infielder, 1987 Gregg Jefferies

Two correct. All other guesses to this point are wrong.

[metirish]

10th inning debuts (12):


David Newhan OF - 2007

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

12th inning debuts (5)

C-1B, 1989 - Mackey Sasser, innit?

15th inning debuts (1)

P, 1997 - Joe Crawford

[G-Fafif]

The 23rd inning Met from 1974 is the perennial fan favorite Bruce Boisclair.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Crawford & Boisclar are correct. Time to pump up the volume of clues:

10th inning debuts (12):
pitcher, 1970, take a guess
(infielder), 1974, 1st of only 4 games as a Major Leaguer
outfielder, 1980, soon to hit 3 Hrs in a game
Terry Blocker, 1985 (Hahn Solo)
pitcher, 1985, first of 732 MLB games in a 16-year career
infielder, 1995, would become household Met name
pitcher, 1995, same game as the infielder named above, would not become a household Met name, but a weird name anyway
pitcher, 1999, remembered for his acquisition, not his debut
pitcher, 2006, reliever who absorbed a nightmare loss
pitcher, 2006, same game as above: I gave up the hit allowing my predecessor's runner to score GW run
outfielder, 2007, I'm so obscure JCL had forgotten I ever existed
Hisanori Takahashi, 2009

11th inning debuts (8):
outfielder, 1965, MFS62 says I'm ugly
Pitcher, 1970, I was acquired in a trade for Bob Aspromonte
pitcher, 1978, rocked the jewfro
pitcher, 1979, played for peanuts
pitcher, 1985, would become household Met name
outfielder, 1995, same game as the two 95 10th-inning debutants; I didn't last long
pitcher, 1995, better known as a starter
pitcher, 1999, Same game as the 1999 10th inning debut guy; we were acquired the same day too but in different trades

12th inning debuts (5)
pitcher, 1962, One guess here is statistically better than any other
1B-OF, 1972, wore No. 24 in this game
infielder, 1981, I share a name with a more famous bb guy
C-1B, 1989, former MFY
C-IF-OF, 1998, I was a pre-Piazza catcher

13th inning debut (1)
outfielder, 1970, regrettable trade in my future

14th inning debut (1)
Gregg Jefferies, 1987 (Hahn Solo)

15th inning debut (1)
Joe Crawford, 4/7/97 (LWFS)

17th-inning debut (1)
pitcher, 1993, I was acquired in a trade from the MFYs

23rd-inning debut (1)
Bruce Boisclair (FaFiF)

[G-Fafif]

17th inning: Kenny Greer, but of course!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Is the 13th inning guy Leroy Stanton?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

10th-inning debuts

pitcher, 1985, first of 732 MLB games in a 16-year career - Rajah McDowell?

12th-inning debuts

C-1B, 1989, former MFY - Phil Lombardi
1B-OF, 1972, wore No. 24 in this game - Beauchamp (thanks for filling my head with knowledge, MBTN!)

13th-inning debuts

outfielder, 1970, regrettable trade in my future - Otis, my man?

[G-Fafif]

Jim Tatum the 1998 12th inning versatile catcher.

[metirish]

10th inning debuts (12):

IF - 1995 - Edgardo Alfonzo

[G-Fafif]

1985 eleventh inning pitcher: Roger McDowell. (LWFS had this.)
1962 twelfth inning pitcher: Ken Mackenzie.
1970 thirteenth inning outfielder: Leroy Stanton. (BG had this.)
1995 eleventh inning pitcher: Dave Mlicki.
1999 tenth inning pitcher: Billy Taylor
1999 eleventh inning pitcher: Chuck McElroy
2007 tenth inning outfielder: Ben Johnson
1979 eleventh inning pitcher: Ed Glynn
1980 tenth inning outfielder: Claudell Washington.
2006 tenth inning pitcher nightmare: Jorge Julio
1970 eleventh inning pitcher: Ron Herbel

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

1981 12th-inning infielder: Has to be Brian Giles.
1995 10th-inning pitcher: Blas Minor. (That funky Minor.)
1995 11th-inning outfielder: Yeah, I'll collect on Ricky Otero.

[HahnSolo]

1989 c-1b
Rick Cerone

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Good work.

So, we're looking for a 1970 pitcher; a 1974 infielder; the 1985 pitcher (McDowell not correct); the mop-up man in the Jorge Julio game; an ugly outfielder; a Jewfro wearing pitcher; and a 1962 pitcher


10th inning debuts (12):
pitcher, 1970, take a guess
(infielder), 1974, 1st of only 4 games as a Major Leaguer
Claudell Washington, 1980 (FaFiF)
Terry Blocker, 1985 (Hahn Solo)
pitcher, 1985, first of 732 MLB games in a 16-year career
Edgardo Alfonzo, 1995 (Irish)
Blas Minor, 1995 (LWFS)
Billy Taylor, 1999 (FaFiF)
Jorge Julio, 2006 (FaFiF)
pitcher, 2006, same game as above: I gave up the hit allowing my predecessor's runner to score GW run
Ben Johnson, 2007 (FaFiF)
Hisanori Takahashi, 2009

11th inning debuts (8):
outfielder, 1965, MFS62 says I'm ugly
Ron Herbel, 1970 (FaFiF)
pitcher, 1978, rocked the jewfro
Ed Glynn, 1979 (FaFiF)
pitcher, 1985, would become household Met name
Ricky Otero, 1995,(LWFS)
Dave Mlicki, 1995 (FaFiF)
Chuck McElroy, 1999 (FaFiF)

12th inning debuts (5)
pitcher, 1962, One guess here is statistically better than any other
Jim Beauchamp 1972 (LWFS)
Brian Giles, 1981 (LWFS)
Phil Lombardi, 1989 (LWFS)
Jim Tatum, 1998 (FaFiF)

13th inning debut (1)
Leroy Stanton, 1970 (BGrimm)

14th inning debut (1)
Gregg Jefferies, 1987 (Hahn Solo)

15th inning debut (1)
Joe Crawford, 4/7/97 (LWFS)

17th-inning debut (1)
Kenny Greer, 1993 (FaFiF)

23rd-inning debut (1)
Bruce Boisclair (FaFiF)

[batmagadanleadoff]

Aggie for 1985?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Aggie, yes.

[batmagadanleadoff]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Aggie, yes.

Now that's a deep pitching staff where Rick Aguilera barely qualified as the 5th starter.

[Gwreck]

The 2006 reliever -- Duaner Sanchez?

[G-Fafif]

2006 reliever: Chad Bradford

[metirish]

I guessed one correctly , I'm a happy camper.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Bradford, not Sanchez. That was in the period when we Met fans widely believed that Bradford sucked (and Willie would go to Julio sooner than he). I recall he had a bad spring training, and Gary Cohen being picked up by a mic he thought was dead disparaging him.