[pete_b]

NEW QUESTION
Before the year 2000 what pitcher pitched in the most World Series?

[Wizard of Os]

Originally Posted by desertrat

Cleveland had a NL team that won only 20 games and lost 134. The year was 1899.

Absoultely correct! But the team of team is crucial, if only because one of my all-time favorites: The Cleveland Spiders. (Isn't that great? Get it? Because they catch flies! Bwah ha ha!)

Also, Cy Young his bad self was traded away before the season. I guess the Spiders deserved that record.

Cheers, all.

[Wizard of Os]

Originally Posted by pete_b

NEW QUESTION
Before the year 2000 what pitcher pitched in the most World Series?

I'm thinking Whitey Ford...?

[Wizard of Os]

Originally Posted by legend

Yaz had only 74, but won the batting title with a .301 average.

The other bit of trivia related to 1968 Yaz is, of course, that this represented the lowest batting average to win the title ever, in that pitcher-dominated season.

(So who were the three?) I'm assuming Roberto Clemente is not in there...? Willie Stargell, maybe...?

Cheers, all.

[legend]

Frank Howard, Ken Harrelson, and Willie McCovey

[pete_b]

Wizard you are truly a wizard. OK new question number two.

Who is the only player to win batting titles in three different decades?

[desertrat]

Originally Posted by pete_b

Wizard you are truly a wizard. OK new question number two.

Who is the only player to win batting titles in three different decades?

George Brett: KC Royals

[Wizard of Os]

Originally Posted by pete_b

Wizard you are truly a wizard. OK new question number two.

Who is the only player to win batting titles in three different decades?

I don't think it's George Brett. (Did he play in the 1960s?) If not, i'll say Rod Carew...though it would have been Shoeless Joe, of that i have no doubt.

[legend]

No, it was Brett. 1976,1980,1990.

[pete_b]

It was most definitely George Brett. Ok new question:

Which St Louis Cardinal tied the base stealing record of five in one game in 1982?

[legend]

Willie McGee?

[pete_b]

It was not Willie McGee it was Lonnie Smith. Good guess though because they were on the same team together.

NEW QUESTION:
Who was the first relief pitcher to be elected to the Hall of Fame?

[desertrat]

I knew there was some other guy that did it, but couldn't remember that name. Didn't Lonnie Smith play for the Phillies the year they finally won a world series in 1980? I believe his errant throw in the playoffs against Houston actually benefitted the Phillies because a runner got trapped as a result. Anyone remember this?

[pete_b]

I don't remember that but I remember seeing that Tony Gwynn also had five stolen bases in one game.

[legend]

Hoyt Wilhelm