[legend]

DiMaggio it is.

[Lefty Noob]

What pitcher has the lowest career World Series ERA while tossing a minimum of 100 innings?

[legend]

Christy Mathewson. I just finished reading a book about him. He loved to gamble, but never ever bet on baseball, which wasn't even that frowned upon back then. He could play chaeckers against six people at once and beat them all. Above all, he was perhaps the greatest sportsman the game has ever seen, with never a bad word about anyone.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by legend

Christy Mathewson. I just finished reading a book about him. He loved to gamble, but never ever bet on baseball, which wasn't even that frowned upon back then. He could play chaeckers against six people at once and beat them all. Above all, he was perhaps the greatest sportsman the game has ever seen, with never a bad word about anyone.

Yep, and good background stuff, legend. Figures I'd hit a question on a guy you just finished reading up on.

[legend]

Who was the next scheduled batter when Bill Mazeroski hit his game winning home run to win the 1961 World Series?

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by legend

Who was the next scheduled batter when Bill Mazeroski hit his game winning home run to win the 1961 World Series?

Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, you mean? If I'm not mistaken, it was Dick Stuart. In fact, I found this quote from him about it: "I was kneeling in the on-deck circle (when Bill Mazeroski hit his dramatic 1960 World Series home run), thinking I was going to be the hero. And all of a sudden, I was out on the field jumping around."

[simple simon]

Originally Posted by legend

Who was the next scheduled batter when Bill Mazeroski hit his game winning home run to win the 1961 World Series?

i was ............. it's a little known fact i was in the on deck circle at the time ...... Bill was supposed to lay down a but, but he decided to show-boat and hog all the glory ........ i left baseball after that game

[simple simon]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, you mean? If I'm not mistaken, it was Dick Stuart. In fact, I found this quote from him about it: "I was kneeling in the on-deck circle (when Bill Mazeroski hit his dramatic 1960 World Series home run), thinking I was going to be the hero. And all of a sudden, I was out on the field jumping around."

now thats just a bold faced lie right there .... Dick knows i took his spot in the line-up

[legend]

Harvey Haddix was scheduled to bat, and Stuart was going to pinch-hit for him.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by legend

Harvey Haddix was scheduled to bat, and Stuart was going to pinch-hit for him.

My favorite team, but a little before my time I'm afraid. I recalled seeing a special on the team earlier this year on FSN Pittsburgh, but had to look it up to double check. Speaking of the Pirates, in the 1903 World Series, they had one pitcher toss five complete games. Who was it?

[legend]

Deacon Phillipe. He went 3-2

[simple simon]

Deacon Phillippe, pitching on only one day rest, started Game 3 for the Pirates

i would have to guess him

(and btw, i dont appreciate everyone just passing over my well thought out comedy )

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by legend

Deacon Phillipe. He went 3-2

Yep - won the first game in Series history and took the next two before his arm just gave out. His five decisions are still a single-Series record.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by simple simon

Deacon Phillippe, pitching on only one day rest, started Game 3 for the Pirates

i would have to guess him

(and btw, i dont appreciate everyone just passing over my well thought out comedy )

Not quite fast enough, simon, legend beat you to the punch. Maybe next time.

[legend]

Whose diving somersault catch kept Bill Bevins no-hitter alive in the fourth game of the 1947 World Series? Bevens lost the game and the no-hitter in the ninth with two outs. I read this in a book when I was a kid and never forgot it.