Only Player

[Edgy MD]

Who's the only player to homer in three consecutive All Star Games?

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[Edgy MD]

Ralph it is.

Ralph, by the way, won the support of exactly 1.1% of the BBWAA electorate his first time on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot.

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I knew the answer because that question was a quiz on a Citi Field era Mets baseball game.

[Edgy MD]

Who is the only player to have achieved at least 250 hits for the American League�s Milwaukee Brewers and the National League�s Milwaukee Brewers?

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: Ralph it is. Ralph, by the way, won the support of exactly 1.1% of the BBWAA electorate his first time on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot.

When was the 15% "must get" rule to stay on the ballot enacted?

Later

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

It's not our buddy Jeromy the Wind Machine, is it?

[ashie62]

I came up with two...Jeromy Burnitz and Fernando Vina...

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Vina was my next guess.

Mark Loretta?

[Gwreck]

Jeff Cirillo?

[Edgy MD]

Cirillo, for once in his life, is the man.

Guy	AL Brewer Hits	NL Brewer Hits
Cirillo	472	454
Loretta	176	575
Burnitz	156	558
Vina	177	118

Only player in history to [crossout]steal four bases[/crossout] get caught stealing four times in one game?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Eric Young the Elder?

[Edgy MD]

I was on my way out when I asked that question, and I asked it exactly wrong.

Only guy to get caught stealing four times in one game.

(Because Perry Farrell, as we know, only got caught stealing once. When he was five.)

[Zvon]

I didn't know this, had to look into it, but lets get this quiz movin again.


Robby Thompson, San Francisco Giants, June 27, 1986. It was a 12-inning game and the Giants kept sending their "fast" rookie, Thompson. And he kept getting caught. Four times.

What makes that even crazier is that, in the 149 games he played that season, he only successfully stole 12 bases (and was caught 15 times). So by late June, the Giants should've figured out that maybe he wasn't the track star they thought he was.

[Edgy MD]

Zvon, you answer checker you, you get to ask the next only-player question.

May God have mercy on your soul.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Zvon, you answer checker you, you get to ask the next only-player question. May God have mercy on your soul.

Don't give me any shit for wanting to learn something new. I thirst for knowledge.
I gave it some time for others to speak up.

Who is the only player to steal the same base twice in one inning(And three bases total... including FIRST)?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Jean Segura, last year, no?

[Zvon]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Jean Segura, last year, no?

Not according to my sources, which I might divulge if you really bug me.

Whoops, just talked to my source and the info I'm using hit the innerwebs in 2009 so it could be dated. But still, I don't think any one has stolen first base in the last few years.

If this story is not true I'm gonna be pissed, because its a really interesting and somewhat funny tale.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Well, not quite three bases. But one of them was first.

[Frayed Knot]

For some reason the name Mike Schmidt leaps to my mind.

[Edgy MD]

Zvon wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Zvon, you answer checker you, you get to ask the next only-player question. May God have mercy on your soul. Don't give me any shit for wanting to learn something new. I thirst for knowledge. I gave it some time for others to speak up.

Tell it to the Big Guy. I'm rooting for you.

[Zvon]

Well, not quite three bases. But one of them was first.

That's a great link & great info, and down deep in the page is the answer to my quiz. And it says there that two people did it Sorry but I'm crap as a quiz giver.
Oh wait, I think it's referring to stealing first base, not three stolen bases including first. So my quiz stands!

The rule against stealing bases in reverse came into being in 1920. This amazed me.

[Zvon]

Nobody got this?


The quiz is coming from inside that linked article!

[ashie62]

Tommie Agee?

[Zvon]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Well, not quite three bases. But one of them was first.

oy.
Someone, please lift this terrible burden of being the quiz master!
The answer is in the article!

It's under the heading "The Man Who Stole First Base" which inspired the book "The Man Who Stole First Base". This guys antics also were one of the reasons the rule was changed in 1920.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Germany Schaefer-- the one guy to have when you're having mehr als ein-- it is.

The only guy to homer in 45 or more major-league ballparks?

[Zvon]

OE: lmao

Yes. GJ

[Zvon]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Germany Schaefer-- the one guy to have when you're having mehr als ein-- it is. The only guy to homer in 45 or more major-league ballparks?

Ken Griffey Jr.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Close. The now-retired Kid could give you tours of the bases-- because he's been around 'em-- in 44 different ballparks.

[Zvon]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Close. The now-retired Kid could give you tours of the bases-- because he's been around 'em-- in 44 different ballparks.

Wow. Okay, I'm gonna go look it up.
KIDDING!
I'll never look it up again, I swear. *sob