OT: Baseball Triva

[colbert17]

Heard this one during the Phillies game the other day.
Juan Soto, who IMHO is the most overrated player in the game, is only the fourth player in MLB history to have 20 doubles and 80 walks at the All Star break. Name the other three.

Hints: They are all post 1950 so no really old timers.
Two are in the HOF.
The third is hard but he is a former Phillie.

 

[Knight Owl]

Heard this one during the Phillies game the other day.
Juan Soto, who IMHO is the most overrated player in the game, is only the fourth player in MLB history to have 20 doubles and 80 walks at the All Star break. Name the other three.

Hints: They are all post 1950 so no really old timers.
Two are in the HOF.
The third is hard but he is a former Phillie.

I’ll guess John Kruk. He hit a lot of gaps but always stopped at 2nd base no matter what.😂

 

[WhiteBus]

Don Mattingly, Mike Trout and The Dude.

My first thought was Bonds but don't remember him being a guy to hustle for an extra base
Edit. Just saw 2 in the HOF. None of mine are.
I'll stick with Donny Baseball as the non HOF.

 

[e5fdny]

Don Mattingly, Mike Trout and The Dude.

My first thought was Bonds but don't remember him being a guy to hustle for an extra base
Edit. Just saw 2 in the HOF. None of mine are.
I'll stick with Donny Baseball as the non HOF.

 

[Knight Owl]

Don Mattingly, Mike Trout and The Dude.

My first thought was Bonds but don't remember him being a guy to hustle for an extra base
Edit. Just saw 2 in the HOF. None of mine are.
I'll stick with Donny Baseball as the non HOF.

I bet Dykstra is correct. Although it could be someone like Theo Von Hayes.🤔

 

[colbert17]

I’ll guess John Kruk. He hit a lot of gaps but always stopped at 2nd base no matter what.😂

Incorrect

 

[colbert17]

Don Mattingly, Mike Trout and The Dude.

My first thought was Bonds but don't remember him being a guy to hustle for an extra base
Edit. Just saw 2 in the HOF. None of mine are.
I'll stick with Donny Baseball as the non HOF.

All incorrect

 

[colbert17]

I bet Dykstra is correct. Although it could be someone like Theo Von Hayes.🤔

Both incorrect

 

[colbert17]

New hint: the two HOFers were lifelong AL players.

 

[colbert17]

Another clue:
Both HOFers have over 500 career home runs

 

[Plum Street]

Rollins
Jeter
Ichiro
Bonds (if he did it , might have been as a pirate)

 

[Plum Street]

Another clue:
Both HOFers have over 500 career home runs

Palmero
Puckett

 

[colbert17]

Rollins
Jeter
Ichiro
Bonds (if he did it , might have been as a pirate)

All incorrect

 

[wicker]

Williams

 

[colbert17]

Palmero
Puckett

All incorrect

 

[WhiteBus]

Did any of these players not make that years All Star game?

 

[colbert17]

Williams

If you mean Ted and not Billy you are correct!!!!!

 

[WhiteBus]

Another clue:
Both HOFers have over 500 career home runs

Michael Jack Schmidt

 

[colbert17]

Did any of these players not make that years All Star game?

They didn't give the years but looking at stats I would bet the former Phillie did make the ASG.

 

[colbert17]

Michael Jack Schmidt

Incorrect.
As I said the former Phillie is hard.

 

[ruinac]

Mantle

 

[Plum Street]

Incorrect.
As I said the former Phillie is hard.

Thome ?

 

[NealPageNJ]

New hint: the two HOFers were lifelong AL players.

Wade Boggs

 

[WhiteBus]

Did the Phillies player do it as a Phillies player or just a former or after guy?

 

[Knight Owl]

If it’s not Bobby Abreu then it happened in a year without an All-Star game.😂

 

[knightfan7]

Incorrect.
As I said the former Phillie is hard.

Never mind someone already said Rollins.

 

[colbert17]

Mantle

incorrect

 

[colbert17]

Wade Boggs

Incorrect

 

[colbert17]

If it’s not Bobby Abreu then it happened in a year without an All-Star game.😂

Bobby Abreau is correct.

Still one more HOFer with 500+ HRs. 5X All Star and 2X MVP with four additional top 5 finishes in MVP voting.

 

[WhiteBus]

Arod

 

[NealPageNJ]

F Thomas

 

[Barnaby&Neill]

F Thomas

Big Hurt was a two time MVP with 500 homers and a plaque in the Hall…meeting the criteria. He’s my guess too

 

[colbert17]

F Thomas

Correct!!!

 

[colbert17]

Big Hurt was a two time MVP with 500 homers and a plaque in the Hall…meeting the criteria. He’s my guess too

Correct!!!

 

[Barnaby&Neill]

Correct!!!

I tried a barehanded snag on a line drive blast Thomas hit during batting practice. Not a wise decision. Bounced off my hand, pins and needles shot down my arm, and I had the seams bruised on my palm.

 

[Shelby65]

is it too late to guess The Secretary of Defense, the former Phillies star ?

 

[colbert17]

is it too late to guess The Secretary of Defense, the former Phillies star ?

Answered already

Ted Williams
Frank Thomas
Bobby Abreau

 

[Source]

Ricky Henderson

 

[Shelby65]

Colby… I saw it was answered, but I thought you’d appreciate a Garry Maddox reference.

Ralph Kiner: “Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water. The other third is covered by Garry Maddox”.

 

[RUhasarrived]

Abreu has a career Retrosheet rating of 33.6,much higher than many outfielders already in Cooperstown.

BTW-Who threw the first no-hitter at Dodgers Stadium?