GolfHos

1 When Babe Ruth became the single season home run king in 1919, who did he surpass for the title?


2 Who has thrown the most wild pitches in his career?
Nolan Ryan

3 Who is the only batter to win a batting title in three different decades?
George Brett

4 Who is tied with Eric Gagne for the best save percentage through their first 40 save attempts?


5 who was the first pitcher in history to achieve 300 wins?


6 Who won the first ever World Series?


7 In 1970 the Pirates moved into Three Rivers Stadium from which ball park?
Forbes Field

8 Before 2004, what was the last team the Boston Red Sox defeated to win the World Series?
Cubs

9 In what year did the Boston Red Sox defeat the answer to #8?


10 Who currently holds the highest career strikeouts per 9 inning record?
Randy Johnson

11 Who is the only person to play on four World Championship teams in his first four years in the big leagues?


12 What team has a counter measuring futility across the street from their ballpark?
Cubs

I'll take a few shots:

2. Nolan Ryan
7. Forbes Field
10. Randy Johnson

1) is Babe Ruth, but you could also accept Tilly Walker

3) I think is Ty Cobb, but I'm not too sure on that

7) Forbes Field

On edit:

5 is Cy Young.

Ken Jennings surrenders.


13  How do you get the left front wheel off of a '93 Civic hatchback.

nope, nope, yep, nope

a BAFH  [sm_shock]

Never Mind... ;D

0 fer 12. 

If you gave me the same quiz as (a) or (b) multiple choice I'd still probably only get about three right.   ;D

Lousy freedom loving 'merkan sports.  >:(

3.  Ted Williams?  not certain

I cheated and looked 3 up, it SHOULD be obvious...

It's only natural.  Americans only love sports invented here.  I've been an American for about half my life.  That gives me football and maybe March Madness.  I fully intend to love baseball right about when I go senile.

nope, yep, yep

nope

#5. I think it is Early Winn.

Looked it up. Wayy wrong. [sm_redface] I was a youngster when he pitched for the Indians, and remember him hitting that number, though not with the Indians. I guess that's as far as my brain goes back.

You're Ken Jennings? :o ;)

Ken Jennings is Mormon not Jewish.  But stroh's definitely going to run a planet some day so I can see how you'd make the mistake.

#3 is Honus Wagner. His last batting title was exactly 11 years after this first one, and he had 6 in between.

I sure wish I had his baseball card.

#11 is Joe DiMaggio. Mickey Mantle came one year too late to make it 4 in a row. He won only 3 in a row.

#3 isn't Honus Wagner, either..

He won the batting title in the final year of the final decade of the 19th century--1900. Remember that the 20th century didn't start until 1901. His last batting title was in 1911--the first year of the SECOND decade of the 20th century.

That's nice and all, but the answer to the question still isn't Honus Wagner.

No disrespect to Mr. Wagner, who reportedly threw  so hard from short that pebbles would arrive with the ball at 1st, and was arguably the greatest shortstop of all time, but

It's an American League player who flirted with .400 a couple of times in the 80's...

3.  Rod Carew

Nope, but you're very, very close. Carew won the AL batting title every year from '72 through '78 except for 76.

Who was the guy that won it in '76?

I'm sorry, but 1976 and 1980 are technically part of the same decade (71-80) and 1990 was part of the next decade (81-90). So technically his batting titles were encapsulated in 2 adjacent decades. There was no year 0 AD/CE. The first year decade of the common era spanned from 1 to 10 AD/CE. The final year of the 19th century was, in fact, 1900--the first year that Honus Wagner won the batting title. He won 7 more batting titles up to 1911, which is the first year of the second decade of the 20th century.

Nobody ACTUALLY counts decades that way, seriously. I didn't see a single millenium party hosted on Dec 31st, 2000.

I'll concede the point that technically Wagner won in 3 different decades, but the answer is still 1976, 1980 and 1990.

I'd rather it WAS Wagner.

That's because your average American gets excited by watching numbers roll over on an odometer, which is fine since odometers start at 0 and not 1 like the Gregorian calendar does.

you think the pine tar helped that much?   GB did have a surprisingly low lifetime BA for a guy who flirted with 400

Top 100 in average according to MLB.com.

305's not too shabby, and the number of players with over 3000 hits and 300 home runs is pretty short.

The pine tar was a testament to the greatness that was Billy Martin....

not shabby at all.  i just expected to see .315 or so when i looked it up.

So why don't you fella's just go ahead and scream out the name then.................




3. George Brett

Because it would be incorrect. :D

pwn3d. ;) lol

:nono: :censored: [sm_whip] [sm_chairshot]  Is there an ignore feature here?  Huh?

Yes. :)

Dude, I know you're a kid and all, but, do you have a sarcasm meter?   ;D

Yes, no, maybe so, I don't know. ;) ;D

Uhmmm.......I looked it up.  George Brett did win the batting title in '76.


 [sm_thankyou]

Now munch my butt!

correct!