Name the only two players in baseball history who have hit 300 home runs but have struck out less then 500 times in their careers.
(Not that tough)
(Not that tough)
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I won’t give it away. I only know the answers because I researched it. I can say my knee jerk answers of Ted Williams, Gwynn, Boggs, Ichiro didn’t work because most of them didn’t even have 150HRs. With that said, in regards to the 2 corrects answers, 1 makes total sense. Not surprising. The other is a bit of a shock. And should make someone on this board very proud.
Williams was also my first answer. I also got Joe D. You are correct, the other is a little surprising.
Marv Throneberry played for the Yankees in the 1950s and later played for the 1962 Mets.
Yogi Berra
5 times during his career he had more home runs than strikeout for the season.
5 times during his career he had more home runs than strikeout for the season.
Last season the MLB record for fewest strikeouts (minimum 500 ABs) was held by Hanser Alberto of the Orioles. He had 50.
The MOST strikeouts Yogi ever had in a season was 38.
Would be interested to see the strikeout totals if the check swing rule with the first and third base umps was in place. Watching the 69 World Series I laughed at how many huge check swings were not called by the home plate ump, but no checking with the other umps.
Only one I know was St Louis Browns vs Cardinals during war years at Sportsman Park
I looked it up so I won't reveal. I will say that I knew one of them with the year, and I knew one other but not the year. What I did not know was that one of the three was a rematch.
Yup 1944.
The other two years were the same teams in same ballpark in back-to-back years.
Clutch too. He wasn't the most talented player on the field but his moxie and swag made up for that.
New York Yankees vs. New York Giants when both teams shared the Polo Grounds for a decade. The teams met in the World Series from 1921-23 - the first two at the Polo Grounds. Yankee Stadium opened in 1923.
My other guess would have been in the 1910s when the Boston Braves Nickerson Field was used by the Red Sox for World Series play but that wouldn't seem to be the case.
My other guess would have been in the 1910s when the Boston Braves Nickerson Field was used by the Red Sox for World Series play but that wouldn't seem to be the case.
It was called Braves Field then and yes the Red Sox did play a World Series there in 1916, back then the owners were not sentimental at all, they just cared about selling tickets and Braves Field at the time was the biggest ballpark in the country so they moved the series from Fenway to there.
Zap
Did you dad ever mention a catcher named Moe Berg, who graduated from Princeton? He died in NJ (Clara Moss).
Two players were standing around the batting cages and talking about Berg, who was a good defensive catcher but light hitter.
Player 1 said " Berg can speak around 15 languages".
Player 2 retorted " Yeah and he can't hit in any of them".
This made me think of your dad because of the humor.
But there was a difference. Your dad's humor was self deprecating and not malicious.
He was a gentlemen.
Here's to his memory.
Just wondering.
MO
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First one I need a hint, did you watch him as a player or fan/kid?
And the second one, did he go to Summit HS?
EDIT: Oh duh, it's gotta be Rose on first one.
It's Templeton.
I also played against Willie Wilson in high school and Ray Liotta who went to Union.
Never Zap though.
I also played against Willie Wilson in high school and Ray Liotta who went to Union.
Never Zap though.
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Debunks the popular (and wrong) question of the only Yankee manager not to manage in Yankee Stadium
A question for Zap or any other Essex County baseball fan.
Back in the early 70s Our Lady of the Valley had two stud pitchers who I think eventually made it to the major leagues.
I think one was Vinnie Byron. Can anyone tell me the other guys name? I've been racking my brain, the little there is to rack, but I can't think of it. Also what year they graduated.
Back in the early 70s Our Lady of the Valley had two stud pitchers who I think eventually made it to the major leagues.
I think one was Vinnie Byron. Can anyone tell me the other guys name? I've been racking my brain, the little there is to rack, but I can't think of it. Also what year they graduated.
