But that was a weird situation heading into the 1987 season, collusion etc, and he signed a much better deal the year after that.
― omar little, Monday, 23 January 2023 16:35 (one year ago) link
Swear I read about an example of this just the other day--I just have to get through the clutter in my brain to remember who it was.
― clemenza, Monday, 23 January 2023 16:41 (one year ago) link
from r/baseball, i thought this one was good (should be easy for you lot):
73 Phil Niekro52 Tim Wakefield43 Hoyt Wilhelm38 Charlie Hough32 Wilbur Wood30 Joe Niekro24 Dutch Leonard24 Tom Candiotti18 Felix Hernandez18 R.A. Dickey
Name the stat
― francisF, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 17:52 (one year ago) link
hit batsmen?
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link
that's a good guess, and maybe right?
what's throwing me is king felix. did he throw a knuckleball?
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 18:11 (one year ago) link
well for Niekro i know that's how old he was when he retired but the other guys don't line up with that
― omar little, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 18:33 (one year ago) link
I’m out of my depth in this thread but dying to know what Felix has in common with the knuckleball guys!
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:09 (one year ago) link
so is this a top 10 list and the numbers are their career totals? or is this just a random pull of some stat for a bunch of knuckleballers plus king felix?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:26 (one year ago) link
maybe... most wild pitches in a season?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:27 (one year ago) link
i think that's one of the mysteries of the trivia question!
dutch leonard's presence is also throwing me a bit, because it means it would have to be some sort of stat that goes back to the old timers era
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:27 (one year ago) link
(if that's a top-10 list)xpost
thought this might be right, because 18 is the highest number of WP's that Felix threw in a season. but phil niekro topped out at 19 in a season (in 1967)
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:31 (one year ago) link
it's got to be something along those lines
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:42 (one year ago) link
Didn't Felix throw a "slow curve" sometimes? It could be a list of "most pitches thrown under 50 mph in a season"?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:46 (one year ago) link
its a top ten, yeah. wild pitch is along the right lines
― francisF, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:48 (one year ago) link
HBP was my first guess, but that's not right
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:48 (one year ago) link
Passed balls?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:50 (one year ago) link
please expand
― francisF, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:52 (one year ago) link
PB + WP (season)
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:53 (one year ago) link
PB and/or WP + X + X (career)
― francisF, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:59 (one year ago) link
or* not and/or
― francisF, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:01 (one year ago) link
but Felix had 156 WP's in his career?
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:02 (one year ago) link
X are added conditions (one stat but also this and also that put together) i hope i'm making sense lol, you guys'll get it
― francisF, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:04 (one year ago) link
oooh, gotcha!
maybe X is with the bases loaded or a runner on third?
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:07 (one year ago) link
basically, most runs scored on the pitcher via passed ball or wild pitch?
no, getting closer
― francisF, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:18 (one year ago) link
Most strikeouts where the batter reached base via WP or PB or dropped third strike (catcher error) or ...?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:23 (one year ago) link
bingo
― francisF, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:35 (one year ago) link
i think most strikeouts while allowing a runner is the best way to put it
― francisF, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:36 (one year ago) link
so wp/pa would be inferred
― francisF, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:38 (one year ago) link
wp/pb*
easy counting stat one:
starting w/Sammy Sosa's 66 HR season and going down from there, only one number hasn't been the final total of home runs for any batter in MLB history. what is that number?
― omar little, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 22:25 (one year ago) link
Iirc it was in the 50s…
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 23:38 (one year ago) link
59? I know Howard hit 58, not sure about Stanton or Greenberg.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 23:40 (one year ago) link
Stanton and the Babe hit 59
― omar little, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 23:59 (one year ago) link
51
― francisF, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 00:11 (one year ago) link
johnny mize hit 51 HRs. for some reason i always remember that.
55 HRs?
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 00:17 (one year ago) link
plus Cecil Fielder, Andruw Jones, Willie Mays, and Ralph Kiner!
55 is correct
― omar little, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 00:42 (one year ago) link
53 wasn't landed on til Chris David did it (and Pete Alonso did a bit later), and 57 was first landed on by sluggin' Luis Gonzalez
― omar little, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 00:44 (one year ago) link
*Davis
A-Rod also hit 57
Judge was the first to hit 62
FB wall this morning--surprised me. Team with the longest stretch since they had a 40-HR guy (I've lost the post now, but I think it was almost 10 years longer than anyone else).
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 February 2023 18:24 (one year ago) link
(Should a true trivia question have a fixed answer? The answer to that one will change when this team gets their next 40-HR guy.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 February 2023 18:46 (one year ago) link
Are we talking 20+ years?
― omar little, Saturday, 4 February 2023 19:34 (one year ago) link
Believe it or not, coming up on 50.
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 February 2023 19:35 (one year ago) link
I guess this team moved into the #1 slot when Soler finally hit 40 for the Royals.
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 February 2023 19:37 (one year ago) link
Is it the Pirates or am I blanking on one of their guys who hit 40?
― omar little, Saturday, 4 February 2023 20:11 (one year ago) link
Very good--Stargell in '73 (also hit 40 doubles that year, the first 40/40 guy, I think).
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 February 2023 20:25 (one year ago) link
for some reason i was thinking pedro alvarez hit 40 at some point for the pirates, but not quite. josh bell also came quite close in recent years
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 4 February 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link
some specific-ass trivia, but here we go
of pitchers with more than 100 PAs in a season since 1900, who was the only pitcher to hit .400 or better?
even more specific: who were the only two pitchers since 1950 to hit .350 or better (again, at least 100 PAs in the season)
hint: you've heard of all three
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 00:05 (one year ago) link