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Obscure sports trivia

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Chef2, Jan 3, 2019.

  1. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    I think that's Newark.

    In the last 100 years, only two AL rookies have hit .300, scored more than 100 runs and stolen more than 40 bases. Who are they? Here's a hint; they were teammates in their first year in the majors.
     
  2. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    We have a winner! Ruppert Stadium, Newark. Home of the 1937 Bears, better than many major league teams that year.
     
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  3. MUTigers

    MUTigers Member

    Ichiro and Scott Podsednik? Podsednik got a cup of coffee before his full rookie season, if I remember correctly.
     
  4. MUTigers

    MUTigers Member

    Never mind, now that I look it up Podsednik came up briefly a couple times with the Mariners, but had his full rookie year with the Brewers in the National League.
     
  5. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    I want to say mike trout is one, but for the life of me I can’t figured out who the other one would be.
     
  6. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    No, MU Tigers is correct, I screwed up and thought the Brewers will still in the AL in 2003. Ichiro with Seattle in 2001, Podsednik with the Brewers in 2003, his true rookie year. Another good, young outfielder the Mariners lost.
     
  7. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    In 1990, Willie McGee won the NL batting title. George Brett did the same in the AL. However, neither man had the highest official batting average in all of MLB. Who was that man and how did this happen?
     
  8. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    This East Coast city was the last minor league stop for a future HoFer -- and the only season he failed to homer -- who also was an MVP and wore six numbers in his MLB career.
     
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  9. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    Newark. Ricky Henderson. Though, I wanted to write jersey city just to mess with you.
     
  10. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    It was Jersey City.
     
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  11. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    How about, longest standing baseball record that's probably incorrect? I'll say Cy Young's career W-L record.
     
  12. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    Babe Ruth's RBI total isn't an MLB record (it was for a long time) but there are plenty of discrepancies about it among various record keepers.
     
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