trivia question

[Rob]

no takers on my question?

 

Who is the all time leader of double plays from the outfield i.e. outfield putout + assist.

 

hint: he's a HOFer.

 

Tris Speaker?

[Mephistopheles]

Let's see.

HOF Greats with elite arms: Roberto Clemente, obviously. CFers in the early years played so shallow with the lack of Ks they probably got some. Tris Speaker or Ty Cobb?

[OleMissCub]

Let's see.

HOF Greats with elite arms: Roberto Clemente, obviously. CFers in the early years played so shallow with the lack of Ks they probably got some. Tris Speaker or Ty Cobb?

 

It's one of those three.

[Mephistopheles]

Given that you didn't say it was the guy mentioned above, its gotta be a CF and Ty Cobb.

[OleMissCub]

Given that you didn't say it was the guy mentioned above, its gotta be a CF and Ty Cobb.

 

Nope. I missed the above post.

 

 

He was correct, it's Speaker. He had 139 double plays. He's also the all time leader in OF assists with 448.

 

[Rob]

Given that you didn't say it was the guy mentioned above, its gotta be a CF and Ty Cobb.

 

Nope. I missed the above post.

 

 

He was correct, it's Speaker. He had 139 double plays. He's also the all time leader in OF assists with 448.

 

 

I am a badass.

 

[OleMissCub]

What two players, who have a combined 6188 hits and 3652 rbi, are from the same hometown?

[Mephistopheles]

someone and pete rose

[OleMissCub]

someone and pete rose

 

nope

[Rob]

What two players, who have a combined 6188 hits and 3652 rbi, are from the same hometown?

 

Ty Cobb and somebody else.

[OleMissCub]

What two players, who have a combined 6188 hits and 3652 rbi, are from the same hometown?

 

Ty Cobb and somebody else.

 

Cobb is from the absolute backwaters of Georgia. I seriously doubt anyone else from his hometown even sniffed the majors.

[MSG T]

What two players, who have a combined 6188 hits and 3652 rbi, are from the same hometown?

 

 

 

Hank Aaron and someone with roughly 2600 hits and 1300 RBI's

 

[OleMissCub]

What two players, who have a combined 6188 hits and 3652 rbi, are from the same hometown?

 

 

 

Hank Aaron and someone with roughly 2600 hits and 1300 RBI's

 

No.

[DenverCubs]

What two players, who have a combined 6188 hits and 3652 rbi, are from the same hometown?

 

I've heard this somewhere (who the hell knows where), but Ken Griffey Jr. and Stan Musial share the same hometown and birthday...so I'll guess them.

 

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Thank you for resurrecting this thread!!!

 

Griffey, Jr and Musial from someplace in PA

 

[OleMissCub]

Beastmaster and Bob are correct.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I do a fairly good job of answering them, I wish I could think of one to ask...

[rocket]

NOTE: This fact may have changed by now, but I remember reading this on a baseball card.

 

Who is the only person to hit a home run in their first major league at bat AND their first minor league at bat?

[DenverCubs]

I remember when Jim Bullinger did that. Major's at least.

[rocket]

I remember when Jim Bullinger did that. Major's at least.

 

Nope.

[1908]

Cubs trivia. Paul Gillespie did it.

[rocket]

Cubs trivia. Paul Gillespie did it.

 

in his first minor league at bat, too? if so, it's now who i was thinking of.

[1908]

Cubs trivia. Paul Gillespie did it.

 

Oops, misread the question. Gillespie homered in his first and last major league at bats.

 

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Was it this decade?

For some reason I can't get Marcus Thames out of my head

[rocket]

Was it this decade?

For some reason I can't get Marcus Thames out of my head

 

Not this decade.