Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxw.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxw!tommyo From: tommyo@ihuxw.UUCP (Tom O`Connor) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Even More Trivia - answers Message-ID: <713@ihuxw.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Feb-84 19:02:32 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxw.713 Posted: Mon Feb 20 19:02:32 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Feb-84 08:05:11 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 32 1. Who did Lou Gehrig replace to begin his iron man streak, and who replaced him to end his streak? He replaced Wally Pipp. Babe Dahlgren replaced him. 2. Name the pitcher who WON the 1951 N.L. playoffs. Who was on deck when the game was won? Larry Jansen got the win. Rookie Willie Mays was on deck. 3. Who did Roger Maris hit homer #61 off of in 1961? Tracy Stallard 4. In the famous infield Tinker to Evers to Chance, who was the 3rd baseman? Harry Steinfeld 5. Who was the batter that broke Don Drysdale`s scoreless inning streak? Howie Beddle of the Phillies - a sac fly 6. What were the Yankees originally called? How about the Brooklyn Dodgers (circa 1900)? The Astros? The Cubs? Yankees were originally the Baltimore Orioles When they moved to N.Y., they were originally the Highlanders. The Dodgers, from my source, were the Robins, for Wilbert Robinson. They were also known as the Superbas. The Astros were the Colt 45s. The Cubs were initially the White Stockings 7. Who holds the record for most granslams in a game? PITCHER Tony Cloniger of the Reds hit 2 grannies in 1 game. 8. What was the longest baseball game(Majors), and who won it? How many pitchers did each team lose? The Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers went 26 innings all for a 1-1 tie! Each team used just 1 pitcher!!!! 9. And one for us Cub fanatics - Who did Ernie Banks hit his 500th homer off of? Pat Jarvis of the Atlanta Braves in Wrigley Field.