Baseball Trivia with Archie

[Cuse0323]

Can’t even get it with google. Hmm.

[asiagambler]

I googled it. Minny Fats got it right

Also, the answer to original trivia should be hit by pitch. Fisk led the major leagues in hbp. He only led AL in triples

[Chi_archie]

Scott Burrell was Drafted in the first round by the Mariners in 1989 but turned down the 6 figure bonus to go to Uconn for hoops, the next year he was drafted in the fifth round by the Blue Jays and signed, he played baseball in the summers and went back to Uconn to play hoops in the fall. After two years he decided to focus soley on basketball, his Minor league career ended with a 3.71 Era in 60.2 innings pitched he struck out 60 and walked 31.


He completed his Uconn basketball career and was taken #20 in first round by Hornets in 1993

He played for parts of 8 seasons with 4 teams, scoring 2647 points, with a best season of 13.2 avg

He made 7.2 million dollars in the NBA

[Chi_archie]

It's Saturday so I'm going to ask 3 different Questions. 2 of them are just my favorite questions, and i've asked them many times here over the years. So if you know them already from that, please refrain from answering. The 3rd one is one that I heard on Chicago radio the other day.


1. Who was the last switch hitter to win the MVP in the American League

2. in 1977 the rookie of the Year in NBA, MLB, NFL all had the initials of A.D.... Who were they?

3. Name the 4 MLB players to win MVP at two separate positions

[MinnesotaFats]

#1 is a trick question. V.B. I believe
#2 no idea
#3 ARod, Puljos, Yount, Berra??

[MinnesotaFats]

The Hammering Hebrew might have done this w Detroit... hard Q's here

[Chi_archie]

#1 is a trick question. V.B. I believe
#2 no idea
#3 ARod, Puljos, Yount, Berra??

The Hammering Hebrew might have done this w Detroit... hard Q's here

1. I'll leave V.B as the clue for the question for anyone else that would like to answer

3. ARod and Yount are correct. We are still looking for 2 more players to win MVP's at different positions.

[BRAVES1985]

musial and greenberg?

[Chi_archie]

musial and greenberg?

yes Musial, Greenberg, Yount, and Arod all won MVPs at multiple positions

[Chi_archie]

1. Who was the last switch hitter to win the MVP in the American League. (initials V.B)

2. in 1977 the rookie of the Year in NBA, MLB, NFL all had the initials of A.D.... Who were they?

[Stallion]

1. Vida Blue
2. Adrian Dantley, Andre Dawson, Anthony (Tony) Dorsett

[Chi_archie]

1. Vida Blue
2. Adrian Dantley, Andre Dawson, Anthony (Tony) Dorsett

Correct

[Chi_archie]

Bert Byleven is a hall of famer with 2 all star appearances in his career, Ferguson Jenkins is a hall of famer with 3 all star appearances.


1. What position player inducted into the Hall of Fame has the least amount of All star game appearances (all star game was first played in 1933 so players before that era excluded)