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Obscure sports trivia

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

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  1. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    In the original 1936 voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame, 26 of the 27 top vote-getters eventually made the Hall. Who's the only one who didn't?
     
    CD Boogie, Apr 18, 2019
    #253
  2. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Joe Jackson?
     
    micropolitan guy, Apr 18, 2019
    #254
  3. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Good guess, but no.
     
    CD Boogie, Apr 18, 2019
    #255
  4. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    Hal Chase
     
    justgladtobehere, Apr 18, 2019
    #256
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  5. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Correct
     
    CD Boogie, Apr 18, 2019
    #257
  6. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    A guy who actually threw games, as opposed to what many believe about Shoeless Joe.
     
    micropolitan guy, Apr 18, 2019
    #258
  7. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Which Hall of Fame player made the final out in the game in which Babe Ruth hit his 60th homer?
     
    micropolitan guy, Apr 18, 2019
    #259
  8. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    Goose Goslin?
     
    Webster, Apr 18, 2019
    #260
  9. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Walter Johnson, and he flied out to Ruth.

    Also his final big league game. One of my favorite pieces of trivia.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Apr 18, 2019
    #261
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  10. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Winner winner, chicken dinner.
     
    micropolitan guy, Apr 18, 2019
    #262
  11. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    I always “knew” that Tom Zachary gave up Ruth’s 60th so my first thought was this can’t be right. But it is because I looked it up and now am a little baffled. Johnson was a pitch hitter for Zachary, but didn’t pitch. What the hell was going on there?
     
    cyclingwriter2, Apr 18, 2019
    #263
  12. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    They just let Johnson pinch hit for the hell of it and that ended up being his last game.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Apr 18, 2019
    #264
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