MLB trivia - 6/10/06

[Mudcat]

Player A did it in 1965, player B did it in 1977, player C did it in 1990. No one else did it in all that time.

Name the three players and what they did.

[bigboydan]

all i can think of is pitched a no hitter, and lost the game.

andy hawkins did it back in 1990. i don't know the other two players though.

[Willie Bee]

Can't be losing no-hitters since that wasn't done in 1965.

How about turn unassisted triple plays, shot in the dark.

[bigboydan]

i took a shot in the dark with the no-hitter answer myself.

i think that was just done a few years back willie.

[tacomax]

No, WB (although it's one of those "rare events" that pop in your head). Furcal did it for the Braves 2-3 years ago.

[Mudcat]

Nope.

Just in case I wasn't clear (and I probably wasn't), those aren't the only times it has ever happened in baseball history. Those are just the only times it happened during that span of years - which was a notable dry spell for this particular accomplishment.

[Mudcat]

Perhaps it's time for a hint: between 1920 and 1961, this accomplishment was more common. It happened 15 times.

Then there was this relatively dry spell of 3 occurences in 33 years.

Then in 1995 it started happening more frequently than ever.

[tacomax]

I'm guessing that it's home run related?

[tacomax]

Over 50 in a season.

[tacomax]

Willie Mays 1965, George Foster 1977, Cecil Fielder 1990.

[Mudcat]

There ya go, eh.